Karthik9
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Selias
There will be a lot more action from now on. Sadly a little more boring planning because its Season 5 in Buffy's world now and you know what that means.
Are you ready for the Dawn?
Also not to worry I won't let the HP wizards kill the Overlord in this version.
The Evil Overlord Story 7.
Part 27. Battle For Bruma.
Bruma Castle Courtyward.
The Blackwood mercenary officer made his report as the Overlord and his Witches prepared for the coming battle.
"Lord Gothic, the Chorral militia and guardsmen have begun setting up their camps as you predicted. They remain out of archer range but close enough to prevent anyone from entering the town via the main or second gate".
I reminded the snake man that my title was Overlord not merely Lord before asking.
"So two camps then? Or one large camp?".
"One large camp Overlord" informed the mercenary who this time remembered to use my title. "They are spread thinly as well as if they don't expect to come under attack".
They must not realise that they are up against, the fools must think we a bandit gang or something either that or their commander has to much faith in himself. Still I shouldn't get too cocky, life has a way of humbling men who become overconfident in the face of the enemy.
"Go back to your post" I told the warrior.
I turned to face Willow and Tara who were busy transforming rocks into Wolves as part of plan to defeat the blockading army with as few loses as possible. The plan should work, even if I could only directly control fifty minions if those minions were on wolfback then they would be able to inflict more causalities than they would if on foot.
My charging minions might be outnumbered ten to one but if the troops from Chorral could be taken by surprise while still setting up there was a chance that I could win this battle with minimal loses on my side.
The wolves and their riders were penned up in the courtyard of the castle near the Gate and would be unleashed to ride forth at my command. But for now a fence kept them in place until it was time I didn't want the beasts running lose in my town it would interrupt the toiling of the slaves, and that wouldn't do at all.
Climbing a set of stone stairs I was able to peek over the town's wall and get a good look at the army now setting up camp. The troops had been on the march for a while now so they would need to rest and eat before any battle could start.
More then likely the officer in charge would send a messenger to the wall demanding my surrender or at least offering me the chance to quit the town without bloodshed. If I refused, which I would, they would either keep blockading the town in an attempt to starve me out or assault Bruma.
Given the lack of engines or siege towers I could only assume that the enemy troops were planning to scale the walls with ladders and ropes. If they had enough mages with them they might be able to blow a hole in the walls but that seemed unlikely and I had my own magic users to counter them in any case.
Noticing that one of my Browns had a telescope of all things I commanded the creature to hand it over to me and go a better look at the enemy.
It wasn't much an army really. Guardsmen in light armour were few and far between, hardly surprising as they were needed to keep order in county Chorral. Most of the troops were levies, normal men who had been drafted into a fighting force and equipped as best the nobles could afford.
In other words cannon fodder. Or perhaps arrow fodder would be a better term given that this world had no cannons. At least none I knew about.
The levies' simple arms and armour would no match for a minion riding a wolf, no only the guard were a true threat unless weight of numbers came into play. If it did then they could overwhelm my forces so I had to have surprise on my side.
I observed the men from Chorral set up their camp under the watchful eye of officers who were easy to spot thanks to the shiner armour and better kept weapons. Dirty white tents were being erected across the snowy landscape and I know that as the army had been marching all night that this was the best time to attack, while they were tied and still making camp. It would be a dishonourable battle but why should I care I'm the bad guy.
Faith climbed up to join me holding a pair of plastic binoculars vastly superior to the rusty old telescope I was using.
"So what's the plan boss?" asked the Dark Slayer.
"I'm going to ride out before their ready and hopefully scatter their army. Then I'll go and take Chorral while there still licking their wounds. But we can wait a few days for that".
"Ride out?, is that what the wolves are for?" inquired the brunette.
"Yep the Browns can tame wolves and ride them. On wolfback they are very deadly".
"I thought you wanted to keep your loses down, won't their archers just open up?" she asked next.
Faith had been paying attention then, perhaps she could be one of my Generals once I had a proper army up and running as well as a means to control her better.
"Amy has that covered, she's going to create a nice blanket of fog to cover our charge. It won't last long given the wind but it should be enough".
That had actually been Willow's idea but she had far greater knowledge of wand magic than Amy and needed to save her strength after creating so many wolves. The transfigured animals weren't permanent creations and wouldn't last that long but they didn't need to, still the spellwork had been draining meaning that the two older Witches wouldn't be able to aid in this battle.
"Will the plan work?" asked the Slayer. "Things could go wrong".
I had thought about this but I had faith in the plan but not in Faith herself.
"If we were fighting a proper army I wouldn't dare try it but these guys are civilians led by keepers of the peace not professional soldiers" I explained. "Also I'm thinking that they think that were all just some mercenaries that took over the town and not a real threat".
"So there likely to get scared and just start running" reasoned the Dark Slayer.
I was about to say that this was most the most likely outcome but a Brown appeared to tell that Mistress Amy was about to cast the spell so I said farewell to Faith who didn't want to fight this battle and headed for the town's main gate.
While the minions were riding wolves the combat prowess and skills granted to the one who claimed the mantle of Overlord didn't include the skills needed to fight on horseback. This was big oversight in my opinion but I couldn't do anything about it, so I would have to try and catch up the riding minions.
The fifty minions and fifty wolves waited for my order and Amy cast the spell covering the distance between the town's gate and the camping army with a short lived mystical fog.
I signalled the attack.
Fifty wolf riding minions sped out of Bruma and into the fog filling the night air with barks and growls. The fog didn't last long as the magic faded fast and the wind swept the rest away but it was long enough for my needs.
