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Saesenthessis also known to many as Saskia, the dragon slayer now serves as her majesty to Aedirn. In fact, she's a dragoness with the ability of polymorphism. The way she heired the throne had several political complications.

She was once a rebel who fought for Aedirn against Kaedwenian invasion by its king Henslet and even managed to defeat Saskia's rebels. This forced Saskia to flee to Loc muinne with the sorceress Philippa Ealhart. But she was considered a heroine of Aedirn as she managed to keep Kaedwenian army at bay for significantly a long time.

Over time Henslet's notoriety reached a point that some were convinced he was conspiring with Nilfgaard and also extremely abused his powers. Vernon Roche, the Temerian blue stripes commander fervidly killed him for conspiring against him and his men. This weakened Kaedwen and later made easy for Radovid to conquer it.

In the meantime, at the summit in Loc muinne, Saskia transforms into a dragon and disrupts the summit. Geralt of Rivia arrives with Roche who learns of the mage's conspiracy through Triss merigold. He confronts Saskia only to learn that she's a dragon. Geralt though fought her didn't want to kill her because of her noble deed to the Aedirn. But ultimately, Aedirn falls under the Nilfgaard during the 3rd war.

Years later, Geralt learns from Philippa that prince Stennis was the one who poisoned Saskia, concealing the information that she was truly behind Saskia's change that forced her into uncontrolled polymorphism and also that Stennis had died in the battle (Having chosen Roche's path, he never knew of Stennis's fate). People of Aedirn also expressed animosity towards Nilfgaard stating that Saskia was their true leader. It was Yennefer and Francesca who found a cure to Saskia's polymorphism by developing a magical potion to suppress the transformation, though it would not remove the curse from her.

It was only a temporary remedy every time she uses it and also psychological stress can cause her to transform into a mindless dragon, but still proved as a feasible solution. After one year not having to worry about her condition, Saskia decided to rebel against Nilfgaard in Aedirn after negotiation for sovereignity was denied. The rebellion lasted only for 8 months. Saskia revealed her rebellious and level headed attitude by gathering the forces to fight Nilfgaard in the open front and silently recruited Iorveth's then scattered rebels (who admired Saskia's valor while fighting henslet) to sabotage Nilfgaard forces at the back door. This two front fight was effective and resulted in Nilfgaard's retreat.

Because of their first defeat, Nilfgaard sends even more troops to slaughter the rebels. But the forces were massacred on their way along the kaedwen mountain pass in a forest fire. But it was Saskia who after learning that Nilfgaard is planning to round up Aedirn, secretly used her curse to her advantage and transformed in to a dragon and burned the troops. This served as a crippling strike to the Nilfgaardian garrison. Having decided that the defeat was inevitable, Nilfgaard abandoned their invasion.

This event went down in history as the 2nd revolt of Aedirn on 1277. Then Saskia signed a treaty with then emperor Morvran voorhis and brought sovereignty. With the people's rejoice, Saskia thus proclaimed the throne of Aedirn as the rightful heir by 1278. Even by 1300, she looked young and the same as before, could be another side effect of the curse.

Chapter 6: A glimpse of the unknown

It's been 12 hours since Dante came to the world of Aen seidhe and ever since, the continent had been attacked 3 times by mysterious creatures out of which 2 are known to him. It might be coincidental or someone's got a grudge on somebody. Whatever he had seen so far for the time being convinced him that he had arrived in another world he recognized as straight out of fairy tale. This further muddled Dante because facing the very demons in another world he faced in his own was not something he took light. Slowly he had become wary of events surrounding him.

And now a young woman is helping him out to get to his place while being very curious to learn about him.

Fort of Aedirn, Queen's court

Queen Saskia was beginning to feel restless as the news of attack by strange creatures reached her. She immediately sent her soldiers help the city in evacuation and slay those beasts. She knew that it was always best to bring a witcher to take care of these monsters, but amidst the chaos, it would be difficult to find one and so she decided to use the option at hand. She had another option in her mind, use of polymorphism or go straight to battle but she cannot do neither. That would be a bad idea coz she will wreck havoc no different from those monsters.

Three of the guards who had blood stains on their armor walked into the court towards the queen hastily. Saskia was surprised see the three here. They then bowed to their queen.

"Didn't I send you to stop those creatures attacking Vengerberg?" asked Saskia who kept her face wretched. The three looked at her and were quite for few seconds. Then one of them spoke.

"We had never seen those creatures before. We were no match for it"

"One second they were here and the next second somewhere else. Their body also covered in electricity and even couldn't get a clear aim with our guns" replied another guard.

Saskia was infuriated after hearing this but there's nothing she can do as of now.

"What do you mean you were no match? Were those things difficult for you handle?!" yelled Saskia. The third guard looked at her tiresome and blood wounds on his face and spoke.

"Not this one and no one's ever seen a beast like this. They could have even given the witchers a hard time killing them" said the guard.

She was glaring at her. But she knew this was not the time to castigate them. She had been worrying about the people of Vengerberg and felt stressed of the situation and as a result she quivered, a side effect of the curse. Immediately she went to get her potion and consumed a drop. Then the tremble stopped and she felt relieved.

Then she walked slowly near the guards and spoke.

"Alright. How's the situation now? How many of our men and civilians died?" asked Saskia trying to calm herself down.

"The monsters are dead, 6 of our men and 23 civilians died in the chaos" replied the guard. Saskia's face frowned at the news but again gave a confused look.

"Did you say dead? Has the threat been eliminated?" she asked

"Yes your highness" replied the 1st guard. Now she felt even more relaxed after hearing this.

"To who do I owe my gratitude?" she asked.

"None other than our native sorceress" replied one guard. She immediately caught his reference.

"Yennefer of Vengerberg!? She was here?" she exclaimed.

"Not only her, she was accompanied by princess Cirilla and a strange out lander" replied another guard. Saskia was even more surprised to hear that Cirilla was at Vengerberg.

