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Chapter 42: Magic Items
'Bring her in.' Danny thought to the guards outside with telepathy as he sat on his throne chair.
Queen Mary and King/Prince Francis allowed him to use this ballroom for the trials. They and other members of the court were standing alongside the walls to see the event.
The doors opened and Queen Mary's guards brought the prisoner inside.
She is an old woman with red hair tied in huge buns above her head that made them look like mouse ears. Her buck teeth were visible every time she opened her mouth, and her fingernails ended in sharp points.
"Winifred Sanderson I am informing you that you are now standing inside a barrier. Trying to escape will only bring you pain." Danny said.
Winifred Sanderson is a dark witch from Bristol England. She and her two sisters Mary and Sarah had delved into dark practices for power.
Winifred had the ability to produce and manipulate lightning from her fingers like she was Emperor Palpatine. She also had the skill to animate her former lover Billy Butcherson's (Another man she had cursed and murdered) body into her zombie slave and used him as a weapon to capture the victims she and her sisters brought to their cottage to sacrifice.
Had being the important word because while she was unconscious and being brought to Scotland, he had a duplicate place her in the Alteran Resequencing device. The A.T.A. gene she had was sealed and her body reverted to that of a baseline human so when she woke up for sentencing, she would not be able to use her powers.
He had learned about her and her sisters from information gathered by his interrogation of Jeremy Rowe.
Winnifred and her sisters had been a group going after the prize Marik offered.
Winnifred and her sisters had come up with Project Malum.
The sisters had been planning on unleashing a plague onto the town that would have wiped out a majority of the population.
Marik decided while not the best idea they deserved a reward for it and had a servant give them a parchment.
The parchment is a treasure map and if it is to be believed the treasure is a golden apple. The golden apple. The same apple that Paris handed to Aphrodite and led to the fall of Troy.
It motivated him to track them down and find out more.
"I am innocent and demand to be set free!" Winifred yelled with rage in her voice as she stood in the middle of the hall.
"That is a lie. I am well aware of what you and your sisters have been getting up to." Danny said. "Would you like for your crimes to be read to the court?"
He sensed a wave of nervousness rise up through her. She knew her crimes had been so horrible that no court would side with her.
Which made him feel that it was the perfect move to make.
"Raki, please tell the court the reason that Miss Sanderson is here." Danny said looking from the warlock and gesturing for Raki who was waiting with a data-pad in her hand.
He was not surprised or bothered to sense her surprise and nervousness. She was still getting used to her new role as court bailiff.
"Winifred Sanderson you are here because you have been practicing dangerous magics that would bring grave danger to this world." Raki said. "You are being charged with crimes of arson, necromancy, murder, the cannibalism of young children, and human sacrifice."
Her disdain and anger at the woman increased as she read down the crimes.
Murmurs started passing through the court of witness.
They were made up from a combination of nobles and peasants. He could feel their revulsion and fear as they looked at the woman bound in chains while wishing that they could watch them burn. Winifred and her sisters were everything they had been taught to fear and hate by the Catholic Church.
It was why he had them attend such meetings. To see that he was fighting the evil in this world and was their only hope for protection.
"You are a fool if you believe you have the power to judge me." Winifred roared as she brought her hands forward to him. "You have no idea what I am capable of."
"That is where you are wrong. My soldiers have been watching you and your coven. Your actions have been a blight upon this world, and I am putting an end to it." Danny said as he used his power to activate the B.I.R.D.S in the room to project holographic projections of their crimes. "I also have come across your grimoire."
The projection shifted to show an image of their book. It had been given to them by a witch they met named Tuatha. The dark item inspired her writings and dark schemes. Giving her dark spells that pulled her deeper down the path. Lying on the book made from human flesh is the golden eye of Ra. The symbol of the millennium items created by Aknadin.
Winnifred held on to the book deeply. She did not even allow her sisters to touch it.
That book was now hidden in his village of Kleak under secure protection.
"I sentence you Winifred Sanderson to death."
"You will not get away with this! My sisters will free me!" Winifred shouted as she slammed her hands on to the rails of her stand. "We will make this land suffer plague beyond belief for the injustices you have brought upon me. We will make storms that will bring down your castles and homes. and for you oh grand king we will make you suffer a fate that makes you long for death!"
"I do not doubt you would try but your sisters have already been captured." Danny said. "We had dealt with them before me moved to capture you."
He did not want to fight a united coven and so had waited until they were separated before he made his move.
"What?" Winifred asked shocked and feeling panicked.
(Flashback Begins)
"Hello Sarah." Danny said as he looked at the holographic image his B.I.R.D. sent him of the Knocker's hole Inn.
