Dawn of Heroes

[X] No one. You will face your sister on your own.

In the end, you decide to go alone. Both of your squires are kids and not ready for the type of threat that Moira would pose. Besides, this is a family matter and you can trust Moira as much as you can any fae. She won't do anything to hurt you if she can help it.

Moira wants to meet in a mansion in one of the higher-class parts of London. You can't help but wonder how she got access to it. Did the previous users benefit or suffer from your sister deciding she wanted to use it?

Something to ask her when you see her. Taking the form of a blue tit, you fly to the mansion in question. A window has been helpfully left open and if you know Moira, then your sister has deliberately left it open for you to use.

There is certainly some kind of trap waiting for you should you use the entrance, but you are equally certain it will just be a sisterly prank. Even if Moira has ill intentions for you, she would only make a serious move against you after having a chat.

You decide to take advantage of the window and deal whatever Moira has set in store for you. For all you know, you could just be overthinking things and perhaps the window just happened to be left open.

In the end, you never find out as while you feel your sister's magic wash over you as you end the window, it originates from Moira herself and not the window or something prepared. You land in a heap as you are forced from bird form into a human form.

Groaning slightly from the unexpected crash landing, you take a moment to inspect the new body that Moira has given you. Human and female of course, but the rest of it is odd. Clearly not a body made for combat judging from the slender, muscles and the oversized bosom, which is at least as big as your squire's and far too large for your tastes. You check your hair to find wavy locks of red hair, the same shade as your squire's and wait a moment...

Making your way to a mirror that is conventionally there, you quickly realise that you look a lot like Sapphire Squire, if she was adult, exchanged her muscles for a curvier figure and wore blue dress that really reveals too much of your figure when you think about it. Oh, and while the face easily fits this body, you know from what little you've seen of Sapphire Squire's face that one you have right now looked nothing like hers.

"Like it?" inquires Moira from behind you, startling you with her unexpected presence.

Moira looks like you currently do apart from her hair being blonde and having blue eyes instead of green whilst her dress is red rather than blue. In fact, you are pretty sure she just gave you her own body, but with some different colours.

"I would prefer a bit more muscle and a bit less chest, but I like it," you tell her, deciding that you wear your squire's look well, "Are the similarities intentional?"

"I know about your squire yes," answers Moira as she inspects your body, "And I also know that we have differently coloured versions of the same body right now. I originally planned to just make you look like your squire, but I liked the look enough that I decided to try it out myself. With some colour changes to avoid looking too much like your squire of course."

"Is there a catch?" you inquire, "Seems pretty tame for you."

"You are stuck in that form for the next twenty-four hours," replies Moira with a grin on her face, "Plenty of time for you to show it your squire. Speaking of which, how is she is in bed?"

"I beg your pardon?" you say, staring at Moira as you are certain that you misheard her.

"The squire of yours," says Moira, her grin growing wider, "How good is she at sex? She seems like a feisty one like you."

"Moira!" you exclaimed, shocked your sister's lascivious words, "Sapphire Squire is just a kid. She isn't even fifteen year."

"Seriously?" asks a surprised Moira and you nod, "Moon and Stars, I've seen your squire and she is definitely more of a young lady than a girl."

"She is an early bloomer and a prodigy," you tell your sister, "Whilst she might look of age, she will only be turning fifteen in the next month."

"Huh, I guess you aren't going at it with her," says Moira, "You want me to solve the issue of her age?"

"No, she is not a romantic partner for me," you answer firmly, "I love Sapphire Squire, but my love for her is platonic or familial, not romantic. Besides even if you did age up her body, she would still only be fourteen."

"Please, I can do more than just change a body," retorts Moira with a roll of her eyes, "I am the Princess of the Little Court of England. A little change to reality here and there is within my power. It would be leave me drained for a bit, but I could totally rewrite history a little add a few extra years to your squire's age. I'll even accept playing matchmaker for my favourite sister as payment."

"While I appreciate the offer, I already told you what sort of love I hold for Sapphire Squire," you reply, "I am her knight and she is my squire. I am happy being a responsible adult to her whom she trusts and respects."

"Hmm," hums Moira and you feel a presence invading your mind.

You instinctively try to repel it before you recognise it as your sister's touch. Deciding to extent some trust to Moira, you give relent a little before her. While you don't let her fully getting into her head, you let her have some access.

"Now that is interesting," says Moira after a few seconds, "You do care about your squire that way. Let me amend my offer. Instead of a girlfriend, how about a daughter? Same principles, I'll just alter history a bit to add you into it and then make your squire your daughter."

"Not my choice," you reply instantly, "While I would love to have a daughter like Sapphire Squire, it would be up to her to decide if she wanted me as her mother. I would happily have her as my daughter if that is what she wishes, but if she wants to keep her old family, then she has my full support in that."

"Fair enough," replies Moira, "Give me a moment to teleport her here so we can ask her."

