The Order of No Quarter: Equestrian Frontier

Chapters

Chapter 1: The New Order of No Quarter
Chapter 2: Order meets Mane 6
Chapter 3: Questions, Answers, and More Questions
Chapter 4: Smalltalk and Royal Introductions.
Chapter 5: Permission in Exchange
Chapter 6: Starting Out Small

Chapter 1: The New Order of No Quarter

The Enchantress had been defeated, and with her defeat, the Tower of Fate began to crumble and corrode. The Order of No Quarter were outside, looking at the remains of the demolished tower. They were contemplating their thoughts when one spoke his mind. "Well I guess this where we part ways guys," Specter Knight said as he started to float away, but was grabbed by the cloak by Mole Knight.

"Where do you think you are going?" Inquired Mole Knight.

"Back to the Lich Yard to dig myself a grave. Since the Enchantress was the one who brought me back from the dead, and her magic no longer is in effect and since the order is no more, I might as well just plan ahead." spoke Specter Knight as he yanked his cloak out of Mole Knight's clawed hands.

"Ah my melancholic colleague, you seem to forget one minuscule fact," stated Propeller Knight.

"Oh yeah, and what's that you gyroscopic jester?" Yelled Specter Knight, irritated with his "Friends".

"The fact is that we are still here Specter Knight. the gods of fate must have kept us alive for a purpose, maybe to rule in her stead." claimed King Knight. "Besides, as for immortality, we'll see if Plague Knight can make a potion for you." Specter Knight pondered that thought for a moment, thinking about King Knight's words. Seeing the logic behind them, albeit crazy, made sense.

Looking back at King Knight and the others, Specter Knight nodded and said, "You remember the oath we took when we joined the order, right?" Everyone nodded,and spoke in unison with Specter Knight,"No matter what happens to us, be it fame, wealth, or scrape with death, we will still be under vow, until our very last breath."

Suddenly, Polar Knight spoke up "So what we are going to do about a base, since the Tower of Fate is in pieces?"

King Knight then sprung into action. "Plague Knight, Tinker Knight, look through the rubble for anything we can use. Mole Knight, Treasure Knight, and Polar Knight, help them out by moving some of the rubble out of the way so they can squeeze through." While the others got to work helping Tinker Knight and Plague Knight, King Knight, Propeller Knight, and Specter Knight went to look for areas to build the new base nearby.

Meanwhile,Plague Knight and Tinker Knight were looking through the wreckage, and managed to find a tunnel and decided to see where it lead to ...and arguing about which of their professions was better along the way.

"I'm telling you Plague Knight, inventing is better than alchemy by a mile. I mean who wants to hire minions when you can just build them from scratch? Besides, if you build them, they don't argue or question your authority." objected Tinker Knight.

"While you may have a point there Tinker Knight, I prefer hiring minions to do my experiments for me, mostly because of three reasons." stated Plague Knight. "And what are those three reasons exactly?" questioned Tinker Knight

"Simple, the first being that if they screw up, I'll know because there will be an explosion, and second, they can be easily replaced because i hire in bulk, and third is if one irritates me, I can just throw a bomb at him and he'll be gone and it will relieve some stress from my system." cackled Plague Knight, while Tinker Knight just rolled his eyes under his welder mask, sighing in exasperation

"I still don't get why you like explosions so much, I mean in my case it means that something went wrong and that I have to fix it, which is annoying as hell."groaned Tinker Knight, to which Plague Knight scoffed and replied

"Well for me it means I get a sense of ecstasy when it happens. After all, you know what they say: The bigger the Explosion, the better the Alchemist." Plague Knight chortled.

"How long have we been walking exactly, Tinker Knight?" questioned Plague Knight.

"I don't honestly know, Plague Knight, but it feels like we've been walking for an hour though." said Tinker Knight.

"Well do you mind if I use a flare? I honestly want to see where we are." stated Plague Knight, obviously irritated.

"Go ahead, as long as it doesn't explode." warned Tinker Knight.

"Ugh...fine." groaned Plague Knight, as he pulled out a flare and lit it.

As the light spread, before them they saw an iron door with an etching of a horse with a horn and wings surrounded by six diamonds. Below it were runes of unknown dialect. "Can you read that Plague Knight?", asked Tinker Knight.

"I'm an alchemist, Tinker Knight, not a translator." retorted Plague Knight.

"Let's head back and bring the others down here. Maybe one of them might be able to read it."

Meanwhile back at the surface, The others were arguing about where to build the new base. "No Propeller Knight, for the last time, we are not putting the base on your airship!!" screamed King Knight.

"My tyrantistic teammate, I still do not see the problem you all have about my magnificent airship. It has so many advantages that I do not see what is wrong with it." stated Propeller Knight,extremely confused about his friend's anger.

"Well, for starters, you barely clean the damn thing!" spoke Mole Knight.

"Why are you complaining? You literally live in the dirt!" questioned Propeller Knight.

"While that is true, at least I know when to clean my armor!" retorted Mole Knight.

"My crew cleans the airship for me." prattled Propeller Knight, beginning to show a hint of anger in usually suave, sophisticated, calm voice.

"That is the other reason, Propeller Knight, your crew isn't even hospitable in the slightest." mumbled Treasure Knight.

"My crew is very hospitable! What are you talking about?" argued Propeller Knight.

"Last time I was up there, one of those Hoverhaft-guys tried to pickpocket me." uttered Treasure Knight.

"Okay you two are asking for it now!" screamed Propeller Knight as he drew his rapier from its hilt and swung it at them. "En Garde, fools!" yelled Propeller Knight as he swung his rapier at Treasure Knight and Mole Knight, but before he could make the first blow, Plague Knight and Tinker Knight came back.

"Guys we found something you might want to see." said Tinker Knight. This got Propeller Knight to put away his rapier.

"What did you two find in the wreckage?" asked King Knight, obviously curious.

"You wouldn't believe it if we told you." said Plague Knight.

"Follow us, we'll show you what we found." stated Tinker Knight. With that everyone followed them to the tunnel where the iron door was at. "There is an ancient unknown dialect inscribed on it. We couldn't read what it said, and we were wondering if any of you guys could." stated Tinker Knight.

Specter Knight then floated over and kneeled down to look at the inscription. After reading it over Specter Knight got up and turned to look at the others. "It's Latin, and they are instructions."

King Knight then came forward. "Instructions for what?" questioned King Knight

"To open a portal to some place called "Equestria", although I have no idea where that is." stated Specter Knight.

"Well it looks like we got a place to make our base, now." said King Knight "What do the instructions say to do?"

