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Chapter Thirty-Nine: Questions for the King and Queen
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
"We welcome you to our court." Queen Mary said with a smile as she looked at King Danny.
"I am glad to see that you two are doing well." Danny said as he looked at her and King/Prince Francis on their thrones.
His servants were remaining behind at a respectable distance as they carried the gifts that he had brought for the pair.
He is the newest duplicate sent to the earth.
The two of them looked happy but as he looked deeper into their minds and feelings, he could feel their worry. They were worried what he would do when he found out about the problems that they had been dealing with.
"We have only made it here thanks to your help." Queen Mary said.
"I knew that we could accomplish great things if we worked together." Danny said with a smile.
No need to start things off with difficult conversations. That could wait for a better time.
"Is there anything that you might need?" Queen Mary asked.
"Has my estate been finished?" Danny asked.
"I am sad to inform you that your estate has yet to be completed." Queen Mary said.
"Sad but no great misfortune. I will need rooms for myself and servants." Danny said.
"They will be provided for to the best of our ability." King/Prine Francis said.
"I have brought gifts for the two of you." Danny said as Brit and La'mi came forward each holding a chest in their hands covered by a dark green cloth.
"Thank you but you did not need to buy us anything." Queen Mary said.
"Consider it a late wedding gift." Danny said as the Werewolf and the Jaffa walked to the thrones with the covered chest.
There was one for each of them.
"What is in them?" Queen Mary asked.
"Something that will blow your minds." Danny said with a grin. "Open the chests."
The Jaffa moved as he commanded lifted the locks off of the chests and revealed what was inside.
"Eggs?" King/Prince Francis asked.
"What are they?" Queen Mary asked.
She was probably expecting a rare type of bird.
"Not just any kind of eggs. Dragon eggs." Danny said.
"Dragon eggs?" King/Prince Francis asked.
Queen Mary just looked at him with wide eyes.
"Yes." Danny said with a smile.
These eggs are clones. He wanted to see how they developed before he hatched the originals on Dinai.
The duplicate at the time had fun stealing them.
(Flashback Begins)
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(Highgarden, Westeros)
"How do you feel?" Danny asked looking at the vampire while trying to see if anything was wrong.
"That was terrible." Eric answered as he fell to the ground. "That felt worse than any hangover I felt when I was alive."
It seems he is too nauseous to be a smartass. He hoped that he did not throw up in his helmet.
"Where are we?" Pam asked as she looked around.
"Right now, you are in a basement but if you were to leave it then you would find that you are in a rather well of estate." Danny said. "You will stay here while you explore the land."
Below the house is a communication room where the Jaffa would send reports. The original had placed it underground so that no random villager or lord could find the place by accident. They had learned from their raiding of Pelops' laboratory for his nanite technology.
"We are to survive on our own?" Eric asked.
"You will in this house. It belongs to servants I have already sent ahead." Danny said. "They will watch over you and report to me what you find."
"You want us to spy for you." Eric said.
"Yes." Danny answered. "I gained control of the vampires so that I could use you in situations like that. Also, I want to see if you and your lot can turn others into vampires on this planet."
"Why would it be a problem?" Eric asked.
"This world has the other side for your souls to rest while your body underwent transition. I want to know how the process will work on this world that has no such thing." Danny said.
"How do you plan on testing that?" Pam asked.
"I thought that was why you were here. I know that you have wanted Eric to turn you." Danny said.
"I will not take such a risk here." Eric said.
"Alright then we can find someone here and use them as the experimental guinea pig." Danny said.
"Why have you brought us here?" Eric asked.
"I thought we already went over that?" Danny asked.
"I meant this world specifically. If you are aware of one than that means, there is a chance there are others. You brought us to this one specifically for some reason." Eric said.
"I brought you here because this land is edging closer to a civil war by the day. There will be such a huge number of bodies that no one will notice you. Even if they do unless the royal family come after you there is little chance for any of them to overpower you." Danny said.
"Is the royal family here witches?" Eric asked.
"No but what they do have is the ability to control dragons." Danny said watching as their eyes grew wide.
"Did you just say dragons?" Pam asked.
"Yes, I did. The ruling family called the Targaryens are the only survivors of a land where they tamed dragons and used them as weapons of war. Think of them as the Roman empire." Danny said using the term to give them an idea of what the Valyrian Freehold had been like.
