Life at the bureau

Andrew Liam and Lilly got seated in the class, the other twenty converts had come in at different intervals, but once everyone was seated a mint green Unicorn, entered the room, She wore and excited Smile as she happily skipped into the room. Andrew recognized the pony as Lyra Heartstrings.

“Hello everpony, woops I mean everyone, that comes later.” Lyra said giving a soft chuckle. “ My name is Lyra Heartstrings. and I will be teaching you pony basics today. Our earth pony coordinator was busy, so I’m kinda filling in. Now as you know when you get converted, your life styles will change. I basically have to teach how we speak, what we eat, blah blah all that good stuff. Firstly how about we all get in the habit of everypony, being a pony, “everybody” unfortunately isn’t in the vocabulary.” Lyra moved to the board on the wall using her magic to write the word. She also listed several others, like hey was Hay. then hoof which replaced any phrase that would use the word hand, and where you would say god, you’d say Celestia. Of course Andrew and Liam already knew this. The other converts however began to practice the lingo, as it was quite new to them.

“Now for diet, as you know ponies don’t eat any meat, so basically all you have to remember is no meat really. As for how your body will function. Ponies have slightly more developed senses, some have specific senses but this differs if your an earth pony pegasi or unicorn like me.” She said smiling brightly, before continuing. “You of course will walk on four legs, which comes naturally to most New Foals. One last thing is formalities, you know saying please than you, and bowing to the princesses, but thats really all there is to that. As for magical ability earthponies, are able to use there magical ability to comunicate with nature, this also gives them great strength and farming ability. So if you become and earth pony, being a farmer is a very good job to get into. Now are there any questions, and don’t be shy, I love a good question.” As Lyra finished she saw a hand come up.

“Yes It’s about your princesses.” Andrew Lilly and Liam turned to who asked the question. They saw it was a man a bit older than they were. He had long black hair wore a pair of glasses, and had a very erie smile on his face.

“Oh yes what would you like to ask about them.” Lyra asked still keeping her cheery tone.

“Are they gods?” he asked in a tone void of emotion.

“We never really think of it that way but they are our beloved leaders, probably the kindness Ponies you’ll ever meet.” Lyra said proudly.

“Interesting, so you admire them greatly.” The man asked again

“Um yeah we do.” Lyra asked now getting a it uneasy.

“Forgive me but I really must say that I think you may be being kept in complete ignorance.” The man said. Lyra looked a bit confused. Everyone else in the room looked in shock at his comment. Especially Andrew and Liam.

“Well I...” Lyra began, but was cut off.

“Look at this logically. Equestria is made up of three species of ponies. Would it be hard to believe, that the two princesses are simply just a rare species, that the other species derived from, due to this you look up to them as creators, Gods. Where truthfully, there really there no more godlike than you or me. ” The man said with a smirk.

“Actually I disagree with that.” Andrew said speaking up. The man turned to look at him, staring at him with extreme interest. “Truth is the princesses are possibly derived from something greater. There are several things about Equestria that are unknown, for all you could know, Celestia and Luna come from beings that would be Gods, therefore, there citizens would be right to refer to them as such.” Andrew said rather proudly. everyone in the room began to nod in agreement. The man smiled.

“Whats your name ?” He asked.

“Andrew. Yours ?”

“Michael. Michael Bremen.” He said smile still on his face. Andrew and Liam went wide eyed as they looked at him, Andrew’s mind began racing. Was this guy related to Daniel Bremen ! No Andrew slap himself, this was paranoia, he was just some guy. Lilly looked at Andrew’s distress, eyeing him with a look of concern.

“Hey are you alright, you look like you’ve seen a ghost ?” She asked.

“Huh oh no don’t worry about it, I was just thinking about something.” Andrew said giving her a reassuring smile, before turning back to Lyra. Michael sat down, doing the same thing.

“I’m sorry for he disruption. I simply felt a point needed to be made.” Micheal said, but Andrew could hear the dishonesty in that apology.