Years ago, she had heard about the Nilfgaard emperor's heir. Over time after becoming queen, she became well acquainted with her through Geralt. She also learned of Ciri's elder blood abilities and the way she was raised by witchers and mages. But the mention of an out lander once again seeded doubts.

"My my! My life is full of surprises!...But who is this out lander you mentioned?" asked Saskia raising her eyebrows.

"Actually, everything about him was strange" staggeringly replied 2nd guard.

"Define strange? Did he look suspicious?" asked Saskia folding her hands.

"In a way, Yes. He was white haired, quite taller, muscular, sapphire eyes and must be in his 30's. And his red and black attire, his appearance and there was this big colossal sword he carried on his back and I don't even know how he's able lift it easily. Also had a monster emblem in his belt. Surely that man must be from a very far off land" replied the 3rd guard recalling his memories as if the man himself is standing before him. Actually this guard was the one who watched that mysterious man fighting those creatures.

Saskia turned quizzical. Her face expressed the eagerness to learn about this strange man. She was able to get a bland picture of how he would look like. He then continued.

"Although lady Yennefer and princess Cirilla helped us fight those creatures, it was that man who fought every single one of them and managed to defeat it" said the guard and immediately his face turned stoic and pale. The other two guards were looking at him pathetically.

"I swear on the eternal fire! I have never seen a man who fights monsters like this. If not for him, me and my fellow guards at the city entrance would have ended up dead. Surely he possessed magic and must have extreme experience in fighting creatures like this!" the guard burst out.

Saskia was silent for a moment to absorb what those guards. She was walking sideways slowly to gather her thoughts. Every time the guard explains about the man, her curiosity grew up. She assumed that if what the guards said about the man were true, surely she wanted to meet this mysterious out lander and be wary of his motives whether it's good or hostile.

"Are they still here?" asked Saskia.

"No your highness. I witnessed all the three leave the place once they finished the monsters off" replied the guard.

"Can you bring them here?"

"Leave in the sense, they used their magic to vanish from the place" the guard said. She sighed and understood what he meant.

"They used portals to get out of here" thought Saskia feeling disappointed. She wanted to apprehend that man. Though she knew that's not fair to treat an outsider, he seemed more dangerous and unclear as to why he was here or why would he even help. She needs to keep her kingdom safe and Saskia's a woman who would do anything for that.

As there were no options left to meet them, she exactly know the right person to approach.

"Alright, go back to the city, help the people and tend to the wounded and make sure everything's fine. I have an important work" ordered Saskia.

"By your word, your highness" the guards humbly responded, bowing and left the fort. She was standing there for a moment thinking about what to do next. She immediately marched to her personal room.

Her room was quite big, lit with 3 lanterns and there were many storage cabinets with books and other show pieces upon. Shields, swords and pistols were hanging over the walls, A nice clean bed. Then she had something at the corner of the room, an equipment occupying quite a space that had 3 mirror stands and a box like structure with 2 arcs attached, placed at the middle of the stands, A mega scope.

Mega scopes are mage's device to communicate and teleport. It requires three precise polished crystals to power the equipment.

Saskia went near one of the cabinet where 3 crystals were wrapped up with in a cloth. She picked up the crystals and placed in each of the mirror stand. She then concentrated and focused on establishing communication with a sorceress she befriended after conquering Aedirn.

...

Meanwhile at Yennefer's house, Vengerberg...

Yennefer after a rough and brutal fighting in the city accompanied by Ciri and a strange man from another world against never before seen entities, she learns that there were 2 similar strange events unfolded in 12 hours and of course she was more prudent. But the real thing that sparks her interest was that man named Dante who claimed to be from another world, and revealing his prowess in a fight against those creatures.

She had never seen anyone who fought with such an agility, it was astounding. His combat effectiveness was out of the world level and was a lot powerful too. She also noticed that he possessed magic to a degree and strange sword, but was very different from what she knew. She saw him summon a lightning, She saw some strange monster emblem he carried with him. She didn't get the opportunity to learn more about him because of the unexpected attack in the city.

Apart from things that were clear so far, there were some cardinal questions in her mind. Who's he truly? Why's he here? How there's a human from another world?- This very question contradicts the popular belief of the people of Aen seidhe, those who possess ancient knowledge believing that humans came from another world during the previous conjunction of spheres. Some faction believe humans truly belonged to Aen seidhe world. It's still under constant debate, but the former's actually the widely accepted truth.

But right now she must focus on the events around the world. Yennefer decided to summon all the mages to Aretuza at thanedd island. She had a plan.

"I need to call them" thought Yennefer who was in her house setting up the mega scope. She was quite in a hurry. After the scope was ready she opened a communication portal to contact the first mage that came to her mind, Philippa who she just met in Rivia. After few seconds, Philippa Ealhart appeared as a photo negative figure.

"Yen? Why did you call me? Didn't we just met hours before?" asked Philippa folding her hands not quite amused.

"I am sorry Philippa, but this is an emergency" replied Yennefer with a slight tense in her voice. Philippa felt the gravity in her words. She knew that Yennefer would never get serious, but if she did, then there's a good reason to that.

"And what would that be? I'm already having a bad day" said Philippa.

"I know the magical anomaly you mentioned" said Yennefer which altered Philippa's stance in surprise. Now Yen's got her attention.

"Really!? What was it?" asked Philippa. Yennefer folded her hands and took her time to speak. She was about to reveal a potential information.

"We have a visitor from another world" said Yennefer bluntly. Philippa was not surprised after hearing this.

"Is it any Aen elle?" asked Philippa. Ofcourse she know about the alder folks. But then came a real surprise.

"No, A human" replied Yennefer which stunned Philippa. She unfolded her hands in disbelief. There was silence for few seconds.

"Yen? Is this some kind of a ruse?" asked Philippa who started to doubt Yen's integrity.

"No Philippa. He was a human. Most importantly, knows how to swing a sword and handle guns. Also possess a degree of magical power with him" said yennefer.

