The Brass Conspiracy
Celestia prides herself on preparedness. She expected the return of Nightmare Moon, putting measures in place to ensure her sister's return to her right mind.
Court thaumaticists theorized that the breaking of the Lunar Binding Charm would result in the release of Discord. So Celestia ensured that he could be resealed with comparative ease.
She put measures in place to warn her when Sombra's prison was weakening.
But there is another foe from her past, whose hostility she refused to acknowledge. And he is coming.
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This story begins shortly before 'Keep Calm and Flutter On' and follows canon up to but not including that point.
'Gore' in this story is limited to the prologue and the chapter 'Return to Canterlot part 2', and is very brief (and in my opinion minor) in both occurrences.
19 Chapters:
- Prologue - Day of Chaos 2013-06-07 00:21:15 UTC1834
- A Guest at the Library 2013-08-20 13:19:19 UTC1827
- Celebrities 2013-10-19 17:31:58 UTC1934
- Intermission 1: Welcome to Old Canterlot 2013-10-21 23:22:23 UTC2033
- Welcome to Ponyville 2013-10-27 01:22:03 UTC1966
- How to Meet a Guildmaster 2013-11-03 03:38:09 UTC3347
- Arrival, Part One 2013-11-14 21:53:02 UTC3303
- Arrival, Part Two 2013-11-14 21:53:12 UTC2674
- Intermission 2: We March At Dawn 2013-11-17 04:40:12 UTC2678
- Awakening 2013-11-24 03:31:12 UTC3400
- Discourse 2014-01-15 23:50:21 UTC1940
- The Celestians 2014-01-27 23:02:19 UTC3167
- Strange Things Happen 2014-02-10 20:06:14 UTC2845
- Intermission 3: Collision 2014-03-21 19:58:55 UTC3244
- Frozen North 2014-03-27 21:36:25 UTC4210
- Return to Canterlot: Part 1 2014-03-30 21:32:13 UTC3243
- Return to Canterlot: Part 2 2014-03-30 21:32:38 UTC1868
- Resolution 2014-04-22 21:02:24 UTC4220
- Epilogue: The View Forward 2014-06-08 05:47:12 UTC3216