It's... Pony time?

The feeling of numbness, your friends screaming your name as you tell them to stay back, slowly disappearing in front of there eyes. It is the worst thing that can happen to you.

"Richard!! Hang on Richard I'll try to figure a way to get you out of there." Donny said as he tried to figure out how to get me out.  But I could tell he was struggling to come up with a idea.

"Oh I've got a way out of there!" Raf said as he charged towards the barrier that was holding me. He slashes the barrier with his Sai a bunch of times but no luck on breaking it.

"Raf stop! Attacking the barrier won't free Richard at all. We need to think of another way to free him" Leo says as he also tries to find a way out for me.

They all look at me and I gave them a look that says 'There is no way out'.

"Guys... You need to get out of here." I say to them as calm as I possibly could.

"What! We are not leaving you like this! Now shut up and let us help you!" Raf yells at me as he keeps slashing the barrier.

"Raf listen! I can't move and you can't break this barrier... I don't want anyone of you to end up like me. Hehe glad Mikey isn't here. He'd be doing the same thing as you Raf." Mikey, some may believe that he is an idiot. To a extent they are right. He is carefree, happy go lucky, and sometime... actually most time childish. But whenever anyone in the group was feeling down you can always count on Mikey to lift our spirits in whatever way he could. I start to laugh as I slowly fade away.

"Richard!Richard!Richard!" All three of them say at once.

"Guys! There is a letter under my pillow back at the lair! I want you to get and deliver it. The name is on the outside of the letter. Please deliver the letter for me!" I trail off as my body slowly disappears.

"We will do that for you Richard.... We will miss you pal.." Raf said as he was trying to hide the tears in his eyes. He may look cold and uncaring on the outside but when it comes to his friends and family he will do whatever it takes to help them out.

"You are one of the best friend and family member we've ever had. You were also a good sparing partner to all of us." Said Leo as he tries to keep himself composed but he fails and starts to cry.  Never thought I would see Leo lose his composure. But being the leader of the group has to take a great deal of patience that none of us can understand.

"I do everything in my power to find a way for you get back home Richard!" Donny says as he looks away from me but I can see tears falling from his eyes. Donny. When I was being raised by Master Splinter I always ask Donny to tutor me so that I can help out the team and not hinder them at all. I may not be as smart as he is but I didn't care about that so long as I was able to help out the team in anyway possible.

"I know guys...Don't wear yourself out Donny.. Tell Sensei that I will miss him, he has been like a father to me since I was 7 years old. Tell Micky that his video game is behind my video game poster. I know he has been looking for a while now, Tell Casey and April that I wish them the best of luck... And... if you see Karai.... Tell her I'm sorry. She will know what I mean." A intense surge of pain come to my entire body. Sparks were flying in all directions and after a couple seconds my body finally disappeared.

"Am... Am I dead?" I look around and I see nothing but a swirling vortex around him. "Why does it look like I am traveling through time and space or something." As I looks around something approaches from behind me and speaks to me.

"Well you are not dead and you are traveling just not through time." The figure said behind me. It sounded like a female voice.  I turn around and I see this cloaked figure towering over me. I move back and and I draw my two Tonfa leaving his scythe on my back.

"Who are you?" I said in a serious tone. The cloaked figure giggles a bit.

"No need to be so hostel. I have not come to harm you." The female figure said to me.

"Alright then.. Tell me your name." I say to her lowering my weapons but still on alert.

"Well for now.. You can call me Oracle. I'm here to guide you to the next world." She says with a gentle tone in her voice.

"Next world?" I say with a questioning tone.

"Yes. That blast you took did not kill you. It just sent you to a different world. I'm here to guide you to that world." She says with a smile on her face.

"What is this new world like?" I ask her.

"The place you are going to is called Equestria" She said. I was about to question her about the name when she continued on. "Equestria is not unlike your own world, just with a few slight changes. The citizens will look different then you so try not to freak out ok?" She said as she laughed a bit.

"But I don't want to go this new world. I want to go back home." I told her. She sighed a bit and said.

"I can't send you back yet." She said to me. I was shocked at what she said.

