My Little Pony: The Glitch

by GlitchyError

Chapter 3: Against the monster!

No ones POV

'How did I end up in this situation?'

Jaune wondered to himself as he rode on a rocket heading straight into the monster's wide-open mouth in slow motion.

To his right is an orange furred Earth pony with a cowgirl hat biting and pulling onto a rope that held down the monster's head. Helping her with the rope was a line of animals big and small, from a big bear to even a small white rabbit. Cheering them on was a yellow Pegasus pony with a pink mane as she too helped.

To the left, there were two Unicorn ponies, one lavender and one white, pointing their glowing horns at two pinned-down crab claws who had the same glow. Above them is a third crab claw that was being pushed back by a cyan-furred Pegasus pony with a rainbow-colored mane.

Up above on top of the monster's face, a pink-colored Earth pony is seen shoving a large pie into the monster's right eye. Beside her is the creature known as Discord, who was back to his normal size and was busy slamming a giant wooden mallet onto the creature's other eye.

'Well it all started 20 minutes ago, back when I found those giant fireworks rockets.'

Flashback~ 20 minutes ago~

'I was running towards the direction of the monster without so much of a plan besides absorbing it. Since it's made up of glitches then maybe I can do the same thing I did with those glitches earlier.'

Jaune is seen running down the screen. As he sprinted ahead his body had unconsciously gathered any glitch that he passed by. Behind him is a constant trail of glitches that flowed into his back as the scenery behind him turned back to normal.

'The main problem to that was how to get to it. Fortunately tho the answer came up when I spotted those giant rockets.'

Jaune suddenly stops in his tracks before taking a few steps back and turning his head to the alley to his right. Within is a big wagon carrying 4 enormous red rockets the size of his body.

"What the-who would make fireworks as big as these?"

Somewhere else

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

Three fillies sneezed out loud for no reason. One is an Earth pony, the other is a Pegasus pony and the last one is a Unicorn pony.

"Huh, why do I feel like someone is talking about us?"

"I don't know...hey I just remembered! Do you two know where our fireworks are?"

"You mean the ones we made yesterday when we tried to get our fireworks cutie marks? Nope, haven't seen them!"

"Huh...well I'm sure we'll find them later."

Back to Jaune

The blonde cautiously walked up to the wagon and looked to the rockets, then back to the wagon, and back to the rockets.

Suddenly something clicked in Jaune's head as he came up with a stupid idea. The only thing missing tho is something to light them, like a torch or-

"That could work.", Jaune said as he looked at the large matchstick that was hidden in the pile of rockets, "But seriously tho, who would make something like this?"

He then shook his head as he went to the front of the wagon, grabbed its reins, and started to pull it out into the street.

Surprisingly though he did it easily, he didn't look to be struggling either, "Huh, strange.", He said to himself as he emerged back into the street, " These things look like they should weigh a lot but why does it feel like I'm pulling nothing at all?"

His thought was interrupted when he felt the ground shake and heard a familiar roar.

Turning his head he had spotted the giant figure of the glitching abomination a mile away trying to smash a rainbow-colored dome with its giant claws.

Jaune could barely see anything inside the slightly translucent dome, but then he felt his glitches stir inside of him and felt the same ticklish feeling in his eyes.

@&$$%&@+#(@

Jaune's eyes shined a bright blue glow as his vision improved drastically.

"Wow, okay that's new.", Jaune said in surprise before he focused his sight on what's inside the barrier.

He spotted six tired ponies with each of them wearing jewelry that glowed with energy. He also spotted something tiny hiding behind a rock.

"Is that Discord?", His eyes widened when he saw how tiny he is now compared to when he first met him, " What the heck happened to him?"

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHH!!!"

"...I bet it has something to do with that thing."

The monster continued to slam its claws on the barrier until it created a crack.

CRACK!

Jaune's eyes widened in alarm upon seeing this before his body moved on. He ran down the empty streets faster than before with a determined look on his face. Even when the path led to a rather steep hill Jaune effortlessly ran up with his cargo behind him.