"It says to hold our hands in a semi-circle and chant the following incantation: Probitas, Beneficium, Risum, Liberalitas, Fidelitas, Magicae, Amicitia." spoke Specter Knight. King Knight then nodded to everyone else as they began to encircle the metallic monument and began to chant. As they were chanting, the monument began to open as lines appeared on it. When it finished opening, The Order looked up to see a portal of spiraling energy. As they stared at it, the portal began to ripple and spin faster, creating an air current strong enough to pull them in. As they were sucked in, they began to pray for their lives.

It was midday in Ponyville. Everything happy and cheerful,and not many a cloud in the sky. Inside Twilight's castle, she was looking through her books, searching for something, when a swirl of magic energy appeared on the ceiling. She stared in curiosity as eight mysterious figures fell from it...and landed on top of each other, groaning in pain. "Polar Knight, I hate to be rude here, but can you get off me?" groaned Tinker Knight.

"As much as I'd like to Tinker Knight, I can't due to Mole Knight being on my chest and Treasure Knight being on my hips." uttered Polar Knight.

"Okay, everyone get up one at a time. It will make this much less painful." objected King Knight. After they managed to get out of the strenuous dog-pile position they were in, they looked around, trying to get a feel of their surroundings.

"King Knight? Are we in Pridemoor Keep right now?" asked Mole Knight.

"Nope, the floor there was made of gold, not crystal." muttered King Knight.

"Well whatever lives here certainly lives fabulously. This place maybe more magnificent than my airship." stated Propeller Knight.

"Hmm...I wonder if the owner of this castle is home right now?" muttered Tinker Knight.

"Actually, I'm right here." stated Twilight. Everyone looked around for the source of the voice and noticed Twilight standing there. They stared at her for a bit before one spoke.

"Uh...why is there a horse in here? asked Polar Knight.

"Why is it lavender? questioned Propeller Knight.

"Why is it so small? asked Treasure Knight.

"I don't know about you guys,but it looks normal-sized to me" said Tinker Knight.

"Still though, where did that voice come from?" asked Specter Knight.

"I'm right here." stated Twilight, obviously a tad bit irritated. Everyone then looked at her in disbelief and confusion.

"Did that horse just talk?" asked Mole Knight.

"Yes I did, and I'm an alicorn, not a horse." said Twilight. "Oh where are my manners? I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, and who might you be?" Everyone by then had overcome their initial shock and King Knight spoke for them.

"We are The Order of No Quarter."

Chapter 2: Order meets Mane 6

Silence had overcome the room. Neither side had moved since their encounter with each other. On one side, stood Twilight Sparkle, feeling a mixture of emotions and thoughts. While on the other side, stood The Order of No Quarter, who were just standing there, not making any sound, except for the occasional breath. After a long amount of time spent doing nothing, Twilight Sparkle spoke to the group. "I'm fairly certain you all have questions to ask me?" she said in a calm voice.

They all nodded in response to her statement. "Well, before we start asking, do you mind waiting? I had invited my friends over to talk before you eight showed up, so when they get here and see you, they will begin asking you questions, then you may begin asking questions...one at a time." stated Twilight. The Order just nodded in response, until King Knight spoke up.

"How many friends are we talking about? I'm kinda curious." questioned King Knight

"Oh, about five, why do you ask?" questioned Twilight, obviously curious.

"The reason that I ask is mostly due to the fact that I'd like to keep the population's knowledge about us to a minimum, because if a whole bunch of horses knew that we were here, then rumors might spread." stated King Knight, trying to be kind.

"The politically correct term is ponies, but I can see what you mean." deadpanned Twilight, as she saw the point that the golden one was trying to make. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "Oh, that must be them. Wait here I'll be right back." stated Twilight Sparkle as she left to go let her friends in. While she went let her friends in, Specter Knight went over to everyone and whispered something into their ears, as they all nodded in agreement.

As Twilight went to the the door and opened it, she greeted her friends who were standing there as she let them in. "Oh girls, I'm so glad you could make it." screamed Twilight, overcome with joy at the sight of her friends. As they came in, they greeted her with equal amounts of joy.

" Well It just wouldn't be like us if we didn't come over, sugarcube." chortled Applejack."Besides, Big Macintosh is working over to cover my shift."

"Oh, darling, not even making the fashion headlines would prevent me from being here." scoffed Rarity. "But what exactly did you invite us over for, might I ask?"

"Well I did find something you might want to see. You see it's....."Twilight started to say before hearing a voice...in her head.

"Don't ruin it, Twilight. We want to do something with them first." spoke Specter Knight, trying to sound ominous.

"Oh, oh, is it an ancient party ritual? Or is it an ancient cake? No wait is it..." rambled Pinkie Pie... For two minutes straight.

"Well, it's rather hard to explain. It would much easier for me to show you. Follow me, it's in the study." said Twilight, genuinely terrified of what The Order of No Quarter were going to do to her friends. "So help me, if you lay one hoof on them, you will have to answer to me!" growled Twilight.

"Don't worry your sweet little head, my little pony, for we plan not to harm them, but rather prank them." moaned Specter Knight "But you can't warn them, for that will ruin the surprise we have planned."

As they reached the study, Twilight opened the door for her friends to find...the Order of No Quarter just standing in the middle of the room in a circular pattern. Everyone went over to look at them in curiosity. Twilight just stared in confusion. "What was the prank you were going to do and why did you not do it?" whispered Twilight.

"We are doing it, but this is just Phase One." cackled Specter Knight "We'll begin Phase Two in a few minutes, but for now we are going to let them look us over real good." cackled Specter Knight.

"Whoa, Twilight where did you get such armor stands? Can you make me one for my Wonderbolt uniform?" asked Rainbow Dash, obviously impressed.

"Oh my, look at this one made of solid gold. It's extremely flashy. Oh, and that king's cape works well with it." gawked Rarity obviously attracted to King Knight, who silently blushed at her comments.

"This red one looks similar to a star-nosed mole, and those claws look perfect for digging underground for miles." noted Fluttershy "Oh and that one seems have barnacles on it's back." Meanwhile, Treasure Knight made a mental note to himself to look for the barnacles the yellow pony was referring to so he could scrape them off.

After about five minutes of Twilight's friends looking over her "Armour Stands", Specter Knight spoke to Twilight Sparkle. "Okay Phase two is going to start...now." moaned Specter Knight, as he ever so casually dropped his scythe on the ground with clang. Her friends looked to where the sound came from. They turned to see the scythe on the ground.

