At the Carousel Boutique, Anon has dressed himself up in his new work attire, a classy black tux, a white dress shirt, gray dress pants, and navy blue dress shoes. Anon had to really give Rarity credit where it was long overdue, she knew how to make working look good, especially if it meant working as her personal model for her new line of collector exclusive human clothes simply dubbed, 'Humanity Magnifique'.

For just a couple years, he earned bits from his most generous and fashion-savvy friend just by being a model and inspiring a human fashion line only meant to be collected and not actually worn... for some odd reason, Anon just wanted to ask why she was doing this if the clothes she was making couldn't be worn by anyone else except for him, but he knew better... he knew better after last time.

Rarity, the white unicorn with a purple mane, had entered the room and began to immediately measure Anon. "Darling, it's so good to know that I got the size on these clothes perfect this time, I'll be able to have an exact replica of this suit made before the sun can set!" Rarity says excitedly. She quickly rushes over to her room, beginning work on the replica while Anon sighs and goes to sit on her sofa.

"Well, this is a slow start to the day... there's gotta be something I can do to make things go faster, those orders are piling up and Rarity is no delivery mare." Anon stated, looking at the several neatly packaged boxes full of pony-only clothes and dresses. Anon then remembered a certain something was on his wrist... pulling back the sleeves on the tux and the white dress shirt, he activated the device, described by Paradox as The Omnitrix, and began to cycle through his options.

'Okay, which one of you strange alien bastards can be fast and efficient...' Anon wondered to himself. He stopped cycling through his options as he looked at an icon that resembled a lean raptor-like monster. "Bingo." Anon said. He got up and walked over to the door that Rarity entered, and knocked on it. The door opened up a bit to reveal Rarity, with a few pins in her hair.

"Yes, Anon Darling?" Rarity asked.

"I noticed that you got a few orders backed up. I can take care of those now while you're making that replica suit for collectors, if you want." Anon offered. Rarity smiled, her joy was beaming.

"Of course, Darling! Just try to not ruin the fabric on those clothes in the boxes, and don't open the boxes! Thank you for offering me your help, Darling!" Rarity said, closing the door as she got back to work. Anon pressed the button and popped the core up and slammed it back down, soon enveloping himself in a flash of green light.

Anon's body began to toughen up and callus as a crystal-like rock began to form up on his body. He felt he crystal grow around his face as his body got tougher and more rigid as several crystals began to grow, jut and protrude from his body. He felt a suit form over his rocky body, as well as the Omnitrix's emblem forming on his chest.

As the green light died down, in place of Anon was not the raptor-like alien he had chosen, but instead, what stood in his place was a quartz gray crystal golem thing with strange crystals protruding from his body, wearing some sort of black and gray body suit. "This thing did not just give me the wrong form... ugh, this better not be a repeating theme, or I swear..." The crystalline creature told himself in annoyance, his voice was deep, smooth, but crackly. He grabbed a few of the boxes and made his way out of the Boutique with a sprint, though his new crystal body did kinda slow him down.

***

The crystal creature slowly makes its way through the oddly silent and not-so-busy streets of Ponyville, carrying huge boxes all over town as he looked at the check list he was leaning against one of the boxes.

"Let's see... uh, stop #1 should be around the market place, hopefully they don't mind a giant quartz man delivering them their clothes, wouldn't be the weirdest thing to happen," The alien told himself. He carefully walked around the streets, and noticed how no pony seemed to be around, he could've sworn that if he wasn't carrying several boxes at once, he could've seen a tumbleweed breeze right by him, "Yeesh, today must be a slow day for business."

He sat the boxes down and grabbed one of them as he knocked on the door lightly, yet no pony seemed to come to the door. The crystal creature set the boxes down and peered through the window, and again, no pony was around, but why leave the lights on?

Confused, the rocky creature walks throughout Ponyville, noticing that its citizens seem to be gone. All of a sudden, the obvious sound of something being teleported echoed out into the quiet space among the streets, and acting on instinct, the alien whipped around, unknowingly forming both of its arms into jagged crystal blades, only to see the chaos god, Discord, in front of him.

"Gotta love snap travel, it's so convenient," Discord remarked. He then smacked himself with his tail and let a serious face take form. "But I can praise it later, I have to tell Twilight about the--" The chaos god stopped in his tracks, his words had fumbled out into a silent gasp as he beheld the strange sight before him.

