The Conversion Bureau:

United Humanity

By Cshadd

TCB: UH: Chapter 7

"But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices."

~King Albert II

Location: EARTH – Berlin, Germany Air Base

Date: April 18, 2023

Time: 9:00 A.M. (Local Time)

Ever since the island of Hawaii was taken over by Equestrian forces, all world forces have agreed to the declaration of war. The Germany 59th Auxiliary Squad was rushed quickly into service of war.

“This is not right, they are not ready,” Rickey commented to himself.

They were only one day in training and Rickey was stressed on how unready his squad is.

“Come on you maggots, FASTER!” Rickey shouted.

His squad was going through an entire obstacle course as he shouted commands. His troops were already exhausted but he pushed them harder.

“WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THE WAR!” Rickey shouted again.

Finally, the squad could not take it and one by one, they fell tired.

We-we are going to die in the field… he said in his mind. At least we are not facing Terminators from a post apoc-focus Rickey…

Location: EARTH – Berlin, Germany Civil Defense Watchtower Complex

Date: April 19, 2023

Time: 10:00 A.M. (Local Time)

[Battles of First Conversion: Berlin, Germany]

[Message of Imminent Attack]

[Royal Guard, New Foal, and PER Jointed Attack]

Watch guards at Berlin, Germany Civil Defense Complex, guarded the city from invasions by informing the capital city. They were the first defense of notifying Germany of imminent attacks on the Berlin city. The complex consisted of one large watchtower viewing the city and the skies. If there are clouds, the watchtower can rise or sink depending on if it needs to see above the cloud layer. German and UN-IHSA flags flew upon the base.

One of the watch towers guards was in a console room reading the story Cupcakes which was another grim dark story. He was supposed to be watching the radar.

*Beep, Beep*

“Hmm?” the watchtower officer looked up at the radar beeping grabbing his attention.

Incoming unidentified flying objects, possible attack…

He quick got up turning the radar screen to an observation camera viewing the sky. What he saw were colorful birds.

“What?” he questioned the screen until he saw a closer view of a PER symbol on a hoof band and that they were pegasi, not birds.

“Shit!” he shouted quickly turning on the alarm picking up the phone.

He saw them come closer before he spoke in the phone, “Warning of possible, imminent Equestrian attack on Berlin, possible attack-”

He kept looking in the screen until he saw one of the ponies drop a potion vial down on the streets.

“-Never mind, we are under attack, I repeat, we are under attack. Germany is under attack.”

He put down the phone and waited.

*Vrrooooooooooooo~* Air raid sirens went on blaring. Now it was only a matter of time for the military to arrive.

Location: EARTH – Berlin, Germany Air Base

Date: April 19, 2023

Time: 10:10 A.M. (Local Time)

[Battles of First Conversion: Berlin, Germany]

Air raid sirens from the Civil Defense Alarm System alerted UN-IHSA, UN-IHSA-HLF, and German military troops. The airfield was quickly filled up with fighter jets, mainly A-10s and F-22s, ready to take off.

”10-2, 10-1, 9-0, 4-2, lift off.” a radio quickly said to the fighter jets.

The fighter jets immediately powered up their main engines and taxied onto the runway. Within minutes, they were in the air awaiting combat initiation. Rickey’s squad was being loaded into troop transport carriers at the same time as other squads. As the TTCs exited the air base, Rickey debriefed his squad.

“I know we might not be ready for this, but we have no choice, we must fight!” he paused before shouting. “Hagel Deutschland!” [“Hail Germany!”]

“For Deutschland!” [“For Germany!”] the soldiers of the entire squad shouted back.

The troop transport quickly sped by the streets where soldiers ran to and from buildings setting up stations of defense.

“We shall set up a defensive line with an auxiliary tank battalion at the north bridge and defend at that position only,” Rickey said to his squad.

