What are humbrids? Well the correct name for them are humans who have gone through pony transformation or ponification for short. It’s basically what it sounds like. But they’re called humbrids for short and if you plan to go through ponification you should get used to this name. Luckily, I am a humbrid and can explain to you the entire process. Let’s start at the beginning.
The fee for ponification varies throughout the year but is a minimum of at least 5000 usd. It must all be paid off before the procedure will begin. For me, my procedure was paid for by a person-pony relations organization and just goes to show how useful it is to catch the eye of one of these programs. The area where your ponification will be done is in the same building as the D.I.P.T but in a different wing of the building. There you will go through the following.
•General Equestrian Knowledge
•Pony manners and gestures
•Advanced Equestrian Knowledge
•Pony Society Prep
•Physical Prep
•Race Evaluation
•Final Testing
•Real Pony Date
•Initial Ponification
•Final Ponification
•New Body Adjustment period(three days)
This whole process will take around one week to do and you will be kept at the facility the entire time. Of course quartering and food will be provided and you’ll get to mingle with the others going through ponification. The groups range from ten to fifty a week though the facility can handle a max of 100 participants at a time. Now let’s get into what all those subjects above are in detail.
General Equestrian Knowledge- This course will take around half a day and will teach you the various basics of Equestria. When it was formed, the government style, races, culture, that sort of stuff. Nothing too difficult and you will most likely not have to recall much of the information ever again.
Pony Manners and Gestures- This course takes place on the other half of your first day there. In this you will be taught the various manners that are different in Equestria than they are on Earth. This is tail twining, nose rubbing, and a few other gestures that you should know. This course will also teach about the extremeness of manners in Equestria. For instance, it is considered rude to touch a stranger’s tail on purpose and not waving back at somepony can come across as very rude unlike on Earth.
Advanced Equestrian Knowledge- This course takes place on your second day and goes over the more in depth knowledge you might need in Equestria. How old the princesses are, study over the map of Equestria, relations of Equestria with the other nations of Equus and more. This information is the more useful of the two knowledge courses.
Pony Society Prep- This course is right after the advanced knowledge course and goes over pony society in general. This was my favorite course and went on for several hours, not that I minded. There are debates between which society is better and acted out scenarios throughout the course. Some of the things you’ll learn is that in Equestria, mares are the dominant gender, public sex is not illegal and nor is public nudity, or defecation, and whether or not the previously mentioned things are frowned upon or not vary from region to region. There are many more things you’ll learn in this course that I’ll explain later on in the guide, most of them being very different from trends on Earth.
Physical Prep- This is a pretty short course. A pony will check you and prepare you for life in Equestria and see if you’re healthy enough to go through ponification. This features running, swimming, lifting, and jaw strength. You will also be evaluated by both a human and pony psychiatrist to see if you’re mentally ready to adapt to a completely different physiology.
Race Evaluation- This is the course where a few participants tend to drop out of the program. It takes place after the physical prep and is when it will be decided what race you can be in Equestria. The evaluation is done by three ponies, each of the three races, who will ask you a few questions, perform a few tests, and use your physical information to determine what race fits you the best.
• For unicorns, you must have good focus, slightly above average I.Q, imagination, and it is recommended you have good pain tolerance. It fluctuates between unicorn and pegasus as the most wanted race but sadly a lot of people don’t get their wanted race. For example, while there have been many people with ADHD made into unicorns there are also a lot that fail to meet the requirements. But you can always delay the ponification and try again later. I’ve heard that lucid dreamers and avid gamers usually reach the marks for unicorn and hundreds of people have trained themselves so that they can become unicorns. It is very much possible so do not be put off.
• For pegasus, you’ll need to have good stamina and have average athletic ability. This race is usually given to swimmers, runners, parkourist, anyone who has good stamina really. There are a few exceptions that might get you this race even if you don’t make the marks just quite. If you have a piloting license or if you are a qualified skydiver. Unfortunately, those who suffer from asthma are mostly denied to be pegasi. If not then you may just need to delay your ponification and train to get yourself ready.
• For earth pony, there really aren’t too many requirements. This is the race that you can go in knowing that you’ll be able to get. But that doesn’t make earth ponies inferior of any kind. This is the race that is given to those who want to become ponies but don’t fit any of the previously mentioned requirements or are suffering from a major disease. Ponification gets rid of any disease affecting the human body and earth ponification doesn’t put too much strain on the body so it’s a win-win.
Final Testing- Final testing occurs after your evaluation and is just a 35 question test that goes over what you’ve learned the past few days. If you fail this test you won’t be held back from going to Equestria or being ponified but you will be urged to relearn what was taught. Mostly, the test is to see if participants are learning the material and check to make sure a bunch of rascals aren’t going to be let loose into Equestria. By the time you finish, it will most likely be night time. Before you can leave however, you’ll be given a photo of a pony, their name, and a room number. This will be the pony you will be dating the next day.
Real Pony Date- Your real pony date is a two part assessment of all that you’ve learned in the past days. Allow me to clarify, the word date is used in a casual sense here and is not meant to be romantic, just an arranged meeting with somepony. In the morning you’ll go to your assigned room and meet the pony who you’ll date. The rooms are designed after different places across Equestria like restaurants, parks, and residences. During the date, your pony will test to see if you remember the various gestures and manners of Equestria and will make small talk to see if you can keep up with basic knowledge.
Initial Ponification- This is exactly what it sounds like. This is when you’ll go through the beginning stages of ponification. They’ll numb your body and slowly put magic into you to acclimate your body to magic. This takes around an hour and requires you to be naked. Of course you can cover yourself with a towel but nothing else.
Final Ponification- I have no clue what the final ponification process is because you’re put to sleep for it. Maybe it hurts. No details are given as to what is done to ponify people and only a select few ponies can perform the operation. It has been said that the secrecy is to keep unicorns from potentially harming and killing humans by trying to perform what is apparently a very hard spell to cast. I woke up four hours later with a completely different staff than I fell asleep with so that may be proof of the difficulty.
New Body Adjustment Period- Everyone is given a mandatory three day period to learn how to operate in your new body. You may think it should only take at most an hour to adjust but you’d be very surprised. Learning to walk with four legs takes up the entire first day. Then on to grabbing things with hooves, eating, jumping, running, and dancing are all covered on your second day. The third day is used to work on anything you had trouble with previously but for unicorns and pegasus this day is used to develop those specialized skills. Simple levitation, hovering, flight, and basic magic manipulation like opening doors and closing doors. After all of that...you’re ready to go to Equestria.
The portal to Equestria is housed in a large white room with a high ceiling and bright fluorescent lights. Everything is sterile and there are both human and pony guards stationed at the one entrance. In the middle of the room is a large glowing circle with a blue hue that gives off a soft humming sound. Nothing can be seen beyond it and the only reaction you can really have is awe. The portal itself feels like it’s very existence is some form of higher power and the silence of the room only adds onto that. The first time you see the portal will be an unforgettable moment. You will be given the instruction that you may now enter and everything changes. You will finally be going to Equestria.
Fun Fact: When the spell for ponification was completed Princess Luna suggested that Earth should develop a method to turn ponies into humans instead of Equestria developing the spell as well in a metaphorical ‘I scratch your back, you scratch mine’ way. The princess was then baffled when she was told that humans have not figured out how to turn anything into anything else yet and gave a public apology, saying that she did not mean any offense in her suggestion. The apology was accepted and now ponies and humans are working together to figure out how to transform ponies into humans using Earth technology and not Equestria magic. As of yet there is no method of turning a pony into a human.