Rainbow Dash loved the feeling of the wind rushing through her mane as she tore through the sky, with a multi-coloured trail of awesome - as she always liked to put it - behind her, signalling her presence to any and all below her.
She looped and she turned, she corkscrewed and she twisted, she twirled and she pirouetted (not that she would ever admit to the last one, of course).
"Confused.com!"
Dash stopped and hovered as she strange voice reached her ears. She looked around warily, aware of the fact nopony else was nearby, and then yelped in surprise as something hit her on the back of the head.
"What the heck?!" Dash flailed around and grabbed a hold of something with her hooves, bringing it around so she could look at it. "What's the big idea, you—"
The words died on her tongue as she took a closer look at the object she was holding. It was a small, oddly-shaped, machine; with a small rectangular head attached to a square body and a strange bottom.
"O...kay..." Dash scratched her head and flew over to a nearby cloud, settling down on it and studying the machine closely. "What the heck is this thing?" She turned it over. "It looks like some kinda robot; maybe Twi could have a look at it?"
To her surprise, the machine spoke again. "Bye, small person!"
"Hey!" Dash shouted. "I'm not small, you're small!" She pressed her nose against the robot's face. "Who are you, and why have you come to Equestria? Are you a spy?"
"Hi, I'm Brian of Confused.com!" the robot said cheerfully, oblivious to Dash's question. "I love being your robot friend."
"Confused dot what?" Dash narrowed her eyes. "You're not making any sense to me, so I'm going to take you to Twilight; she'll probably love inspecting you."
"Yay!" Brian cheered.
Dash rolled her eyes and took off, holding the robot between her forehooves, angling towards Ponyville in the distance.
"You'd better get ready, Brian," she said. "Twilight is going to question you relentlessly, and she won't let up until she knows everything about you."
"Winner, winner, chicken dinner!" Brian replied.
"'Chicken dinner?'" Dash grimaced. "Ew, that's gross. Here's a word of advice, don't let my friend Fluttershy hear you say that."
Brian was silent for a while before he finally replied.
"Cheers, big ears."
A few minutes later, Twilight Sparkle was interrupted from her daily routine by a very loud "Whhhhheeeeeeeeeeee!"
This sound was followed immediately by a loud crash, and a deep rumbling which shook her castle to its very foundations.