The Conversion Bureau:

United Humanity

By Cshadd

TCB: UH: Chapter 2

"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light."

~George Washington

Location: EARTH – US San Diego Military Base

Date: March 31, 2023

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

The first conversion was a success, and the new foal quickly adapted. People started to wait in lines for the CBs waiting their conversion due to many reasons such as personal ones, disease, depression, curiosity, and terminal illnesses.

”Where am I? What have you done?!” US Military Captain Hillary shouted to nothing in particular.

“We shall protect you~” a sudden voice said.

“What!?” Hillary screamed in fear.

“We shall protect you from the mark~” a figure came out of the shadows.

The figure was a zombified corpse of a pony, smiling with its blinking red eyes.

“My name is Three Leaf, and welcome to Sunny Town!” the figure said.

The figure came close reaching out for him with its zombified hooves.

Hillary woke up screaming. His bed was drenched from sweat. He looked over to his dresser and spotted a book, The Story of The Blanks and glared.

“Equestria has big horror books that I should keep away at bed time,” Hillary muttered.

He then quickly looked at the clock and his eyes widened.

“SHIT!” he shouted. “I’m going to be late to pick up Miss Heartstrings!”

He scrambled up and got on his uniform. “I have to skip breakfast!”

He combed his hair, brushed his teeth, and quickly washed his face. In a hurry, he ran in the hallways almost tripping over squad members who just saluted. He exited the base checking out and got into a military police car with EMS light bars and a logo on the door imprinted with the UN-IHSA logo. He needed to get to the San Diego UN-IHSA center in a hurry. Turning on his EMS lights to rush traffic, he quickly sped down the streets. Rain was hitting hard during this time.

Location: EARTH – US San Diego UN-IHSA Center

Date: March 31, 2023

Time: 9:10 A.M. (Local Time)

In the meeting assembly room, a certain minty unicorn with a lyre for a cutie mark was on a podium with a sash imprinted with the Equestrian Coat of Arms and the UN-IHSA logo. She was speaking into a microphone with a loud voice.

“…and I hope Equestria, and humanity will benefit with the everlasting friendship,” she said with a sincere smile.

“Miss Heartstrings,” one assembly member started.

“Yes?” Lyra replied.

“Do you know much about the Conversion Bureaus, since we are building one in almost EVERY country?” the assembly member asked.

Her face grew pale and she stopped smiling. A small tear dripped down and she just shook her head. It was obvious she was hiding something.

“Well, all I know is that it will bring h-harmony and friendship,” she finally stated before getting off the podium leaving the assembly members confused.

Hillary was sitting outside on a bench eating a hotdog with ketchup bored and waiting. When Lyra went out the door with her hoof clopping steps, Hillary thought it was just another new foal or a pony from Equestria randomly walking.

“Captain Hillary Leanne?” the pony asked from behind.

He turned around to be greeted by a sad smiling Lyra.

“Are you Ambassador Miss Lyra?” he asked.

She giggled and winked smiling. “You can just call me Lyra!”

He got up and escorted her to the MP car. Meanwhile, Lyra was amazed on how he walked on two hooves/feet.

Amazing… she thought to herself, impressed how his joints worked.

Hillary did not notice her staring and just opened the passenger door for her. She quickly hopped in snuggling in the comfortable cushioned seat. He got in the driver’s seat and closed his door. Turning on the car, Lyra could feel the vibrations causing her to shiver a bit and the cold increased it. Lyra looked out and saw the rain calming but still pelting the outside of the parking area. The parking area was luckily covered by a roof top.

“Cold?” Hillary asked to which Lyra nodded.

He quickly turned on the heater on low and she put on her seat belt smiling at him. Something about her was making Hillary feel weird inside. It’s not the fact that he lost his wife in the World War III that made these feelings. Well maybe it was, but he felt something like a bond, maybe more than friendship. He turned to the window with a small blush on his cheeks and started driving. Lyra watched his hands turn the steering wheel and she could only just be amazed.

“Try not to touch any buttons,” Hillary stated coldly trying to rid emotions.

Lyra nodded and smiled back again causing Hillary to feel these emotions. He dismissed them and continued driving. Lyra then spotted what appeared to be a giant airship in the sky, with the UN-IHSA logo imprinted on the side and words on the bow saying, UN-IHSA Freedom. It was the UNSS Freedom (SSDZ-1), the flagship for the UN-IHSA Defense Starship Fleet. There were only two in service, the other one being the UNSS Redeemer. The Starship was constructed with ion engines and could travel in the air or in space. Armed with the latest plasma defense systems such as the Plasma M1000 Turret, the P-Phalanx Cannon and PV-Cell Missiles it was a deadly ship to use in battle. However, it was only to be used as a last resort as it carried an arsenal to wipe out a city. The design was inspired by the Valiant carrier by the Unified Intelligence Task Force or UNIT. She pointed to it and asked what it was.

“That is a United Nations Defense Freedom-Class Starship,” he said.

“Oh, so like an airship?” Lyra replied.

“No, it does not use a zeppelin method and has ion engines able to travel in space,” he said causing Lyra to become more fascinated.

“Wow,” she replied.

“Indeed,” Hillary said smiling.

He drove towards the base and into the parking lot. He showed his ID to the operator and the operator let him drive in.

“So is this where you live?” Lyra asked.

Hillary chuckled to her and responded, “Only when I’m in military service.”

He parked the car and opened both of the doors. Lyra hopped out smiled at Hillary, “We are going to be the bestest of friends!”

“I sure hope so,” Hillary responded to her statement.

They quickly went in the base and Hillary gave her the tour. Finally at the last room, he stopped and let her rest.

“Big base isn’t it?” he asked her.

“Yes,” Lyra responded.

“You will be staying in these bunk beds to sleep, I know it is not much but it is something.”

“Are you kidding me?” Lyra asked, “It’s enough for me!”

Hillary smiled at that and took out a computer laptop plugging in an AC adapter.

“Use Skype if you want to talk to Bon Bon in Equestria, she already was able to get a computer,” Hillary said.

He received an unexpected hug making him blush.

“Thank you Mr. Leanne!” Lyra shouted smiling.

FRIENDSHIP PREVAILS!

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