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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Destiny is All
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
"What in the world?" Kenna asked as she stood on a beach.
"Hello Kenna." Danny said as he looked away from the screen above the ocean.
"Where are we?" Kenna asked as she looked up at the two moons in the sky.
"We are still in Scotland. This is just an illusion that reminds me of my home." Danny answered. This beach resided on the planet Luzon. It had been the first planet he had conquered after becoming king of Dinai.
"The sand feels real." Kenna said bending down to pick up some.
"Just because it is an illusion does not mean that it cannot feel real." Danny said.
"How is this possible?" Kenna asked.
"I extended the space in the room and placed the projection cube a fair bit away. That placed the illusion." Danny said.
"That is amazing." Kenna said. He said it so simple but what was happening was beyond her ability to understand. "What are you watching?" The screen above them was frozen but she had seen that the image was moving when she had arrived.
"I am watching how the Qin emperor unified China." Danny answered her.
"You really love history." Kenna said as King Daniel conjured a chair for her to sit.
"I love people's stories. How they began, how they ended, and everything that was in-between." Danny said.
"What do you have planned to do today?" Kenna asked.
"I have the day free. I have a duplicate doing my tasks." Danny answered he.
"Good. The estate is finished, and I wanted to show it to you." Kenna said.
"Very well." Danny said as he began to stand up and walk towards the water.
"Can you swim in that?" Kenna asked.
"Come and find out." Danny said as he turned Kenna's clothes into a black two-piece bikini.
"How are things going back in your kingdom?" Kenna asked.
"Things are going alright. My son is going to be born soon." Danny said floating in the water.
"That is wonderful news." Kenna said.
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(Rome, Italy)
(Duplicate 2)
"Hello Selene." Danny said with a smile as he looked at the older siren sister.
"What are you doing here?" Selene asked. Arcadius had not said anything about him coming to pay them a visit.
"I am here to talk to your sister." Danny said.
"She is not here." Selene said as she took a seat on her sofa wondering what brought him here.
"Then I guess I can ask you. I was wondering if you or your sister knew where the city of Troy was located?" Danny asked. According to Qetsiyah Warlocks (Witches that used Expression) had been involved in the battle of Troy. They had blessed the soldiers and took advantage of the huge number of casualties to increase their power. All she knew were stories told from her tribe. He had come here because Seline and Sybil were two of the oldest beings on the planet. He had hoped that they had the information about the location.
"We are not that old." Selene said. That battle happened centuries before they were born.
"I know that, but I am assuming that you and your sister have traveled the world." Danny said. The art they had collected over the millennium could only be gathered if they traveled far and wide around the planet.
"That is true." Selene said moving her finger to the side of her face as she gained a thoughtful expression.
"So, you can help me." Danny said hopeful.
"I know one thing that could help you but what is in it for me?" Selene said.
"What do you want?" Danny asked.
"I want you to kill Arcadius." Selene said.
'These sisters are really similar.' Danny thought to himself. "Why do you wish him dead?"
"I am tired of being held in Arcadius's power. I want freedom for my sister and I." Selene said.
"Killing the devil would no doubt have consequences." Danny said. He was making no mention that her sister had asked him something similar. He did not know if they were scheming together but if they were not, he would tip her off.
"Not if we would step in and rule." Selene said.
"You want you and sister to become Queens of Hell?" Danny asked. It was ambitious. The problem was that Arcadius for all his gifts was trapped in a psychic dimension unable to escape and affect the world at large trapped on this planet. Letting the siren sisters' rule could place him and the galaxy in great danger.
"I will think on it, but you have to show me that you can be of help to me." Danny said.
"The method is simple. All you need to do is tap into the Earth's memory." Selene said.
"What?" Danny asked.
"Witches believe that nature has its own will. That the planet is alive and has desires. If that is true, then it also means that the planet has memories. Memories that have recorded history since the planet was born." Selene said.
