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Chapter 43: Two of Thirteen
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
"What do you think?" Danny asked as he pulled the last sister from the carriage.
"This is the estate that Lady Kenna has been building?" Phoebe asked looking at the home in front of them.
The estate was a three-storied building. The bricks that formed the house were dark pools that drew you in. On nights with fog, it gave the building a gothic atmosphere.
"Yes. The final stone was placed last week." Danny said as he used telekinesis to undo the lock and moved to open the door. "It is built in the Valyrian style."
The process to create the black stones were by adding dragon's fire to still forming cement. He lacked dragons that were old enough to have fire that melted stone so he altered his fire so that it could approximate a similar effect.
"I have never heard of such people." Prue said.
"It is not surprising." Danny said. "They do not belong to this world."
The room around them had tapestries with Nirtti's symbol hanging from the walls threaded with strings of gold. There were smaller pillars so that he could place busts of people that he found interesting from all over the world.
The less important but necessary furniture would be coming later.
"This is the way." Danny said as he pulled a book from the third row on the bookshelf.
Once the mechanism was activated the bookshelf moved to the side so that it could reveal the secret passageway that existed behind it.
"This passageway look too dim." Phoebe said looking at the path. "I doubt that a person could be able to walk without tripping and breaking their neck."
"Do not worry." Danny said placing his hand on the wall and activating the lights that illuminated their path. "We will be perfectly safe."
They walked through the door. Each step echoed around them. If a mice scurried on the steps, they would be able to hear it.
"What type of candles are these?" Prue said from behind him.
"Those are not candles." Danny said turning towards them. "The lights you are looking at are powered by electricity."
"Electricity?" Prue asked.
"Don't worry about it." Danny said. "I can explain later. For now, let's focus on our objective."
They arrived at the tunnels and took a left.
"What is this?" Prue asked looking at the machine in front of her.
"This is how I am going to activate your gifts." Danny said as he turned to look at the three sisters. "Do not worry. The process will be completely painless."
"Are you sure of what gifts that we are going to awaken?" Phoebe asked.
"Yes. I compared the scans I performed on you with the ancient records that my people kept." Danny said walking to the table and leaning on it.
"So, we just walk in, and this will activate our gifts?" Piper asked.
"Yes." Danny answered watching Piper specifically.
He understood now why the Rowe coven wanted her and why the original would be glad that he had gotten them early on.
According to his scan Piper would gain the ability of Molecular Manipulation. She would be able to a lot with that power. She would be able to slow objects and people to the point that it appeared as if they were frozen, and the opposite was true as well. She would also be able to excite the molecules to the point that they exploded.
It was a dangerous ability that could do damage to any army. She could have the strength to explode star ships. He may be overestimating her eventual skill level but still it was best to be prepared and get her ready.
"Come on." Phoebe said pulling her sisters along with her.
"Together?" Piper asked looking at her sisters.
"As one." Prue answered back.
"Always." Phoebe finished with a smile.
"Wait." Danny said walking in front of them. "Before you three go in there you are going to have to change your clothes."
He gestured to the booths waiting at the side with their names on them.
"Are you serious?" Piper asked.
"It will help the process. The clothes you are wearing right now will make it hard for you to fit." Danny said. "It is going to take a whole day for your gifts to manifest properly and safely."
He designed it that way so it would activate their powers at a low level so he could train them from the beginning. He also wanted to use that time given to him to go and have other conversations.
Together as one they walked into the booths.
Whereas the Stillman sisters had jumpsuits that were red, yellow, and green, the Halliwell sisters were given suits of purple, blue, and silver.
"We can't wear these." Piper said as she came out of the booth with a blush on her face.
"What is the matter with them?" Danny asked.
"They are too form-fitting." Piper said.
"It would make me really happy if you wore them." Danny said with a smile.
Piper looked reluctant but she went back inside and complied with his will.
"These feel really nice." Phoebe said as she walked out of the booth.
"You look amazing." Danny said looking Phoebe over in her purple jumpsuit.
"What do you think of mine?" Prue asked following her.
"The silver really brings out the beauty of your hair." Danny said.
"Now let us get started." Phoebe said looking at the machine.
The trio walked into the machines and laid upon the table that shifted from vertical to horizontal. The bracelets at the side secured their wrists.
Danny activated the remote on the table and watched as the machines closed around them.
With that done Danny teleported away.
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(Prestonpans, Scotland)
Danny teleported to King Henry's war camp. There were two guards on watch guarding the entrance from the rear. He could see the large tent that King Henry was using as his command center and sleeping quarters.
There was a smile on his face as he snapped a branch and directed the sound to the guards.
"Did you hear that?" The guard on the left asked shifting his head.
He was holding a sword to his side.
"What?" The guard on the right replied.
He was leaning with a spear in his hand.
"I thought that I heard something." The guard on the left asked shifting his head around.
"You are just imagining things." The guard on the right said.
Danny walked up to the guards and directed the moonlight so that it created a path for him to walk through.
"Halt!" The guard on the left said walking forward with his hand on his sword.
"There is no need to fear." Danny said as he waved his hand in front of the man with the sword.
"There is no need to fear." The guard repeated in a daze.
"You are that sorcerer." The guard said with fear rising as he moved to thrust his spear.
"Yes, I am, and you wish to let me pass." Danny said repeating the process.
"I wish to let you pass." the other guard repeated dropping the spear.