The troop transport quickly sped by a park field. The German soldiers looked out of the TTC and saw new foals battling defensive troops. Some of the troops on bungalows as others were battling even from fences, courts, and bathrooms. New foals threw potions, explosive orbs, spears, rocks, and even crossbows. While technically inferior, they matched up in numbers. There were bodies everywhere as the fighting raged, even blood to the sidewalks or pathways.

“Troops, focus on the main mission,” Rickey said to the ones looking outside, “We need to make sure they do not go past the 37th squad.”

“Please promise me I won’t be tackled by colorful ponies and taken alive Major!” Private Stephan shouted a smart remark grinning.

“No promises Private!” Rickey shouted. “Now focus on the mission and get your head together!”

Explosions and gunfire sounded out of the TTC as the road became bumpier.

“Time to defend this world at all costs,” Corporal Rams spoke.

Finally, the TTC stopped on a bridge that had gunfire on both sides. Plasma bullets mixed with normal bullets with potions, potion colored arrows, and other projectiles.

“Move, move, out, out!” Rickey shouted. “Defensive positions now!”

The entire squad got in a trench line formation behind a few tanks, and Humvees. German SWAT officers and police officers hid behind cruisers as well as tanks and other fortifications made by the barricade of the entire fortified forces. Police EMS lights were flashing. Military forces meanwhile battled the ponies alongside police forces. Some volunteer civilians formed with rifles, even hunting rifles, assisting the human forces to hold the bridge.

“Fire at will!” Rickey shouted and the gunfire from his squad sounded.

A UN-IHSA M1 Abrams tank fired its shell at a group of ponies, which sent blood and limbs scattering.

A-10s zoomed in the sky shooting missiles at large groups of pegasi.

“Fire!” one soldier shouted with a group of human volunteers.

Air raid sirens sounded in the background as the city was under siege.

“Join us!” new foals sang together. ”United, friendship, kindness, in one potion!”

“Shut the hell up!” Stephan shouted at one emptying a bullet into its head.

More tanks fired upon the pegasi.

"Wir brauchen Verstärkungen jetzt Abdeckung Feuer!" [“We need reinforcements now, cover fire!”]

Rickey heard civilians screaming and running away from the battle lines as the pegasi approached. Suddenly, three explosions sounded from the enemy side of the bridge causing craters.

“Mortars were launched!” a soldier in a tank shouted out.

Police cruisers served as amplifying stations to speak relay orders by their speakers. Police officers however, helped engaging the enemy by firing their own guns such as M9s, and Remington shotguns.

Rickey kept firing a few gun shots from his Plasma IK-1 Rifle making groups scatter as fragmentation killed them.

“Sir, incoming hell-shell from the UNSS Light bringer!” a soldier shouted in a speaker.

A plasma shell immediately hit the bridge area where a concentration of ponies was, obliterating them.

“When are the NATO airstrikes coming!?” a soldier shouted out load.

New foals quickly shot the soldier with a fire arrow making him scream. Then the same pony dumped purple serum potion on him. He was quickly turned into a pony smiling with the injuries gone.

“Forget NATO, join Equestria!” the new foal shouted.

“Goodbye First Class Andrew,” a different soldier said with tears gunning his comrade down.

SWAT units fired upon ponies but kept slowly retreating backwards as the ponies advanced in too large of numbers.

“Squad! Keep falling back now!” Rickey shouted to his squad.

They quickly backed into a school that was behind the bridge. However, to the horror as Rickey turned around, he saw students weren’t evacuated with teachers running. An elementary school under siege of ponies with some students were resisting with PE equipment along with teachers but were quickly subdued.. A smart student turned on the fire alarm to help evacuate the school but students were still trapped as foals secretly sneaked in around assaulting the helpless young students. Rickey’s squad entered quickly leaving the bridge defense lines.

As the squad entered, walls were stained with blood and potion liquid. The halls were littered with bodies of ponies, school police, teachers, students, and some soldiers. Papers flew around from room to room as fighting enraged. A small defense squad was inside the school trying to defend it already.

“I want all of you to assist this defense squad along with securing this sector!” Rickey shouted while noticing the other soldiers not in his squad.

