The Conversion Bureau: Reap What You Sow

I don't own Hasbro, My Little Pony, Bioware, EA, or Mass Effect. And I like the new extended cut endings, inspired this chapter a bit

Ark Group One, Unknown Time, Unknown Date, Dark Space.

"Cryogenic Storage countdown offline, all beds deactivating immediately." The Computer Terminal stated.

A loud hiss filled all the Arks, followed soon by the sound of footsteps.

"Ow, whoever built these chambers must be about five feet or so." Heller muttered to himself while rubbing his head, looking for any signs of trauma. Heller looked round and noticed Prescott already up and making himself some coffee.

"Look who's up, you woke earlier than I thought. Although, with all the Alcohol you drink, why am I not surprised." Prescott stated while pouring in some sugar into his Coffee.

"Speaking of Alcohol, do you know where I put that bottle of 1813 Italian Wine? I really want to taste that Wine. Since Wine tastes better with age so I really want to taste it." Heller stated before looking for his bags.

"It should be in the bottom draw left side." Prescott stated before taking a sip of his Coffee.

"Thanks, but I really hate that I have to wait to drink it. Damn cryogenic system's and their side effects." Heller stated before taking out a bottle of red grape juice. " What its the next best thing to wine, besides its been in cryogenic Storage, it's not spoiled or anything. You of all people should know how parched you are after you take a long nap." Heller stated with a smirk before pouring himself a glass of Juice.

"Well that reminds me of something, look out the observation deck." Prescott said in a curious voice.

"Alright I'll check it out." Heller stated before walking towards the elevator to the observation deck.

Heller looked out the observation platform and what he saw made him curious. There was almost nothing but darkness, almost no stars in sight. But what really made him curious was the odd machine next to the Arks.

"What is that thing?" Heller said to himself.

"I have absolutely no idea. Whatever it is though, it's directing the Arks towards it." Crenshaw and a few other scientists stated.

"Crenshaw don't sneak up on me like that!." Heller said, acting like he had a heart attack.

"Sorry couldn't help it." Crenshaw said with a smirk on his face.

"Well if that's done what do you think it might be. It looks big so maybe a remain of one of the Arks." Heller said while observing the odd machine.
"No all the Arks are accounted for. Besides it doesn't look like the arks, It's too big and that big ball of energy makes it impossible to be a meteor. Perhaps my statement about their being no other Sentient life in the universe was incorrect." Crenshaw said before going down the elevator. " Whatever it is it defiantly is guiding us towards it..." Crenshaw was interrupted by the arks sudden jolt into the ball of light.

"What's going on!?" Heller asked Crenshaw in a very confused and angry voice.

"I don't know, whatever we're heading into must not be designed for the material we used with the arks.!" Crenshaw yelled

"Or maybe its like a Venus Fly Trap, and it lures it's unsuspecting prey into its mouth!" Heller said while holding on to dear life.

The last thing they saw before entering the ball of light was a being made of metal.

"Their ships will easily handle the transport of the Mass Effect Relays. Although it will not be a pleasant experience due to the fact that their ships composed of a material that's strength is a fraction of the material strength of others. It will however work for the relay." Vanguard told Sentinel.

"It is an important choice of action. They will not be able to survive without a star, while we can easily sleep in dark space, they cannot." Sentinel told Vanguard over their signals.

"I will make the necessary preparations for the planet at once." Vanguard said while looking at the ships being flung by the relay.

"Good, there is a very large planet with a ratio of seventy/land/thirty/water near star 22234455. The relay will deposit the ships close to the planet. After the ships have landed, tell them everything about it." Sentinel said before cutting the transmission.

"Sovereign, we are going to help these Humans in any way possible. But we are to do it slowly, if we come of too helpful they will see us as IT. So we are to help them by showing them what they need to know." Vanguard told Sovereign, who was moving towards the relay.

"Where am I?" Shepard thought to himself. Around him was a blank room, a canvass.

