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// Part 2: Chapter 1 
// Story: The Conversion Bureau - The Last Human 
// by Maxis122 
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~The Conversion Bureau - The Last Human: Part 2: Chapter 1~
~By Maxis122~

Everything was black - there was no sound. It was like there was no reality anymore, there was just emptiness. I couldn’t feel - neither could I speak. It was like everything that I had was no longer mine. Was this what it was like to be dead?

If this is death then it is pretty boring, just hovering about a dark infinity for the rest of eternity. It was then when I saw it, a great light formed from behind me. I turned to face this light, it was warm and consuming. I began to relax - for a moment I was carefree.

Everything that had been bothering me for the last few years just left and I was left with nothing but happiness. To what I believed this is the experience that others have described during a near death experience. I began to close my eyes and let the light consume me - and let the end happen. Then, with a mighty blast, I was pushed back on my eyes opened again.

The light closed up and I was once again left in darkness. Then I could hear a sound, it was somewhat familiar, but all the same it was a continuous sound. A bleeping of some sort, a constant recurring high pitched noise. 

Then my senses began to come back and I was regaining control. The bleeping became clearer as I could sense a light on my face. It was warm like it was sunlight - was it? Whatever it was it was waking me up.

I began to open my left eye - everything was still blurry but I could just about make out a white ceiling. I was indoors - that was a start as the last thing I remember was being indoors. After being shot and then killing the shooter. I was sure that I would die - but, I was still alive. Somehow.

I then opened my right eye and got a better view of the room that I was in. It had dark blue walls and there was a curtain surrounding the bed that I was in. A machine was connected to me and it was beeping away - on it was a pulse meter and my bps. Everything on the machine seemed to be fine - I was alive.

I was now awake enough to be able to get up from my lying down position into my sitting up position. On a chair next to me was my top cloths with the holes from the shotgun. They had been cleaned but they still were a little rugged from the damage. I pulled up the cover to see that I was still wearing my combat trousers from before. So far so good.

I then looked to the machine and pressed the off button. Then I pulled the instruments from my skin and turned around. After that I placed my feet on the ground and stood up - my legs seemed to be still working. My backpack was sitting on the chair as well.

Opening my bag I found that my two pistols were still in there - attached to my chest straps. For now I thought that it would be a good idea to keep these in here - as I had no idea where I was. But the clues were beginning to fit into place, I was becoming conscious of where I was.

Then the unexpected happened, a sudden pain struck through my body from my chest. I put my hand to my chest and began to breath heavily - maybe I still had some life problems. After a few seconds the pain died away and everything seemed to go back to normal. It was then when I realised that there was something wrapped around my chest.

I looked to see that it had been wrapped in a white material that is used to bandage wounds. When I pressed on my chest a slight pain would come up, that was where I had been shot. But the next thing that was on my mind was where was I?

Everything was taken care of in here so this place had to have inhabitants - but then who lived in this area? It was then when a familiar voice began to talk from the hallway. I looked to see two shadows moving towards the door - I knew who one of them was.

Twilight then appeared from the doorway with another unicorn who seemed to be a doctor. The doctor smiled at me and then looked down at his notes - after clearing his throat he began to talk.

“Mister Hunter, is that right?” the doctor began.

“Yeah, that’s me” I replied, begin a little uneasy.

“So far it seems that you are making a full recovery from your, umm, incident with a shotgun” the doctor said, still unsure of what he was talking about. But he was a doctor and he definitely knew that I was recovering - even though I was a human.

“Thanks Doctor” I said. The doctor then nodded and walked out of the room leaving me alone with Twilight. She trotted up to the bed and stood next to me.

“Well it does look like you are making a full recovery” She said.

“I was pretty sure that I was dead after taking that shot” I said as I took a deep breath and remembered that moment. The shock had basically scared that event into my brain. I could remember every part of it, to the tiniest detail.

“Well, its good that you're not dead. Because then I wouldn’t be able to thank you...” she paused for a moment and I looked up at her - awaiting her response. “... for saving me” she said as she looked at me again.

“I’d like to thank you too, for standing up for me, and bringing me here” I said.

