Seems like this “Sunset Shimmer” character might me canon after all. This prompts me to speculate a little…
WHAT IF…
Long before, Sunset Shimmer was really one of Celestia’s students who was sent on an assignment about generic friendship stuff but began acting beyond protocol, and was subsequently abandoned by Celestia because of her over-zealousness when she became compromised.
Without bothering to retrieve Sunset, Celestia proceeds to recruit Twilight Sparkle and gain the M6.
Now Twilight has to face Sunset’s imminent return for revenge against Celestia and stop her before it’s too late…
Just a little tomfoolery with the speculations is all. But anyhow, does that all sound familiar to you? Heheee…