Harmonious Conversion

by FollowerofDream

Phase One

Harmonious Conversion Chapter 2

Phase one

It was late in the morning when Dream woke up from her deep sleep, her mouth opened slightly as a bit of drool seeped down her chin, wettening her pillow. She blinked her eyes for a moment and let out a loud yawn, stretching her limbs and looking at her alarm clock. Her eyes widened a little when she saw that it read 10:47AM.

She flailed her limbs, quickly jumping out of the bed, as she knew that today was a pretty important day and she already had overslept. Feeling a bit nervous, thinking that she wouldn’t have enough time to continue her plan, she headed into the bathroom, quickly starting to clean herself up, so that she could go and wake up Deviosis. They just had to skip breakfast, probably.

The shower felt really good, the warm water just pouring over her, giving her goosebumps for a moment. However, she knew that she couldn’t keep enjoying her shower, as she was already way over time.

She quickly jumped out of her shower, taking the towel with her magic and drying herself off as fast as she could, making sure that she looked at least a bit presentable before leaving the bathroom again and then heading out of her room, walking into Deviosis’.

Once there, she looked at the bed, raising her voice a little to wake him up. “Deviosis, time to wake up now.”

Deviosis yawned and sat up. He looked over at the hospitable mare with a smile curling up on his face. “Good morning, my dear,” he greeted, moving out from underneath the quilt. “I see that you have already freshened up and I must say your mane looks exceptionally impeccable.”

She looked at her mane for a moment, noticing that it was in quite the disarray, but then again, she did leave the bathroom as fast as she could.

“Well, I was in a hurry,” she started to explain. “Because it seems that we have overslept. So, I would appreciate it if you could quickly go clean yourself up so we can start the first phase of our plan for world domination,” she said, giving a curt nod.

The stallion let out an amused chortle. “My dear, I was merely giving you a compliment,” he explained as he passed by her, exiting the room. “Anyway, I won’t take long. To keep a mare waiting on her desire, no matter how wild it may be, is something I would hate to do.”

Deviosis headed into the bathroom and, true to his word, cleaned up in no time at all. After combing his hair to his usual standards and washing his face, Deviosis returned to Dream.

In the meantime Dream had taken a seat on the bed, just waiting for Deviosis to finish cleaning himself up quickly. Constantly, she looked at the clock, wanting that he did it faster, but she knew that he was probably already doing it as fast as he could.

The moment he returned, she nodded and jumped off the bed. “Good, you’re ready. So, follow me, and I’ll explain what we’ll do today,” she said and headed out of his room, going down the stairs.

“Today, Deviosis, we’re going to search for an inventor. You see, I might be a hypnotist, but hypnosis can only do so much. What I want is total and complete control, so I’ve decided to settle on robots. I need an inventor who will make me a robotization machine so that I can convert normal ponies into nothing more than mindless, obedient machines who will obey my every order… um, our every order” The more she talked about it, the more excited she became.

“Inventor? Robotization? Machines?” Deviosis inquired, mind trying and failing to comprehend the scenario. “Call me old fashioned, my dear, but the concept of mind control you just presented to me sounds quite absurd.”

Dream looked back when she heard Deviosis say that and just shook her head quickly, nearing her front door. “To you, maybe, but I know that science is a great thing that can do many amazing wonders. Trust me on this one, Deviosis, I know for a fact that we will have an army of robots soon enough. After all, as you’ll soon experience, mind control is a lot stronger than just plain hypnosis,” she said, heading out of the house.

Deviosis followed the mare by her side, matching her pace step-by-step. “I am far from calling a beautiful mare such as yourself deluded or crazy, Dream Searcher, yet I do believe you are setting your sights on pure fantasy.” He added in a chuckle and started to glance around Ponyville, hoping that nopony would recognize him. He didn’t want to cause too much trouble at such an early stage of Dream’s plan.

But Dream just shrugged a little, not really wanting to hear his thoughts about her plan. After all, she thought that it was a very good plan, one that just couldn’t fail at all.

