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Narcissa looked up to both Sir Armand Prince and her niece Delphini as they all finished collecting the important stuff which they could from the ruins.
"We should go" she said looking at both of them as she saw that the sun was just above her head which meant that it was near afternoon, they had already been here for two to three hours. The air may be a little nice but it still had a bad smell due to the stench of sulphur in the air not to mention they have been breathing air filled with little bits of sulphur. Being a wizard and witch their metabolism was higher than that of muggles but still even they had their limits.
Both of her companions nodded as Delphini brought out another magical carpet from her pouch and unrolled it. She looked at Sir Armand, "Sir Armand and I will share this one" she said as the carpet was longer than the one which Narcissa was already riding.
"Hmm, get ready. My head is starting to ache from the sulphur present in the air, it will not be good to remain here longer" she said as she sat on her carpet and willed it to fly.
Both of them nodded and sat down, Sir Armand thankfully had put all the armor pieces and the swords in Delphini's pouch, so they didn't have to worry about inadvertently being hurt by them.
Both of them sat down and Delphini willed the carpet to fly as the three of them flew from there without any delay.
They flew through the smoke and ashes emerging from the volcano as they flew fastly through the dark air filled with sulphur, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide. Beneath them Narcissa could see the lava inside the volcano vent still hot and bublling . On a careful look she spotted some firewyrms who were near the volcano and some of them were even inside it.
It was a good thing that they didn't encountered those monsters, Narcissa thought inwardly with some relief.
Besides her Delphini exclaimed in surprise "what in the world are those creatures!", it was Sir Armand who explained her.
"They are firewyrms" at the confused look on Delphini's part he explained "they are creatures that breathe fire but have no wings, and are assumed to be related to dragons by wizards. They can bore through rock, soil, and stone. Their young are not much bigger than a child's arm, but as they age they can grow to immense sizes. They have no love for men and would not hesitate to kill any men on their sight" he finished in a grave tone.
Delphini nodded and thanked herself for grabbing magical carpets before coming here. Atleast they didn't had to confront those beasts. They were enormous in size and it would take a group of wizards to even capture or kill one.
They continued to fly as all of them spotted more volcanoes and destroyed lands due to earthquakes. This land was completely destroyed by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, Naricssa thought inwardly with concern, could there be any connection between the remnants of dark magic and this destruction? she asked herself.
The three of them flew through the air looking at the destroyed and abandoned ruins below them. They had spotted more firewyrms and some odd monstrous creatures like chimera till now. Some of the monsters were even unrecognizable by them and Narcissa finally arrived to the conclusion that the people here practised blood magic and it was the experiments which made these monsters. Blood magic was powerful yes, but it was something extremely volatile and unpredictable
They finally crossed through the lands and arrived at the sea, "where should we go Aunt Cissa?" Delphini asked looking at her aunt as they only spot water when they looked everwhere.
"We will continue to fly till we come across some men" Narcissa replied after a moment of thinking, it would be the best thing to do unless the people here possessed dragons.
Delphini nodded as the three of them went on to fly on their magical carpets, the carpets could go upto the speed of 180 mph with a wind resisting charm on it which diverted the wind which the user had to face and instead encased them in a magical bubble free from wind resistance. The carpets also had a notice me not charm on them which prevented people from being discovered.
After flying for over half an hour they finally spotted two huge ships sailing towards the direction in which they were heading. On a closer look, they found that the ship was filled by some children, girls, women and men who were shackled and kept in the deck under guard of people who looked like pirates from there apparel. The prisoners were mostly dark skinned with golden eyes on the first ship as Narcissa flew through them a little closer while Delphini and Sir Armand Prince following her. The notice me not charm held as noone's attention came to them while they inspected through a little closer.
As they finished inspecting the first ship, they turned to the second ship and found the same. Though in this case there were near all young women and girls with silver hair and pale skin. They saw one of the man raping a girl who was being held by the other guys, the man was being cheered on for the act by his fellow men.
Narcissa had seen enough and she willed her carpet to upwards while followed by Delphini. As they were above 100 feet in the air, she saw the grave faces of both Delphini and Sir Armand. Delphini would have seen something like this first time, Narcissa thought inwardly with worry.
