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When gods play games, we are but pawns.
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For four long years, Celestia's apprentice Twilight Sparkle, once a model pony and a hero among heroes, has waged a bitter and secret struggle with her onetime mentor. Though she works from the shadows, directing her forces from the Old Capitol in the Everfree Forest, Twilight Sparkle is unable to gain any advantage,

Likewise, Princess Celestia finds her once-faithful student far more cunning and elusive than she had anticipated, and even now searches for a way to bring Twilight Sparkle's rebellion to its knees.

It is a game of greys, of knives in the dark and of poisoned wine, where pawns are moved and traded and exchanged for greater advantage, all the while drawing both sides nearer to the conflict which shall tear Equestria in two.

At the center of this conflict is a new pawn, one who only wished to see the truth for herself. Drawn into a deadly game whose rules she does not understand, Sweetie Belle must learn to survive in a world where all is darkened, and nopony can be completely trusted.

Because when gods play chess, all pieces are expendable.

A nation will crumble, old enemies shall return in the most unexpected ways, and regardless of who is victorious, only one thing can be certain.

Nothing shall ever be the same.

Followed by Stormsinger.

Teen
Complete
Adventure
Romance
Dark

231,581 words: Estimated 1 Day, 1 Hour to read: [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]

62 Chapters:

  1. Opening Move [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 6th, 2012
    1,499
  2. Black and White [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 31st, 2012
    3,497
  3. Who is a Player? Who is a Pawn? [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 11th, 2012
    3,504
  4. Gambit's Beginning [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 29th, 2013
    3,799
  5. Knight's Play [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Sep 11th, 2013
    2,859
  6. The Board is Grey [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Sep 11th, 2013
    3,262
  7. Bishop's Square [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 21st, 2012
    3,333
  8. Arming the Knights [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 25th, 2012
    4,131
  9. First Blood [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Oct 30th, 2012
    2,554
  10. Captured Pawns [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 16th, 2012
    3,235
  11. White Knight, Grey Plans [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 9th, 2012
    2,511
  12. Trading Pieces [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 9th, 2012
    2,908
  13. More Players, More Plans [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Aug 23rd, 2013
    3,556
  14. Committing Pieces [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 2nd, 2013
    3,502
  15. Players Convene [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 18th, 2012
    2,835
  16. Three Queens [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 19th, 2012
    3,395
  17. Black Pawn, White Pawn [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 22nd, 2012
    3,061
  18. Moves Ahead [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Nov 26th, 2012
    2,830
  19. Rooks in the Sky [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Aug 23rd, 2013
    3,143
  20. Next Moves [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 14th, 2013
    3,914
  21. Player, Queen, and Pawn [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 14th, 2013
    3,472
  22. Promoting a Pawn [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 8th, 2012
    2,783
  23. Piece to Player [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 13th, 2012
    2,760
  24. Pieces in Place [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 17th, 2012
    3,874
  25. Black Painted White [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 31st, 2012
    4,240
  26. A Play Revealed [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jan 2nd, 2013
    4,370
  27. Counter Plays [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jan 6th, 2013
    2,567
  28. Chessmaster's Lament [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jan 11th, 2013
    3,722
  29. Interlude in Dreams [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 14th, 2013
    3,129
  30. Bishop's Tea [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Dec 14th, 2013
    3,580
  31. One Turn More [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jan 21st, 2013
    4,196
  32. Knight Fall [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Apr 1st, 2013
    3,469
  33. Blackest Knight [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jan 24th, 2013
    4,045
  34. Play of the Pieces [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jan 28th, 2013
    6,257
  35. Queen in Play [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jan 31st, 2013
    4,671
  36. Dance of White and Black [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Feb 5th, 2013
    3,174
  37. Gambit's Open [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Apr 14th, 2013
    3,823
  38. Black Queen Rising [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Feb 18th, 2013
    5,269
  39. Melee in Squares [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 4th, 2013
    4,301
  40. A Pawn Taken [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 11th, 2013
    3,308
  41. The Weeping Rook [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 24th, 2013
    3,456
  42. The Long Play [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 19th, 2013
    3,451
  43. White's Move [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 25th, 2013
    3,503
  44. Black News [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Mar 30th, 2013
    3,649
  45. Pawn to Queen [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Apr 1st, 2013
    3,785
  46. New Boards, New Games [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Apr 6th, 2013
    3,905
  47. Battles Past and Present [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Apr 15th, 2013
    3,910
  48. Black's March [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] May 4th, 2013
    4,455
  49. Black Pawn to White Queen [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] May 4th, 2013
    4,445
  50. A Black Sacrifice [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] May 8th, 2013
    4,327
  51. Red Pieces, Black Magic [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] May 10th, 2013
    4,039
  52. Endgame [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Sep 11th, 2013
    4,517
  53. Before the Game [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] May 19th, 2013
    3,559
  54. Meeting the Chessmistress [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jun 5th, 2013
    5,547
  55. The Last Gambit [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Aug 12th, 2013
    4,438
  56. Check [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jun 23rd, 2013
    4,015
  57. Last Moves [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jun 25th, 2013
    3,922
  58. The Penultimate Move [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jul 2nd, 2013
    3,941
  59. Check [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Jul 19th, 2013
    4,161
  60. Mate [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Aug 10th, 2013
    4,141
  61. Clearing the Board [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Aug 12th, 2013
    4,236
  62. The Greatest Game [Fimfiction.net] [Cache] Aug 19th, 2013
    5,841
Published Oct 7th, 2012
Last Update Aug 19th, 2013

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