The guards on sentry duty had heard the attack coming and the archers fired away even without being able to aim. Cries of wolves in pain could be heard meaning that the archers had hit some of the wolves simply by chance but it was no were near enough to thin their numbers.
The fog lifted as I ran towards the enemy while urging the minions to press the attack. I was to far behind to see what was happening in any detail but I saw the mounted horde impact the the Chorral army and the battle began..
Men only protected by normal clothing and bits of leather died quickly as the powerful jaws of the tamed beasts bite down and tore at flesh. Blood splatted onto the snow and the night air was filled with sounds made by men rather than animal, sounds of pain filled screams and dying.
It was music to my ears.
As I strode up to the battle I could see that it wasn't all one sided. The shock was wearing off quickly, the more experienced and better armed guardsmen had gotten their act together and were attacking the minions.
Knowing that I couldn't allow the Chorral guards to rally their men and make use of their superior numbers I picked up the pace and threw myself into the fight.
My first attack was a fireball not a powerful attack really but I needed to preserve some mana in case more impressive spells were need later. My spellwork was still mostly at the novice level but I wasn't worried as I could still hack people apart with my oversized axe. The fireball hit a man making him scream, then stop, drop and roll.
Still to far to enter close quarters combat I sent out the Lightening Whip shocking an armour plated officer with enough juice to stun but not kill. Switching targets while ignoring the chaos around me I used the Evil Presence Spell to break the minds and bodies of several soldiers before switching to my axe.
The levies might be farmers and labourers but they were by no means fools, they could tell that I was the leader of this attack force and as even the simplest of men knows if you cut of the head the body will die. So they tried to cut off my head as well as any other body parts in reach.
Sadly for them an Overlord wasn't going to be killed by peasants even if there were a lot of them.
Events past by in a blur. I swung my axe chopping off body parts and spraying blood. Men died before me again and again. The minions kept pressing forward regardless of their losses. They ripped, tore, stabbed and chopped until the enemy camp became a field littered with the dead. It seemed that the battle would be won. The enemy would flee or die either way I would win.
Then I was struck with a lightening bolt.
This was a big change for me as most of the time I was one the one throwing lightening around like Emperor Palpatine on the second Death Star. This was the first time I had ever been hit by the stuff and it really hurt.
"Die demon" came a shout as another lightening spell hit.
The Mage was about to finish me off when one of the wolf riding minions threw itself in front of me taking the killing blow for me. This brought me enough time to get up and send a fireball at my attacker.
The fire spell hurt the Mage but either he some sort of fire resistance enchanted into his clothing or my fireballs just weren't that good and given how many I had killed with my fire based attack it had to be the former of the two.
But I was in range for the Evil Presence Spell which I used to drain the Mage's magic. Lacking the Tower Heart I was unable to steel the magic users plans but I did enslave the Mage who on my command charged at his former allies intending to beat them to death with nothing more than bare hands.
My next opponent was clearly an officer of some sort given that his armour not only offered him more protection it also looked far more expensive. The officer fought with a large warhammer and he used it well. I discovered this when he drove me to my knees with a single blow.
Reacting without thinking I used a spell that came to mind, one that I had stolen from a Mage I had drained using the Tower Heart. The spell itself wasn't deadly but right now it really came in handy. The Burden spell caused the objects worn by the officer to increase it weight. The hammer wielder fell to the ground unable to move due to the suddenly increased weight of his armour. I ended his life with the Evil Presence Spell leaving only life force behind which I absorbed.
Quickly taking a look around I noticed that the levies were as hoped making a run for it despite the guardsmen attempting to rally them for a counter attack. My plan had worked the Chorral army had clearly not been prepared for a major battle. Their spies had properly only seen the Blackwood mercenaries and those hired thugs would of stood no chance against this force.
Sadly for the them a minion cavalry charge regardless of mounts was an effective weapon of war and very hard to deal with. My own efforts wouldn't of made much difference but it was nice to get onto the field of battle now and again.
The retreating army was in a poor state so I used my mental power over the minions to order them to press the attack figuring that the spoils of this short and brutal battle would ensure that my minions would be well armed and armoured for some time to come. The gained life force would more than make for the losses as each wolf/minion pair seemed to be claiming the lives of more than one human.
Picking up the fallen warhammer I was amazed that I could use both hammer and axe at the same time. This would prevent me from using my magic but that didn't matter as I really wanted to bash someone with the heavy weapon.
Running as fast as one can in magical enchanted Overlord armour I ran into the fight wielding both weapons with no grace but to great effect. Few of my blows were immediately fatal but they did prevent many of the enemy soldiers from fleeing and the minions could finish them off later, assuming the men didn't die of their wounds.
I focused my efforts on the guardsmen who were a much bigger threat to my plans that men who had simply been drafted into the fight and ordered into battle. With the hammer I batted aside shields and knocked swords aside. My axe chopped into men severing a few limbs between simple killing the enemy with mighty blows to the head.
Sadly despite having the power of the Overlord and more, I like any mortal grew tired and was unable to carry on fighting. All I could do was to send a few fire balls at the backs of fleeing men.
"Well that went" I said out loud as I recalled the minions to me.
"Indeed Sire" said the voice of Gnarl "A short but brutal battle worthy of the Overlord".
I ignored the rest of Gnarl's ego stroking speech in favour of directing the minions to harvest as much life force as they could before it faded away. The other spoils of war could wait as they wouldn't disappear as quickly, at least not until the scavengers both human and animal arrived.
I passed the warhammer to a nearby minion ordering it to place the weapon in my trophy room along with one of the shields from a guardsmen I killed judging by the wound. Everything else here would go to supply the growing minion army.
