Raphael acknowledged his surroundings. It was much more beautiful than the pitiful corpse of the great world wasteland once known as Earth. How he hated Earth. It became a corrupted husk filled to the brim with vice and plagued by incessant war and pollution. It seemed beyond redemption. That is, until My Little Pony.

What started out as a cartoon based on a television franchise soon turned into an effort to restore the basic values of humanity. The t.v show and its morals went beyond culture barriers, expressed a message and preached the virtues to individuals all over the world. Just as the fires of war threatened to consume the Earth, a different fire broke out at the last second, a fire of peace.

My Little Pony's message of love, acceptance and understanding swept across continents and touched every heart and mind that heard it. Hatred became obsolete, emotions became easier to control and express. Lasting peace was established. It seemed like nothing short of a miracle. The reality was simple; it was.

Humans were unaware that as they watched Equestria, Equestria watched back. In fact, ponies from Equestria had been watching Earth for far longer than anyone realized. The cartoon known as Friendship is Magic was, in fact, created by certain individuals from Equestria who knew that if they did not intervene, Earth would be destroyed. Not necessarily by humans but if humans did not act, they would not be able to prevent the destruction to come. So a message was sent out in the form so simple that a child could understand it; a cartoon was broadcast and watched by the people. Including Raphael.

Raphael had in fact enjoyed My Little Pony and its morals. He, like many, didn't understand how truly real it was until the portals opened. Of all places, a rift between dimensions leading to Equestria appeared in Florence, Italy. A door to Equestria that allowed people and ponies to travel between the two worlds, it was still largely unknown by the majority of people on Earth and ponies in Equestria. That is why Raphael stood guard in front of it: to make sure it remained a secret.

While humanity was united at this point, Earth was still broken. An effort to repair the world was underway but progress was slow. Raphael saw Equestria for what it was: salvation, the second chance humanity didn't deserve. He wasn't going to let humans pervert this land, corrupt it the way they had done their own world. Thousands of people had immigrated to Equestria but only those who knew the truth and could afford to make the trip.

Raphael was one of those illegal immigrants. He kept his own watchful eye over the magical realm, until the guard was placed at the portal. Raph began to focus on his other duty that he assigned himself.

"You!" Raph looked behind him to see the guard again. "You broke my charm, and sent me back home. Celestia will never forgive me."

"Sucks for you." Sean turned around, only to be stopped by a knife that landed only inches away from his left foot.

"You may have broke the charm that gifted me with new powers, but that doesn't mean that I can't defeat you." He charged, with a sword in his hoof. Raph broke the staff in half and discarded it. "Advance toward me, knave!"

Hey, can I take this one. Raph grew angry, but he shrugged off the anger. Raph replied back to his psychotic persona.

'Why the hell weren't you there to help me last time?'

I thought you could've handle that one, Limbo.

'Don't call me Limbo.'

Well that's what we call you.

'Well stop calling me that. Also, if it wasn't for that fluke movement, I probably would have been killed.'

Come on, let me at 'em. Raph once again shrugged off the angry urge.

'I'm the one who takes command, not you.'

Come on, let your other personality's help you. Raph was running out of time. The guard was a ways away, but he was coming at him fast.

'You know what, fine. But I need to end this fast.'

Raph's smarter persona spoke up. Might I be of some assistance.

'Go for it.' Raph smiled, and let his smart personality take over. He slowly lost his sight, and control over his own body. When he could see again, he was in a blank room. He looked around and saw his other persona's.

"Nice to see you again Limbo. It's been such a long time." His magic persona, Runician, said. He was floating in mid-air, doing some movements with his hands. Runician looked exactly like Raph, except he didn't think like Runician.

"Don't call me Limbo. I already told that to Psycho over there." Raph pointed over to Psycho who was sitting against his wall. Psycho was... well, a psychopath. He had a wicked smile on his face at all times, and his head shook constantly. He was the one persona who killed his enemies with brute force, while the other persona's only killed when absolutely necessary.

"I don't remember that." Psycho shook his head violently.

Raph rolled his eyes. He thought back to the first day. The first day he discovered it.

He was very young when he found out he had multiple personality syndrome. He discovered it when he summoned a magical orb from his palms. Raph already knew he wasn't a normal kid, but this made it even worse. He was teased frequently. He always managed to ignore the teasing until one day he eventually lost it. One child said one insult, and his psychotic personality came to light. Needless to say, the orphanage burned later that day.

Intellect, his smart persona, voice interrupted Raph's train of thought. 'It is done.'

"What was that, five minutes."

'It was actually three.'

"I think that beats your record."

'Thanks. Now, if you could take over once again. I don't want to be here longer than I require to.'

Raph began to lose his sight and control once again. They returned in a matter of moments. He looked down upon his fallen enemy. He was bleeding from his mouth and his nose, and he had a large stab wound on his leg. He had no time to mend his wound, for this place was starting to fall apart. He spat on the guard, and ran towards Ponyville. The center of chaos at the moment.

