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Chapter Twenty-Six: Planning a Trip
(Kleak, France)
"Qetsiyah, I want to talk." Danny said as he sat in his private quarters. He wanted to try and get this done before he started today's tasks.
"What is the matter?" Qetsiyah asked as she appeared before him.
"I want to ask you about something." Danny said.
"I will try to help you if I can." Qetsiyah said.
"What is expression?" Danny asked. Arcadius might have wanted him to look into it on his own but that just seemed like a bad decision. He would try and gain Qetsiyah's knowledge about the topic. If she was vague about it as well then, he would start his own search in to the topic.
"How did you hear about that?" Qetsiyah asked him.
"It is just something I found mentioned on some of the ancient scrolls from the pyramid in Hammunaptra." Danny lied to her as he could feel her worry. He wanted to see what she would tell him about it on her own.
"You must burn them now." Qetsiyah said harshly. "Expression is a very dangerous thing."
"Dangerous how?" Danny asked. There was a look of anger in her eyes, but she was also feeling a lot of fear. Both for him and about him.
"Expression is the term for an ancient and dark power that ruins all it touches. This power comes from The Dark One." Qetsiyah said.
"The Dark One?" Danny asked.
"I dare not say his name. The Dark One is a malevolent entity constantly trying to find a way to manifest in this world. He spreads this method to witches that are searching for power and those that are willing to turn their back on the guidance of their ancestors." Qetsiyah said. "If he was ever actually summoned to this world it would swallow up the land leaving it in eternal darkness. All goodness in the world would be extinguished and the living would face a nightmare from which there is no escape."
'Great.' Danny said. Seems like expression was another thing that he would have to watch out for among the witches of the planet.
"Can you not convince witches to stop practicing it?" Danny asked.
"No. When you start to use the power of expression it takes a hold of you. It changes you into something different. It amplifies the worst in you." Qetsiyah said.
"They get addicted to the power?" Danny asked. It seems the original was going to have to create a law making it illegal to practice expression and the punishment for breaking it was death. The risks were too high to allow otherwise.
"More like the power takes hold of them and refuses to let go of them." Qetsiyah said. "The only way we have been able to deal with those that practice the art is to kill them."
"Are there witches on the Other Side that have practiced this?" Danny asked. "I would like to get their opinion on the subject."
"No. They swore their allegiance to the Dark One and they return to him when they die." Qetsiyah said.
"How did you come to learn of such a power?" Danny asked.
"I am not proud to admit that when I was alive, I used expression." Qetsiyah said.
"What?" Danny asked.
"I told you about how I created an immortality elixir for Silas and myself. I was born with a lot of power, but even that would not be enough but once my natural power was amplified by expression it was easy as casting a simple fire spell." Qetsiyah said.
"Who stopped you?" Danny asked as it finally made sense why Qetsiyah looked so young. She must have been killed not long after she created the Other Side.
"My brother had not taken well what I had done. He felt that I had betrayed everything our family stood for." Qetsiyah said thinking back to that night when she had been crying over Silas's headstone.
"How did you manage to avoid ending up with Dark One and his other followers?" Danny asked.
"When I set up the Other Side to punish Silas I made sure that I would end up there as well." Qetsiyah said.
"So, avoid expression at all costs." Danny said. The original would definitely make it illegal to practice expression as he wanted to avoid all hell dimensions in the event that he died.
"Yes." Qetsiyah said.
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(Paris, France)
"Stop sorcerer. I wish to talk with you" Luc said.
"What do you want?" Danny asked as he looked at the noble. Luc Narcisse was the man that Princess Claude would have married. He was ten years older than her putting his age at twenty-three right now.
"You have desecrated our churches and abducted our Prince. You are driving my homeland into chaos and war for your own gain. I will not allow you to corrupt France anymore." Luc said. He was a devout Catholic and refused to allow any more of this evil to go unanswered. He refused to allow this to go any further. "Every other member of the court may be afraid of you, but I am not."
"If you go down this road it will only lead to your death, and I doubt your family would like that very much." Danny said. His cousin Amelie was a resident of French court, his brother Eduard owned most of the food that was delivered to the castle, and his father Stephane was a lord with a lot of wealth and a large amount of influence among other Catholic nobles.
"Even if you strike me down, I will find peace in heaven, and another will take up my righteous cause." Luc said. All that was needed was one man to light the match and then this country would rise up against him.
"If you continue down this road, you will learn the terror that results from becoming my enemy." Danny said with his eyes glowing as he stared down the young noble.
