Prologue
The day began normally, for Flim and Flam. They awoke, looked this way and that for signs of anypony. Then they trotted away from the wreckage of their beloved Super-Speedy Cider-Squeezy 3000. That was their home in this foreign, unholy land. They had no way of knowing where they were, which way to Canterlot, or anything for that matter. All they knew was that they were in exile. They had seen a large, green comet land near the area a few weeks earlier, and had not yet seen any sort of life-form come forth. So they set about acquiring local berries and fruits, making an almost-breakfast. They sat and ate in silence. They both vividly remembered the day they were exiled. They had entered Celestia's court, showcasing their new clockwork suit. What it did, basically, is adapt to the body of the user, and grant them robot-like strength and other abilities. All was going well when the tester went mad with power, and destroyed most of the court. The brothers were barely able to stop the pony-bot before it had killed most of the audience. Celestia and Luna simply stared angrily at the brothers, and after a gear-missile nearly blew Celestia's crown off, she pronounced them exiled, and then she teleported them where they were now. The Super-Speedy Cider-Squeezy 3000 had taken severe damage due to the bot and Celestia's magic, henceforth becoming useless. As the brothers finished breakfast, a dark figure emerged from the shadows. She had long, straw-like green hair, broken, fly-like wings, and generally appeared more insect than mare.