Danny was not sure how true that was given that Aunt Oma was described as mother nature. Though he was interested in the idea of a planet as a sort of bio-organic computer. If it was true and could be accessed, it would grant an individual power. Not as much as he had when drawing it from a dimension but more than enough for a witch to become stronger than the ones around them. It was something to think of and worry on later. Right now, he had to figure out a way to use his powers to access the information.
They had their work cut out for them.
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"Do you have a task for me my king?" Violet asked as she appeared on the contact orb projection.
Violet Mazurski is a vampire that had been turned by Kol in the thirteenth century.
"Yes. I want you to go to Spain and become friends with the queen." Danny said. Whether it was by compulsion or by acting he wanted Leeza to think that Violet was a friend that she could count on. It would be interesting to see if it worked. Violet is a hedonist that tried to enjoy everything that life had to offer. Queen Leeza was a rather restrained and proud Catholic. Either it would be hilarious or explode violently and he was curious to see which way it would end.
"Is there anything you want done specifically?" Violet asked.
"I have no major concerns with her at the moment, but I do wish you to compel her to tell her siblings to write back to their mother." Danny said. It was something that Queen Catherine had brought up to him at times when they were together.
"If it is what you wish." Violet said.
He saw the flash of anticipation in her eyes. Her village had been tortured by the Spanish Inquisition to get them to convert to Christianity during the crusades. She had converted under duress and fear as the inquisitors killed any that had refused. She might have become a devout Catholic in the years since but that did not mean she had gotten rid of her desire for revenge.
"Try not to hurt the French royal family. Also, if the King Phillip annoys you and you feel your sadistic desires rising make a move on Prince Don Carlos." Danny said.
"My King?" Violet asked.
"It is rumored that the prince is a masochist. He hides this desire from the king for fear of reaction." Danny said. He had no idea whether he was giving the prince a gift or a curse. With Violet's blood he could be pushed farther than he ever could before
"Very well." Violet said.
"Make sure that you do not kill him though. Kylan will be your handler and can contact me if you need anything." Danny said as he ended the projection. He placed the contact orb back in his bag and walked out of the private room that he had requested.
"Are you finished?" Selene asked.
"Yes, and I have decided how I am going to solve my problem." Danny said.
"Really how?" Sybill asked.
"I am going to be projecting my consciousness into the past so that I can see what I wish to find." Danny said.
"Sounds impressive." Sybill said.
"Are you going to be doing it here?" Seline asked.
"No." Danny answered her. The duplicate he had split from was going to perform it in Scotland surrounded by guards and protection. "Thank you for your help."
'I want to tell you something.' Selene thought to him.
'What?' Danny wondered.
'You may think that Arcadius is the lesser of two evils, but he is not. He wants your soul as well. He is unsure how to do it right now but he is looking for ways to take it. Eventually he will turn on you.' Seline thought to him.
'Good to know.' Danny thought to her before he teleported to England to move on to his next tasks. Though just because he was there for work did not mean that he could not spend a bit of time playing around.
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(Bamburgh, England)
"Who are you? Why are you here?" a guard asked drawing a sword.
"I wanted a moment to appreciate the history of this castle." Danny answered as he turned away from the beach and forest to the man interrupting his thoughts. This castle had served as a home to Uthred of Bebbenburg back before England had been formed. The man had lost his home as a child and spent years fighting for King Alfred and his son Edward to finally regain what the Danes had taken from him on one of their raids. Now the castle and the land belonged to the Baratheons.
Not for much longer though.
"Put your hands up and surrender peacefully." The guard said. They would place him in a cell so that Lord Baratheon could figure out how he broke into his castle.
"You would have lived longer if you had just walked away." Danny said pulling out the sword of Telchak. He grabbed the sword with his right hand and ran towards the guard and slashed through both his sword and armor. "May you have better luck wherever you end up next."
"What is going on?" another guard asked coming around the tower wall.
