A Spider's Journal.
The Conversion Bureau: Heroes Shall Rise.
Chapter 1: Spider’s Journal.
“Talking.”
Thinking.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the Marvel Universe, nor do I own MLP.
…..Entry #1…..
So, I’m writing a journal about one of the most tragic quite possibly the weirdest event in human history. The event that started when magical talking ponies suddenly appeared with an island right in the Pacific Ocean. Now, some of you that may read this, if there are any that will, will most likely say what was so bad about that. Or you may say, no shit, it was horrible. Depends on what may happen in the future. But the bad stuff didn’t happen until a bit later.
Before we get into the nasty side of things, let me state what these ponies are, and what they hope to accomplish. The ponies are essentially split up into four different categories. The first being ‘Earth’ Pony. The tree huggers and the one’s that use their hooves to complete objectives. Then there are the ‘Pegasus’ Ponies. The have wings to fly at ridiculous speeds, and can use clouds to literally control the weather. Yeah, but Storm is still the queen of weather as far as I’m concerned. Next we have the ‘Unicorn’ Pony. These ones have horns on their heads that let them use ‘magic’ to do a variety of things. Yet Doctor Strange is still Sorcerer Supreme around here.
And lastly, the most powerful of all four is the Alicorn. They are the rulers of ponykind, and for good reason. They have the abilities of all three if the other kinds of ponies, and those abilities are magnified tenfold. The ‘magical’ ability of a Unicorn’s horn, the strength of a Earth Pony, and the speed and weather ability of the Pegasus. The whole package all in one. They are even somewhat immortal. The two in charge are maybe half as old as Thor himself. Which brings me to them, the two main rulers of the Island, Equestria as they call it.
The first is Princess Celestia. She is most likely THE most powerful pony alive. Second being her sister, Luna. Very little is known about Luna, and I’ll get to that in a sec. Anyway, Celestia is the main ruler as far as we humans can tell. Now get this, she claims she can RAISE the SUN! HA! I don’t know about you, but I laughed ALL day after I heard that! And that her sister can raise the moon? HOHO BOY! Ahh, my lungs haven’t had such a work out in a while! She also said that she can draw her power directly from the sun. That I can believe, because I have heard of many beings in the Universe that can draw power from nature. So a solar powered super pony? Childsplay compared to the others I’ve heard about.
Now, her sister Luna is an enigma as far as we know. She almost never shows up when ponies come to answer our questions, and even if she did she never talks. While Celestia is the most powerful, I have a feeling that Luna isn’t a slouch in that category either. From what talk’s I remember her having on national TV, she’s very intelligent. Able to cleverly avoid questions that may have revealed to much about her and their civilisation. Which begs the question, what exactly do they have to hide? I get that every nation has their secrets, but they seemed to have taken that to a new level. We don’t even have a proper drawing of their island on a map. We humans have tried to get a satellite picture, but their power source, ‘Magic’, keeps interrupting the scan.
Okay, now that I’ve caught you up on what they are, let’s talk about what's been happening since they’ve showed up. At first it was actually okay. They stayed on their nice and cozy island and we just left them to their own devices. Yet as time went on, the Ponies somehow got the idea of coming and living in our land. Not saying that was a bad idea, but it did kick start things that WERE bad. Things that many wish never happened.
So a while after they left, suddenly a huge barrier started to expand around Equestria. No one, Human, Mutant, or Pony know how or why this barrier started to expand. Yet we have our suspicions the Ponies know more than they’re willing to tell. You see, the barrier was a bad thing for what it did to regular humans. It was horrible what happened to the first city that barrier touched. Every human in the city was killed, disintegrated by the magic in the barrier. Yet somehow every plant and building remained intact. Completely left alone from the barrier. Scientist like Reed Richards have deduced that it only works on Organic matter. Human matter to be exact.
And that led to the next big discovery, only regular humans were affected to the barrier. Meta Humans, like myself, Mutants, Inhumans, and basically every other form of super powered being weren’t affected by the barrier. Well, not noticeably. We just can’t stay in there for over a few days. After that, we die just like the rest. Or, at least that's what IronMan said. Having ran like a biggilion test on the heroes that were left unaffected. Heh, I’m one of the lucky ones that wasn’t affected.
Yet just because we were ‘safe’ didn’t mean every other regular human was. They were still being affected by that stupid Barrier. So, we had to find a way to contain it. Luckily, Reed Richards found a way to contain the barrier. He set up multiple thingy majigs around the area of the barrier. These devices created a type of pulse wave that pushed back against the barrier. Even going as far as to actually push it back! At a very slow rate, but it still worked!
Yet, even after our victory against the barrier, a group of Ponies called the PER created a type of liquid that, guess this, turned regular humans into ponies. I couldn’t make this up if I wanted to. The PER were formed under the assumption that Humanity was killing themselves. So to ‘save’ us, they created the Ponification potion.
