Who will save Canterlot High from Sunset Shimmer's cruelty?

Sometimes the antihero you need isn't the hero you expect.

(This story REALLY IS kind of a dark sci-fi romance/shipping short, just like the tags say.)

This story is an entry in a Sunset Shimmer x Sonata Dusk (Sonata Dusk x Sunset Shimmer?) event. (Can I find an interesting enough path to "Now, kiss!")

^{Image Credit: part of a picture by nekojackun (Thanks!)}

_{(Followup: I fixed a couple minor wordings in October 2022.)}

When Sunset steals alien Princess Twilight's new nanotechnology invention, some of the consequences surprise everyone.

A lonely girl might even find true love (or maybe not.)

(Also, we learn why Twilight Sparkle was so terrified of having to go back to Magic Kindergarten.)

Mood: science fiction AU with comedy and shipping elements.

Prereaders: LysanderasD, Logarithmicon, Carlos S., Shirlendra. (The prereaders are not responsible for my own mistakes and shortcomings, though.)

This story might or might not be an entry in Science Fiction Contest II (link), at least under the current rules that accept a wide range of AUs with science fictiony stuff.