Where am I? I could not see anything in the darkness which surrounded me. The only source of light came from the moon, it's light shone through a small window on my right.. I tried to observe my surroundings. I found only darkness beyond what the light granted me.

"Hello, Celestia." My eyes turned to pinpricks. I recognize that voice. It was the voice I longed for so many years. The voice that brought happiness to my soul when fear and pain ran through my body. Now it is a voice that I fear and shiver to the sound of.

"What's wrong? You look surprised." I looked around for the voice. It sounded as if it came from, in front of me. I looked into the darkness, but what I did not expect was to see a shadow and two glowing green eyes.

I could not move. I was too scared too. Memories from so long ago now plaguing my mind. I did not even notice the small red claw emerge from the shadow. IT tapped patiently on the table in front of me. How did I not see that. I also noticed a small chess board laying on the table with all the pieces already set. I looked up at the shadow again. I wanted to say something, but my mouth would not respond to my command. I tried to take a few shaky breaths to calm my nerves. I managed to calm down a little more and tried to speak.

"W-What are y-you doing h-here?" I asked, trying to hide the fear in my voice. It did not work.

"What's wrong? You should have known I would have came back. It was only a matter of time." he chuckled.

I repeated my question, but more firm. "What are you dong here?!" He tsked.

"I am here for you Celestia. It has been a long time and I thought I would visit." he said nonchalantly

I did not believe him. I knew he was here for another reason. "Don't lie. I know you are here for a purpose, explain."

"I will say you are more confident than I thought." That's what he thinks."I will admit I am here for a bigger purpose, but I just wanted to see how you are fairing. I've heard much about you and what you have done since I was gone." he chuckled. I still could not see his expression. The darkness covering him like a cloak of shadows. I did not know what to think anymore. My brain, so collected and focused is now but mush and uncertain.

"I've also wanted to see your expression after knowing you sister came back." I did not need to see his face to know that he was smiling. I knew my sister has returned. I made sure to send my student off to Ponyvile on this day for I knew of the prophecy. Now I am not sure if her return was by her own doing. The only thing I remember after sending Twilight away was that I was in my throne and a darkness fell over me. The next thing I knew I was here.

"I find it kind of surprising that you actually imprisoned your sister" he chuckled. "Well I shouldn't really. You did kill my child." I shivered. I could feel the anger and hate radiate from him. It was like a burning fire in front of me, burning my soul into ashes.

"I did what had to be done" I whispered. The table shook.

"LIES!" he roared. He leapt forward, exposing his face to the light. I felt his claw rap around my throat making it hard for me to breath. I looked into his face, pure rage plastered onto it. His features were surprisingly the same. He still resembled the dragon he is. Sharp fangs, blood red scales, black hair forming on his head. The only thing that really caught my attention were those eyes. Even though they showed hate and rage, they still held a gentle glow. A glow I loved ever since I met him.

"You killed my child! You killed our child! It never had to be that way. We could have been a family. Do you even think of how much I wanted that? How much I wanted to be with the ones I loved?" He cried. I could see the tears forming in his eyes. The pressure on my throat started to weaken. He slumped back releasing me, allowing me to breath properly.

"All I wanted was to be part of a family" he sobbed, closing his eyes. A minute passed with him quietly sobbing. I could feel the pain he was feeling. I wanted to part of a family as well, but it would have ended horribly for the other ponies. I closed my eyes, trying to hold back the tears I already shed. I heard his Sobbing stop. I looked at him to see him glaring at me. His gaze was enough to burn through me inner spirit and make me lower my head in guilt.. He wiped his tears away and growled. " But you denied me that. You denied the only thing I wanted." He leaned forward into the light. "Now Equestria will pay for your mistake. I will destroy all you care and love. You will be nothing but a little speck of grief when I am done with my plans! I will make your world a burn!" he roared. I was too afraid to say anything. I just wanted to leave and cry into my sheets. He leaned back again. "However... I wont kill you, Yet." This made me look at him questionably.

