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A Method to his Madness

by Luna-tic Scientist
Discord comes back; this time the ponies are ready - or so they thought.

Five hundred years after the Discord's first defeat, a lone unicorn scientist makes an interesting discovery. Across Canterlot, over the last few centuries, accident rates have increased in the area around the Royal Palace. His work is ridiculed by his peers, but comes to the attention of the Princesses, who know exactly what is happening: Discord is waking up. With Luna and Celestia, he concocts a plan to stop the Lord of Chaos forever.

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Cover art butchered from UnderwoodART's render of the stained glass in S02E01.
This story is based on S1/S2 (Discord was never released and reformed) and sits within my Soot-Covered World canon, but is stand-alone. No knowledge of the other books is required.

All thanks to ascendant, NoeCarrier, turol, KMCA, Caliaponia and billymorph for their prereading and editing over the life of this story.

Teen
Complete
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Science Fiction
Violence
Dark
Thriller
 
DPPO

183799 words: Estimated about 15 hours to read
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36 Chapters:

  1. Prologue: An Enemy Exposed 2019-03-01 20:50:13 UTC
    6366
  2. 2 -- A defence in depth 2019-03-01 20:52:25 UTC
    7548
  3. 3 -- An instant of insanity 2019-03-16 12:41:05 UTC
    7806
  4. 4 -- A day for disaster 2019-04-01 18:25:33 UTC
    5826
  5. 5 -- We’re all victims here 2019-04-16 16:14:54 UTC
    4876
  6. 6 -- Better living through chemistry 2019-05-01 17:47:05 UTC
    4409
  7. 7 -- Bringing a knife to a gunfight 2019-05-16 17:10:44 UTC
    4421
  8. 8 -- The enemy of all life 2019-06-02 03:59:43 UTC
    4834
  9. 9 -- Patient zero 2019-06-16 17:54:19 UTC
    4229
  10. 10 -- Flying visit 2019-07-01 19:14:06 UTC
    4736
  11. 11 -- Plague ship 2019-07-16 20:03:36 UTC
    4770
  12. 12 -- Monster Room 2019-08-01 05:17:09 UTC
    4663
  13. 13 -- Destination Canterlot 2019-08-16 19:49:36 UTC
    4393
  14. 14 -- Gin trap 2019-09-01 18:45:20 UTC
    5434
  15. 15 -- Defence of the Realm 2019-09-16 19:53:48 UTC
    6111
  16. 16 -- Panopticon 2019-10-01 15:45:41 UTC
    5481
  17. 17 -- The Darkness Awakens 2019-10-16 17:51:12 UTC
    4982
  18. 18 -- The dark knight 2019-11-01 21:11:36 UTC
    4521
  19. 19 -- Regaining Equilibrium 2019-11-16 20:38:51 UTC
    4108
  20. 20 -- Case Nightmare White 2019-12-01 18:17:39 UTC
    5642
  21. 21 -- A gift of sunlight 2019-12-16 15:26:13 UTC
    6236
  22. 22 -- The Circle 2020-01-01 21:04:17 UTC
    4751
  23. 23 -- Loup-Garou 2020-01-16 18:47:28 UTC
    4390
  24. 24 -- Boost suits 2020-02-01 21:47:08 UTC
    5463
  25. 25 -- Gestalt 2020-02-16 19:20:17 UTC
    5114
  26. 26 -- Chimera 2020-03-01 20:12:08 UTC
    4596
  27. 27 -- Sundering Claw 2020-03-16 19:07:12 UTC
    4344
  28. 28 -- Specials 2020-04-01 17:46:50 UTC
    5208
  29. 29 -- Discord 2020-04-16 17:13:26 UTC
    5923
  30. 30 -- A Certain Honesty 2020-05-01 15:53:51 UTC
    4442
  31. 31 -- VORPAL 2020-05-16 18:26:45 UTC
    4812
  32. 32 -- Destroyer of worlds 2020-06-01 18:46:17 UTC
    3793
  33. 33 -- Sometimes they don't come back at all 2020-06-16 17:34:26 UTC
    4850
  34. 34 -- No Structures Capable of Knowing Joy 2020-07-01 19:02:47 UTC
    4974
  35. 35 -- Lost, and never found 2020-07-16 17:40:07 UTC
    7239
  36. Epilogue 2020-07-16 17:41:03 UTC
    2508