"You guards are having a very bad day." Danny said using telekinesis to toss him outside the castle and into the water. Hopefully he knew how to swim.
"Intruder!" a voice shouted out and the clanging of bells rang throughout the castle.
'Looks like they know that I am here.' Danny thought to himself as he jumped off of the ramparts and into the castle yard.
"Halt." an older guard said with a sword in hand.
"I don't think so." Danny said taking the information out of Cortnay Penrose about the layout of the castle and the people living in it.
"You are in my head." Cortnay said.
"Yes I am and thank you. The information you have provided has been useful." Danny said as he ran through the castellan of Bamburgh castle and inside the castle towards the rooms that Robert Baratheon slept in. He and his wife Cersei slept in different rooms. That did not bother Robert much as he had a different whore in that bed almost every month.
He was walking through the castle when he ran into Robert Baratheon's eldest son.
"Who are you?" Joffrey asked in an annoyed tone.
According to Cortnay's memories Joffrey was a disturbed child and was likely to grow up into a horrible monster when he became an adult. Hie loved tormenting his siblings in ways that went beyond normal siblings playing around, He skinned animals, and he was quick to anger.
"I am King Daniel." Danny said with a smile as his eyes glowed.
"The sorcerer." Joffrey said as he started moving backwards.
As if that would help the kid.
"Are you here to kidnap me?" Joffrey asked.
"No." Danny said as he walked towards the child.
"Are you going to hurt me?" Joffrey asked.
"I am not going to do that either. Though I am going to need your help." Danny said as he walked around the young noble.
"I will never help you." Joffrey said.
"You have little choice in the matter." Danny said as he snapped his fingers and watched as Joffrey was wrapped up in tape that went to connect to the walls forming a giant net. That would keep the guards busy.
"Let me go!" Joffrey yelled.
"Do not worry. Your guards will come to cut you down." Danny said. Probably. There was a chance that they would be too busy trying to find him to do so but if that was the case the net would dissolve in four hours. That was plenty of time for him to do what he needed. Especially since he knew that his target was in the room right in front of him. He could also tell that the man was not alone.
"Who the hell do you think that you are?" Robert Baratheon asked as he turned from the whore he was with.
"I am King Daniel." Danny said with a smile.
"What do you want?" Robert Baratheon asked.
"I want you to give me the castle." Danny said. The original was still undecided what he wanted it for specifically. To keep it as a vacation home or give it to a Jaffa he deemed worthy of it.
"You are crazy." Robert Baratheon said.
"No. I am perfectly serious." Danny said as he pulled the sword of Telchak out and floated it before Robert.
"What makes you think that I would give up my castle and my lands?" Robert asked.
"You assume that you have a choice." Danny said.
"You think that your threats scare me?" Robert asked.
"This is not a threat. This is a fact. This castle will be mine and if you do not give it to me, I will kill you and your wife. That is as a start. I will hunt down your brothers and kill them as well. For the children of yours that are useful I will have them marry my Jaffa. The ones that I can't find a use for I will put them to work in my mines." Danny said as the sword floated in front of Robert.
"You are a monster." Robert said.
"I am just a man. There are worse monsters out there than me if you really want to meet one." Danny said.
"Please don't kill me." The whore next to him said.
"Be smart Robert. You will not win this fight." Danny said.
"You will not threaten me in my own home. I will not give you this castle unless you pry it from my cold dead hands." Robert growled.
"Very well. Enjoy your life because the cause of your death will not be old age." Danny said as he teleported away to London. It was time to keep his promise to Elizabeth of York.
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(London, England)
"We are honored to greet you, King Daniel." Katherine said as she curtsied in front of him alongside of Pearl.
Pearl's daughter Anna was away at the moment spreading word about the curse that was on the Tudor line.
"Has everything gone according to plan?" Danny asked.
"Yes, the Queen and Robert Dudley have snuck off into the royal woods to have a picnic." Katherine said.
"Good. Now we can move to the next part of the plan." Danny said.