Philippa's face turned skeptic and felt perplexed. She was scrupled with what Yen told. The other world beings were not new to sorceress as during the conjunction, the other worldly creatures came to the Aen seidhe. Ciri, who possess the elder blood herself had traveled to different worlds. But what she found odd was Yen mentioned a human.

"A human?...From...another world?" asked Philippa staggering in confusion.

"Even I can't believe it now. But I met this man with Ciri" replied Yennefer.

Ciri? Wait!...Is that one of her adventures?" asked Philippa.

"Uh..No. That man said he came here by an accident" replied Yennefer.

"Accident?" asked Philippa suspiciously.

"Yes. He came to our world last night through a portal and was timely found by Ciri near the blue mountains who was on her way from Zerrikania" explained Yennefer. Philippa once again folded her hands and rode her fingers over her chin.

"Intriguing! Did he mention anything about him?" asked Philippa.

"His name is Dante and he is not some ordinary human" said Yennefer.

"Dante? Hm..sounds truly like an outsider. But what do you mean not ordinary?" asked Philippa confused.

"He carries a big sword and magic along with him and from what I just witnessed, He is incredibly adept at fighting monsters" said Yennefer.

Philippa was quite astounded with this news. She had never heard anything like this before. Her flair for scheming and curiosity got the best out of her. She showed instant fascination to meet this man. Its because, this man was in fact a human from another world who also possess greater powers. But at the same time cautious as she don't know his motives. She never trusts anyone in the first place. She is cunning and unpredictable.

"Yen, Can you be brief?" asked Philippa. Yennefer stared at her for few seconds and then nodded her head dismissively because the briefing would take a long time. Anyway she decided to do it.

"13 hours back, This man came through a portal nearby the blue mountains where upon found by Ciri. He then explained his situation and stated that he needed a way to get back to his world. Ciri agreed to help and decided to take him to a sorceress"

"So that's when you met him?"

"No. Dol blathana was nearest place. She planned to get help from Francesca. Ida was there too"

"Ida? So, the sage's still here, huh?" asked Philippa confused.

"Yes. Even she agreed to come to Ban ard" replied Yennefer. She then nodded in acknowledgement.

"But on their way deep in the mountains, Ciri and that man were attacked by some shadow creatures. That man Dante, claimed that he knew those creatures and had faced them in his world"

"Really?...Hm...Well I hate to be blunt but...It sounds as if those creatures came for that man" said Philippa who was quite alarmed.

"That's one possibility. But not sure" replied Yennefer.

"Alright. What happened then?" asked Philippa.

"They fended off those creatures and then proceeded to Dol blathana. There Ciri introduced that man to Francesca and Ida. They asked them seek the help of a navigator by finding Avallac'h" said Yennefer.

"Avallac'h? Couldn't Ciri help him get off this world?" asked Philippa.

"You know that Ciri can instantly jump anywhere but, she must have known that place before hand" said Yennefer. Phillippa raised her eyebrows. She almost forgot everything about Ciri. It had been 28 years since she last saw her.

"Ah, I forgot that. Fine, proceed" said Philippa.

"That was not the entire story. Before they could leave, Dol blathana was attacked" said Yennefer which turned Philippa's face grim.

"Attacked?! By who or what?"

"By a golem, brute" replied Yennefer which turned Philippa's face bilious. She was stunned deep down and lost her breath for a moment.

"Yen? I take it's a joke" said Philippa with open fear in her voice. Of course, If there's something every sorcerer, witcher, druid and alchemist fears, it's the golem brute. It's rarest of the monsters. Usually stay isolated from everything. But when provoked...well...God help them.

"No. It's not and the best part was when the golem caused the stampede. It was repelled and killed" replied Yennefer with a faint smile.

"Killed? How did Francesca manage to gather help in the short time?" asked Philippa with mild anger and tense in her voice.

"It was our mysterious guest who killed the brute" replied yennefer, slightly tilting her head to her left side. Philippa was dumbfounded. She was even more shocked than what it was to hear the golem's attack.

"Your explanation is gradually turning in to a fantasy" was the only statement from Philippa.

"I am not and I don't have to waste my time with you, telling lies" replied Yennefer. Philippa was silent for a moment. She gathered her thoughts and trying to process the information. She couldn't believe that an other worldly man easily killed a brute.

"It's unbelievable Yen. But if it's true, then he is powerful. This is fascinating. But why would he come here? What is that he intend?" Philippa posed the questions one by one in confusion.

"We'll find that out. But let me finish. After their stay at Dol blathana, Ciri and Dante came to Rivia and met me just after I exited your house" said Yennefer which sent Philippa to the highest level of frustration. She didn't know that they had been under her nose for the time being.

"Here? And you are telling me that now?" gritted Philippa in anger coz the opportunity to meet him slipped away.

"I am sorry. But you said you were busy and didn't even had time to properly talk to me. So why should I bother you further?" Yennefer countered with a smirk which silenced Philippa as she felt lost in that witty response.

"So convenient!" said Philippa irritated. Yennefer continued.

"Then me, Ciri and Dante went to Vengerberg where he explained himself on the way. But then again, the peace didn't last" said Yennefer.

"What happened this time?" asked Philippa.

"The city was attacked by another group of unknown creatures. They were big, ugly, used electricity and teleported attack. It happened just an hour ago. And as before, unexpectedly while me and Ciri were quite struggling to handle the situation, It was again Dante, who killed those beasts" explained Yennefer.

This time Philippa's suspicion peaked up.

"And?"

"He told that he knew those creatures too and even called it with a name...uh...yes, Blitz" said Yennefer.

"Well, I haven't heard about it. We need to learn everything about this man, Dante and also why these creatures attacked our continent" said Philippa.

"Philippa, We've been talking for 13 minutes and we are wasting time here" said Yennefer restlessly.

"What do you suggest?"

"3 attacks in 12 hours, arrival of a man from another world all at a same time. I suspect some magical cataclysm had occured in our world. Maybe that's what you could have picked up" said Yennefer.