"Oh, let me pick that up." said Rarity, as she picked up the scythe and started to put it back in Specter Knight's hand's when an unknown set of hands grabbed the scythe. Rarity looked up slowly, while trembling, to come face to face with Specter Knight.

"I would thank you for picking up my scythe for me, but your mortal hoofs are too uncouth for you to even touch it." scolded Specter Knight, causing Rarity to gasp in fear.

"Y-y-you are alive?" stuttered Rarity as she tried to back away but couldn't due to the fear coursing through her veins.

"Oh please, if I weren't alive, I wouldn't be able to do this." stated Specter Knight as he leaned toward her and tapped her on the nose. "Boo."

This caused Rarity to jump back in fear, which in turn caused Specter Knight to laugh...hard. "Ha ha ha ha ha! The look on your faces was priceless!" cackled Specter Knight, as he rolled on the ground laughing.

Then, King Knight sighed in exasperation, as he moved over to Rarity...and helped her off the ground. "I apologize for my Gothic companion and his...poor taste in humor." stated King Knight.

"Oh don't try to act all high and mighty here, King Knight. You laughed and you know it!" bellowed Specter Knight.

"Yes, but at least I didn't fall down on the ground laughing like a lunatic." retorted King Knight, as he looked back at the ponies "I think got off on the wrong...hoof here. I'm King Knight."

Then Specter Knight got up off the ground and walked over to them. "I'm Specter Knight" he moaned as he held out his hand for a hoof shake... Only to get one from Rainbow Dash. "Hm, nice to know that one of you is brave enough to shake...hooves with the reaper."

"Boom! Hee Hee Hee! I'm Plague Knight, but don't worry I'm not contagious... That is, except for my love of alchemy!" cackled Plague Knight as he threw a smoke bomb at his feet.

"I'm Treasure Knight, and thank you..." he mumbled as he pointed to Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy" she whispered.

"Fluttershy for telling me I've got barnacles on my back. I've been scratching back there for a while, so thank you for telling me what was causing it." mumbled Treasure Knight.

" Name's Mole Knight, best digger, miner and spelunker in existence." boasted Mole Knight, as he looked at Rarity and her mark on her side, as he got an idea. "Are you into gems?" inquired Mole Knight.

"Well, I do tend to use them in my dress designs sometimes, why do you ask?" responded Rarity.

"Well, I don't mean to brag here, but I tend to do some gem hunting sometimes, and I'm pretty good at it too. Perhaps you and me could do it together sometime?" responded Mole Knight...before he was pushed aside by Propeller Knight

"Ah, my petite equines. I'm Propeller Knight, caeser of the clouds, and perhaps the best flyer in Pridemoor...but I'm here in this uncharted territory, so I may be humbled by the Pegasi here." proclaimed Propeller Knight.

"Tinker Knight is my name, and inventing is my game. Be it weapons or a brand new toy, I can bring a lot of joy" stated Tinker Knight as he ran back over... And immediately fell face first on the floor. "I'm okay!" stated Tinker Knight as he gave them the thumbs up.

"I'm Polar Knight, and I'm the strongest and the most sane of the group... But I'm also the coldest and solitary." bellowed Polar Knight.

"Well, now that you have met us, mind if we ask who you are?" inquired King Knight.

The Mane 6 then looked at each other before actually speaking. "We are the Mane Six. You already know me." stated Twilight. This is Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity."

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, but now that the introductions are out of the way, I believe you all have some questions for us?" inquired King Knight.

The Mane Six just nodded in response. " We also do as well. So let's begin our Q & A session, shall we?" stated King Knight.

Chapter 3: Questions, Answers, and More Questions

"So, are you guys are from a different world? Do you have parties where you come from? Can we be friends? Can I throw you a "Welcome to Equestria, "Order of No Quarter" party?" rambled Pinkie Pie, asking question after question. After her barrage of questions, King Knight decided to answer her questions carefully, hoping not to offend her with his answers.

"To answer those questions as best as possible: Yes, we are from a different world, if by "parties" you mean festivals and banquets, yes, maybe we could be friends, it just depends on the circumstances, and no, you can't, or at least not yet." replied King Knight, trying to keep his head on straight.

"Aww, why not?" asked Pinkie, with a little bit of tears in her eyes. King Knight, seeing this, quickly adjusted his answer.

"No it's not that we don't want you throw it, we really would like it, but we want to integrate into society here first so we don't freak out any...pony. After we get acquainted with the residents, then you can throw the party." stated King Knight, trying to keep her from crying. To his relief, it did calm Pinkie Pie down and she seemed to understand.

"Oh, okay then." replied Pinkie Pie, understanding King Knight's point..somewhat.

"Now that was five questions you just asked so here is the first question: Is every citizen here a pony?" asked King Knight. As if to answer that question, everyone nodded their heads. "Okay, what are those peculiar marks on your hind quarters for?" To this question, Twilight gave them a very detailed response.

"Those are our cutie marks. They symbolize our special talents. For instance, mine is a star because it symbolizes my talent in magic."

"Oh, that's kind of similar to how our knighting ceremonies work. Depending on one's attributes in attire, personality, and in some cases, areas of expertise, they receive a Knight title as well as a name to call themselves. For example, Plague Knight is named due to his appearance being similar to a plague doctor. " Stated King Knight. "Why do you have have wings and a horn?"

"Because I'm an Alicorn, which is combination of the magical traits from the Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi."

Suddenly, Plague Knight spoke up. "What magic traits does each pony have exactly?" inquired Plague Knight, as he pulled out a feather quill, ink pot, and parchment, as Twilight began to explain.

"The magical qualities differ between each race. For the Earth Ponies, they have proficiency in growing crops and great amounts of strength. Unicorns are proficient in magic spells used by focusing our energy through our horns, and pegasi are extremely fast flyers, have the ability to walk on clouds and control the weather." stated Twilight as Plague Knight was jotting down notes for new bombs and potions using Pegasus feathers, unicorn horn dust, and Earth Pony horse hoof shavings.

"Is there royalty here?" asked King Knight.

"If by royalty you mean princesses, then yes. There is Celestia, Luna, Cadence, etc. The list goes on. Okay, it's time for us to ask a few questions. How did you get here, exactly?" asked Twilight

"Well It's a rather funny story. Well you see...." explained King Knight, as the ponies gathered around to listen to what King Knight was about to tell them.

"...and that is how we got here." concluded King Knight.

"So you came through an iron door with an alicorn symbol on it? That's actually kinda cool." stated Twilight, obviously curious about their story.

"Well, sucked in is much more accurate." stated Specter Knight.