#%$@&+#%@+(#)

The sound of his glitches fell on deaf ears as he continued up the path. What he didn't realize or notice was that everything around him seemed to move slower.

Jaune paid this no mind for now because when he reached the top of the small hill he saw the monster was about to deal the finishing blow on the cracked barrier.

Jaune's mind went into overdrive as he went to the wagon and retrieved the rockets. He set each one of them on the ground, facing the monster's positions. Then as he grabbed the giant matchstick Jaune wastes no time in striking it on the pavement.

As Jaune was doing all these things he had failed to notice the small traces of blue glitches left behind on the rockets nor the glitches that are on the matchstick's tip. When it struck the pavement and was harshly dragged against it, it had miraculously ignited! Setting the thing ablaze with a blue-colored flame that glitched now and then.

Without wasting time, Jaune lit the first rocket fuse. It was at that moment that time sped up to normal speeds and the rocket launched with even greater speed.

"HEY UGLY! EAT THIS!"

The monster turned around and was hit by the rocket in the gut.

"OOF"

'Well we already know what happens next so let's skip forward a bit.'

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Jaune stared daggers at the monster as it glared back with absolute hatred. The two remained still, their eyes watching the other, waiting for one of them to make the first move.

Then Jaune gave it a large grin, "Hey buddy! What's that on your chest!"

Confused, the monster looked down...and found that its chest and everything below it was covered in pink bubblegum that kept him from moving. Its eyes widened in the realization that the gum came from the first rocket after it had exploded.

Kssss

It looked up and spotted another rocket heading towards its face, It tried to move but the gum wouldn't let it. So instead it swung its arms at just the right time and swat the rocket away, right towards the ponies and Discord.

"AAAAAHHHH!", The Element Bearers and the Spirit of Chaos looked away or shielded their eyes at their coming doom.

POOF!

The rocket, instead of exploding, suddenly poofed right as it was about to hit Discord. However, it did cover them all in blue-colored glitches.

"AAAHHH!!! GET THEM OFF OF ME! GET THEM OFF ME!", Discord wailed as he ran around like a tiny headless chicken...that was until the glitches slowly faded away and Discord started to grow.

"Huh?", When he was finished panicking he had found himself back to his regular size. Realizing this he smiled and threw his claws/paws into the air, "HAHAHAA! I'm big again! Woohoo!"

It wasn't just him who the glitches affected. At first, the ponies all panicked since they saw what glitches could do to them, except for Pinkie.

"Oh-oh! I wonder what I'll turn into! A bug? A bird? A gummy?! Or maybe I'll be all of them!"

However much to her dismay and the other's disbelief, the glitches didn't change their appearance. It seemed to be healing them and energizing them! When the glitches faded away the 6 ponies looked refreshed and had a rejuvenated glow to their bodies.

"Aww, I'm still Pinkie Pie...YAY I'm STILL ME!"

Ignoring Pinkie's statement Twilight looked over to the strange creature that helped them and saw him light another rocket. It launched into the air and flew towards the monster.

It growled as it prepared to parry it away until it suddenly fell apart mid-flight, revealing a smaller rocket within that too fell apart and revealed an even smaller rocket. This continued several times until the rocket was the size of a pie.

The monster blinked as it easily caught it in its claw before it laughed in a deep distorted voice.

Meanwhile Rainbow Dash deadpan at it, "Seriously!? That is so not awesome!"

The monster then carelessly opened its mouth and ate the tiny thing…

BOOOOOOOM!

Only to have it cause an explosion so massive it had bloated the creature to the point where it looked like a balloon.

"PFFT HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!! NOW THAT'S BETTER!", Rainbow Dash snorted before she laughed alongside Pinkie and Discord.

"That was hahaha hilarious! Hahaha!", Discord clutched his side as he laughed before wiping away a fake tear, "I have got to try that!"

Even Applejack and Rarity couldn't help but giggle at the monster's predicament. Fluttershy and Twilight are a different matter however with Fluttershy being too kind that she felt sorry for the monster. While Twilight had her mouth wide open with her right eye constantly twitching, "What-how-but-waah?"