“But sir, what about the bridge?” Stephan asked Rickey.

Rickey shook his head and looked at his squad, all still alive, and spoke, “The bridge has incoming reinforcements, but this school needs help as there are students still not evacuated.”

“Yes sir!” the entire squad shouted.

The squad quickly got into hallway defensive positions. Some hid behind fallen lockers, broken desks, open doors, or anything that had cover. Corporal Ram quickly went into a classroom full of students, only they were ponified wearing student clothes. Ram’s eyes widened as he heard them chant while trotting to him.

”Please mister, join us in pony form!” they chanted.

Ram quickly raised his rifle with tears mouthing small incoherent pleas of apologies.

”I am very sorry…”

The foals quickly charged but he opened fire killing all of them. He looked at the mess as Private Stephan looked in shock. Ram quickly dropped his rifle as he kneeled to a dead new foal filly sobbing tears.

“God, forgive me!” he shouted in sobs. "O-Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel; Halle-erlaubt Thy Na-Name sein; Thy k-Reich komme, Dein Wille geschehe, auf e-Erde werden, wie es in hh-Himmel ist. Gib uns heute unser tägliches Brot, und vergib uns unsere Schuld, wie auch wir vergeben unsern Schuldigern gegen uns, und l-führe uns nicht in Versuchung, sondern erlöse uns von dem Bösen. A-amen..." [“O-our Father, Who art in heaven; Hall-allowed be Thy Na-name; Thy k-kingdom come, Thy will be done, on e-earth as it is in h-h-heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and l-lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. A-amen...”]

Stephan quickly went to the sobbing corporal and hugged him trying to comfort him. Rickey looked over and felt sorrow for both of them. Ponies quickly came from the other hallway end and the major quickly opened fire followed by the rest of the squad. Then civilians came from the other side of the hall running towards the squad.

“Hold your fire!” Rickey shouted as teachers and students passed the squad and took cover behind them.

Rickey emptied his rifle into a pony that charged from a doorway. He emptied the plasma clip and tried to find more in his packs but found none.

Dammit! he cursed in his mind.

Taking out his M1911, he aimed towards the front hall doors. The doors led to the mess hall. Outside, the Battle of Germany raged on as fog set in along with rainfall. The pegasi were trying to use the weather against the humans by manipulating the clouds.

“Sir, it’s hell out there!” Corporal Ram shouted with sniffles pointing towards the entrance of the school.

Rickey turned to the group of civilians and spoke a question, “How many left in this school?”

“N-no more sir, they were all evacuated with the d-defense troopers leaving us behind,” a teacher said holding some students that were either quietly sobbing, or muted, “We knew someone would come for us.”

Rickey shook his head smiling, “No one gets left behind.”

Quickly the school defense squad came around the corner and noticed Rickey and his squad. They seemed to wear UN-IHSA-HLF armbands that Rickey noticed. They regrouped and Captain Moses, the leader, saluted to which Hillary saluted back.

“Captain Moses UN-IHSA HLF German Company 18 sir!” the HLF Captain spoke.

“Major Rickey of German Army 59th Auxiliary Squad!” Rickey addressed.

The Captain nodded and looked around before raising an eyebrow, “Shouldn’t you be at the bridge force?”

“We kind of noticed this situation at the school and volunteered to help,” Rickey explained.

“For humanity, for the FEDERATION!” Moses shouted.

“For humanity, for the FEDERATION!” Rickey’s squad shouted back.

Moses smiled and spoke, “The school is secured for now, but we need help at our next point, if you do not mind going back to the bridge, the conversion bureau!”

Rickey smiled and spoke, “The bridge is secured and I do not mind helping this company.”

“Well let’s go then!” Moses shouted.

The two squads grouped together after helping the civilians evacuate with police.

Rickey looked up into the sky and smirked.

Deutschland ist bereit, die Welt ist bereit, meine eigenen Kader jetzt fertig, aber Solar Tyrantsind Sie bereit für diesen Krieg? [Germany is ready, the world is ready, my own squad is ready now, but, Solar Tyrant, are you ready for this war?] he asked in his mind.

