New Dawn
The world is not to be put in order. The world is order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.
-Henry Miller
Since the morning of the First Rising, the view of Harmony had undergone a change.
True Chaos was not permitted. All it ever brought was evil and suffering with it. The equine race, and all beyond it, were believed to have fallen into a downward spiral from their once more Harmonious state.
Since the First Rising, had any outsiders come into Ponyville, it would not have been the same as previous visitors had seen it. While ponies did roam in the streets, it wasn't their everyday hustle and bustle anymore, as those who did appear were sparse. There was work to be done, and the Empress had given her teachings to her followers. Teachings that the "disharmonious" were not privy to. A new relationship had come among the townsfolk, a division: blessed against cursed. Us against them.
But there was part of the population that nopony was aware of but themselves and the Empress of Harmony, formerly known to the world as Twilight Sparkle. A spirit realm that remained cut off from the living. And as they stared from the streets below, able to make out the towering edifice from their enclosure but limited in the more physical realm, they waited for the time when they could finally be free. What had once been Laughter waited with dismal resignation. What had once been Kindness waited with burning hatred.
Their Essence, that of the Elements, had once been pure, but their fallen forms had entrapped them in corruption. A lesson that those who were taught the Empress's lessons would be sure to correct.
Within the construct that was part nature and part metal, a reconstruction of her former home, Twilight was no longer the sole equine occupant. In one of the lower floors, where her old basement had once been, it had been transformed into a larger room. The walls were stone, the ceiling looked more like that of a church, and there was now a distinct back and front. A point of entry in the back, desks carefully aligned, a few small stairs that led up to the front, a few inches higher than the rest, where the Empress of Harmony, Twilight Sparkle, stood.
Several ponies sat at the desks, younger ones—her students, in training to learn what it really meant to be truly harmonious. And she had one regulation: "If a question comes to your mind—any question at all—ask it."
Hooves were raised, and Twilight smiled. It was good that so many young ones were willing to question, to learn.
Questioning lifted the veil of deception from my eyes. Questioning allowed me to see the truth. Questioning allowed me to see that the world couldn't go on like that, in its corrupted, rotten, disharmonious state!
And some of the students would ask, "What happened to them? The ones who had the essence of the Elements? Why did you require them to be eliminated?"
Twilight stood before them, her opposing-shaded wings at her sides. Even when folded, out of sight of those directly before her watchful eyes, they knew what the ethereal appendages represented, formed from neither fur nor feathers. While their wispy forms were of the pure energy of the Elements and the Chaos that fought against it, others believed it was just a symbolic representation, and there were normal wings hidden underneath.
The thought brought a chuckle to Twilight, but the question was answered. "Their souls became corrupted, and their Essence was in danger. If the energy of the Elements died with them, the chance for Harmony to truly reign would die with it."
This was a story that was to be known well. The Empress had her reasons for doing what she did. For the greater good, there had to be sacrifices.
One, Scootaloo, raised her hoof, eagerness alight in her eyes. "Is that why you chose us?"
Twilight smiled at her student's inquiry as the pegasus sat down at her desk, eyes as bright as always. "Exactly. I chose you to be in this classroom because you are all so young, least tainted by the chaos of the world.". She stepped closer to Scootaloo and placed a tender hoof under her chin. "You can learn. You can be safe. You can help make reality right again."
Scootaloo's face flushed with pride. "I'll do whatever I can to help you, Empress!"
"And that's precisely why you're in training to be my Ambassador of Loyalty," Twilight said, smiling and withdrawing her hoof. She then moved to the front of the room, looking at the clock she had created to tell what time it was, seeing as here there were no windows to the outside. "Alright everypony," she called out, "tomorrow we'll begin some of our more proper training. And I want you to remember," here she bowed slightly to them, rather than the other way around. A blend of white and dark light emitted from her horn, each forming a shimmering tendril that lightly touched the head of each student. "You are our future."
All the students nodded their heads, as if in that moment a great honor had been bestowed upon them.
The light vanished, and Twilight raised her head high. "Class dismissed."
The students, almost as if a collective, rose from their seats and walked out, talking among themselves. Twilight watched them depart with a wistful smile.