"You are in the mind of us." A voice called out.

"Who are you?" Shepard asked the voice.

"We are many things, creators, destroyers, sometimes both at the same time." The voice called out. Shepard then noticed a figure appear in the void. The figure looked like a Human but had different features. it's skin was a goldish-white color, it's eyes were black voids, it's hair was half black half crimson, it also spoke with an accent that sounded like mash of French, Arabic, and Russian. Lastly it also had seven fingers on its hands.
"So what exactly do you do?" Shepard asked, fearing the answer. The creature than snapped its fingers and the room changed. It went from a blank room to a large space station.

"We are everything yet we are completely different from your species. You have indirectly met our descendants and their artifacts. That ball of light you entered was a Mass Effect Relay. It allows travel faster than the speed of light. While you haven't officially met us we have indirectly meet you. Your clock on your Arks failed, so we reactivated it. Your people face an enemy that is our own. That leader of them has been the cause of much strife and fear in the entire universe. She has converted entire planets to become her mindless slaves. While these ponies don't have free thought, the ponies who have not been from a converted bloodline are completely free from her control. However, once every few eons she begins the cycle. The process of converting entire planets to be her mindless slaves. So far your and my species are the only ones who have survived IT. I know you have very little reason to trust us but you must see what we have seen to truly understand what she has done to many times." The Humanoid said before snapping his fingers and the outside of the viewing platform changed.

Unknown Planet Unknown Time

The Planet Shepard saw was completely different from Earth. There were large metal towers everywhere, the air was the freshest air he ever breathed, and he noticed lakes that were crystal clear. But what shocked him was the clear sign of many factories working overtime on production. This was a very odd combination for him, usually it's either have no production and good air, or a lot of production and horrible air, this planet had both. When he got up he saw Humanoids similar to the one he met walking talking and trading. Some of them were talking about an anomaly appearing on their planet. Shepard knew the moment they said anomaly what they were really talking about.

"Citizens of this planet, I Princess Celestia, come bearing an offer of ever lasting peace!" A loud voice boomed across the area. Shepard knew this voice quite well and it made him want to take a nuclear missile and shove it up -. His train of thought was interrupted by her speaking again. " We have seen the trouble your species has caused to your planet. So we have created a serum that will allow you to live your life as free and harm free as you can." She said, he really wanted to make her suffer. This though was once again put on hold, when another screen appeared before him. In this memory it showed the Humanoids being converted by the masses. If you walked through those doors you came out as a pony. Also, just like on Earth, there was a group that FORCED them to be converted.

He also heard a few of the Humanoids talk about a barrier that can't be stopped. They also said that they truly believed Celestia was doing everything in her power to stop the barrier. Then another change of scenery. The barrier had consumed almost the entire planet, and the people were fleeing on space ships. The scene soon changed again, this time showing population statistics, it showed that the amount of Humanoids were insufficient to grow, and the population would soon stagnate. Then the last scene he saw came up. The Humanoids were entering various machines. Attached to these machines were various mechanical parts that bore a resemblance to squid. A loud boom resonated across the area, then there was silence. Soon the various machines came online, there most striking feature was their ability to float in thin air. The scene soon ended, and Shepard soon found himself back on the space station.

"So you see now know why I am talking to you, correct?" The Humanoid said.

"Yeah she's has been doing this for, how long?" Shepard asked.

I don't know for certain but I can tell you this, for far to long. This cycle must be broken, and there are options this time. Since we have changed to such an extent we have been unable to properly carry out the necessary details for the plans. However, you on the other hand, have the required power. You can change the future. While it's hard to explain, you and the rest of the humans all have some mechanical instruments in you. The serum that converts you has some technological properties to them.'' It started.

"Since you have fought them for so long you have collected a lot of nanites in your blood. The serum goes away, but the nanites stay forever. They also lose their purpose, without the serum they are inactive. While they are inactive they are just there. But if you were to reactivate them and give them a new purpose, they can be used to your advantage. My people are also a combination of flesh and machine, so that is why I can contact you. Our people's dead cry out for blood, we both know that. While this is just a dream it will have far reaching implications in the future.

