//------------------------------// // 75% Reunited // Story: Aperture Science Otherworldly Exploration Initiative // by Swordoath //------------------------------// There was a knock at the library door. Spike normally would've answered it, but he was busy turning pages for the Not-Space Sphere. So it was Twilight who answered the door of the library instead, and was happily surprised to find both AppleJack and FlutterShy outside. There seemed to be tension in the air, however. "Hi girls," Twilight greeted them, motioning for them to enter. "What's up?" "I'll tell you what's up, this tin-can over here thinks he knows everything!" Rick shouted. "The Adventure Sphere is the least intelligent sphere." "If I you had glasses, and a face, and I had an arm, I'd punch you in the face." Twilight jerked back slightly. "You have them too?" "'Nother book!" Called the Not-Space Sphere. "You mean you got one too?" AppleJack said. "That makes three of 'em. Wonder if there are any more?" "Celestia said their leader is with her and Luna. So four total." Twilight corrected. "Well, I hope we can bring them all together again soon." FlutterShy said. "Rick misses them." "'Rick?'" Twilight asked. "That'd be me Sweetheart. Nice to meet ya'." said the green-eyed core. "And this one here keeps callin' himself 'the Fact Sphere.'" "The Fact Sphere is glad to mee-e-e-elephant theft is a crime punishable by death." "Yeah, I thought you could fix him. Seems he don't know left from up sometimes." AppleJack set the Fact Sphere down on the table, as FlutterShy did so with Rick. Spike brought down the Not-Space Sphere. "He read all the books in the upstairs section of the library." "Oh! Oh oh oh! More ponies. Earth Pony, Pegasus. Alicorn. Cores. Hi." "Ugh, not this piece of... Hello, Star-brain." "No stars. No space. No. Nononononono." "The Space Core is infatuated with space." "Not space. Never. No more space." "So can you fix him?" AppleJack broke in. "I don't think I'm familiar enough with the technology involved in making them." "So they aren't animals?" FlutterShy asked. "No, actually. They're inorganic beings that call themselves 'Spheres' or 'Cores', and-" "Yeah yeah, you blew our secret dirt-for-brians!" Rick insulted the Not-Space Sphere. "Didn't know it was a secret." "So what now, then?" Spike asked. "I suppose we should take them to Canterlot so Celestia can put them in the bodies she was writing about." "Wait, we're getting bodies?" Rick asked. "The Fact Sphere would much appreciate a mode of transport." "Wanna be a pegasus. Wanna fly, wanna fly." "I take it you're happy with this?" AppleJack asked the three. "You kidding? I've been waiting for this for years!" "The Fact Sphere is very pleased with this information." "Yes! Yesyesyesyesyes! Yes." "So should we take them today?" FlutterShy inquired. "I don't see why not. Go tell Rainbow and the others about this, I'm sure they won't want to miss out." Twilight said. "I'll meet you at the train station in an hour. The train will be there in twenty minutes." "What should we do?" Rick asked. "Well, I guess you can tell me about your kind, and that 'facility' Celestia mentioned in her letter." "I'm out." "More books?" "The Fact Sphere will assist you." "Great! Let's go upstairs so I can take notes." Twilight levitated the Sphere into the air and ahead of her up the stairs. "I'll get another book. You want one?" Spike asked Rick. "I'm good, little guy. Unless you got anything about me, I'm good." "If you say so." Said Spike, grabbing The Book of Spells, Volume XI from the shelf. He wasn't sure exactly what the ball would do with that knowledge, but he didn't really think to much about it in his sleep-deprived state. Twilight had woken him an hour early, after all.