"What happened to them?" Pam asked.
"No one is sure. Some think a magical experiment went wrong. Others think that their land was destroyed by the fourteen volcanoes that resided there. Take your pick. They call it the Doom of Valyria." Danny said.
He wished that there was a version of Qetsiyah here to tell him the true reason as the mystery was going to drive him crazy.
"You have not gone there to check it out?" Pam asked.
"It is said that those that go to Valyria end up turning into monsters." Danny said.
The maesters of this world had been rather vague on what happened, and very little research had been done since.
"Fucking magic." Pam cursed.
"How did this Targaryen family survive the accident?" Eric asked.
"They had been off of the island before the doom happened." Danny said.
The reason behind that was also debated. History stated that the Targaryens were a noble family in Valyria. Not one of the most powerful houses of the forty houses of Valyria but noble, nonetheless.
"It is said that the family resided in Valyria until Daenys Targaryen, also known as Daenys the Dreamer, the daughter of Lord Aenar Targaryen, had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar sold his estates in Valyria and moved his wives, children, other relatives, slaves, wealth, and five dragons to Dragonstone which was the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence in One hundred-and fourteen B.C (Before Conquest) which by this land's calendar was two hundred and forty years ago."
"That is a useful vision." Eric said. "When I was human, and my family went to talk to a seer they only got vague words and meaningless riddles."
It certainly improved their chances compared to the other families that died during the event.
"Others say that Lord Aenar and his family fled Valyria because of some mistake at court and his fate was either banishment or death. Either way it worked out for them becuase twelve years later the Doom descended on the city of Valyria, leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive." Danny said.
What followed that was the Century of Blood where the remaining territory of Valyria fought each other for control and dominance.
"How did they come here?" Eric asked.
"That is due to Aegon the First. He came to Westeros with his wives, their dragons, their army, and the desire to unite the seven warring kingdoms into one." Danny said.
"Wives?" Pam asked.
"The Valyrians were fine with both polygamy and incest. Aegon married his older sister Visenya and younger sister Rhaenys." Danny said. "Anyway, we are moving off track. The current king is old and close to dying. All signs to his son and daughter fighting over who gets to sit on the Iron Throne Aegon created when he melted down all the swords of his defeated enemies."
"That sounds impressive." Eric said.
"It would be if the chair did not look like a deformed monstrosity. It is full of jagged and sharp edges." Danny said thinking on the image the B.I.R.D.S. gave him.
"What side do you think is going to win?" Eric asked.
"I have yet to decide which group I want to help." Danny said. "Anyway, that is not your problem. Your task right now is to find someone that you feel like turning into a vampire."
Danny teleported away.
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Danny whistled as he looked around the giant structure of Dragonstone. The castle towers were shaped by Valyrian magic to look like dragons to make the castle look fearsome, and they placed a thousand gargoyles upon the walls. It still amazed him how big the structures the people of this world could build. The Red Keep could fit several versions of King Henry's castle inside of it.
He would come back and take pictures of them when he had the time.
Danny climbed inside the castle through a window ledge and started walking.
Turning in from the side hall he ran into someone.
"Who are you?" A guard asked him.
"Do not worry about it. What you can do is tell me where I can find the painted table." Danny said with a smile as he read the guard's mind.
"Take a left at the hallway, walk up two flights of stairs, then take a right and it will lead you there. The Painted Table is in a round room on the top floor of the Stone Drum." the guard replied.
"Thank you. Enjoy a quick nap." Danny said as he tapped the guard on the head and started following the instructions that were given to him.
Danny looked through the door ahead of him and saw what he had come for.
The Painted Table is the map that Aegon Targaryen had drawn up after his journeys into Westeros.
It is more than fifty feet long roughly twenty-five feet wide at its widest point and four feet at its thinnest. Positioned near Dragonstone's spot on the map is a raised seat that allows the occupant to view the entire table.
Looking at the map he went over what he knew of the lords that watched over them.
In the kingdom of Westeros after the royal family there are ten major noble families. Khun, Arie, Ari, Tu Perie, Poe Bidau, Hendo Lok, Lo Po Bia, Eurasia, Yeon, and Ha. These were families that bowed before Aegon in return for either keeping their seats of power or gaining them. Below them were the countless minor nobles he had not bothered remembering.
He heard the door open behind him and turned to see who it was.
"Who are you?" Rhaenyra Targaryen asked him with her husband and guards behind them.
