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Dawn and Reincarnation Part 10
🕑 Added 2019-04-16 01:58:50 +0000 UTC“How sure are you that this is going to work?” Zarosa al'Caar asked a touch nervously as she stared at the giant ter’angreal ring.
William spared a glance toward Zarosa’s smirking older sister then set his hand on the fourteen year old’s shoulder in a half hearted attempt to calm her down. “Don’t worry about it, I’m sure that only half of the Aes Sedai are nearly as wild and twisted as your sister claims.”
“That doesn’t make me feel better,” Zarosa complained with a shiver. “I still have nightmares about getting stripped and hit with a switch when I’m not fast enough at my lessons.”
“Don’t forget having to tongue fuck the accepted teaching you,” Nela teased her sister.
“That’s not helping,” William lied, rather amused about how red Zarosa’s face was. He was looking forward to seeing what type of twisted pocket world the ring created from her fears. “Try not to think about the debauchery or the see through clothes.” He gave her a playful pat on the rear and a gentle nudge to get her moving toward the ring.
Zarosa glared at her sister then stalked through the ring, unwilling to let her fear control her.
Nela laughed as her sister vanished into the ring and a faintly glowing portal appeared showing the ring was in use. “That was perfect.”
William shook his head. “You’re horrible, you know that right?”
“Details. Let’s go make sure she doesn’t get into trouble,” Nela replied with a smirk as she walked toward the portal.
“Nice to know you care,” William said as he followed her through the ring into a hallway with stone walls and sturdy looking wooden doors. He slipped his new fox ring on then handed one to each of the girls. “Let’s try to avoid getting captured.”
Zarosa quickly put the fox ring on that should help keep her safe then glanced both ways down the hallway. “Any idea where we’re supposed go?”
“Not a clue, pick a door?” William asked, not completely sure what type of world the ring had brought them to. He blinked as he saw two mostly naked girls in their late teens or early twenties walk around the corner on either side of a well built handsome dark haired man dressed in a pair of shorts. He pulled his attention off the glowing girls’ breasts and glanced at the multicolored cloth bracelets the girls were wearing then at the serpent rings on the third finger of their left hands. ‘Most likely this world’s version of accepted.’
Nela glanced between the two attractive young women, the mischievous looking girl on the left had curly strawberry blonde hair while the girl with long brown hair was wearing a frown on her otherwise attractive face.
Zarosa glanced down at the girls’ slipper covered feet. ‘At least they’re not completely insane.’
The brown haired girl frowned as they walked over. “Please tell me I didn’t just walk up and down ten flights of stairs for nothing.”
“Sorry?” Zarosa offered, not sure what was going on.
The man laughed as he looked at William. “Better you than me.”
“Any advise?” William asked, not terribly sure what he’d just been volunteered for.
“Don’t scream when they claw your back, it just encourages them,” the man said with amusement then turned and headed back down the hallway. “Best of luck!”
“How many of his siblings can channel?” the blonde girl asked, hoping it was a decent number.
Nela snickered. “His sister, mother, aunts and grandmother can channel.”
The blonde girl smiled brightly. “Sweet, the girls are going to be lining up for you to knock them up!”
The brown haired girl smiled gleefully as she realized they’d found a better stud than the warder with a sister that could channel as they didn’t have any other family members that could channel. She glanced between Zarosa and Nela. “I’m guessing you want to watch?”
“Of course,” Nela replied before her sister could say something to ruin her fun.
The blonde girl smirked. “I don’t blame you, it should be a good show.”
Zarosa shook her head as she followed the girls toward the closest door. ‘At least they seem nice even if they’re crazy for running around a cold tower without a stitch of clothes.’ She blinked as they walked in and saw twenty naked teenage girls sitting at desks with a short plump woman with salt and pepper hair in a sheer red silk dress standing at the front of the class.
“Which led directly to the Whitecloak war which we’ll cover next time,” Pevara Sedai said as she turned to look at the group that had just entered. “What have you found for us?”
The blonde girl spoke up, “His sister, mother, aunts and grandmother can channel.”
“Excellent,” Pevara replied as she turned and looked over her students. “Bethany, you earned the highest score on your test, do you want to fuck him first?”
Bethany smirked as she looked at William like a wolf eyeing a rabbit. “Yes Sedai.”
