Princess Twilight has to marry wealth to save her kingdom, but the king's not what she expected. What's worse, while she's to get closer to the king, she finds herself growing fonder of his captain. While at the same time the king finds he's growing closer to another mare, one who he feels a deep connection to like never before. When so many things stand between the pairs what will they decide to do in the end? Which will the two choose at the end of this game Love or Power? And what will their choices mean at the end?

A/N The *sex* tag is just for implied themes, there is nothing explicit in this story.

Shortly after Twilight’s ascension to alicornhood, Ponyville receives a guest from the wolf packs of the Packlands, the diplomat Swift-Pad, who has come to meet Equestria’s newest princess and teach her a few lessons of his own.

Another work with Vinylshadow and Purrs (Chapter One) and Anon and Tangent(Chapter Two upwards)