“Meh, this is how we’ll do it, Deviosis, and you’ll see that in the end, I was right. But for now, let’s keep quiet about our plan, alright? We don’t want prying ears to hear about our little conversation,” she said, knowing that they couldn’t be careful enough. “Now let’s go to the market and do a little observation.”

At the market, Dream looked around, having taken a seat on a bench, hoping that she wasn’t drawing any attention to herself. They needed to find an inventor and Dream had knowledge about one in Ponyville. Apparently, her name was Angel Grace and she had a white coat and a bright green mane and tail. That was all she knew, so it could basically be anypony. She just had to keep her eyes open for the mare. She was bound to pass by the market sometime.

“Alright, Deviosis, we’re looking for a mare with a white coat and a bright green mane. That’s all I know about our little inventor, but four eyes are always better than two, so just observe the market and say something when you see her,” she instructed Deviosis.

The stallion kept his eyes peeled for a pony matching Dream’s description. He felt uneasy being out in the open like this; he was still infamous around Ponyville after what he did to Twilight Sparkle and friends.

Deviosis hid his thoughts from Dream with relative ease, wanting to keep a calm and mature demeanour in front of her. “My dear, while we wait, can you satisfy my curiosity?” he asked, sliding closer to her. “Where did you find out about this Angel Grace exactly? I’ve never heard of her.”

She quickly looked at him, just for a few seconds before she looked back at the market, not wanting to miss Angel. “Well, this plan of mine has been in my head for quite some time. So, I asked around town, wanting to know if there was somepony here who knew a lot about technical stuff. Eventually, the ponies pointed me into the direction of Angel. She is kind of an introvert mare, they said, they don’t see her a lot around here, but I know that she will be the pony who will lead us to dominance.”

“When we do locate this Angel Grace, what is your plan on communicating with her?” Deviosis asked next, his watchful gaze catching sight of a group of mares gathering up at a fruit stand, giggling and chatting with one another. None of them were Angel Grace, unfortunately.

“Good question,” she replied, still keeping an eye out. “To be honest, I haven’t really thought that through, though I do have this basic idea of going to her and trying to win a bit of her trust by pretending that you are a scientist. I can’t act like a scientist because she knows I’m the local hypnotist, but I’m sure she hasn’t heard about you before, so you’re the perfect actor,” she said.

Just a few moments after she had finished her sentence, Dream could see a faint glimpse of a bright green mane in the distance, coming towards the town. She stood up, trying to have a better look.

In the corner of his eye, Deviosis noticed Dream move off from the bench. “What is it, my dear?” he inquired, head turning to look at her. “Do you see Angel Grace?”

Dream nodded, now having a far better look at the mare who was approaching the market. Sure enough, it was Angel Grace who was now heading towards them. Dream looked around, noticing that there were a few ponies around, but not too many, which meant that it was harder for ponies to know something was up.

“Alright, let’s get going. Remember, you are a scientist and tell her that… you’ve done some kind of major invention THE inventor of Ponyville really has to see,” Dream said, starting to head towards the market.

Meanwhile, Angel Grace, the lovely, pristine white Pegasus, had arrived at the market. She was looking for a few new tools she could use to build her inventions. Her old ones had broken because she became a bit too rough with them when she forced a bolt inside a machine. She had used every tool possible, but the bolt just didn’t want to move. As she sighed a little, looking over the tools, she noticed two ponies approaching her.

“You want me to put on a scientist charade, my dear?” Deviosis asked, for the first time a real look of unease crossing his face, "I know nothing about science, Dream Searcher, it is something I can't even comprehend." He swallowed a little, starting to shake his head. "I don't like your idea at all.”

“Just try, alright? We only have one chance at this. I know for a fact that Angel is a very shy mare, so if she knows something’s up, it’ll be very hard to capture her,” Dream said, frowning at him before turning her attention to the mare near the tools stand.

“Hey there, you are Angel, right?” Dream asked, putting on a friendly, but fake smile. “You probably know me, I’m Dream Searcher, the hypnotherapist, but I wanted to introduce you to my friend over here. His name is Deviosis and he’s an inventor, just like you. Apparently, he has done a really big invention that you really need to see and comment on it,” Dream said, lie after lie flowing out of her mouth.

