Sunset Shimmer is Princess Celestia's most faithful student, and an incredibly powerful unicorn. She has her own room in the castle, her own assistant, who happens to be a dragon she hatched during her school exams, a large room for practicing new spells, and a huge library of books. The only thing Sunset lacks is friends.

After reading the signs of Nightmare Moon's return, Princess Celestia decides that her student is ready to embrace her destiny, but needs to make friends first. Princess Celestia sends Sunset Shimmer to a small town called Ponyville, where she meets an odd assortment of ponies who end up becoming her friends and helping her find the Elements and bring about the Summer Sun Celebration she'd wanted for so long.

OBVIOUSLY AU! Teen is just for possible future language.

More characters than those listed, but can only choose five. The ONLY OC is Scarlet, my dragon OC that was mentioned in a previous story.

No idea who the cover art belongs to. If it's yours, tell me and I'll take it down.

Also, feel perfectly free to tell me what you dislike about the story, and I'll try and work on it in future chapters. If you just don't like the Sunset AU or my choices for the Elements, sorry.