Check Mate (Short Story)
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  • Parts 1
  • Time 6m
Ongoing, First published Apr 22, 2015
1:41, Thursday
October 9

    Why did I have to be a stupid pawn?! Why couldn’t I be a brave knight or something?! Why?! Ok... Calm down. The whole reason Five gave me this journal was to calm down.

    Four is a pawn in the not-so-wonderful world of chess. He (tries) to relive stress by writing in a journal his best friend Five gave him. Still, he wants something more. He wants to be...

                                                                                           A Knight.

                                                              (This is just a short story as of now.)
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