Angel, honestly, was a bit nervous due to the sudden approach of the dark yellow mare, but she forced herself to hide her nervousness and put on a smile, though she wasn’t really that good at it. “H-Hello there. Um… yes, I’m Angel, nice to meet you, Mr Deviosis. So, what is this invention you have created?” She asked. Maybe if she got straight to business, she wouldn’t feel so nervous anymore.

Deviosis cleared his throat and put on one of his politest smiles in his arsenal of gentlemanly facades. “Please, call me Dr. Deviosis, my dear Angel Grace. It is custom to be formal even outside the laboratory,” he went on to say, offering his hoof to shake. “I’ve heard nothing but good things about you, and I feel honoured having you be the one to try out my new invention!”

His eyes gazed over at some ponies going about their daily lives. “Have you ever, perchance, wondered what our wonderful town dreams about, Dr. Angel Grace? Has your curiosity ever attempted to fathom the possibility that ponykind could create such a feat of technology? The ability to explore the untapped world of the subconscious is closer than you think, my dear, for I have created an invention that allows me to see what ponies dream about!”

It seemed that what Deviosis told Angel really caught the white mare’s attention. “A device to enter a pony’s dreams? Like Princess Luna does with her magic? Wow, that is amazing indeed. You have to show it to me, Doctor, I would love to try it out and maybe make my own adaption to it. The possibilities are endless. Of course… it would need regulations, because not everypony can enter somepony else’s dreams, but I’m sure Princess Luna would appreciate the help in the dreamworld, nonetheless.”

“Well, Doctor Deviosis here has the device stored at my house, we can try it out there,” Dream interrupted, glad that science really was Angel’s weak spot. However, what did concern her, though, was that Deviosis had been able to create a lie that quickly, even though he had said he didn’t know anything about science. She knew she had to keep a close eye on him, she still didn’t trust him completely.

“Oh… um… alright,” Angel whispered, only now realizing that she was going to somepony’s home who she actually didn’t know that well. But still, the invention seemed too good to pass up. “Is the device safe, Doctor, or does it still need some tweaking?”

“I assure you that my creation is in prime condition, my dear,” Deviosis replied, chuckling jovially, sticking close to the unwary scientist.

“Well, we’re here!” Dream shouted, stopping the conversation between Angel and Deviosis, mainly because she wasn’t sure how long Deviosis would be able to keep this up. Angel, on the other hand, hadn’t been even aware that they had already walked towards Dream’s house. “Now, Deviosis and I will grab the device, you just wait in the living room, alright?” Dream asked, having entered her home and already heading down into her basement.

Before following his partner in crime, Deviosis gave one last smile at their guest. “I promise you that we won’t be gone too long, Dr. Angel Grace. If you feel peckish, do not hesitate in getting yourself something to eat from the kitchen,” he stated, turning around to head down the stairs. When he reached the bottom, he walked over to Dream. “Everything is going smoothly, my dear.”

“Yes, indeed it is, but now we need to start up our real plan. Deviosis, it’s now time to use those famous mind control abilities of yours. You see, while I do hypnosis, I can only actually influence my subjects’ actions, I can’t really control them fundamentally, change the core of their existence. However, mind control can, you can. You can make her think that she’s our slave and that’s she lives to serve us, that’s what you need to do.”

“If we take her down, we’ll open up the way for our world domination, our robots,” She spoke, an evil grin forming on her face. “So, can you do that?”

“Your ambitions never cease to amuse me, Dream Searcher. In the past, I desired only for the mares of this quaint town to service me in many different ways. My power of persuasion, as some may put it, was never intended to be used in a way you are requiring it should,”

Deviosis started to explain, pacing around the basement at a slow and steady pace, eyes lightly shut. “However, I know that if it wasn’t for you, I would still be living through the hell of prison,” he stopped and looked at the mare, a charming smile curling up and his eyes opening up to reveal a warm glint. “In addition to that, what kind of stallion would I be if I turn down a beautiful and intelligent mare such as you, Dream Searcher?”