"They have so much to learn, but they're so bright," the alicorn mused, trotting to the stone wall at the front. She gazed upward, at the stone engraving of the Elements of Harmony.
Twilight hovered up to the center of the engraving, silent on her ethereal wings. She pressed her hoof to the center of it, and she allowed a light to shine from her horn. It swirled around her, making only a faint whisper of a sound.
Her eyes were closed as she recalled getting the essence of the Elements, gaining her wings, allowing the others to see the truth.
But the serene smile on her face turned into a frown as she remembered other things. She remembered what happened before.
The cries and screams of those she once called friends. Their uncomprehending as they furthered her goal. That nagging battle with her conscience, the haunting visions—
"E-Empress?"
Twilight opened her eyes and looked down at the voice, one she recognized. To her surprise, two foals stood there. One was Scootaloo, but it was the other who had spoken in his Trottingham accent, a young earth pony colt she knew as Pipsqeak. The pair looked up at her with concerned faces.
Twilight sighed and lowered herself down to them, landing silently on the stone floor.
"Are you alright?" Pipsqueak asked, brushing a strand of his scruffy brown mane out of his face. "You seem kinda lost in thought."
Twilight knew she couldn't—wouldn't—lie to them. "Just thinking."
"About the past?" Scootaloo questioned.
Twilight nodded. "Yeah."
"Well, like you've said to us," Pipsqueak said with an encouraging expression, "look to the future, right?"
Twilight smiled gratefully, nodding a little. "You're right."
"So, uh..." Scootaloo shuffled her hooves, something clearly on her mind. "Empress?"
"Hmm?"
Scootaloo looked a little more enthusiastic, now that her Empress seemed to have regained her spirits. "I was wondering... when are we gonna start planning things out for everywhere else besides Ponyville?"
Twilight chuckled. "Three days, if all goes well."
"Three days?!". The pair looked startled, but out of excitement rather than nerves.
Twilight arched her brow slightly. "Is that a problem?"
"I thought it was gonna take a month at least!" Scootaloo exclaimed
Twilight glanced upward slightly, a determined grin forming on her features. "Not if I get you trained up properly."
"Well, what about the Princesses?" Pipsqueak asked. "What if they find out?"
"Oh. don't worry," Twilight said with a chuckle, "I've already got that figured out." Her violet, darkened eyes lit up slightly.
"And you all are going to help."
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Well, finally I got this up!
Like I said in the description, it's not necessary at all to read Pages of Harmony before this, as I will make it clear enough what happened, so this can indeed be read as a stand-alone fic.
This one is going to focus quite a bit on some of the "students" and those opposing Empress Twilight, plus the Empress herself and the spirits of her frinds. So basically, expect a lot of characters to get development in this, hence the Other tag.
Hope you enjoyed reading the first chapter!
Oh my god YES! Cannot hold in excitement~!
You walk into this room at your own risk, because it leads to the future, not a future that will be but one that might be. This is not a new world, it is simply an extension of what began in the old one. It has patterned itself after every dictator who has ever planted the ripping imprint of a hoof on the pages of history since the beginning of time. It has refinements, technological advances, and a more sophisticated approach to the destruction of equine freedom. But like every one of the super-states that preceded it, it has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and truth is a menace - in The Twilight Zone.
5112245 Glad you feel that way!
5112431 I expected it to be a Twilight Zone reference right as I started reading it (huge fan of classic Twilight Zone—that one's from The Obsolete Man, I love that episode!), so I ended up mentally reading that whole comment in Rod Serling's voice, lol.
also ironically fitting since her name is Twilight.
Must.......Not...........Fangasm.......
Have a some moustache for this awesomeness
Remove excess spacing.
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I'll fangasm for the both of us.
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I don't exactly know what it is about this series... It unnerves me. I find myself becoming more paranoid. You, dear sir, have done what most have only ever dreamed of.
You wrote true horror.
5113017 Totally agree. Its like the ability to make someone feel as low as possible without even having to raise your voice at them.
Harmony does not work that way, Twilight. Even if you forcibly ascend yourself in an attempt to redefine the cosmic concept of Harmony, it still doesn't work that way.