'Oh great... the chaotic asshole's here. How fantastic,' Anon thought to himself sarcastically. He never liked Discord, even if he had his moments of being genuinely interesting, but maybe because of the incident, he just doesn't like gods, no matter what shape or form they take. 'This can't possibly get any worse, could it?'

"A... A Petrosapien? Hmph, I thought I destroyed every single one of you when I had been freed from my stone prison... how incredibly stubborn. I would love to shatter your kind again, but right now, I have pressing matters to deal with. Ta-ta for now, you glorified gem deposit!" Discord remarked, snapping his fingers as he teleported away in a flash of light.

"And I guess that's happening, apparently. I'll worry about these deliveries later, I won't let that shifty serpent monster get Twilight!" The crystal guy stated, setting the goods down on the ground as he quickly made his way to Twilight's library.

***

"Twilight, is it really necessary to wear that right now? You look like you're bringing more attention to yourself than one of Rarity's newest fashion collections, rather than if you would if you just didn't wear anything at all." Spike commented worriedly.

Twilight was dressed up, concealing her look with a huge puffy trench coat and a sunhat. Her wings and her horn were trying their best to escape from the clothing, but it would seem that the Alicorn had no way of actually controlling the magical spasms she was having, due to the magic just not being properly augmented to suit the user.

"You don't need to worry, Spike. I just need to get used to the change, and then I can tell the others about it, kinda like how Anon can now change into aliens because an alien watch came from another dimension... and somehow, the idea of Celestia turning evil makes more sense than that," Twilight remarked with a look of uncertain contemplation. "And let me remind you, Spike, I'm trying to hide my identity, that way I keep other ponies out of harm's way. In public, you must address me by the alter ego I crafted--"

"I'm not calling you Mighty Mare, Twilight, especially after what happened when we went inside the Power Ponies comic, and that's saying something if I can't go along with your crazy names. Making an alter ego never worked in the comic books I've read, especially when it was tackled by the Power Ponies in the newest issue. Nothing good ever came from expanding the team the last few times, and alter egos made it so tough to believe these are the same characters." Spike stated.

Twilight smiled and sighed. "Next time Anon takes you to the comic book store, tell him to not be so nitpicky about storytelling, I feel like he takes the continuity errors in each panel a bit too seriously." Twilight remarked.

"Oh come now, the newest issue isn't that bad, though I do wish they'd give those 'superheroes' a real foe to face, maybe as a homage to a certain god of chaos, wouldn't you think so, Princess Twilight?" A voice called out. Spike and Twilight looked around, only for the sunhat on Twilight's head to suddenly float upward and instantly transform into Discord, who had quite the smile on his face... a rather fake one.

"And this is my cue to just back away, and let you handle this." Spike backs up and walks into another direction, leaving Twilight in the middle of Ponyville, with the god of chaos.

"Well, your dragon servant-brother or whatever definitely learned to back out when things were beyond his limits. Good thing it's not him I'm here to see, but rather you, your highness." Discord commented, making a suit appear on him as he bowed in respect. Twilight was not amused and just glared daggers at the chaotic spirit god.

"Cut the nonsense, traitor! You were helping Tirek grow in power, you betrayed us all! Whatever it is you want, you can forget it, there's nothing you can say that'll warrant anything you say as trustworthy." Twilight snapped.

"Yes yes, I'm aware of my blunder, but what I'm not aware of is how you think I'd let him get to his full power. There's still time to change this around, I just need you to trust me." Discord said nonchalantly.

"Like hell in a designer handbag she'd ever trust you, Discord!!" The alien's voice called out. The crystal alien outstretched its palm and fired several crystal projectiles at the Draconequus of chaos, only for Discord to snap his fingers and them to turn into some kind of blue-ish green spotted pudding-like goop. Infuriated, the alien runs forward and morphs his arms into blades, slicing away at the god-like being, only for his attempts to be made fruitless, and was then met by a powerful slap to the face by Discord's tail, which ended up sending the crystal alien back a good distance as it skidded across the ground.

'I really should've just stayed in bed this morning, this is ridiculous! How am I supposed to hit this hodgepodge of a monster if he can just say no to damage?!' Anon thought to himself, then an idea came to mind.

"Anon!" Twilight called out. The mare scowled at the draconequus, which sparked a bit of an odd feeling within him. "You want my help, my trust, yet you throw my friends around with little to no care about their well-being!"