"Please don't," you interrupt as you sense Moira weaving a spell, "She is at school right now and I don't want to disrupt her secret identity by teleporting her about in it."

"Alright," says Moira, "Oh, congratulations on finding a squire like that Tamara. She is truly worthy of you."

"Speaking of my squire, if she does anything to offend or disrespect you, I will take full responsibility for it," you tell Moira as something occurs to you, "I really want to avoid you two not getting along because you felt the need to extract restitution from her."

"Deal," agrees Moira, "Do you want to talk about home yet?"

"Is it good for me?" you ask warily.

"Not particularly," answers Moira with a grimace, "But you got lucky being exiled. Taenya isn't exactly popular or has high legitimacy. Things have been falling apart back home and Taenya has been lashing out. If you hadn't been exiled, I'm fairly certain that you would have been added to Taenya's wardrobe on a permanent basis, probably by merging you into Torlyn."

"That bad huh," you comment, wincing at how your aunt is going insane enough to break rules of equivalent exchange.

"Yes, it is," confirms Moira, "Speaking of which, Taenya would like to drag you back home to make an example of you. Apparently the backlash to her rule is made her decided that just exiling you was a mistake and she should have more permanently dealt with you."

"Why are you here Moira?" you ask quietly.

"Well, I'm not here just to turn you over to Taenya," says Moira, "You are my favourite sister of course. But would it really be so bad to be part of my wardrobe? I would make sure to wear you often and change up your form to keep things from getting dull. I would even talk and chat to you."

"No, it wouldn't," you admit, thinking of the many worse fates that could befall you, "But I have a life here. I would stay here and uphold my duties as both Tamara Lyn and Fairy Knight."

"Do you trust me Tamara?" asks Moira, grinning at you.

"Yes, but not as much I once did," you tell her honestly as you suddenly get wary, "After the Usurpation, I don't know what to make of home anymore or those I once knew."

"Then I'll just have to prove that you can still trust," declares Moira cheerfully and you feel her presence in your mind, trying to seize control of it.

"Stop it Moira!" you yell, summoning Talatine and Torlyn in to you as you attempt to reject Moira from your mind.

Unfortunately for you, Moira's magic is too strong for you and for the third time this year, you feel yourself losing control to someone else. You have to admit that you miscalculated as while you expected trouble, you also expected Moira to chat for longer or at least give you some indication that something is wrong.

You lose control of your body, but not completely as whilst you are forced to obey your sister's will, you have some ability to deny her whims. Yet it is not enough as Moira forces you to let her touch you, letting her use a more powerful spell on you.

"Trust me Tamara," says Moira in a cheerful voice as she hits you with a different spell.

It is another spell targeted at your mind, but not one meant to control it. No, this spell is meant to break your mental defences and then Moira will take the opportunity to completely control you. You resist as best you can and while you repulse the new spell initially, you are unable to break Moira's hold over your mind and a second casting of the new spell is enough to shatter your mental defences.

You are helpless as Moira attempts to seize control of your mind with nothing standing in her way and then confused. Why were you resisting your beloved sister? You trust her because of course you can trust her.

"I told you could trust me," says Moira as she smirks at you and you cannot believe that you didn't trust her.


It takes four hours for the spell to wear off, letting your mind return to your control. You glare at a smirking Moira before relenting as this was clearly the rest of the prank she had planned for you. Tricking into thinking she was here to go after you on the usurper's orders and proving that she wasn't.

Two hours of telling her about everything which happened since you arrived in London and then an hour of showing off your maid skills as Moira found your job to be utterly hilarious and properly insulting to Taenya. The latest hour has been explaining the modern technology of the humans to your sister and you were explaining how trains worked when the mind control wore off.

"I take it you aren't here to hand me over to Taenya?" you ask quietly, standing up from your seat.

"Our aunt is a bitch and you are my favourite sister," replies Moira idly, "I would never place what she wants over what you want. I would be totally okay with you joining my wardrobe, but only if that is what you want and I am certainly not letting the usurper have you."

"So why are you truly here?" you ask.

"Zelphar is supporting Taenya as her son, but he is the only Little Court ruler who supports her," answers Moira, "Tiarnach isn't quite in open rebellion and is just stopping short of it. He refuses to acknowledge her as the rightful queen and Taenya hasn't been able to make him yet. Maeryn is supporting Tiarnach and I'm thinking about doing the same."

"Elphane, Scotland and Wales versus Ireland, Cornwall and potentially England," you muse, "That sounds like a nasty fight. So what are you doing here?"

"I want your support," answers Moira, "You were one of the best and I would like you to help in the fight to bring down Taenya."

"I'm not a match for Taenya," you tell her with a frown, "You and her are in a different league to me and if Taenya has Mother's powers..."

"She doesn't," interrupts Moira, "Taenya is no stronger and arguably weaker due to being split between Elphane and Scotland. Her authority is more nominal than not across the kingdom and I don't need your help fighting her directly. Me and Tiarnach can take her while Maeryn will deal with Zelphar. I just want your help dealing some of Taenya's warriors because you can take them."