"I have just come to see the painted table." Danny said as he looked at them.
Rhaenyra is the first-born child of King Viserys I Targaryen. Rhaenyra is King Viserys I's only living child by his first wife, Queen Aemma of House Arryn. She rode the dragon Syrax. At the age of eight, she was made her father's heir. Most that he knew about her came from the scandals that she was involved in. She had three children Princes Jacaerys 'Jace', Lucerys 'Luke', and Joffrey 'Joff' Velaryon.
Rumor is that they are her bastard children by her lover, Harwin Strong, the man that they called "Breakbones", as all three were born with brown hair, though Rhaenyra and her first husband Laenor both had light silver/gold hair that showed they descended from Valyria. King Viserys made it illegal to mention the rumor with the threat of having their tongue's cut off.
That just made people believe that it held truth and caused the rumor to stick around.
"I hope you enjoyed your visit because you will the rest of your short life in the dungeons of this castle." Dameon Targaryen said pointing a sword at him.
Daemon is Rhaenyra's uncle and her second husband. That is the other scandal about them. The two of them had gotten married in secret very shortly after losing their partners. He had been married to Laenor's sister Laena.
Some speculated that it was murder as both siblings and Rhaenyra's lover died in the same year.
"It's not that easy to catch me." Danny said as he backed away from the table and closer to the hearth in the room.
While he had their attention, he went to read their minds to find out where the dragons were being stored.
"There is no way out." Daemon said pointing his sword Dark Sister at him.
"That's what you think. I can leave any time I wish. Anyway, it is rather late, and you should go back to bed." Danny said as he turned intangible and fell through the floor to the rookery where the eggs were being kept.
The Targaryens had plenty more to worry about in their kingdom than a couple of dragon eggs going missing.
(Flashback End)
"What in the world?" King/Prince Francis asked as he stared at what was inside. "We are grateful but what would we do when they hatch?"
"Ride them into battle. Show them off as evidence of my favor." Danny said.
"Where did you find these?" Queen Mary asked. "I have had only heard of such creatures in stories."
"I know of a family that raises them. Try to think of them as giant fire breathing flying dogs. Treat them well and they will be loyal to you and your family." Danny said. "I will need a room in tis castle converted to make a habitable chamber for them to keep them safe until they hatch.
He was going to have rumors start spreading through Europe that Queen Mary and King/Prince Francis were raising dragons to burn down those that stood in their way. It should cause their enemies to think twice about aiding Rome and England in their attack.
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"What in the world?" Kenna asked as she entered the room and saw that she stood on a beach.
"Hello Kenna." Danny said as he as he pulled her into a hug.
"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.
"I take it that you like your new dress?" Danny asked.
It was done in the Dinain style. A short golden top that revealed her stomach with a long lower part of the dress going down to cover her feet. There was a purple sash that went down from her shoulder and stooped a few feet above the ground. It matched the bracelet that was on her wrists.
"I love it." Lady Kenna said as she twirled around. "How long do you plan on staying in Scotland?"
"I can stay for a while." Danny said.
Queen Catherine could contact him if she needed help.
"That is wonderful." Lady Kenna said. "The estate is almost finished, and I wanted to show it to you."
"That is great news. It will give me something to look forward to." Danny said as he began to stand up and walk towards the water. "Do you want to join me?"
"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. I have been busy defeating fools that have been reckless enough to challenge me." Danny said floating in the water.
"That is wonderful news." Kenna said. "What were 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.
"I love people's stories. How they began, how they ended, and everything that was in-between." Danny said. "Kenna is there any place that you want to see or go?"
"You mean travel the world?" Lady Kenna asked.
"Yes, and beyond. The original made promises to you that I want to keep." Danny said.
There were lots of places that he had seen in memories that he wanted to go and see for himself. Upsala the holy land of the Vikings Upsala, The Native American Patch tribes, Forli Castle, Florence, Venice, and much more. There was no reason that she could not go with him.
"What about the war?" Lady Kenna asked.
"We will keep track but that did not mean we had to stay in one place." Danny said.
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"How is Sage doing?" Danny asked as they sat at the dining table.
They had gotten here rather late, so the cooking had already been done by Queen Mary and King/Prince Francis's cooks.
"She has been helpful in keeping the mercenaries in line." King/Prince Francis said. "Sage is rather different from most of the women we knew back at French Court, but she was great at coordinating the men and keeping them in line."
