Rule 54
Do̘͎m̲̗i̪͕̝̝̻͍̙n͙̰̹a̲̪̹͖͉t̻͓͕ion̜̭̤̭̟̭ ͔͚̬͖̬̖̱o͚͇̜͖Ę̦̟̞͕͔͇̻̹͓͡q̷̨̘͔͓̥͖̣̱̳͞u̯̳̤̼e҉͚͔͕s̨͍̻̩̜̜̜̟̥t͎̣̟̬͎̀͘r̴͕̩̲͓̗͓͠i̸͎̗̖̪̣͙̙͜ͅa̡̺̲̼̣̰̥̤ri̺͍͈̹̝̝ͨ̏̌ͬͤͮ͘ͅa̛͓̱̯̠̪̥̘̣̻͈̙̿̉ͧ͊͛ͮͦͧ͛͆̊̅͐̿̀͜ ̧̎̈́ͭ͑̽͐̂̈̃̀ͣ̓ͨ́͗͂͏͕̲̻͈͔̰̺͚͕͙͈̪̞̘͓-ͩ̇̿̏̈͌ͫ́͏͏̜͉̞͇̖̦͔̦̣̺ ̷̏͊ͦ̓̿̾̅̈́͂͛͌̀̆͗ͪ̚҉̛̣̝̦͍̗̩͎̙̪͉̻͈͍̭̯͎͠T̥͔̥̺̠̪͇̗̳̖͚͈̲ͯͪ̀͋͋͒̓͌̽̾͋ͩͫ̑ͧͬ͟͡͞ͅ-̸̼͎͇͎̱͔̘̬̠̭̥͎̈́͊̈̅̆̐̓̓̓̐̔̊̚͡ͅͅ?̛̓͒ͥ̑̊̏ͫ̈ͦ̍͗̀̆ͤ̏͌ͣ̕҉̴̳̬͕͖͎̙̗̟̤̭͞?̨̺̖̗̱̱̱̰͔̱̗̄̆͗ͥ̍ͣ̃͊ͪ̄̀̋͘͡͞?̛͕̞̻̣̹̥̈̀̿̏͒͊ͮͦͣ͞?̠̱̹̯̏̾ͯ͢ͅ?̑ͯ̀̎̍ͭͬͩ͡͏͇͙͙͜?̡̋ͤͧ̋̎ͤ̈́͟͜҉̟͎̟̼̼̜̤̣̼̩̲͙̟͠?̨̛̻͖͈̱̹͗̓͛ͨ̈͜?̓̉̇͆̃͛̚̚͞҉̫̟̪̘̥̫͔͓̪̰̙̘̪̱̣͓̼͇?̩͇̣͔̬͇͙͙̰͈̩͚͕͍͙̰ͤ̈́̒ͨ͌̌͞ͅ ̸̷̛̠͖̥͍͇͔̖͓̩̺͓͇̯̹̬̹̭͉̖̓̐̿̈ͧ͑̇̽͂̀̚d̴̶̨̗̰̟̿͛͐ͫ̿̾̇ͩͧ̅̉ͣ͘͠a̧̟̬̬̦ͤͭ̊̐ͨ͛͐̉̅y̵̛̪͈͍̫͚͔̼̯̙̳̼̦̝͑̂̌̉̔̓ͣ͌ͯ̚͡s.
“Was this what you wanted?”
“I’m not sure.”
“You didn’t help her.”
“I helped her more than you know.”
“You didn’t save her.”
“I couldn’t save her.”
Domination of Equestria - T+222 days.
It was dark.
“Fluttershy?”
It didn’t have to be dark.
“Fluttershy?”
She chose the dark.
“Fluttershy!”
The dark was as cold as she was.
“FLUTTERSHY!”
The dark left her alone to mourn.
”FLUTTERSHY!”
“I heard you the first time Discord.”
He didn’t think it would hurt so much to see her there, battered, bruised. Alive.
“Then you could at least have said hello you know.”
“Hello Discord. Goodbye Discord.”
This hurt. It hurt so much.
“Those bruises look pretty nasty. Didn’t they treat your wounds when they brought you in?”
“I didn’t want them treated.”
“But why ever not!? Some of those cuts might scar you know.”
“I carry my pain for those who can’t anymore.”
“To carry the memory of your animal friends?”
"To carry the memory of all my friends.”
“Some might say that’s very kind of you.”
“I don’t really care.”
“I’m sure your pony friends would care. They wouldn’t want to see you like this.”
“They’re dead and gone Discord.”
