What Lies Beyond

by newbie

Rating: mature
Tags: Discord, Death, Drama, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark
Length: 2531

Boredom sought Chaos, Chaos sought the end of boredom, and found the end of all instead.

Discord got bored. The start of every big mistake starts with boredom when it comes to Discord. This time, he cant escape. He can run. He can't fight. It won't stop. It won't surrender. It was is and shall be, but never should've been, and should not be. All things fade.
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Discord should not beware reality and that there within, he should fear what is beyond.
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After all. Even Gods can bleed

Published 2021-10-05 05:40:00 UTC
Last updated 2021-10-05 05:40:00 UTC

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Something of calamitus proportions just happened. An utter travesty of colossal proportions. It was so terrible in fact that… ok thats enough of the theatrics. Case and point Discord was bored.

What to do what to do to do doo doo doot doo da dee da doo. Wait stop that. Discord needs to be entertained… though that was kinda fun… Bah ever since Tirek...

Discord stopped his train of thought there no need to dwell on the past. Now what to do

He had to clean up so many insignificant scrapes and burns all over Canterlot as penance but it was so booooooring. So boring that he couldn’t think of anything that wouldn’t get him in trouble. Would chocolate rain for ONE day really kill them?

As Discord pondered this he decided that he could make a little chaos. They specifically stated that “we don’ wan’ ya spreadin ya nasty chaos everywhere.”
It probably wasn’t the smartest of ideas to let Applejack to make the statement.

Sure sure Celestia clarified a few things later, but she did forget to clarify one glaring loophole. Maybe she’s gone senile, I mean, even Twiligiht would’ve caught this.

Discord decided that he wouldn’t spread chaos, he’d just import some from a nearby world

Oh how bout that one? He looked into a dimension where there were massive beings of unimaginable violence hatred, lust, and other nasty emotions nope, Warhammer seems a bit… much

He flipped the chaos screen to the next world where he saw a version of Loki playing all sorts of pranks on the gods. Too similar to me, I need to mix things up, not outsource my own brand of chaos!

He flipped through several more worlds like this. Too violent, too nice, too ugly, too… wait what?

His screen was completely white, absolutely nothing existed here, but there was still some kind of static noise coming from the void.

Discord frowned at this “I thought I set it too only show chaotic worlds.”

Shrugging, Discord tried to flip to the next world, but nothing happened. He tried swiping left, right, up, down, in, out, he couldn’t get the screen to change at all.

Discord growled as he snapped the chaos screen out of existence… well tried to anyway. He was about to turn around and try something else to alleviate his boredom, but he spun back around when he realized his magic had no effect

His eyes went wide, and his jaw fell off of his face… literally. How?

Discord stared at the square of pure, calm, endless white as it started to expand. Eventually the window into the white world was worryingly large. It stood at three times discord’s height and was wider than the Twilight’s old treehouse

Discord felt a pang of guilt at that, but shoved it down as something… floated into the screens view? It looks like a weird snake, but its flying I think. Maybe its swimming?

While all of this was happening, the creature closed in on the chaos screen. It looked like a large snake with a draconic head. Except the whole thing was white, and seemed to have a strange shadow.

It looked like the shadows on the creature was entirely made of thousands, millions of tiny little black dots. An hourglass floated between the creatures head, and strange red symbols hovered above the hourglass. Black symbols flashed in and out of existence, while orbiting the thing’s head. None of that was certain, as the creature’s edges seemed to fuzz, and blend into the world’s white backdrop

Discord gulped as he tried to snap the square away again… nothing happened.

Discord began to panic then realized something. Snapping again he teleported the space the square occupied, out to the Badlands. Discord smirked. can’t affect your portal, but I can affect the existence around it.

Distant laughter echoed in Discord’s head

Discord grit his teeth Discord began fuming. How dare that insolent worm laugh at him? How dare it block his chaos? How dare it waste his time? He growled as his anger swirled

Discord teleported to where he sent the chaos screen, and was horrified. The being had already made its way into his own world. The weird spotty shadows stayed as they were before, shifting to mimic a normal shadow.

What scared Discord were the pure white cracks radiating from the portal. They seemed to branch like bolts of lightning, or cracks in a mirror.

A mixture of anger and fear pushed Discord to begin his assault. Sword fish made of plasma, a sword made of entropy, and even a cat with buttered toast stuck to it.

Discord smirked no one EVER sees gyro kitty coming

Discord was cackling as he launched chaotic attack after strange assault. However, it did nothing.