Then the PER started to come to the human’s world to spread their new liquid. They did so by setting up clinics called ‘Conversion Bureaus’ to turn humans into Ponies. The only okay thing, was that humans were allowed to keep their free wills. Well, most of their free will, their memories as humans, and their intelligence. Yet, something was always off about them after they turned. I should know, one of my best friends was turned against her will.
One of the worst parts? The fact that they did it to quote unquote, ‘save humanity from themselves.’ Someone better call Doctor Doom, these ponies are stealing his thunder. Trying to save humans from themselves, how more cliche can you get?
As soon as people realized the barrier was retreating, they stopped considering the Conversion Bureau since the only reason they would want to become ponies was now no longer a problem. The PER noticed how poorly their efforts to convert us was going, so they started to kidnap humans and turn them into ponies against their will. And their excuse? It was for our own good. That humans and Super Humans were to blame for all the problems in the world. Rather they were right or wrong, that didn’t give them the right to wrongfully turn innocent humans into them! And do you want to know what the Princesses of Equestria did?
She and her sister turned a blind eye, and left the PER to do as they please. And my friend payed for it.
That is actually the reason why I’m writing this, because anyone who reads this needs to know the horrors of what happened, and how the idiots running Equestria responded. They are even giving the PER funding! They are giving criminals and kidnappers money to continue doing what they're doing! I have been out there every night, stopping the PER from kidnapping and doing whatever they want. That's also how I learned that Superhumans were also immune to their liquid version of the barrier.
HA! Another win for the superpowers!
And yet, there are still people being kidnapped. Not nearly as many as there was, but enough for people to know exactly what's been going on. And so, the HLF was born. The Human Liberation Front. A group of humans that acted very violently to the Ponies. They were made as an organization to combat the PER, and basically every pony they see on the street. If you weren't one of the ones that were turned against their wills, then the HFL would be targeting you.
Now remember how I had to save humans from ponies? Now I had to save ponies from humans that desperately wanted revenge. I have even saved a Conversion Bureau worker from them at one point. I did not like that. Yet the whole, ‘Great power comes Great Responsibility’ thing sorta left me with no choice. And now, my public image is even more screwed up than normal. Humans hate me for saving ponies, and the ponies living around here hate me for saving humans.
Wow, even among a whole different spices, I just can’t win. And now I once again relize how unfair the world is.
Anyway, during the last few weeks, the attacks on both sides have gotten much more violent. The PER are now going out and attacking much more frequently, and the HLF are hitting bigger targets with much more ferocity than before. It’s got to the point where even Equestria and the United Nations have taken notice of all the attacks. Both organizations have expanded world wide, getting every major city around the world caught in the crossfire. Me and almost every other hero have been staying up late nights, and spending hours upon hours trying to keep the fighting in New York contained.
So I have now caught you all up on recent events. The PER and HLF are at war. And as of yesterday's UN meeting with Equestria, a representative from each of the main races on Earth are now due to a meeting to discuss how we are each going to handle the war between the two organizations.
The species going to the conference are very divers. Ranging from Humans, to Ponies, to Mutants, to the Inhumans, and finally to us regular Super Humans. And there is exactly three representative from each race going to the conference. As for the Human’s, Tony Stark has managed to get a position as the lead, being one of the only humans that can defend themselves from the ponies in case of attack from the PER. I don’t really know who else are going to be sent, seeing as their political figures, and I don’t really follow recent politics.
As for the Mutants, it wasn’t really any question who should go. Cyclops, Beast, and Emma Frost were chosen to go. Cyclops is one of the most prominent figure in the Mutant community, and is well renowned as the leader of the X-Men. Beast was chosen for his amazing intellect and diplomatic skills. Emma Frost is basically their defense against any attempts at mind control and PER attacks.
The Inhumans were also very easy to pick out. Black Bolt, being the leader and all. Medusa coming along as his diplomat, and I think Watch Dog is also going. Not really sure about that one. Other than that, I have no idea what they have in store. I don’t really talk with Inhumans very much.
We, the regular Super Humans have a very surprising roster one our side. First off, Captain America has volunteered as the Lead for obvious reasons. And as lead, he had decided to hand pick his team of diplomats. And boy oh boy, did he pick. The first one was Reed Richards. One of the smartest men alive, and Mr. Fantastic himself. His brilliant mind and experience in diplomacy made him the obvious choice there. You see, it was Cap’s next pick that had the whole world shocked. He chose me. He literally looked at a TV screen, and said to the world that he wanted Spider-Man there as well. I for one, had to have my jaw placed back into it’s proper place after hearing that. And so did everyone in New York for that matter. And now Last but not least,
The Ponies. Again, other than one new face, I’m not very surprised by the choices they are going to send. Celestia, the sun goddess herself, is going as the lead. Being the 1000 year old leader of her kingdom, it wasn’t a big shock. Luna was also picked to go as, not diplomat, but the extra protection. This came as a shock to some, but not as much as the latter. One Twilight Sparkle. A regular Unicorn pony that no one has ever heard of. She is being sent as the Diplomate, and other than that, she’s a complete mystery to everyone.