“It’s fine, um. Alright well, thats all for today, hope you guys will enjoy the rest of your stay, and hey you see me walking down the hall, don’t be shy to talk ta me, always nice to make some new fiends.” Andrew could tell Lyra was uneasy from what this Michael said, it was in her voice. After the class finished, The three made there way out of the Class. Andrew and Liam, Where still thinking about that guy, there train of thoughts were interrupted by Lilly.

“Well that guy was a bit of a weirdo, don’t you think.” Andrew and Liam looked at her nervously from the comment.

“Oh come on I know your thinking about him. He didn’t scare you that much did he.” She said giggling a bit.

“Huh oh na just, well maybe a bit, but don’t worry about it. Just some weirdo, kinda had a weird Aizen thing going on thing going on though.” Andrew said laughing nervously. he turned to see Lilly kinda looking at him nervously as well. Andrew froze as he then felt the presence behind him. He turned to see Michael giving him a smile.

“That was an interesting point you made, Andrew.” He said causing Andrew to fake a smile.

“Um thanks, I guess we both have a similar interest in study, when it comes to Equestria.” Andrew said trying to sound polite.

“Hm it would seem so. Well I’d rather not keep you from your conversation. I’ll be seeing you Andrew.” Bremen finished, as he began to walk away. Andrew shuddered at his last sentence. He defiantly didn’t want to see him again. His thoughts however, were interrupted by Lilly. He turned to her, seeing she had a shy smile on her face.

“Um hey Andrew, since were kinda free right now, you want to hang out a little ?” Lilly said still looking very nervous. Andrew, was equally as nervous.

“ummm well I ....” Andrew was then caught off.

“He’d love to wouldn’t you man.” Liam said moving his friend closer to Lilly. Andrew glared at Liam.

“excuse me what about ?”

“I’ll check on it.” Liam interrupted. Andrew nodded understanding he’d go check on there other two companions.

“Carpe diem man” Liam said as he left.

“What did he say ?” Lilly asked inquisitively.

“Oh it means seize the day. It’s kinda our catch phrase.” Andrew said smiling a bit out of the silliness. Lilly laughed a little at it before turning to Andrew.

“So um I guess we can use this time to get to know each other better, I mean we literally just met in a tourist store.” She said meaning to be humorous.

“Ha yeah figure that.” Andrew said laughing nervously. Lilly saw this attempting to be a little less direct.

“Hey um how exactly did you and Liam meet, the two of you almost act like brothers really.” She asked leaning against the wall behind them.

“Well to make it short, he was a new student at my school. found out we were taking the same bus and he lived close to me. Well I suppose you know the rest. I’ll honestly say that even though he does do some stupid things, well we do some stupid things, I’d trust the guy with my life, and that’s the honest truth.” Andrew said proudly.

“Hey do me and yourself a favor, keep up that friendship, you see that very rarely in our race anymore, but these ponies, they treat it like oxygen, absolutely vital. I figured who wouldn’t want to have that life.” She said giving a small sigh.

“Hey Lilly how’d you come to the decision to get converted, I mean like the full story, Um we can sit down if you want.” Andrew said motioning over to a small bench in the corner. Lilly nodded, and the two headed over and sat down. upon sitting down. Lilly then began to explain.

“Well I was indifferent about it before my family converted. I was at school one day, my mom and dad, said they were gonna be gone for a couple days, they didn’t say when they’d be back. It bothered me a bit, but I decided to trust them. After I got home, I saw them, they’d been converted. They were welcoming me home offering for me to get converted, saying that Equestria had a better life.” tears began to well up in her eyes. “I.I shouted at them. asking them how could they do this, telling them I wasn’t going through with it, that I would never do it.” She wiped the tears from her eyes. “I continued to write to them after they moved, I knew how to take care of myself, and my dad left me everything that he owned. He said that when I’m ready, they’ll be there. So one day I saw Twilight’s commercial, and it got me thinking, would it really be so bad. After careful thinking, I decided I was ready.” She turned to Andrew, and at that moment there eyes met, Andrew looked into her eyes which rich shade of brown. She finally turned away blushing.

“Oh I’m sorry I...I” Andrew said stuttering, he really had never been in a situation like this before.