‘At least she’s attractive,’ William thought as he studied the tall busty red haired girl that was eyeing him like a piece of meat.
“Excellent, come up here to the front of the class and show the girls how it’s done.” Pevara still wasn’t sure about the project they’d started twenty years ago when they’d realized they needed to do something about their declining numbers but it was showing excellent results which helped to justify the danger of increasing the number of men that could channel. She was fairly sure the project would have been shelved before it even got started if the Green Ajah hadn’t suggested using the accepted to breed the next generation of channelers and using the time while they were pregnant to finish up their mundane studies.
William grinned as he headed toward the front of the room as Bethany bounced out of her seat and ran up to the front of the room.
Zarosa wasn’t sure where to look as the girls started pairing up as William stripped out of his clothes and Bethany hopped up on the teacher’s desk. ‘Yeah, just as well Mom and Dad didn’t come with us.’
Nela snickered as she watched the class of attractive girls start entertaining themselves as they waited for the show to start with Bethany and William. ‘With any luck we’ll get twenty three more channelers out of this. With decent luck, we might be able to get most of the novices and accepted in this twisted version of the Tower.’
Zarosa had a sinking feeling her sister was going to want to recruit everyone she could toss through the portal. ‘At least the novices probably aren’t completely corrupted yet.’
0o0o0
Dawn blinked as she walked out of the door into the courtyard and saw a line of glowing naked boys and young men coming out of the giant ring, ranging from about four or five to maybe twenty years of age at a guess. “That’s new.”
Willow smirked as she walked over to where Dawn was staring at the new recruits. “William decided to do some recruiting.”
“Where did he find a couple dozen men with the ability to channel?” Dawn asked as she glanced over at the group of unfamiliar glowing naked girls that were talking with some of the young women she sort of recognized from her trip through the ring, more than a couple of the new girls had small children with them that also glowed dully which meant they’d eventually be able to channel.
“William, Nela and Zarosa found a world where the Tower was using accepted to breed the next generation of Aes Sedai.”
“Did they have a plan for what to do with the men when they started channeling?” Dawn asked as she went back to watching channelers pour out of the giant ring.
Willow sighed. “As far as I could tell from what the first couple girls said the Aes Sedai were planning on bonding the men as warders and severing them if they started channeling or possibly severing them after using them to breed the next generation, there was some debate on the best way to deal with that part of the project.”
“I guess that’s less barbaric than how the Sharans treated their men,” Dawn muttered. “Any idea how we’re going to feed everyone?”
“There are plenty of fish in the ocean and wild game in the forest. We’ll need to work on setting up some farms at some point but we’re not going to starve especially if we use a gateway to pick up some produce elsewhere...” Willow trailed off as she saw a string of rather pregnant young women come out of the giant ring. “William might have went a bit overboard with recruiting people.”
Dawn frowned slightly as she saw a tall pregnant woman with the Aes Sedai ageless look walk out of the ring. “Has he always had a silver tongue?” she asked, wondering what he’d said to get an Aes Sedai to come with him.
“Pretty much,” Willow agreed with amusement as she thought about some of the crazy things her brother had talked people into over the years.
Dawn watched another dozen pregnant girls walk out of the giant ring followed by another group of well muscled young men that glowed with potential. “We’re going to have to cleanse the source before everyone goes insane.”
“It’s on the list, we just need to recruit the Amayar first and work on our defensive gear. On the upside, I’m reasonably sure that the island protects us from the taint so we should be able to train everyone without causing them to go completely nuts.”
Dawn turned to look at Willow. “How did you figure that out?”
Willow sighed. “One of the guys ran into a boar in the forest, it was either use the Power or get gored, I can’t say I blame him. On the upside, we’ll have roast boar tonight to go with the fish we caught in the ocean.”
“In that case, we might as well have the guys start building some shelter unless we want a bunch of sunburned girls.”
“Already ahead of you,” Willow replied with amusement. “Ethan managed to create a couple knockoff ter’angreal boxes that create weird color changing fabric that is extremely durable and decently waterproof. We have a couple of the girls making tents so we’ll have shelter until we build something more permanent.”
“Not a bad idea. I’ll have to look at the boxes when I get a chance.” Dawn was hoping she could use the knockoffs to figure out how to intentionally vary the cloth boxes.
