"A little to your left... No, your other- just look where I'm point- there you go! See? Was that so hard?" Wheatley directed.
"Listen, metal-head, I'm a mechanic. Not a magi-scientist." Said the maroon earth pony.
"A what?"
He grunted and returned to the roughly-translated plans. The body he was making was a difficult piece of work, especially since he wasn't good with the odd metal he was told to use. Supposedly it was made from moondust, but that was an obvious lie. It was a preposterous thought, surely. In any case, he was almost done with the first of the four he was tasked with making. This one was based off of earth pony's bodies, with the exception of it being made of dozens of different metal plates and gears. Whatever kind of machinery it was, it wasn't Equestrian. It was meant to be powered by a self sustaining crystal, and it was supposed to be delivered that day.
There was a knock on the garage's door.
"We're in here!" Wheatley called. "Come in,were almost finished!"
The door was lifted up by a violet nimbus of magical energy, and in strode Princess Twilight and her friends (Spike not among them, for he was pet-sitting for the girls).
"Oh, hey! You must be that Twilight Princess I've been hearing about! It's wonderful to meet you, a real pleasure."
"How did you guess?" Twilight asked, surprised the alien recognized her as royalty.
"Oh, well, y'know. Wings. Horn. Bit taller than the others. Kind of like a sort of mini-Luna, or Celestia."
Twilight blushed a bit at the comparison to her mentor. "Well, thank you, Wheatley. It's nice to meet you too."
"Indeed it is! I adore your accent, darling. Wherever did you pick it up?" Rarity asked.
"Oh, you know... Management rails, production, those sort of places."
Rarity blinked uncomprehendingly. Meanwhile the other girls introduced themselves to the mission leader.
"Hey! Hey hey hey hey. Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
"For the tenth time no."
"Wha- you brought my mates! That's brilliant!"
"The Fact Sphere greets Commanding Officer 1.0 A."
"One point zero A?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"First Officer of emissary A." The Fact Sphere elaborated.
"Didja bring the crystal?" Asked the mechanic.
"Yes, I did, actually." Twilight said. She levitated a deeply purple ten-faceted crystal that pulsated with an aura of power from her saddlebag. "It's charged with alicorn magic, and should last indefinitely if my theories are correct."
The mechanic accepted the gemstone from the Alicorn and inserted it in the neck of the mechanical pony.The outlines of the metal plates flashed briefly with lavender energy, then calmed again. "All right, she's all ready to go."
"Yes! Wonderful! Plug me in, so I can take her for a spin. Oh. Heh. That rhymed."
"Hey! Why should you go first? What if I wanna give it a shot?"
"Can't wait. Can't wait for a body."
"Commanding Officer 1.0 A is the commanding officer of the mission. As such he should be first to undergo a dangerous procedure."
"Wait, what if this hurts? What if this really hurts? It will, won't it?"
"Only one way to find out." Said the mechanic. He picked Wheatley up by the top bar with his teeth, and placed him on top the neck of the robotic pony body. There was a snap of electricity, Wheatley yelped with a short gasp of pain. Then his core snapped into place as the head of the pony.
He blinked. "Wow, that was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. She must've improved... her... Aha! It worked!" He moved the body's limbs around in fluid, lifelike motions. He ran in a circle around the others in the garage. "This is bloody amazing! I love it! Aw, I can't thank you enough, uh... I'm sorry, didn't catch your name."
"Hammer. Titanium Hammer." Said the mechanic.
"Thank you, Titanium Hammer. Brilliant job, really. You guys are really missing out." He added for his fellow Spheres.
"Yeah, yeah, wait to rub it in our faces, you jerk." Rick said enviously.
"Can't wait. Can't wait. Can't wait."
"You shouldn't gloat, Wheatley. It's rude." Twilight chided.
"Oh, sorry, I was gloating? I was, wasn't I? Right. I'll stop."
"Don't worry about it too long. I should have the next three done by Thursday. Three days tops. Two unicorns and a pegasus." Titanium said.
"Unicorns! Spells, magic, horns."
"I call dibs on the skies!"
"The Fact Sphere has no preference."
"Well that's settled then. You two get the unicorn bodies and you get the pegasus body." AppleJack said. She blinked. "That is the weirdest thing I've said in... well, about a week."
"Discord's party?" Rainbow asked.
AppleJack nodded in confirmation.
"Anyways," Twilight broke in. "We can stay at the castle until they're complete. That's what Celestia said."
"That's great! The Royalty can meet the rest of my crew. This is just brilliant!"
"Whoa whoa whoa, we get to meet royalty?"
"You've already met the bloomin' princess, mate."
"What...!?"
"That'd be me." Twilight waved at the Sphere.
"The Adventure Sphere is the least intelligent Sphere."
"Shut up!"