“Now that’s not true. The regime hasn’t killed a single one of you. You’re separated, sure, but you’re all alive.”
“I saw Twilight’s body Discord.”
“Ah...Well…”
“That was her in that crater. I know it. I saw it. I felt it. Part of my soul...dying with her.”
“Fluttershy…”
“No. Don’t pity me. Answer me. Is what you say true, are the others alive?”
“I promise you. I swear to you upon all that’s discordant and upon all that’s harmonic. They all live.”
“I see.”
“You managed to escape the longest you know.”
“A family of beavers hid me in their den.”
“Wow, that explains how you got so good at swimming.”
“It’s why he gave up and burned down half the Everfree.”
“Yes...I can see being unable to find you being...frustrating.”
“...”
“Fluttershy?”
“Discord?”
“Yes?”
“Why are you here?”
“To see you of course.”
“No.”
“No?”
“Why. Are. You. Here.”
“Because I couldn’t save you.”
“Lies.”
“No Fluttershy. I couldn’t save any of you. I can’t save anyone.”
”LIAR!”
Domination of Equestria - T-200 days.
It was bright.
“Hello Discord.”
Painfully bright.
He turned to the light.
“Who...no…what are you?”
It was impossible to see it was so bright.
“I’ll leave that up to your imagination.”
The light…it burnt his skin. It burnt his muscles.
It burnt his bones.
“Alright then, Mr Figment of my Imagination. Could you possibly turn the lights down a little?”
“Lights? There are no...oh. So that’s what it looks like to you is it?”
“What what looks like?”
“It’s not important. You want the light to go away, correct?”
“Yes I want the light to go away! It hurts Chaos damnit!”
“Good.”
“Good!?”
“Yes. I want to make the light go away for you Discord.”
“I smell a ‘but’ in the air. An unwiped one.”
“Crude, but yes. I can take the light away, but you will need to do something for me.”
“I only do favours for my friends.”
“That’s a shame. Despite the chaos I’m about to bring to Equestria, I have a feeling you and I will never be friends.”
“Well then, sounds like you’re all guano out of luck.”
“Hardly.”
“And how pray tell do you figure that one out?”
“Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony you may be, but all powerful you are not.”
“And what’s that supposed to mean, hummm?”
“How many ponies have you saved Discord?”
“Saved?”
“Saved.”
“From what?”
“From anything?”
“How am I supposed to answer that?”
“Controversially for you, honestly.”
“I’ve saved hundreds of ponies.”
“Is that so? What from?”
“You seem to forget I was sent to stop Tirek.”
“You seem to have forgotten that you actually helped him nearly destroy all of Equestria.”
“I...well there was that other time…”
“Oh, and which was that?”
“That Sombra guy!”
“You were still encased in stone.”
“Was I? Oh yes. Silly me.”
“You haven’t saved anypony Discord.”
“You’re wrong.”
“I’m not.”
“You’re wrong!”
“You can’t save anypony Discord. Not even yourself.”
“What do you want!?”
“Stay out of my way.”
“Or what!?”
“I will kill everyone you love.”
“What?”
“Painfully. I will make them suffer the longest, most painful agony I can muster, before I kill them.”
“You can’t…”
“I can.”
“I won’t let you!”
“You can’t stop me.”
“I can! If you try to hurt them I’ll come and save them. It’s that simple.”
“You can’t save anypony Discord.”
“I’ve already told you! You’re WRONG!”
“You’ll see soon enough, just how powerless you are…”
Domination of Equestria - T-15 days.
The Battle For Ponyville: 20:11
”TWILIGHT!"
Was that Rainbow Dash?
I can’t tell. My ears are still ringing.
“Twilight...no…”
Was that me? Or Rainbow?
I can’t see. The explosion blinded me. There’s after images of purple stars everywhere.
“Twilight…”
That was definitly me that time.
Rain.
Rain is falling on Ponyville.
Is the sky mourning the loss of their Princess?
Or did the pegasi run out of lava?
“...Twi...light…”
The after images are gone.
That rainbow trail...Dash has gone too.
That little purple bundle.
It can’t be.
That can’t be my friend.
“Tw...li...t”
”You can’t save her Discord.”
“Watch me.”
”You can’t save anypony.”
“Watch me.”
”Ok then. While you’re doing that, I’ll just kill Fluttershy.”
“What?”
“Don’t you see her? There on the far side of this hole.”
No...no…
“Leave her alone!”
”Or what? You can’t save her.”
“Leave her...and I’ll leave you…”
”You swear?”