“Coming through,” Sally said as she walked through the door with three large mismatched wooden chairs floating in front of her.
Willow turned and smiled at Sally. “That’s cheating.”
“Spank me, they’re heavy,” Sally argued as she floated the chairs toward the group of pregnant women. “We should have most everything looted by tonight then we can start taking everything apart and figure out what we can save tomorrow.”
“Good, the sooner we get everything fortified the better.” Dawn frowned slightly as she saw an attractive red haired woman with the Aes Sedai ageless face step out of the ring with Nela next to her. “Looks like they’re almost done grabbing people.”
“Hopefully the Aes Sedai don’t try to take over,” Sally muttered as she set the heavy wooden chairs down then released the source. She frowned slightly as a plump woman with grey in her hair and Aes Sedai features came out of the giant ring in front of Zarosa. “I guess it’s too much to ask that everyone that comes out of the ring is pants dropping gorgeous.”
“Sadly,” Willow muttered as she watched another Aes Sedai walk out of the ring before William stepped out of the ring. “When he said he was going recruiting, I was expecting a couple dozen channelers, not four or five hundred.”
“It’s a good start,” Dawn agreed as she watching William and the four Aes Sedai head their way. “Any suggestions on dealing with the Aes Sedai?” she asked in a whisper.
“Drop the weave that conceals your strength,” Sally replied in a whisper. “Aes Sedai value strength in the Power to an insane degree, the more strength you have the more they’ll unconsciously listen to you.”
“That’s insane,” Dawn muttered as she unraveled the weave that disguised her magical strength. She let go of the source as she focused on the four women that would likely want to take over or involve the Tower. “William.”
“Mother,” William replied as he walked over, amused that he could make Dawn sound a lot older than she was with that simple word. “Mission accomplished, three hundred and seventeen girls of decent strength, eighty five males and three hundred children with the potential to channel.”
Pevara Sedai turned and stared at William. “All of the men you took can channel?”
William shrugged. “Only nineteen of them have the spark, the other sixty six of them can learn to channel.”
“Bloody ashes,” the red haired Aes Sedai exclaimed as she realized just how many men they were going to have to gentle.
“Don’t worry about it,” Willow cut in. “The island is protected from the taint.”
Pevara spun to look at Willow. “Do you have any proof?”
“We can let you link with one of the men and run some tests, it should be easy to confirm the island is safe.”
“How did you manage that…” the pregnant Aes Sedai trailed off as she realized just how insanely strong in the Power the red haired girl standing in front of her was. “Bloody hell!”
Pevara looked at her friend. “What’s the matter Aisling?”
“How strong does she feel?” Aisling Noon asked as she pointed at Dawn.
Pevara’s eyes went wide as she actively checked Dawn’s potential and realized it was like a raging inferno compared to every other sister she’d met including Cadsuane, even the other girl had more potential than anyone she’d ever met now that she was paying attention. “I don’t think the Tower has seen your like since the breaking.”
“I can’t say I’ve met anyone stronger,” Dawn replied knowing that she’d met some people with the same amount of potential strength but none stronger. “Either way, welcome to my island.”
William was just glad he’d hid his ability to channel as it would have caused too many questions.
Pevara mentally pulled herself back together. “What are you trying to accomplish here?”
Dawn shrugged. “An island of channelers devoted to the light that are willing to help destroy the Shadow in the last battle.”
“You’ll never find enough people,” argued the red haired Aes Sedai, having studied the Trolloc Wars.
William snorted. “With respect, even ignoring the three hundred children that have the potential to learn to channel, we just recruited four hundred and two channelers of decent strength in a couple hours with the promise of a home where they didn’t have to listen to the snide remarks of the rest of the Tower. We should be able to get thirty to forty channelers in every mirror world we visit just asking the novices and accepted if they want to jump ship.”
Aisling Noon scowled slightly as she remembered her time as a novice. “I think you’re underestimating how horrible the first couple years of being a novice are.”
“To say nothing of simply walking into a version of the Tower and ordering the best and brightest of the novices and accepted to walk through the portal,” the dark haired Aes Sedai pointed out.
Pevara shook her head. “We’d be cutting them off from their worlds and their families Katrina, how many of them would resent us for tricking them?”
“So we tell them a version of the truth,” Katrina said with amusement. “I would have jumped at the chance for advanced training as a novice or accepted.”