He didn't notice the weapon that he wielded. Currently, it was a two handed broad sword. It could have been a number of things, a magic staff, a mace, or a battle axe. One type of weapon for each of his personalities. Raph first got the weapon when he was fourteen. He had stolen it from a chaos merchant that was hanging out in Iowa. He did a lot of running back then.

How long has it been since we came here. Runician asked impatiently.

"I don't know. I thought finding Ponyville would have been easier." Raph responded. All sense of direction was destroyed by the chaos.

Come one, hurry up. I'm dying to see some action here. Psycho said.

"Be patient for a little longer, I think we're almost there."

Patience, smatience. I need to do something now.

"Then why don't you just-"

"Uh... pardon me. Who are you talking to?" A new voice came to light. Raph stopped in his tracks. He looked around, but he didn't see anyone, nor anypony. He spun around, but he still saw no living thing.

"Up here." Raph looked up. He saw a pegasus flying above his head. "Who are you talking too?" The pegasus was bronze brown, with a mane of dark maroon red. His cutie mark was hard to see from this far away, but it seemed to be something black.

"Uh... no one."

Heh, this is going to be fun to watch. Runician said.

"Shut up." Raph commanded.

"Seriously, who are you talking too?"

"It's none of your concern. Off with you." He suddenly lost control of his body. Psycho had forcefully taken over.

"How 'bout I take care of this." Psycho went for his weapon, until Runician took over.

"No, I will." He summoned magic energy, but lost control. Intellect had taken over.

"How about we let him go. He means us no harm." Once again, Raph took over.

"Stop doing that you idiots."

"What the hay is going on here?" The pegasus was really confused now.

"Just a little-" Psycho appeared again.

"I'm going to kill yo-"

"No, I'll ki-"

"Go, just g-"

"Stop it you fools!" He took strict control over his body once again. The pegasus eyed him in confusion.

"I think I'm just going to go." He flew away slowly.

Limbo, what if he knows where Ponyville is? Intellect asked. Raph cursed to himself, then called out to the pegasus.

"Wait! Do you know where Ponyville is?"

"Why do you want to go there? It's a complete nuthouse."

"I have my reasons. Now where is it?" The pegasus raised his hoof and pointed north-east. "Thanks. Now good-bye." Raph began to walk where he was pointing.

"Hey, no offense, but what's wrong with you?" The pegasus asked.

Raph didn't turn to look at him. "Multiple personality syndrome." He waved good-bye to his acquantice, and began to walk again.

Raph began to recognize the environment around him. It was much bigger than it used to be, and it seemed to stretch on for miles on end.

You should have let me kill him, Limbo. He was asking to many questions. Psycho said.

"Killing him wouldn't have done anything."

It would have given me something to do.

"I know there's nothing that I can do to stop your psychotic nature, but you re-" Raph heard the beat of wings up above him. He looked up, and saw the same pegasus from before.

Come on, let me do it n-

He looked down. "Shut up." He told Psycho. Then he looked up again. "What do you want?"

"Nothing. I just thought you would need help."

"What made you think that I needed help?"

"Well, medical help."

"Sure, that'll work out. Already tried it once."

"What happened?"

"The whole hospital blew up, okay."

The pegasus cocked its head back. "You destroyed a hospital?"

Psycho took over. "Yeah, and it was fun to." Psycho let Raph take control of his body again.

"Sorry about that. But I don't need help, it can't be fixed."

"Well, I heard that talking about it helps dial it down a bit."

This guy thinks he can dial us down. How pathetic. Runician said.

'I don't know, maybe it could work.'

Wait, don't tell me you're actually going to let him do this.

'I need to become more in control. I can't have you guys just appear whenever you want.'

Well that ruins all of the fun. Raph couldn't see him physically, but mentally, Psycho was smiling like a maniac. Not unusual for him.

"You know what, I'll take you up on that deal." Raph motioned for the pegasus to fly down to his level. He did so, but he did so hesitantly. Raph knew that the pegasus was afraid of being killed by Psycho. Raph tried hard to keep them under wraps, but it was incredibly difficult. "What's your name?"

"Shadow Snap."

"Well Shadow Snap, prepare yourself. You're about to get yourself in some pretty deep sh-" Raph was interrupted by a thunderous boom. Both of them jumped in surprise. A downpour of chocolate milk came upon them.

"Celestia seems to have a sense of humour." Shadow chuckled at his own joke. Raph looked down at his newly found companion's cutie mark. It was a black belt.

The pegasus shall be useful in our endeavor. Intellect said.

'Let's just hope we don't get him killed.'

Author's Note

Thanks to Barrobroadcaster, as always, and thanks to All of the above as well! You guys rock!