"I can very much understand that. But what can we do about that now?" asked Philippa.

"We need to use the fountain in Aretuza and you know what I mean" said Yennefer. Philippa was stupefied. Of course Philippa knew what she was talking about.

"Yen, you crazy?! The fountain...Those visions!...You know what it would do to your mind" yelled Philippa. Yennefer's face was concerned as she too wasn't amused with the idea.

"I know and you should know we have no choice. Still we need to do something about this. What if the whole world is threatened?" asked Yennefer her face weighty. Philippa might be devious, but rarely she lends her hand for greater good still for her own gain. She reluctantly agreed to this.

"Alright, I hope its the five of us, Triss, You, Me, Ida and Rita?" asked Philippa.

"Yes. It's the same. I'll directly teleport there. I need to talk to Rita and prepare" said Yennefer.

"Right, see you then" said Philippa and the portal was closed.

Yennefer stood there for a while thinking about the recent events and what to do next.

"Hm, looks like mother Nenneke have to wait" thought Yennefer and decided to teleport away to Aretuza.

...

The fountain of Aretuza: The fountain of Aretuza is a mysterious yet simple looking water fountain which holds an unveiled secret. The water that forms the fountain doesn't come from any known water body. Some of the earliest mages of the past found this fountain but unable to locate the source of the water. They theorized that the water comes through a hidden portal from an unknown dimension but couldn't prove it. The most invaluable finding was that the water reflects the events of past, present and the future of anything. But those who were exposed to the visions lose their sanity. It is then surmised that only people with highest degree of magical ability can do it with...some luck.

It is not known who or when the fountain was created but, those who found it almost 2000 years ago raised Aretuza's infrastructure surrounding the fountain. It is also not known why the fountain was kept intact by them when they could have destroyed it. Hydromancy is believed to be the weak version of this.

...

In Saskia's fort, Aedirn.

Saskia wanted to contact the sorceress and the queen of Dol blathana, Francesca findabair to ask for help in tracking out this mysterious man who helped Vengerberg from the monsters.

From the mega scope, the elven queen appeared through a portal.

"Ceadmil, Saesenthessis, It is a pleasure to see you" said Francesca who was quite surprised to see her.

"You too Francesca" replied Saskia.

"Is there anything important to discuss with me? Because you never call without a reason" said Francesca.

"You are right. I need your help in finding someone" said Saskia.

"Is it...something your guards can't handle?' asked Francesca raising her eyebrows in confusion.

"Yes. Listen, An hour ago, Vengerberg was attacked by some strange monsters" explained Saskia.

"Really? How is the situation now?" asked Francesca her face turning despondent.

"No problem thanks to the timely help from Yennefer and Cirilla"

"Yennefer and Ciri?...Wait, Ciri? Was she there?" asked Francesca who was startled at the mention of Ciri. Because she mentioned that she would go to Rivia and was bewildered to hear that she was in Vengerberg.

"Yes, but that's not the entire story. My guards said there was this strange man in a red and black dress having a big sword, with Yennefer and Ciri"

"Red and bl-...?" started Francesca but immediately stopped as she came to her senses. Her face turned temperate in surprise. She instantly grasped the information and realized who she was talking about. Francesca discerned that she referred about none other than the man who saved Dol blathana from the golem brute. The human from the other world, Dante. But she decided to reveal this information while still preventing the situation to escalate.

"Saskia, That man your guards saw? His name is Dante, a human" said Francesca.

"Dante? Do you know him? Is he an out lander?" asked Saskia eagerly and confused. Francesca sighed and kept silent for a moment. She then looked at her.

"What I'm about to tell you must be a closely guarded secret. I don't want other people to know about this. Can you guarantee that?" asked Francesca seriously. Saskia was wondering why she asked to promise not to let the information out. But she proceeded anyway.

"Fine, I won't tell anyone. I promise" replied Saskia.

"Good, then listen carefully" said Francesca who then proceeded to explain everything right from the beginning. She explained how the man came to this world and how he got help from Ciri. How he saved the valley from the brute. She told everything regarding that man whatever he shared with her and Ida.

Saskia was taken back by surprise and shock. The man's appearance matches those of what the guards explained.

Through her acquaintance with Ciri, she had learned many things about the different worlds that exist in the endless space. But having a human visitor from the other world brought the same angst in her face like others did. The lingering question in her mind was, why did he help them when he's new to this place? Who is he and why is here? Carrying a lot of power with him is another disturbing fact and she too has a trick up her sleeve if he turned out plaguy, but she cannot be in trepidation. Like it or not, she is quite in that man's debt for helping vengerberg and she knows it.

"I can't believe this. Don't you think that it's wrong to let him freely roam the world?" asked Saskia.

"Don't worry. He don't seem like a wrong person. Ciri's with him and the most thing he cares about is to get off this world" said Francesca convincing. Saskia sighed a bit keeping her right hand over her forehead.

"Ugh...fine, Whatever you say and thank you" said Saskia with a smile.

"Fadhb ar bith. And how's your polymorphism? Is the potion good?" asked Francesca with a smile.

"Yes thanks to you and Yennefer. Though, psychological trauma negates the effect and I have to take double dose" replied Saskia.

"That's why you should relax a lot. You shan't keep yourself in distress" said Francesca with a bit of concern.

"Sure. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you for the information"

"One more thing. That man, Dante is not our enemy as far as the way I see it. So don't try apprehending him" said Francesca. Saskia reluctantly nodded her head.

"Thanks for the advice. Va Fail" Saskia bid adieu.

"Va fail Saesenthessis" replied Francesca and the communication was closed.

Saskia sat upon her bed and was thinking about what she learned today. She wanted to bring that man into her custody. But Francesca advised against that course of action. The way she insisted made Saskia to change her mind though she would be alert all the time.

...

