Set in the beginning of season 5.
The mane 6 are all summoned to the village, but Sunset Shimmer is the ruler of the town.
Her story as well as the villages mystery unravels, the longer the mane 6 stay there. The residents don't seem right.
Will they make it out of the town in one piece? Or will Sunset's plan go smoothly?
this story loosely follows the canon events that go on in season 5, so expect a bit of repetition from teh cano show, put into this story :)
This story is pretty heavily inspired by an MLP village AU from Tiktok by CherryBakewell.ocs. (playlist 'Starlight's town (AU)')
Please go and check out their AU, its amazing, it gives Starlight's motives a bit more weight to them and has an amazing sense of unease to it.
Plus, their artwork is amazing!
When I first watched a glimpse of it. It feels like a horror setting based on the Children of the Corn!?
I wonder what the heck did Sunburst had done to break Starlight's psyche like that in the AU!!??
I wonder what Sunset is up to here, I think it's a good start and look forward to more.
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ikr?! their AU is so well done, and i didn't want to write this story without crediting them for inspiration.
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thankyou so much! im glad you like it!
Where's Starlight in this story?
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I don't think Sunburst is responsible for breaking Starlight's psyche. I think it was a number of factors, like being bullied for not being good at magic and maybe some undiagnosed mental illness she had...or maybe I'm wrong and Sunburst is to blame. No one can deny that version of Starlight is very dark.
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This story is an AU inspired by another AU....I also wonder what the author decided to do with Starlight and if he plans to mention her in the story.
The beginning alone gives me chills already
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so in this story its basically a case of 'what if sunset was the leader, and not starlight' so technically they've swapped places, so starlight is in the EG world
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Okay that makes sense.
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so in this AU im not planning on having Starlight mentioned, as this is a 'what if' story, where Starlight was in the canon show, and Starlight wasnt.
Hope that makes sense :)
Good starting chapter and I’m interested in reading more
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thankyou so much im glad you enjoyed it!
Oh snap here we go, nice chapter let's see how this town under sunset will differ from the one under starlight.
A fairly calm start, nothing rushed.
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I hope it not being too rushed is a good thing XD
Ive been wanting to tone it down no pacing since my other stories have jumped into the action right off the bat
I was ready to hit "next" but it hit me in the face that there is no more so far.
Could be interesting, keep it up.
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aw thankyou so much! :D