It was at this moment that the monster had enough of this foolish game. Just as Jaune was about to light the final rocket the monster started to glitch uncontrollably and one moment later it disappeared.

Jaune blinked and looked around, "Where did it go?"

DRIP

Tssss

The blonde held the matchstick sideways and found that its fire was put out by...drool?

"...It's right on top of me, isn't it?"

Jaune looked up and true to his words the glitching monster was right there, and it was pissed.

"Grrrrrrrr."

"Crud…"

Jaune then tried to run away but found out that couldn't. Looking down he saw that the ground beneath him had turned to quicksand.

He then looked up to see the monster wearing a smug smirk on its face as it raised one of its spider legs to crush him.

"Double Crud!"

The blonde tried to use the glitch to get himself free, at this point any kind of glitching would do, as long as it got him out of there. However, nothing happened and the monster chuckled at his useless attempt to get free.

"Come on, come on!", Jaune frantically tried to reach deep into his core and trigger the power inside but constantly failed.

"JUST GLITCH ALREADY!"

BOOM

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Jaune used his arms to cover his face when a bright rainbow-colored beam hit the monster, causing three of its spider legs and a chunk of its side to disintegrate. The monster roared as it tumbled and fell, destroying several buildings as it sent derpy falling everywhere.

Looking back, Jaune saw that those six colorful ponies were the source of the beam. He was thankful for that as he smiled at them but soon it faltered when he looked up and spotted a large chunk of debris coming straight for him.

"Oh for the love of-PLEASE GLITCH!"

Luck was with him when his form, along with the last rocket, was covered in blue glitches before one second later they were gone, causing the debris to hit the empty pavement instead.

Meanwhile, the ponies and Discord had watched as the Element of Harmony's Rainbow Death Beam knocked the monster.

"Ha! Wasn't ready for that, were ya!", Rainbow cheered and boasted.

As she went on Fluttershy had realized something, "Wait, wasn't that where the strange animal that helped us was?"

This caused Rainbow to stop and the other elements soon realized it too. They looked back to where he was last seen and only saw ruins of collapsed buildings.

"Oh no! We have to help him!", Fluttershy's eyes widened in concern as she was about to run ahead but was stopped by Applejack.

"Am sorry sugar cube but Ah don't think-"

Whatever she was about to say was cut short when the air above them started glitching before Jaune appeared and her face planted on the ground.

"Ugh...I'm okay…"

THUD

A second later the large rocket appeared above him before it fell on his back.

THUMP

"Less okay…"

Fluttershy instantly moved to help the rocket off him while the other girls looked shocked at what just happened. After rolling the large object off him Fluttershy checked Jaune for any injuries.

“Oh my, are you alright? Does anything hurt?”

Jaune raised a hand as he groaned, “Yeah but don’t worry. They should start kicking in and I’ll be fine.”

Fluttershy looked at him confused, “They?”

!@#%!@$#!@!

The mare jumped back when blue glitches started to appear on his back and his shoulder. Discord and the other mares flinched when they saw those glitches since their experience with them wasn’t so good. However, to their curiosity and their awe, the glitches dissipated without changing Jaune it seemed to clean his once dirtied clothes.

“Ah~ Now that’s much better.”, Jaune said as he pushed himself off the ground. When he turned around the first one he noticed out of all of them was Discord, “Oh hey it’s you!”

This caused the main six to turn their attention to Discord. Seeing that all the attention was on him he started to sweat nervously when he realized the situation he was in.

“Ugghhh...OH HEY LOOK THAT THING IS GETTING BACK UP!”, He pointed a talon behind them and when they looked back they indeed saw that the monster was recovering as it pulled itself out of the rubble. Seeing this Discord wiped away the sweat on his forehead while he sighed in relief...until he tensed up when Twilight turned and glared at him.

“This isn’t over! After we deal with that thing, we’ll deal with you.”, Twilight threatened to which Discord nodded his head.

“Sure sure but can we focus on that monster now!”