"Okay, where are you from?" asked Rainbow Dash, in a rather rude way.

"The place where we came from is called The Valley...it's a terrible name, I know." stated Propeller Knight.

"Is there any female knights?" asked Applejack.

"If there is any, we haven't seen them." noted Polar Knight

"Why did you come here to begin with?" questioned Rarity

"To repent our sins and turn our lives anew. In the past we have made mistakes. When we were brought here through that portal, we made the decision to make amends for our misdeeds." stated Treasure Knight, sounding extremely downtrodden.

"Do you have any friends?" peeped Fluttershy

"Outside the order? No, or at least not until we met you." murmured Tinker Knight

Just then the door busted open with Spike running in carrying a parchment. "Twilight, it's from Princess Celestia! She needs you and the others to come to Canterlot now! It's of urgent...." stated Spike as he started to notice the Order of No Quarter standing there. "Umm...who are these guys, Twilight?

"We, my fair child, are the Order of No Quarter. Tell me my small scaly friend, what is your name?" pondered King Knight

"Spike the Dragon, at your service." greeted Spike.

"Wait...you're a dragon?" asked King Knight, obviously curious.

"Yes I am." stated Spike

"Huh. I didn't know that dragons existed here as well." stated Mole Knight

"Well, anyway, Celestia needs to see you. What for, I don't know because she didn't exactly say in the letter." stated Spike

"Well girls, let's go see Princess Celestia." stated Twilight triumphantly, as she started to walk to the door before an armored hand grabbed her. She turned to see King Knight touching her shoulder.

"I believe we should accompany you on this visit, after all we will eventually need to see her anyway, so why not kill two birds with one stone?" said King Knight, which in turn caused Fluttershy to whimper. "It's a metaphor that means take care of two things at once, Fluttershy." followed up King Knight. "So my point is that we go with you to get this out of the way early. Besides, we could be your "Escort Guards" on you way there." King Knight mentioned.

"Well, you do make a good point... Sure, why not?" stated Twilight as she opened the door as both her friends and the Order of No Quarter exited the castle while making small talk on the way to the train.

"So wait, if you're not a real king, then why are you called King Knight?" questioned Twilight.

He sighed before answering, "I'm called King Knight due to the fact that I dress regally. Don't tell that to Celestia."

"Don't worry about it ." stated Twilight as she and King Knight stepped into the old steam locomotive as the train set off for Canterlot.

Chapter 4: Smalltalk and Royal Introductions.

As the train made it's way to Canterlot, steam bellowing from its whistle, the Order and Mane Six were getting to know each other... both verbally and mentally. "So, what is this Princess Celestia like exactly?" questioned King Knight, obviously trying to get an idea of how she was.

"She is calm and collected, extremely polite, forgiving, kind, sweet. She is also my teacher." stated Twilight.

Although Twilight couldn't notice it under King Knight's helmet, his mouth was hanging open in shock and surprise. "She was your mentor?!" yelled King Knight in a state of shock.

"Yep. She taught me the basics. In fact, if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have met any of my friends." mentioned Twilight.

"She must be very proud of you. I would be if I were her." praised King Knight. To this, Twilight just sighed. "What's wrong? Was it something I said?" questioned King Knight.

"No, it's not that, I'm just not sure." mumbled Twilight.

"Not sure about what?" asked King Knight, obviously confused.

"I'm just not sure I can step out of her shadow. I just don't know if I can." stated Twilight, sounding glum.

"Alright, I can see where this is going. Listen to me on this." said King Knight. "I've been on the same path you're going down, and it isn't a pretty one. I was tired of being in my king's shadow, so I took over and deposed him. Then, a blue-armored knight wielding a shovel opposed me, and I fought against him and lost. I will never forget what he said to me." lamented King Knight.

"What did he say to you, exactly?" questioned Twilight.

"(You're naught but a decadent dandy). It really hit home hard for me. It made me realize that I could be better than my king, it just would take patience, time, practice, motivation, and..." said King Knight, as he stopped abruptly.

"And what?" questioned Twilight, obviously curious.

"Well, that's for you to figure out. Sometimes, the answers to life's problems won't be handed out on a silver platter. Trust me, I know." stated King Knight, his words leaving an impression in Twilight's mind. "I'm going to go get some concessions from the snack car. You want anything?" questioned King Knight, trying to be courteous.

"Thank you, but no." stated Twilight with a contemplative look on her face. "Why don't you go check on the others?" stated Twilight, trying to find a reason to get King Knight to go away so she could think about the brain teaser King Knight gifted her.

"Alright, suit yourself." mumbled King Knight, as he got up from his seat and went to go talk to the others.

Meanwhile, in the next car over, everyone was trying to get to know each other. "So my cerulean equine with prismatic hair, you mean to tell me that you are the fastest flyer in this land." stated Propeller Knight. "Although I may find it hard to believe, I'm also in an alternate world, making the point that where I'm from, my flying skills are extraordinary completely and utterly moot." muttered Propeller Knight.

"How do you even fly to begin with? I mean I don't even see any wings on you." questioned Rainbow Dash.

"Who told you that wings were always necessary for flight to begin with?" questioned Propeller Knight.

"It's just common knowledge here that if anything can fly, it usually has wings." stated Rainbow Dash.

"Well, my avianistic equine, I do not use wings, due to the fact being I don't require them." boasted Propeller Knight.

"Then how do you fly?!" yelled Rainbow Dash, obviously bewildered with the fact that Propeller Knight could fly without a pair of wings.

"One moment." stated Propeller Knight as he tapped a waiter on the shoulder. "Is there a train car without a roof?" asked Propeller Knight, ever so casually.

"Uh, yes, three cars back." answered the Waiter.

"Thank you." replied Propeller Knight as he stood up and motioned for Rainbow Dash to follow him. When the two reached the train car, Propeller Knight stopped in the middle. "You may want to stand back a bit." warned Propeller Knight. Rainbow Dash nodded as she stepped back and watched as Propeller Knight grabbed the handles hanging off his helmet, and was shocked by what happened next. As he pulled down on the handles, the blades on the top of his helmet began to spin at high speeds, propelling him into the air. There, he stared down at her and nodded as he flew around the train car before landing in front of her. "See why said I don't require wings now?" bragged Propeller Knight.

"But...How?!" gasped Rainbow Dash.

"Simple, the blades on my helmet are a set of propellers, which spin when I pull on the handles, and thus produce an air current, which lifts me into the air." explained Propeller Knight. Rainbow Dash just looked on in shock. "If it makes you feel any better, I can teach you how to fence." stated Propeller Knight.

