The Conversion Bureau: Initiation

by Da Bunnana King

Chapter One: Welcome to the PER, newfoal

The Conversion Bureau: Initiation
By Da Bunnana King

Chapter One: Welcome to the PER, newfoal
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I gulped nervously as I was led down a long corridor by a large pegasus stallion on my left, and a very pretty unicorn mare to the left.

‘Guah, these new feelings. I can’t believe I find a horse attractive... then again, I am one now,’ I thought to myself as the corridor opened up into a large opening where it was populated by trees, scrub, and the odd small thatch roofed houses. Even fake clouds and a sun aswell.

“Wow,” I said, in awe of the scenery that lay before me.

“Yeah, I said that when I first saw it for my first time,” the mare said as she pushed me back into the path we were heading. “But if you make it as a Squire, this can be your new home. It’s like a mini-Equestria in a bureau’s backyard.”

I had forgotten I had come here for a reason. First of all I came here to get ponified, and then move to Equestria, but it changed along the way as the PER had convinced me to share Celestia’s gift with everypony.

I couldn’t believe I was signing up to the Ponification for Earth’s Rebirth. I had heard so many stories about them forcefully ponifiying people, and all the hatred they held for humanity. Yet here I was, in a massive base full of members of the PER, and I was to become one.

‘Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea,’ I thought to myself again, as I stared down at my crimson colored hooves, ‘Then again they were very convincing. I mean the dream was the greatest thing I’ve ever experienced and I feel so happy and rejuvenated.’

“We’re nearly there, so I suggest you get ready to talk to Iron Hoof, our Knight Commander,” he said as we entered a large official looking door with Equestrian scripture written on them. I could barely make out what they said but something in the back of my mind told me it read, ‘Knight Commander Hoof’.

The stallion knocked on the door three times with his hoof, and stood back looking emotionless as he waited for something.

“Enter,” came a deep, near on gravelly-sounding voice.

The stallion pushed the door open, and motioned me to enter. I nodded, and entered the large room as the stallion closed the door behind me.

“Well, what do we have here?” asked a large stallion. His coat was black like the night, and his mane was silver, but it shined in the light and a sole streak of yellow ran through it. In the middle of his large head was a long and pointy ebony black horn, and it was almost sharpened to a point.

“I- I- I-” I stuttered as I could feel him staring through me, as if looking at my very soul.

“Don’t be afraid, I’m not going to bite... much,” he said as he trotted around his large oak desk from where he sat on a large oak chair with green cushions.

“I’m- I’m Jack- and I’m here to join the PER,” I squeaked as I pulled my tail between my legs and flattened my ears.

“Come again? I couldn’t hear you,” he said, as he stood in front of me.

“I’m here to join the PER,” I finally blurted out as I found my will to speak again.

“Obviously, but why do you want to join our ranks?” he said as he circled me.

“Well, I want to spread the love that Princess Celestia offered me to everypony,” I replied as I could feel beads of sweat forming on my brow.

“I see. What drives you to do this?” he asked as I could still feel him peering into my soul, searching for something.

“Well, I’ve always been a human most of my life, but everyone was always climbing over me to get to the top. We were always violent; hay, I was even raised in one. Everypony was always fighting and hurting each other, just to get ahead in life, but when Equestria came it was a different story. You were always so nice to us, and you never fought anypony or even considered hurting somepony. It’s why I signed up to be converted, and when I heard what the PER was doing, I couldn’t resist helping others see this wonderful gift that Princess Celestia has offered us,” I said as I stood there shaking, hoping he would let me enter into the ranks of the PER.

“Well then,” he said as he stood in front of me, “You have the drive, and I can sense something inside of you. How about this- I give you ten potions and a list of ten targets, and if you can pull it off, I’ll let you become a Knight within the PER.”

I felt my heart jump for joy with his offer.

“I’m going to be handing over some experimental and dangerous potions to you, so I’m going to assign you a trusted Knight Commander of mine to be your handler,” he said as he opened the door with his magic, “Sunflower, can you fetch me Shadow Jester, and send word to Night Dancer to get potion WRC-71 ready.”

After the mare acknowledged her orders she galloped off while Iron turned back towards me.

“In the meantime I suggest you follow Sky Gust to your quarters while I get things ready,” he said as he turned around to head back to his desk, he turned his head in my direction, “This is your one chance. Don’t fail me, Acting Knight Krasnyj.”

“Ummm, Krasnyj, sir?” I asked, confused.

“It’s Stalliongradese for horse,” he said as he trotted behind the desk to scribble down my targets as I was led out by the pegasus.
===

We entered into a long corridor near Iron’s office that led down a flight of stairs that I struggled with somewhat. After the stairs it opened up into a large room with various doors that held name tags for the members that were already in the PER.

‘This must be the living quarters... thought it would be more colorful than grey,’ I thought to myself as we came up to a door that was made out of wood?

“Wood?” I asked, as he pushed the wooden door open to reveal a very lavish looking room. It was styled like the Equestrian homes I had seen over the informative video they showed us all at the Bureau. Plastered walls covered with a sunset yellow paint, wooden floor boards, a kitchen and a bedroom in the other room.

