The Harshest Lesson
I was there when Humanity first began their long path to the top of the food chain. At first I was puzzled, wondering how could a race came to exist. I was so sure that they wouldn't last against the predators, diseases, and disasters.
Yet they didn't just survived them, they defeated them.
Predators become prey as humanity created tools, diseases were cured with medicine, and structures were created to with stand disasters. Humanity, slowly but surely, made their way to the top of the food chain and stood there uncontested.
They constantly fought among themselves, growing stronger as they did, and left many scars on me. I do not mind for I could tell that they are making ways to reverse the damages they left.
I grew to admire them for their determination to survive against any odds, for their ability to overcome any obstacle in their path, for their skill to adapt to any challenge. They earned their right to tame me.
Then these ponies came and all that changed.
At first, humanity was baffled, wondering how did an entire continent appear right in the middle of an ocean and they only responded with magic. They were nice at first, curing some diseases that still plagued humanity but I noticed their intentions. They saw humanity as brutes, little more than misguided beings who needed their so called 'goddesses' to help them raise out of their basic destructive instincts.
I wasn't surprised when they later voiced my thoughts perfectly.
I supposed that they had the idea that humanity would see that their words were true and come to be converted in huge numbers. They were wrong.
Those Conversion Bureaus were forced to shut down by the government in countless countries or burned down to the ground by angry mobs when they found out that the process didn't just changed their bodies, it changed their mind as well.
I saw that the ponies were either put into prison camps or fled back to their land, Equestria. Later I heard their plans that if they couldn't save humanity though kindness, then they save them through force.
I watched as they secretly mixed the potion with different drinks that humanity had created and watched what happened after. Apparently the mix of the potion and certain drinks only changed the body but not the mind so, while many humans were converted into little more than drones, much more were shocked at what they become.
What followed next was war and humanity is always at it's strongest during war.
While humanity's military battled the Equestria's military, it was a rather one sided fight though that magic they had gave ponies an edge, scientists studied the potion itself. It turns out that even magic had cells if it was intended to be used against the body and using nanotechnology, they made the body able to recognize and destroy the magic cells.
The ponies were very shocked when they saw that their potion no longer worked.
They still did have one advantage though, that barrier. It kept everything out and, if a constant stream of magic was supplied, it could last for a long time. The ponies simply decided to give the Barrier the ability to move and hide behind it as it destroyed every humanity had created and forcibly converted any human caught by it.
I knew that humanity would make a weapon to counter it but I saw that by the time they had, much of the population would be converted and the ponies would simply overrun what little of humanity that remained.
Knowing this, I decided that enough was enough. Humanity earned their right to live here and if these ponies thought that they could just come here and take over then they will learn a lesson that humanity had learned long ago.
And what do you know? Turns out that the Barrier kept everything in as well as out.
New Manehattan aka New York City
In a skyscraper with large glass windows Celestia smiled as she watched the Barrier slowly made it's way across the Earth. It's been a harsh two years but finally they would triumph against those humans. Even she admitted that she never expected the humans to be so stubbornly against being saved from their basic instincts nor would they develop a way to counter the potion.
Still, even with the lost of countless ponies in the war, the Barrier would win this for them and the humans would see how good it is to be a pony.
Hearing hoofsteps, the alicorn turned to see Twilight coming, rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning Princess Celestia," The new alicorn greeted her, standing beside her former teacher in front of the large window. "What are you doing up so early?"
"Just enjoying the view and the fact that I don't have to raise the sun every morning," Celestia replied and was truly honest at that. It was very surprising to both her and her sister when the celestial bodies moved on their own here on Earth. "Also you don't have to call me princess anymore."
Twilight blushed lightly in embarrassment. "Sorry, I'm still getting used to this whole princess thing." She turned her attention to the Barrier, a smile appearing. "I still can't believe those humans are so against being saved. I mean it's only a matter of time before they wiped themselves out."
Celestia nodded her head in agreement before a question popped in her mind. "Have there been any progress in taming this planet's ecosystem?" Twilight winced at that, mentally hoping her former teacher wouldn't ask her that.
