A long dormant construct, buried over a thousand years ago in a secret lab beneath the catacombs under the Palace of the Royal Pony Sisters, awakens and begins to fulfill its long dormant directives, the first being to stave off the darkness, the second to find water to power its steam motivators.
It sets off to find equine based lifeforms, and discovers Zecora, who it identifies as the Sun Goddess.
Now, it demands that Zecora names it and gives it purpose.
Zecora does what any benevolent Goddess would do. She responds with good intentions...