“Not a bad suggestion,” Sally agreed. “We have a decent number of saidar using channelers that can train the novices and accepted we’ll be bringing in so we wouldn’t even be lying.”
Dawn smirked at Sally. “That sounds like you’re volunteering to make sure the girls get settled and tested for interesting talents.”
Sally sighed as she realized she’d just volunteered. “I’ll take care of it.”
“Good.” Dawn turned her attention toward the Aes Sedai. “How many of you can heal?”
“All of us, though Katrina is the only Yellow here unless you’re hiding some,” the red haired Aes Sedai answered as she glanced around.
Willow shook her head. “Moiraine isn’t a Yellow and she’s currently elsewhere.”
“Moiraine Damodred?” Katrina asked in surprise.
“This world’s version of her,” Willow said as she turned to look at Dawn. “How well trained are the young men?”
“They’re as well trained as most nobles and being trained as future warders,” Pevara answered, rather happy that the Amyrlin had taken her suggestion on what to do with the boys to heart rather than toss them out of the Tower. “The idea was to find a way to connect them to the Tower.”
“Makes it easier to track them down later if they start channeling.” Dawn turned to look at William. “Make the rounds and start sounding people out for ranks. I want to prove to the Aes Sedai that the island blocks the taint before we start training the men so they can reassure them. I have a couple things to deal with back on the mainland before we start recruiting.”
“I’ll see what I can do,” William agreed as he headed toward the group of young men, hoping he’d find enough officers for what he was planning.
“How many of the girls have any talent with healing?” Katrina asked, hoping that she could find some apprentices to train as they were going to need them with all of the pregnant girls and with the upcoming war.
“Most of our girls have been decently trained, I’ll introduce you,” Sally said as she started walking toward where the girls were working on sewing clothes. “This way.”
Katrina raised an eyebrow then shook her head and followed the girl, rather curious how well trained their channelers were.
Aisling Noon glanced between Dawn and Willow. “Who do I talk to about getting some basic supplies?”
Dawn turned to look at the pregnant Aes Sedai. “The girls are bringing in supplies they’re salvaging from the village that was nearly burned to the ground by trollocs and we’re sending a group to buy supplies from the nearest town. We also have some of the girls making clothing which should help keep everyone from getting sunburned. If there is anything you need feel free to put in a request and we’ll do our best to help within reason.”
“What do you consider reasonable?” the red haired Aes Sedai asked.
“We’re a bit short on writing supplies right now and if you want a mirror, it won’t be that large but we can probably handle things like combs, chairs and beds easily enough.” Willow frowned slightly as she looked at the sheer number of people in the square. “At least for the pregnant girls and trainers.”
“We’re looking into picking up some craftsmen but we’re not quite there yet. Still, as long as you aren’t being greedy, we should be able to help with reasonable requests,” Dawn assured her.
“I suppose books are out of the question?” Pevara asked a touch sarcastically.
“There might be some from the village but I wouldn’t hold my breath.”
Willow spoke up, “I actually know where to find a decent number of books but they’d require translating and my written old tongue is a bit rusty.”
“You have books in the old tongue?” Aisling asked in disbelief.
“Not exactly but I know where a ter’angreal is that contains thousands of books from the Age of Legends,” Willow said smugly.
“Where?” Pevara half asked, half demanded.
“I have a passing understanding of the old tongue,” the red haired woman offered, eager to see an entire collection of books from the Age of Legends.
“In a stash Dawn found,” Willow said, not really wanting the Aes Sedai to have more information until she got to know them. “Should I grab a couple guys to help move the boxes?”
“Probably a good idea,” Dawn agreed, knowing that she really needed to get the dull dagger and the Bowl of Winds before one of the Forsaken.
“You’re stealing ter’angreal from the Tower?” Pevara asked warily.
Dawn shook her head. “Not the Tower and we’re just borrowing them.”
“Why?” Aisling asked, curious if they actually had a reason other than greed.
“Because I can duplicate ter’angreal and get a very good idea what they do just by touching them.”
“Can you teach us?” the red haired women asked hopefully.
“It’s a talent but we’ll see,” Dawn said as she turned her attention to the girls wandering around the courtyard. “I’m hoping some of the girls have the talent.”
“That would be useful,” Pevara agreed, thinking about the possibilities of creating new ter’angreal.
