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."