"No, it seems that the planet is actively fighting against our magic like how Everfree is capable of doing," She left out the fact that there were places on Earth that made Everfree, one of the most dangerous places in Equestria, seem like a park in comparison. "Not to mention the animals doesn't seem to like ponies that much." Fluttershy nearly got torn to shreds when she, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash went to free those 'K-9' units from their pens. Her Stare could only affect so many animals at once and eventually the Royal Guard had to be called to stun the dogs. Even then, several Royal Guards were killed and her friends received several injuries.
"Still I'm sure that we'll be able to tame them with time," Without another word, the two alicorns went to the dining hall to enjoy breakfast. Arriving there, they saw that Twilight's friends, along with Luna, were already awake and enjoy their meals.
"Good morning sister, and good morning Twilight," Luna greeted them as they entered, the others following her example.
Rainbow Dash looked up from her pancakes. "Say Twilight, how much longer are we going to stay here? I really want to fly again." Her wings flapped a few times but succeeded in only causing a breeze. It was a effect from leaving Equestria to anywhere the Barrier had passed. There simply wasn't enough magic around them to allow them to do things they could normally do. Unicorns were the exception as their bodies stored magic but once that ran out, they were just as normal as Earth Ponies.
Twilight sat down, a plate of hay bacon calling her name. "The Barrier should cover the Earth in a few months time so just hang on a bit longer Dash." The rainbow mane pegasus just sighed in annoyance and went back to her food, wishing that she could enjoy the feeling of flight again.
Fluttershy picked at her plate, a depressed look on her face which Applejack noticed. "Sugercube, you still ain't bummed about those dogs are ya?"
"Oh no well yes but," The shy pegasus spoke, voice barely above a whisper. "I'm just shocked at how humans would train those poor dogs to attack. I mean it's already bad enough they hunted so many animals to extinction but do they have to train animals to hunt other animals?" Rarity reached over and patted her on the back.
"Well don't worry darling.In a few months time, those nasty humans will be ponies and see that the way they lived was wrong. After that we can all work together to help retrain those animals. Honestly its bad enough that animals in Everfree take care of themselves but a whole planet worth," All the ponies shivered at that. "We'll help them after we helped the humans."
Pinkie quickly stood up, a cup of orange juice in her hoof, and exclaimed. "Yeah! Those humans are going to see how great it is to be a pony. To Harmony!"
"To Harmony!" Everypony cheered with cups in the air. Suddenly lightning flashed through the windows, making every pony jump, or in Fluttershy's case hide under the table.
Rainbow Dash looked up at the skylights, seeing dark storm clouds forming in the sky, and scowled. "I hate the weather here. It's all weird and random," She looked closer outside, seeing something among the clouds. "Hay what is th-"
CRASH
Everypony jumped back when a wagon of all things crashed onto their table. It was only then that they heard the roars of the wind and the sounds of thunder. More windows shattered, some from the sheer force of the wind or with objects of different sizes crashing through them, as the princesses quickly made a barrier, protecting all of them from the barrage of wind and objects.
"What is going on!" Celestia yelled over the wind and as if on cue, a voice spoke back.
"PONIES!" It spoke with countless years of wisdom and age in it's voice, everything shaking as each syllable formed. "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!"
Most of them looked around, scanning for the owner of the voice. "Where are you?!" Twilight yelled, making sure that the barrier protecting them was still stable.
"I AM EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE AT ONCE BUT THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT!" The voice made cracks appear in the barrier as it spoke. "WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT I AM TIRED OF YOU PONIES ATTEMPTING TO TAME ME WHEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO SO!"
That confused all of them and Celestia spoke up. "Tame you? What do you mean?"
"THAT BARRIER OF YOUR IS TRYING TO FORCE YOUR MAGIC ONTO ME AND I WILL HAVE NO MORE OF IT! NOT TO MENTION YOU KEEP HARASSING MY RIGHTFUL OWNERS!"