Aretuza, Thanedd Island

Yennefer finally arrived at the Aretuza, the magical academy. She teleported out in the academy's courtyard. That's the place where the fountain is present. Yennefer after exiting the portal stood there for a while gazing all over the courtyard admiring the beauty. At the centre was the fountain. There were walls on all the four sides. To her front was the rear entrance to the academy. There were pillars and statues in the courtyard with vines hanging over them.

The academy bring back memories of the past. 28 years ago during the 3rd war, Redanians captured the young sorceress students for execution. The academy was shut down after that. But once after the fall of Radovid V and control of Redania by Nilfgaard, Aretuza after several years of dormancy was opened back by it's head mistress Margarita laux antille.

Yennefer slowly walked along the courtyard only for Rita to see her from the building hall through the entrance. She immediately raced towards Yennefer in surprise to welcome her.

"Yen, I never imagined you would be here" said Rita quite astonished and gave a hug.

Margarita was tortured by Radovid V's men 28 years ago in a dungeon along with Sheala de tancarville. Rita's body was bruised up in punishment. But during the fight with wild hunt, she was healed by Avallac'h. Now she had become like what she were before, beautiful and wearing a satin finished attire and her blonde hair tied by band at the back.

"I actually came to see you" replied Yennefer returning the gesture.

"Come on in. We'll talk inside" said Rita with a smile. Yennefer folded her hands and nodded dismissively. Rita was confused. She then slowly walked towards the fountain and then turned to look at her.

"We have a problem and needs to be dealt soon" said Yennefer. Rita blinked as she couldn't make any sense of that.

"I don't understand"

"I will get to the point right away" said Yennefer turning to the fountain, "We need to use the fountain"

Rita's face turned dreaded. She slowly walked towards Yennefer.

"Yen, have you lost your damn mind?!"

"You do know that I don't utter something like this without reason" said Yennefer in a serious tone.

"To hell with your reasons! You ask for long term pain and suffering. Why this requisition?" Rita asked in anger.

"Something happened to our world last night" said Yennefer with no further explanation. Again it didn't make any sense.

"Please clarify"

Yennefer was silent and looked distressed.

"Is something wrong? You do know what this fountain does and only the mages of the inner circle knows its true purpose. You know what it did to my grandmother. You know what it did to Jade glevissig" yelled Rita to which Yennefer stood silent.

"The same will happen to us" finished Rita. Yennefer sighed and started speaking.

"And also I know how it helped Cregannan and Vilgefortz" countered Yennefer. Rita couldn't believe she was so resolved.

"Cregannan knew he was gonna die and that will settle the long term dispute between the humans and the elves, through the visions this fountain gave him" said Yennefer.

"Did it make any difference? Still the animosity exists between the humans and the non-humans" replied Rita.

"Vilgefortz learned of Ciri's power and that it would help him elevate to an unstoppable force, through the vision from this fountain and that's why he kidnapped her to stygga castle" said Yennefer. Rita was dumbfounded. She was silenced by two of the known facts.

"They were still under self control even after using the fountain. All it takes is high magical ability" replied Yennefer. There was silence for quite sometime.

"*SIGH*...Alright. I don't know why you insist. But you said something about our world, what's this fuss is all about?" asked Rita. Yennefer smiled at Rita feeling relaxed of convincing her.

"Just wait for a few more minutes. Philippa, Triss and Ida would be here anytime" said Yennefer.

"Why them?" asked Rita.

"I have a plan. Just wait" replied Yennefer. Rita nodded dismissively and agreed to wait.

...

Kaer trolde forest( town outskirts), Skellige isles.

28 years back, the region of Kaer trolde was just another village with a fortress in the cliffs above. But now it has developed into a town with many developed buildings, thanks to Cerys's an craite's planning. The Kaer trolde harbor is one of the biggest harbor in the world. It houses small boats to bigger ships powered by sails.

In the woods, Ciri and Dante teleported out only to catch sight of woods, small hilly rocks and a narrow pathway. She could see horse carriage and some men and women walking along the pathway. They could fell the warm sunlight phasing through the tree branches despite a colder atmosphere.

"You know, I'm gonna puke the next time we do this" said Dante, slightly feeling dizzy.

"This is better than traveling for weeks" replied Ciri. Dante gave an uncaring smile.

"So, what's this place?" asked Dante

"This is the Skellige isles. We are at Kaer trolde, capital of one of the islands named Ard skellige. You will find it more interesting than the continent" said Ciri.

"How so?" asked Dante.

"The culture here is admirably different. You'll get the true feel of living with the nature" explained Ciri. Dante who had been listening to her lecture nodded in acknowledgement.

It had only been a bit more than half a day and he had already fought three fights restlessly. Though facing the demons here which he faced in his world was quite odd, he decided to shelve that and concentrate on getting of this world. But inwardly, he reproached a little. For not telling truth about himself. When he was convinced that he was from another world, he expected only to be treated with aggression. But on the contrary, he was helped without hostility even after learning that he was from another world. Hell, he even couldn't share this secret with anyone in his world apart from those who work together with him like Lady and Morrison, later Patty lowell and her mother and not sure with Enzo. People those who offer him the job assume that he is a simple paranormal investigator and detective specialized in hunting demons.

The same goes here. He doesn't know how his real origins will be taken by Ciri or anyone. After all, this is not his world and and he's not gonna stay here for a long time to share his life.

So he shrugged of that thought and proceeded to continue the conversation.

"Alright, who do we gonna meet here?" asked Dante.

"The queen of the isles. She knew this elven mage, Avallac'h and where he currently resides" replied Ciri.

"Good enough. So shall we move?" asked Dante. She nodded and both started walking towards the pathway which leads to the town.

After few meters, they managed walk along the pathway. Those who walked along the narrow road were oddly staring at Dante for few seconds. But he knew he would face this so he didn't mind it. But he caught the glimpse those people's dress. It resembled the old rural Scandinavian fashion which surprised him a lot.

The pathway was quite a slope ahead. After that the path was wide and the town was slowly becoming visible along with the hill fortress to their right.