"I'll need to think about it," you reply, "As you know, I have responsibilities here to take care of."

"If we win, I can return you to this world at the moment you left," says Moira, "Once Tiarnach becomes king, I can smooth things out especially if you help out."

"I will need to speak with my squires first," you say.

"Of course," agrees Moira with a smile.


"Are you going to go?" asks Sapphire Squire as she and David-no, Onyx Squire sit with you at a table in the Nighthouse.

"I am leaning towards going," you reply, "While I would stay here in London with my new life, I would like to remove my exile and overthrow my aunt. I may not wish to live there anymore, but I would like to visit home. Besides Taenya is a tyrant who is going insane while Tiarnach is a fair if stern ruler. Replacing her with him would be a good deed on its own merits."

"Well, you've got my support on whatever you choose," says Sapphire Squire, "If you want to go home, I will join you if you want the back up, but I am also willing to stay here to hold down the fort while you are gone or take over your place should you fail."

"I'm going to be honest and say that most of this is going over my head," admits Onyx Squire, "I am still getting used to all this magic business, but I am willingly to fight bad guys."

"We got your back Fairy Knight," says Sapphire Squire and Onyx Squire nods his agreement, "Just tell us where you need us to have your back."

"I appreciate the support, but I have yet to decide if I am going," you tell them, "I will let you know how you can best help once I have made my choice."

"I'm going back to my workshop then," says Sapphire Squire, "I've got some enchanting I want to get done."

"I am going to hit the gym to practice using my new gear," says Onyx Squire.

You watch both of your squires head off before following after Sapphire Squire, wanting to speak with the lass privately.

"Sapphire Squire, can I have a private word with you?" you ask her from the doorway of her workshop.

"Of course," replies Sapphire Squire, "It won't take too long will it? I wasn't kidding about wanting to get some enchantments done."

"I will endeavour not to take too long," you reassure her, "I just wanted to speak to you about an offer that Moira made. My sister gave me the choice, but I feel that it a choice that you should make."

"Sure, but can I ask you something first?" asks Sapphire Squire as she looks up and down.

"Ask away," you let her know.

"Why are you in that body?" inquires Sapphire Squire, "I know it isn't your style and it looks way too much like I do to be coincidence."

"Moira thought it would be funny to make me look like you for the until the same time the next day," you explain, "I am indulging her and letting the spell play out instead of breaking it. It may not have all of my preferences, but I like it enough to deal with the inconvenience. I hope you don't mind me looking like you?"

"Looking like me is fine," says Sapphire Squire, "Actually, I might use that body to practise shapeshifting."

"If you don't mind having this body, might I suggest getting Moira to transform you into it when I introduce you?" you suggest, "It would be a good way to get off to a good start with my sister and I really want the two of you to get along."

"I'll give it a shot if you think it is a good idea," replies your squire, "Now what was the choice that you felt I should make?"

"Remember what I told you about Celestials?" you inquire and Sapphire Squire nods, "Well, my mother, the former Queen of the Faeries was basically one due to how powerful she was. She delegated some of that power alongside rulership of the smaller Realms that make up the Kingdom of the Faeries. As one of those rulers, Moira has limited ability to reshape reality and she offered to rewrite history so you would be my daughter. I have no problem with that so the choice is yours."

Several emotion flicker across what you can see of Sapphire Squire's face and she opens her mouth a couple of times to speak before changing her mind as she closes it again.

"I am touched and honoured, but I am going to decline," finally says your squire after several seconds of silence, "Things aren't so great at home, but I have a good, caring family and I love them. I mean I would love to have you as my mother, but I've already got one. Should something really bad happen, I would like you as replacement, but I'm not replacing my current family unless they are taken from me. Hug?"

"Hug," you confirm and the girl darts over to give you a hug.

"I don't know what you are to me, but I love you Tamara," says Sapphire Squire as the two of you embrace.

"I also don't know what to call our relationship, but I love you too my squire."

What does Tamara decide to do?
[] Stay in London and not get involved in the affairs of her old home.
[] Help Moira overthrow their aunt and go back with her sister alone.
[] Help Moira overthrow their aunt and go back with her sister with Sapphire Squire.
[] Help Moira overthrow their aunt and go back with her sister with Onyx Squire.
[] Help Moira overthrow their aunt and go back with her sister with both of her squires.
[] Write-in.



This vote is where you get the chance to go on an optional adventure. If you choose not to help overthrow Tamara's aunt, I will roll for how things go in the background. If you do choose to help, then there will be a single arc of it where Tamara and whoever she brings with her help out.

Also, Moira is going to be one of the more powerful characters out there. She isn't invincible and even Tamara stands a shot at taking her out, but she is definitely going to be out of your league for a while.

Please point out any spelling or grammar mistakes that you spot. Please quote them in the thread and explain what you think is wrong so I know what you are referring to. Feel to ask questions for more details and information.