The inn was in the part of town that those with addictions frequented, and the priests demonized to the churchgoers when they were not visiting themselves. Gambling, drinking, prostitution. All was available there alongside the violence that came along with those actions.
He watched as Sarah walked inside with two men of the village following behind her lost under her spell. According to Jeremy's knowledge the system The Sanderson sisters used when they were working their magic are the emotions of lust and death. Sarah handled the lust portion. She enjoyed bringing both pleasure and pain to those that were unfortunate to gain her attention.
"Are you in position Veda?" Danny asked his Jaffa through the contact orb.
The sisters were working up a plague and so they had split up to gather ingredients. Sarah is working up the power that they needed to cast the spell, Mary is gathering supplies for their cauldron, and Winifred is going to mix it all together. They intend to pour it in the town's drinking water and watch as it took effect.
"Yes. We are watching Mary Sanderson walk to the graveyard alongside the corpse serving as her bodyguard." Veda answered.
Mary had an incredibly powerful sense of smell. He had the Jaff cloaked with a scent erasing compound before they approached her.
"Alright. Make sure that you blast Mary with the stun setting. I want her alive for questioning." Danny said.
"The bodyguard?" Veda asked.
"Eliminate him and leave no traces of his remains." Danny said as he stood up and walked to his closet.
He equipped his utility belt and cloak.
He teleported out of the Al'kesh and into the room of the youngest Sanderson sister.
"Who are you?" Sarah Sanderson asked as she ran a hand through her hair. "Would you like to have some fun with me?"
He felt a feeling of joy envelop her.
"I don't think so." Danny said shaking his head. "Your kind of fun is a bit extreme. I am here because you have some answers that I want."
"Do not be in such a hurry." Sarah said with her voice gaining a musical tilt. "If we spend some time together, I might be more interested in answering your questions."
Sarah had the ability to enchant people with her voice like the siren sisters. It was why he had come here alone. If he brought his Jaffa then they might have fallen under her sway and then he might have unfortunately had to kill them.
"Save your effort. Your tricks will not work on me." Danny said as he put his hand out in front of her.
"Then perhaps my friends will make you more agreeable." Sarah said. "Charles, Jim would you two be dears and break his legs."
A smirk grew on her face as she watched as the two men walked forward to him.
"I don't think so." Danny said jumping back to the door and throwing out a smoke bomb from his utility belt that covered the space and prevented them from seeing clearly.
"Get him!" Sarah yelled.
He shifted his vision to sense for body heat. It allowed him to see the two bodies running at him
"I know that you guys do not have control, so I won't hurt you too bad." Danny said as he punched Charles in the stomach and gave a quick chop to the back of Jim's head.
"You will regret interrupting my fun." Sarah said as she reached into her cloak.
He would not let her do it. He pulled out the sedative that he had put in his utility belt next to the smoke bombs and ran up to her while she pulled out her knife. He grabbed the hand holding the knife and injected her.
"I feel funny." Sarah said as she dropped the knife and started swaying.
"Just let it happen." Danny said as he watched her fall to the ground.
He is not surprised that it was so easy. In cruelty the sisters may be equal, but Winifred had spent years leading them. Without her to focus them on a goal the two sisters would crumble like soggy bread.
He pulled out his contact orb and contacted Veda. "How has your mission gone?"
"My king we have captured the warlock, Mary Sanderson." Veda answered. "The zombie has been quartered and his limbs burned."
Good. That left Winifred all on her own.
"Enjoy your nap." Danny said looking at the two men laying on the floor and opened a window to let the smoke out and so he could fly to the roof and make his way to the Sanderson house.
He would let the owners find these men.
(Flashback End)
One canister of sedative into her home and she had been knocked out.
"Take her away." Danny said after he watched as the force field around her energized and struck her unconscious.
What he had not told Winifred was that while she was unconscious, he had marked her so that when she died, she would be sent to Cade. That way he could gain the memories inside of her head.
"That is all." Danny said dismissing the court as he walked away.
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Danny took a deep breath as he looked from his balcony to the Scotland countryside.
It was a moderately warm day, and he wanted to appreciate it. After seeing the mess that Bristol had become, he wanted to see a land not corrupted with darkness.
"Hello Qetsiyah. How are you doing?" Danny asked turning from the balcony to the spirit that appeared next to him. "Are you tired of torturing Silas yet?"
"I have been forced to watch as his doppelgangers have repeated their love story for over a thousand years." Qetsiyah said with a glare. "It will probably take half of that time before I start to get bored of it."
"Far be it from me to judge a person's desire for revenge." Danny said to Qetsiyah as he tapped the balcony and teleported the ring that was lying on the table to his hand. "So, what brings you here today?"