"Slavery" came the bitter sound from Delphini's mouth as Narcissa and Sir Armand nodded. Delphini's face was paler as she looked downwards at the ships with a distraught expression.
"We can't leave them" came the broken voice of Delphini who was shaken by what she saw. Narcissa looked at her with a calm face whereas Sir Armand nodded. Delphini had never seen this type of cruelty before unlike them.
"Sir Armand, you told me that you were a knight" Narcissa spoke up after a moment of silence as she finally thought about her decision and plans as she looked at Sir Prince.
The man nodded "Yes Lady Malfoy" he spoke up with a nod.
"Tap the Black family crest in the bracelet twice which you are wearing and it will give you a notice me not charm effect on you. Use it well" she said with a calm tone looking at the man whose face showed understanding and his expression turned feral for a second.
"Lady Delphini, if you could provide me a sword?" he asked looking at the other companion of his on the carpet with a calm look on his face.
Delphini nodded grimly, she was taught and raised as a Black. To be kind when needed and to be extremely ruthless when it was necessary. She opened the pouch and brought the sword with which he had been experimenting in the ruins, the one having the dragon engraved on the hilt.
Sir Armand took the sword with a joyful look "what about the other ship?" he asked looking at Lady Malfoy.
"Me and Delphini will deal with them" she said simply as she took out two daggers from her pouch which she had found in the ruins. Delphini copied her with trembling hands as she brought out a longsword from her pouch.
Sir Armand Prince nodded as they each made their way to different ships. Delphini dropped Sir Armand Prince who quietly landed on floor with his notice me not charm active.
"Don't hesitate. Remember Delphi, there are always people who deserved to be put down like the rabid dogs they are" Narcissa said as she looked at Delphini who nodded shakingly.
The next thing happened too fast for Delphini, she saw her aunt killing three gurads who were talking among each other one after another by slitting the throat of the guards. The other guards swung their sword on empty air as they couldn't see the attacker and rushed towards the spot. Delphini knew her aunt could be cornered and swung the sword upon the first guard who came running towards the scene. The sword cut through the men like butter as blood splat on her face from the wound. She didn't hesitated and killed the another guard who was running towards them with a clean slice through his neck. The fool wasn't even swinging his sword in the air and was just running simply with the sword. She saw her aunt looking at the remaining ten guards who gathered around in a circle each having their backs towards one another. She was on alert, watching their every movement when she spot her aunt taking something out of her bag. Delphini recognized the item, it was a ball which when thrown released smoke which hardened into jelly instantly, trapping everything into it. It was one of the most popular items sold by Weasley Wizard Wheezes.
She watched as her aunt carefully covered the distance and suddenly threw the ball near the feet of the pirate. Immediately the smoke appeared and trapped everyone into it. As the smoke cleared Delphini looked at the pirates who were trapped on the ground in a puddle of thick jelly. She saw her aunt slitting their throats one after another as they were trapped. Some of them were stabbed into back of neck if they were facing on the ground. Delphini scoffed at their tries to escape the jelly. It was one of the popular tools used by aurors and many criminals were captured by it. The jelly had a fifteen minute time after which it started to soften.
"Don't relax, this is just the deck. There are more below and it will be more difficult to kill them. They would probably be alert after the screaming done by these men" her aunt warned her seriously as she gave a bland look at the disturbing sight of slitted throats with a nonchalant air.
"We could probably use some distraction" Delphini said as she looked at her aunt and pulled out a box of Weasley Wizard Wheezes.
Thirty minutes later both the aunt and niece climbed upward after they had finished the pirates below. Most of the men working below were slaves judging by the state they had found them. Both of them had killed every one of the pirates they could found below, it was not hard to distinguish with the pirates having weapons while the slaves were having rope knots in their legs.
After they had killed everyone of them, both started freeing the slaves. Narcissa had quickly used legillimency on one of the boys downstairs and learnt their entire language in three minutes. It was one of the things she had learnt from Severus journal on the manor which she had read during their free time.