"What do you mean you can't send me back!" I yelled at her on accident.

"A hero is needed in that world. Dark forces are forming and it needs a hero to stop it. Plus you might also find someone you like in that world." She said to me. I blushed a bit on the thought of me finding a girlfriend in that world. I thought it over for a few minutes to myself.

(Until those dark forces appear I don't know what to do. Plus me finding myself a girlfriend might not be so bad.) I said to myself. "Ok then. I guess I'll take you up on that offer." I said to her.

"Alright then. I will also bestow upon the knowledge you will need in order to fit in better." She said as she hit me with a magic blast. I put my arms up to block the attack but the blast went through it. In a instant I had the knowledge of the whole world of Equestria. From the names of each cities, to the terminology of words and what each race of people were there. From Gryphons, to Dragons, to Diamond Dogs and so on. It was overwhelming at first but then I adjusted to it.

"Whoa.. That was intense... So much knowledge.." I rubbed my head a bit to ease the headache I had.

"Don't worry you'll get use to it. Now time to send you on your way. I will give some money to help you get started." She hands me a somewhat big bag of money. I looked inside and they were gold coins which is very cool. I put them in my pocket and then she said to me. "Oh and sorry in advance." Oracle said to me

"Sorry for wha-" I was cut off when I started to feel light headed and then I passed out.

I felt a weird sensation around my body as I was starting to wake up. I was face first in a puddle of water, I got up and brushed the dirt from my clothes.

"So this is the new world. Looks like Philadelphia to me." He said to himself, but then he saw someone walking down the street so he ducked behind a dumpster. As the person walked by Richard got a good look at the person and it turned out it wasn't a person at all, it looked like a pony or something. He let out a gasp but covered his mouth as the pony walked past him.

"So that must be a pony. If I'm correct that is a mare." He thought to himself as he remembers the words that Oracle said to him.

"Equestria is not unlike your own world, just with some key differences. The citizens will look different then you so try not to freak out ok?" Those words echoed in his head.

"Right. Now lets explore the place without drawing to much attention to myself. Hopefully I can do that." I put the hood oh my cloak over my head and started to walk in the city.

As I passed by the citizens gave me weird looks at first but they shrugged it off and went about their business. Each of the buildings were a different shade of every color. It was amazing.

"Ok so far so good, this place is much smaller then New York but it has the same feel of it." I said to myself as I kept walking around until I saw a mare running into a dead end ally next to me. She came from a wagon which I assumed was hers and the huge thug followed her in and it didn't take a genius to figure out that he was going to hurt her. So I quietly followed after him.

"Well well well look who it is. It's the 'Great and Powerful Trixie'" The huge pony said.

"W..who are you? A..are you one of my many fans?" She said with a slight tremble in her voice.

"Like I'd ever be a fan of yours. I just came back get my bits back." The huge pony said as he slowly walked towards Trixie.

"A...all admissions to my show a...are non-refundable." She said getting more and more scared. This only angered the brute.

"It wasn't a request. I want my bits back now!" He yelled at her as he took a swing at her.

"G..go away!" She yelled waiting for the hit to come. But it never did. When she looked up she saw a cloaked figure blocking the stallions attack with one of his tonfa's. The figure took off the hood of his cloak and she saw that he was wearing a black eye mask

"Back off pal" I said as I gave a piercing glare and menacing tone to the stallion.

"Who the fuck are you?" He said to me as he backed off a bit.

"No one you need to know. I am just a passing citizen who can't stand thugs like you." I said to the thug. The thug looked at me from top to bottom and started to laugh.

"Hahahaha that's cute kid. Now why don't you run along before you get yourself hurt." He said to me. As he said that I started to laugh as well.

"Funny.. I could have said the same thing to you just now." I said as I gave him a cocky grin. When he heard this he instantly got mad and threw a huge punch towards me. I blocked it with the sheath of my sword and I hit him with the hilt. He grunted in pain as charged me. I dropped my sword and rushed him with my fists. I punched him in the face and stomach which sent him to the ground. I picked up my scythe and put it on my back behind my cloak.