The way I see it is that we have some options. Option one, I transfer you all of my people's technology, giving you access to our exploits and all of our former designs that we have thought of but cannot carry out, while I also advise you when you need me, or you just need someone to talk to. Option two, Your mind becomes somewhat one of us, and before you say that you would be giving up your Humanity, you will only be somewhat like us. You will have the ability to drift between minds, if you were badly injured or exhausted however, you would completely become us, therefore losing all of your Humanity. That is not the case however, as you are physically and mentally healthy. The effects of choosing this option are simple, you gain our entire knowledge and plans, I will be able to speak with you whenever you want, you will be as close to immortal as you could get, plus you will be the DE-facto leader of my people's descendants.'' the Humanoid said.

As Shepard raised an eyebrow, it clarified. ''Technically I am their leader, just not in a physical form. You on the other hand will have two physical forms, your Human form and the Squid like form. Along with a mental form of course. Your third option is for you two completely reactivate the nanites and change them into a proper battle augmented state, which will greatly increase your strength and many other factors. However, this change will affect your entire species, and I'm not not sure if they would all agree to this move. The last option is simple. Your species evolves along its own path, but I will still be there if you want to talk.''

''While we wait for your decision, would you like to play a game that you call chess?" The Humanoid asked after a short moment of silence.

"No thanks, I hate that game. Sometimes I just wish it didn't exist. I hate it simply because it reminds me of her, the Knight piece is a HORSE for Christ's sake." Shepard said looking very angry.

"I understand that you would have a hatred for any Equine in nature, but you should remember this, Hatred can only lead to ones downfall." The Humanoid said

"Sorry about that it's just that if i ever see another Horse I think I will have to murder someone." Shepard said while looking out the window.

"Well now that that's over, have you made your choice?" The Humanoid asked.

"I'll go with the second option, I will keep my Humanity but I will gain a new form, plus I want to live long enough to see her suffer the wrath of billions of dead. I want to see that Humanity has a start to become what it was not, a near perfect society. Plus, Only I will be affected, so it's just my choice that affects me." Shepard said.

"Then in that case follow me." The Humanoid said.

Shepard woke up on another station, however this time he was actually touching the floor. As he got up he noticed that he was near a large coil like machine that was sparking with blue energy. A nagging feeling in his mind told him that he was supposed to touch the machine's coils. While another part of his mind said that the results could be... unpleasant. However against his better judgment, he touched the two ends of the coils and felt a extreme amount of pain, then he was consumed by the blue energy.

"Where am I?" Shepard though out loud.

"We are in your mind, your body is being reconstructed with nanites and various other synthetic components, your organic body was destroyed when you took control of us." The Humanoid said.

"How long will this take?" Shepard asked the figure.

"Most reasonable estimate is at five hours thirty two minutes and forty seven seconds." The Humanoid said.

"Do you know the status of the Arks? I need to know if they are alright." Shepard asked, slightly agitated at the though of the arks being damaged, or worse, destroyed.

"I am afraid I don't know that, however, I you should be aware of the status of the arks soon." The Humanoid said while pacing around, looking bored.

"I never got the chance to ask but what's your species name anyway?" Shepard asked, trying to pass the time.

"Our species name was the Ziardali, but that was before we turned in to those abominations, of flesh and machine." The figure said.

"Why would you call them abominations if you are technically one of them?" Shepard asked, intrigued by what the figure said.

"If there was another way to insure our species survival we would have chosen that path, but since we had little time we had to make do with what we had, and becoming THEM was the least problematic solution." The Humanoid said/

"Alright I understand that you were stressed for time but do you think that there was another way?" Shepard asked.

