The Canterlot High girls never took Sunset in. The students despise her. The only one who helps is her knife, decorating her skin. Maybe she'll raise the knife a little higher...or rub out her life with an eraser. After all she's a monster.
A short one-shot with snippets of story and elements of a darker AU based around if Demon Shimmer hadn't been defeated and dumb magic rules I made up just for this exact AU were in play. Written during the Iron Author Writing 2023 Competition.
When the portal to Equestria is destroyed, Sunset Shimmer's planeswalker spark awakens in a moment of despair. Upon arriving in a world where souls are transformed by nightfall, the very foundation of Sunset's identity is broken in two.
Sunset Shimmer is having a bad night. She turned into a demon, was forcefully turned back, and now has to deal with all the people she's wronged in the past. As luck would have it, it seems her demon self isn't done with her, either.