He continued walking through the camp looking at the different types of tents. The nobles that were with this army had their tents with pomp and decoration. Inside they were having fun with camp followers. There would probably be a few bastards born tonight. The commoners that had to share had simple tarps to protect them from the weather. They were drinking and telling stories around a fire and trying to gain the attention of any woman free of noble companion.
All of them were united in their dislike of the English. They were not paying attention to anyone walking in the camp believing that the guards would warn them if an attack happened.
Danny whistled a small song as he walked into King Henry's tent.
"I told no one to disturb me!" King Henry yelled.
"I did not get that message." Danny said as he took a seat and looked at the map of the area.
"King Daniel." King Henry said as he looked up. "Have you found a way past this bog?"
"Yes." Danny said looking at the map and manipulating light to form the path that he wanted to take. "It turns out that there is a passage nearby through the forest that will allow you to come up right behind the army without them noticing."
"This is good news." King Henry said in amazement.
"Yes, and I am glad you enjoy it because I have some other news that you will not like." Danny said.
"What do you mean?" King Henry asked.
"I have received word that the English Army is bringing in assassins from Japan." Danny said with a fake frown.
"Who are they targeting?" King Henry asked.
He hid a smile. He had wanted Henry to believe that they were coming after his children. It would allow him the reasoning to bring them back around without anyone questioning his motives.
"My spies were unable to learn which children they are after." Danny said as he shook his head. "Either of those options would hurt the war effort."
"What should we do?" King Henry asked.
"I was thinking that it is time to bring your other children back to France." Danny said. "Keep them in a range where I and my army can watch over them while you conquer England."
"That makes sense, but I do not have the manpower to go and get them." King Henry said.
"There is no need to worry." Danny said, "I can do it on my own."
He teleported away.
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(Noyon, France)
"Is this real?" Diane De Poitiers asked as she looked around her cell.
It was no surprise that she was not sure. He had the Jaffa install this chamber with the technology he had used on Jeremy Rowe so Queen Catherine could torture Diane without worrying about killing her. That way she could draw it out longer than just by coming to visit and watch her enemy trapped in a cage.
"Yes." Danny answered her from his seat. "I know that this is no Chenonceau but this is reality."
Chateau De Chenonceau is Diane's castle. It had originally belonged to a protestant noble Pierre Marquess but was stolen by the Guise during the time of King Francis I for the church and sold to the former chamberlain of King Charles VIII Thomas Boheir. King Henry II took it from the man due to debts owed to the crown.
He originally gifted it to Queen Catherine as reward for sending men to aid him in response to the King of Spain's assault on his garrison. It did not end up that way. Diane had a freak out during a meeting that King Henry II had with Pierre and murdered that man.
To calm her down King Henry gave it to her.
"Let me out!" Diane De Poitiers shouted banging her head and hands on the clear wall separating them.
"That is not happening." Danny said.
"What do you want?" Diane De Poitiers asked. "I know that Catherine wants to torture me but what do you get out of this?"
"I brought you here because I felt that Catherine deserved some revenge for the pain you caused her." Danny said. "I am here now because I have a question that I want to ask you."
"A question?" Diane De Poitiers asked pulling back and looking at him suspiciously. "What could I possibly know that you don't?"
"During my time in Italy I found this tablet." Danny said showing her a holographic image of the stone tablet.
On the tablet was a picture of a man holding a glowing sword.
He wanted to know if it was a representation of the Sword of Damocles. The sword had a long history. The sword had been created in the fourth century B.C. Long before the Catholic Church believed Jesus Christ was King Henry was to be believed it had been found during the Crusades. It had to be somewhere during those centuries.
"Why would I know that?" Diane De Poitiers asked.
"Given your religion I figured that she would know many stories that the Catholic Church would not talk about." Danny said.
"I have no idea what you mean." Diane De Poitiers denied.
"My other reason is that my servants brought me this tablet when they were going through the inventory from your home in Channoceau." Danny said.
The holographic image changed to show another image. This time the image looked like a drinking horn that the Vikings would use. He was going to ask Rebekah if Diane had no idea.
"What do I get out of answering this question?" Diane De Poitiers asked with a defeated sigh.
"On its own very little but if you continue to help me, I may release you." Danny said.
"You would do that?" Diane De Poitiers asked.
"It is not beyond my ability." Danny said.
He could do something similar to what he did with Queen Elizabeth.
"That tablet from my home depicts the image of The Horn of Brân Galed from the North " Diane De Poitiers answered.
"Tell me more." Danny said.
"According to the merchant I bought it from it was brought to France during the Hundred Years war." Diane De Poitiers answered. "There is a poem that goes along with the image."
"A poem?" Danny asked sounding interested.
The lines might be short and full of metaphor but there was the chance that the passage hinted to a mysterious power or a way to find the others.
"It goes. like this." Diane De Poitiers began.
Here lies a thirsty Giant,
His mouth in need of a drink.
Quench his thirst tenfold;
to obtain his precious trinket.
"What does it mean?" Danny asked leaning forwards.
He planned to ask Rebekah and Lola to confirm it afterwards.
"I want something first." Diane De Poitiers said. "I want proof that if I help you that you will give me something."
"What do you want?" Danny asked while putting his knuckles against his cheek.
"I want gold." Diane De Poitiers said as she licked her lips.
He was wondering when her addiction would start to show itself.
Diane De Poitiers had stolen Queen Catherine's lady-in-waiting Angelica. Queen Catherine had learned that Angelica was supplying her with liquid gold. To consume, to bathe in, to paint her body with. As the days turned weeks then to months and years Diane had gained an addiction that unbalanced her mental state.
"If you are useful to me then I will give you gold." Danny said.