"I must've missed something a couple seasons ago, because by the looks of things," Discord summoned a pair of reading glasses, and what looked like a thick rainbow-colored script with numerous sparkles. He flipped through the pages, only to close the script and make it vanish. "You didn't befriend a Petrosapien. They're not even supposed to exist in our world--"

Before Discord could continue his sentence, he felt several crystal projectiles pierce and puncture him from behind. A small storming barrage of crystal shards attacked the god of chaos as the crystal alien got closer. As he did, the badge on his body began to flash red, making a dying alert sound in the process.

'Oh great, running out of power right as I get the upper-hand. Whose side are you on, you stupid watch?' Anon thought to himself, continuing to lay on the pressure. By this point, Discord was trapped in a crystal prison, with only his head being free from being encased in quartz crystals.

"With any luck, this'll keep you in place, at least for a while." The crystal alien remarked, seeming proud of his handiwork.

"You Petrosapiens shouldn't even be in this universe, let alone know who I am. Where did you come from!?" Discord demanded.

"We've already met, you crazy draconequus. Let's just say that for a human, there's a bit more to me than meets the eye these days." The alien cryptically stated.

Before Discord had time to process this information, a red flash of light enveloped the alien, only to replace it with Anon, who now sported an odd watch on his wrist, one with the same emblem as what that Petrosapien had on its body.

"Well, that was short-lived. I really need to get a handle on this... Omnitrix thing, because who knows when I might need to suddenly spring into action." Anon remarked, twisting the dial as the hourglass emblem remained red and unchanged.

Discord was very surprised, for once. Discord was at a loss for words, he couldn't believe his eyes. Discord and Anon didn't ever see eye-to-eye, unless it was about Fluttershy and her well-being, but the fact that Anon was never really able to match up against the god of chaos before, yet can now change into alien lifeforms, it made this all the more interesting to the draconequus.

"Well, I see that things have obviously changed, not sure if it's for the better or worse, but I digress. Tirek is still getting stronger, and he's expecting me to come back with more ponies for him to drain," Discord looked around, seeming to look for something. "So, if you could just--"

"If you think for a moment that she's going to sell someone out, you must've hit your head on something on the way here." Anon remarked.

"Always so quick with the assumptions, my green-hued fellow. No, I merely require something with a strong enough magical signature, something that could equate to the magical potential of an average pony," Discord began to look nervous, as his tail and horns began to twitch errantly. he looked towards Twilight, "Do you have something like that, perchance, just so I can keep Tirek off of your backs for a while longer?"

"Why would you want to keep Tirek at bay? You seemed so eager to double cross us by working with him instead of stopping him!" Twilight stamped her hooves as she looked the chaotic being in the eyes, seeming very displeased. "Now the princesses have no magic, I have TOO MUCH magic, to the point that I can barely control it, and you expect me, or my friends to HELP you, out of a mess you made, that already got out of hoof the moment you messed up!?"

Discord was about to say something else, until he stopped himself and began to think. He nonchalantly stretched one of his ears open and pulled a cassette tape out of his head, rewinding something and playing it back, listening to Twilight's words quite literally on repeat. He sat in silence, letting the words repeat on the small device and then snapped it away, seeming to look genuinely remorseful.

"Well, when you put it like that..." Discord started, only to sigh and lament on the chaos that was wrought throughout Equestria, and in such a short time. "Tirek could've taken weeks to get to the princesses, and beat them in one go when he absorbed so much magic already, combined with the magic of Cadence at his fingertips, it'd almost be an effortless victory. The problem is, that probably would've happened without my involvement, but whose to say that he couldn't have just stolen my magic as well, the moment I turned down his offer, if I had?"

"He would've been much stronger, and probably too much for a couple of Alicorns to face on their own, or in a small group. Hell, as bad of an idea this is, I'm willing to bet that not even the elements could stop something or someone like that." Anon shuddered.

Twilight still looked bemused, though she did seem to understand what all was at stake. If Tirek did manage to get ahold of Discord's magic, on top of every Alicorn's magic, everypony's magic, then drained the elements... Twilight seemed to turn pale at the thought, and only got paler when she remembered the device that was in Anon's grasp. Twilight swallowed whatever air was about to leave her and looked back at Discord.

"If we help you stop Tirek, will you actually try to change and be a better person? I'm not asking for a complete overhaul, just learn a bit more from people about the magic of friendship, like Anon," Twilight gestured to the green-hued humanoid that just stared at the device on his wrist. "He knows he can't do everything, but he still tries to help in any way he can, kinda like how he tried to kick your butt and keep me from losing my magic, and the princess's magic, even if he got swatted like a fly."

