The Unkown Brotherhood

Silver moved his rook "Check."

Brutus moves his king "Silver this is boring can we make this more interesting?"

Silver moved his bishop "Alright name the terms. Check."

"We have to answer a question while we move, this will challenge you to think about two things at once." Brutus says as he moves his queen to take Silver's bishop.

Silver moves his knight in between his king and Brutus's queen "Check. Sounds fun, if you were forced to choose a town for reconnaisse that you couldn't leave which one would you chose?"

Brutus thought for a moment before moving his pawn "Crystal mountains they're secluded close enough to civilization I could get food and the crystal empire doesn't get many threats since Sombra was sealed away. Do you approve of Gold and her new friend going at it?"

Silver eyes widen as he quickly stood up "WHAT?"

"HAHAHAH calm down It was a joke but from what I can tell you don't like him."

Silver moved a pawn forward and switched it out to a queen "I don't but it's not my place"

Brutus moved his pawn and promoted it to a rook "Checkmate. But you're her brother don't you get special say, besides you haven't had a real conversation with him."

"Have you?"

"Yes he gave me a book on human history."

"Did you want it?"

"Yes I asked for it. do you think he's forceful or something?"

"He just seems the type."

"Would Gold be friends with that kind of pony?"

"No, I just don't want her to get hurt."

“Well than get to know him”

“I guess. So why are we friends?”

“What do you mean?”Brutus immediately went into a falsetto voice “Are you breaking up with me?”

Silver rolled his eyes as he continued “See that's what I mean you're always cheery, charismatic, uplifting, and not serious about anything.”

"Heh yeah"

"I'm serious, strategic, and introverted.”

“Well you're not approachable but your sister handles that you good to the friends you already have and that's important or at least the good part of you.”

“I'm sure you're right but it just I feel like if I don't accept him Gold will be mad and if she's mad at me I can't be there to protect her and---”

“Tell you what I'll come over and practice fighting with you, that always cheers you up!”

Silver gives a smile as Brutus walks off “Sure.Why not.”

Silver and Brutus clashed swords back and forth “Come on Brutus give it your all nothing but defense will only buy you time.”

Brutus parrys as Silver stocked at him with precision “All I need is time, once my rook gets here I can win the battle."

"What?" Just than there was knock at the basement door.

"I'll get it, can you do me a favor and read this."

Brutus hands Silver a scroll and he reads it aloud "'You be happy I did what I'm about to do'.Brutus this isn't proper grammar."

"Brutus let me out this isn't funny!" Silver walked up the steps to see Alex banging on the door.

Celestia damn it Brutus Silver moved Alex back as he punched the door only to receive throbbing pain that's not from splinters "FUCKING TARTARUS!"

"Yeah i moved a dresser in front of the door while Alex was banging on the door Silver!"

"Brutus let us out!"

"Tomorrow I will but until than have fun! Oh also I'll tell Gold after I helped you move furniture you left to train at the coliseum and wont be back till morning see ya Silver!"

Silver walked down the steps to the basement and started sharpening his swords "So Silver umm can I help?"

"Do you know how to polish a sword using a wheatstone"

I'm a little rusty but yeah." Silver points the file towards the chair across from him and tosses him a wheatstone. Alex sat down in the chair as he polished the sword and listen to the scraping the echoed through the basement and remembered what Gold had told him "So your sister tells me you enjoy chess."

Silver raises his brow as he responds "Yes I do"

"So you want to play chess?"

"What makes you say I have a set down here?"

"Brutus told me you spend most of your time training and working down here."

"Huh sure i guess how's the blade?" Alex held up the blade to Silver "Huh not bad. Polish this one while I search for the board"

"So anything special you wanna make like special rules or anything?"

Silver thought has he continue to search and the scraping calmed him down "Let's pretend the pieces are people we're close to."

Alex gave a quizzical look as he said "Sure, alright."

Silver pulled a wooden box out with a checkered pattern on the top "Here it is." he set up the pieces than set it on a table.

Alex looked over the field "where are your pawn's."

"Don't believe in using pawns they make it too easy."

Alex picked up his pawns and set them to the side "Nows its fair."

Silver smiled "We can't take others pieces for at least ten moves then." He said as he moved his rook. Alex thought for a second as he moved his bishop. Silver his knight in return, than Alex his rook, Silver his queen, Alex his king, Silver his knight, Alex his bishop Silver his knight and finally Alex moved his queen and said checkmate. "Huh nice one Alex you never moved your queen except for the final blow who did you imagine that as?"

"Who's was your?"

"My sister."

"Huh I imagined Gold as well."

"Well than I guess were more similar than I expected"

"Heh Yeah. Does that door open outward?"

"Yes why?"

I can pick it, than we can just move the dresser."

Really do you something to pick it?

Just a screwdriver i got a bobby pin.

Silver tossed him one from the floor and they walked up the stairs.alex pulled the pin from his mane and started to pick at the lock "Why do have a bobby pin in your mane?"

Never leave home without one just in case and it doesn't show easily in my ragged mane." The door clicked and As alex opened it they moved the dresser and found gold staring at them

"What happened to you two?"

"Brutus honey"

"HONEY??!"