"So you care for animals?" questioned Treasure Knight, obviously curious.

"Oh yes. I care for all animals." commented Fluttershy as she sipped on a small glass of herbal tea.

"Do you care for any aquatic animals?" asked Treasure Knight.

"What do you mean, as in fish?" asked Fluttershy, a tad bit confused by Treasure Knight's question.

"What I guess I'm trying to ask is do you care for sea creatures?" explained Treasure Knight.

"Oh not that I can remember. I just usually care for woodland creatures and freshwater fish." mumbled Fluttershy.

"I should you teach some marine biology sometime." muttered Treasure Knight.

After Rainbow returned from Propeller Knight's little "Demonstration", she decided to sit down. Unbeknownst to her she sat down next to Specter Knight. "Hello there, daredevil. Nice to know you would sit next to Death on a train." moaned Specter Knight.

Rainbow gasped in surprise. "How did you get here that fast?!" screamed Rainbow Dash, in shock.

"I was always sitting here. You just sat next to me by pure chance." answered Specter Knight."Besides, the reason you didn't see me to begin with was because I can cloak my presence."

"What do you mean by cloak your presence?!" screamed Rainbow Dash, extremely flabbergasted

"Before I explain, have you ever wondered how the Reaper creeps up on his targets unnoticed?" asked Specter Knight.

"A little bit, why?" questioned Rainbow Dash

"So that no one sees us coming." stated Specter Knight "Besides, it's a great adaptation. It makes the job of soul-catching so much easier."

"But why do you go around gathering the souls of the sick and dying?" questioned Rainbow Dash

"Do you even know the REAL reason why we Reapers do that to begin with?" stated Specter Knight, to which Rainbow Dash shook her head."Contrary to popular beliefs AND the books that people write about us, we do it so that new lives can be born. Every time a new life is born, an ancient dies. Sometimes one must be sacrificed for the good of many."

"So...you're guide for the spirits, and the reason life can exist?" replied Rainbow Dash

"Yes... a guide for spirits and reason for life's existence, way to sum it up." deadpanned Specter Knight.

Polar Knight sat by himself near the back of the passenger car. He sighed as he leaned his head against the seat, relaxing at the fact that none of the ponies were chatting with him. It was not that he didn't like them, it was just the fact that he himself wasn't much of a conversationalist. He closed his eyes so he could sleep on the way to Canterlot. THIS idea however was quickly shot down by a rambling voice...talking to him. "Hey there sleepy, whatcha doing?" rambled Pinkie Pie.

Polar Knight sighed in disbelief, the 'pink one', as he preferred to call...it, could've talked to him anytime before now, but chose to do so when he was trying to rest. "A break cannot be caught." he told himself. "Maybe if I just act like I'm asleep, then it'll go away." he said to himself, as he began to emit a fake snore.

"Oh are you tired? Here, have some coffee, It'll make you feel better." Pinkie Pie said as she set it down a cup of coffee in front of Polar Knight. Although, as much as it smelled good to him, Polar Knight knew that if he picked up the cup the drink was in, it would defeat the purpose of him trying to get her to leave him alone, so he continued to snore. "Oh, you must be out cold. I know what might help you get up." stated Pinkie Pie as she went away... only to come back with tuba. Unbeknownst to him, a certain country pony saw this.

"Oh Celestia, this ain't gonna be fun for him at all." thought Applejack, as she got up and went over to Pinkie and tapped her on the shoulder before she could blow a single note. "What in tarnation are you doing Pinkie?" snapped Applejack.

"I'm just trying to get Mr. Polar Bear here to wake up from hibernation." replied Pinkie Pie as she tried again to put her mouth on the funnel-piece, but again, Applejack stopped her.

"I get that, but I don't think you should force him to wake up." replied Applejack, as she took the tuba away from Pinkie Pie. "After all, you wouldn't want him to not like you." stated Applejack.

Pinkie thought about it for a moment before seeing Applejack's point. "Oh, you're right. I'll just wait for him to wake up." stated Pinkie Pie, as she bounced away.

AppleJack sighed in relief as Pinkie Pie left. However, as Applejack started to head back to her seat, Polar Knight grabbed her shoulder. She looked up at him, expecting him to be mad, but instead saw him smiling at her. "Thank you, Applejack. I really appreciate it." mumbled Polar Knight. Applejack just looked back at him and smiled at him.

While Pinkie was walking back to her seat, a green puff of smoke and fumes appeared in front of her to reveal Plague Knight, holding his cane in one hand, and tossing a potion flask in the other. "BOOM! Hee-Hee-Hee!" he cackled, as he took a seat. "So, my positively pink party pony, what's on your celebratory cerebral cortex?" asked Plague Knight.

"Oh, not much, Plaguey." commented Pinkie Pie, as she sat down across from Plague Knight, to which he sighed.

"As much as I know you mean nothing by it, I still don't like the nickname you gave me." stated Plague Knight. "The least you could do as a friend is call me Plague."

"I know, but it seems to fit you." replied Pinkie Pie. "Why are you called Plague Knight anyways?"

"Well, because of two reasons. The first is my choice in attire, and the second being that my profession is in alchemy." stated Plague Knight. "Besides, I sometimes like the sound of a boom, you know?"

"Oh, if you like boom, you haven't seen the party cannon!" stated Pinkie Pie, as she pulled it out of nowhere, as it went off into Plague Knight's masked face. Afterwards, he coughed as gunpowder residue and pieces of confetti on his mask was shook off.

"That was an unexpected surprise." stated Plague Knight "How much gunpowder do you use it that thing anyway?"

" About half a gram, why do you ask?" replied Pinkie Pie, grinning from ear to ear.

"Well, I could help you improve the amount of boom you get for your buck." stated Plague Knight, chuckling to himself at the unintentional pun. "Besides, I've studied a lot of alchemy, so I know a bit more about boom than you, so I can teach you."

"Woohoo! You bet Plaguey, we can be Best Big Boom Friends Forever!" cheered Pinkie Pie as she grasped Plague Knight in a back breaking hug.

"Okay, but could you loosen up a bit? I don't know if you need air to breathe, but I most certainly do!" croaked Plague Knight

"So, you have seen LARGER diamonds than these?" questioned Rarity, as she dumped a small bag of diamonds on the tray table in front of Mole Knight, who used his clawed fingers to pick up a few of the diamonds and inspected them.

"Hmm...while these diamonds you have here are of the highest quality, they lack in size and are on the worthless side of the scale. But, to answer your question, yes I have seen larger, and better, as matter of fact." stated Mole Knight, ever so casually.