Location: EARTH – Canberra, Australia

Date: April 20, 2023

Time: 4:59 P.M. (Local Time)

[Battles of First Conversion: Canberra, Australia]

[Royal Guard, New Foal, and PER Jointed Attack]

People and new foals went on with their daily lives as the war has not reached Australia as of yet. The people were unaware of the new foal’s deadly plan as of this date. Ever since Germany was attacked, intermittent camps were set up for new foals, Earth, and Equestrian ponies. The government loaded the POWs in slowly due to other reasons such as budgeting, transportation, and ethnical views from the people. However, nowhere was safe. In the gloomy afternoon, when the time struck exactly five-o-clock, the new foals pounced and began their attack.

Time: 5:30 P.M. (Local Time)

[Battles of First Conversion: Canberra, Australia]

[UN-IHSA Defense Mobilization]

IHSA Civil Defense air raid sirens blared as the new foals, and PER forces attacked. Ranger Captain Perry Gaze was one of the first responders with his 1st Australian Rangers. His squad was engaging the new foals at the beachhead as they were pushed back from the city in a bloody fight.

“Our orders are to hold them off at the beach head!” Gaze shouted over the gunfire of multiple soldiers.

The battle so far for military forces was easy as they were only facing new foals. Unicorn new foals and pegasi new foals did not know much about how to use their abilities much less use them at all. In fact, soldiers targeted them first before they could find out how to and try to outsmart the soldiers. This however was short lived as one of Gaze’s watch officers spotted figures on the horizon.

“Sir!” he shouted to the Ranger Captain who just fired his last ammo shots from his clip into a pony. “Incoming pegasi!”

Immediately, other soldiers looked up into the sky and saw multiple pegasi, some sporting Royal Guard Armor, flying towards the island with orbs or potions in their hooves. Some already landed on the beach docks and started to convert trapped military forces.

“Dammit!” the Ranger Captain shouted.

Hope quickly came as multiple rotary AA defense tanks came into view aiming their cannons in the trajectory of the pegasi.

“Fire at will!” one of the soldiers on top of a tank shouted.

The rotary cannons spun as they shot rounds of flak into the air.

Gaze quickly loaded another clip into his standard stock M4A4 and fired rounds into the new foals approaching.

“How could they smile at a time like this?” a soldier shouted firing at the smiling new foals trying to convert them.

“Shut up and keep firing!” a different soldier shouted back.

New foals chanted conversion songs as they charged from hidden areas. Some Royal Guards dived down from the sky and suddenly dropped their potions on groups of soldiers instantly converting them. Others dropped explosive orbs on tanks and military hardware.

“Shit!” Gaze shouted. “They are gaining!”

It was clear that the soldiers were starting to lose ground as they were slowly backing up away from the beachhead heading inwards to the city. Civilians that noticed this started screaming and running.

“We need secondary defenses now!” a Major shouted in her radio while firing rounds into ponies.

“We cannot do that Major Clara, and you know that,” the radio replied, “We cannot risk sending our police forces and leaving the city open to attack.”

“I don’t care!” she shouted back. “Send in as many as you can, we are getting slaughtered!”

“If you cannot hold the beach head, we will incinerate it ourselves,” the radio said monotone.

“But our soldiers trapped on the docks-“

“Will die,” the radio explained bluntly, “We shall send only ONE division of SWAT and police to your area but IF you cannot clear the beach we will clear it with force.”

“Thank you!” she shouted. “I could kiss you right now!”

“Focus on combat Major,” the radio replied to her proposal uninterested, “UN-IHSA HQ out.”

“Captain!” the Major shouted. “We have incoming reinforcements!”

“Good!” Gaze shouted back.

As the soldiers fired, they heard incoming police sirens as the police forces approached the beachhead line. New foals also heard this and tried a new tactic, rushing. The military were taken surprised as they rushed towards the soldiers.

“Incoming!” Ranger Gaze shouted.