As the two of them climbed upstairs, every men they had freed came behind them in lines, each having a thankful gaze of their own. Narcissa learned that these people were from Naath, an island of Summer Sea. They were peaceful and never ate flesh and only feed on fruits. Apparently they believe in the god of harmony which is the reason almost everyone of them lives a peaceful life, in other words a perfect slave.
"Thank you" the men started to murmur reverently looking at them in their language.
"You all are free men and women from now. None of you are going to be a slave, I am Narcissa and this is my brother Delphius. I hope we all get along well" she said loudly facing towards them as she spoke in their language, Delphini who was besides him scoffed at the name of Delphius given by her aunt.
"Lady Narcissa, Lord Delphius" came the roars from men and women who were being freed by the other men, all of their gazes having a thankfulness in it. Neither Narcissa or Delphini had ever been in this type of situation, so it was completely odd for them.
Suddenly they heard the shout of exclaimations and joy from the side ship as they looked at the bodies of pirates being thrown into the sea while the women there cheered for Sir Armand Prince.
"He is one of my brother who had gone to free men and women like you from the slavers" Narcissa spoke up in the language of the Naathi people who all once again started cheering for them.
"Delphini, go to the other ship and warn Sir Prince to continue the trip towards the nearest land. While you use the carpet take some blood from the people whom we have killed and draw runes on both of the ships which you had read from Severus's notes. Draw the runes of speed and notice me not charm as well as harmful animal repelling ones" she said to Delphini who nodded and went ahead to complete the task given by her aunt. The runes would ensure that the ship would sail more fast along with repelling dangerous aquatic animals who could harm them.
"Help me in sailing the ship and I promise that none of you will be slaved by the other pirates and slavers" she said changing her voice back to Naathi looking at the men and women who each whispered between them before everyone of them started nodding.
"I will bring the ship to the nearest land after which we will decide on a new action" she said looking at the people who all nodded eagerly, their moods brightening as they don't have to worry about becoming slaves now.
"Good Lady Narcissa, what will happen to us after that?" a lady with a boy child asked as she looked at her with fear and hope.
"All the people of Naath will have a choice, if you want to go back to Naath then you will be allowed to go. Those who don't want to go will be allowed to join me and my brothers on our voyage" she said looking at all of them who nodded and started whispering happily with each other.
"Help me in disposing the bodies of these pirates" she said in Naathi language as she looked at the men and women there. Looking at the children she could see that most of them were around in their early teens or little children.
Everyone of them nodded and started gathering the bodies as one by one they were dumped into the sea by the people. The Naathi may be peaceful but they were still people with basic feelings, they do become angry or want vengeance. They stripped the bodies of anything useful or valuable and threw them with happy expressions on their faces.
After they had finished disposing of the bodies, Narcissa started to talk with the men and women there. She conversed with them about their homelands and how they had to eat the fish which was given by these pirates if they didn't wanted to starve. They couldn't watch their young ones starving because they denied eating meat. It was a good thing because it meant that she didn't have to worry feeding them, she could hardly get fruits or vegetables in the middle of an ocean.
The men were reluctant to eat fish but they understood the situation in which they were, the children were hungry and their food for some last days had been only fish. They couldn't get other supplies here, so they would have to adjust on meat.
It was near night when Delphini arrived back in the ship as she had been accompanying Sir Armand on his ship.
"Sir Armand did well, he killed everyone of the pirates bare one so that he could learn more from him. The ladies and girls were mostly going to be used as bed slaves or prostitutes" she said bitterly at the last word.
"Hmm, I expected nothing short from him" she replied keeping her calm composure as usual. She had suspicions but Delphini's words proved her suspicions right.
"They were going to sell both of the Ships people in Astapor. Apparently the girls and ladies there were brought to be sold as pleasure slaves in Astapor from Lys whereas the people here were brought from Naath to be sold as simple slaves" Delphini spoke softly as she looked at her aunt.
"We found a translator there, her name is Nyra and she was born as slave. The girl is around thirteen and knows seven languages. She was trained for it in Lys and is currently helping Sir Prince in managing the affairs in the ship. Apparently there were some men from Naath and Lys who were being used for ship labours" she said looking pensively at her aunt whose expression had not changed.