"THESE, are the highest quality diamonds to ever come out of the Canterlot Diamond Mines, and you're disregarding them as worthless?!" retaliated Rarity, obviously a tad bit infuriated by Mole Knight's healthy dose of obliviousness.

"I'm sorry, but It's the truth. The diamonds from where we are from are better than yours. Face the facts." stated Mole Knight

"Okay, if YOUR diamonds are so much better, let me see one." yelled Rarity.

Mole Knight then reached into his armor and, much to Rarity's chagrin, pulled out a 20 karat Pink Diamond. Underneath his helmet he smiled in content as Rarity's mouth dropped open. "I told you ours were better." bragged Mole Knight.

Rarity looked the pink diamond over a few minutes, before handing it back to Mole Knight. "There is no way in Tartarus that is real." stated Rarity.

"Why don't you check it if you don't believe me?" questioned Mole Knight, as he scooted the diamond toward Rarity.

"Okay then, let's see!" snapped Rarity, as she picked up the diamond and pulled out a jeweler's loupe. As she inspected it, Rarity started to realize that the diamond was real. "This is impossible! How is it real?!" screamed Rarity.

"Well, I told you it was real. You should have just believed me there." stated Mole Knight.

Tinker Knight was just walking up the aisle next to Twilight Sparkle, when she motioned for him to sit down next to her. Tinker Knight nodded as he walked over and sat across from her. "What is it that you need?" asked Tinker Knight.

"I'm just trying to figure out what King Knight's words meant." replied Twilight. "I just wanted to know if you could help me."

"Okay, I don't know if I'll be much help to you, but I'll try." stated Tinker Knight.

"Oh, thank you Tinker Knight. It means a lot to me." replied Twilight, as she repeated what King Knight had told her to him.

"Hmm...I think I may know the answer you seek, but if King Knight asks if you got help on it, I didn't help you, got it?" stated Tinker Knight.

"Okay, now what is the answer?" asked Twilight.

"Friends. Friends who will guide you on the right path, and NEVER lead you astray." stated Tinker Knight.

Twilight looked at Tinker Knight for a few moments, before facehoofing. "I should have seen that. I'm the Princess of Friendship, and I missed that." stated Twilight. "How could I be that stupid?" she said as she started to cry.

"HEY! Pull yourself together!" yelled Tinker Knight. "Just because you couldn't figure out a simple question is no reason to give in and cry! If I gave in every time I screwed up on my profession, nothing would ever get done!"

Somehow, this got Twilight to stop crying for the moment. "How can you be so calm when you screw up?" asked Twilight, genuinely curious.

"The reason I don't give in is because I have a job to do. If I let my emotions get to me there, it could jeopardize my project. I'm not saying you need to hold in your emotions, I'm saying you need to know when and how to let them out." explained Tinker Knight.

Twilight looked at Tinker Knight, and hugged him. "Thank you." replied Twilight.

Just then King Knight walked in. "Hey, the train's about to arrive at the platform."

"Okay everyone, we have arrived at Canterlot. Now, assuming that Princess Celestia is here, she is either going to be waiting at the platform or in her throne room. We need to be professional and polite." explained King Knight to the other Order of No Quarter. "So with that in mind, we need to show respect. Does everyone understand?" asked King Knight, to which everyone nodded. "Okay. Let's do this." King Knight stated as they began to get off of the train.

As soon as they got off the the train, a group of armored unicorns began to encircle them. "Whoa guys, personal space, please." commented Polar Knight. As the guards got closer, they began to pull out their swords and shields.

At this moment, the Order of No Quarter began to realize that they were being considered a threat, and in self-defense, drew their weapons. However, before either side could land a single blow, TWO regal voices rang through the air. "Guards, standeth down. We request that thou sheath your weapons. We don't want to provoke our mystery guests." shouted a night blue alicorn with jet black regalia, with a mane and wings that seemed to be made from the stars in the night sky. On her flank was the image of a crescent moon.

"But we must protect Princess Celestia at all times, no matter the cost." shouted a random guard.

"Guards, I order you to stand down!" spoke a white alicorn, adorned with golden regalia, with a mane that appeared to composed of water, with pinks, greens, and light blue hues. The image of a sun appeared on her hindquarters.

With this the royal guards began to back off, to reveal The Order of No Quarter, all in a kneeling position. Upon seeing this, the two alicorns walked toward their mysterious guests. The white one spoke first. "Whom might you be?" she asked. "At ease."

They then stood up. "Greetings, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, we are the Order of No Quarter. I am King Knight, and this is Specter Knight, Plague Knight, Treasure Knight, Mole Knight, Propeller Knight, Tinker Knight, and Polar Knight. I hope we are not intruding, your greatness." stated King Knight.

"Thou are not intruding, however we must ask, why are thou here?" questioned Luna.

"Uh...Princesses, I hate to be rude, but perhaps we can talk about this in the castle?" questioned Specter Knight.

"Of course. Follow me." stated Celestia, as she began to lead them and the Mane Six to the throne room.

Chapter 5: Permission in Exchange

Inside of the throne room of Canterlot Castle, the Order had explained how they got to Equestria through the portal, and how they met the Mane Six, and why they had came here. Throughout the explanation, the princesses would periodically ask questions. "So, let me see if I understand you correctly: You all USED to be part of an evil organization, but with your leader gone, you want to keep the organization alive, but do good things?" repeated Celestia back to King Knight.

"Yes, that is correct your greatness." stated King Knight. "We merely want to keep the spirit of our belated leader alive. We just ask only for your permission, after all, we are in your world."

"Well, we appreciate your kindness of asking the first before you began setting up your base, King Knight, but thy question is.." Luna started to say before she was interrupted by an EXTREMELY loud, annoying, whiny voice.

"Aunt Celestia, where are my servants?" shouted Blueblood, before he set his eyes upon The Order of No Quarter, to whom he gawked."And who are these worthless, armoured pedestrian cretins? They do not deserve to be in such a regal room." preached Blueblood.

To this Celestia sighed in exasperation and annoyance. But before she could tell Blueblood to head back to his quarters, King Knight raised his hand to her, as if to silence her, as he cleared his throat. "We may be guests here your greatness, but if this is how your butler treats new guests, you should teach him some manners. He could certainly need a lesson or two." stated King Knight, as the other members snickered at his comment. "Hey waiter, go and get me a glass of your finest wine, oh and wash your filthy hooves. I don't want to catch your contagious attitude. Chop chop."

"HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME IN SUCH AN UNGRATEFUL TONE, YOU POMPOUS PEASANT! I AM PRINCE BLUEBLOOD, AND YOU WILL SHOW ME SOME RESPECT!" shouted Blueblood, obviously enraged with King Knight's comment. "I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, BUT I AM ROYALTY, AND YOU WILL TREAT ME AS SUCH!"

"My my, our little colt here seems to like to play pretend now, eh vieux amis. This little brat isn't even royal enough to rule a playpen, much less a nursery." exclaimed Propeller Knight, to which everyone laughed.

"I AM NOT A COLT!!! I AM A FULL GROWN STALLION!" screamed Blueblood.

"Yeah but you sure don't act like one. If you want respect, you have to earn it, and you and your little temper tantrum has not earned it." stated Tinker Knight.

"IF ANYTHING IS LITTLE, IT'S YOU, HALF-PINT! YOU CAN'T EVEN DANCE WITH A FILLY, YOU MINUSCULE MONGREL!" ranted Blueblood

"Oh please, your pompousness, forgive our hastily forged comments about you and your idiotic posterior." sarcastically beckoned Treasure Knight, as he fell to his knees in a pleading position.

"WHY I OUGHT TO HAVE YOU EXECUTED FOR THIS ACT OF FOOLISHNESS AND UTTER DISRESPECT!" yelled Blueblood, having lost his cool five minutes ago.

"Oh please, even if I were to slaughter you, not even the souls in Tartarus would listen to your orders. It would be extremely pointless." stated Specter Knight.

"YOU ARE PUSHING YOUR LUCK!" shouted Blueblood, his face redder than Mole Knight's armor.

"Whoa dude, calm down, pony boy." replied Mole Knight, trying to defuse the situation.

"BUCK YOU! I WILL NOT BUCKING CALM DOWN, YOU SHOULD OBEY MY COMMANDS!" accused Blueblood.

"HA HA HA HA HA! Yeah, and you should change your name to 'King Blueblood', but we all know that's NEVER going to happen." cackled Plague Knight.

"ONE MORE BUCKING QUIP OUT OF ANY OF YOU, AND I'LL THROW YOU IN THE DUNGEON FOR A CENTURY." screamed Blueblood, who had all he could handle at this point, which in reality is not much.

"We are guests of honor, and you have no authority here. You aren't even a real prince. You are just some immature impostor." stated Polar Knight.

"THAT'S IT!!!!! GUARDS, THROW THESE TERRIBLE TACKY TRAITORS IN THE DUNGEON! IMMEDIATELY!" shouted Blueblood, but before he could give any other commands to the guards, he was suddenly bombarded with potions from Plague Knight and wrenches from Tinker Knight. He was blasted against the wall with an audible thud. After Blueblood slumped up against it, he tried to stand up, but ended up nearly getting burned by Mole Knight's fire stream. A large black stain was on the wall above him, as he felt of his mane to find that it had been slightly charred. He started to whimper, as Polar Knight SOMEHOW knocked a large snowball at him, covering him in the cold fluff. When he started to whine a little, Propeller Knight pulled on the handles on his helmet and leaned forward, blowing the snow off of Blueblood...but also frizzed up his mane in the process. Treasure Knight then shot his chain anchor at Blueblood, which hung him from one of the rafters in the throne room."PLEASE, LET ME DOWN FROM HERE! AUNT CELESTIA! PLEASE DESTROY THESE ARMORED ARBITERS NOW!" shouted Blueblood at Celestia, but was disappointed when she and her sister just sat there and looked at him in shock.

"Don't worry. I'll get you down." shouted Specter Knight, as he arced his arm back and threw his scythe at the anchor chain that bound Blueblood to the rafter, cutting it, and thus setting Blueblood free... as he plummeted into the marble floor. As he tried to get up though, four pairs of skeletal arms broke through the marble floor grabbed his ankles, holding him in place by fear and force.

Soon after that, King Knight jumped into the air near Blueblood and slammed down into the ground with his scepter, causing Blueblood to kneel against his will. King Knight then slowly walked over to him... and slammed his scepter into the marble floor, mere inches away from Blueblood's head. He shuddered in fear as he looked up at King Knight. "You are not royalty. Prince's RESPECT their subjects and guests. So when you learn to respect us and everyone else, then MAYBE we might have some inkling of respect for you, but until then, NEVER treat someone like you did us, or so help me lord, we will teach you lesson you won't soon forget. NOW, get out." stated King Knight calmly. "Release him, Specter Knight." Specter Knight nodded, then snapped his fingers, causing the bony appendages to let go of Blueblood's ankles. The minute that they let go, Blueblood made a rush for the door. With him gone, King Knight then turned around casually to the princesses and the Mane Six, who all had their mouths agape. "I apologize, now... where were we?" asked King Knight, as casually as he could.

There was no noise for five whole seconds, until someone began to laugh. This spread like wildfire to the others, until everyone was either rolling on the floor or laughing like hyenas. "Never, in my 1020 years of ruling have I ever seen someone get my nephew to do that." stated Celestia, tears running from her eyes

"Oh it's nothing. Little brat needed it, but to get back on the subject at hand here. Do we have your permission to build our base here?" questioned King Knight.

"We doth believe that a trial iseth in order, dear sister." stated Luna.

"I heartily concur. Order of No Quarter, before we can grant you the permission that you desire, you must prove yourselves worthy. You must go down to Ponyville, and get to know the citizens and live in harmony with them for 3 months. Once you have achieved this, then we will see." answered Celestia. With this the Order of No Quarter nodded in response, and began to leave along with the Mane Six. As Twilight was about to leave, however, Celestia called her back. "Twilight, I have a special assignment for you." stated Celestia.

"What is it, Princess Celestia?" asked Twilight, curious as to what the princess had in store for her.

"I would like to watch over them, keep them out of trouble." answered Celestia. Twilight nodded to this and went to join her friends and the Order at the train.

Chapter 6: Starting Out Small

After arriving back at Twilight's castle, the Mane Six and Order of No Quarter were discussing to get acquainted with the citizens of Ponyville, but couldn't decide on how to do it or who to start with. "Well, why don't we start by introducing you to the Cakes? They are very accepting of newcomers." suggested Pinkie. "Plus, the Twins are sweet little angels."

"As much as that may be a good idea, I don't think I would go good with kids." stated Tinker Knight. "After all, they probably would think I am a baby too, due to my size."

"Oh, what about the rest of the Apple family? I know Granny Smith likes to meet new people." stated Applejack.