“It was nothing really, all I needed to do was stop the bleeding and then teleport us back here” she said.

“Anyway, where is here?” I asked.

“Well, umm. The thing is you're not even meant to be here” She said looking a little guilty.

“Why?” I asked.

“You are human and you are in Equestria, get it now?” she said and my mind went into shock. I was in the place where I least wanted to be - mainly because of the fact that he was human. 

“Uhhhh” I had no idea what to say as the thoughts of me being discovered were running through my head.

“Don’t worry! Celestia has no idea that there are any humans left. When that pegasus told me that he had found a human, I told him to stay quiet. Then I began to journey with Rainbow Dash to get to this - London place” she explained. I was still very much afraid of the thought of being discovered.

“So, what now then. Because I can’t really go anywhere without being discovered by other ponies” I said as I was panicking a bit.

“Plenty of ponies know that you are here, I’ve had them swear that they will not tell. And because of that many of them are wanting to meet you - well, because you are the last human” Twilight explained. 

“O-K” I said slowly, but still showing that I wasn’t completely fine with the idea.

“Put your clothes on then and I will meet you outside” Twilight then said as she briskly walked out of the door and left me alone. I then looked to my cloths that were still on the chair, they were clean. I put them on and swung my backpack onto my back. Then I walked towards the door with a slight pain still subsiding in my chest.

I came to the doorway and this lead to a hall. Doors with numbers on them were all the way down the hall and at the end was the reception area where Twilight had gone. I began to walk down the hall and I listened to all of the bleeps from heart meters, so many ponies were still getting hurt. 

Then again anyone can get injured in any environment - it just happens. Also they have pegasi and unicorns - so anything could lead to accidents with them. So it would be no surprise for there to be accidents in this land.

I got to the end of the hall where the reception area was. There was a white pony at the desk writing some things down. She didn’t notice me as I walked by as she seemed to be quite busy. I then opened the door and the blitzing sunlight shot through the new space. My eyes squinted as the new light hit me like a rocket but within a few seconds everything came back into focus.

I walked forward and let the door shut behind me and I was greeted by the lush countryside of this land. Everything was colourful and beaming with life. The land had been taken care of by these ponies very well and the weather was exceedingly good. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky.

I then looked ahead to see Twilight waiting there for me to come. I then walked over to her and stood by her side.

“So this is your world” I said as I continued to look around.

“This is where I live, nice, isn’t it?” She said.

“I can see why so many moved here now, It’s quite amazing to look at” I said in response. 

“Anyway, we better get going” She said as she began to trot ahead. I then picked up the pace and walked alongside her. The path ahead lead up to a small town - populated by many ponies. In the sky there was pegasi flying around and moving the clouds around.

Soon we got to the entrance of the town and all the ponies in the immediate area became aware of my existence. All of the ponies then began to stare at me as we walked through the town - I felt somewhat uneasy about all of this attention that I was attracting. It was something that I didn’t want to happen - as if ponies started to tell Celestia about this then she would probably come herself and sort me out.

I quickened my pace and got beside Twilight so I could talk to her.

“Hey Twilight, are you sure that this is a good idea?” I asked as the amount of ponies following us gained in numbers.

“Umm, I think everything will be ok” she said being a little unsure.

“Yeah, but what happens if Celestia finds out. She could have me turned into a pony or worse - have me executed” I said as I began to panic. Twilight then stopped and looked at me.

“Celestia wouldn’t have you executed - that’s not what happens here. The worst she could do would be to have you changed or banished” She said.

“I hope its the second option, because I would not like to be a pony. No offence” I said.

“Non taken” Twilight said as she smiled. We had now gained quite the crowd of curious ponies as we moved through the town to what seemed to be the town hall. There was a podium on the stage with a greyish aber skinned pony with grey hair standing there. She looked at me and then smiled as she moved to the side of the podium.

Twilight and I then walked onto the stage and she stopped to turn around. I then turned around as well to see a large crowd that had appeared out of nowhere. There were so many colours and different ponies spread around the town square as they all looked to me with curiosity.

The major pony, that was the grey haired one, walked up to the stand and cleared her throat so she could present her speech.

