The Trio's Trials

\Intro the First/

‘I feel strange’

This was the only thought my mind could conjure up in the endless expanse of white. Granted, I DID feel strange. Weightless and incorporeal. Floating, drifting, and somewhat curious.

‘How long have I been here? How much longer will I be here? What will happen to me?’

You will be given another life. One of your choosing.

‘Who said that? Where are you? What exactly do you mean by “another life”?’

I am the watcher of the World Between Worlds. I am everywhere, yet nowhere in this realm. As for what I mean by ‘another life’, it is exactly that. You will be given a new life in the world of your choosing.

‘I’ve made my choice. Equestria.’

Very well. I shall inform Celestia and Luna of your arrival. Live well, and watch out for side effects from the transfer.

‘Wait, side effects? Like wha-‘

Good-bye, and be good.

The next thing I knew, I was waking up to the second most disturbing sight I had ever seen.

I was seeing triple.

Before I could even wonder why, I noticed my mind seemed…off. Like it was fractured and split, yet at the same time, whole. That’s when I started looking around. The first thing I saw? From my freaky triple vision, I could see three different ponies. I saw each pony twice.

I was all three ponies.

That was not the extent of the weird though. Two of the ponies were male. One was female.

The female me was a Unicorn, with a coat as black as pitch, a mane and tail of a dark shade of purple with light purple highlights, eyes a beautiful sanguine red, and a dark blue flame as a cutie mark. The name Night Fyre came to mind for her.

Then first male me was an Earth pony. The color palette was the same as the female, with the exception of the cutie mark being black outlined in grey. Black Fyre.

The final me was a Pegasus. Again, the color palette was the same, this time with purple flames. Shadow Fyre.

Now, you may be wondering what my thoughts were through all of this. Simple.

‘I look hot as a mare…’

After about four hours, I was finally able to control all three bodies at the same time, including simultaneous, but separate, speech. My mare’s voice was weird, like it was too high to be male, but too low to be female. I then looked at my surroundings, noticing I was in a park, or garden of a sort. There was a castle near me, with what looked like a small mountain behind it. Canterlot, mayhaps? There was an oddly familiar backpack leaning against a tree nearby. With a quick check, I confirmed it as mine. I decided to do some magical experimentation. I made Night concentrate, and imagined the backpack rising. It worked. The backpack rose, and I directed it to Black, having him put it on. I would check the contents later.

I turned all three of me towards the castle and started to trot over, when I noticed not only one, but both princesses staring at me, confused.

“Hello,” I said with Shadow.

“Hi,” I spoke with Night, simultaneously.

“Howdy,” I offered with Black, harmoniously.

Celestia was the first to regain her composure and speak. “We thought we would only be receiving one here. Why do I see three?”

“My theory is that I was-“ Shadow.

“-split between three bodies-“ Night.

“-while retaining one mind.” Black.

Luna seemed to come out of her trance at this point. “Well that is certainly interesting. Perhaps you would like to come with us and explain how it feels?”

“Sure, why not?” I spoke in unison.

With that, we trotted off to a private room.

After a good hour or two of explanations, misconceptions, and apologies, we three ponies of one mind exited the room with the princesses following.

“Well, that was enlightening,” Celestia said. Her mind still seemed to be trying to wrap itself around the enigma that has become me.

“Indeed, it was,” I, through Shadow.

“However, now I must make a request of you,” said Black.

“I wish to be taught magic,” Night stated.

Celestia nodded. “It shall be done. We will send you to Ponyville to learn from my personal student, Twilight Sparkle. We have already bought you a house near the outskirts of the town. We can give you 500 bits to start off with. That should be good enough to pay for food for three for a couple months until you can find a job, or jobs, if necessary. A royal chariot will take you to Ponyville in about half an hour. Meanwhile, I will send a letter ahead to Twilight to inform her of your coming arrival. Good day to you.”

I merely bowed my heads and started for the front gates.

Half an hour later, I was on my way to Ponyville.

There we are. The first introductory chapter. Feel free to review and criticize. Later chapters will probably be longer. I think I’m safe in saying that I’m the first person to write a fiction centered on a person split into three, while retaining a single mind. And remember, I will accept ideas for chapters. If you have an idea, don’t be afraid to PM it to me. I'm also looking for someone to draw a better story image than what I have. What I would like is the three ponies. The artist has full freedom of the layout of the image, so long as they stick to my color palette. You can use the current image to see what Shadow Fyre looks like.