"Owners? What kind of animal are you then?" Luna said, fear creeping into her voice, remembering the countless human myths she had read. Perhaps not all of them were myths after all.
"FIRST MY OWNERS IS HUMANITY AND SECOND I AM NOT AN ANIMAL," The next three words shocked all of them to their core. "I AM EARTH."
Nothing came out of the collective ponies' mouths for a few minutes until Twilight shook herself out of her shook.
"That's impossible! A planet can't be sentient!"
"THEN EXPLAIN THIS!" A bolt of lightning, far more powerful than any pony can hope to create, struck the barrier protecting them and shattered it, scattering them across the room.
Celestia slowly stood back up before saying. "Please! If you truly are the planet then you should be helping us! All the damage humanity caused to you can be reversed with the Barrier and magic!"
"NO THE SCARS HUMANITY GAVE ME I SHALL ALLOW ONLY THEM OR MYSELF TO HEAL! NO MUTATED HORSES WILL BE ALLOW HERE ANYMORE!" The voice said as they regrouped back together.
Twilight and her friends stepped forward, determined looks on their faces. "We don't care if you are the planet! With the Elements of Harmony, we will defeat you!" She said, her friends cheering beside her.
"YOU MEAN THESE ELEMENTS?" The chest holding the Elements crashed into the room and before anypony could react, another bolt of lightning, one far more powerful than the last one, struck it.
Not even ashes remained of it, only a smoking hole of where it once was.
"T-the E-elements," Twilight whimpered, fear in her voice as her and her friends backed into Celestia and Luna.
"THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING PONIES! LEAVE ME AND HUMANITY ALONE AND NEVER RETURN. OR," The voice's tone became low and deep as if thunder itself was speaking to them. "YOU CAN LEARN ONE OF THE HARSHEST LESSONS THAT HUMANITY HAS EVER LEARNED."
Celestia spread her wings in anger, eyes narrowed at her surroundings. "Which is?"
"TO THOSE WHO TAME ME, I AM PARADISE BUT THOSE WHO HAVEN'T, I AM HELL. NOW WILL YOU LEAVE?"
The two alicorns locked eyes and shared a nod. Celestia then spoke up. "We tamed our planet long ago and we will tame you. You were wrong to make an enemy out of us."
"NO, YOU WERE WRONG THINKING I COULD BE TAMED BY THE LIKES OF YOU," The winds started to die down now. "REMEMBER CELESTIA AND LUNA, ALL THE LIVES LOST FROM HERE ON OUT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF YOU SIMPLY LEFT."
The winds stopped completely, all the objects crashing to the ground. Twilight slowly walked up to her former teacher, tears in her eyes.
"Celestia, the Elements." The white alicorn sighed. "It is regrettable Twilight but we will make due without them."
Applejack then heard something, her left ear twitching. "Uh? Ya all hear that?" They all walked up to a broken window, being careful not to step on any glass and looked out at the city. What they saw horrified them.
The streets below were now filled with rushing torrents of water as ponies desperately tried to find something to hang on to. Even from up here, they could hear the screams of countless ponies as they were washed away by the flood.
What they didn't know that it was only the beginning.
In the following months, I sent them all kinds of nasty things. Locusts that completely devoured all of their crops, diseases that they had no immune against, disasters that torn down or washed away anything they tried to build, animal attacks being far more frequent.
Oh they tried to fight against me but even that magic of their had limits and one of them was that it couldn't be everywhere at once. I, on the other hand, made sure that their stay was absolute hell with droughts, famine, widespread diseases, and countless other problems. Soon, after six months and nearly 60% of their population dead or dying, they collapsed the Barrier and ran back home.
Of course, I made sure to send a few more problems before that portal closed to make sure that they don't return.
