I was woken up the next morning to the smell of fish cooking. I wasn't sure if it was me or the new body, but it smelled delicious. I poked Jen and she looked at me blearily.

"Hey Kyth... Wass goin on?"

I smiled at her.

"Well it's morning so I figured we could see about getting me some of that delicious smelling fish and you some oil of some sort."

She nodded slowly and stood up shakily. She nearly collapsed, but I managed to stand and catch her.

"Whoa. You okay Jen?"

She gave me an exhausted glance.

"I think... I've got a low battery or... Something."

Uh oh. I hadn't thought about that. Equestria might not have the right technology to have what we would need to power Jen's XJ9 body. I picked Jen up and walked towards the kitchen.

"Uh Spike do you have batteries or know what they are? We need some really bad."

Spike looked up from the stove.

"Batteries? Well there's magic batteries that use ambient magic to power stuff but  have a feeling that you mean something else."

I nodded fiercely.

"Okay is there anything used to contain lighting magic or something?"

He shook his head.

"Other than gems, no."

I looked at him.

"We need some, now."

Spike blinked as he looked at us.

"Well Rarity knows about enchanting gems some so you could ask her."

I nodded.

"Thanks Spike that breakfast smells awesome I'll try it later!"

I dashed out of the library with Jen and flew overhead trying to see where the boutique was. I got a few strange looks from ponies but Twilight had told the town about us so they didn't panic at the sight of me. They were nervous though, and I didn't blame them. I looked down and saw Rarity walking along.  landed in front of her.

"Rarity I need your help!"

She nodded and a few minutes later we were back at the boutique. I gave her a brief rundown on what we needed and Jen managed to chip in occasionally. A few minutes later we managed to get a few gems carved into the right shape and then wrapped in metal and charged with magic. I opened the panel to where Jen had batteries stored and then swapped out the old ones for the gems. Jen adjusted internally to connect to the gems and a spray of sparks shot out before gem closed the panel. She stood up, shaking a little but otherwise alright.

"Well I feel kinda funny but otherwise I think that it worked. I think that maybe it could be refined a bit but for now this works."

I let out a breath of relief. Jen stretched out as if she were just waking up. I spoke up.

"Okay, morning scare done with now let's see about getting you some robot food and me some regular food."

She nodded and Rarity questioned this.

"What do you mean by 'robot food'?"

Jen spoke up.

"Well I'm a machine so I can't really eat normal food. I don't really need to eat but I'm able to eat certain things. Think like how a dragon can eat gems but other stuff can make them get sick. If I eat normal food it can mess me up, but I still like being able to eat things. "

Rarity seemed to accept this.

"Well good to know darling. I will see you later but do remember our little challenge."

Jen smirked and gave her a nod.

"Sure."

After that we headed back to the library and told Spike what the deal was with us rushing out. As we found out though part of Spike's diet was fish. Since Spike was a dragon he needed to eat gems and meat along with the food ponies made, and thus the only meat type items ponies accepted eating was fish and eggs. Spike had been gracious enough to make enough fish for me to have some as well, and Jenny had verified with her scanners that some of the oil used for operating the stove was safe for her to eat. Spike had gotten out a spare can of it and Jen was siting with us at the table, sipping at it. I asked her how it was.

"So, how does stove oil taste?"

She finished a long sip and got a contemplative expression.

"Hmm. Pretty good. Can't really describe it though."

Spike questioned this.

"Well what do you mean?"

"Well how do gems taste?"

Spike gained a blank expression and a hundred yard stare.

"They taste kinda... Like they're just...Huh. They don't really taste like anything but themselves."

Jen nodded.

"Exactly. Well this tastes sorta like liquid smoke, but actually pretty tasty."

Spike nodded.

"Cool. Anyway Twilight went to Canterlot to talk with Princess Celestia so I figured we could go out to start getting you guys citizenship and a house and stuff. I already sent a letter to Princess Cadence and Princess Celestia and she agreed to give you guys citizenship so we just have to drop off the forms and stuff by city hall."

I laughed and patted his head.

"Awesome! Thanks dude!"

He blushed.

"It's nothing."

Jen laughed at this.

"Not really. Thanks to you we're gonna be able to have a place to stay. Thanks."

He gave a small smile to this, and hopped down from his chair and grabbed the forms and pointed forward.

"Let's go!"

A short while later we were finally done with the paperwork and were looking for a house. We managed to find one that was unoccupied and then talk to the owner. And then we saw the price and went to the library in a dejected mood. Spike went with us to help with our getting jobs in town Then we realized we had no idea what we would offer the town, and then we got a message from the mayor inviting us to meet her. The two of us told Spike we'd see  him later and flew back to town hall.

"I bet the two of you are wondering why I've called you here."

We nodded.

"The truth is, I'd like to hire you. I was informed of you two moving into town and  was able to see how you dealt with that hydra. Here in Ponyville we don't have any record of crime, but with the Everfree nearby there's a large threat of monsters and wild animals wandering out and causing havoc. As such I want to have the two of you here to help deal with and drive off such threats. I can offer you a house in town and a decent paycheck for each of you, and you won't have to do any day-to-day work outside of dealing with these creatures and then writing out the proper paperwork to report anything that wanders out. What do you say?"

Jen and I looked at each other and back to her, and I asked a question.

"Will you be willing to help with getting me some armor to wear and Jen the occasional repair?"

She nodded, and Jen spoke up with a grin.

"We'll take it!"

That night we gathered up in Jen and I's new house near the library, Pinkie being happy to put together a housewarming party for us. She was happy as well to restrain it to just her and the elements (sans Twilight) and Spike. The house was a modest size, with a living room, kitchen and dining room, and a couple of bedrooms and bathrooms. After a short while everyone went home and Jen and I went to sleep in our bedroom, exhausted. We were woken up late in the day by the sound of many Pinkie Pies chanting outside the window.

"Fun fun fun! FUN! Funfun!"

I got up and looked outside the window. I took out the list of episodes we had recorded to keep track of the timeline and saw the next episode and shuddered.

Too Many Pinkie Pies.

"Jen we're gonna have a long day."

She groggily nodded and stood up.

"I'll start charging laser cannons..." Next Chapter: Chapter Six: Apinkalypse Now Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 35 Minutes