“Today you are all aware of our visitor from the human lands of England. But before I go on you must all swear that you will not tell anyone from other places about him being here” She then searched the crowd of ponies as they looked at each other and then nodded in agreement.

“Geez this is scary...” I whispered as I looked around at the many faces in the crowd.

“This here is Max Hunter” she said as she gestured over at me. “He is a human who saved the life of Twilight Sparkle. For this she requested that he could stay here for a while as he has sustained an injury in a fight”.

It was then when the ponies then began to whisper to each other when they heard that a human had saved a pony. That kind of thing was unheard of as the two species normally despised each other. Then again, this was the first human that they had seen in a long time. They then settled down and awaited the next words.

“Why don’t we see if Max wants to say anything” she said as she turned to me and gestured for me to come to the stand. I froze for a second as I hadn’t been asked to do very many things in a while. I then approached the stand and silence fell on the crowd as they all looked at me in anticipation. 

“Umm, hello?” I said. “I’m Max and I am one of the last humans...” The crowd remained silent as I looked around at them. I was somewhat embarrassed and unsure of what I should do next. “Well, if any of you ponies need help with anything then - I guess I will be here to help” it was then when a swarm of requests and questions came storming in as all the ponies started to smile and talk.

“A lot of the ponies have really wanted to meet a human” Twilight said as she walked beside me. “You will probably have a lot of questions from them now” she continued as she calmed the crowd down.

“Ok, everypony. Please remember that Max is just one human - so don’t swarm him with requests and questions” the major said and the crowd then calmed down. Then they started to disperse and go back to their normal routines again. With new things to talk about now.

I then walked off the stage with Twilight and stood to the side - taking a few deep breaths.

“I’m not sure if that was the smartest thing I could have done” I said.

“Oh, don’t worry. It was just a burst of excitement - they will probably just want to meet you, that’s all” Twilight said as she giggled at my panicking.

“Right” I said as I turned around to be greeted by a green unicorn with golden eyes. I recoiled and shot back as she had come right up to my face.

“Hi!” She said with a really excited tone. “WOW! I’ve never seen a human up close - with the hands and the fingers and-” she was then cut off by Twilight pushing her back a bit.

“Lyra, please don’t assault the guest” Twilight said.

“Oh, I’m Lyra Heartstrings. Sorry for being a bit excited there - it’s just i’ve been wanting to see a human up close for so long” the apparently called Lyra said.

“It’s ok. Lyra’s your name?” I asked.

“Sure is!” Lyra said as she looked me over. This pony seemed to be surprisingly interested in human kind - this was a little odd for a pony but it was nice to know that there were some ponies like her.

“Well, it’s nice to meet you Lyra” I said.

“Nice to meet you too, umm, Max!” She said as she then walked away with giggles of excitement. When she had walked away I turned to Twilight.

“Is she always like this?” I asked.

“Not always, but this is something she has been interested in for a long time” Twilight said.

“Heh heh, right” I said as we then began to walk away from the main population of the town.

“As you are here, you wouldn’t mind helping a few of my friends out with some tasks” Twilight said as we got to the outskirts of the town.

“What kind of tasks are we talking about?” I asked.

“Well, so far I’ve heard that Applejack is taking down another barn and Rainbow Dash is helping her. If you could go give her a hand then that would be appreciated” She requested.

To be honest I’ve never been part of a destruction team where I am the one destroying things but the idea of ripping a building to pieces didn’t sound that bad. And besides I had nothing better to do until my wound was better. 

“Yeah, I could help with that” I said accepting her request.

“Really, thank you!” She said as she happily trotted ahead again. I wish she wouldn’t keep on speeding up like that, my lungs are already having problems as it is.

“So, where is this barn then?” I asked. 

“It’s just down this road. Rainbow should be tearing it down already - so you can’t miss it” She said as she pointed down a pathway.

“Alright then, thanks anyway” I said as I began to journey down the path.

“No problem” Twilight called as she turned away and walked off somewhere.

Now I was going to go to work again - something that I didn’t expect to get back into when I had been surviving for so long. I wasn’t sure how this Rainbow Dash was going to react when she met me. And that was another thing that had really been getting me recently - why are there so many females?