“Yes, we’ve had some renovations done so it feels like you’re already in Equestria, even though you’re hiding underground from the dying world that the humans call home,” he said, as he turned around to leave. “Oh, I also suggest looking around, because this is going to be your home until our objective of ponifying all of Australia.”

“Right, so I guess Shadow Jester will meet me here?” I asked as he nodded and left me to my own accord.

Feeling curious, I began to explore my miniature home. Right now I was standing in what seemed to be the living room; it had a large couch made out of a strong fabric texture that gave it an off brown color, a coffee table, an empty bookshelf, two potted plants and a large rug that looked ancient.

I looked at the kitchen. For it being all hoof made it was well built, large dining room table, fridge, oven, sinks, and all the cupboards a pony could want to store anything their hearts could desire.

I became curious and entered into the last room which I believed I would be getting the most use out of; The bedroom. I galloped in and jumped into the fluffy bed which cushioned my belly flop. The room itself was like any other bedroom I’ve seen in my life. Queen sized bed, wardrobe, two bedside tables with a small reading light on each one, but I spotted something out of the corner of my eye.

A small sliding door. I knew something was missing but I never thought I would get my own private bathroom. Complete with a bath and shower, a toilet built for ponies.

I pushed the door open with my muzzle and trotted up to the mirror which had a sink underneath it. For the first time in a while, I had a proper chance to look at myself. I was a relatively bulky earth pony stallion with a dark crimson coat, blue eyes, and cornsilk mane. I was a bit saddened that I didn’t turn out as a unicorn or a pegasus but from what I learned at the bureau, I was practically a living power house.

I heard a slight tapping at the door then the quiet creak of it opening. I felt my ears rotate towards the sound, it was still strange that my ears could do that. I was always used to them just being there and picking up everything. Now I could just move them and have perfect hearing wherever they were facing.

“Who’s there?” I asked as I trotted into the living room to see a massive dark blue earthpony with a deep purple colored mane. He would’ve been double my size, never mind the fact that I was also large as well. He had a cutie mark of a Jesters Mask, which made the cogs in my head turn, meaning he was-

“Shadow Jester?” I guessed.

“Yes. now hurry up, we got to get you fitted and trained, so we can get this over and done with,” he said disapprovingly as he trotted out of the room.

I simply shrugged and followed him out of the room, and pulling the door closed with my teeth.
===
Author’s Notes: Misanthropy inbound, inform the downvote brigade.

Comments

[Krass McWriter]

PER story?

Consider my ego well stroked.

[Da Bunnana King]

1373160
Yes, and then prepare yourself for the blog I'm about to make.

[shutaro]

Explicit Misanthropy warning? You're not going into some sort of troll-mode, are you?
Because I don't like to have my time wasted.

[Mcayon]

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Can't wait for MOAR! Insta-fav.

[CrimsonLance]

Woooo! A PER story! I fu*king love the PER!

[Krass McWriter]

1381996

ME TOO!

Also,

You are WELCOMe.

[pjabrony]

All right, I'll give this a try. Let's see him convert someone.

[OnlyUseMeWallet]

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[CrimsonLance]

1382028
Then I love you and Banana King.

[Da Bunnana King]

1381089
Its a TCB story, they all have said misanthropy... and since its PER, there has to be misanthropy... right?

[thulsadoon]

This is getting an up vote just because you have coined the term The Downvote Brigade, and, from the number of downvotes, they already know. Write another one, I like to watch them foam at the mouth.

[Da Bunnana King]

1383065
Soon, I have others to write.

[Chatoyance]

I have been converted to full on misanthropy now, thanks to the Anti group, so BRING ON THE HUMAN HATE! Fix those savage bipeds. Lets see the transformations BEGIN!

[Wungiel]

More ponies = more hugs! FOR HUGGING!

[Da Bunnana King]

1384077
Its like the Slenderman, he has a lot of arms that are long made for giving extra big hugs.

[JackoNorm]

Krasnyj is spelled properly. This pleases me.

[Krass McWriter]

1384077

For a second, I read that as penis.

1383255

YEAH

LES DO DIS

[Midnightshadow]

sounds like somebody did inform the downvote brigade.

Eh, a few fuckups with grammar, sentence fragments and structure, but it's got promise. I love the idea of a "painted equestria" in an underground fort! So silly, yet... practical.

[Da Bunnana King]

1384688
Indeed.

[Yonasomun]

You know maybe, just maybe, there wouldn’t be a downvote brigade, if you wouldn’t portray a bunch of terrorist as the good guys. Or at least show us the bad sides of the PER. They aren’t supposed to be the shining heroes; they were introduced as pony counterpart of the HLF. Instead they became a bunch of glorified freedom fighters despite the fact that they are forcing people to accept their way of live. For once I would see the not so nice sides of the PER. Like Johnny Ponylover finding a crying person with two children hiding in a closet and the man/ woman begs him to take only him and spare the children. Just saying…

Anyway, not much happens in this chapter. It’s just an introduction to the main characters and a set-up for the plot. Too bad that we didn’t learn that much of the protagonist. I was expecting a backstory that explains why he joined the PER. But all we got was one line about how the PER convinced him off-screen while he was on the way to Equestrian. How did that happen? What did they say? What was his reaction? His wish to join the PER set not only the story in motion it also gives the character more personality. Was he eager to join them, because want they said made sense to him or did he sign up half-hearted and isn’t entirely sure that this is such a good idea? By skipping the recruiting scene you wasted a lot of potential.