Immediately parts of the defense line were compromised as ponies broke through. First responders quickly fired upon them subduing them.

Police and SWAT cruisers came into view and formed behind tanks and the defensive line. Police forces and SWAT exited the vehicles and opened the trunks. They quickly took out arms.

“Call to arms!” a SWAT officer said.

The forces quickly grouped with the soldiers to assist in the fire line. The beach did not look much like a beach anymore but a dead battlefield still having bodies dumped on it. Some Royal Guards that landed gave weapons to the new foals coated with potion. Spears, swords, and even crossbows all coated. Riot shield SWAT formed with the soldiers providing cover. Dock military were still trapped and under siege as they were attacked from all sides. All of the soldiers could hear distress radio signals from them.

“Get me IHSA HQ now!” Gaze shouted to a SWAT radio operator.

The SWAT officer quickly sent a message to the Australian IHSA HQ that was relaying commands to the entire defensive line.

“Yes Ranger?” the radio spoke to life.

“The docks need an evacuation now!” he shouted back in the radio.

“We cannot do that quickly Ranger as pegasi are occupying the skies,” the radio responded.

The Ranger sighed and spoke into it again, “What are our air capabilities?”

“We can send a squadron to clear out a sector and hold them off for a few minutes before turning around,” the radio explained.

After debating it, the Ranger formulated a plan.

“I have a plan,” he spoke into the radio.

“We are listening,” the radio responded.

Ranger Gaze grinned and spoke into the radio, “Launch air strike upon the sector area for pegasi while sending evacuation chopper squads to Point Dock.”

“Yes sir,” the radio replied.

Time: 5:47 P.M. (Local Time)

[Battles of First Conversion: Canberra, Australia]

[Point Dock Rescue]

Point Dock was one of the codenames given to a military dock at the beach under siege. The dock was heavily armed with dock defenses and cannons. However, the enemy new foals started to surround the dock.

“Defend the dock!” Port Authority Captain Daniel shouted as the siege rained on.

“Sir, we are surrounded and lost barracks one and two!” a soldier shouted.

In barrack three, soldiers were firing and taking cover between beds and cabinets. In the other two barracks, dead bodies of ponies remained all piled up with the walls painted with blood, fresh blood as ponies were shot. Barrack inspector Bonnie aimed MP4s at the assaulting ponies and fired his shells at them.

“Aim and fire men!” Bonnie directed to his men.

Bonnie reloaded his MP4 and fired a few more rounds. One pony however came into view smirking with an explosive orb and holding it up.

“Wait don’t!” Bonnie shouted.

Ignoring the warning from Bonnie, the pony giggled and threw the orb down causing the barracks to explode open due to heating fuel chambers below the floor tiles. The entire barracks exploded and a huge hole was formed. Due to the location of the barracks, which was at the edge of the docks, the room tilted down causing beds, cabinets, and belongings to fall out of the hole along with dead pony bodies, dead humans and others.

“SHIT!” Bonnie shouted holding onto a broken railing as the room tilted more. “Hold on!”

More ponies quickly scattered or had the idea to take their time to throw stray vials. The room tilted more as it was unstable. Bonnie and the other soldiers raised their pistols and fired rounds in a strategic manner to stop the approaching crawling ponies. Port Authority Daniel watched this in cover as the barracks were unstably tilting.

“Save them!” Daniel shouted to rescue workers.

The dock teams quickly ran towards the barracks as they tilted dangerously low to the sea. They quickly entered the ruined doorway of entrance of barrack #3.

“Rescue is here now!” Bonnie shouted at his men.

Rescue workers barged in and threw ropes down to which Bonnie’s squad quickly grabbed.

“Raise them up!” one of the workers shouted to the other with a crank at the rope.

The squad was slowly lifted up by the ropes and covered fire as ponies tried but failed grabbing onto them. Slowly they were lifted up. The last member, a corporal was being lifted up. He almost made it up until a pony bit his leg and he screamed in pain. The pony tried to pull him down, a potion in his hoof, trying to pour the serum on his open wound.