"And I could've just let Discord kidnap you and take you to Tirek. I didn't, because what friend would I be if I didn't try to help and just let you get snatched up by this randomized assortment of animal parts?" Anon remarked, gesturing to Discord, looking equally bemused. "A bad friend with a slowly growing petty streak, that's what I'd be."

"Regardless, if I don't go back to Tirek soon, he may just hunt me down and demand answers, or steal my chaos magic... whichever comes first, it's going to hurt either way." Discord stated, looking worried.

The three creatures thought in silence, trying to come up with a plan.

***

Somewhere nearby, out of their line of sight, a figure in a tattered cloak looks on, staring at the device on the green-hued humanoid.

"Fear-The-Unknown to Ring-Leader, do you read me Ring-Leader, Over." A strange voice whispered, sounding almost like a series of beeps and codes formed into words.

"Speak. Now." A low, distorted and garbled voice spoke out from some kind of communications device.

"Ring-Leader, I have eyes on the Omnitrix, as well as the individual who now wears it. Humanoid, green-hued skin. Facial features are narrowed down to being bald, lacking ears and a nose, with only a mouth and a question mark for a face. Quite the oddity for a human, but biometrics data does confirm that the wearer is human, Over."

"Interesting... Paradox must've found excellent potential in this strange little world."

"Permission to Engage the target and reclaim the Omnitrix, Over."

"Permission Denied. I repeat, Permission Denied. I have a feeling that whoever or whatever this 'Tirek' is, they'll make swift work of this 'Anon' individual. They don't seem to have even scratched the surface of the Omnitrix's true power. They haven't even used all ten of the transformations in its current playlist yet. Give them time, let's see if they can be as great as that bothersome pest. I prefer to have my foes be experienced when they fall. Killing off weaklings became far too dull and incredibly fruitless and useless. Merely observe, do not engage."

"Orders acknowledged Ring-Leader. Backing off for now, Over. Next set of instructions are required."

"Investigate what this planet's native species can do, and deduce if any of them could be beneficial to our cause. You have your orders. Don't engage with the Omnitrix or its user, and concoct research this planet's natives."

"Understood Ring-Leader, Over. Undergoing radio silence till a worthy breakthrough has been made."

***

Back at Canterlot, Tirek continues to drain most of Canterlot's citizens, taking their magic as he grows stronger. He marches back to the throne and relaxes, waiting for Discord to return with more ponies to drain, and marvels at the silence, progress and defeat with his back turned. Before he can utter a word, however, something makes itself known.

"Discord, you sure took your sweet time coming back. Did you gather more of those puny ponies for me to draw strength from?" Tirek questioned. There wasn't an answer. The throne room was quiet, and the figure, though it was tall and looked misshapen, it wasn't Discord.

"Discord, I don't like it when you test my patie--"

"I'm not Discord... but, I am looking for allies, Tirek." A young and demanding voice called out, catching the large centaur off his guard.

Tirek whipped around, seeing a rather strange sight before him. The creature wasn't Discord, but it also didn't have any magic to spare. It was humanoid, dressed in some kind of armored long coat. The coat itself was black, but the armor was white, gray, and on occasion, a fluorescent purple. The creature stepped forward, pulling back his white hood to show a huge glass mask, radiating with a bright purple light and energy, with two white eyes glowing in the midst of the purple energy.

"Who are you, WHAT are you!?" Tirek questioned, backing away slowly.

The entity chuckled.

"I go by only one name, Tirek... and it's a name constantly associated with a massive amount of time." The entity explained cryptically. "Though, to a few rare people and creatures, I go by one name. I'll gladly tell you it, if you're willing to make a deal."

"What kind of deal?"

"A one of a kind deal. No strings attached, no manipulative tactics to overthrow one another, just a mutual agreement so we can both get what we want. You want power, and I need something found and put back in my hands. Deal or No Deal?" The entity bluntly explained.

Tirek looked the entity in its eyes for what felt like several hours, and in the end, shook its hand as a smile formed on both of their faces.

"You may address me as 'Lord Tirek'," Tirek stated. "What do I call you?"

The entity then started to chuckle, its smile becoming more and more sinister and psychotic.

"Call me... E O N."

Author's Note

The crystal alien, AKA, Diamondhead:
https://ben10.fandom.com/wiki/Diamondhead_(Classic)

This took a little while to finish, but I do like to write these kinds of stories. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be, but hopefully it won't be in several trillion years.