"Now leave before I lose my temper." I said to him as he gets up.

"Y..You'll pay for this!" He says as he runs into the city.

I sighed a bit as I looked towards Trixie. She was still shaking as she looked up at me. "Are you alright?" I asked her as I offered my hand to help her up. She took my hand and stood up and she brushed off her clothes. From the way she was dressed I would say that she was a stage performer or a magician.. or both. She then looked at me with a slight glare in her eyes

"T..Trixie could of handled that thug on her own thank you very much!" She yelled back at me.

(Great, the first mare I save and she talks in the third person and has a big ego.) I thought to myself. "I'm sure could have Trixie.  Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Richard." I said to her.

"W..well Let me fully introduce myself. My name is Trixie Lulamoon. Otherwise known as The Great and Powerful Trixie." She said to me.

"It's nice to meet you Trixie. So what the hell was that guys problem anyway?" I asked her as she let out a sigh.

"A disgruntle pony who doesn't like what I do." Said Trixie.

"I see and what is that you do?" I asked her. I kind of knew what her job was but I decided to ask her anyways just to be sure.

"Well The Great and Powerful Trixie is a wondrous traveling magician." She said to me. Jeez this mare is a little annoying.. but not as much as Mikey.. thou I do still like Mikey.

"So you do magic tricks like make folks disappear and make amazing tricks happen?" I asked her. She perked up a bit when she heard me say that.

"Yes. Those are some of the few things that Trixie does. Trixie also tell tales of her heroism and her fantastic adventures." She said as she had a cocky smile on her.

"That all sounds amazing Trixie." I say to her trying to sound interested. In truth what Trixie said did interest me but when you live in a world where there's talking turtles and real life super villains trying to rule the world every other day other things start to sound less interesting.

"So, Now that the Great and Powerful Trixie has told you bout herself tell me something about you" She said as she kept referring to herself in the third person. It was starting to get on my nerves but I kept it in control.

"Well as I said I'm Richard and well.. Let's just say that I am a hero myself." I say to her trying not to tell her too much yet. I didn't know if I was going stick with her any longer so I didn't want to tell her too much.

"Well from the way you handled that brute Trixie says that can back up that talk~" She said while having a cocky tone. I've had enough of her doing the third person thing.

"Trixie. Can I ask you something?" I said to her.

"You may ask Trixie" She said. I was getting more annoyed but I ignored it.

"Why do you do that third person nonsense." I asked her plainly. She was taken back by this and looked angry. But then she sighed and calmed down.

"Well... I do that because when I was little I wasn't so good with magic. I kept trying and trying but nothing worked. As that happened I was bullied a little due to that fact. Then one day my father had the idea of teaching me to be a magician to boost my confidence. He also taught me all sorts of tricks and a few different spells be better help at me being a magician.  He was the one who came up with my stage name and since then I referred myself as The Great and Powerful Trixie " She said to me. I looked and smiled a bit.

"Well it sounds like you had it rough. So I can understand why you wanted a confidence boost." I said to her. She looked at me and smiled.

"Thank you Richard. That was nice of you to say." She said to me with a smile and I couldn't help but smile back. "So now that you saved me. What are you going to do?" She asked me. I really didn't know what I was going to do. I wanted to get adjusted to this world but didn't know how to do so.

"Well.. How bout I stick with you for a while. I got no where else to go anyways." I said to her. She blushed a bit but then said.

"I.. I don't mind you traveling with me. But there is only one bed in my wagon." She said shyly. It was cute to see this.

"That's ok. I can sleep outside the wagon." I said to her. I didn't want to use a hotel and leave Trixie alone.

"Alright then. Well since Fillydelphia was a bust. I guess it's off to another city." She said. I laughed to myself at the name of the city.

(I guess this world's cities have horse puns in them. Oh this place is going to be interesting.) I said to myself. "Well then. Let's get going." I said to her as the two of us went to her wagon and I decided to pull it since I didn't want Trixie to. She was walking next to me as we went out of the city and started to travel to the next one. I can tell this will be fun.