I took my time to walk back to Bruma which wasn't far but it took a while since I was so tried. My three Witches here on this world ran up to meet me showing concern for me faked or otherwise real.
"Relax girls I'm fine now lets go get cleared up and head for the beach. I found a suitable island for us to enjoy".
An afternoon of sun and sand was just what I needed. The Mistresses in their new swimwear would only add to the enjoyment and on that tropical island nobody would be around to pick another fight.
Part 28. Not So Tropical Paradise.
An Island Near Everlight.
The Netherworld Gate burst open like the contents of a evil jack in the box. Bits of rock, soil and plant life were pushed aside as the Gate came into existence mere meters away from a sandy beach. The Gate glowed blue as I stepped out of it no doubt cutting a fearsome image in my sandals and shorts.
From behind me all my Mistresses appeared wearing simple bikinis and only sandals to cover their feet. Each girl was showing a lot of skin right now and a lesser man would be drooling. Well truthfully I was mentally drooling I was able to stop myself from actually drooling at sight of teenage girls nearly naked at the beach.
This was going to be a great day.
A few hours later.
The smell of cooking burgers would of drove me to distraction if Amy hadn't been doing something else that distracting me as we lay on a towel. I looked around to see Willow and Tara sunning themselves a short distance away making sure that each other had more than enough sunscreen on their bodies.
Even Faith was having fun but that was properly due to the massive amount of beer and red meat she was able to consume. My youngest Mistress had after getting drunk for the first time found a shady spot to fall asleep in.
I had never felt so relaxed.
"Is that a ship?"
All the Mistresses, aside from Sabrina who was still catching some Zs got up to look at the sight even Amy who had up until been busy orally pleasing me. Normally I'd be a little pissed off with any Mistress who stopped pleasuring me so suddenly but I could forgive it as there was in fact a ship and it was coming towards us.
"Is their a dock or something around here" I wondered out loud.
The girls seemed a little worried about the ship that was getting larger in our view as it got closer. It wasn't a big ship but it was fast and seemed to be somewhat alien in appearance. I'd never seen a vessel like that ,it was too sleek and fragile looking to be a war ship of any kind but no humans could build a ship that size which could dock at a beach.
The something clicked in my mind.
"Their Elves!" I warned. "Get back to the Gate!".
Everlight (which this island might count as part of) was pretty much a holy place to the Elves and if they found a bunch of humans despoiling it like the Glorious Empire had done centuries ago they would likely kill us all. Faith and I could handle ourselves but my Witches hadn't brought their wands with them , unless they packed away with the rest of the beach part supplies.
Which they hadn't.
With surprisingly girlish screams Willow and Tara ran ,still topless, to the Netherworld Gate. Oddly taking the time and effort to cover their books with their hands. Amy was at not worrying about being modest and took the time to grab Sabrina. Waking her up and half dragging her to the Gate.
Meanwhile Elf warriors armed with wicked looking blades jumped from the beached ship and ran towards fast enough to outstrip any human runner.
"They'll be on us before we can reach the Gate boss" said Faith.
I had to agree,
"I'll deal with them" I said more confidence than I felt.
I should be worried as stripped to my shorts I was down to a handful of Tamriel spells few of which were offensive and the powers I had stolen from the Slayer Buffy Summers. Had these been human pirates I wouldn't be to worried but from what I remembered from the games these elves with fast on their feet and quite deadly with a blade. Still I had Faith with and granted she was only armed with a BBQ fork but any weapon was deadly in the hands of a Slayer.
"We'll be fine" reassured Faith. "Just remember the thing I told you about going with your gut and we'll paste these pointy ear fucks".
I was so going to have to brainwash a Watcher and really learn to use these Slayer powers. Still the Slayer powers had worked when fighting the Blades at Cloud Ruler and would work now. I was the Overlord after all and a few pasty faced hippy elves weren't going to end of my dark rule.
Reacting without thought I grabbed the arm of an elf warrior who was holding a lethal looking sword and with little effort I broke the arm took the blade for myself. I didn't think even have to think about cutting down the elf with his own weapon, it just happened.
I had just enough time to wonder how I moved so quickly when another blade came aimed and cutting me down.
The elven blade in my hand moved as if I had years of experience in sword fighting. The two blades impacted and I pushed the enemy blade aside.
Elves are quick, graceful and can jump higher than any human could hope to (at least without a trampoline) but it turns out that they are physically less strong than humans. So I was able to batter the second elf's defences down and land a killing blow with ease.
They might have speed and agility on their side when fighting normal humans but compared to the powers of the Slayer they just weren't fast enough.
Forcing myself to act rather than think I engaged my next opponent this Elf was more weary of me then the other two and made to jump over me in an attempt to strike my back. In a sudden act of cleverness I cast the feather spell which temporally lowered the Elf's mass. This meant the Elf jumped too high, not enough that the fall hurt the Elf but it gave me time to spin around and cut the pointy eared humanoids head off as he landed.
Taking a look around I saw Faith laying into a Elven male with nothing more than her fists. He was also the last one standing and dropped dead as Faith broke his neck seconds later.
"Huh that was easy" I muttered.
Half of a dozen Elven warriors should really of at least killed me so either I was becoming more powerful than I realised or Elves really weren't all they were cracked up to be. Either possibility was fine with me as it meant I kill more of the arrogant ass wipes.
Willow and Tara came running back to us having thrown t-shirts on while grabbing their wands. Dozy cows hadn't bothered to bring Faith or myself weapons but at least they had been quick.
"Lets check out their ship it might be useful". I decided.
A quick examination of the vessel showed that it was still sea worthy and later Gnarl informed me that the minions could pilot such a craft. I now how my own ship it seemed hopefully I wouldn't get motion sickness like when I was a child. A seasick Overlord would inspire terror in no one.