Humanity was understandably confused and wondered what happened. The locations that the ponies held beyond the Barrier were riddled with signs of natural disasters along with the appearance of different diseases in the corpses of ponies that were left behind. Scientists then theorized that the introduction of magic into Earth's ecosystem caused a violent reaction within the Barrier as no other places outside it were affected. Not even other states that were right next to Barrier suffered even the slightest form of disasters or diseases. Still nations around the world celebrated that they survived and even the humans that were transformed into ponies slowly made their way into back into society in the following years.
Humanity earned their place at the top and nothing was going to change that. Not if I had anything to say about it.
Also LikedSimilarAuthor
- Flint-Lock · 5.9k words · 757 56 · 26k views
- Kamin 989 · 12k words · 559 65 · 15k views
- dragozon · 1.4k words · 534 20 · 21k views
- I Am That Guy · 1.6k words · 450 31 · 26k views
- Underpaid Carronade · 2.4k words · 478 64 · 21k views
- Paddle Steamer · 1.9k words · 550 44 · 19k views
- Another_Dead_Account1109 · 2.7k words · 306 37 · 15k views
Stats
Page generated in 0.295 seconds
Total duration
1,037 users online
2,130,756 hits today, 2,156,967 yesterday
FIMFiction
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Follow & Support Us
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
Hey you! You stole my avatar!
I love this I just love seeing them losing these kind of stories maybe I should make my own
Woooo GO ACB! HUMANS AND MOTHER FUCKING EARTH FOR THE WINNERS BITCHES!!!
Wish there was more added. Like a scene when they finally give up and retreat only to see that hell still followed them.
The conervsion bureau, the only series that I want nothing more than to end with ponies getting their asses kicked.
I bloody love these endings where humanity wins.
3838603
Amen. Wish there were more of them.
I hope Mother Earth threw a nice package of this into Equestria before it was closed off.
Yet another clumsy and poorly conceived story that exists only to dump on TCB. Why do people keep writing these?
Just stop. Write something else. Reinvent the wheel. Find something better than sliced bread. I don't care, just stop making these anti-TCB fics where "da ebul poneez!" get what's coming to them. If you dislike TCB or what's happening in it so much, write a story about the real ponies and the real characters instead of promoting and prolonging the existance of these mockeries of the show.
So, Celestia fucking slaved Equestria. Bitch.
I'm starting to think nobody actually knows what the Conversion Bureau was about. Everyone's confusing the strawman 'humans suck ponies rule' version with the real thing.
For starters, the Barrier doesn't convert humans, and it's not some equine superweapon. The Barrier is the line between Earth and Equestria, and the two planets are being forcibly merged together by a dimensional convergence or whatever. The Barrier matters because the background magic of Equestria is invariably poisonous to humans.
That's why the humans and ponies collaborate to create the Potion; the ponies don't want to see billions of intelligent lives get snuffed out because of unavoidable circumstance, and a significant number of humans agree.
So this can't really be called a TCB story in the first place, because you've pitched almost every key element of the setting out the window.
This is just 'evil ponies attacking humans for no reason'.
And speaking of no reason, the Earth's voice makes no attempt to explain itself. It just yells and shouts like a misbehaving child while throwing lightning bolts around. And why does it get to just pull the Elements out of thin air so it can blow them up? How can the Earth just reach into Equestria, grab several powerful artifacts, and teleport them out completely unopposed?
This is just nonsense. I can't think of a better word for it.
It's like beating a straw replica of a dead horse.
Let's see how many downvotes I get! I'm thinking 30.
Let it be known that while I do enjoy reading Conversion Bureaus, I was forced to write one like this due to my friend's bet. I do have something else planned, another Conversion Bureau that is, but far more different any Conversion Bureau.
Lets just say that I'm going to bring a whole different light to Conversion Bureau.
Also it was either write this, or streak naked at the Super Bowl and I much rather be known as the another writer of an over done thing than the guy who was tackled butt naked at the Super Bowl.
One last thing, trying to outdrink a bartender isn't a good idea.
3838698
Chatoyance is who you have to thank for that. The original idea behind the TCB is fine but the reason all these ACB fics exist is because the sole purpose is to poke holes in the TCB idea. Many people take issue with the TCB simply due to the way it makes it seem like everyone wants to become a pony. This would NEVER happen, unless of course you're forced. So, people wrote thing to challenge the TCB and it escalated to this.
