//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Order meets Mane 6 // Story: The Order of No Quarter: Equestrian Frontier // by GamerDroid23 //------------------------------// 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.