She clapped her hooves in front of Deviosis’ face, a frown present on her own. “Focus, Deviosis, you can always charm me later, now we have a mare to worry about. So, I do hope that your mind control abilities will prove to be enough to control her.” Dream was all business now, not a hint of fun could be found.

She walked back up the stairs, once again taking on the fake appearance of a smiling and kind hypnotherapist. She walked into her living room and saw Angel sitting on her fluffy couch, turning her head to look at Dream. “Oh… um… where’s the device?”

It took a few more minutes until Deviosis entered the room, levitating two glasses of white wine by his side. His charmer eyes were staring directly at the mare inventor. “Please excuse us for keeping you waiting this long, my dear,” the stallion said in a courteous voice to go along with his gracious smile. After placing the glasses down upon a nearby table, he took a seat a pillow away from Angel. “Are you comfortable, Dr. Angel Grace?”

Angel nodded her head slowly, sitting down on the pillow, but she did feel that there was something off about them, though she couldn’t place her hoof on it. Yet, for now she gave them the benefit of the doubt, because she knew that it could just be her shyness and paranoia making her think these thoughts.

“I am comfortable, yes, but I must ask, Doctor, where is the device? Didn’t you say you were going to get it in the basement?” She asked as she saw Dream now moving to sit down beside Deviosis.

Deviosis chuckled as he magically moved one of the wine glasses over to Angel. “Now, now, my dear, we have all day to discuss our business,” he nonchalantly replied, shuffling closer to her. “This is a fine opportunity to celebrate. I am sure that even you don’t get asked to test a dream machine every day,” his one hoof was affectionately placed around her shoulder while he used his spare hoof to hold the wine glass for her. He stared deeply into her eyes. “Drink up, my dear. You deserve only the best.”

She frowned now, not exactly used to being so close near somepony, especially not somepony she hadn’t even met before. By now, her mind knew that something was up. They weren’t just here to show her a device, if it even existed, they wanted something else, and that something probably had to do with her. She eyed the glass of wine, knowing that it was foolish to drink from it.

“Um… no, thank you. I-I think that it’s better if I… um… leave now.” She didn’t waste any time at all and quickly stood up from her seat, already walking away towards the door. She had to leave now, she knew she had to!

However, before she even reached the door, Dream’s magic locked it, levitating the key over towards her. “I’m sorry, but I can’t let you do that.”

“Some mares just do not appreciate hospitality, my dear,” Deviosis said, slowly approaching the trapped inventor, eyes shut. “A real pity if I do say so myself.” He remained calm and collective as he gently placed his hoof underneath Angel’s chin. “There is no need to be afraid, Dr. Angel Grace,” he then said, opening his eyes to reveal they were full of black and crimson spirals, swirling around at a soothing pace. “We will not harm you. We simply need your help.”

Angel was a bit surprised by the hoof under her chin, her body already trembling from fear. However, what scared her more were the spirals in his eyes, the spirals she was now looking at. She tried to look away, look away from this spinning colors, going so slow, a nice mix of black and red. To be honest, she could keep staring at them forever, but her mind was strong enough to make her look away.

“What… what are you doing? I want to leave! Let me go! Please, I won’t tell anypony,” She hastily spoke, feeling her nerves get the better of her. Even her wings were now flapping softly, making her rise into the air.

“Hush now, my dear,” the hypnotic stallion softly shushed, increasing both the power and the velocity of the captivating spirals, his horn letting off a slight reddish shine. Even though his intentions were wicked, Deviosis kind smile had never left his face. “Please look into my eyes. It is the only way to see the truth, Angel Grace.”

Even though Deviosis tried to coax Angel into looking at him again, the shy but smart mare didn’t want to hear anything of it. As she shook her head, Dream groaned and rolled her eyes. “You have to be more forceful, Deviosis,” Dream spoke, her own horn starting to glow a soft yellow. That same glow showed around Angel’s face, making her look into Deviosis’ eyes again.

Angel struggled quite a lot, trying to pull her head loose from the magical hold. When she realized that it was futile, she tried to close her eyes, but even there the magical hold prevented her from closing them. The only thing she was allowed to do was looking straight into Deviosis’ spinning eyes which seemed to have become a bit more powerful now. She could feel his power inside her head, making her relax, but also making her wings flap a little less, slowly starting to descend again.