3838698 Well, the barrier being a pony superweapon is it's one purpose in like all TCB. The Earth voice gets to do that in this fic because it is still more logical than Pegasi jumping on planes to destroy them. I mean seriously wtf.
3838661 You say that like TCBs are a legitimate portrayal of the ponies from the show.
? I don't get it, Since when the earth can talk?! I find that impossible and now I'm confused.
the planet Earth always has been a bit of a bitch, especially when shit is forced
Planet earth fuck yeah! Don't fuck with mother nature's kids.
3838852 I'm not sure if you understand what the word fiction means.
3838921
I'm still confused.
I like it
3838936 That's good. Watch this to clear it up. [youtube=http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_vGb4b3Qvao&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_vGb4b3Qvao]
I only read this because it had an unusually good rating, and it was a short one-shot.
It was okay, except for when the Earth spoke. That seemed a bit weird, but otherwise, the story was... different.
3838603
I concur!
fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/239/f/c/victory__by_rena219-d2xfo1o.jpg
3839013 Ok
0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/tg/image/1362/89/1362895008205.jpg
3838631 Why not use one of her children's more dangerous 'toys' as the package :P?
3839198 Because getting hit by all those diseases at the same time is more dangerous than any weapon we've created.
Remember, most of those diseases are dangerous because they spread rapidly and a lot of them are deadly.
Of course, a nuke would have a larger instant death count and shock effect, but a lot of earths most dangerous diseases spread throughout the world would leave a lot more corpses in the long run.
3839259 Nothing says it can't be variety basket sorta of gift.
Remind me not to fool with her. With her we could go to there world and get them I think.
3839266 I can assure you that detonating a bomb near any disease would kill it, thus rendering the rest of it useless.
Soo yeah, no nukes, bombs or other kinds of weapons. Just diseases please.
Besides, have you looked at and read some of the goodies in that list?
Nice story though some of the grammar is kind of off. Still I figure there would be enough magic in the Equestrian side of the barrier to let Gaia make her anger known verbally.
3838661 You need to find humans are superior
Very original, will read again.
A new story becomes one of the most cringe-worthy to date. The idea is already unsalvageable, but there's this actual effort put into setting it all up - not that it makes it any better or any sort of sense. Anyway, "the story" is 100% exposition, it's blunt (though intentionally), it's graceless, it's riddled with misspellings and other errors.
3838818
I know you are being sarcastic and witty, but there's no reason to write this sort of Celestia ("anymore", 'cause let's just say it had it's place once in TCB: Not Alone), and even less reason to expect this crap pass as any kind of achievement regardless of the number of views or likes it might gather.
3838698 Downvoted your comment to get it closer to 30. You're welcome. :D
3838818
Actually, I don't. The best way to be anti-TCB is not by writing anti-TCB stories, but by writing stories about the ponies as they are, like in the show, that's what I was saying. anti-TCB only further promotes TCB.
3839851
Yeah, about that, stories like this getting written really isn't going to make me start doing that.
3840432
I need to tell you something.
This is important, but you don't seem to know it.
You may want to sit down for this, because it might just blow your goddamn mind.
Are you ready for this?
Alright... Here it comes...
People do not write stories to please you. Shocking, right?
Turns out, every individual has the freedom to act in any way they please.
If a person wants to write a story about ACB Xenolestia, they fucking well should.
If you don't like reading stories about ACB Xenolestia, there is not a fucking thing that can make you.
If you do it anyway, you can only blame yourself for your displeasure.
3840591
It's not just me, man. It's the Illuminati. Those guys have standards!
The author asked for feedback, right?
3840622
Giving feedback does not mean that you have act like a discourteous, condescending little child.
3840432 No, no it's not sarcastic(witty? Why thank you). And as to whether this was an achievement is your opinion. I see it as a fanfic who's purpose was to portray the ponies in a different light than just all powerful beings. In that aspect, I believe it accomplished it's goal.