Along the wider path, there were few men and women to the left and right housing a small camp. They all wore red militaristic attire with swords and battle axes with them. To Dante it was an astonishment, because the attire had the semblance of medieval Nordic customs, women wearing viking hats and men wearing horned helmets with animal pelts in their armor.

"Huh! These people are no different from the humans of my world" thought Dante. He was wondering whether these people too were followers of the Norse culture.

Ciri and Dante were walking casually along the path towards the entrance arch to get into the town.

There were 2 guards with large axes in their hands guarding the open gateway fitted in an arch. The walls supporting the arch extended left and right over the hills that surrounds the whole city.

The guards warily looked at Dante, but also saw Ciri with him. Ciri always considered Skellige as her another home. She is close to the clan An Craite like a family. She grew up with them even as a child. She is very well known in the isles.

"Halt! who are you outsider?" questioned one guard in an Irish accent which Dante immediately recognized.

"Ugh, This man is a traveler from the far of continent and i'm helping him...as a guide" replied Ciri her face witty. Dante gave a sly look at the guards who were glaring at him.

"And don't even ask about his sword. You know what for its used" said Ciri.

"Aye, whatever you say princess Cirilla. A guest of yours is a guest of Skellige. Fare thee well!" said the guard with a pride in his voice. Dante and Ciri nodded and both passed through the gate.

Finally they got to see the town of Kaer trolde. The first thing that caught their sight were shops, inns, small and medium sized houses with single and double storeys. They were standing in the wide street where to their left will lead to docks and further again up the hills to other villages. To their right, will lead deep into the town and to the fortress above the cliff. People were walking along the streets and also there were horse carriages.

Dante was quite fascinated with the sight. it was very much active in the morning. He could hear the ship horn's low frequency sound.

"We need to go that way" said Ciri pointing to his right that will lead to the passage to fortress.

They both then started to walk along the street. Some people were oddly staring at him but he didn't mind it.

"These people in this land are reminiscent of the medieval Nordics in my world" said Dante.

"Nordics?" puzzled Ciri.

"A union of certain countries who share cultural similarity. These soldiers wearing horned helmets? They were called the Vikings in my world" said Dante.

"Really!? Are there people like here in your world?" asked Ciri.

"Yeah. But they only existed during 8th to 11th century. These people were the followers of the norse legends like Freyja, Thor, Odin, Heimdall-..." explained Dante

"Wait! Freyja? Hemdall? The Skellige people worship them. Even there is a garden named after Freya" exclaimed Ciri. She felt sundered after he mentioned of deities of this world were present in his own.

"Then your people do follow the Norse legends" said Dante who himself was astounded with the similarities between this world and his. There was silence and then Ciri voiced her opinion.

"With the similarities, I wonder if the humans of your world and this world are same even though I don't know if it's probable" said Ciri with ambivalence.

"I feel the same but one odd fact makes a huge difference. This is 13th century but I come from 21st century" said Dante.

"Actually, time does not pass the same between worlds. For instance, the time in the elven world of Aen elle is different from this one. Those who have powers like I do can feel the difference in passage of time between the worlds" explained Ciri.

"Well, that's...quite sensical" replied Dante shrugging his shoulder. By the time, they both reached a large circle from which the street turns to their left.

But at the centre of the circle, there was a big circular tall pedestal of 8ft height. Above the pedestal was a gray stone statue which instantly caught Dante's eye and he felt shell shocked like he had never before in his life. Even in unpredictable circumstances, he never lost his cool. But this statue...it beat his calm and cool demeanor.

"What..the...f**k!" mentally exclaimed. Dante stopped near the statue and gazed, peered at it. Ciri noticed it and broke his concentration.

"Why are you staring at the statue?" asked Ciri. It was a warrior's statue in a horse. He held his sword high and had his horse in a galloping stance. Dante recognized the warrior by his

...

Mean while in Aretuza...

Yennefer and Margarita were waiting 15 minutes for the arrival of the remaining 3 sorceresses.

Then suddenly 3 portals appeared one by one in the courtyard which caught their attention. From the portals came the three sorceresses, Triss merigold, Philippa ealhart and Ida emean.

"Ah! Finally you all have arrived" said Yennefer.

"Yen, why did you ask Philippa to have us gathered here? You know how much I had to convince Tankred?" asked Triss.

"Well, let me finish this up as soon as possible" said Yennefer moving away to see everyone.

"Triss, Rita, What I am about to tell you is the truth. Philippa and Ida are the witnesses" said Yennefer.

"Yen, Why don't you cut to the chase?" said Ida. Both Triss and Rita were eager to listen.

Yennefer then proceeded to explain everything she did to Philippa. Ida too added her share of input regarding the arrival off a human from another world and what are the things he did ever since he came here, what he explained about himself and the 3 attacks in the continent.

Triss and Rita were flabbergasted. Even they felt like they were hearing a fairy tale. Triss turned to Ida for her word.

"Is that true? Did it all happen?" asked Triss.

"Yes. Myself and Francesca were stunned with his abilities. This was the first time in history, a millennia old golem brute fell to a single man" said Ida with a hyperbolic expression.

"So he's now with Ciri in search for Avallac'h in Skellige?" asked Rita. Yennefer nodded acknowledgingly.

"My goodness! *SIGH*...Too sad I couldn't meet this man...Dante" said Triss, her face frowned slightly like she had lost a great opportunity.

"But Yen, what does it have to do with us five?" asked Ida who also didn't know the true purpose of being here.

"We are going to use this fountain to see if there's any magical anamoly around the world" said Yennefer which threw a fit in the faces of Ida and Triss.

"We are gonna what?" asked Triss her face dreaded.

"Yen, why do you want to do this?" demanded Ida.

"Ida, just tell me something. When did a golem brute last attacked a populated zone, a city? When did it last bothered people in the continent?" asked Yennefer.

"Actually I agree with that. Never before in history did a brute attacked a city, even a village" said Ida.