“P-please… don’t do this… I-I want to go home,” she pleaded, her voice filled with fear, though her body just starting to show relaxation. No matter what she did, the more she stared into his eyes, the better she was feeling.

Deviosis didn’t answer her pleas, he knew that he had to take her down in order to further advance Dream’s plans, whatever she was planning with the robots. It was all a bit too complicated for him, but as long as he could be in control, he was fine with it. Plus, being around Dream did feel really good, he needed to spend more time with her after this.

As he stared deeply into her eyes, he increased the power of his hypnotism a little more, making sure that it was now completely impossible for Angel to look away. It did seem that Angel didn’t have such a resistant mind, so it wouldn’t be long until she would fall. Then, he could hand things back over to Dream.

Back in Angel’s mind, thoughts were already starting to slow down. It was as if the spirals were slowly starting to seep up everything that was going on in her mind. She didn’t have room to think because the spirals would just absorb her thoughts, no matter what she did. It did show on the outside too, because slowly her own eyes were starting to become swirling black and red spirals.

However, that didn’t mean that she was ready to give in, though. While she couldn’t think at the moment, she made sure to focus all of her attention on the core of her mind. She could feel the hypnotic influence, the pleasurable feeling, just going through her head, making it very empty and light, but she needed to make sure that it couldn’t go any further.

The mental battle continued for five more minutes, Dream watching from the side, seeing Angel’s face looking at Deviosis in pure concentration. She wasn’t sure if this was a good or bad thing, because at some moments she could see a glimpse of pain in Angel’s emotions. But eventually, she heard Angel let out a sigh and closed her eyes, falling to the floor.

“Does that mean that she’s now completely entranced, Deviosis?” Dream asked as she moved over to Angel, giving her a gentle prod on the back.

“”Well, my dear, all ponies act different when they enter a trance. Some just keep staring ahead, some start to drool and mumble, while others… fall onto the floor… Angel is part of the last group,” he said with a nod of his head, letting out a soft chuckle. “But yes, she should be entranced now.”

True to his words, Angel’s mind had given in just a few seconds ago. The relentless assault was just too much for her fragile mind to handle and her defenses broke down, the spirals had free reign in her mind. It felt so empty, but at the same time also so pleasurable. It was like a sleep she didn’t want to wake up from. And sleep she did.

“Angel is all yours now, my dear, you now have complete control over her mind,” Deviosis told Dream and took a step back to watch what would happen.

“Finally, after all this time, the first real phase of my plan will begin.” She moved over to Angel and sat down on the ground beside her, placing a hoof on her back, stroking it gently.

“Angel, my dear Angel, look at how mindless you are at the moment. I bet it must feel so wonderful not to think about your cares and worries for once,” Dream softly spoke as she saw Angel nodding her head just a little bit. “Very good, but you know what you can do now? You can listen, listen to what I have to say to you now.”

As Angel nodded once more, Dream cleared her throat and started changing Angel’s mind. “Very good once again. Now, you may find it hard to make your own decisions in this state, right? Because making decisions means that you have to think, and you don’t want to think at all, right?”

Angel shook her head gently, her mind defenceless to Dream’s words. “No, I don’t… enjoy thinking at all… “ She spoke, her tone hushed and rather monotone.

“Indeed,” Dream answered back and continued the brainwashing. “So, seeing that you don’t want to think and make decisions, it might be better to allow somepony else to make the decisions for you, right? Somepony like me? As a hypnotherapist, I have a bit of experience in making decisions for ponies.”

Angel stayed silent for a moment, acting like she was thinking, but her mind just accepting what Dream told her. It was like a sponge soaking up water. “Yes, you… can think for me, Dream.”

Dream grinned, she was certain that there was no way back for Angel now. “Good, and you know that there’s a proper term for somepony who makes the decisions for you, right? It’s called a Mistress. As of now, I’m your Mistress and you are my slave. You will obey anything I tell you to do and you’ll do it without any form of hesitation,” Dream said, going in for the kill.