In any case, I wasn't expecting her to actually win. Still, a good villain deserves an epic downfall. I look forward to more, especially considering who's being held back solely by Twilight's will.
It's finally here!
Been waiting a long time for this, hopefully the next chapter won't take quite as long, because I'm looking forward to more! Go Empress! Down with the Princesses!
5114965 derpicdn.net/img/view/2013/2/24/254257__safe_vector_discord_svg_artist-colon-alexiy777.png "Oh you poor delusional student. Chaos can never truly be erased. Your chasing a dream that will never be real. ."
This story, and the prequel, unnerve me with Twilight's thinking. It's logical, but completely insane as well.
Food for thought: Harmony does not necessarily mean order, it refers to a perfect balance or union of something. In this case; order and chaos.
The very essence of harmony is personified by yin and yang, and basically says that all things rely on their opposite forms to exist themselves. Separation, opposites are an illusion that highlights this thought.
As far as I can tell, this also applies to itself; if order is to exist at all, there also needs to be chaos. It doesn't really seem like Twilight to overlook something like that.
5128505 She definitely has a reason for acting the way she does. You'll find out later.
It's "not exactly like her" to kill at her friends either.
However, as far as the Order and Chaos thing goes, what I can say is that, in her state of mind at the moment, she believes that letting Chaos run free too much is a threat to a world that could be Harmony. Think along the lines of the Chancellor in the Twilight Zone episode, "The Obsolete Man". And if you've never seen it, here you go!
5130356 Well, ya got me there!
Yay! I love Twilight Zone!
This is gonna be awesome. I can't help but wonder what would happen to Discord if he had been in this story. . .
Not anything good, that's for sure.
More Tyrant Sparkle!
You are officially my favourite fan fiction author ever. Can I marry your brain?
Oh, and I couldn't help noticing a few occurrences of "gratefully" misspelled "greatfully." Just thought you should know, in case no one pointed it out yet.
'Cause this Gon B Good.
Soo...
This is new
I do have one question before starting this sequel, though... Does Celestia and/or Luna take part in this one?
5216034 To answer your question...Yes, eventually, they do.
yay, a sequel. i would've checked this out (and added it to my faves with the previous story) sooner but i think the previous story wound up lost in my big collection of fanfics so i didn't notice it had been finished till just now.
Finally you have no idea how long we've been waiting for this and it took years to finish the first one XD
Last story was a fun read
, this one will most likely be better.
Empress Twilight scares me. Taking into account what she did in Pages, everyone who isn't under her spell would see her coming and say...
Twilight is crazy and I expect an epic downfall for her in the future.
Any idea when the next chapter will be posted?
Is this on hiatus
?
10/10 would be terrified again.
Seriously, if Many Worlds is true, then fuck you, author you've doomed us all.
6275980 Thankfully, there's a third division of universes most people forget about: The omniverse. My thought is that any story containing multiple universes has its own multiverse. This story takes place in its multiverse. In any scenario wherein Twilight surpasses reality, she'll end up affecting her own multiverse. However, we in a different multiverse will be fine. That's why you can imagine a version of yourself from another dimension meeting yourself and it doesn't happen.
6629027 I dunno about that. Maybe it would explain why we've not been fucked by some universe hopping character yet. But if it is true, then I have to rethink some things. My current theory is that, because their are so many universes, it could be any you that you have imagined. This would explain why we aren't being constantly raped as well, because it would take an incredibly long time to make it to our needle in the multiversal haystack.
I wonder if you'll ever update..?
Interesting...
7531257 I intend to touch it again, actually. :) After NaNoWriMo's over.
Note to self: stop reading 'doorstopper' fanfics that are incomplete. First Asylum, and now this.
Dangit, I need closure!
This story has been left untouched for years. You know this. Anyone whom has read the comments knows this. Time and time again, you have promised to continue. I see broken promises.
And, time passes on.
It'd be nice to see more...
was Pages taken down? That's one of my all-time favorite grimdarks
Will this ever be continued?
I apologize if this seems like I'm putting pressure on you, but I don't like tracking stories that'll never be completed.
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Nope it’s still available here: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/5882/pages-of-harmony