"Possibly but again, our current generation was likely to be the last of our species, we had to make sure that we survived, even if it was as a husked mental version. Plus I remember the process, it wasn't pleasant, at all. We had our DNA broken down and reformed with synthetic components, giving birth to our new kind. To be precise however, I am the only one left with complete knowledge of what has happened to our people, and maintains their emotions." The Humanoid says while looking depressed.

" Well look on the bright side though, at least I'm here know so it's not like you're completely alone." Shepard said trying to cheer the Humanoid up.

"You're right about that, although when we communicate it will be telepathically, so don't get freaked out when we communicate with each other." The Humanoid said.

"Why do you seem so much more emotional all of a sudden, before I touched those coils you seemed like a rock?" Shepard asked the figure.

"That's because when you're body was incinerated, you're feelings and ideals spread to my people, and to a lesser extent me." The Humanoid said
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"That explains why I am here now, but what do I do know?" Shepard asks the Humanoid.

"Wait, that is all that you can do, then when your body is complete you have your mental capabilities transferred into the body. Then we drop your body into one of the landing zones of the arks, of course requiring that they didn't crash land. Although it would be easier that way for your friends to not know of what has happened, retrieving your body was hard enough." The humanoid said.

"I would prefer if they didn't crash, but I do believe that that the information should be available to a select few." Shepard said.

"Good now just wait for your body to be completed." The Humanoid said.

Landing zone Ark 0-1

"What the fuck happened?!" Heller screamed at the crew.

"One moment we were floating in the middle of nowhere now we crashed on a habitable planet. And to top it all of we don't know where Shepard is! Someone better have a Fuckin good reason as to why we are on this planet!" Heller screamed in his drill Sergeant voice, and to say he was angry was the understatement of the century.

"Heller, I believe that device we entered made this ship as light as nothing, then our computers ordered the ship to make a random turn, so here we are." Crenshaw explained to Heller.

"Fine, but where is Shepard?" Heller asked, Shepard was like a brother to him, so he was very unhappy when he heard Shepard was un-accounted for.

"I suspect that he is likely in the lower decks, they did take a fair beating when we landed. But the damage isn't to major, so the chances of him being alive are good. But my main concern is why the timer's failed, I suspect they might have been sabotaged, but that's unlikely, the ships would have deployed Neurotoxin should any Ponies managed to get on board. So it was likely just a mechanical malfunction." Crenshaw explained while looking out one of the viewing ports.

"Well what really matters is the fact that those ponies can't track us here in the good old Alpha system, right Crenshaw?" Heller asked.

"Well the kicker is where we are, from our positions, I estimate we are in dark space. Ironically however, is the fact that dark space does actually have some stars. But on a lighter note, Celestia will definitely not be able to find us out here. Plus we still have that contingency plan on Mars, and the positions underground on Earth." Crenshaw said with a smile.

"Almost forgot about that, how do you think they'll react when that happens?" Heller asked with a sick smile.

"Well Moscow has the Imperium nodus Aequalitas, which is something that would give even her nightmares. Amstradam has the Imperium Station De iustitia, New York has the Imperium Station De unitas, While Mars has the Imperium NODUS de Planetaria Intervention, China has the Imperium statio sapientia, Japan has the Imperium statio augmentis, Rome has the Imperium node inquisicionis. All in all it's a very tight knit plan. If the barrier passes over them then when we execute the order they can begin production, and wipe that pathetic sub-species off the face of OUR planet, the only reason that they won was because of that barrier. The moment it's taken down, they will KNOW fear." Crenshaw said, before being interrupted by Prescott

"Hey boss, We found Shepard, hit his head pretty hard!" Prescott told Heller.

"By the way, who wants to be yelled at by Shepard for our contingency plan?" Heller asked Crenshaw.

"You lucked out, Shepard's injured so he will keep the rant to a minimum. Now let's go pay him a visit at the Med-Center." Crenshaw said.

And the long-awaited update has arrived. Don't forget to review, and the next chapter will likely be the last prologue chapter.