I am Fancypants, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a stallion not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 

'No,' says Princess Luna 'it belongs to me!' 

'No,' says Princess Celestia 'It belongs to everypony!' 

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture. 

(Just to clarify the story is 1940s styled. As far as clothes, music, designs, etc. go.)

It seemed like an ordinary day. Go to school, take a nap, do nothing... and suddenly I'm hiding in my room, trying not to scream, as I become something that just isn't right.

*My twist on a HiE fic, which I mindlessly ignore. Based on a nightmare I had after the season finale.
**'Other' tag stands for 'changeling'.

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** This story was written when I was 14, and the quality and content reflect that. Please be aware that my position on topics contained within may have changed in the time between publishing and now, and I apologize for any offensive material that I may have condoned in my younger years. **

The way others perceive us can affect how we perceive ourselves, and the results are rarely pretty. When a couple of Canterlot ponies from her past come to Ponyville, Twilight has a difficult time revisiting a traumatic event from her foalhood.

*Now on Equestria Daily! Thanks are in order to the pre-reader(s) who put their time aside for this story. Final scene changed from "alternate ending" to "epilogue", and extended, because sometimes we only think of scenes after things see publish.

Reading by Obabscribbler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bitGUNZKNmU

As one man begins the process to become a pony, he ends up asking one very important question, one that will be answered in many ways. And the answers he finds will startle both himself and many others.

THIS WAS WRITTEN MAY, 2011. I just wanted to post it here. This is pretty much an average TCB story with humanity dropping everything to run to the ponies as saviors. I hadn't asked the 'why' of that yet, though I think I may have touched on it here. Here, instead, is a question about what the process (as explained to me in various stories I read) does to us. To the essence of humanity. It is also a bit misanthropic but at the time I thought that was the way to go with it. I've changed my mind since then. I also used a clip from another author's story, the 'dream' sequence during the transformation, and I may not have credited him. I THINK it was Midnight's story but I could be wrong. I'm sorry to the author for not crediting him, I wish I had saved where I got it from. If anyone knows, please PM me so I can give proper credit where it is due. Here's the clip from The Conversion Bureau compilation post on EqD.

As the Conversion Centers converts more and more humans into ponies, one question is answered in a multitude of ways. Why can be a very complex question.

What would you do, if you met a pony who was at once your brother, and yet not? Applebuck wishes to reunite with his 'Cousin JayJay', and braves the dimensional divide to reach his goal. But being a small foal, how will he deal with a world in which everything is flipped? His friends, his family, and even... himself?

Truth is the first casualty of war.

The world is in flux; new ideals, groups and technologies permeate every level of society in this age of discovery. The field of augmentation has allowed ponies to improve themselves in ways that were unthinkable a generation ago. Yet, for every benefit, there is an inverse. A griffon civil war rages on the borders, feeding the profits of mercenary companies. Rising populations have forced the rich and poor ever further apart. Harmony is dying.

Mortally wounded after a fatal attack on her laboratory, an earth pony researcher is augmented against her will and sent out into a chaotic world in search of answers. But as her quest unravels this chain of events, she discovers an ancient conspiracy that will shake Equestria to its very core.

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Princess Celestia tires of constantly being surrounded by decorum, deference, and formality, and decides to take a day off from being Princess. But visiting Ponyville incognito is harder than she expects. Will she be able to fit in and make friends without blowing her cover?

Fluttershy needs to be free of any visitors today, because today is very special for her. Today is the day she can perform her secret pleasure in peace. Or so she thinks.

Have you ever had a dream that just seemed so real, that it was impossible to say for certain that it was even a dream at all? A dream that, despite all of its impossibilities, seemed to re-write your entire perception of reality, re-writing your sense of what—and indeed, who—you are? Accepting change is hard enough as it is. But when you're a somebody who wakes up as a somepony, how do you cope with the impact such a drastic change has on your mind and body? With changes like these, it must surely just be a lucid dream—albeit a suspiciously accurate one—just brimming with potential and ripe for exploration. So you might as well suck it up and make the most of these distressingly…unusual circumstances, and seize this psychological adventure before you wake up and the dream ends.
After all, this couldn't possibly be real, so the dream must come to an end eventually…right?

Some things in this world happen by chance. Others do not. Twilight Sparkle is about to learn a disturbing truth that will turn her world upside down.

- Originally written May 2011 for Deviant Art

Reading this story first is strongly recommended:
(Blood is Thicker) http://ciroton.deviantart.com/gallery/26378692#/d3e1ndq

Credits:
~Image by JohnJoseco~ ~Edited by BrotherPrickle on Deviant Art~