Everything that got touched the giant worm, simply puffed away into a cloud of black specks that floated into one of the nearby cracks in reality.

Discord’s eyes went wide as he started backing away. His arms were out to his side, ready for him to flee

Teeth chattering, Discord got desperate, he started using weapons from other universes both fictional and ‘real’. Nukes, soul rending energy blasts, essence manipulators, and despite his desperate measures, the beast was unaffected.

Discord snapped his mouth shut as he stared at the white monstrosity. What the hell is this thing?

When Discord finished his assault, he just stood in place gawking at the otherworldly abomination.

Then the static started, it was quiet at first, but it grew to be deafening. The worst part? Why does it have to be INSIDE my head?

Screwing his eyes shut, Discord snapped himself away to the first place he thought of. He opened his eyes to find himself in Fluttershy’s cottage. Swiveling about Discord couldn’t find his dear friend, but found someone…. Less desirable. Infernal rodent

Shaking away his distaste, Discord started calling out for Fluttershy. When he got no answer, he turned to Angel. “Look I got that we don’t quite see eye to eye, but…”

The little rabbit turned around, crossing his arms, and turning his head up

“But there’s something out there, it’s coming, it’s coming fast, and I can’t stop it. I’ve tried everything that I could think of doing on my own, but the fact of the matter is…” Discord shuddered at the coming sentiment “I need help, no one person, Fluttershy, Celestia, Luna, Twilight, or even me can handle this on their own.”

The bunny continued his pouting.

Discord sighed “fine, if you tell me where Fluttershy is, I w-w-...” sighing again Discord continued “won’t sit on your couch. There HAPPY?”

The bunny grinned, while nodding. After the bunny’s short celebration, the rabbit engaged in a game of charades with Discord. It didn’t take long for Discord to figure it out, and flashed to the ponyville spa.

Two of the elements of Harmony were sitting in a mudbath.

Rarity shrieked while the yellow pegasus smiled warmly “hello Discord I know we’re friends, but this time is meant for Rarity and I.”

Discord started shivering “it’s an emergency, you see I-”

Rarity butted in “being bored isn’t an emergency so stuff it with that excuse.”

Discord responded by yelling “THATS NOT WHY IM HERE. THERE’S A LEGITIMATE REASON.” Shockwaves radiated from the draconequus during his outburst

Rarity fainted as the yell had managed to blow her main into a straight back spiky style.
Discord snapped his talons to fix the drama queen’s main as he explained “there’s a monster on the loose, and I can’t do anything.”

Rarity blinked at that “what do you mean by that?”

The draconequus’s face contorted into an angry snarl “what do you think?! Anything I do just doesn't affect it, even gyro kitty failed.”

Rarity scowled at him. “You aren’t doing a very good job at convincing me that this is serious.”

Discord’s frown deepened to ridiculous levels. “I’ll have you know that gyro kitty is a weapon of mass destruction, fueled by arbitrary laws that I can enforce using just a touch of chaos.”

As he described his favorite weapon, Discord’s expression softened. Eventually he sighed as his head and neck sagged. “Look I get that I can’t be trusted that much.”

Rarity hmphed at this

“...but I’m actually being serious, pinkie promise.”

“FOREVER”

Rarity raised an eyebrow “you do know what happens when you break a pinkie promise right?”

Discord nodded solemnly “good thing I’ve already kept it, THIS IS SERIOUS.”

Screams sounded outside, and static started to grow in Discord’s head. He snapped over to the door to get a peak. The worm was floating towards them, and white cracks seemed to follow the creature. It was as if the thing was slithering through an ocean of broken glass. Ponies were screaming, buildings fell, deafening cracks sounded out as reality gave way before the abomination. The creature itself was… silent. No roars, no boasts, no screams, just… Static.

Discord spun towards the two elements “and that’s our cue, WE’RE OUT.” Before the other two could respond, Discord snapped his talons to bring them to the Canterlot throne room.

Discord snapped his fingers and rushed through the teleportation of the other bearers, the princesses, and Shining armor into the empty courtroom.

Applejack, Rainbowdash, Shining Armor and Luna were livid, while Celestia only showed mild irritation. Twilight, Spike, and Cadence were confused. Rarity and Fluttershy quivered in place, but Pinkie was just happy to see everyone “ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh ARE WE HAVING A PARTY?”

Discord slapped Pinkie’s party cannon back into her hair “NO! We’ve got a major emergency on our… hooves? Claws? Definitely not hands.”

