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Happy (official) Sunset Shimmer Day!!Thank goodness for the reminder on EQD, or else I would've totally forgotten. Kinda sucks when it's so close to my birthday, so that's usually what I'm focusing on. And I say official because EQD moved it to the 24th since a new episode is on today.Anyway! I had this idea a few weeks ago - I really like how griffons in the show are based on different types of birds. Of course, one type of bird in the show is a phoenix, which is primarily associated with Sunset (at least in my eyes). Then I was thinking, what if Sunset came back to Equestria and started to miss having hands, despite having magic? Maybe it's become something so ingrained with her that she would rather have opposable thumbs than telekinesis. So in this case, maybe it's an AU where she is given a piece of the pearl (and attaches it to her crystal necklace) in order to transform from a pony to a hippogriff as needed. And it's discovered that when she transforms into a hippogriff her bird counterpart is a phoenix!Anyway, can you tell I love putting fire imagery with Sunset? Maybe I have a problem....