"Well the parties ruined" moaned Faith who had for once been enjoying herself.
"Nah it will take days before anyone reacts to this missing ship it was properly on patrol. Were nowhere near the Everlight temple".
None of the girls knew what I meant by that but I assured them that no more Elves were going to turn up any time soon. Ordering the girls to get back to enjoying themselves I summoned up some of the Green minions to go take care of the bodies and to scout the island.
The Elves didn't wear armour instead they wore vivid clothing of many colours and only their swords were worth taking, one of which I was keeping with me. I let the minions take the rest and went back to the party. Letting the tropical island themed music coming from a stereo relax me.
My Mistresses were a little on edge after the sudden attack so I reassured them that something would be done about it.
"I plan to turn this island into a little getaway resort for us so I will deal with these Elves not to worry".
Everyone but Faith, who wasn't remotely worried about more pointy eared pussies showing up, stayed close to me. Not that I minded as having sexy young ladies around me as it gave me plenty to look at as I explained my plan.
"What will you do" asked Tara "kill them all?".
I shook my head.
"Nah I have better idea. I'm going to enslave them. Well as least the ones that don't fight. Then we can pick the sexist Elf girls and make them cater to our every whim in an island resort".
They all agreed that this sounded like fun.
"I can design the place" suggested Amy "I'm good at drawing and the minions know how to make stuff".
I put her in charge of that as it would be a good use of her time while I went off to conquer and destroy what Elves were left on this world. Of course knowing my luck something else would get in the way.
"What about the other world" pointed out Willow who was finally relaxing again. "Weren't you going to conquer a place called Corral".
I didn't bother to correct her as the name wasn't that important.
"And you need to practice your magic" added the now once again topless girl "I got lots of books lined up for you to read and I can tutor you on the wand work".
It was amazing that even after anything Willow had been through in the months since joining me she was still able to get so excited about tutoring. Still evil smart girls were kinda sexy.
I went on point out that wielding a little wooden stick didn't really fit the whole Overlord image but Sabrina had a suggestion.
"Can't you just use something else, you do magic with your armour right maybe you could add a wand to it or use something more errm sturdy. ".
The older more experienced magic users started to discuss the idea trying to think of another way for me to access the wand type of magic without actually using the wand. They promised me that would have something in a few days that might work.
As the sun began to sink over the horizon and I summoned the Greens so they could pack up the camp. Having hundreds of helpful creatures willing to obey your every command could be so useful at times.
Part 29 Taking The Stone.
Hogwarts School.
Bypassing the wards of a place like Hogwarts would normally be impossible, but the Blues are in tune with magic in a way no Wizard could hope to be. This made bypassing the wards rather simple for the Blues as long as they didn't try to harm anyone within the walls. Which they couldn't really as for all their magical powers the Blue Minion were awful at fighting.
They were however very good with magic and moving about unseen.
I stepped out of the small Gate which had appeared in the room which held one of the tests that supposedly protected the Philosopher's Stone. This room held several potion bottles on a table and the correct potion needed to enter the next chamber was empty meaning that young Harry Potter had already entered the room containing the mirror.
I had been waiting for this moment for months now. I never would have been able to take the stone for myself given that I wanted to use it and my minions couldn't fetch for the same reason Quirall or whatever his name was, couldn't for Voldemort.
The few Blues I had left here to watch over the mirror could however wait until the right time and then alert me to that fact. The turban wearing man had already been the in mirror room for some time and my own timing had been perfect thanks to the Tower Heart ability to oversee such events.
Now was the time for me to take my prize and leave.
I knew that after this day even by Blues wouldn't be able to get past the wards as the Headmasters would investigate and find away to keep them out. That meant this was my one chance to get the stone and I couldn't afford to screw it up so I had waited until the last possible moment.
Decked out in full armour I headed towards the magical flames that blocked the way and stepped through them.
Nothing bad happened to me. So either the flames were actually harmless or whatever effect they had hadn't been able to bypass the magical protections I wore. Of course it wasn't just my Overlord armour which protected me. I also had drunken a potion of fire resistance made by Tara and Willow had found an amulet taken from dead mage I had duelled outside Bruma that was suppose to absorb spell damage. That might explain why my fireball had been less than effective against him.
These things combined or alone had saved me from the magical flames so I was grateful for them.
As I walked into the room I saw young Harry Potter lying on the stone steps knocked out with my prize mere centimetres from him. I toyed with idea of killing him but I couldn't bring myself to do something like that to a child. Killing those who wished me harm was one thing killing a helpless child was another. Enslaving him would do no good either as I couldn't get him past the magical flames and I wasn't willing to bet that they were nothing more than a pretty special effect.
Plus taking him would really screw up the time line a little to much for my taste.
Still he had his possible uses I realised as I picked the small stone which was the key to immortal life and great wealth.
Potter would make a fine tool in my service as he had great powers and skills, he simply lacked someone to encourage them. As a Dark Wizard in my service he would obtain great power and wealth. A unbreakable vow could keep him in line for the most part and I could find ways to corrupt even a pure heart like his.
Of course he was a hero at heart and corrupting a hero is never a easy thing due to their strong morale centre and desire to help others. It was just a shame that the Evil Presence Spell would burn away a lot of his magic in order to make him loyal to me.
Plus while having my own Darth Vader, as it were, would be cool he might find his way back to the lightside and destroy me even at the cost of his life.
In any case I didn't have time to train himself and I could always get more Mistresses and simply have them do whatever he could. Add to that there was Dumbledore, if I took the Boy Who Lived the Headmaster would track him down and make it impossible for me to operate on this world and I had plans for this place.