“Get off me!” the corporal shouted.

Bonnie shouted back, “Just hang on!”

The squad could not open fire on the pony without risking hitting the corporal.

“Son of a-” the corporal shouted before he felt trickling sooth water on his injury.

He looked down and saw the serum was poured on it and his leg was turning slowly. He looked up with tears and spoke his final words.

“Tell my wife I love her,” he said.

“N-no, you will pull through it, keep climbing!” Bonnie shouted.

“It is too late, I was infected…” the corporal trailed off.

Bonnie noticed this and remained silent and the ponies giggled helping the other pony drag him down. Then, it all happened into a flash, the corporal grabbed a grenade and pulled the pin letting go of the rope.

“A NOBLE SACRIFICE!” he shouted mimicking the IHSA slogan.

Bonnie and all of the humans turned away as the barracks exploded and fell down to the ocean. The water was full of blood, bodies, and debris. Bonnie looked up into the sky to see A-10s escorting a military chopper.

“Is that?…” he said trailing off.

The chopper landed and the squad boarded. The pilot then spoke to Bonnie.

“Rescue for you!”

Bonnie was the last to get on as Royal Guards charged at the docks.

Immediately, the A-10s fired their defensive cannons at the ground. The choppers quickly flew out escorted by the A-10s towards the defensive line.

Time: 6:13 P.M. (Local Time)

[Battles of First Conversion: Canberra, Australia]

[Human Retreat]

As the Point Dock officials finally were regrouped with the human forces, they saw that the situation was hopeless; they had to fall back as the assault was relentless.

“We need to get out of here!” Gaze shouted into the radios.

“Evacuation troops are on their way!” the radio shouted back.

In the city, civilians were being loaded into IHSA helicopters abandoning the city.

However, the Prime Minister demanded to stay with these words.

“I shall not abandon my country. I shall not surrender. I shall not let them trample over me. They dare come onto Earth and MY country to terrorize and destroy MY people and their culture? They better hope God has mercy as we rain HELL upon them on this Earth!”

Helicopters ran through the city evacuating civilians, with some military troops to the USS Nimitz while other military and police forces pledging to defend to the last human stayed to cover the retreat. The ponies would be held along the last line of defense at the capitol buildings as military and police would hold them off until reinforcements arrived.

“Hold them off!” Gaze shouted to the police and military as he boarded a plane. “We shall-”

“Incoming!” a soldier shouted as a blur slammed into the heli window.

Gaze looked at the source and heard guns clicking.

“New foal!” a soldier shouted.

“Let me through!” he shouted.

He came to a scene with a pegasus with a cyan coat and orange styled mane with lightning bolt cutie marks laid unconscious on the ground.

“What the hell?” he asked before continuing.

The pony woke up and blinked to which the soldiers aimed at.

“D-don’t shoot me!” the pony shouted.

“Why should we not?” a soldier screamed to which the ponies had tears.

“I am not a new foal, I am not armed!” the pony screamed with tears.

Bonnie and Gaze noticed a wound on her wings.

“Wait stop!” Gaze shouted pushing the men away from the scared pony.

He lifted up her muzzle, stared into her eyes, and asked her, “What is your name?”

“L-Lighting Dust!” she shouted.

“We should dump her off in the fire grounds!” a soldier suggesting smirking evilly.

“P-please no!” LD shouted with more tears.

“Shut up, and take her in!” Gaze shouted to which the soldiers groaned and grabbed her.

“We do not need the extra unneeded load and we-” a soldier spoke but stopped when he saw Gaze glaring at him.

“We are better than the new foals, now take her as she is now a POW,” Gaze growled.

The two soldiers grabbed her and dragged her in with her screaming and kicking begging to be let free.

Gaze was the last to get in the specified heli, looked up at the raining sky and just shook his head as he slowly walked into the heli. The remaining forces stayed behind to cover the capital building.

Final newspaper headlines all over the globe in many languages had this statement:

The World is At War…

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