Chapter 42

Rise of Islam

Authors Note: so, people are aware I have no Grudge or Hatred against Islam Christianity Judaism or any of the main Religions of the modern-day. I myself was born into a devout Catholic Family however I never believed in it myself if I was to choose a religion to Follow it would be the Greek or Egyptian Pantheons of old.

I say this as for the next few Chapters will be set during the times of the Middle ages the Crusades and rise of Islam.

Spartan/Arabian Border

633AD

1111th year of the Immortal Queens Reign

Princess Gorgo Agiad was inspecting their Border Defences she was 155 years old the youngest of the Agiad Family and had a lot to live up to she was the Daughter of the Immortal Queen of Sparta the Woman who turned her Nation from a small City-State into a powerful Empire that had endured for over a millennium.

She had requested this posting purely because she wanted to prove herself just as good as her family. And by the Gods had she proved herself 2 weeks ago Riders from the Rashidun Caliphate who withing months had conquered a huge part of the Arabian Peninsula had decided to attack Spartan Lands, they had picked the wrong time to attack.

It was late at night and Gorgo was trying to get some rest however these Raiders were starting to piss her off grabbing her spear she made her way out of her chamber towards the battlements of the fort.

Seeing the raiders, she yelled at them to shut the fuck up before summoning lightning bolts from the sky down on their positions causing the survivors to flee back south in terror. Her Soldiers cheered in celebration.

Gorgo knew however they would return in greater numbers if they were serious about expanding into Spartan Territory returning to her chambers, she wrote letters to be sent to the other outposts and the Border settlements.

Despite the large mountain borders that had been created by her mother centuries ago to protect the Empire there were still areas where gaps had been left for future expansion such as the Spartan/Arabian Border, these areas, however, had a large military presence such as border forts.

(Medina 1 week later)

Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Uthman the Caliph of the growing Rashidun Caliphate looked at the reports with shock and anger, anger at his forces for disobeying his orders he had told them to scout the Spartan positions to see any weak spots, not to openly attack it.

His shock, however, was the destructive Power the Spartan Commander seemed to possess he had heard the stories of the Royal Family of Sparta and assumed the one who caused the damage was most likely one of Spartan Queens Daughter's.

He decided to crush the Spartan Forces himself he gave orders for his forces to gather he would sweep into the Empire and conquer the lands that Bordered his Growing Empire Before moving on Egypt.

It would take a month but he would gather a force of 25 thousand men to attack the Spartan Border specifically they would attack Fort Empire the very Fortress that Princess Gorgo was posted at with a garrison of 500 Spartans and 100 Amazonians.

(Modern timeline)

Lily Potter had heard of the Spartan takeover of the Ministry and decided to look up this Princess Gorgo her first true battle was the Battle of Fort Empire the Battle would last 5 days the Caliphates forces were primarily cavalry and thus lightly armoured against the Spartan Heavy infantry their Cavalry attacks were repelled time and time again resorting in heavy losses to the Caliphate.

Finally, on day 5 to the shock of the Islamic soldiers, the Imperial Forces moved from beyond the Mountain pass into the open field, deciding this was his chance the Caliph gave the order to charge only to see his army's flanks decimated as large walls of fire broke through the Earth turning them to ash.

At the end of the 5th day, the Islamic army had counted their losses for the past 5 days as over half of their total invasion force, they were now stuck with only 1 real option withdraw back south and gather a larger force.

However, according to the book had the Caliphate continued to fight it would have ended by the end of day 6 as reinforcements from Egypt had arrived under the Command of Princess Diana who congratulated her sister of her first military Victory.

Lily was overcome with a feeling of pride for the Princess and she could not find out why it continued to bug her as she finished reading the chapter that reported the casualties of the battle for the Spartans.

Princess Gorgo had lost 143 of her 500 Spartans and 26 of her 100 Amazonian warriors while this was reported to have affected her a chat with his Sister calmed her.

When James returned from work at the Ministry Lily showed him the Chapter on Princess Gorgo he had to admit he was impressed with the Spartan and now understood why she was so vicious when she invaded the Ministry.

It made him wonder more about his own little Princess unlike Lily James had a very good poker face when it came to his Daughter but in Private he too let his mind wonder about his lost childlike now was she at home with her Family enjoying Dinner or was she at whatever academy she was studying in with her friends or pulling pranks.

His Marauder side hoped it was the latter that right now she was pulling a prank on her fellow schoolmates and just generally Enjoying Life and when they could Finally meet her, they could be a family again.

(Normal timeline)

After his defeat, Caliph Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Uthman returned to his capital to gather a new force however uprisings in his territories prevented that by the time, he quelled the rebellions he would only rule for a few more months dying of an illness on the 23 August 634AD at the age of 60.

his successors would also try to invade Sparta and for the next 28 years until the Collapse of the Caliphate in 661AD, however, it was quickly replaced by a new Caliphate assuming the formers Territory's which included all of the Arabian Peninsula Eritrea most of central and Southern Sudan parts of Chad and southern New Judea.

Both Powers would eventually settle into a stalemate as the Islamic Leaders realised that they could not crush or break the Spartan War machine they would continue expanding over the centuries into Northern Africa along the Mediterranean before invading Southern Spain.

However, Sparta would pay very little attention to them as in 1095 AD a meeting known as the Council of Clermont would Set off a series of wars between the Catholic nations of Europe against the Spartan Empire, these wars would be known as the Crusades.