Unintended Consequences

by Daedalus


Chapter 1:Explication

Discord, Spirit of Chaos, Disharmony, and Fishy Sticks, had recently been defeated by the Elements of Harmony after breaking free of his statuary penitentiary. That was all but a select few knew about the matter. Aristotle, having called various friends over to the Bro Cave, was about to educate them.
"As you probably know, the Spirit of Chaos just broke out of his cage and got smacked down by the Elements of Harmony. What you haven't heard is that he's gone for good. He got permanently banished from this plane of existence by Harmony, Spirit of Order. After doing that, she took direct control of Twilight Sparkle and friends, along with the Royal Sisters, and she's consolidating her power in Equestria and making things nice and orderly. If left unchecked, Harmony will have total control of everyone in the world that can be mind-controlled. The capacity for independent thought/action will disappear. That's why you're here. Harmony has just gotten started with her plans, and I trust you all enough to help me foil them and, if we're lucky, do to her what she did to Discord. She's anchored here by the Elements of Harmony, which the Bearers are now wearing full time. Any ideas?"
Prince Blueblood asked, "How do you know all of this? I see no distinction between what you are saying and the ravings of a garden variety lunatic."
Spike answered him. "We were there. It happened, it will happen. Just listen to what he's saying."
Trixie (now known as Kate for various reasons) suggested trying to give everyone immunity to mind control, but she remembered that one couldn't really do that, since it was a product of certain biological factors that could be changed only at the risk of serious health problems or death. Scootaloo wanted to say that causing random chaos everywhere seemed like a good idea, but Apple Bloom caught onto her and tackled Scootaloo when she started talking. Sweetie Belle asked if there was a way to make Harmony use up all her power at once so she would leave long enough to destroy the Elements. This gave Blueblood an idea.
"We start a large war. This kingdom has many enemies. The Changelings, Griffins, Griffons, the Dragon Clans, King Sombra if he truly exists. All of them have grudges against Equestria. The current...shift in administration would drive them mad with war fever if they knew of the situation. You simply need to look in a library to find their locations. The chaos caused by all of them warring for the same land would draw Harmony's attention like nothing else. I can supply funds for any expeditions to those places while keeping the 'home front', as it were, safe. What do you think?"
Aristotle, technically in charge of this endeavor, had no better ideas, so he agreed. The Organization, as they chose to name themselves, would work out a plan and division of labor, then the War on Harmony would begin.