“It’s okay it’s just, before I met you, and found out you were going through my situation. I felt alone, having you here, It just puts me at ease.” Andrew felt a pang of guilt as she said this, he knew he couldn’t just blurt out I’m an inter dimensional traveler trying to say everyone.

“Lilly I’m glad I uh..I’m glad I met you as well.” Andrew said part of it being sincere

“I kinda want to ask, when it happens, when we both change, will you stay with me, when I go to Equestria to see my Family, I...guess I uh...urg how hard is it to say words !” She said a little flustered. Andrew at this point felt like he was going to have a heart attack.
“I like you ! there I said it I like you a lot !” Andrew was absolutely speechless.

“uh uh uh uh.” was all Andrew could mutter.

“Oh come here you.” Lilly pulled Andrew into a kiss. Andrew’s eyes widened, convicted this was a freaking heart attack, but part of him wanted this part of him thought this was right, and then there was the part that thought this is going to get really fucked up. They broke the kiss staring at each other. Andrew finally found his mouth to speak.

“Hey uh Lilly you know when you want to say something, but you just know you can’t, It’s so simple yet so hard.” Andrew stopped as he felt her hand rest on his.

“It’s your decision, I’m not going to force you, but I’d would mean the world to me if you stayed.” Lilly said giving a sympathetic smile. Andrew Knew he had the mission, but maybe he could work around this, I mean he couldn’t deny it, he liked her as well.

“I...I..” Andrew felt like he had a gun pointed at his head, how could he say no to her. “Sure Lilly...I...I’ll stay.” Andrew said figuring he’d cross that bridge when he came to it. He saw Lilly’s smile grow, as she leaned forward and hugged him tightly .

“Oh thank you thank you thank you !” Lilly said.

“Ack can’t breathe.” Lilly released her grip, blushing from embarrassment, sorry.

Andrew nodded giving her a smile, he then looked to see the two mares Lyra and cloud chaser giving them, “aww how adorable” looks. They saw Andrew noticed there presence reeling back.

“Sorry we uh didn’t mean to interrupt, ummm were gonna go now !” Cloud chaser said pushing Lyra off with her.

Andrew and Lilly burst out laughing.

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Liam began walking through the hall leading down to the cafeteria, he felt if he couldn’t sleep, he’d get some food. In the back of his mind, he wondered if letting Andrew actually get to know Lilly was a good thing, I mean there not even from the same universe. Liam shook his head seeing that worrying about it was a bit silly, it’s Andrew’s business he thought. Liam walked through the sliding doors, as he saw a couple people lining up at a chrome counter to get there food. Liam figured there would be no meat, but it didn’t bother him to much. He walked to the back of the line and grabbed a tray. The Line moved fairly quickly, an tan pony with an orange mane seemed to be the server. Liam finally came face to face with the Mare after about five minutes.

“Hi what can I get you.” she said with a polite smile.

“Oh um do you have any green apples.” Liam asked politely.

“We sure do how many would you like ?” She asked.

“Oh just one please, I’m not to to hungry.” Liam responded.

“Coming up.” she said as she handed him the apple.

“Thanks miss um ?”

“Carrot Top.” She said cheerily.

“I’ll remember that ?” Liam said as he walked to find a table. He scanned the room and found a seat he liked. However, he was soon halted bumping into something.

“Oh I’m sorry I didn’t...Oh Liam it’s you.” Liam saw it was Flutter Shy, right behind her was Twilight.

“Flutter Shy where..oh hi Liam, we’ve been looking all over for you and Andrew.” Twilight said.

“Yeah sorry about that, we were in some pony basics class, kinda took away from us looking for you.” Liam replied motioning Twilight and Flutter Shy to take a seat.

“So where’s Andrew right now ? is he okay.” Flutter Shy asked concerned.

“Huh don’t worry he’s fine, he’s just with Lilly at the moment, and don’t tell him I said this but I think he likes her.....like a lot.” Liam said emphasizing the a lot with his hands.

“What ? are you serious, uhg I hope he still remembers we have to do this mission, I mean we can’t focus If he’s having a romance at the same time, Isn’t he the one with the plan.” Twilight said a bit annoyed, but Liam also noticed she was blushing.

