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Dusk's Dangerous Game

by Airstream
When gods play games, we are but pawns.

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
Dark
Alternate Universe
Romance
Adventure
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
 
PSTPO

228010 words: Estimated about 19 hours to read
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62 Chapters:

  1. Opening Move 2012-10-06 07:12:10 UTC
    1501
  2. Black and White 2012-10-31 00:49:58 UTC
    3502
  3. Who is a Player? Who is a Pawn? 2012-10-11 01:53:09 UTC
    3510
  4. Gambit's Beginning 2012-10-13 01:16:58 UTC
    3609
  5. Knight's Play 2012-10-14 01:38:07 UTC
    2732
  6. The Board is Grey 2012-10-16 01:20:14 UTC
    3130
  7. Bishop's Square 2012-10-20 23:23:42 UTC
    3333
  8. Arming the Knights 2012-10-25 18:33:01 UTC
    4136
  9. First Blood 2012-10-30 03:25:07 UTC
    2558
  10. Captured Pawns 2012-11-16 17:52:26 UTC
    3237
  11. White Knight, Grey Plans 2012-11-09 15:02:40 UTC
    2513
  12. Trading Pieces 2012-11-09 02:10:42 UTC
    2904
  13. More Players, More Plans 2012-11-12 21:55:20 UTC
    3492
  14. Committing Pieces 2012-11-16 19:12:52 UTC
    3412
  15. Players Convene 2012-11-18 04:54:29 UTC
    2770
  16. Three Queens 2012-11-19 05:24:36 UTC
    3369
  17. Black Pawn, White Pawn 2012-11-22 22:16:44 UTC
    3020
  18. Moves Ahead 2012-11-26 03:34:59 UTC
    2788
  19. Rooks in the Sky 2012-11-29 19:25:45 UTC
    3115
  20. Next Moves 2012-12-03 03:23:32 UTC
    3851
  21. Player, Queen, and Pawn 2012-12-05 18:49:52 UTC
    3453
  22. Promoting a Pawn 2012-12-08 11:24:49 UTC
    2760
  23. Piece to Player 2012-12-13 19:55:58 UTC
    2718
  24. Pieces in Place 2012-12-17 05:02:09 UTC
    3834
  25. Black Painted White 2012-12-31 18:34:05 UTC
    4210
  26. A Play Revealed 2013-01-02 09:07:08 UTC
    4302
  27. Counter Plays 2013-01-06 08:34:51 UTC
    2545
  28. Chessmaster's Lament 2013-01-11 07:06:30 UTC
    3668
  29. Interlude in Dreams 2013-01-14 04:45:05 UTC
    3092
  30. Bishop's Tea 2013-01-16 20:18:52 UTC
    3493
  31. One Turn More 2013-01-21 08:56:41 UTC
    4079
  32. Knight Fall 2013-01-22 05:36:44 UTC
    3427
  33. Blackest Knight 2013-01-24 09:17:28 UTC
    3955
  34. Play of the Pieces 2013-01-27 22:08:27 UTC
    6186
  35. Queen in Play 2013-01-31 08:50:08 UTC
    4545
  36. Dance of White and Black 2013-02-05 07:37:44 UTC
    3134
  37. Gambit's Open 2013-02-11 07:45:44 UTC
    3765
  38. Black Queen Rising 2013-02-18 22:11:19 UTC
    5193
  39. Melee in Squares 2013-02-27 05:46:38 UTC
    4264
  40. A Pawn Taken 2013-03-11 03:05:29 UTC
    3288
  41. The Weeping Rook 2013-03-14 02:21:52 UTC
    3407
  42. The Long Play 2013-03-19 20:22:09 UTC
    3376
  43. White's Move 2013-03-24 07:09:24 UTC
    3434
  44. Black News 2013-03-30 05:03:07 UTC
    3585
  45. Pawn to Queen 2013-04-01 02:22:11 UTC
    3722
  46. New Boards, New Games 2013-04-05 02:18:12 UTC
    3891
  47. Battles Past and Present 2013-04-14 23:33:41 UTC
    3851
  48. Black's March 2013-05-03 23:20:53 UTC
    4404
  49. Black Pawn to White Queen 2013-05-04 20:41:06 UTC
    4371
  50. A Black Sacrifice 2013-05-08 00:55:46 UTC
    4266
  51. Red Pieces, Black Magic 2013-05-10 01:42:13 UTC
    3951
  52. Endgame 2013-05-15 00:12:40 UTC
    4429
  53. Before the Game 2013-05-19 11:17:42 UTC
    3477
  54. Meeting the Chessmistress 2013-05-20 01:41:43 UTC
    5428
  55. The Last Gambit 2013-06-16 04:50:46 UTC
    4360
  56. Check 2013-06-21 02:50:33 UTC
    3954
  57. Last Moves 2013-06-25 03:01:32 UTC
    3879
  58. The Penultimate Move 2013-07-02 02:34:29 UTC
    3884
  59. Check 2013-07-10 04:31:33 UTC
    4061
  60. Mate 2013-07-19 02:16:13 UTC
    4043
  61. Clearing the Board 2013-08-12 03:14:32 UTC
    4102
  62. The Greatest Game 2013-08-19 06:26:42 UTC
    5742