Twilight Sparkle never was a Unicorn and she didn't even know it.
What happens when her true heritage comes to light? Will she willingly embrace it? Or will she be forced to?

Beware of spoilers in the comments!

Edited by uTTerAbsurdity, Zervziel, Stormwatch and Gwenio

Cover art by the talented Cartoonlion and colored by the equally talented Stormwatch, original can be found here

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Mort, also known as the Pale Pony (of Death), has been tasked to take time off from his rigorous duties of reaping souls. Seeking guidance, he is directed towards the town of Ponyville, to learn about the magic of friendship from Twilight Sparkle and her friends. All he needs to do is keep his true nature a secret. That shouldn't be too difficult...right?

Special thanks to Specter-Von-Baren and Pyrite Foolsgold for their help in proofreading and editing this story, as I really needed it. Additional thanks to Pilate, Chuckle5, Unimpressive Vagaries and Admiral Biscuit as well! Couldn't have done it without all their help!

Credit for the title card goes to Siansaar, AKA Carnifex.

For another excellent take on Mort, check out Sip's version!

Formerly The Conversion Bureau: A New Age, A New Life

In the year 2080, Humanity sits at a crossroads. Technological innovations have advanced to the point to where most mundane tasks can be accomplished by machines, as well as the nano-scale manufacture of most materials. However, the greed of a few and the lingering ecological devastation to get to said point leaves humanity on the precipice of nothing short of a society-ending cataclysm.

Seeing this, visitors from another world wish to aid Humanity along this crossroad. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond any's control, there is no recourse for moving any human off-world, so any disaster could potentially overwhelm any assistance Equestria can render.

Actually... there is one option those of Earth have if they wish to leave. Though is it an option that anyone would even accept existing, let alone take advantage of?

And what happens when an ancient entity sees said option as the first step in correcting a grave error she had committed so many eons ago?

ARC I: A New Beginning (Chapters 1 - 4) -- Introduces the feature characters of Part I for the most part.
ARC II: A New (Old) Magic (Chapters 5-14) -- The Conversions of the Four Conduits and their trails in re-igniting Terran Magic.
ARC III: A New Movement (Chapters 15+) -- Magic is unsealed on Earth, and the various extra-governmental groups begin to form.

General Story Notes:

1) This is a general rewrite of The Conversion Bureau: A New Age, A New Life. While the general plot outline will (hopefully) remain the same; specific interactions and characterizations will be clarified, modified, or outright reworked in order, to I feel, better facilitate my storytelling.

2) Once the original chapters (which can be downloaded from here as an EPUB or as a PDF ) are done being rewritten, Part II will be merged into this story space and that second one will be formally deleted.

3) If you are so inclined, I've also preserved all the original comments on the story as they were posted immediately before initial chapter deletion (viewable here)

4) While the general tone of the story is general flavors of adventure, there are some long phases of slice of life and world building. Because for whatever reason the Administration decided that Slice of Life and Adventure are mutually exclusive tagging-wise.

5) The Equestria (and the wider world of Equestria which I term Equus) is a heavily modified Equestria from the end of Season 2. Therefore consider it an Alternate Universe that runs mostly parallel with canon from S1 and S2; though I always reserve the right to use any bits from S3 or the ongoing S4.

6) Yes this is still a TCB story, but I feel that the grouping, my own statements, and the plot itself would kinda beat that into people's heads, so including it the title was just further redundancy.

WARNING To New Readers: Any canon character used is subject to MY Personal interpretation of that character. If you believe this is a problem in any specific scene or in general, do not be afraid to ask how or why I am using a character a certain way. I actually like the discussions in these regards.

( Original Vector art for the Elements of Harmony )

Imagine a world where species is a paper thin veil.

So Equestria is now eating up our world. Humanity has only got a couple of years until Earth is gone. You either get busy trotting or you get busy dying. People have got a lot of changes to make in those short years.

The creator having a metaphysical nightmare, the race to save technology, the last TV specials anyone will see. These are just a few of the tales that will lead humanity on the path to a strange new world.

Spin-off of Reality Break

In an effort not to clutter up my page with random bits of half decent stories, I'm going to just have this one story contain all speedfic and one-off story ideas. I'll add them as chapters, and include a short description about them, so the reader knows what they're getting into. These are going to be pretty hit or miss in terms of quality, so here we go.

The Rainbow Menace Strikes! - Conversion Bureau speed-fic set in 1952. Takes after Invasion of the Body Snatchers, more or less.

Bad Batch - A man with a grudge drinks the wrong potion and becomes an abomination fueled by vengeance!

Thomas is a child worker in the textile factories of 1808 London. When he makes a new friend with one of the ponies that have begun living in London with them, a conspiracy by the upper class to keep their workers is exposed, leading the two down a road paved with violence and deception. Is there a happy ending at the end of this road?

Submission for the 8th TCB Event.

After a mishap involving the Transportalponder, the Courier finds himself in a place he doesn't recognize. With no way back and nothing else to do, he decides that wandering into the nearest town is the best option. Being the Courier, things aren't that simple...

A Fallout: New Vegas/My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic crossover

The style alternates between omnipresent third-person and the Courier recounting his tale to... Well, take a guess.

What happens when you discover that your most private of sanctuaries is no longer there? Two beings, one man and one pony, learn just that when they find that their bathrooms are no longer their own. How do these beings handle this strange occurrence and will they let it get in their way?

Since This isn't my bathroom! did so well and I was told by many to do more, I have transformed this into a short series where one poor man will be subjected to more room swaps than should ever happen. Yes, the first addition to the bathroom is the kitchen..

NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN:

This is a story based on the Conversion Bureau Series 'Yellowstone' as written by the talented Anonsi.

I enjoyed his story and this idea came into my head, and wouldn't let me rest till I wrote it. So I did.

Anonsi has read it and enjoyed it, so it has his permission to exist. :P

And yes, this basically makes this a fanfic, of a fanfic, of a... Fanfic...

Story Description:

"It was suppose to be a simple clean up mission. One small group consisting of Agent Hawk, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack have gone into a Bureau to round up some rouge monsters from Equestria.

However, soon after entering the building they stumble upon a much LARGER mission, along with another team already on the job.

The mission, they'll soon discover, will reveal a secret a certain group of humans would do anything to possess..."