"What are you intending to do with the queen?" Katherine asked.
"Do you really care?" Danny asked.
"If I am involved in a plan, I like to know what it entails." Katherine said.
"We are going to kidnap the Queen and you are going to compel Robert to return home." Danny said.
"Do you have a story of where she is going ready or are you going to let chaos reign in England?" Katherine asked.
"I have a plan." Danny said as he extended his hand for her to take and teleported them to the royal woods. He had a promise to keep.
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"My King it seems that the woman is waking up." Kada said over the contact orb.
"Good to know. I will be talking with her." Danny said ending the call and shifting the connection to Elizabeth's cell.
"Hello Elizabeth." Danny said as he watched the woman wake up.
"Who are you? Where am I?" Queen Elizabeth asked as she rushed to stand up and look around.
"To answer your questions, I am and King Daniel of Dinai and you are in a cell in one of my ships." Danny answered her.
"You are the sorcerer that has taken over France." Queen Elizabeth said.
"Yes. You are now being transported to a special village of mine." Danny said.
"What have you done to Robert?" Queen Elizabeth asked.
"Do not worry. Nothing serious has been done to him. He will be joining you soon." Danny said. They were waiting to grab him later so that people could see Robert Dudley leaving court and not wonder any further. The word would spread that the two of them agreed that Elizabeth had gone to talk without fear of being overheard and the outcome was that they agreed she had to marry Prince Louis.
"You cannot dare think you can get away with holding the Queen of England hostage." Queen Elizabeth said.
"I do. In this case though no one has even noticed that you have been taken." Danny said.
"How is that possible?" Queen Elizabeth asked.
"It's because I have help." Danny said.
"Who has betrayed me?" Queen Elizabeth asked as she wondered what associate of her had sold her out.
"It's not what you are thinking. Queen Elizabeth, I want to introduce you to the new Queen Elizabeth." Danny said as the replacement turned away from the window and came to look at the projection orb.
"Hello." Fake Queen Elizabeth said doing the princess wave.
"Who is that?" Queen Elizabeth asked.
"She is the one that will rule England from now on." Danny said.
"How did you make this imposter?" Queen Elizabeth asked. What sort of unholy abomination was she looking at?
"She was a peasant from York. I had her kidnapped and altered to look like you." Danny said. He was doing something similar to Robert Dudley. He was just waiting until the man returned to his estate. The nanites that had been implanted in his food would alert the Jaffa when he arrived.
"People will figure out this is an imposter. My friends will know that this creature may have my appearance, but she is not me." Queen Elizabeth said.
"I have already thought of that too." Danny said. While she was unconscious her memories were being scanned and recorded. They would be implanted into the replacement to the point she believed that she was Queen Elizabeth.
"I will not let you get away with this." Queen Elizabeth promised. She would escape from wherever this monster would keep her. She had survived her father's abandonment, her sister's manipulations and suspicion, and the doubts of her countrymen. She would survive this as well.
"Another promise kept." Danny said with a smile.
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"Prince Louis?" Fake Queen Elizabeth asked as they approached the man in the training yard.
Danny was with her in disguise.
"Yes?" Prince Louis asked putting the sword down.
"I have a message for you." Danny said as he showed the box he was carrying.
"Leave it in my room." Prince Louis said.
"I was told to play it before you." Danny lied as he opened the box and brought out the projection cube. He pressed the button and a holographic version of the original appeared and the music started playing (1).
It's time to put on a show
Images formed out of the projection cube.
This is the end of the world you know
The cube showed images of Prince Louis' brother and his kingdom of Navarre.
Thought you could save them. Thought you could be their hero.
There was a statue of Louis holding the Sword of Damocles and Spear of Longinus.
It's over now. We both know
their silly faith won't help them anymore.
Around the statue were villagers and soldiers cheering.
They're burnt to dust just like those ships of yours
The images changed to the ships burning and sinking into the seas.
