Why can't anything go as planned? All I wanted was to go on a date with the girl of my dreams, finish college, and hopefully settle down with a family somewhere. However, due to an unlucky set of circumstances, I am instead thrust into a world of magic and intrigue, forced to do battle for the amusement of bored Demons and Gods.

On top of that, my patron deity is a lying, stingy jerk who's only goal seems to be my immediate discomfort and misery.

However, I can't just back out. If I do, I will never be able to return home. At least, I'll never be able to return home in one piece...

This story is inspired by (not copied from) the chessverse. It has absolutely no bearing on that universe, will not feature any of the unique characters from those stories, and will not involve it in any way. I just liked the idea of a story about the Gods playing with the lives of mortals, and wanted to take a crack at the idea.

Co-Author: The DoomOtter

Set in the universe of Chess Game of the Gods.

Edit: Hooray! Finally have a decent -if not noobish- coverart. What can I say; I'm all hooves with digital arts programs.

The land of Equestria is a strange, wondrous, and dangerous place to outsiders; monsters roam freely, dragons control the skies, and then there's the Celestial Princesses who control the sun and moon. Considering these giants among ponies where do I fit in; a small black cat with bad luck and a few little surprises. It's not surprising I have bad luck here; before I came here I was just going to the doctors for a check-up but find out I have a terminal disease that I've never heard of! Then some raven-haired doctor wearing a suit comes in after hours and offers me a cure... in the form of a new body so hey, silver lining.

Rated Teen for swearing and possibly other stuff that I might add if the moment hits me.
***Edit: The tags Gore and Dark have been added, not everything will be gore and dark; they're simply for moments like... Ripping a ghoul's clean off in a spray of black blood or a little girl ghost leading people to be eaten.***

All I want to have is a nice boring, normal day at the library, but I couldn't do that anymore when I got hit by a car. However, as I felt my world around me fade away and as I was staring at the light at the end of the tunnel... I made a wish; To live more of life. I was then spoken to from a being called Karma and he offered me my wish, another chance at life. Of course I accepted, thinking I was getting a second chance to live, which I did, but I wasn't expecting my second chance at life was to wake up in a body made of cold steel and iron.

This is my story of how my life went from ordinary to just plain downright weird very quickly.
Opening song that fits this story
Credit for the awesome cover art goes to DreamActualizer, and I have this is surely awesome for his first time on something this big.

Story is set in the 'Chess Game of the Gods' universe created by Rust and Blackwing, with only a mild amount of gore, but will change the rating if needed.

Given the seal of approval by Troutking.

Edit: Holy Moly! This story reached the feature box on 12/2/12, thank you all that are reading this story, you just made one very happy author.

An aspiring rationalist gets punted into Equestria - and instead of being turned into a cool griffon, or powerful dragon, or even a standard pony... discovers he is now a milk-cow, part of the herd.

Part of the Chess Game of the Gods crossover.

Everyone had their own way into Equis. Me? I got drugged. No biggie. Turns out that Equestria is racist. And that's bad. So when three relatively unknown Princes of Equestria drag me into the Game to help people change, I figured I might as well do just that. Just one problem. I'm a Parasprite. Yeah.

So now I must force my way in this harsh reality of slavery and injustice. For the people. For Equestria. For the swarm...
Authors note: This story is set in the 'Chess Game of the Gods' universe, started by Rust in 'The Ballad of Echo the Diamond Dog' and expanded by Blackwing in 'Griffin the Griffin'. The universe has since been expanded by a growing number of authors, each with their own piece of the action. If you haven't checked those out, I advise that you do! Approved by BlackWing.

I always wanted to go to Equestria. When I got the chance, I took the deal without reading the fine print. To my surprise, I didn't arrive there as a pony, or even as a human. It seems I get to view this world from a different perspective than what I've imagined.

My name is Echo. I am a Diamond Dog.

-Edited by the one, the only, Nathan Traveler!
-(Cover by Jovial_Shake of fimfiction.net)
-Now featured on Equestriadaily.com!