Rainbow Dash sat on a cloud, not too high off the ground, but not so low as to be considered fog. She contemplated what she was going to do that day. Perhaps she would do more training to join the Wonderbolts.

However, just before she could leap off of the cloud, she noticed a vortex in the distance. And coming out of it were things she had never seen before. They were made of metal, all various colors, shaped like tubes, with a cone on one end, a translucent protrusion emerging from the top of the tubes near the cone, triangular wings on either side, and three small triangular prongs toward the end of the tubes. The only feature they had in common was a purple insignia on the left wing.

Suddenly, the things changed their shape into tall creatures, unlike anything Rainbow Dash had ever seen. They were definitely robots, but their strange bipedal shape confused her. Another robot emerged from the vortex, but unlike the others, it was mostly grey, and it had the same purple insignia as the others, but the insignia was on its chest.

And then it flew toward her. And the other robots followed it. They landed in front of her, surrounding her.

"There's nowhere to run, little pony," said the grey robot.