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// The New Two Pillar System 
// Story: Twilight Sparkle Goes to the Dark Side of Science 
// by Brian Jacko 
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	Princess Celestia took a census and when she got the results back, she was horrified. Even though so many ponies were killed during the outbreak, she felt that there were still too many ponies left. Little did she know that Twilight's friends spread the word about the outbreak before it actually happened and saving lives of many who took their warnings seriously. The Princess began to pace around the room. She was filled with anxiety and fear. "We have to do something else, Twilight. Even though your vaccines are supposed to cause long term damage and cancer to ponies over time, I fear that this will not be enough. 

Twilight Sparkle put her hoof to her chin and was deep in thought. "I can't create another deadly genetically modified virus because ponies are becoming suspicious about what happened, and it would be really obvious if we pulled something off like that again. We have to continue to put the blinders on everyponies eyes and give off the illusion that we are helping them, but in reality, they are being killed very slowly. I have already done much planning and we can work together with the medical industry and propose new changes in the medical fields."

"But how will we change the minds of the medical professionals, Twilight? Won't they know that what is being practiced is wrong?"

"It's really easy Princess and it shouldn't be an issue for us," Twilight said. "The way to solve that concern can be summed up with one word. Money. We will pay Doctors extra money and we will rewrite the education system."

"You are a genius, Twilight Sparkle," the Princess said. "What other plans do you have in mind?"

"First thing's first," Twilight said. "We have to dumb down and put a stop to ponies questioning our authority. I found an industrial waste product that we can use on the ponies that is proven to lower their IQ's. We can put it in their well water, as well as in their tooth paste. I am also creating new pills, called pharmaceutical's. I plan to add this waste product called fluoride in the pills too.

"Didn't we find that King Sombre used massive fluoridation on his conquered ponies in order to make them so stupid and sickly with all types of cancers, that they couldn't rebel?" the Princess asked.

"That's exactly right Princess," Twilight replied. "I have conjured up a plan to promote fluoride as a healthy thing and that it will prevent cavities. I have a whole spew of techno-babble I made up and I will psychologically beat down anypony who dare questions or opposes fluoride, as well as any of my other plans. We will be working with the dental industry to promote this stuff too, so it won't look suspicious on our behalf. We need to bribe the medical industry and I will have a book burning in my library about medicines that are known to cure diseases and replace them with books about the new medical procudures. We will bastardize the natural medicine that has been used for generations. We will call it alternative medicine, and we will confuse the ponies and call my new method of medical treatments traditional medicine. I also have plans to set up false Doctors in what will soon be called the alternative medicine movement, who will practice foolish ideas and that way we can mock the ponies who still want to use the old way of medicine and cause the other ponies to come to us. Oh, Princess Celestia, I have so many ideas that I have been coming up with. We are also going to encourage butchery and have Doctors remove the tonsils that naturally protect against Polio. I will have the Doctors hack out parts of ponies throats, so they are more likely to get Polio too, as well as weaken their immune systems. Between our new two pillar system, butchery and toxic pharmaceuticals, we will rule over Ponyville and fool everypony. We need to start now Princess. Arrange the proposal to change the entire medical industry around. We have plenty of money kept away and I'm sure it will interest them being that Doctors do not get paid much money."



"Uh, Twilight. What exactly are you doing with all of those books?" Spike asked. Spike was much older now, but he was still very young for the typical age of a dragon. 

"I'm going to pile these up outside and burn them all," she replied.

Spike walked over and picked up a book. The title of the book was How to Cure Cancer with Cottage Cheese. Spike looked at the other books and they were all about natural cures of healing herbs and foods that have been practiced for so many generations. "Aren't these books kind of useful, Twi? Why are we throwing them out?" he asked her.

"Because I have had another breakthrough with medical science and it's going to be better than what has been used. This is for science, Spike!"

"I see," he said. "What exactly are these new breakthroughs? I hope it doesn't bring about anything like the effects of your vaccines had on Fluttershy and Scootaloo."

Twilight Sparkles face turned red with rage and she stomped her front hoof on the ground. "Spike! I thought I told you to never bring that up again! My new breakthroughs involve surgery and pharmaceuticals."

"Surgery? You mean like cutting off limbs of ponies? Didn't it used to be the Doctors motto that thou shall first do no harm?"