“Twilight calm down. Let em be, I’m actually curious to see how it goes between the two of them, I know we will probably cross the bridge where we have to tell her the truth, but for now, I’d just let them be.” Liam said taking a bit out of his apple. He took note that it was actually very tasty, best apple he’d ever had.

“Fine.” Twilight grumbled.

“Oh I think it’s sweet Twilight.” Flutter Shy said giving her usual kind smile.

“Well two against one I guess I lose.” Twilight deadpanned

“Well anyway, how have you guys been with the whole undercover thing ?” Liam asked changing the subject.

“Quite easy actually. All I had to do was say, that I was here for bureau inspection with Flutter Shy, and they bought it. I just hope the alternate me doesn’t show up.” Twilight said giving a sheepish smile.

“Oh and they gave us some nice rooms to sleep in as well.” Flutter Shy added in.

“Well thats good, um I really don’t know if this is relevant, but Andrew and I thought we spotted a guy in Class that was, well a bit suspicious.” Liam said grimacing.
“Suspicious how ?” Twilight asked.

“Well he acted a bit strange, but what really got us was his name, Michael Bremen.” Liam said lowering his voice. This caused Flutter Shy to gasp. Twilight however wasn’t convinced.

“Come on just because they share a last name, doesn’t mean there related. I’m not familiar to much with human names, but even I know there must be more than one human who have the same name.” Twilight said trying to calm everyone down.

“Look Twilight the guy just seems suspicious, you may be right about this being paranoia, but I still think we might be dealing with something else.” Liam said sternly, Twilight sighed, slowly face hoofing.

“Fine, me and Flutter Shy will keep an eye out.” Twilight said, causing Flutter Shy to yelp.

“W..we will ?” Flutter Shy said a bit frightened.

“Don’t worry Flutter Shy, anybody or pony comes near you I’m giving them a slap.” Liam said motioning to his hand.

“Oh thank you Liam, just don’t hit them to to hard.” Flutter Shy said giving a small smile. Liam laughed a little at Flutter Shy’s comment. This Pegasus was funny without even, trying, he figured they should hang more.

“Well Liam me and Flutter Shy should be heading back, We’ll meet with you and hopefully Andrew when he decides to come.” There was spite in Twilight’s voice.

“Your not Jealous are you Twilight ?” Liam asked snickering. Twilight blushed and then glared at Liam angrily. Liam recoiled a bit seeing Twilight pissed off.

“alright bad joke. hehe see you two in the morning.” Liam said Laughing nervously.

“Goodnight Liam.” Flutter Shy said waving to him, Liam waved back at his pegasus Friend. Making Friends with Flutter Shy, never thought that’d be on his list. Liam got up from the table figuring he’d check on Andrew.

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Andrew and Lilly were still on the same bench sharing stories of there school life and there Child hood, also having a strange debate on the best sodas. However, the kiss was still fresh in his mind, in a way it was one of the best things that ever happened to him, on the other hand it might have been the worse considering the circumstances, but right now he didn’t care, Lilly seemed to make him feel at ease, he simply loved everything about her.

“Okay okay, um hey question, what do you think about the princesses, I mean were gonna be loyal to them soon, I’m thinking we should probably have an opinion.” Lilly stated.

“I honestly think they do the best they can for there subjects, I suppose putting my, well hooves in theres is fine by me.” Andrew replied, almost forgetting he wasn’t really getting converted, but after thinking, what would it really be like, this was something that literally cropped up once he opened up to Lilly. He shrugged it off, continuing the conversation
“Well I’m all for them, I honestly think they may be the kindness beings out there. Plus alicorns just look so cool ” Lilly said excitedly.

“I know right. I mean having unicorn magic, and being able to fly is probably the physical definition of badass.” Andrew replied.

“Meh to bad we can’t really become one of those. I honestly wonder how you’d look as an alicorn, you’d probably request some kind of fez crown.” Lilly said laughing out loud, Andrew joined in her laughter. The Pony that introduced them to the bureau Colgate, saw the two of them laughing, She trotted over to them curious as to what was up.