"I am not scared of your threats." Luc said.
"Very well. At the end of this week, we will have a duel at noon. I have brought many whores to the castle. Find one and have some comfort in your last days of peace." Danny said before he turned and continued his walk.
"Are you sure we should let him leave. He might cause problems in the time that he has before the duel?" Yulane asked.
Yulane is one of many werewolves that had sworn loyalty to him in return for the ability to control when they shifted between forms and to reduce the pain that it caused. It was a simple procedure once he learned the studies that Pelops had done on Nanites.
"I will have him under surveillance. We will know everyone that he meets." Danny said.
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"You look stressed." Danny said as he drank his lemonade. They were in Queen Catherine's chamber so there was little doubt that they would be interrupted.
"I am trying to learn which nobles have been sending supplies and men to England and Rome." Queen Catherine said. "They are sneaking them on boats and sending them across the channel."
"How many of your dock guards have they compromised?" Danny asked knowing that Queen Catherine would not be the type to allow people who failed her to remain at their posts.
"They are reluctant to allow their fellow countrymen to be prosecuted for treason." Queen Catherine said. She had to manage what she could and hope that fear and greed would keep the peasants loyal.
"I should tell you that I have heard that there is a pair travelling through the country pretending to be Queen Mary and Prince/King Francis." Danny said.
"What?" Queen Catherine asked.
"Yeah, they are causing problems to each village they travel to. Probably to gain more enemies and more allies for their side." Danny said.
"That is just wonderful." Queen Catherine said as another problem revealed itself to her.
"You do not have to let fear swallow you. In the end all of our enemies will be gone, and your family will reign over a United Kingdom." Danny promised as he took her hand and put it into his.
"I thank you for all of your help." Queen Catherine said as she felt deep joy at being connected with him.
"You are an amazing queen." Danny said thinking of all that she would have to go through in the original timeline. Her husband and children had not made ruling France easy. He broke their connection and then walked over to her. "I have brought a gift for you."
"What Kind of gift?" Queen Catherine asked.
"Here." Danny said as he lifted the box that he had his servants carry in. Inside the box was a tablet.
"What is this?" Queen Catherine asked looking at the strange tool.
"This is so that you can watch Diane suffer without having to leave the castle." Danny said as he walked behind her. Diane was being held in an estate in Noyon. The family watching over her was compelled to take care of her while making sure that she never escaped.
"This is wonderful." Queen Catherine said as she looked at the images. She stood up and turned towards him. "What can I do to show my appreciation?"
"I can think of a few things." Danny said as he ran his hands through Queen Catherine's hair and gave her a kiss.
"I am not as young as Kenna." Queen Catherine said. She had no idea why someone as young as him would want her. Henry had gotten tired of her long ago and even the lovers she had over the years had moved their attention to the younger women that moved through the castle.
"I know that but that does not mean you do not have value that I appreciate." Danny said as he placed one hand in her hair and the other on her hip. He was using the contact between them to increase her sensitivity and pleasure.
"You are going to marry my daughter." Queen Catherine said once the kiss was broken. This was her last attempt at fighting this. The kiss between them felt better than any she had ever experienced.
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"I want to make a deal." Danny said as he looked at the face of the Foreign One. He had time before his meeting so why not see if he could buy some things. He already had permission from the Original to make the call.
"I am always open to good business." The Foreign One said.
"I have a desire to acquire some new chefs." Danny said.
"Where do you want them from?" The Foreign One asked.
"I want the chefs to come from Totsuki Academy." Danny said. If they are going to buy chefs, then he might as well go and get the best that he could.
"You should know that I am going to clone them not kidnap them from their universe." The Foreign One said.
"That is fine." Danny said. If they went to Totsuki and passed their tests, then that meant they had skills beyond most chefs on this planet maybe even his entire kingdom.
"I assume that you want the main cast?" The Foreign One asked.
"Them as well as the Elite Ten. Those still in school and those that have already graduated." Danny answered.
"Sure. That is no difficult task." The Foreign One said.
"I am willing to offer you ten crates of gold and silver, blueprints to build Ha'taks, and a statue made of naquadah." Danny offered.
"No, I do not want any of that." The Foreign One said.
"What do you want then?" Danny asked.
"I want to be granted four favors from the original version of you." The Foreign One said.
"What kind of favors?" Danny asked.
"Nothing too difficult. Just saving some people that are in danger of dying." The Foreign One said.
"How come you can't help them?" Danny asked.