"How is Scotland?" Danny asked before putting a slice of chicken in his mouth.
"There have been a few people unhappy with our changes but not enough to worry yourself over." Queen Mary said.
"I have heard you have been having trouble with John Knox." Danny said.
"He has his complaints, but we can handle it." Queen Mary said. "We have yet to do anything overt because then his followers would rise up as he became a martyr. It would be harder to fight a war with England if they had to deal with rebellions in Scotland."
"That is understandable." Danny said.
"How is my father doing?" King/Prince Francis asked trying to switch topics.
"He is doing well. He is tired of defending Calias and wants to invade England." Danny answered.
"That sounds like my father." King/Prince Francis said.
"Does he need more soldiers?" Queen Mary asked.
"I doubt it. I have heard that he has recently called for your uncle to bring him more." Danny answered.
"My uncle the Duke of Guise?" Mary asked.
"Yes. It seems that he has been gathering men into an army for some time." Danny said before putting a strawberry in his mouth.
"Are you certain that we can trust him? My father banished him from court because of his desires?" King/Prince Francis asked. "Christan De Guise is an ambitious and shrewd man. If there is some way to gain an advantage than the man would take it."
"I am keeping an eye on him. Speaking of which can you trust your council?" Danny asked.
Sage was dealing with the soldiers and mercenaries. Making sure that they protected the borders and towns. Preventing English spies from sneaking in and causing trouble. He let the two of them choose their own council, but he wanted to make sure that they would not try anything.
"I would like to think so." Queen Mary said.
"But you are not certain." Danny said.
"They are resistant to the idea of changing their religion." King/Prince Francis said.
"This is why I sent Sage to help you." Danny said.
To compel those that could be useful but were stubborn and to eliminate those that could become a problem.
"I do not want to steal the free will away from the members of my court." Queen Mary said.
"You have a kind heart Queen Mary." Danny said.
It is the also reason why she ended up imprisoned and beheaded in England. It looked like he was going to have to deal with it while he was here. "I heard that the two of you have been having problems with having a child."
It was something everyone was paying attention to. The only way to connect Scotland and France together and for them to lay claim to England and Ireland. A child that would unite all the kingdoms together.
"We have been trying." Queen Mary admitted.
"Do not worry. The knowledge of Nirrti can accomplish many things. If you want, I can use the knowledge she granted me to help you two conceive." Danny said as he looked at the two of them.
One of the inventions that the Alterans had come up with during their development was the way to create children in the event that the mother could not have them herself or if she had a difficulty in having children.
"Do you have children?" Queen Mary asked. "I have known you for a while and yet to hear anything about your family."
"I am going to have a child in a few months." Danny said.
He was still unsure how to feel about it. Nirtti planned on using a cloned body to grow and birth the child before assuming control of the clone.
"We would be most grateful if you could help us." King/Prince Francis said.
He is probably hoping that it would help Mary get over her anger at Lola. That way he could see his son again.
"Now Queen Mary about your mother and brother I hear that you are keeping them in the dungeon." Danny said.
"It is not their fault. Mary has tried to get them to see reason." Lady Kenna said.
"I do not doubt her efforts, but some people are too stubborn for reason to change their minds." Danny said.
"I have no doubt that they will see reason." Queen Mary promised.
"Very well." Danny said.
He was not going to give up on this, but he was not going to ruin dinner over this. 'Kenna stay up tonight I plan on visiting you later.'
He could see her gain a smile on her face before she focused back on her food to hide it from the table.
"I have been meaning to tell you something." Danny said to Queen Mary and King/Prince Francis.
"Yes?" King/Prince Francis asked.
"I want to open a school in Scotland." Danny said.
He was already having an art gallery built in France. This was the Renaissance period, and he would take advantage of it. Increase wonder in the world and love of the arts. Build more schools to teach both boys and girls. This would all be done in Nirtti's name and would help them understand why being under his control was a good thing.
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"Hello Sage. You sure got here fast." Danny said as he hit the striped ball into the hole.
He had been surprised to learn that billiards was already a thing at this point in time but even though he was sad that he did not get to introduce them to the game he was happy to play.
"Where is he?" Sage asked as she stared at him.
"Where is who?" Danny asked playing dumb.
"You know who I am talking about." Sage said glaring at him.
