
A long road back
After her violent attack, rape and near death at the hands of Long Pass and his four cronies, Sunset Shimmer has to walk the long, slow path of recovery. Bones may mend, scars may fade, but some wounds may never heal properly. Along her path of slow recovery, Sunset discovers several girls at Canterlot high and Crystal prep who are also victims. Can Sunset along with her friends help not only herself, but the other girls who have been traumatized and become stronger?
I chose to rate this M because of psychological trauma, violence in the prologue, thoughts of self harm, mental breakdowns, negative self talk and one near-successful suicide attempt.
Starring:
The Main 7
Now former principle Celestia
Acting Principle Luna
Acting vice-principle and licensed therapist Cadance
Wallflower Blush
Senator Blueblood(soon to be out of office)
Principle Cinch
Sugarcoat
Lemon Zest
Sour Sweet
Fluer dis Lee(victim's rights advocate and Celestia's long time friend and attorney)
Sgt. Rosewater Blush( an OC who is the mother of Wallflower and the arresting officer)
*edit 12-24-2020: This contains the romance tag even though I am unable to mark it down because of a limit of 3 blue tags*





14 Chapters:
- Prologue: aftermath 2020-09-23 09:28:50 UTC6158
- Waking up 2020-09-24 23:03:05 UTC4250
- Lengthening shadows and graying skies pt.1 Descending darkness 2020-10-05 22:58:37 UTC7115
- Lengthening shadows and graying skies pt.2 The darkest hour is always before the dawn 2020-11-20 12:12:50 UTC18979
- Lengthening shadows and graying skies pt. 3 the horizon lightens 2020-12-02 14:32:38 UTC7476
- Healing begins: help arrives 2021-01-23 03:30:27 UTC4110
- Healing begins: reaching out 2021-02-14 07:38:30 UTC4371
- Close call 2021-02-23 09:11:16 UTC7546
- Building up 2021-06-19 04:07:05 UTC4886
- Discoveries and meetings 2022-01-16 03:38:58 UTC6798
- Blueblood screws up badly 2022-07-29 04:53:59 UTC5709
- Comeuppance and debts paid 2022-07-29 10:24:51 UTC4026
- The road has been long and winding 2022-07-29 23:00:06 UTC1727
- Epilogue: Friendship and family grows 2022-07-31 20:12:04 UTC1253