He pointed to the chessboard on front of me. I could see one of the black pieces were already moved. This piece, however, looked like Nightmare Moon. "It is still your turn, and there is a lot more to do before our game is finished."

I looked at my pieces. There were a lot less pieces than a regular board game. What were my pawns are now royal guards. My knights are know my highest captains, Shining Armor and Ebony Phoenix. My bishops were The two other royals, Princess Cadenza and Prince Blue Blood. My rooks were my national allies, A griffon and Bison. I looked at my last two pieces and was surprised to find that was my queen, was Twilight. She looked... different. She had a crown on her head with 5 other jewels circling her. I was not sure what this meant, but I knew it had to do something that may come to past. I looked at my king piece and saw it was me. Nothing special about it. It was just me sitting on a throne with my regal attire still attached.

I looked up in to Cretans glowing eyes. "A game? That is how you are going to destroy everything I've worked towards?" When those words left my mouth I regretted them. It came out like more of a challenge than I wanted. I did not need this meeting to take a bad turn.

"Of course. At this point everything is just a game now" he laughed. His laughter died down to a chuckle. It became quiet until he suddenly glared at me. His voice quickly turned serious. "However, there are always rules for a game." He scooted forward, exposing more of himself into the light." The game is fairly simple as you can see. It is just a simple game of chess between you and me. You move the pieces you have like in any chess game and you try to take the opponents pieces out. However, you should be carful with your moves. This game is more costly when you lose a piece." he chuckled

I looked at the board. I looked at my pieces more closely, trying to see what I could do. I tried to take a look at his pieces, but the darkness made it almost impossible. I looked again at his first moved pawn. I noticed that he went first, but usually white goes first. I looked up at him. "You went first?" He nodded.

"My game is a bit different than a regular game of chess. The movement system is a whole lot different." he simply explained with a wave of his claw.

I looked down at my pieces. I did not know what to move or how to move. I looked at the Twilight piece and decided to try something. I took hold of the piece with my magic and moved it to the Nightmare moon piece to take it out. I was surprised to see the Nightmare Moon piece crumple to ashes once I tapped mine against it. I let go of the piece and set it where the Nightmare Moon one was. I raised my brow and looked at Cretan. "This game is very flawed." I criticized.

He laughed. "It may be indeed, but don't get to confident. The game gets more intense later on. It is more like a game of checkers than real chess. Soon the pieces will fall into place, and when they do... I will make my move." He chuckled. As soon as he said that the whole area shook. I looked out toward the window to see a giant rainbow emerge from the distance in a ark and come back down. The area shook again. I looked at Cretan to see a bored expression on his face. He sighed and muttered something. I only heard a little bit of it. The only thing I heard was the word "Useless."

He looked back at me and smiled. "You have won this round. Congratulations! We will meet again soon enough Celestia, so be ready for the next move." He raised a claw and snapped his fingers. He disappeared and darkness consumed. I tried to open my eyes, but something was holding them closed. A minute passed and I could open them again. I opened them to find myself in a library. I looked around and found out that the structure was similar. The stone walls, the stained windows, and the old books I remember from my younger years. I was in my old castles library. I looked around for an exit. I saw a huge hole in the roof, exposing the glowing light of the moon. I extended my wing and took flight to see what that anomaly was. I will not lose this game. I will protect my ponies.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I found myself on a hill overlooking Ponyile and Canterlot. It seems that Nightmare has failed. That is not too much of a problem. I expected her to fail. What I did not expect was that rainbow. I know what that power was. The Elements have taken form. This will make things a bit more diffulcult. It wont matter though. If things go right then it wont matter in the end. I will need more support though. Someone who I know I can trust. Someone with almost equal power as mine. I looked in the direction of Canterlot. "Discord" I breathed.
I smiled. Time to see my little Brother.

Author's Note

New Chapter
This is getting close to the juicy stuff.
I don't have a good schedule for when chapters come out. Expect one per week.
Now let the Game Begin!