“Hey there guys, you two seem to be having fun.” Colgate said giving a small giggle.

“Oh your the pony that introduced us in the front.” Lilly said giving the unicorn mare a smile.

“Yep, My names Minuette, whats yours ? I saw you in the crowed never got to know you.” Andrew’s eyes widened that her name wasn’t Colgate ? But he then remembered Equestria probably didn’t have a toothpaste company of that name. It was a bit silly to think she’d be named that.

“ I’m Andrew.”

“I’m Lilly.”

“Nice to meet the two of you, I’m gonna take a guess here, you planning on moving to Equestria together ?” Minuette asked causing the two to blush. This caused Minuette to giggle again.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to be that direct.” Minuette said giving a shy smile.

“It’s alright, uh yeah we kinda have that in mind, I’m also looking forward to seeing my parents.” Lilly said looking over to Andrew.

“Well I hope to get you guys converted as soon as possible, I can tell you’ll be happy together, if I must say you make quite the cute couple.” Minuette said giving a wink.

“hehe thanks Minuette, um oh I actually have a question.” Andrew said.

“Sure what is it Andrew ?” Minuette asked with a look of interest on her face.

“How exactly does it work, with how you guys are chosen to run the bureau, I’m assuming this wasn’t exactly your day job ?” Andrew said his inner brony wondering if Minuette actually was a dentist.

“Oh me well I acutally studied at Celestia’s school for gifted Unicorns, however I found my passion was more in Dentistry than magic.” Andrew silently mouthed “called it.”

“But because of my magical knowledge, I was made the head of this bureau, and your teacher on Unicorn Basics.” She said happily.

“Oh your going to be teaching us ?” Lilly said in excitement.

“Yup right after the lesson on pegasi. So don’t be late” She said proudly.

“We’ll keep that in mind.” Andrew said giving a small chuckle.

“Well anyway, I should probably get back to work, you guys should head off to bed, don’t want to be falling asleep in the lessons.” She said jokingly.

“Yeah your probably right, well goodnight then Minuette.” Andrew said politely.

“Night guys.” Minuette said as she trotted off. Lilly turned over to Andrew.

“I guess I’ll see you in the morning then.” Lilly said

“Yeah, um, this was nice by the way Lilly. I had a good time.” Andrew said giving a shy smile. Lilly rolled her eyes giving him a teasing smile.

“I can tell you don’t really have much experience with dates huh ?”

“You picked up on that. I didn’t think I was that bad, come on, I’m new at this, I’m not exactly the suave romantic type. ” Andrew said laughing. Lilly laughed a little as well.

“Ha well who wants to be one of those guys anyway, there usually way to uptight. Your good just the way you are.” She said giving him a small peck on the cheek. This caused him to once again Blush. Lilly let out a small laugh.

“See you tomorrow Andrew, oh and tell Liam I said hi.” She said as she hurried up the stairs to her dorm. Andrew sighed wondering what exactly he was doing, he literally had never felt so conflicted about something in his life, maybe those crappy love songs had some kind of truth he though to himself. He got off the bench, making his way over to the staircase Leading to the dorms. He suddenly stopped as he saw someone Familiar. It was Michael Bremen, He seemed to be walking over to his dorm room. Andrew pitied that guys roommate. His suspicion of him still remained from the moment he heard his name, but really what could he do to the guy, If anything he just wanted to stay out of his way, he was creepy. Andrew suddenly lost his train of thought as he heard his name being called.

“Hey Andrew, dude wait up !” He turned to see Liam running over to him. He walked over to his friend, causing Liam to slow down a bit.

“Well how is everything with Twilight and Flutter Shy ?” Andrew asked now back to his serious self. Lima took a minute to catch his breath before answering. Andrew rolled his eyes a little at this.

“Well there is good news. They got in no problem, and they have there own rooms to sleep as well, incase you were wondering. now was there anything...Oh yeah, I talked to Twilight about our suspicious character.” Liam stated.

“And ?”

“She thinks were being paranoid.” Liam deadpanned

“Really Twilight Sparkle is calling us paranoid, yeah says the mare who panics over missing a friendship letter deadline.” Andrew said sarcastically.

