This story is a sequel to It's A Screwed Up Life

This is a story about the Sunset from the Wasteland Timeline in It's A Screwed Up Life.

Reading the other story isn't necessarily, well necessary, but will give context, specifically the chapter Tying Up Loose Ends.

Plans can change rapidly, with no time to counter.

Sunset Shimmer learned this the hard way.

She had gone through the mirror and spent her time in that world plotting to take over Equestria, to prove to Princess Celestia that she was indeed worthy of being a princess herself, that Celestia was wrong to expel her as her personal student.

However, those plans are now dead, along with Equestria itself.

If not for a strange filly who could defy the concept of reality itself, she'd have been trapped in a dead Equestria, all on her own, destined to die alone.

Now, she is stuck in the world beyond the mirror... and must face up to all she's done there in her years at CHS, as well as figure out how to move on to a future she never could've foreseen.

Will she be able to pick up the pieces and forge some kind of life for herself in a world that was never her own? Or will she fall into despair, with nothing to live for now that all she knew is gone? And why is there a child who seems to grasp Sunset's pain?

Sex tag is because human world, so duh, and high school, so, obviously talking about it will come up eventually.

Romance is obviously for Flash Sentry since, with this story taking place BEFORE the events of the first movie would've happened, Sunset had yet to break up with Flash prior to entering the portal and unknowingly being trapped on the other side.

If anyone to point me to the owner of the artwork, PM me.

Huh. In Popular Stories 10/08/2020. That is something I needed to brighten my mood after today.

Princess Cadance and Stellar Flare meet for the first time in a coffee shop in the Crystal Empire and they talk about their abilities of motherhood.

An entry for the May Pairing Contest 2021

It's been a week since anyone in Sire's Hollow has seen Firelight, something that's incredibly worrisome considering recent events. Being the good neighbor that she is, Stellar Flare decides that he's been cooped up long enough, and stops by to make sure he's been caring for his daughter.

Turns out it's not the little filly she should be worried about.

Entry for Secret Moon's Self Isolation contest.

Successful mares who aren't princesses tend to be treated with double standards. The ice cold archetype of a mare who is so power hungry she gives up everything for her career is one, the stigma of single mothers not being enough for their children is another.

Stellar Flare has smashed all the stereotypes, and is proud of it.

Inspired by the song "The Man" by Taylor Swift.

This story is a sequel to Visiting Sunburst

Not long after Firelight visited Sunburst up in the Crystal Empire, Stellar Flare goes to visit Starlight at the School of Friendship so they can discuss Starlight's plans for the future. To put it lightly, the visit doesn't go as Stellar expected.

Twilight and her friends take a vacation for one week but they need to keep their school running during that time. So they decide to have their moms to take their jobs as teachers. They will give the Students Of Friendship the best week in such a long time.

Thanks to Daniyel099 for editing this.
https://www.fimfiction.net/user/292246/Daniyel099

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but it doesn't make you any less broken.

Starlight Glimmer is that kind of girl: strong, but broken at the same time, her edges jagged and sharp enough to cut anyone that dares to get too close to her.

But Sunburst can't help but be drawn to her, like a moth to a flame, trying to gather all her pieces and put her back together, even if he cuts his hands and bleeds in the process.

_{There might be some triggering issues such as the emotional aspects of mental and physical abuse, child neglect, alcoholism (not done by any of the main characters), bullying set in a high school, and a fair amount of drama and angst to go along the way. But this story is—at its core—a romance between a human Starlight and Sunburst.}

Seriously, folks, just because you're in a giant metal tube and have nothing else to do doesn't mean you have to go for a crush. Don't believe me, ask Spoiled Rich and Stellar Flare - Equestria knows their chat in the clouds will soon be the stuff of blush-around-the-dinner-table legend.

Winning Entry for the Travel Contest on Quill and Sofas Speedwriting. Thanks to Atom Smash, Ashely Noble, and Equus for pre-reading/reviewing!

Sunburst calls his mother to the Crystal Empire with a message saying he needs her help. But the thing he needs help with turns out to be more terrible than Stellar Flare could have possibly imagined.

Created as my Horror entry for the 2023 Thousand Words Contest.

This is the story of fright in the night,
3 ponies celebrating Hearth's Warming Eve
Get a little more than what they wanted to see.
For the Hearth’s Warming gift they got was a huge surprise,
When they realized a little doll can come alive!!!!