"We all know that apart from the alder folks, no other species can travel between worlds other than during the conjunction" said Yennefer.

"You are right, so what's your point?" asked Philippa.

"But two different creatures that possessed dark magic attacked the continent in the last 12 hours, creatures that no one had ever seen before. How did they enter our domain?" asked Yennefer. This time nobody could answer and were thinking about the possibilities. With the passing of every second, Yennefer's debate made sense.

"I think I get your point. You also mentioned that this man Dante, knew of those two unknown creatures while we never did. These are all supportive and valid points" said Rita.

"But if it's some anomaly related to space and time, Ciri could have easily detected that" said Triss.

"That's my point. This anomaly is even more complicated that a simple rift in space. We can only find that through this fountain" said Yennefer.

After a brief explanation, others seem to have convinced with Yennefer's validation of the situation.

"Alright, let's say we use this fountain. But you know the risks involved" said Ida.

"Yes. But it's a mess only if one person use it. If we combine our powers, we can succour ourselves to its effects. We five will together use the fountain. We are among the most powerful of the sorceresses. We can do it" said Yennefer coaxingly.

Others took some time to think about it.

"Besides, if there's truly any trouble, we have to be prepared to face the coming storm" said Yennefer. Others exchanged a look of concern and finally came to a decision.

"Alright Yen, if the situation if hefty as you say, then we will do this" said Rita.

"Me too" said the other three one by one.

"Fine, let's do this. We all have to form a circle around the fountain with our arms stretched to our sides at shoulder level and our palms open" said Yennefer.

The others nodded and proceeded to do as told. They all stood as a circle around the fountain and raised their arms to their shoulder level and kept their palms open.

"Now we'll use the spell to summon the visions from the fountain" said Yennefer.

They all chanted the respective spell in unison and they did this repeatedly. For some seconds, the fountain water was normal. But after a minute, the water in the circular basin around the fountain started to glow and was getting brighter and brighter by the second and suddenly, a magical energy rose from the fountain and trapped the five sorceresss in short trance like state, whic made them struggle to hold on to themselves together. All the five were slightly shrieking in pain induce by the visions.

This all happened for just 15 seconds and then the fountain just shut itself down and knocked the five sorceress to the ground. For some time, they remained like that.

...

Meanwhile, Dante and Ciri were staring at the statue which Dante was shocked to see. In the statue, the warrior's helmet had up side down ram horns and the sword he had in his hand was something that Dante would never forget in his life. The sword's chappe was 'W' shaped resembling the same inverted ram horns. Dante recognized whose statue was that, but decided to act vacant. Ciri then spoke.

"You are looking at the forgotten legend" said Ciri.

"You know who it is?" asked Dante raising his left eyebrow and folding his hand.

"Actually, no one knew who this warrior was. But the people of this land and some parts of the continent believe that he was a knight who appeared thousands of years ago and protected the people from the evil forces during the end of days. He is one of the deity people fervidly worship" explained Ciri which brought a smirk in Dante's face.

"Does this...Knight have a name?" asked Dante mockingly.

"Ancient people used to call him, 'De Mork ridder' " said Ciri which turned Dante's face puzzled. The name was strangly in a language belonging to his world.

"Which means-..."

"The dark knight" finished Dante which surprised Ciri.

"You know the meaning?"

"Actually, this is one of the nordic language in my world" explained Dante.

"Okay-...Yeah, fine. Just like the name, Yes. He came from the dark to help the people and vanished in to it mysteriously. No one knew his back ground" said Ciri. "I do" was Dante's instant thought. Then gave a quizzical look to her.

"Well, that's what people here believe. Sorry, I'm not much into religion" said Ciri with a smirk.

"Neither do I" replied Dante.

"I think we have had our fill of history lesson for now. Shall we move?" asked Ciri. Dante nodded and then both proceeded walk the street to the left . For a moment Dante stopped and turned his head right to barely get a look at the statue.

"Hah, They worship you? as a god? Even in another world? How did you get your hands here...Old man?" thought Dante.

"Is anything wrong?" asked Ciri.

"No, let's move" replied Dante snapping out of his thought. Then both Ciri and Dante wlaked the street to get to the entrance passage to reach the fortress.

...

After being knocked out for 5 minutes, Yennefer slowly struggled to get back to her feet. Ida who was already awake helped her to get up.

"*GRUNT*... I feel like a rock dropped on my head" said Yennefer keeping her hands over her fore head.

"Let's tend to the others" said Ida who was equalling feeling exhausted. Then they helped the others get back to their feet. Now that they were all back on shape, decided to discuss what they just saw. There was absolute silence and everyone exchanged looks. Rita broke the silence.

"What just happened?" asked Rita.

"Even with our powers combined, the effects had a toll on our mind" said Philippa.

"There was something conspicuous in the visions" said Triss turning to Yennefer, "I think you were right. There had been a magical anomaly around the world" said Triss.

"But I saw something else" said Ida grabbing others attention. "There was this outcry. I saw worlds...burning, war, annihilation blood shed...Tedd Deireadh" said Ida her face sullened which quite stired other's faces.

"I think you must be mistaken" said Rita not wanting this conversation to turn truculent.

"It's not an illusion" argued Ida.

"I agree with Ida" said Philippa to which everyone stared at her. "I saw that too. Chaos reigning everywhere, worlds falling one by one to the malevolent creatures...of darkness" said Philippa in fanatical tone. They all started to feel that they shouldn't have done this.

"Too sad that I saw that too. Sometime from now, there's gonna be another conjunction of spheres and there are already signs of it" said Yennefer.

"What signs?" asked Triss.

"There is a rift, a tear in space-time which was the reason our continent was attacked by unknown creatures. and the golem attack? it's an act of aggression in response to the rift it might have possibly sensed" said Yennefer.

"If it's just a mishap, Ciri can use her powers to fix it" said Rita.

"She can, but the rift is not around our world. It's not even in our plane of existence. The last place I saw in those visions was filled fire and burning stones and that's were the rift is located" said Yennefer confused.

