For time immemorial, Mortals have divided the Immortal into two camps.
Those that wished to preserve the established order and system were known as 'gods'.
Those that wished to destroy the established order and plunge the world into chaos were known as 'demons'.

An incident with a once-vanquished foe will forever change these perceptions for six young mares, and perhaps, lead to a world that is greater than who inhabit it could ever think possible.

(Story is divergent from canon re: the history of Equestria, and the events post "Keep Calm and Flutter On")
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The primary thrust of the story will be the evolution of the characters through their interactions, though there may be some mild adventuring and whatnot in between.
Rated Teen for general discussion of somewhat mature themes for the purpose of either drama or comedy, whatever strikes my fancy at the time of writing.
Much thanks to Aegis Exemplar for his help in preliminary editing. I do, though, appreciate any questions regarding errors or other clarifications necessary.
Any edits to chapters will be noted in Author's notes at the end of said chapter.

Patrick started the supposed doomsday as a normal human, but he wouldn't end the day as a normal human.

Nor would Equus or Earth ever be the same again...

A TCB written with the prompt of anthro-ponies, because anthro tag. So that much is obvious. Also a more humorous (hopefully) take on things. Expect a lot of slice-of-life silliness as Patrick and others have to get used to a world where the line of 'human' is less as line and more a general concept.

Story may contain some non-X-Rated references and usage of less-than-general themes, such as non-sexual nudity. Do keep this in mind.

Character Box will be updated and altered to show the focus of the story as of the latest chapter(s).

Months after the Society for the Preservation of Humanity effectively took control of the world, the Conduits of Terra, Bearers of Harmony, and the H.E.A. have to begin the process of rebuilding a world that is dangerously teetering on the brink...

Meanwhile, other factions are slowly plotting to their own ends on Earth, and things still lurk beyond the Shadows.

Both worlds will definitely not be the same at the end of this saga, but will they change for the best, or for the worst?

Notes:
1) It is VITAL that one reads A New Age, A New Life in order to fully understand where this story starts off from.
2) Do keep any discussion in the comments on-topic, any blatant crap-posting or harassment will be dealt with swiftly.

Loosely based upon the Mankind Triumphant short from TCB: Brave New Universe. Set 500 years after the events of the story. A group of Reclaimers set out on a nominally standard recovery mission. Go to an old abandoned laboratory, pick up some data and possibly some equipment, hand it off to the client, and go on about your lives.

Things rarely go as planned, as a discovery within said laboratory has the potential to turn the world upside-down and inside-out.

(05/10/2013) -- Minor update for re-tagging

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 )