The overall plot about the ten potions for ten people looks promising. Hopefully it isn’t reduced to find target, splash target, find next target and repeated the same process. Obstacles, conflicts and emotional drama are what makes a story interesting. If it’s to easy for them to reach their goals it’s just boring.

[Da Bunnana King]

1384958
You know to much... also it is an introduction and yes not a lot did happen in it. But thats why its going to have many chapters with emotion (hopefully) in it. I really cant say much because most of it is half baked and needs to finish cooking before I brown it and serving it to the whole family... god dam I have got to stop cooking food or answering a comment on an empty stomach. But yes there will (hopefully) be all those questions answered in the coming chapters.

Also I get the idea of the PER being terrorists but why can't I have them in a possitive light, I've seen stories where the HLF are the knights in shining armor. So why can't I have the PER in the way or the way I want them to be portrayed.

[Yonasomun]

1385046
There’s nothing wrong with portraying them in a good light. It’s just hard to sympathize with them in a setting with operating Conversion Bureaus. Everybody who wants to become a pony can go to a Bureau and get it done. The only thing the PER does is ponifing people left and right without even asking. They aren’t help, they making things worse for both species to get along.

The PER reminds me of one of these groups that want to cure homosexuals. Both think they are in the right and doing people a favor. Both reject the idea that you can be happy without being a pony/ straight. Both think that people who are happy as humans/ homosexuals are either lying or in denial. The only difference is that people who forcefully ponify other humans are supposed to be sympatric while people who would blow-up an Anti-Gay vaccine at the Christopher Street Day are evil.

The HLF, on the other hand, isn’t any better. The stories that portray them as heroes often turn the ponies into complete monsters. Ten-Rounds for example turned them into the Borgs with Celestia as Hive-Mind. Other stories show that they ponies are completely willing to wipe out humanity if they don’t convert. In such stories the actions of the HLF are mostly justified and they can be seen as good guys.

In other stories, like the original TCB, where the ponies haven’t actually threaten them and they just want to blow up Conversion Bureaus “because it’s wrong” they are clearly the bad guys.

What does that means for the PER? To put in a nutshell: To make them sympatric you have to come up with a justification for their actions. Instead of forcefully ponify random passerby, they could help people who want to become ponies but can’t. Like people living under a dictator. They could smuggle in the serum and smuggle out the new foals. Or they could focus on the HLF instead of attacking mostly civilians.

But enough of my rambling I’m going to wait for the next chapters before my final judgment. Maybe I’m going to like the story after all.

[Da Bunnana King]

1385233
I see what you mean, hopefully I'm not just going to have them as the HLF with the potion instead of guns... kinda why I put in the 'Ten Targets' thing in the synopsis and had something 'special' in store for him. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

[Whitescorpion]

What is a TCB story? and a PER story?

English is not mi native language, so I don't know what it is.

[Da Bunnana King]

1391076
TCB= The Conversin Bureau: The story you are reading.

PER= Ponification for Earth's Rebirth: A group of ponies that the main character joins. They go around forcfully ponifying people.

HLF= Human Liberation Force: Basicly the bad guys in this story.They go around killing people who aline themselves with Equestria and they destroy bureaus.

Conversion Bureaus: Place where you can go to turn into a pony.

[Whitescorpion]

1392711 Oh wow thanks for clarifying it

[Da Bunnana King]

1392919
No problem.

[Shadow Fury]

I am attracted to this fic, MOAR!!!

[Da Bunnana King]

1688666
How nice of you to say.

[kyle131996]

Ok i would like to apologize for my asshole comment its to early for me to judge this story ill give it a chance and who knows maybe i might like it

[Da Bunnana King]

1948582
Apology accepted... I guess, I mean I didn't see it but I admire your honesty to actually apologise for being mean. But anyhow, hopefully its not going to turn into a 'PER are numbah won, you join us'.

[kyle131996]

1949779 I'm not gonna lie you really cant make the PER look like good guys and in my opinion their more like religious terrorists you know people or ponys who really think they are doing the right thing but as it goes on someone might stop and think "is this really right?" that can lead to some great internal conflict

[Da Bunnana King]

1949863
Who ever said I was making them to be the good guys in a world of grey?

[kyle131996]

1949919 Grey and Gray Morality very nice

[Da Bunnana King]

1949960
Grey*

And perhaps, still is being re written cuz my HDD decided to fire itself and be a bitch so I can't recover the files.

[kyle131996]

1949960 Ya i derped out their