I don’t really know what to expect. Hell, I don’t even know why Cap picked me to go. But I have the feeling that I’m going to find soon. In exactly one day, we are all going to meet up at the SHIELD Helicarrier, which is positioned over high above the ocean near the outskirts of North and South America. Far away from that life threatening barrier and any attempts at attacking us during the conference. Yet that's why there are three representatives being sent to the conference. I’m sure the only reason I’m going is because of my Spider-Sense, and because I arguably have the most experience fighting every kind of Pony. Except the Alicorn’s. I still don’t have any plan incase they decide to attack us. Not like they would, but I trust Celestia and her gang much as IronMan does.
Which he doesn’t by the way.
I’m not sure anyone not a pony trust Celestia. I mean, it would be nice if we could. But her actions in funding the PER is enough for every other hero and I to not like her all that well. I just really hope the talk goes well and without a hitch. The last thing we need is some kind of attack to screw things up. If the human’s attack, the ponies might think we set them up. And if the ponies attack, humans would believe they tried to ambush us.
Oh man, the world is so messed up now. I really wish we could go back to those normal days where the only problems we had were non-super powered problems. Back then when a bank robber didn’t have the power to turn into sand, or where psychos didn’t fly around on military grade gliders. Those were safer and simpler times for everyone. Not having to worry for an end of the world event every few months or so.
Well, here's to hoping tomorrow’s conference goes okay!
-Spider-Man.
…..End Entry…..
Closing the book, Peter Parker looked up to the ceiling of his new apartment. A look of worry stretched across his face as he began to think about everything over and over again. And how tomorrow could affect the world as they knew it. This isn’t an option, the conference HAS to go smoothly. Or every attempt at a peaceful solution will immediately be swept to the side, and war between humanoids and Ponies would rage on.
The humans, powered people and all included, would obviously have the number and power advantage. Yet Equestria has the potion, and an almost unbreakable defense. One where we could only send powered humans in for only a short amount of time.
If worse comes to worse, at least Humans don’t have to worry about that stupid barrier. From what Reeds told me, it’s getting smaller and smaller every second. Bad thing is, that the barrier will only be pushed back to the borders of Equestria and not all the way like we wanted. I’ll have to ask Reed what the theory behind that is later.
For now, I have a long a few hours to kill by swinging around the city and catching some criminals. Who knows, I may just run into one of my old pals. Haven’t heard from Shocker in a while, and Vulture has been lying pretty low to.
Getting off his bed, Peter moved to his closed closet. He opened the small room, and immediately crouched to the floor. Peter ran his fingers threw the tiled floor, only stopping at the feeling of a small gap between two of the tiles. HIs fingers used there adhesive capabilities to lift the tile away from the floor, revealing his Spider-Man suit and web shooters. He grabbed the familiar costume with a smile, thinking of the rare times he saves someone that doesn’t hate him.
“Ahh, hello beautiful. Feel like saving the day again?” Peter says to the suit as he puts the tile back in it’s place, and closes the closet behind him.
It almost become routine how he puts on the suit. He’d been doing it for so long, that it doesn’t even seem to take more than a few seconds. The feeling of the nano fabric over his body, to the robotic eyes that help him concentrate when he has to. Thank goodness Stark saw fit to improve his suit. And not by giving him another Iron Spider costume.
“Okay then. I’m ready to head out!” Spider-Man quickly walked to his window to open it, making sure no one below was specifically looking at his apartment. A grin broke out under his mask as he looked about the small crowd below, not a single soul was looking up. But even so, he’d have to go fast to keep it that way.
In one fluid motion, Spider-Man opened the window and jumped to the wall above it. And in that same second, he pushed the window down and hopped off the building all together. A ‘YAHOO!’ following a web stream aimed at the neighbouring complex.
The yell got a few heads to look up at Spider-Man, but the citizens were already somewhat use to seeing the wall crawler swing around and acting like a goof ball. So they just shrugged the sighting off and went about their day. Some hoping that Spider-Man would just give up the vigilante thing, others hoping that he’d still be around tomorrow to help keep the city safe.
Yet a single pony in the crowd stared intently at the webbed themed hero. A cyan Pegasus with rainbow colored mane and magenta eyes looking at where he swung off to. A smirk playing on the mares lips as she suddenly unfolded her wings.
“Why hello, ‘hero’.” And she shot out of the crowd, leaving dust as the only sign she had ever been there.
…..THE END…..