"I accept your challenge."
Now that's what I expect to hear.
The boy with dark hair, and an eye-patch over his right eye, studied the cluttered chess board as his pieces moved into place.
Always skillfully manipulate your pieces. That's how you survive…
He directed a black knight forward, along with a blood-red forward onto the chess field.
Use me, and Madame Red,
Another piece was moved closer towards his side of the board.
any piece within your reach.
His pieces started to become captured, destroyed, one by one as the pile of defeated pawns scattered before him.
Even if the bodies of your pawns pile up at the foot of your throne…
Though there was no hesitation as another pawn was placed in front of his threatened king.
because if the king falls, this game is over.
Sweat started to bead on the boy's forehead as his pieces were taken down and the opponent neared his own. The king.
Yes, my young lord.
He directed the black knight, placing it beside his threatened piece.
I will be there, anywhere you wish me to follow…
The boy was being backed into a corner, causing his strong throne of courage and pride to begin to crumble down from beneath him.
Even if your throne crumbles,
The brilliant crown of superiority atop his head started to rust into nothing more than a weapon to be used against him.
your brilliant crown rusts,
The screams of fallen pawns engulfed his mind and the pile of defeated pieces started to engulf him.
and a mountain of bodies piles at your feet,
Though the black knight stayed by its king's side.
I will stay beside you…
The king sat atop his fallen pieces, backing away from the opponent's tools, all once his, now used against him. Yet the knight still stayed by its king's side.
We will sit side-by-side atop your fallen pawns…
Silence started to take over as the king had fallen over. It clashed down onto the battered chess board and lied still.
Until the last bell tolls…
Though the knight still stayed at the king's side.
I will be there.
As the king fell silent for the last time, the knight delivered the final blow upon its own king.
And thus this game…
Is over.
