Author's Notes:

I know what you're thinking!

"Justin... didn't you just say that you're NOT going to give us another chapter tomorrow?"

No, I said "Maybe Not"! Oh well...

As it turned out, I have more freedom than I thought! (And my dad was hanging around my laptop a lot less, meaning more Brony Time! *Dances next to Pinkie Pie, only to end up slung into a wall*

Anyways, Software Patch is another OC from another epic applicant (which is described in the Author's Notes of "Season 1, Episode 5"!) (His name is "firebirdnamedsam", by the way! He doesn't have a story as of yet, but I bet he could be one Tartarus of an author, just by reading his application for this character! Descriptive with a capital "D" at the beginning!)

Oh, and there's a little not-so-hidden Easter Egg below the "To Be Continued" sign, so... yeah! Remember to check it out, if you like immersion with a hint of suspense!

With our heroes captured by King Goldheart, it would seem that all hope has once again fallen for them. Now, with their king spreading lies about the heroes through The Highlands, they are deemed international criminals, and should they escape, are to be put to death immediately. Unfortunately for them, even the citizens of Undercity were in on it, too! Now, with the citizens of Undercity in charge again, all of our heroes are locked into maximum security... and with the knowledge of their capabilities and weaknesses, they have Ruby and Justin in cells next to each other. Should one speak out of line, Ruby would be hurt, or worse, resulting in the injuries going to Justin... and with his wounds from the prior battle, he knows he can't handle much more of it.

Meanwhile, a new creature rises from the world's past. Sided with a fabled hero in a temporary truce, it is up to the two of them to save our heroes from certain death. There is only one problem, though...

The area around the magic kingdom of Ponyland was covered in fire and brimstone. Where trees and mountains once stood, now ash and cinder could be seen endless miles away.

In the center of a crater, an android-like hybrid creature lied down with its left hand clenching its chest; a gray diamond with a cloud-like aura inside it. From its appearance, it was male. He appeared to have the ears, snout, and left arm of a crimson-colored Fox, a cream-colored Unicorn's head and left half of a torso, with Royal Blue Irises with Blood Red Pupils in the centers of each eye, Wyvern-like fangs, and gunmetal-colored scales over the right half of his torso, and a pair of metal hooves. In the center of his chest, the diamond was three inches in diameter, and in a cracked-like pattern of scars that surrounded it, the inside of the scars glowed in a circuit board-like pattern. His right arm was like a Wyvern's in shape and strength; his claws capable of slicing through rocks with minimum effort, a pair of Wyvern's wings, and a Wyvern's tail with a foot-long silver blade at the tip. He had a noticeable scar around his neck that was sewn shut. Another scar, much larger than the other one, curved around the diamond from his left shoulder to his right hip; ending at the point where his metal legs began.

Slowly sitting up, he placed his right claw on the ground and tried to stand up, only for blue electricity to shock his upper body; causing him to slightly twitch in pain, before looking up at the cause of his injuries.

There, towering over him by ten times his height, was a red centaur with black horns, a long black beard with a long black mane, red furred arms, four hooves on his lower body, and a giant wooden staff in his hands.

He grinned at the creature that tried standing from the crater, before saying in a dark, low-pitched tone, "Where is the Magic that your Alicorns have given you, Software Patch? Can't you see that you are nothing without it?!" Then he looked behind his back; his pitch black eyes focusing on the Draconequus on the ground; covered in blood, cuts, and bruises. "And besides... you nearly managed to kill a potential... ally."

In a low-pitched male's voice that sounded like a man speaking from a tin can, Software Patch replied, "Tirek! You will never get away with this!"

Tirek chuckled lightly before slowly walking towards the weakened creature. "On the contrary... you won't even be able to wake up once I'm done with you..." Then his mouth opened up, as a golden aura flowed from Software's diamond; causing him to yell in agony; his scars' neon blue lights to fade, and his eyes to slowly close. Then, once he fell to the ground again, he remained motionless, while Tirek turned towards the injured Draconequus and reached his right hand towards him. "Discord... I should've known you'd need me sooner or later."

With a muffled cough, Discord replied, "Ah, I could've had him..."

Tirek raised an unamused eyebrow at him. "Well... since I saved your life, you know what our codes as Spirits of Destruction mean... right?"

Discord sighed, before shaking his "partner"'s hand. "Indeed... so, now that you saved my life, I am to aid you, when needed." As he said that, he started to glow. His wounds and blood soon disappeared, and any injuries and fractures that he had were no more.

Then Tirek turned around, and walked away. "Remember... when I need you, you will know." Then he turned to Software, and grumbled. "This creature shouldn't even exist... but at the same time, he was built too cleverly to merely kill." He then turned to Discord, and said, "I would suggest burying him with some of the new powers I gave you from him... he must never be near another Alicorn again... or he will be back."

Discord nodded his head, and then replied, "Don't worry, Tirek... I have it all under control." Then Tirek turned around, and vanished into a flash of light.

Discord chuckled maniacally, as his eyes started to glow. Then, after a few moments of chanting a spell, the entire landscape around him turned from destruction to oddity, as the ground and sky turned a purple and blue checkered pattern.

Then, with a snap of his fingers, Software levitated towards an "edge" of the surface, and began to fall down an endless drop. "Ta-ta!" He said with a chuckle, before conjuring a throne for him to sit on.

What he didn't expect to see, however, was a pair of Alicorns to call his name from a faraway distance.

Deep in the center of an unknown jungle in the middle of an unknown island, a Human male and an Alicorn female appeared from a sudden flash of light; the man wearing a simple yellow hooded jacket, blue denim jeans, and a pair of dark brown hiking boots. He appeared to be thirty years old, his face was covered in centimeter-long stubble, and his hair lowered down to his neck midway. Looking around in a panicked mood, he soon found the Alicorn lying on the ground.

The Alicorn was a filly with a golden coat, a medium-length red mane tied in a tail in the back, and was wearing a gold-colored dress. She looked at the Human nervously, before mumbling, "Daddy... I don't feel so good..."

The Human's eyes widened at the sound of the Alicorn's voice. "Oh my gosh... Ruby? Is that you?!"

The Alicorn raised an eyebrow at the Human, before nodding her head, and slowly backing away; the sight of the jungle finally getting to her. "Daddy... what's going on? Where are we?" Then she looked at her hands, and gasped. "W-why do I have... so much hair all over me? DADDY, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?!"

Both of their eyes filled with tears, as they embraced each other in a hug. "I don't know, honey... but I promise, I'll find a way to fix this! There has to be help somewhere..." Then he picked her up, and added, "Hang tight, and don't let go!"

Then the two of them traveled through the unknown forest, while thousands of miles below them, hidden beneath a cave, a diamond started to glow a light blue color through a large pile of dirt in, what would appear to be, an ancient mausoleum.