Roboteers are you ready!?

"Okay, so run that by me one more time you two." Razer wore a quizzical look on his face.

"Alright so me and Pussycat here woke up in this bakery." Diotoir began.

"Then we met this pink lady who was like super friendly and she offered to teach us how to bake!" Cat continued.

"So we started baking but then we turned the oven on and I caught fire. Then I ran into you lot!" Diotoir smiled.

"You. Are way too happy Diotoir." Firestorm commented on the unwavering smile on Diotoir's face.

"Silly! You can't be too happy!" Pussycat spoke up.

"Did that pink pony tell you that?" Hypno said dryly.

"Yep!" Both Diotoir and Pussycat said in unison.

Razer groaned.

"So...Rainbow Dash wasn't it? You were going to tell us why you crashed into us?" Tornado said in a vague attempt to change the conversation topic.

"Yeah. So I was training at the Wonderbolt academy..." Dash began

"Wonderbolt?"

"Quiet Razer!"

"Aaaaanyway. I was training when this weird pony comes out of nowhere and when I say weird I mean weirder than you guys" Rainbow continued

"Hey!"

"Quiet Razer!"

"So this pony is acting like he owns the place! yelling at the cadets and calling himself a Sergeant..." Rainbow Continued.

Diotoir visibly twitched at the mention of "Sergeant"

"And he had like this claw for one of his hooves! but the strangest thing was on his back! it was like a dragon! Every time he activated it the thing shot fire out! and then I decided the best thing to do was ru-uhhhh I mean tactical retreat and here I am!" Rainbow concluded

"Y-you mean S-Sergeant Bash is h-here!?" All the colour seemed to drain from Diotoir's face. He let out a shriek of fear so high pitched that the glass Razer was drinking his milkshake out of shattered. Then Diotoir feinted.

"Dammit Diotoir I was drinking that!" Razer yelled, not caring for Diotoir's well being.

"Wait a sec..." Pussycat began "If ol Bashy is here what's not to say the other arseholes aren't?"

"You may have a point there Pussy." Hypno-Disc said. Rainbow giggled. "But I have assorted pastries in front of me and these don't try to murder me. So by all means go hunt the house robots but I'm gonna eat" Hypno finished, getting back to his meal

"Wait! Did you just say....Robot?" Rainbow said in the most quizzical tone she could muster

Tornado facehoofed "Riiiight this place probably doesn't have robots and if it did we all seem to be bloody equines." Tornado was slightly irritated partly because of his comrades forgetfulness and partly out of annoyance at losing his old form.

"So wait you're saying you guys aren't ponies?" Rainbow dash was getting slowly more confused

"Oh boy obligatory story time! tell us a story 'nado oh please oh please." Razer said, voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Hah hah hah," Tornado laughed dryly. "But I guess it is story time so grab a seat."

Razer groaned. "I didn't say I wanted a story."

"Well too bad cause here we go." Tornado began. "We're not of this world as you may have guessed. We are from a world called Earth but we weren't the main species. Those were humans. We were created by humans for the sole purpose of fighting. We were created with crushing blades, spinning discs, flipping arms and swinging axes among other things. We partook in an annual contest known as Robot Wars. Where hundreds of robots like us would enter to bash each other to smithereens! Each one of us was unique. In fact the mark on our flanks show what we used to look like conveniently enough. It was such a great contest we couldn't wait to show off our new upgrades or weapons!"

"Or cheating frames!" Razer interrupted.

"Shut up! Where was I? Oh right! The contest was governed by a group of nine horrible robots. Sergeant Bash, Cassius Chrome, Matilda, Shunt, Dead metal, Growler, Mr Psycho, The sentinel and...." Tornado paused and shuddered for a second. "Sir Killalot " All of the previously robots shuddered. Each of them had experience with the knight of pain and none of them wanted to remember it.

"So that about sums it up" Tornado said in an oddly cheerful manner

"That was....interesting" Rainbow reluctantly said

"Ohh what's this?"

"What about that?"

"Ohh shiny!"

"Hey look over there!"

"What is it?"

"Other people!"

"I think that'd be "other ponies"."

"Will you two SHUT UP!" Bigger Brother was unhappy to say the least. Of all the robots he ended up with it had to be Gemini.

"We're sorry big brother!" The two Gemini twins said in unison

"It's Bigger Brother! I am NOT your big brother!" Bigger Brother did not like the thought of putting up with these two day in day out.

Before Bigger Brother could continue the two Gemini twins had run off.

Cheerilee was taking her students on a field trip to Whitetail Woods. The trip was to tie in with the current topic of the class: Woodland life. "Now children if you look carefully you'll notice that each fallen twig is a miniature ecosystem here in the forest."

"Yuck! bugs are gross!" The ever grating voice of Diamond Tiara rung out as Silver Spoon nodded in agreement.

"Ah don't think they're that bad" Applebloom argued

"How would you know anything. Blank flank!" Was Diamond Tiara's reply.

The conversation was cut short however as Applebloom noticing two ponies charging towards the group. Diamond on the other hand didn't noticed and was subsequently knocked over by the two ponies.

"HEY! Watch where your going blank fla-" Silver spoon began to speak up for her friend but stopped when she noticed the ponies were not in fact, blank flanks.

The two ponies that stood there looked nearly identical. One was a filly the other a colt. They both had black coats with similarly black manes. Both of them had yellow eyes and they both wore identical red caps. The strangest thing however was their cutie marks not only were they really weird they were also identical.

"Hi!" Both ponies said in unison.

Scootaloo and Applebloom were both on the floor laughing at Diamond's misfortune. Sweetie Belle however was a tad more dignified due to her upbringing so she managed to greet the two ponies. "Hi there! I'm Sweetie Belle! Who are you two?" Sweetie Belle said delighted at the prospect of making new friends

"I'm Gemini!" The both said in unison.

"No I'm Gemini!" The two began to argue in perfect synch with one another.

"You're not Gemini, I'm Gemini!"

"You're Gemini? I'm Gemini!"

"We're both Gemini!" The two concluded their short lived argument.

"Oooookay then..." Scootaloo said catching the end of the argument.

Now was Applebloom's turn to speak up "So how did you two get your cutie marks?"

"Cutie marks? OH these things? we dunno we just had 'em. Besides they're nothing special anyway its just a picture of us." The Gemini twins stated

"But that looks nothing like y-" Scootaloo was cut off by a rather loud roar from within the woods

"Manticore!" Cheerilee yelled, guiding the children to safety.

Unfortunately the ponies could not all get to safety. Diamond Tiara was grabbed by the gray manticore as it leapt from the trees. The manticore seemed different from a normal one. its front legs seemed to be designed for gripping more than swiping and at the end of it's tail was not a stinger but a spinning circle with several "teeth" on it for cutting.

"DEAD METAL!" the Gemini twins began shaking the instant they recognised the old monster.

"Help! someone please!" Diamond Tiara screamed as the saw drew closer.

Luckily Bigger Brother had managed to catch up with the Gemini twins just in time. "Oh for god's sake! I lose sight of you for five minutes and you go and find Dead Metal!" Bigger Brother was more annoyed than afraid as he delivered a swift kick to Manticore Metal.

This caused Dead Metal to drop Diamond Tiara but not before the saw grazed her flank, Shaving off her cutie mark.

"RUN" Bigger Brother yelled as he began to engage Dead Metal in combat "AND DIG A PIT!"