I'd think it over and kidnap him during the summer if needs be. The Blues could bypass Wizarding wards as long as they meant no harm to anyone inside the wards and they could drop of messages to young Harry. Dobby the elf would cut off the rest of Harry's mail during the summer but the house elf wouldn't be able to stop the Blues.
Knowing that my possibly future Darth Vader would survive given that Dumbledore would soon find him I left the room and once again stepped through the fire that had no effect on me.
I stepped into the miniature Gate which was just a small disk like platform on the floor. A full Netherworld Gate would of taken to long to make. Just as I was about to will myself back to the Netherworld I saw Albus Dumbledore entered the room. He took one look at me I and I left before he could do more than stare.
Once back in the Netherworld I ordered the Heart to cut of power the Gate I had just used and to the one in the Forest. Thankfully the Blues, that had until now, been stationed at Hogwarts had already returned to the Netherworld so I wouldn't lose them or risk them being captured.
Sitting down on my Throne which my Mistress Amy had upgraded with a nice skull motif I took out the Philosopher's Stone which hadn't been damaged by the trip in anyway and admired its beauty.
"Oh pretty" said Sabrina who was the Mistress looking after the Netherworld today. "What's it do?".
"If your a good girl and eat all your vegetables it will allow me to make you rich via alchemy, perhaps even make you immortal".
Sabrina looked confused, I had forgotten that she still had little knowledge of magic as she had been with me the least amount of time and suffered from the largest case of culture shock upon entering my service. Words like alchemy would mean little or nothing to her.
"Its called the Philosopher's Stone" I explained "Its a magical object like the Tower Heart only it does different things".
"Like what?" she asked looking a little memorised by the stone.
Hopefully this thing wouldn't end up being like the One Ring as I had no desire to destroy it.
"Well once I figure it out I will be able to turn other metals into gold and produce what's called the Elixir of Life".
"Elixir of Life" she repeated.
"Its something the Stone can make it. I have no idea how it allows you to live for hundreds of years but it does. Willow will figure it out if I can't.
Having your own genius around could be real handy at times.
I looked around the Netherworld Throne Room and noticed how quite it was. Aside from the minion guards there wasn't anyone about. Even Gnarl wasn't here.
"Where is everyone Sabrina?" I asked of the teenage Witch "I wasn't gone that long and everyone seems to have gone walkabouts".
Sabrina explained that as I was usually gone for hours on end all my Mistress had gone to get some work done. Willow was out harvesting life force for the attack on Chorral while Tara ran the shop. Amy was off on the tropical island and Faith was in Sunnydale.
"And why is my Slayer in a place were the police are looking for her?" I asked.
Sabrina just said that Faith had been drawn there but what could be happing on her world that would draw the Slayer in so much? What season was it there now? Adam was dealt with and the Initiative had closed up operations in that town. Properly just to set them up elsewhere.
What about season 5 then? Lets see well there was Dracula but he went looking for Buffy not Faith. A demon called Toth as well, oh I could steal his rod thingy that could be handy. Then it hit me I remembered what event happened on that world that require the Slayer to be in Sunnydale.
Part 30. Here Comes The Dawn.
Netherworld Tower. Throne Room.
"Master what's wrong" asked my youngest Mistress as I got off my throne tearing my helmet off and then nearly running into Tower Heart.
I didn't bother to reply other than to tell her to shut up, which she did.
The Tower Heart went from a blue ball of energy into what could best to called a weird TV/ remote viewing device. I had commanded it to show me Faith in the present. The image cleared to show my pet Slayer waiting outside the magic box, a store that Giles the Watcher would of opened if not me altering this time line.
Faith didn't seem concerned about being caught by the police at all which was odd as she normally went out under a glamour when visiting Sunnydale. Once more cursing the lack of sound I forced my will into the Tower Heart hoping that it would at least bring up subtitles or something else so I could understand what was happening.
The Tower Heart chose the something else option and weirdness once more struck my life. I felt as if my mind was leaving my body and then I was actually there.
Sunnydale California. Outside The Magic Box
Faith smiled as her younger sister Dawn exited the magic shop holding a wrapped up box.
"Do you think he'll like it?" asked Dawn as she presented the brown paper covered box to her sister.
Faith didn't take the box she instead took and examined the small piece of paper attached to it.
"At this price he better" she mumbled.
"I know its expensive" said the Key in human form. "but if we want your boss to hire me then we need to make a good impression. And I'm to young be one of his Mistresses so hence bribery of the retail kind.".
Faith tried not to sigh as she realised that her sister was right. If her boss was going to take Dawn in then she had to convince him, and this magic thing should do the trick. According to the shopkeeper, who would be killed by Harmony's Vampire gang in a matter of weeks, this crystal could be used to trap dangerous creatures such as demons within it.
Faith like most people would normally think that this was just a silly story and that there couldn't possibly be such a thing as a monster trapping crystals but ever since she had become Mistress to the Overlord in order to make the money she needed to provide for her sister rescuing her foster care Faith had seen a lot of odd things, including alien worlds. So the idea that you could trap a demon inside a slab of shiny rock wasn't so weird. If nothing else it was kinda nice looking and would look good in the master's vault.
Despite Faith's life plan in the end Dawn had saved herself from foster care and had sought out Faith in Sunndydale.
This was good because it saved Faith the trouble of going all the way to Boston to get her. Which would of ended up with Faith either breaking her sister out and running for another part of the world That or spending a fortune hiring lawyers who could make Faith her sister's legal guardian. Either route would require money and that was why she had gone to work for the Overlord.