"Good give them a choice, that they could join them or they will be escorted back to their homes. I want to sail to where these slaves were going to be taken meanwhile" Narcissa said as she looked at the waters while she leaned onto the hull.
"It will be dangerous Aunt Cissa" Delphini warned looking at her with a concerned look.
"I know but we are in a medeival world now Delphi. Look around you, these ships, these men holding swords all of that points that we are some kind of a medieval world and you know one thing about medieval world Delphi" she said looking at her impassively.
"What is it?" Delphini asked as she looked at her aunt with a calm gaze.
"It is completely ruthless, if you are not a Noble or Lord. This world will crush you, common people have no rights here, they are treated like insects. We have to gain power and men behind us, if we want to be safe here. We don't have wands, so we have to rely on these men here. We want soldiers and people who will follow us if we want to be safe in this world" Narcissa said softly looking at her niece.
Delphini was amazed once again by the sheer insight of her aunt. "Learn more about this world from the girl with the help of legillimency and report it to me. I will meanwhile formulate a plan and cover story for us if we don't want to look suspicious. Remember Delphi, here the powerplays will be much greater and we will have to tread carefully" Narcissa said as she looked at the men and women who were eating the fishes which the pirates had on the ships dried and salted.
As Narcissa left, Delphini saw how her aunt was swarmed by the little children who each followed her as she smiled at them and started talking with them and ate with them as she took a dried fish which was brought by one of the girls. Delphini then understood what her aunt wanted her to understand, these men and women regarded her aunt highly after she had saved them. But it will not be same for the others, there will be cruel and ruthless Lords out there who will not stop at anything to grab power. For them the lives of the common men wouldn't matter and they would gladly let them die if it meant that they will be in advantage.
Delphini arrived back to the ship of Sir Armand Prince and found him joking with the men and women there as the girl scribe stood there with a smile along with the other people as they ate fish. Sir Armand Prince was not well versed in legillimency but Delphini had used legillimency on his mind as she had transferred the knowledge of Naathi language into his mind. She had then used legillimency on the scribe as she learnt the language of High Valyrian and its dialects which were spoken by the people of other cities and then taught them to Sir Prince in an instant with the use of Legillimency.
The girl was confused when she had spoken the same language with her and the other people but then shrugged it off, probably believing that she would have learnt them from before. It seemed she needed to talk with the girl more about the world they had found themselves in.
"Nyra, come here" she said to the girl as she looked at her.
Nyra oddly blushed slightly when she heard him and arrived with quick steps gaining laughs from everyone present. Delphini had heard about how Lys treated sex as something divine, apparently worshipping godess of love had its own effects and she groaned thinking about what the other people were mistaking it for.
She had to admit that she was in the body of a man with extremely handsome features but still she thought herself as a girl and it was odd when stuff like that came to her mind. Especially when a 13 year old girl has a crush on her.
Sir Armand Prince spoke up something and the all the Lyseni woman and girls there laughed at that.
She glared at the man who only looked at her back with a smirk.
"Lord Delphius" Nyra spoke in her Lyseni dialect. It was musical and rolled out of mouth fluidly as she greeted him with flushed cheeks.
"Nyra, I was hoping that you would tell me more about the free cities and Westeros" Delphini spoke up softly.
Nyra nodded instantly "this young one will be glad to serve Lord Delphius" she spoke with a small bow of her head. Her silver hair and violet eyes filled with joy.
"Take a seat" Delphini said as she sat on the floor of the deck whereas Nyra sat infront of her.
"From where should I start, Lord Delphius" she asked him looking at her or in Nyra's case him.
"You mentioned the free cities, let's start from them" Delphini said as she took one of the pieces of dried meat which were being passed on by a Naathi boy. She took another piece and passed it to Nyra who was wide eyed at the gesture and took the piece of meat slowly.
"You seem afraid" Delphini commented as she handed the meat to Nyra.
"We are not allowed to eat with our master" Nyra said as she took a bite hungrily.
"You won't have to worry about it with us" Delphini commented softly as Nyra nodded chewing the piece of meat. Even the fruit lovers Naathi people were eating the dried piece of meat which they never ate.