So, Bourbon prince trying to take on my army
The images changed to the army that Prince Louis and the others were trying to raise rushing at his.
Let's fight. It'll end easily.
Go ahead and try to beat me if you're able.
You're no king and it makes you feel unstable.
The Jaffa playing instruments sang that he was a pawn.
You dare defy the power of a True king?
The Jaffa repeated the lines Real King.
You'll feel different when I bring your kingdom to its knees.
The cube projected an image of the Kingdom of Navarre broken and its people pleading for their lives in fear and terror.
Everything you love will turn to ashes
I am in control, and I'll strike the matches.
The images changed to a image of him ordering his Jaffa to march forwards.
This world of yours is crumbling
don't you miss it
and pretty soon you'll go down with it.
The image changed to show the prince about to be beheaded by the Sword of Telchak.
I know who you are
I'll put you in your place
and the next time that you stand up
It will be on your last day.
They watched as the illusion of him cut of Prince Louis' head.
Where did all your friends go?
I killed them yesterday.
You can't bring them back
and you won't save the day.
Go ahead and try to beat me if your able
I'm a mystery that you can't unravel
Did your god or your books tell you how to defeat me?
The images changed to a priest standing in front of the Vatican holding a bible.
All alone we both know that you're a weakling.
When our fight is done, I'll laugh over
how you thought you could have won
I won't play nicer
I am a True king.
Want to make a deal with me?
"What was that?" Prince Louis asked with his head down.
"How did you like it?" Danny asked changing his clothes back to the original. He could feel the rage pouring over the bourbon prince.
"You make mockery of me, but it has no effect. You will pay for what you have done." Prince Louis said swinging the sword in an arc.
"Not yet Prince Louis. We will have our fight but not today." Danny said jumping into the air and turning invisible while covered by leaves that he pulled from the tree.
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(Kingdom of Styria)
"Hello Carmilla and sisters." Danny said as he sat in her throne. He had arrived a bit ago and had the human guards fetch the group.
"We welcome you to Styria King Daniel." Lenore said as she walked to the front of her sisters and curtsied.
"Thank you for such a pleasant greeting." Danny said as he looked Lenore over. She was just as beautiful as the last time he had seen her. Her pale skin drew attention to the redness of her hair and eyes. She was the diplomat between the group of four sisters.
"What has brought you here if you do not mind me asking?" Morana asked.
Morana was the opposite of Lenore. Where Lenore was short Morana was tall, Where Lenore had pale skin she had dark, Where Lenore's eyes drew you in Morana's were hard to get a clear look at (Not for him but regular people). Morana was the administrator of the group of four sisters.
"I want to tell you my plans for you sisters." Danny said.
"What do you want us to do?" Lenore asked.
"I want you and your sisters to train a vampire I know." Danny said. The archduchess had the basic abilities down but there was a lot that she would have to learn both about being a vampire. These sisters were pretty much perfect for her to learn from. She could learn ambition, diplomacy, administration, and martial skill. There was a chance she would learn too much from Carmilla, but he was prepared for that too.
"What would we gain through such an endeavor?" Lenore asked.
"I will allow you to rule all of Austria." Danny said. The Archduchess would compel the Archduke to give the four the tile necessary to watch over those lands. It would still belong to the Hapsburgs but in truth it was a land where they could rule as queens in all but title.
"Are you serious?" Striga asked.
She was the buffest of the sisters and the warrior of the group. She led their humans in battle. She and Morana are in a relationship.
"Yes. You should enjoy the honor. I have not given any other vampire or group of vampires the gift of ruling their own country overtly. Not even the leaders of the sirelines." Danny said with a smile.
"The Hapsburgs would not allow such a thing." Morana said.
"The vampire I want you to teach is the sister to Ferdinand Archduke of Bohemia The next Holy Roman Emperor." Danny said and watched as their eyes began to plot and scheme how they could take advantage of such a deal.
(1) Song is inspired by Bill Cipher Stronger than you parody.
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