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The Former Student

by bryonyTheWolf
A story of mystery, deceit and lies. Sunset's village isn't all it cracked up to be.

Set in the beginning of season 5.
The mane 6 are all summoned to the village, but Sunset Shimmer is the ruler of the town.

Her story as well as the villages mystery unravels, the longer the mane 6 stay there. The residents don't seem right.
Will they make it out of the town in one piece? Or will Sunset's plan go smoothly?

this story loosely follows the canon events that go on in season 5, so expect a bit of repetition from teh cano show, put into this story :)

This story is pretty heavily inspired by an MLP village AU from Tiktok by CherryBakewell.ocs. (playlist 'Starlight's town (AU)')
Please go and check out their AU, its amazing, it gives Starlight's motives a bit more weight to them and has an amazing sense of unease to it.
Plus, their artwork is amazing!

Teen
Incomplete
Adventure
Violence
Slice of Life
Gore
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Dark
Alternate Universe
 
PTARS

8724 words: Estimated 44 minutes to read

5 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1 2025-01-05 14:06:39 UTC
    1567
  2. Chapter 2 2025-01-10 15:56:20 UTC
    1553
  3. Chapter 3 2025-01-23 11:19:43 UTC
    1137
  4. Chapter 4 2025-02-02 13:42:51 UTC
    3002
  5. Chapter 5 2025-02-18 13:59:29 UTC
    1465