
Chessmaster's Apprentice
Zugzwang is a criminal mastermind and expert manipulater. Honey Words is his clingy jealous fangirl who wants to be a mastermind when she grows up.
Zugzwang has a reputation in the criminal world for being cold and heartless, and for calculating his every crime to perfection. All qualities that Honey Words finds irresistible. Unfortunately for her, Zugzwang has no time for love; he's too fixated on his rivalry with the genius detective and combat expert, Phillip Finder.
So Honey does what any girl would do: she locks Phillip Finder in a deathtrap and leaves Zugzwang clues to find him with. Are either of them amused? No. Will they play along anyway? Well, there's not many other choices...
Set in the Phillip Finder universe by PonyJosiah13, before Phillip moves to Ponyville.


21607 words: Estimated about 2 hours to read
5 Chapters:
- Lesson 1: Keep a Bit of Mystery 2016-08-11 06:05:27 UTC3119
- Lesson 2: Pawns are Yours to Use as You Please 2016-08-19 02:39:28 UTC3864
- Lesson 3: Have Fun at Work 2016-10-01 19:27:18 UTC4482
- Lesson 4: Find Worthy Opponents 2016-11-27 21:56:32 UTC6165
- Lesson 5: Think On Your Hooves 2017-02-12 03:27:12 UTC3977