I still can't believe that I wrote an entire segment devoted to a meta-fictional justification for the crossover itself. Its main purpose being what it is, I confess that I didn't labor painstakingly over every line and detail. Bearing this in mind, the end result could've been of a much lower quality... Although I can't help but cringe when I read over certain parts.

While this particular piece will likely appeal more to a WALL-E fan than a pony fan, rest assured that all subsequent installments will take place firmly in the context of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, with the addition of our two favorite robots.

As a whole, the story to come is largely meant to be a comparison of two pairings�Spike/Sweetie Belle (SpikeBelle) and WALL-EVE�with the goal of illustrating similarities that I perceive between them, based on the characters and chemistry of those involved. Considering that SpikeBelle is, at this stage in the game, a "crack" pairing while WALL-EVE is as undeniably "canon" as it gets, I hope that the latter will shed some favorable light on the prospects of the former. SpikeBelle is in desperate need of extrapolative exposure, and might just be the most under-recognized pairing in the MLP franchise.

Note: Given the nature of this prologue, many details here are left deliberately unexplained, but there's actually some degree of logic (my logic) behind them all.