It was bad because while Dawn was here with Faith social services would now be looking for her. If they found out that Faith had not taken Dawn back into foster care it would reflect badly on her should she try and claim custody the honest way.
The Mayor had at least been able to make all the murder charges disappear and the plan had been for him to get Dawn into Faith's custody once the Slayer had turned 18. Of course that had never come about nor would it. The Mayor had held the promise over her saying it would get done but she had turned 18 and still wasn't Dawn's guardian.
Granted she had turned 18 while in coma but once free and working for the Overlord it turned out no paper work had even been filed for the process to start.
This led Faith to the choice of introducing the Overlord to her sister in the hopes that he would take her in and let Dawn and Faith have a home somewhere. Dawn was to young to be Mistress and while the Overlord did like young mistresses a thirteen year old girl was of no use to him. Aside from the age issue Dawn had no fighting or magical skills to speak of so that meant Faith had to make it worth his while.
The Slayer realised that her thoughts were just starting to repeat themselves now, she had been over this issue and had no choice. Delaying the meeting would serve no purpose.
"Come on little D lets go meet the boss" said Faith.
Faith wished she had time to get Dawn some new clothes as her sister looked fine in denim but the teen hadn't had a shower or a change in clothes in days. Faith could of booked the two into a motel and dealt with this but it was risky to stay in SunnyD. The remaining members of Buffy Summers' little gang would recognise Faith on sight. The cops might of dropped the murder charges but the Scoobies wouldn't let that go. Faith normally wouldn't worry about the likes of Angel who was back in town according to the info she had gotten at Willy's bar, properly still looking for Buffy, but Dawn was far more vulnerable and had a habit of getting into trouble.
Netherworld Tower. Throne Room.
"Master are you errm there" asked Sabrina with concern.
Suddenly I was and I was wondering what the hell had just happened. How had the Tower Heart done that. One moment I was just watching and the next I had been there, not physically but I had seen the events like a ghost watching over its still living loved ones.
How was this possible. Wait hadn't Gnarl said that the Heart grew in power with its Overlord. And I was perhaps the most powerful Overlord ever. So the Tower Heart to had grown to become greater than ever before. What other new things could it do? I could experiment with it later for now I had things to do.
"Yes Sabrina I am fine. Could you arrange some food please have the minions bring a table and three chairs here as quick as they can. Then serve a big lunch as we have a hungry guest coming".
Sabrina was understandable very confused but I urged her into action so before Faith and her sister arrived there was nice spread set out on a table before my throne. I had just enough time to get changed as well and was now wearing an all black outfit made of jeans, t shirt and a jacket, as the Overlord armour would scare a young girl. Normally that was a good thing but I wanted Dawn to trust me as I had quickly come up a plan on how to make use of her.
Dawn was to young to be a mistress now but she would grow up fast. Also she would make a great spy at Hogwarts while my future apprentice was still at school. She could seduce him to the darkside, literally if needs be, and keep an eye of the place for me. Of course I had to make Faith think that I hadn't already planned this in advance.
The Gate opened and presented a worried looking Faith and a very nervous looking Dawn.
"Hey boss" said Faith in a tone far more submissive than normal "Sorry for bringing my.. well she's called Dawn and I need to ask a favour".
"She's your sister I know" I said in the most reassuring tone I could. "I knew she was coming hence the food".
"How did you know we were coming?" asked Dawn who nervous tone had been lost for one of near awe as she had looked around the place seeing the wonder of the Netherworld Throne Room.
I pointed to the Tower Heart.
"I was worried where Faith had gotten to and saw you both. I knew that she would bring you here as well thanks to my powers".
Well actually it was due to the Tower Hearts powers but building myself up would only impress the teen further. Plus what was I suppose to say, I know you from TV?
"Cool so your like a Wizard then with real magic like in Harry Potter?".
I tried not be insulted by that as I was far more cool then a wand waving inbreed but if she knew all about that world it would make this easier.
"Sort of" I answered "I have magical powers anyway".
Dawn was eyeing the food now and I told her go eat while I spoke to Faith a short distance away.
"Not to be rude" Faith started which was a lie of course "but how do you know about Baby D".
It was a demand not a question but I let that go. Family has a way of making people act out.
"Your life was a TV show to me remember I saw how this all ends. I knew about Dawn but because of the changes in the time line I didn't know when she would show up, if at all. And its not like you ever mentioned her either".
That was because she hadn't existed until today but Faith didn't know that.
Faith calmed down a little before asking.
"So you know stuff like if she's you know normal and stuff?".
How to answer this one.
"It might be better if I just show you. It might take a while for the Heart to explain everything but it seems that it can now".
Faith had a confused look so I explained.
"The Heart doesn't just show you things like a TV any more, it seems like your there as well its strange but if I tell it show you stuff about Dawn it will".
I assured her that Dawn would be safe with me and that I could take a magical oath to that effect later ensuring that no harm would come to Dawn by my hand. Faith weighed the pros and cons of this and decided to use the Heart to see what Dawn future was.
I commanded the Heart to show Faith what would happen to Dawn if she stayed on that world and to show her the threat of Glory. Showing Dawn as Buffy's sister was a bit of a risk but Faith had gotten her a head around the alternative universe thing so she should in time come to accept it.
When Faith returned to the real world she told Dawn to go to the Private Quarters under the supervision of Sabrina, who was the least dangerous of my Mistresses. Once she was out of sight and even Slayer hearing Faith began having a breakdown just as I had hoped.
I now knew that Umbra wouldn't be needed I had the perfect thing to keep Faith in line with. The Netherworld could keep Dawn safe from Glory and even the Hellgod couldn't withstand the powers I could bring to bare. Well maybe. Actually I might be in trouble if Glory found a way into here. I better get myself some god killing weapons. But that could wait as I knew that Glory had no idea who the Key was nor she did have any means of accessing the Netherworld. Still it would be best to prepare something in case she did find a way in here in got in the way of my plans for Sunnydale.