From the side Jaune tilted his head at their little interaction, ’ Am I missing something here?’, He thought to himself before his attention was caught by the monster’s roar.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!"

The glitching monstrosity then glared in their direction, putting everyone on edge as a ball of white-colored glitches started to form in one of its claws. Seeing this Twilight and the others prepared themselves to set up the barrier. When it lobbed the ball at them the elements started to glow once more...however the form of the cluster of glitches suddenly faltered before it fell apart mid-air. The main six and Discord felt their jaws drop for what seemed to be the tenth time this day when the glitches were pulled by an invisible force right in Jaune.

“Just what I needed.”, He commented as he finished absorbing the last of the glitches. Looking to the side he saw the bewildered looks of the ponies, “ What? This is just something that I do.”

“Wait...you can absorb those things?”, Twilight asked him to which he nodded his head.

“Yeah...tho I’m confused why I didn’t absorb that thing when it was right on top of me.”, Jaune furrowed his brow at that fact as he began to think, ”Maybe I need to have physical contact with it?”

"Well whatever it is that ya did is sure gonna be helpful.", Apple said just as the monster roared again. This time it had grabbed a chunk of the ground and was preparing to throw it at them.

"Oh no, RUN!", Twilight shouted as she and the others ran away. It was a good thing too cause a few seconds later the cluster of dirt and stone slammed in the place they used to be.

The mane 6, Discord, and Jaune continued to run down the streets before they took a sharp turn into an alley. They all stayed quiet when the monster ran past them. After a few more seconds they all let out a breath of relief.

Pinkie Pie poked out her head and looked around the area before she ducked back into the alley.

"I think we lost it.", She whispered to the others.

"So does anypony have an idea how we can stop that thing? We can't just keep hiding from it.", Rainbow Dash whispered.

"Can't you use that rainbow beam at it again? That seems to work on it.", Jaune suggested.

Twilight shook her head, "It does but it only works when we catch it off guard. It uses those white things to shield itself. As long as it does that, we can't properly get rid of it."

"So you all just need to stop it from using its glitches right?"

"A-are those what... they are called?", Fluttershy stuttered out as Jaune nodded.

"Wait, how come you know what they are?", Rainbow Dash asked as she pointed at him, " In Fact why do you have the same thing that monster has?"

"Yes and what exactly are you?", Rarity questioned as she looked at him.

Then Pinkie Pie popped up in his face, "Anddoyoulikeparties?What'syourfavoritecolor?CakeorPie?Icecreamorwhipcream?Areyouasuperherooravillianoravigalante?"

"I...um..what?"

RUMBLE

The ground started to shake violently as the monster's rampage could be heard through the village.

This caused Pinkie to let go and everypony else to steady themselves until the shaking stopped.

After it had stopped Jaune looked towards the ponies with a serious look on his face, "Look I know you all have a lot of questions right now, I do too, but we both know that stopping that thing is our top priority."

RUMBLE

"RAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH!"

Jaune gritted his teeth as he balanced himself when the ground shook once more, "I know I'm a stranger to you all, but believe me when I say I want to help!"

The ponies simply stared at Jaune in silence. The quiet was slowly making him more and more nervous, thinking they wouldn't believe him.

That was until Applejack let out a sigh, "He's telling the truth."

"Are you serious? What if he's just lying and trying to get our guard down.", Rainbow Dash objected.

"He ain't lying. Ah know when somepony is telling the truth and he meant every word.", Applejack said, to which the other ponies paused before they sighed.

"W-well if Applejack tr-trusts him th-then I do too.", Fluttershy said before pointing out, "He...did save us…"

"I suppose you're right Darling.", Rarity nodded her head before turning to Twilight, " What do you think Twilight?"

Said unicorn took a look at Jaune, who waited nervously for her decision. She had stared into those ocean blue eyes of his, searching for any hidden motives but found none.

"...Okay, we trust you."

"YAY! WELCOME TO THE TEAM!", Pinkie jumped up in celebration before she suddenly hugged Jaune's torso. He couldn't help but smile as he returned the pink pony's hug, "Thank you."