"I wanted to know what you found out about the ring." Qetsiyah said gesturing to the ring on the table. "Can you blame me? I cast the spell so you could see the object's past."
Of course, even then he was not going to put the ring on. He wanted to use a robot, but it would be stuck in one place. Instead, he chose a farmer with a sick child. If the farmer took the risk, then he would make sure that the child would be healed. If he died, then he would make sure the child was taken care of.
"The ring is called The ring of Nine Dragons." Danny said as he looked at the dragon in the center.
He used his datapad to project the recording.
Danny found himself looking inside a Chinese temple.
"Master Dashi, are you sure you do not want to run?" Chunhua asked.
"No. I am resolute." Master Dashi said. "If I leave the king will strike at my family and my students."
"Surely you see this will not end well." Chunhua said.
"The king wants weapons. I refuse to make them." Master Dashi said. "It is bad enough what he plans to create with the talismans of Shendu."
"I wish Wuya a thousand deaths. I cannot believe that she as betrayed you. Betrayed us." Chunhua said as she stood up and stared at the wall.
"She has eaten from our bowl and turned it over." Master Dashi said.
"She has made the king even more paranoid." Chunhua said.
The king at this time was Tou Jou. The man had the personality to match the worst of the Goa'uld. Hedonistic, petty, and an inability to care for his subjects.
"Let us focus on this. I contacted you for a reason. I am passing my tools to my students. I want you to take this one. The ring of Nine Dragons" Master Dashi said placing the ring on the table.
"What does it do?" Chunhua asked.
"It allows the wearer to create duplicates of themselves. However, the drawback is that the wearer loses a portion of their skills with each duplicate." Master Dashi warned.
"I understand." Chunhua said.
"Good. It seems we are no longer alone." Master Dashi said with a grimace.
"Dasi the king has ordered you to be arrested!" A male voice shouted out.
"It seems the Golden Dragon is here for me." Master Dashi said as he stood up.
"Master." Chunhua cried out
"It will be alright." Master Dashi said as he stood up.
He ended the projection.
He would ask the Eastern duplicate to look further into the story.
"When was this?" Qetsiyah asked.
"This happened One thousand and eight hundred years ago." Danny answered pulling back from the tragic story. "How often has this happened?"
"Many times." Qetsiyah said shaking her head sadly. "Witches create something peaceful and then mortals try to kill them and use it for their advantage. The Carpathian Monks learned a similar lesson with their transmission mirror."
"Who were the Carpathian monks and what is a transmission mirror?" Danny asked.
"The monks were a coven of witches that lived in the Carpathian Mountains." Qetsiyah said. "They created enchanted mirrors that would allow them to view anywhere in the world that they wanted. If they so desired, they could use them to create portals that could take them to that location."
Danny felt a smile grow on his face as he heard that.
This was just another example of how clever his people's descendants could be. Also, he was excited because if he discovered how the transmission mirror worked it could help him in his schemes massively. He could use the mirror to move King Henry's army passed the bog that kept them from advancing.
He also wanted to discover the range that these mirrors could take him.
The original on his own he could teleport anywhere on a planet. With a Chappa'ai he could travel to any other world where another rested. With this mirror he could hopefully view and transport to any place that he knew existed in the galaxy possibly the universe. This would help him with those targets that existed but out of his reach.
There are worlds in the Pegasus galaxy that had Alteran/Lantean technology just lying around waiting to be found and used. There are also many people on those worlds with the A.T.A. gene.
Like that episode where the Atlantis team had discovered a world where the royal family reigned over their kingdom because they had access to Lantean weapons.
"What happened to the coven?" Danny asked fearing that he already knew the answer.
"The coven fell victim to the Catholic Church's inquisition." Qetsiyah said before frowning. "Rumors had spread about them and the Church wanted a known target."
"They could not get away?" Danny asked.
"To use the mirrors requires concentration and power." Qetsiyah said. "The men of the church left them with neither."
"Are there any whole mirrors still around?" Danny asked.
It would be a rather useful piece of his people's history. The original probably would have liked to hunt them down and discover them himself.
"As far as I know the mirrors were shattered." Qetsiyah said.
"That is rather unfortunate." Danny said with a sigh.
It seems that if the original wanted one that he would have to make it himself. He could have a Ha'tak analyze the composition of the metal and then once he understood how it was formed, he would transmute it and forge a new one.
"Anyway, I was wondering if you and your fellow spirits could discuss something for me?" Danny asked.
"Yes?" Qetsiyah asked.
"What would happen if I killed the devil?" Danny asked.
"Why would you do such a thing?" Qetsiyah asked.