Faith's reaction to what she had just seen was to swear a lot before breaking a chair, well I say breaking really destroying might be a better word. She was a might upset about the whole Dawn is the Key thing and that a god wants to bleed her to death. I had a little sister, two of them in fact, so I could empathise somewhat. If some mad bitch was threatening to kill one of my sisters I would be a might upset as well.
I also knew that Faith would move on from anger to a bargaining phase as she realised that I was her only hope of keeping Dawn truly safe. If there was anything on her Earth that could then the monks would of sent Dawn to it.
As Faith was hesitant to ask I made the offer.
"I can hide Dawn on one of the other worlds" I said trying to sound causal about the whole thing.
Which truth be told I wasn't as the walls between worlds broke down that would properly include the ones stopping the unspeakable horrors from entering the Netherworld too. Although I doubted that it would really be that bad as given that the multi-verse was infinite there should be a world were Buffy fails to stop the walls from going down. Given that all human life hadn't been wiped out then the Key must not then effect all realities.
Perhaps it only exposed the world it was opened on to the hell dimensions around it. Did realities come in groups or something? Or was it because some worlds were connected to hell dimensions were as others weren't.. My world didn't seem to have anything supernatural on it, would it have been safe?.
These questions were hurting my head so I got back to the issues at hands.
"If Glory could access other worlds she wouldn't need the Key so if we take Dawn off your world Glory is stuck on your Earth. We might even find a way to kill the hell bitch".
Hope flared in Faith's eyes.
"Would you do that, really and let me stay with her cause if you order the vow won't stop me!"
Faith pretty much threw herself at me offering her body her trade at least on some level.
"I'd totally make it worth your while" she assured. "I mean anything you want me to do or even do to me you can, just don't let let anything happen to Little D. I can't lose her".
I tried not to smile as I realised that this had worked out just as I had hoped. Damn those monks did some good work. Faith would already die to project Dawn even knowing she wasn't really her sister.
"I'll place her under my protection Faith. Tamriel is to dangerous but the Wizarding world should be safe enough as long as she is prepared".
"Where would she go?" asked the nervous Slayer. "That Magic shop of yours?".
I shook my head.
"She's to young to be outside of school in that world. You could send her to Hogwarts, its not always safe there but we can prepare her and always hide her somewhere else if it doesn't work out. A school would give her sense of being normal plus she be with kids her own age".
Faith wasn't the school going kind but was coming around to the idea.
"A magic school?" questioned the Key's new older sister. "She's not magical".
"I could drain a very small amount of the Key energy and replace with the magical powers of Hogwarts student. She could then learn to defend herself using magic adding another layer of security around her".
"Isn't that a boarding school?" asked Faith. "I don't want to go months without seeing her, I mean I know I'll be working for you but its a long time and what if she gets hurt".
I pretended to give this some thought but I had already planned it all out. I went onto to explain about all the different methods we could use to keep in touch with Dawn , such as Owl post, floo calls and even enchanted mirrors, and that she would be staying with us for the holidays which Faith could have off and spend where ever she wished with her sister. I even mentioned the matching pair of vanishing cabinets one of which was inside the school giving Dawn an escape route or Faith a way in.
Faith then for the first time ever actually hugged me. It seemed that the memories of having a little sister had made Faith more open as she was now crying on my shoulder in what I assumed was happiness. I didn't like this much I wasn't the sappy feelings sharing type but somehow I endured this display of human feelings and returned the hug.
Part 31 Magical Education.
Netherworld Tower. Throne Room.
I had summoned all the Mistresses for this meeting so that we could deal with this whole Dawn matter as quickly as possible. While it was nice to now posses the Key, well sort of, and have Faith wanting to please me I really did want to get on with the conquering. I still only had one town under my thumb and that wasn't much of an empire even with my realm with the Netherworld still expanding.
Well hopefully after this was sorted I could get on with the business of conquering, looting and maybe even getting some mistresses because you could never have enough hot chicks around. Well you could but screw it I wanted more hot asses to slap and more sexy boobs to squeeze.
"Right then ladies" I started "This meeting is to let you know that Faith's little sister has joined our group".
"Faith has a sister!" chorused the Mistresses.
None of them knew Faith well enough to question this fact, it just came as a surprise.
"Yes Faith has a sister and she's well... a Mistress is training lets say. She only thirteen but has a lot of mystical energy in her. I plan to siphon off some of this away and replace it with the magic of a Hogwarts student so she can learn magic that will make her a suitable Mistress one day".
"Do you want Willow and I to teach her?" asked Tara.
"No she will be going to Hogwarts as a second year student" I explained.
Willow gasped.
"Wait second year! But the monster!"
To everyone else such things would be gibberish but I knew what the Wiccan meant.
"With the special energy that's inside Dawn I will able create a few Gates that bypass wards. I plan to enter the Chamber of Secrets and either enslave or destroy the basilisk".
"But how it will turn you to stone with one look?" said the red head.
"I find your lack of faith in me disturbing" I replied.
I explained to my magical mistress that the basilisk had a few weaknesses and I had lots of minions who could distract the creature while I used my magic to enslave it. Once under my control it wouldn't be able to attack the students unless I commanded it.
And if I had to kill the creature so be it. One minion with a hand grenade could throw itself down the monster's throat and end the whole issue. Sure it was dishonourable but who cared and we would then be able to harvest the basilisk.
