So Liz has a very profound and involved side story pertaining to the Junior Gala universe, in which Sunset becomes the future mentor and caregiver to a certain fivesome of Mirror World prep school brats. The queen of backstory has done more with the Shadow Five than you'd think possible: I'll try to introduce each Shadowbolt as simply and concisely as I can. Keep in mind that these girls, candy-colored though they may be, are very human and have human problems and prerogatives. Oh, and Twist is here (at my powerful insistence). Also Snowshine in human guise. Let's just keep filling up Sunset's nice clean house with crazy, shall we?Indigo Zap. Junior. Noisy, rowdy, pushy, incorrigibly competitive multi-sport athlete. Less impressive, conspicuously ignored younger half-sister of better, noisier athlete Lightning Dust. Hails from a middle-class, sports-obsessed, lapsed-Protestant Caucasian family. Plays loud, rough and mean to gain attention. Not at all above hucking lewd, nasty, racist jokes to get a rise out of people. Out-lesbian. Romantically involved with Sugarcoat, who puts up with none of her bullshit.Sugarcoat. Senior. Intense, no-nonsense star student, possessed of cool and unshakable confidence. Suffers no fools (despite being the girlfriend of the one on her right). Hispanic-Caucasian and practicing Catholic. Her mother, a wealthy heiress and socialite, has no interest in her until she screws up, which she basically never does. Highly skilled ballet dancer and motorcross champion. Out-lesbian. Indi had to jump through metaphorical flaming hoops just to get more than a bored glance from Sugarcoat. Totally worth it.Lemon Zest. Senior. Ambiguously Caucasian. Boisterous bruiser of the brat pack. Shows she likes you by punching you hard; shows she dislikes you by doing same. Kicked out unceremoniously by her parents, who prefer their baby to their teen. Methamphetamine enthusiast before Professor Sunset intervened. Probably ought to be dead a few times over, but has flourished under Sunset's care. Likes video games, heavy metal and boys. The most openly affectionate of the group towards Sunset. Is secretly Sunset's favorite.Twist. Freshman. Scholarship kid. Gentle, lisping nerd. Would have been eaten alive by the prep school elite had the Five not gotten it in their collective head to pull a Sunset and take her under their wing. Touch a crimson curl on Twist's dorky little head and suffer a terrible fate. Jewish. Mama's girl. Baby-dyke. Has a desperate crush on an older chick. Sit there for a while and try to figure out who. We'll wait.Sour Sweet. Junior. Passive-aggressive, saccharine-voiced, short-tempered weaselly twerp. Makes you feel good about yourself but worse the more you think about the things she had the fucking gall to say, the little snot. Extraordinary archer. Middle eastern-Caucasian. Dorm boarder. Family live overseas. Does loads of stuff of which her parents absolutely would not approve. Just wait'll they find out. Celibate gay; does not date for personal spiritual reasons. Is especially fond of Twist, whom she treats like a kid sister (or perhaps a pet).Sunny Flare. Senior. De facto leader of the pack. Easily the most cunning and dangerous of the Five. Japanese. Asexual. Had committed at least one revenge murder before age 14 (under the proviso that if your parents will not protect you, you protect yourself...official report: died of natural causes). Unabashedly cruel. Knows a lot about poisons. Rejected by her family for "bringing them shame"; has chosen to ally herself and protect Sunset's family. Will likely stay by Sunset's side (and in her house) her entire life, but don't expect her to be all puppies and kittens about it. A really nasty, not-nice person. Likes Snowshine though.And Snowshine. You all know Snowshine. Sunset gets pissed when the Five dress her up in Shadowbolt swag. Sunset's baby is a Wondercolt, you rotten brats! Dammit!!The adult Hippocampi are waiting for the day when one or more of the Five REALLY screw up, so they can eat them. Until then the kids are tolerated. Barely.Headcanon is all . Frog did the art and the write-up and is along for the ride.mlp:fim = Hasbro/Faust