"I don't think I should be around old folks. It never ends well." stated Specter Knight, as he shuddered, reminiscing on a particularly bad memory of King Knight's grandmother.

"Well, that's it, we're out of ideas." stated Twilight. "If only there was a test group we could use that wouldn't provide any unforeseen variables.."

As soon as Twilight said that, the CMC ran in, with a whole horde of bees chasing after them. "Help us!" they shouted in unison before Fluttershy spoke to the swarm of bees, getting them to calm down and go back to the hives they came from.

After the angry swarm of bees had left the castle, AppleBloom explained to them what had happened at Honey Bee's farm. "We was ah trying to get our cutie marks in beekeeping, but the only thing we managed to do is enrage thuh bees." stated AppleBloom, as she shuddered. AppleBloom then noticed the Order of No Quarter. She and the others jumped back in surprise upon seeing the armored figures standing there. At first, the three were in a state of shock, and after they gathered all the courage they could muster, poked one of the armoured beings, Specter Knight to be exact.

"Don't be afraid you three...I don't bite." stated Specter Knight, which caused the three fillies to jump back in shock.

"Whoa! A living suit of armor!' exclaimed Scootaloo, as she slowly got up. "That's so awesome!"

"It looks like it's wearing one of them hooded cloaks that Zecora usually wears." stated AppleBloom.

"What are you exactly? A skeleton?" asked Sweetie Belle, a quizzical look plastered upon her face.

"Technically, I'm a ghost." stated Specter Knight, but in doing so managed to spark a desired interest in the three fillies.

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS: GHOST CATCHERS!" the trio screamed at the top of their lungs, as they began the crouch.

"I think you might want to run now." whispered Fluttershy.

To this comment, Specter Knight merely looked at her, and laughed. "Oh I've had to deal with this sort of thing before, and this tactic usually does the trick for me." replied Specter Knight, as he warped away just as the three rambunctious fillies pounced, causing them to land on top of each other. After this, Specter Knight appeared a few feet away from them and flung his scythe towards them. Scootaloo and AppleBloom managed to duck out of the way, but as Sweetie Belle ducked, the scythe grazed her curly mane, and managed to cut two inches off.

"OH COME ON!!!" screamed Sweetie Belle, as she noticed the chunks of her frilly mane that now littered the marble castle floor.

"Hey, you shouldn't have tried to jump on top of me. I was merely trying to introduce myself." stated Specter Knight. "But let's start over. I am Specter Knight. Whom might you three fillies be?"

"I'm Sweetie Belle, pleasure to meet you mister Specter Knight." stated Sweetie Belle while Rarity was eyeing her.

"I'm AppleBloom, pleased to meet ya, sir." replied AppleBloom, as she extended her fore hoof to shake Specter Knight's hand.

"The name's Scootaloo, Sir Specter Knight." stated Scootaloo, before noticing the other armored figures. "Are those guys your friends?"

"You would be quite right, Scootaloo." replied King Knight. " You three are probably wanting to know our names, so allow me to introduce ourselves..."

"And that is everything that has happened since we got here up til now." concluded King Knight, as he looked to see the three fillies staring at them in awe. "judging by the expressions on your faces, you have some questions for us?"

Scootaloo was the first to ask one of many questions. "So you guys are, like, from another universe?! That's so cool. What was it like there?" she asked with wonder-filled eyes.

"Well, my young equus-avis, to answer your question to the fullest of our abilities, it requires all to gather round for story." stated Propeller Knight, as he motioned for the ponies to come over to him.

When they had all sat down near him,(or in Pinkie's case, bounced), Polar Knight then cleared his throat. "It all began in the Valley, our peaceful abode. Wealth and fortune had been bestowed upon our land, and with it came prosperity and peace, but it was not to last. One dark day, The Enchantress conquered our land, ensuring her rule with an iron fist. All who defied her were destroyed. But she needed knights to ensure no one disobeyed. In the position that we were in, we had no choice but to agree and comply for fear of our lives and others. Until one day, a hero with blue and cerulean armour and shovel came to save us from her rule... and succeeded. He managed to defeat The Enchantress, and with the end of her reign of tyranny, came the beginning of an era of tranquility." stated Polar Knight, as he drew the story to a close.

Whoa, and I thought Nightmare Moon was bad. thought Twilight, as she listened in silence.

"There you have it girl's, the beginning of our screwed up friendship, and we have The Enchantress to thank." cackled Plague Knight maniacally.

"Well, my dear knightly octet, you seem to have had a rough start in your lives, but it's not like that anymore. You can start anew." stated Rarity. "How about each of you stays at our places?"

"That is a reasonable idea, Rarity." interjected Mole Knight. "I'll stay with you, besides I'll be happy an inspiration for one of your...fanciful fabric fashion features of fabulosity."

"Uh...thanks Mole Knight...I think, but I thinking of going with Propeller Knight." replied Rarity, with a few sweat beads on her forehead.

"Ah thanks lass, but I was going with Specter Knight, Scootaloo, and Rainbow Dash to Cloudsdale." stated Propeller Knight

"Okay, um... how about you King Knight?" asked Rarity, sweat pouring off her now.

"Sorry, but I'm going to stay here with Twilight and Tinker Knight, but thank you for the offer" replied King Knight, extremely politely.

"Polar Knight? Treasure Knight?" croaked Rarity in a raspy voice as she began realize the inevitable.

"I...am staying...with...Applejack and...Applebloom." moaned Polar Knight.

"Sorry, but I'm staying at Fluttershy's cottage." replied Treasure Knight.

"Look if you're worried about dirt, I always clean my armor very carefully after a dig, so you have nothing to fear in the slightest." commented Mole Knight, trying to keep Rarity from having a heart attack.

"Oh, fine! But if I find so much as one speck of dirt in my house, I will personally beat you with a rug beater." claimed Rarity, as she accepted defeat, as she walked out the door with Mole Knight and Sweetie Belle in tow. Soon after, everyone else went and parted ways, until only Twilight, Tinker Knight, and King Knight were left.

Twilight then went and locked the front door. After she did that, she turned to Tinker Knight and King Knight. "Follow me, I'll show you to your rooms." stated Twilight.

Author's Note

My OC, Honey Bee. Want an OC of yours to appear in the next chapter? Send me the information, and I'll make sure that they appear in the next chapter. This is GamerDroid23, signing out. P.S. Tell me if you want your OC's appearance to be as a cameo or integrated into the story, because I don't want to offend anypony on accident by screwing up the placement of an OC of theirs, as it would not sit right with me. Also if you got ideas on how I could improve this story, post a comment. I would really appreciate the help. Thanks.