"The Free Cities are nine independent city-states located on the western coast of Essos. Seven of the cities are coastal which are Braavos, Myr, Pentos and Volantis or island ports such as Lorath, Lys and Tyrosh lying on the narrow sea, whilst two others Norvos and Qohor are located inland. Except for Braavos, which was founded by refugee slaves, these cities are former colonies of the destroyedValyrian Freehold as such they retain elements of its culture. They are more developed and mercantile than the cities of Westeros, evenKing's Landing of Westeros. Each of the Free Cities controls a certain amount of territory surrounding it, including smaller towns and villages. The region of the Free Cities extends from the western coastline to the Forest of Qohor and the mightyRiver Rhoyne in the east, which separate them from the Dothraki sea and theKingdom of Sarnor" she explained what she was taught about the free cities.
"You mentioned the Valyrian Freehold" Delphini pointed out as she looked around and saw that everybody were listening to Nyra's words.
"The Valyrian Freehold was composed by the Valyrians. The Valyrians were Dragonlords who rode on dragons and conquered many lands. The Freehold was said to be the most advanced and they had weapons, magic and knowledge which were superior and noone had ever managed to replicate them. The Dragonlords enslaved people and made them work in the mines below the mountains and it is said that Valyria was very rich with gold and minerals. Their steel which was produced was called Valyrian steel and it was said to be forged with the use of magic, the steel was superior to any steel present in the world. The great Freehold was destroyed completely with the Doom of Valyria. The Doom is said to have broken Valyria into smaller lands and almost all of the Dragonlords perished with it bar the Targaryens. It is said that Daenys Targaryen foresaw the Doom and warned her family which led to them not being perished by the Doom. The Targaryens rules Westeros after they conquered the Seven kingdoms with the help of their dragons. When the Doom happened, its aftermath resulted in the creation of free cities. Many tried to sail to Valyria to gain its riches but failed as the land is said to be inhabited by monsters. Lys has still the blood of Old Valyria flowing in its veins as most of the Lyseni still have the silver hair and purple eyes of the Valyrians" Nyra explained gaining nods from every Lyseni present there.
"I see" Delphini muttered as she understood that they had woken up in Valyria. Looking at her long silver gold hair she finally arrived on a backstory for them.
"You too have the look of Valyrian lineage Lord Delphius" Nyra spoke up gaining nods from every Lyseni present there. Sir Prince meanwhile was explaining what Nyra said to the confused people of Naath who couldn't understand their words.
Delphini gave a small smirk to Nyra as she finally replied "it is because I am from Valyria and my family too were Dragonlords Nyra" she finished in High Valyrian, though there accents were no match for people but their looks should make up for it.
Everyone of the Lyseni woman and girls present there gasped at the proclamation, Nyra looked wide eyed at her.
"Are you really from the families of Dragonlords, Lord Delphius" she asked curiously, her eagerness winning out.
Delphini nodded and spoke up "didn't you see how Sir Armand was not visible and slew them all" she asked curiously with a smile looking at them.
Everyone nodded as they had seen men being cut and killed by the empty air and suddenly Sir Armand had appeared out of thin air infront of them with a sword dripping blood. It would make sense that they were Valyrians as only they could do such magic.
"Sir Armand, show them your sword and let them see our steel which is still the best in the world" she said to Sir Armand who nodded back with a smirk of his own, clearly knowing what she was going to do.
"Have a look everyone" he said as he brought the sword which he had kept inside a drum as he had no scabbard at the moment and the blade was very sharp, cutting through flesh like butter.
Everyone took a closer look as the women gathered there saw the smoky rippled patterns present in the steel.
Nyra gasped when she saw that and everyone of the Lyseni women and girl present there looked at both of them with wonder and stars in their eyes.
"I believe it is time that we all take some rest, today has been quite taxing for us and I would like you all to have a nice res t of your own. Tomorrow I will tell you more about my family" Delphini said in a tired voice.
Everyone nodded afterall they had saved them, she saw Nyra and the others looking at them more reverently and sighed. Now she just had to pass on this knowledge to her aunt and tell her about her plans.