“Well I mean what if she’s right, and even if she isn’t what exactly can we do about the guy, I mean we can exactly walk up slap information out of him.” Liam replied.

“Yeah I kinda thought the same thing. Look since we don’t really have much to go on. I suggest we leave him for now.” Andrew said giving a sigh.

“So um aside from that, how’d your evening with Lilly go ?” Liam asked with a mischievous smile.

“Good actually.” Andrew said simply.

“Really thats it ?” Liam asked

“Yup.”

“Can I have details.” Liam Saw Andrew begin to walk up the stairs following him.

“nope.” Andrew said holding in a snicker.

“I’m sorry do you want a slap, I’ll do it man !” Liam shouted as the two went in for the night.

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Flutter Shy and Twilight settled in there room, they had a similar room to the converts, consisting of a bunk bed a desk and a bathroom. Flutter Shy took the bottom bunk as she claimed she didn’t want to fall out of her bed. Twilight Sat in the top bunk skimming through a couple books she got from the Bureau’s Library. There were books that concerned, human history, and human culture, she was fascinated by some, and horrified at some information, seeing the violence that humans had committed, but she knew that wasn’t all humans, Andrew and Liam were nothing like others who raged wars. Her ears suddenly twitched at Flutter Shy calling her

“Hey um Twilight you awake ?” Flutter Shy said

“Um Yeah Flutter Shy, Is something wrong ?” Twilight said putting the book down.

“no nothing’s wrong, I just kinda wanted to talk, if thats okay with you.” Flutter Shy said. Twilight began to climb down the bunk bed to see here friend.

“You miss home don’t you ?” Twilight asked.

“I was just thinking, When we get back, we should introduce Andrew and Liam to everyone. Let Pinkie throw them one of her parties, I mean don’t you want to stay friends with them ?” Flutter Shy asked.

“Of course I do, look at what they’ve shown us, a whole different Universe, sure were trying to save it, but we’ve saved our world plenty of times, saving another seemed to be next on the agenda.” Twilight said with a silly grin.

“Yeah I guess so. I still can’t believe where in a different world, I sometimes have to keep reminding myself, to bad angle couldn’t see, I also wonder what other me is like.” Flutter shy said putting her hoof to her muzzle.

“Yeah I thought about that, but truthfully, I think it’s best we don’t know. The me here probably wouldn’t be able to comprehend, this whole multiverse thing, I mean I didn’t until I saw it with my own eyes. I mean it’s just beyond comprehension, I think this would have given Starswirl a run for his bits.” Twilight said proudly.

“Oh who’s that again ?” Fluter Shy asked curiously, causing Twilight to facehoof.

“I went as him last Nightmare Night hello !” Twilight said over exaggerating.

“Oh I remember, oh I’m sorry Twilight, I thought you were dressed as a hermit.” Twilight eye twitched, before she turned to go up the bunk bed.

“Twilight just um, I know this may be a bit forward but, why did you get all grumpy when Liam said Andrew was with Lilly ?” Flutter Shy asked causing Twilight to blush.

“Flutter Shy I wasn’t....I wasn’t grumpy, he just should be focusing on what we came here to do thats all.” Twilight said sternly.

“You know it’s okay if you like him. ?” Flutter Shy said softly.

“What no no no, arrg can we please move on Flutter Shy ?” Twilight pleaded. Flutter Shy rolled her eyes. Twilight then began to move up to the top bunk.

“Oh and Twilight about that Michael Bremen, that Liam talked about. Shouldn’t we do something to help assuming he is going to hurt every pony here.” Twilight’s eyes widened.

“Twilight I know you don’t believe Liam or Andrew, but could we at least do something that could actually get the staff to put a bit of suspicion on him, just in case. It may actually help Andrew and Liam. I mean if thats okay with you.”

“You really do trust them on the subject ?” Twilight asked receiving a nod from her friend. Twilight thought for a second, before, giving Flutter Shy a smile.

“Alright, I’ll see If we can do something. If Andrew and Liam are right about this guy. I might be able to corner him.