This takes place 10-16 years before season 1.

Sunset Shimmer was Celestia's student before twilight. Celestia's official story is that Sunset wanted power and left to pursue it. But history is written by those who remain. And the truth of the matter had been lost, until recently. And it paints a very different picture. She didn't leave, she was banished!

Rated Teen because Implied adult problems.
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