Author's Notes:

Hey, guys. This ones a little short, but I just needed it done to set something up. Let's just say... this stories about to go through a very big change. And, to be honest, it'll be almost something entirely new. So, it might take a while. At least ya get some warning this time though, right? Anyway, enjoy this little snippy chapter thing.

When I got back to my world, I could immediately tell something was very, very wrong. Everything felt… off. It was almost familiar in the way that it was wrong, yet it seemed… worse somehow. Stronger.

I flew up, and saw glitchy chaos. “What in the world?” I muttered, sockets wide. What had caused all of this? All around me were nothing but random pixels that were mismatched such as one half of a tree being fused with the ground as a strange tile blocks. Everypony was walking backwards despite moving forward in a strange animation loops. I had to do a double take when I saw the black void in the distance.

With haste, I brought my souls power to bear, trying to will away the damage caused in a great burst of magic. However, I was met with a lot of resistance.

“Oooh how… A̸̛̪N̵̩͠Ń̸̙O̷͈̕Ỵ̵̀Ï̷̤N̸̪̾G̶̡̎!̷̪̀ ̴̩̽” I heard a glitched voice said as a headache quickly formed at how messed up it sounded, it was like listening to earape being filtered through an old speaker. How was something affecting me like this? I lived in the void before!

I turned to the source of the void, scowling heavily. “Who are you?” I questioned.

“Do you want to know my true name? Or shall I tell you a name that won’t turn you inside out?” The voice said as a strange abomination floated toward me, the creature in questioning reminding me of Discord, except even more of a mess with the floating glitched pixels and his body parts constantly shifting.

“Well, I’ve been torn across all time and space, so anything that won’t imitate that feeling would be preferable,” I dryly said. While we were talking, I was gathering magical energy.

“Oh hoo hoo hoo. Where I come from, there is no t-t-t-t-t-.” He was skipping like a broken record. “Time and space.” He said with a grin as his body unnaturally twisted around.

I hummed. “Now, that just looks uncomfortable.” I said dryly. Whoever this chaotic jerk was, I wanted him gone now. He was breaking my world, and understandably I didn’t want that to happen. I kept all my stuff here, after all.

As I was about to start attacking the creature in front of me in earnest, I could just tell he wouldn’t be open to negotiation, I felt something fly into my side. On instinct, I caught the thing in one of my many hands. What landed in my hand was a strange golden cartridge of some kind, no logo nor label.

The creatures eyes went wide as he started foaming at the mouth, causing colorful pixelated blocks to drip from his maw. “Not that Nuisance again!” the creature screamed out as he reached out toward me, causing a ray of corruptive pixels to fly in my direction. I dodged, of course, teleporting away in a finger snap a few dozen yards away. Putting it in a hand aligned to red, I channeled energy into it. A hologram popped up, revealing a tired expression of a pixeled human face, except it was strangely vividly detailed.

“...Jeez, you guys just keep coming….” The human said with a yawn. I shoved the thing around, turning the heads face in the direction of the glitching chaos user. “...He’s back?! Oh for crying out loud, I saw the codes of harmony destroy him!” the human said with a groan. He raised his arm, revealing some sort of strange futuristic gauntlet.

[Searching…. New World Found: Inputting code. 453347213]

I heard a robot voice say as the hologram started to flicker. Suddenly, the human leaped out, becoming more detailed and three dimensional. While the gauntlet that surrounded his arm looked impressive, the rest of him looked a little plain with just a white tank top, black shorts, and flip flops.

“I’d exchange pleasantries, but it appears that one of your villanses is destroying my world. Let’s just cut straight to the point, shall we?” I suggested, readying my hands and a couple blasters too.

“Don’t. He can’t be hurt, not by normal means anyways. If you try to touch him, you’ll experience a world of hell.” The human warned as he raised his hand toward me.

I frowned, keeping an eye on the glitch. “How do we beat him, then?” I questioned the human. “He seems rather… irritating to deal with.” Honestly, at least normal Discord could actually be physically damaged if you managed to surprise him and had the strength to do so.

“The codes of harmony is the only way to beat him, not unless you’ve got a method of trapping him in a computer or something.” The human said as he watched the sky fade to black. Reality itself was falling apart to this creature’s presence.

Sighing, I turned to the human. “It appears there’s not quite enough time for this world to try trapping him. Can you use those codes?” I questioned. If not, then… I may need to bring a certain button out of retirement. It may not hurt him, but hopefully it will kick this bastard out of here.

“Let me rephrase that, the codes of harmony as six heroens I brought together to fight Glitchcord.” The human said as he started pressing a combination of numbers. “If your world was more of a video game, I’d send you into an alternative timeline.” The human said as he scratched his head curiously. “I don’t ha-” The human stopped in mid-sentence as Glitchcord unleash a furious screech, causing the corrupted to spread even further.

“I Ị̸́ ̴̳͋Ẇ̴̩O̵̧͝N̵̥̂'̶̰̾T̶̻̓ ̸̓ͅL̸͙̇Ě̴̼T̷̤̍ ̸̹̾ Y-Y-YOI ̴̉ͅE̸̯̅S̷̻̉C̴̰̃A̸̜͆P̶͍͝E̷̙̊ ̵̞̎Ţ̷͊Ȟ̵͙I̷̹̽S̸̯̅ ̵̥͝T̸̯͐I̵͈͗M̶̭̀E̵̻̿,̶͎̂ ̵̯͛C̵̳̈́H̴̘̽E̶̜̾A̶̼̎T̶̡͒Ē̵̥Ȑ̷͙!̷̼͛” Glitchcord screamed out at it started to madly charge at us.

I grabbed the human and teleported a mile away. “I have a… potential solution,” I said, hesitant. “This world… it’s doomed. But, if I use this,” I said, bringing out the orange and black Reset button. “Maybe… just maybe… it’ll Erase this timeline, and start a new instance.” I explained, the button hovering right in front of my hand.

“You can’t hide from-” I didn’t hear the rest of it as the human suddenly closed both of our ears.

“He just said his real name, but anyone hearing it will end up corrupted. I suggest you hit that button before he gets even more pissed off.” The human explained as he removed his hand from my head. I nodded, and button went yellow. The sound played, and whiteness enveloped the world...