~Chapter One~

The land of Chess is at war. Before falling in love with Catherine, our beloved Jest met Princess Lily, the daughter of the White Queen. The ongoing war between the red and white queendoms may require the gracious jester to have a courtship with the princess, a girl he hardly knows, to save his country.
~Jest's life may have ended in the land of Hearts, but this is his life as a Rook (and jester?) in Chess.~

(NOTE: This is a prequel to Heartless. ALSO: This suggests romance, but there isn't any. I'm a hardcore JestXCath shipper.)