Luna cut Discord off “Discord, we don’t have time for this, my sister and I were having a discussion about how we should improve security…”

Luna’s chiding petered off at the sight of the nervous draconequus “What did you do this time Discord?”

Discord scoffed at the distrust “I’ll have you know princess, that this problem was a result of me trying to stay orderly, and I’ll explain just what happened AFTER we take care of that thing”

Celestia quirked an eyebrow “we? I thought that you said, and I quote “didn’t need help before, doesn’t need help, and will never need help ever again”?”

Discord rolled his eyes “that was before I met something that isn’t affected by ANYTHING I COULD DO.”

The loud ending shocked the group into silence

The terrified draconequus managed to continue his angry rant “I threw EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF AT IT. Plasma swordfish, entropy blades, EVEN GYRO KITTY. Nothing worked.”

Huffing from the previous outburst, Discord sat down on the floor “I can’t stop it and…” Discord gulped at the grins everyone was giving him “...and I need help.”

Before anyone could say anything, Static began to grow in Discord’s head. “NO, IT’S HERE.”

The princesses crouched into a battle stance, the elements grouped up, preparing their rainbow lazor, and Shining Armor began readying his strongest shields.

The worm floated through the far wall like there wasn’t an obstruction, and paused at the sight of the party surrounding the smirking draconequus.

Princess Celestia raised her head slightly “HALT CREATURE, WE’RE WILLING TO TALK, BUT YOU MUST CEASE YOUR HOSTILITIES.”

The worm tilted its head at the statement before continuing its slow flight forward.

Luna growled as the alicorns fired off numerous beams of magic into the white horror, laced with enough spells to bring down a country. Each time they struck, the beam, bolt, or ball of energy just puffed away into nothing.

The alicorns panted as they let up their supreme barrage of magic. The creature just floated onwards

Everyone stared in horror as the cloud of black dots dispersed to reveal their adversary completely unaffected by the magical beating it just took.

Discord snapped his fingers rapidly, he stretched out space, pinched time, and created loop after loop after loop in reality.

The stalling tactics didn’t even faze the creature as it simply floated through the folds in the fabric of existence, burst any time loop it entered, and pull the stretched fabric back to where it was. All with no change in pace, expression, or even position of it’s head.

Discord gulped while the elements gathered themselves together as they interlocked hooves. Beams of color wove between them as they began to float. Twilight opened her eyes to reveal a radiant white that shone from her visage.

The rainbow shot from the six and shot up in a high arch, only to descend upon the white beast like an angry river.

The being stayed still as the rainbow burned away, and yet again there was no physical difference, However, something felt… off

Eventually Fluttershy picked up on what changed, there was a spark of life in those blank, white eyes. “He needs help, and thought that the elements would do it, didn’t he…”

Luna glared at the beast “He came here for Discord, and while I may dislike him he’s still our ally. We do not let our allies fall.”

Discord stoped chewing his nails to butt in for a moment “Flutters I appreciate the concern you have for everyone, I really do, but now is NOT the time. That thing is out for blood Fluttershy. MY BLOOD.”

Fluttershy’s head drooped before looking back at the creature, who had once more, started his meandering flight towards Discord

The lord of chaos gulped as he snapped his fingers… Nothing happened, so he tried again… and again, and again, and again. Nothing.

Discords eyes were wide at this point. The Irises were reduced to pinpricks.

Everyone backed away from the draconequus as the worm of white settled onto the ground, and slithered up to the dais that Discord stood upon

It coiled before raising its’ head and neck up, looming over Discord

The air in the room went stale, everyone could see their breath as the temperature dropped.

It was a standoff, no one moved a muscle… Celestia cleared her throat, preparing to try to talk to their blank adversary, but was cutoff by a low rumbling coming from the creature.

It developed into a chuckle, then a slow laugh, and the mirthful display turned maniacal as more voices joined in. Only the monstrosity laughed, but it sounded like an entire city of the damned laughed right along with him. Voices of all ages, genders, qualities, some raspy, some smooth, high pitch, low pitch. Some were barely a whisper, others screamed their amusement. A symphony of pain played upon the ears of the audience.

The laughter died down, the creature hadn’t moved during the entire thing. Now, itss maw began to open, a black pit, completely devoid of life and light stared back at them. An abyss, a void, an absolute than none could understand. Discord froze, no one could move as the worm closed in.

A million voices screamed from the darkness, an invisible beam shot forth, and wrapped around Discord…He puffed away in a cloud of black dots similar to the ones covering the creature
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And his screams joined the orchestra.