Sunset had grown accustomed to the human world. The lack of magic was one of those things she sorely missed about Equestria, but it wasn't something she was concerned with three days ago. After all, once she stole the crown, she would break the magical barrier and take over the human world. She never cared to make friends before, never noticed the solidarity. Never noticed just how lonely one could be here. But that all changed the night she attempted to steal Twilight's crown.

She had first come to the human world when she was sixteen. Princess Celestia had shown her the private library within Canterlot Castle. There she studied, eventually coming across the Crystal Mirror. Upon looking at her reflection, she saw herself as an Alicorn. She knew she was destined for greater power, and so despite Celestia's warnings, she ventured through the mirror. She found herself trapped in an unfamiliar body and a completely different world. With no magic at her side, she used her intellect to get what she wanted. She found an easy job at a small mom and pop store in town and rented a cheap apartment near the small park which housed the portal.

The next time the portal opened she slipped through, seeing what had changed in her absence. She stole several tomes from Celestia's library and brought them back to her apartment. Once again it sealed, and once again she waited. Upon the second opening, she entered to learn Celestia had a new pupil, Twilight Sparkle. Twilight had a very special crown, bearing an element of harmony. She deduced that if she were to steal that element and bring it back to the human world, she could use it to obtain magic and gain the power she rightfully deserved.

She entered the portal again the very next day, however before she got her hands on Twilight's crown she had been caught. But they were not as cruel to her as she had expected. They were compassionate. And Princess Celestia did not wish to punish her. She was willing to forgive Sunset if she were willing to forgo her lust for power and instead listen to Twilight and her friends. They showed her friendship, something that helped to show just how lonely this world was now that she returned. Her only real friends were back in Equestria.

She wasn't sure why she didn't remain in Equestria. It was her home, she now had friends and made up with Celestia. But it was also the place of her biggest mistake. And she had been in the human world so long it began to feel like home to her as well.

Whatever her reasons there was no going back now. She placed her hand upon the closed portal. Her reflection shining back at her in the clear crystal. The portal rested at the base of a horse statue in the middle of the small park. Closed for 30 moons, or as Sunset calculated in her head, 840 days. 2 years, 3 months and 18 days if you wanted to be exact. The moon shone brightly in the night sky, reflecting off the nearby pond. She walked over to a bench and sat down, just watching the still water. She had made many mistakes in her life so far, but she would not continue to make them now. With determination, she stood from the bench and proceeded back to her small apartment, the only thought on her mind that she would make some real friends in this world too.