From that moment on Willow began making plans about to do with the creature assuming I killed it. Its hide would make great armour for the Witches as it was good against magic and its fangs, even years after the monster's death, could be used to destroy pretty much anything. Perhaps even Glory would die if stabbed with a fang coated in venom.
"But how do we get her into the school?" asked Faith who had until now remained out of sight.
"Willow will go to the Goblins and sort out the paperwork, no expense is to be spared on this matter. As she's my wife in that world we can adopt her if needs be. Tell the Goblins to make up some story about her becoming an orphan and see if Faith can be made a legal guardian as cousin or something. Most pureblood families are related so she can be my cousin too. Then once Bloodstone had arranged the paper write to Hogwarts asking for admission. The school is hardly over populated so it shouldn't be any trouble. Offer to pay more than the normal fees as well".
Money is a great social lubricant and can be used to grease the otherwise slow moving gears of any bureaucracy.
I addressed Tara next.
"You will get all the spell books and other equipment a Hogwarts student needs. Ask the shopkeepers what a second year might need and get it, again spare no expense she is to have the best".
I wasn't ensuring that Dawn got the best of everything out of the kindness of my heart. Nor even because it might win me more gratitude from Faith (although that would be nice) no I was doing this because I wanted Dawn to love me or at least like me a lot so that she would want to return my kindness by doing me a few favours while at Hogwarts. True most teenagers weren't the most grateful of creatures but the promise of more gifts would ensure that she did a few things for me such as reporting on what was going on at the school. Perhaps even going so far as to befriend a certain student for me.
"Amy go and prepare a room for Dawn at the shop and one here too make sure its suitable for teenage girl. Not a hard task considering are one" I admitted with a chuckle.
Sabrina was the closet in age to Dawn so I ordered her to babysit the Key while I went out to get the next thing I needed namely a wand wizard. After draining a small amount of the Key's almost limitless energy. The paperwork and such could wait until tomorrow tonight we would go into battle.
And If I couldn't conquer anything today then I could at least go kill some people and destroy a lot of stuff. All this planning was getting on my nerves it was time for some action.
Part 32. Fall Of The House Of Malfoy.
Malfoy Manor. The Wizarding World.
Normally I wouldn't of been able to bypass a Wizards' wards like this but with access to the Key I could charge the Tower Heart with a type of magical energy that was meant to rip reality itself apart. Compared to bringing down the walls between all worlds bypassing some magic wards was child's play. Granted the small amount of energy taken form Dawn wasn't even a drop the bucket but it was more than enough for my uses.
I had been able to bypass the Hogwarts wards because I had meant no harm to those within and a school really couldn't erect the kind of wards that kept a peaceful visitor out because then no one could visit the place.
Granted it was doubtful I would be able to do that again as the Headmaster could properly adjust the wards but with the Key I could use raw power to overcome that should I need to. No defence would stop the Overlord now.
I didn't bother to hide this Netherworld Gate as I needed to get in and out as fast as possible. And while making a Gate appear inside the Malfoy's mansion took up a lot of energy thankfully I had a near infinite wellspring to call upon.
So my Mistresses and I (not including Sabrina who was on babysitting duty) appeared inside the Manor's dinning room during a late evening meal. My timing had been perfect but I still had to move fast as if the wards were able to alert the Ministry of Magic some of their Dark Wizard catchers would soon be here.
As planned Willow stunned the youngest Malfoy before the coward could finish hiding under the table. While Tara took down Mrs. Malfoy with the help of Amy. I didn't see that part but they were able to overwhelm the women quickly. Malfoy Senior however as a Death Eater and a powerful one. Granted he wasn't really that dangerous compared to an Overlord but there was no need to chances so he would have to be taken down fast.
A dagger span through the air faster than the human eye could track and hit the elder male Malfoy in the shoulder, ruining his expensive black and silver robes. Distracted by the pain he wasn't able to defend himself from my attack, which was to punch him in the face.
"Where is the book, the one you were planning to send to Hogwarts the one the Dark Lord gave you?"
He didn't answer so I used the Evil Presence Spell to inflict just enough pain and soul crushing power to loosen his tongue".
"My study" he called out enable to summon the will to resit. "Over there".
Knowing her part of the plan Willow got the book and passed it to me. She knew it looked like after all and understood the danger it put people in.
I had forgone armour and a weapon so I could try out Willow and Tara's newest creation. It acted much like the gauntlets I used to cast my Overlord magic only this gauntlet went on my right hand and was made of metal forged very differently than the others. I had no idea how it worked but Willow had tried to explain that she had mixed in venom from the spiders I had slain in the Forbidden Forest into metal and this somehow this worked as a focus for wand magic. It didn't make much sense to me but magic was odd like that.
But it worked really well I found out when I used a cutting curse to kill the elder Malfoy. His neck seemed to slice open as if a sword had cut it.
"The women is alive Master!" called out Tara. "She's a little old for a sex slave but we do need more people for the mines".
Killing the women's husband had been a simple choice as he was a Death Eater, even enslaved I wouldn't want him around. Still I showed some mercy to his wife (depending on your point of view) and simple enslaved her. She would live out the rest of her life in a small mine outside Bruma digging for silver. Once drained of his magic her son would join her.
"Grab her and the boy we have to move now".
I was the last to leave so I covered the scene of the crime by starting lots of fire using both Wizard and Overlord magic. Soon the place was burning nicely as I left the Manor via the small Gate sealing it permanently behind me.
That had all been a little to easy and I knew that next time things would be harder. The Wizarding World had enjoyed ten years of peace and now that was over. People would soon realise that a new Dark Lord had appeared and make better efforts to defend themselves.
Not that it would matter, nothing would stop the Overlord. Nothing could stop me.