"Do you want your chefs or not?" The Foreign One asked.
"How about two?" Danny asked as he started haggling.
"Three favors and they will not put you in danger." The Foreign One promised.
"Very well but you are going to have to warn me in advance of when I will need to help these people and it cannot take too long. I have a kingdom to run." Danny said pretending to be the original.
"Very well. I will return to your universe in a week with your chefs." The Foreign One said.
The screen vanished ending their communication.
"Contact Fared." Danny said to the contact orb.
"What do you require of me my king?" Fared asked.
"I have a task for Pearl." Danny said.
"State your intent and I will pass it to her." Fared said.
"I want Pearl to compel Prince Louis and Henry to split their army when they invade. I want Louis in one with the Sword of Damocles and Henry in another with the Spear of Longinus." Danny said. The original wanted to see both weapons in action before he took them.
"Your wish will be fulfilled." Fared said.
"Good. That is all. I have another call coming." Danny said as he caused Fared's projection to vanish and be replaced with another.
"Your guest is here my king, and he has brought a guest." Iok said as he appeared on the communication orb. He was standing guard outside the door alongside Yulane.
"Let them in." Danny said.
"What have you called us here for?" Eric Northman asked as he and Pam stood before him. He had been relaxing at one of Sophie-Anne's brothel trying to drink and whore so much that he was able to forget this entire year. It had not worked out as he had been demanded to come to the royal castle. Refusing the offer had not been an option.
"I called you here because I have a mission for you. I do not know why your friend is here." Danny said looking up from his desk.
"I am not going to leave Eric alone." Pamela Swynford De Beaufort said.
She may have been trying to appear calm, but Danny could hear the rapid rate her heart was pumping. She was afraid but that would not stop her from speaking her mind. She wanted to spend the rest of her life with Eric even though she knew that he would not age. If he separated them, she would become a constant annoyance.
"No matter. You can go with him." Danny said as he stood up.
"Where are we going?" Eric asked.
"Further than either of you has ever gone." Danny answered. He was ready to test if a vampire could be made on another world. The planet they had moved the Teru Chappa'ai was a good enough choice as any. He would admit that he was risking Eric because he had attempted to kill him back in Sweden. He would have been fine with risking Lucien as well, but he was one of the pillars of vampire society he was building. There were four pillars made of the oldest vampires in each line. Tristan and Aurora's group were combined as one since they were always together, and Aurora was not consistently stable enough to lead her branch on her own.
"Are you going to tell us where?" Eric asked.
"I will tell you on the way." Danny said.
"What is that?" Pam asked as she stared at the Chappa'ai. She had never seen anything similar in her life before and she was not sure that she wanted to see this.
"That is the gateway to your adventure." Danny answered as he looked at his guinea pigs and read their feelings. Eric was just as stunned as Pam was, but he was trying hard to seem as if he was unimpressed.
"Where are we going?" Eric asked.
"I would not wish to ruin the surprise." Danny said as he activated the Chappa'ai. The Original had already sent a duplicate to wait for them and see how Eric reacted to Westeros. Not to mention that there were things that he wanted to take while he was there.
"Is this safe?" Eric asked.
"For Pam and I? Absolutely. The big question is will you survive the journey after you have arrived at your destination." Danny told him. The Originals survived their transfer to Dinai but they were held in a coffin in stasis. No to mention their immortality made them unable to be killed except for being stabbed in the heart with white oak. So, going to another world would not have affected them that much.
"Let's go Pam." Eric said with a sigh.
"Eric, you heard him. This could kill you." Pam said trying to get him to stop and think for a moment.
"If I refuse this man will kill me. At least this way even if something happens to me you will be alive, and he can bring you back." Eric said.
"That's a good attitude to have. Keep it up and we can all be friends and get along." Danny said as he watched the two of them walk into the swirling doorway.
It took ten minutes, but the contact orb activated. It was in message format as the world that he had sent them two was a far distance away from Earth. It seemed like Eric was fine and the daylight amulet that he was wearing protected him there as well. Now he knew that he could send vampires to serve as spies for him on the worlds of his enemies.
'Good. Now I should probably check on how Nirtti is doing with growing Finn and Rebekah new bodies.' Danny thought to himself. Qetsiyah had written down a spell that let him transfer the souls of people from one body to another. He would get Delphine to perform it. A function of the spell is to create an anchor between them so in the event that they would be killed they would be thrust back into the Original body that he was keeping safe in his castle back on Dinai.