Time for Homecoming

Sunset Shimmer raced upstairs to her bedroom. She opened her journal and began writing an urgent message in it to Princess Twilight.

This is going to sound crazy, she scribbled as fast as she could, but… are we friends?

She hesitated, unsure if she should ask her next question. Am I nice? she finally wrote.

She put down her pen and stared at the blank space in her journal. How long would it take Princess Twilight to answer her? What would she say? What would she do if Princess Twilight didn’t remember how much she had changed?

She glanced over to her desk at the yearbook from her freshman year. Biggest Meanie.

“Please answer, please answer, please answer,” she whispered to the magic journal.

Nothing. It was still blank. She ran her fingers across the paper as though that might help the words appear. Just as she was about to give up, she noticed the blank space sparkle! Princess Twilight was writing back to her.

Of course we’re friends!

Sunset Shimmer breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Are you okay? continued Princess Twilight in the journal. What’s going on?

Sunset Shimmer picked up her pen and wrote as fast as she could. Kind of hard to explain. Might be easier in person. Well, not in person, so to speak…

Sunset Shimmer had to talk to Princess Twilight. She needed her help more than ever. It was time for her to go back.

She raced over to Canterlot High and stood before the statue of the Wondercolt in front of the school. The statue was actually a portal between the two worlds—but most people didn’t know that. As soon as the coast was clear, Sunset Shimmer approached it, took a deep breath, and stepped through it, whirling and swirling through different dimensions until she landed in Equestria.

It took her a moment to get used to having hooves again, but soon enough she was standing on all four legs and shaking her mane free. She was a pony again.

Her eyes lit up as she saw Princess Twilight trot toward her, but she stumbled when she tried to walk. She tried to reach out with her hooves and tumbled forward. “Oops!” she apologized. “I was trying to hug you!”

Twilight Sparkle smiled warmly at Sunset Shimmer. It was good to have her back—and there was so much to show her. But what was going on back at Canterlot High?