Rainbow groaned at this before grumbled, "Fine...but I have my eye on you!", She emphasized this when she got close to his face and Jaune quickly nodded his head.

After she glared at him for a few more seconds she backed off, " Alright, so I'll ask again, does anypony have any Idea how we can stop that thing?"

"Actually…", All the mares turned to Jaune who had spoken up, " I may have a plan that might work, but we'll need all the help we can get…", He then stared at Discord, who had been trying to use his powers but with no luck.

He blinked when he turned and realized that all eyes were on him, "What?"

"You can't be serious!", Twilight complained, " He's our enemy! He's the reason everything has been so chaotic before that thing came!"

"That he may be but with the way he is now, do you think he's a threat?", Jaune pointed back at Discord. The spirit of chaos was snapping his talons repeatedly as if expecting something to happen before he gave up with a groan.

" Well...now that you mention it, even though he's back to normal he still lost his chaos magic." Twilight pondered, "But how are we to expect him to help in the first place?"

Discord rolled his eyes at the unicorn, "Oh please, as if I'll be helping you ponies at all."

"Why not?", Jaune asked obliviously, "I mean by helping us you won't have to deal with that monster chasing you down again, plus you can get some payback."

Discord stroked his beard as he thought about it.

Rarity let out a sigh, "I'm sorry to say this Darling but I highly doubt that-"

"YOU GOT YOURSELF A DEAL!"

"Wha-"

Rarity stared when she saw Jaune shake hands/paws with Discord. He then turned to the ponies with a shrug, "Hey, you may not like me but we both don't like that monster more, and as soon as it's gone the better!"

One groan later the group huddled up close in a circle to discuss their next move.

"Okay, so here's the plan…"

A few minutes later

The glitching monster roared as it smashed yet another building with its claws as it tried to find its prey, those annoying ponies and that strange creature that absorbed its glitches.

It growled when it found nothing so far and made its way down the street, not even noticing the large licorice rope below it until it was too late.

The rope was tugged and one of the monster's legs got tripped, sending it down to the ground. It growled, frustrated, and confused as it tried to lift itself off the ground. That was until more licorice-looking ropes were thrown over its neck and body. It roared in defiance when it tried to pull away but found that it couldn't move its head off the ground.

It looked to the side and saw Applejack pulling on one side of the rope along with her friend Fluttershy and several other animals. Bears, dogs, birds, turtles, snakes, chickens, even rabbits. The same thing happened on the other end of the rope as more woodland creatures pulled and tugged, keeping the monster from moving.

It glared at them just as it raised its main crab claws to swat them away, however they were covered in a blue and purple colored aura before they slammed into the ground. It tried to free them but failed as it found Twilight and Rarity holding down the claws with their magic.

The monster raised its one extra arm and was prepared to slam it down on them, but it was stopped and being held back by Rainbow Dash.

Enraged the monster was about to glitch when something else interrupted it.

"HAVE SOME PIE!"

"IT'S HAMMER TIME!"

Pinkie Pie appeared on its head, carrying a large pie in her hooves before slamming it down on one of its eyes. It didn't stop there though when Discord appeared alongside the pink mare holding a big wooden mallet in his grasp before he began to slam the blunt object on its other eye.

With the pain, it was going through the monster opened its mouth and let out a pained roar.

With its vision cut off the monster didn't see nor was it prepared when Jaune came riding the last giant fireworks rocket into its open mouth.

"And that's why I am in this situation right now. Looking back, this was not one of my brightest ideas, nor did I intend to do what's going to happen next. A bit of a summary, the ponies and Discord would restrain the monster while I light the rocket and send it down its throat. With all that distraction outside and inside of it, I would be able to start absorbing the glitches while the ponies will be able to use their Elements of Harmony to finish it off."

"Sounds like a good plan right? Well, it was! ...until I accidentally got hitched on the rocket."

"RRRRAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!"

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

NOM

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...HMMMMM~"

"And got eaten by the thing."

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And so, the beast went on an uncontrollable rampage and the equestria as we know it was no more