3840544 Is that really so? This antiTCB is trying to send a message. A fic with peace between humans and ponies may not be strong enough to send a message like so. It seems more like a piece that is trying to balance out the massive amount of misanthropic garbage and in doing so opening up a new side to the TCBs. Further promotes it... not really(other AntiTCBs yes, not so much the originals though). It is just a way for people to express their views on the TCBs. As you have read, this is an AntiTCB and it doesn't have many nice things to say about the genre if it's purpose is to send a sort of message.
cartoonpics.org/data/media/238/Captain_Planet.JPG
Remember boys and girls; respect the earth and those that live on it... or it will write in all caps and fuck your shit up.
3840662
Thank you for your honest words. It's unfortunate that I seem to comment on stories I dislike with something between a "This sucks!" and a proper review. Not too long ago it actually worked and the author asked me to elaborate and I did - hopefully made a difference too. I dunno why, but for some reason I care.
3840670
3840544
I'd say these stories do a disservice to everything and everyone. They seem to encourage new authors to write the same thing (I dunno how, but the stories speak for themselves) and they give a bad reputation for TCB because they aren't actually based on any TCB-fic (meaning a fic not intended as an ACB-fic), but on TCB: Not Alone (formatting hurts the eyes, but the story's all there). Normally I wouldn't recommend it, but for the love of UNIX-based operating systems everybody should go and read it, and Ten Minutes as well, and start writing their ACB-fics AFTER and actually want to put the effort to them, and make them, if not better, at least with something more. That story has been off this site for almost a year now and there's only one or two fics that have come even close to the same level of trying as it once did. And I don't mean word count.
End mini-rant.
3840869 No, but these are based off of TCBs. There's Xenolestia, the serum, random continent in the ocean: If that doesn't say conversion bureau I don't know what does. A disservice? The original TCBs were a disservice. Those authors wanted to send messages about what's wrong with humanity and what it needs to improve on, which isn't a bad thing, but they show it by having ponies commit xenocides. Along with little to no logic it feels more like a misanthropy fest than a serious story. Like they make it clear(in their summaries) that they are trying to show a conflict between canonic ponies and real life humans, but in the actual stories it's headcannon galore and nobody can see underlying meanings when it's just throwing "Ponies are the best, Humans suck. We never say why, but it is just how it is."
I think every fucking TCB fics should not exist. It only led us to flame war.
3840952
I read a lot of summaries about the brief history of TCB. Each of them is different. I usually just call them bullshit. I mean, I gotta stand on some kind of pedestal to feel high and mighty good about myself, right?
Not sure if... I'm not gonna answer that here. No need to inflate this comment section any further.
3840987
The rant is directed to everyone. The original comment is blunt, yes. If the author wants more feedback, I'll be glad to write some.
i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/648/107/fb9.gif
"Mother Nature is a serial killer. No one better. More creative" Dr. Fassbach, World War Z.
This is the reason I do not piss the Earth off!
3840689 your name seems appropriate for this story
I enjoyed this. Nice to see Celestia have her power thrown, nay, BITCH slapped back in her face
I could go on for days. Long story short, this story is:
>Short
>Intended purpose: Beatdown (Merciless, one-sided)
>Part of a wager?
And let's say what this needs:
>More content
>Better grammar
>The author to actually watch MLP and see how characters act
Short story long: I don't think this is really a TCB story. You put the hat on it, and you're playing the ACB's rendition of the theme song (Which I argue isn't even close but they're a bunch of loud idiots who tell me I don't know jack, so whatever), but it's clearly an excuse to visit seven plagues on the ponies, and you didn't even have the decency to go into details. What the fuck? If you're gonna slap the "ponies lose by default" button, at least play it out. Give me something for putting up with your sub-par literature. But no, you handwaved even the destruction and the diseases.
Guy who made the bet with this author: Make him streak naked at the superbowl, he's cheated you. He hasn't written a TCB story.