Twilight Sparkle fumed. "Yes Spike, but medical science is out-dated now and I'm going to save lives here." Twilight hovered a book over to him about how wonderful Chemotherapy and Radiation are for cancer treatment.

Spike took the book and began to read how the practice is supposed to work. Spike became very angry. He hurled the book across the room and said, "You're preaching nothing but medical heresy and quackery! If you're going to practice such ridiculous things, then I'm out of here! I want nothing to do with corruption." Spike quickly grabbed his stuff and put everything he could into a bag. He was still a young dragon, but he was old enough to move out on his own."

Twilight's heart was half broken and half filled with rage that he dared question her medical science. "I didn't need you anyway," she muttered through her teeth. She felt terribly upset, but she let her anger get the most of her. 



Within a very short amount of time, Twilight's plan pulled through and the medical professionals accepted the bribes of money and they called the bribery "donations." Death from properly prescribed pharmaceuticals was so common, that Twilight had to hide the statistics from the public. The new studies she created were incredibly biased. The rule was that if a pony drops out from a study from suffering from horrible side effects, or dies from treatment in a study, then that pony failed to complete the test and does not count as a statistics. This goes for cancer patients going through chemo and radiation as well as all the new medical practices. Twilight Sparkle convinced all of the schools that they had to force-vaccinate ponies or else they couldn't get an education. As time went on, more and more vaccines were being forced onto the public.



Applejack stood in front of the Principal and a medical professional who were distributing and promoting vaccines. Applejack held onto her little sisters hoof. "What in tar-nation's do ya mean that my lil' sis has to get a vaccine!?" the farm pony said.

"The medical professional calmly responded to her. "We must protect our children from disease and virus's. Vaccines are supposed to protect us and we need to be thankful for what Twilight Sparkle has discovered." 

Applejack became enraged that their freedoms were being stripped away from the ponies. She was about to hit him with a little logic that he might not have thought about before. "If schools are so terrified to let a single pony in the school, that hasn't had his or her immunity shots among all the other ponies that have, then what does that say about yer faith in vaccinations? If we are so confident that they are so wonderful and work so well, then why can't lil' Apple Bloom go to school without gettin' the shots? All the other ponies had their immunity shots so shouldn't they be safe? If we are goin' to be so confident that vaccines truly work, then why are we so terrified of havin' one single pony cause such an uproar fer the rest of everypony else when we all have had our shots?! Why do we even call them immunity shots if we are still so scared of gettin' the diseases when we have our protection? Either they truly work and grant us immunity, or they don't. Which is it? If yer gonna argue that they don't grant full immunity, but only partial, then I still don't see the point in gettin' them at all. Especially with what they inject inside yer body, and especially with what happened to Scootaloo and Fluttershy! If yer so confident that they work, then why don't ya let me flood yer body with an injection of these diseases and virus's that you got vaccinations against?"

The medical professional became very uncomfortable. "Vaccines do not guarantee one hundred percent safety, from getting a disease or virus, but they are supposed to boost the immune system. We are about saving lives and protecting the children." 

"Yeah, and ya use words like "do not guarantee" or "supposed to." Those are very unscientific words ya used partner, and yer nothin' but a corrupt scoundrel who is gettin' paid to harm our lil' ones! It's one thing to do harm and evil to a pony, but it's a totally new ball game when ya do harm and evil to another pony, while pretendin' that yer doing good to them. Ya ponies make me sick to my stomach and I'm takin' Apple Bloom out of the education system. I'm gonna home school her from now on! Enjoy yer job of poisonin' other ponies and children, ya sick and twisted individual! Vaccines violate my religious beliefs and ya'll should be ashamed of yerselves! There's news reports on the rise of Autism, neurological disorders, and allergic reactions to foods that has been occurin' in newborns because of yer dern vaccines. Ya'll ban peanuts and other food products from yer school because of allergies. Never before had a pony been allergic to somethin' as harmless and good fer them as nuts! Come on Apple Bloom, we ain't ever comin' back here again!" Applejack gave a very angry look at the medical professional and the Principal and then left with Apple Bloom. 

The Principal leaned back in his chair and without even looking at the medical professional, he said the words, "You know, she's actually right."