"Well, that's odd. But still I didn't see anything related to that man, Dante" said Triss.

"No one did. Maybe it's all but an accident just as he claimed" said Yennefer folding her hands. But Ida interuppted immediately.

"That would be a mistake Yennefer" said Ida pressingly. Other looked at her.

"Why?" asked Philippa.

"I watched him during his fight with the golem. I saw a different inhuman aura around him. I am not sure. He said he got his powers via the sword he carries but what I managed to see through him tells a different story. Either way, we need to be wary of that man" said Ida. Others blinked at her argument and weren't able to decide whether to take her word or not.

"But to the matter at hand, what could we possibly do with the visions. We can't ignore it" said Philippa. This is when Ida voiced her opinion.

"There's something we can do" said Ida which got everyone's attention.

"And what's that?" asked Triss.

"In my world, there are people called the astronomers. Those who have the ability to see through different worlds at different time, those who are far older than the Hen Ichaer" said Ida.

"If they can help, then what are we waiting for?" said Rita.

"At present, I don't think my people will embrace the outsiders. I will return to my world and talk with the current living astronomer about these visions. I can give my word that he will defenitely answer our queries" said Ida. Others nodded in acknowledgement.

"Good, then I will set out right away. Va fail, Kwiorydd" said Ida who then teleported away to Ban ard to prepare to leave.

"Well, until we get to the bottom of this, there's nothing we can do now. We'll wait until she arrives and till then, we'll resume our usual routine. I cannot leave Kovir now" said Triss.

"I'll go to Skellige to meet with Ciri and Dante, with them I too gonna talk to Avallac'h regarding this. Until then, farewell" said Yennefer.

"I too will leave to Ban ard. And Rita, I accept your invitation" said Philippa responding to the letter Yennefer gave in her house.

"Thank you Philippa. I'll see to that" said Rita. Then Philippa and Triss teleported out out of Aretuza.

"So Rita, I'm leaving to Skellige. See you later" said Yennefer turned to teleport out of the place.

"Yen wait!" said Rita to which Yennefer turned to look at her.

"What?"

"Ugh...Next time, when you see them? Bring him here" said Rita with a smirk. yennefer was puzzled.

"Who?" asked Yennefer.

"That man, Dante" said Rita. Yennefer raised one eyebrow giving a cunning stare.

"What? It's not like you get to meet a man from another world everyday" replied Rita. Yennefer nodded dismissively with a chuckle.

"Next time" was the response from Yennefer and then she teleported away.

...

Realm of Samael...

Samael was in deep thought about what recently happened in Aen seidhe. Then Waiboch, the 'fallen' general of Samael came before him.

"Prince Samael, An seidhe was attacked by blitz and shadow creatures of the limbo" said Waiboch in his deep voice, but with a bit of concern.

"I noticed that. It was commander Lucien who sent the blitz, the shadow demons of the limbo and even that golem to kill Dante...On Mephisto's order" said Samael.

"But that's not the problem. The mages of the world have identified a rift in the reality. They had even used the fountain" said Waiboch.

"That rift was a side effect of what I did in Mundus's lair. The inverse incantation of the spell from the 'Warped ledger' to trap Mundus caused a small tear in the fabric of space time. Mephisto didn't know how the rift occured coz he don't even know I have used the warped ledger. I used my powers to conceal much from them. But Mephisto used it to his own advantage" said Samael.

"And that's how he sent the demons to kill Dante. But what about the fountain?" asked Waiboch.

Samael stood up from his throne ad slowly walked towards the platform that was floating above a pool of hell fire lava.

"Humans, Elves, dwarfs, no one knows the true nature of the fountain. Only Sparda, Mundus and we hell lords know what it truly is" said Samael.

"But what about the visions it project?"

"Hah! Those visions are nugatory. It is a mere side effect. Those who sees the visions gets deluded that they can change the fate. They fail to understand...nothing can be changed. To unlock it completely, it needs more than a spell to dispel illusions"

"How come the other lords don't suspect you?" asked Waiboch. Samael turned to look at him, giving a smirk. His eyes started to burn with fire.

"I am the next in line to claim the status of grand duke. Atleast for that reason, they won't suspect me. Now that I have eliminated Mundus, All I have to do is wait for the others to play" said Samael with a wryness in his face.

"The other hell lords are zealous in eliminating Dante for killing Argosax and Abigail" said Waiboch.

"Now that you have reminded me, I am going to pay a visit to both of their realms. You will assist me and keep the 'Warped ledger' with you" said Samael.

"Will do my lord" replied Waiboch. Samael was staring at nothing for a few seconds and letting a faint smile.

...

Realm of Mephisto...

Hell lord Mephisto was standing near by his throne, observing the events of Aen seidhe. Then came his subordinate, Commander Lucien, most skilled demon warrior in his realm who uses 2 long swords as primary weapon.

"My lord, Sorry to say this. But sending darkling minions and blitz is not gonna stop the son of sparda" said Lucien in frustration. Mephisto simply let out a smirk.

"I didn't send them to kill Dante"

"I don't understand. You should send me down to take him out" said Lucien.

"Only for me to find another commander" said Mephisto which stunned Lucien. Mephisto stared at him and then spoke,

"You think you can stop him? He has grown powerful enough to kill 2 hell lords. He's even more powerful than his father" said Mephisto.

"Then we need to send an over whelming force to stagger him" said Lucien.

"We will, but not now. He's confused in this new world. Seeing the Blitz and darkling minions itself had seeded doubts in his mind...When someone is confused, that's when they are vulnerable at most" said Mephisto.

"So what do we do now?" asked Lucien.

"I will make him weak gradually, then take him down...by force, with my hands" said Mephisto, his face grim.

...

A/N: That's it. That fountain is an important part of this story. It's nature will be revealed in the forth coming chapters. Hope you enjoy it.

Before anyone raise objections regarding the charaters, Everything is heavily AU. I have modified the lore for my own use.