“I swear.”
”Good. You see the truth now. You can’t save ponies. But I can.”
Overlord Rule No:54 I will not strike a bargain with a demonic being then attempt to double-cross it simply because I feel like being contrary.
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OUCH but effective.
I'm not entirely sure, shouldn't the second part of the chapter be T+222 rather than T-222 days? Or time went haywire with Discord?
Also
"Liar"
Shouldn't it be +222 and +200 days in the timeline?
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+222
-200
-15
Discord seemed pretty insistent that all of them were alive. Perhaps Twilight still lives, kept somewhere by the overlord?
Though keeping the element of magic alive would be ballsy - she pretty much had to die, since her talent and element is magic, something that could bone him harder than anything else. There are time travel spells, after all!
“I promise you. I swear to you upon all that’s discordant and upon all that’s harmonic. They all live.”
Called it.
But the Overlord never cease to impress me... Yes he does apply the rules but where does his power base come from ? How did he managed to actually HURT Discord ? Something only the elements could do. How did he rally all thoses species to work under him ? What did ho do to...
So many questions, so little answers. All of that just to say : loved everything up to now, can't wait for more.
That was fun, may I have another? Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
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Rule 41
Calling it, The Overlord possesses the Rainbow Of Light.
6711947 You do know that she probably has them all memorised?
Huh, you know what, I'm actually not all that surprised. Discord isn't actually that hard to outsmart.
only 40 left now. but i shall keep this one in my special place here. one of the few stories that must be read again, again and yet again.
6711860 man this chapter will be annoying to my timeline but ill make it work still i'm assuming that first part is just anytime after meeting fluttershy
Starting to feel like this guy doesn't actually understand the rules he's following, but is just doing them because he's being told to.
To carry the memory of all my friends.”
1. Just forgot your opening quotation mark.
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Search "MLP, Rainbow of Light". Unlike the Elements of Harmony, the Rainbow of Light doesn't have any set requirements for use other than possessing it and knowing what you want it to do. in one of the other chapters, Twilight tells the Overlord to turn over all of the ancient artifacts he's been collecting; she never said the nature of the artifacts (that is, anceient evil, ancient good, or neutrally aligned, but still powerful), leading me to believe that he has some of everything, and that the Rainbow of Light is one of them.
so flutters has gone all "kazuhira miller" on us huh?
I'm no stranger to this rule... In my country most evil people use it.
Well... that's one way to keep a powerful adversary out of the loop. Still, ouch...
I knew Discord would've been neutralized. Nothing good ever comes from dealing with or allying with extra planar entities, be they gods, demons, angels or spirits. Always rely on your own power and resources whenever possible. If you must deal with them, enslave and dominate them like you would anyone else.
6714552 And then spread out a convoluted way to free him as a legend/rumor that in the end is actually a total lie, and is instead just a ton of death traps with cameras to identify rebels.
Hum... it was evident that he had done something to disable Discord but it speaks volumes for the Evil Overlord's ability to leave no openings for the Lord of chaos to exploit throughout all that time that allowed Discord to go against his extortionist in some way or other at all.
That or very poorly regarding Discord creativity, either way this pleases me.
~Leonzilla
The more practical interpretation of the rule is usually don't strike deals with demonic entities period, but whatever.
Also, Discord never struck me as the kind of entity cosmically bound by his word. More like the kind that would blatantly lie and cheat.
This chapter was darker than I thought.
6747039 The best way to lie and cheat is with honesty and honor.
My god...
Now this is what I live for...
Eh, #54 doesn't pass the smell test. All the rest are at least plausible, but #54 just doesn't work. Discord wouldn't simply give up merely because someone talked to him with "logic". Convincing him to do something, as Tirek managed? Yeah, that could fly. But convincing him to do nothing at all? That's just so un-Discord.
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Every person has a breaking point. It's called breaking someone's will for a reason.
7908404 Are you seriously going to claim that a single brief conversation in a white void qualifies as "breaking someone's will"? Particularly against someone like Discord, who is a master at twisting things around and not following other people's rules?
**Seriously?**
That just doesn't fly. Tirek's strategy in the 4th season finale worked because he used Discord's "don't follow the rules" tendency against him. But in this situation, Discord would have just turned off the lights with a snap of his finger and laughed in the E.O.'s face for such an incredibly simple-minded manipulation attempt.
No, all the other chapters are at least plausible, but this one simply doesn't work.
I like how Discord has saved ponies from Sombra now. lel.
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That was no light. That was... something else, something diametrically opposed to Discord somehow.