And once again Angel just nodded like it was the most normal thing in the world. “Yes… I’m your slave and you are my Mistress… I will do anything you say… I will obey.”

“And finally, you will also obey Deviosis, your Master, he has the same amount of power over you as me and you will also do whatever he says,” She finished and looked at Deviosis who shot her a grin back. It seemed he was quite happy to have a cute-looking slave like Angel.

“I will also obey my Master Deviosis and do whatever he says, no questions asked,” Angel repeated in her own words and kept staring ahead mindlessly.

As Dream stood up, she turned to Deviosis. “Well, she’s completely ours now, we have our inventor. We’ll use her to create the robotization machine for us and eventually she’ll become a robot herself. However, before we start up the next phase of the plan, there’s something we need to do first. You see, you’re a convicted criminal, right? So it might be better if we allow Angel to create a device which will stop us from controlling one another.”

He blinked at her for a moment before giving Dream a charming smirk. “Oh but my dear, you don’t have to fear me, I would never try to control such a pretty mare as you. Especially not now that you’ve helped me get out of the prison, it would be like betraying your trust. “

“But that’s the thing, ‘my dear’, I don’t really trust you completely. Just see this as some kind of precaution, alright? Maybe, when we both know each other a little better, I’ll turn off the device,” She said before looking as Angel again. “Angel, dear, when I clap my hooves, you’ll snap out of your trance but still stay obedient to the both of us.” And with that, she clapped her hooves.

The moment Angel heard the clap, the spirals in her eyes started to fade to make way for some glazed over eyes. She turned her to look at both her Mistress and Master and gave the two of them a deep bow. “Master, Mistress, I’m at your command.” The obedient slave declared with the utmost loyalty.

“Very good, my dear slave. I already have a command for you. Down in my basement you’ll find the materials to create something for me. What I want you to create is the following. Deviosis and I need a way of preventing us from controlling one another, so I’ve been thinking about creating two bracelets which we put around our hooves. Once the bracelet notices mind control from the pony wearing the other bracelet, it’ll give the caster an electric shock. That’ll make sure that we won’t try to control each other,” Dream explained.

Angel quickly nodded her head at her Mistress’ command. Decisions were still hard for her to make, but she still had her intelligence required to make the device. “As you wish, my Mistress, it’ll be finished soon.” She turned around and headed into the rather cold basement to get started on the device.

Meanwhile, Deviosis had a rather hesitant look on his face, feeling that the device Dream had ordered was just a little bit too extreme to his tastes. “My dear, I don’t want to criticize you or anything, but is a shocking device really necessary?”

“Oh most certainly,” Dream began as she turned back to him, a wicked smile on her face because she felt that Equestria lay within her grasp. “But it’s only temporarily, trust me.”

“If you say so, my dear,” He told her, scratching the back of his neck with his hoof. For a moment, he wasn’t really feeling all that comfortable around Dream. “So, she’s working on the device, what happens now?”

“Now we wait until the bracelets are finished and then we begin the second part of my plan, ordering our inventor slave to make the robotization machine and capturing our first target. Fluttershy.” Dream exclaimed, putting her hoof on the ground forcefully. Equestria would be her technological empire soon.

Author's Note:

Well, here's the second chapter. I'm sorry for the long wait and I wish I could promise the next chapter will come sooner, but I can't. However, I can promise this: Robots next chapter.

-Belgian

Comments

[NovemberWolf]

That was a really good chapter. The pacing was much better than chapter one, and I especially loved Angel's induction sequence.

[Dream Searcher]

4765507 Yay, I'm glad to hear that!

[Sun Dial]

Any chance of this continuing on? Its been a good read so far, shame its hasn't progressed.

[Mr Wolf]

Continue with the story, I read this three times now. Add a chapter, if you need inspiration you know how to chat with me.

[Angelgrace]

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She eventually got smart
But yeah, I'd love to see more of this story and not just because I'm in it.

[Dream Searcher]

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Gosh, I would like to, though my friend is a writer who experiences Writer's block quite a lot, and I'm a person who needs to light a fire under his ass before finding motivation. I'll try to, but no promises!

[Aqua Drops]

Is it cancelled?