"You mean Finn. He is in the castle. I will call him now." Danny said as he sent a telepathic message to Finn.
"How is he?" Sage asked.
"You can ask him yourself." Danny said watching as his strike missed and he hit the ball just a few inches away.
That was one of the conditions he used when he was playing this game. He would not use his powers and if he lost, he would grant the wish of whoever beat him. Within reason of course.
A wish like releasing all the werewolves was not one he would ever consider granting.
Especially after he granted them their moonlight amulets.
It took ten Earth minutes for him to arrive.
"Sage?" Finn asked as he appeared in the room.
"What did you do to him?" Sage asked as she looked at him.
"What do you mean?" Danny asked.
"I can tell that he looks the same as he did all those centuries ago, but he is no longer a vampire." Sage said.
"I kept my promise with his mother. I put his soul in a mortal body." Danny said.
"Let us just enjoy the fact that we are together again." Finn said as he hugged Sage. "I am unable to believe that I can hold you once again."
"That is a wonderful idea. I hope the two of you enjoy a full and wonderful life." Danny said as the white ball caused two striped ones to fall into the hole.
"What about the rest of my siblings?" Finn asked.
"They are safe." Danny answered. "I thought you would be rather angry with them. Want them to suffer in the darkness like you had."
"I admit to having mixed feelings about them. "Finn said. "They had left me in a box for centuries. Carted him around like luggage. Never trying to release me while they gorged themselves throughout the centuries. A part of me wants them to suffer. However they are my family."
"Rebekah is fine and free. You can contact her whenever you wish with the contact orb in your room to see for yourself." Danny said.
She unlike her brother had been dosed with Nish'ta and was living out a happy life with a duplicate.
"Your brothers on the other hand are going to be held in their coffins for a while. We did not part on the best of terms, and I would like them to take the time to reflect on their actions."
"Good." Finn said.
"I am going to go. You two should catch up." Danny said as walked out of the room.
He would rather watch the relationship drama the two had when they thought that he had left them alone. The B.I.R.D. perched at the window would record it all for him. He had plenty of other things to do this night.
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"Hello Queen Mary." Danny said as he approached the queen in her garden.
The night was pleasant. There was cool wind that passed by with a crescent moon hanging over them.
"How may I help you?" Queen Mary asked.
"I just wanted to talk to you." Danny said as he sat next to her on her bench.
"Is there anything that I can do for you?" Queen Mary asked.
"I wanted to know how you were dealing with the whole Lola pregnant with King/Prince Francis's child situation?" Danny asked as a way to break the ice.
He doubted that she was going to pull a Lagertha. It was not Mary's style and despite Lola's actions he doubted that she wanted her dead. He had grown to like talking about mythology with Lola.
"She betrayed me." Queen Mary said.
"That is true, but she is one of your closet friends. She would die for you and would have if I did not enter your life." Danny said.
"What do you mean?" Queen Mary asked.
"Lola's fate was to be tricked by John Nox into thinking you wanted Queen Elizabeth dead and joined an assassination attempt that would lead to her death." Danny said.
"That's horrible." Queen Mary said as she believed him completely.
"She would do anything that you wished. Not even your mother would do that." Danny said.
"My mother may have her problems, but she would never betray me." Queen Mary said.
"That is where you are wrong. Your mother betrayed you long ago." Danny said.
"What do you mean?" Queen Mary asked.
"Your mother made an agreement with King Henry and Queen Catherine that would happen when you and King/Prince Francis got married." Danny said.
"What kind of agreement?" Queen Mary asked.
"If you and King/Prince Francis do not have a child they can kill you and keep control of Scotland." Danny said.
"That's horrible." Queen Mary said standing up. "I cannot believe that my mother would put Scotland in such danger."
As a king he understood her anger. She had trusted her mother to rule her country until she was ready to take the throne. Not sell it to France.
"Do you know why she did it?" Queen Mary asked.
She would not put it past King Henry and Queen Catherine to make such a deal, but she needed to know why her mother had accepted.
"She was in danger and needed money. She thought that there would be no risk and you and King/Prince Francis would have a child easily." Danny said.
'It seems that I am going to need an heir soon.' Queen Mary thought as she looked at the castle walls and imagined the country that lay beyond.
"I will give you some time to think on everything but remember your mother betrayed you once already. Let me deal with them and you will not have to worry about it happening again." Danny said.