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In her quest to eliminate all chaos, the one now known as the Empress of Harmony established her rule. With the essence of her friends removed, only those she deems pure are permitted to live under her watchful care.

Order and Chaos are divided, those who support Twilight in her noble goal versus those who oppose her.

Harmony is the greatest good, as the Empress Twilight Sparkle insisted. But can Harmony really exist if the bearer of Magic has become disillusioned between justice and vengeance?


(While this is a sequel to Pages of Harmony, I have written it so it can be read as a stand-alone.)

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Well, finally I got this up!:pinkiehappy:

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.:twilightsmile:

Hope you enjoyed reading the first chapter!

Oh my god YES! Cannot hold in excitement~! :pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy:

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!:pinkiehappy:

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.:twilightsmile::scootangel: also ironically fitting since her name is Twilight.:scootangel:

Must.......Not...........Fangasm.......
:raritycry::raritycry::raritydespair::raritydespair::raritycry:
Have a some moustache for this awesomeness
:moustache::moustache::moustache::moustache::moustache:

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! :pinkiehappy: 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.:scootangel:  It's "not exactly like her" to kill at her friends either.:pinkiecrazy::twilightblush:

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! :pinkiesmile:

Yay! I love Twilight Zone! :pinkiehappy:

This is gonna be awesome. I can't help but wonder what would happen to Discord if he had been in this story. . . :derpyderp1: Not anything good, that's for sure.

More Tyrant Sparkle! :pinkiecrazy:

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:rainbowdetermined2:, this one will most likely be better.:coolphoto:

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. :twilightsmile:

Any idea when the next chapter will be posted?

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..?

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.

Comment posted by Fireemerald123 deleted Feb 14th, 2022

It'd be nice to see more...

was Pages taken down? That's one of my all-time favorite grimdarks:fluttershysad:

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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