"A woman in trouble asked for help. I want to know the possible risks before I even attempt such a thing." Danny said.
"I will talk with my fellow spirits." Qetsiyah said before disappearing.
"That's all I ask." Danny said before he returned to looking over the balcony.
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(London, England)
Danny teleported into the tearoom of Fake Queen Elizabeth. He found her sitting with her ladies-in waiting.
"What are you doing here?" Sansa asked as she and the other ladies rose up from their seat.
"Katherine." Danny said looking at the vampire still sitting.
"There is no need to worry." Katherine said rising up. "Let's leave the Queen to her talk."
The compelled ladies-in waiting stopped feeling their worry and concern for why he was here. They walked outside of the hall where two guards were keeping watch. The guards were also under compulsion so they would not find any of this strange. Nor would they allow any one into the room while the two of them were talking.
"I hope your day has been going well my king." Fake Queen Elizabeth said rising from her seat to curtsy.
"Well enough. My estate is about to be finished." Danny said. "How are you doing?"
"Alright. Sometimes I forget things, but Katherine and Pearl have made sure that no one is suspicious." Fake Queen Elizabeth said. "Is there something that you need?"
"Yes. I need you to do something for me." Danny said. "I know that your council has talked about hiring the Wu Clan to assassinate me. I want you to tell them that it is necessary and needs to happen."
He had finally figured out a way to accomplish the original's plan without having to force his soldiers to fight an entire clan of assassins.
According to the Eastern duplicate The Wu clan through selective breeding had figured out a way to access portions of strength that human biology blocked unless the individual was in stressful situations. It varied from individual Wu depending on talent level. For some that could be as low as nineteen percent, for others it could be in the middle like sixty five percent. It was rumored that the current heir to the Kure clan could increase his strength up to ninety percent.
He felt the temptation to take them all but that was just greed. Two or three would be a good enough number for him to study.
"I do not understand my king." Fake Queen Elizabeth said.
"I want to study them, and I figure it would be easier if I caught members that are away from the group." Danny said.
"That will not be such an easy thing to do." Fake Queen Elizabeth said.
"Why not?" Danny asked.
"Th reason the council has yet to make such a move is because they are worried about the cost of such a thing during war time." Fake Queen Elizabeth said. "Hiring such assassins would cost a small fortune."
"The cost is no problem." Danny said. "I can transmute gold and have it shipped to you."
"There would still be questions asked on how I acquired the gold though." Fake Queen Elizabeth said.
"You are right." Danny said as he thought of a solution and a smile grew on his face. "How would you feel about having a tournament?"
"A tournament?" Fake Queen Elizabeth repeated.
"Yeah. With games and contests and entertainment." Danny said.
"Would people be in the mood for such a thing right now?" Fake Queen Elizabeth asked.
"All you need to tell the council is that it is a way for you to get people's mind off of the war." Danny said as he detailed his plan.
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(Royal Castle, France)
Danny walked through the palace as he walked to Queen Catherine's chambers.
"Hello Rahima." Danny said.
Rahima was a servant girl from Africa. Even though France had outlawed slavery her people were still not treated well in the country. Most people in the castle referred to her as "it" rather than her name.
She had recently become a personal servant of Queen Catherine.
"Hello King Daniel." Rahima said as she curtsied in front of him.
"How is Queen Catherine?" Danny asked.
It had been a while since he came to visit her.
"She is well. I am going to fetch her dinner." Rahima said.
"Alright then." Danny said as he gestured her back on task.
He wondered how the people of the kitchen were treating her. There was a rumor that she caused an explosion that took the eye of one of the maids.
"Hello Catherine." Danny said as he walked into the room.
"Hello King Daniel." Queen Catherine said from her desk. "Is there something that you wanted?"
"I wanted to learn more about you." Danny said as he transmuted a chair for himself to sit.
"There is no need for us to talk about the past." Queen Catherine said placing her hands on her desk.
"Still, I have the time and want to hear how you came to become Queen of France." Danny said taking her hand.
He used his powers to project themselves into her mind as she remembered her past.
The show had been focused on Queen Mary and so the majority of it was focused on her and King/Prince Francis's story. Beyond that were just vague hints like how Queen Catherine had been saved from an army by the Pope and that King Henry had killed his brother Francois to gain the throne.
Learning of Queen Catherine's past was a good way to learn more of the stories that did not have time to be referenced in four seasons.
"Very well. My parents died when I was young." Queen Catherine said as she began to tell her story.
He learned how her parents died of syphilis, how she was raised by the church until enemies of her family broke in to kidnap her, how she came to French Court and met Henry and Diane. How she found out they were lovers was the same night that she and Henry had gotten married.