2019 update! I'm going through this story again and editing it.
Story rated Mature for future lemons and possible strong language.

Aurora Brady had just turned twenty and starting her second year of college, and it was no fancy, top-notch college either. It was a simple community college in a simple town. Everyone knew almost everyone and their business. She wasn't exceedingly smart or downright stupid. Aurora was a normal girl with normal grades (with as much as she struggled to keep her grades up she was a good student trying her best). Aurora never did care for school. In fact, she hated it. It bored her to death! Sitting in a box room with twenty-some other students and listening to a teacher ramble on about philosophy or arithmetic could get tiresome.

She took the basic of classes, hoping to get them done as soon as possible. Aurora preferred not to go to college, but she was dead-set on finishing for one sole purpose. She had told her brother the night before died, laying on that hospital bed that she would try her utmost to pass. Even if she would only ever finish her basics. She was bound and determined. She was a strong young woman at will and worked hard to help what was left of her "broken family".

Aurora sat on a red bench waiting for someone to come pick her up from the college. She took morning classes and was done by 2 o'clock. She waited for a good hour and seeing that no one was coming she picked up her book bag and began walking. She walked down a steep hill while cars passed by her. Once in a while, someone would stop and offer her a ride, but she refused them and continued to walk. It was a six-mile walk and it took her almost two hours to get home. Why didn't drive herself is a simple reason. She had no car to do so. Besides, she didn't much like driving. She preferred to walk and enjoy the fresh hair and get in some exercise (even though she didn't need it).

Today though was different. A part of her wished that she had just stayed at the college waiting for some kind of chance that someone may pick her up. Today it was at least a hundred degrees out and her back was getting all sweaty and her face was dripping wet with sweat. The salt would burn her eyes as the little sweat droplets fell from her eyelids. She would rub and rub but the sting still lingered there.

When she got home she kicked off her shoes and set them aside as she threw off her backpack and placed it on the black leather chair to her left. She then saw the earth green colored couch a few feet ahead of her resting in front of the entertainment center. The cool AC felt good on her face and all over her body. But she could smell that the sweat in her hair and under her arms was starting to make her reek.

She grabbed for a new pair of clothes, a towel, shaver and shaving cream and a few other things to take her bath. She filled the tub halfway with warm water and stripped from her sweaty clothes and dipped herself in a nice, cool and relaxing bath. She dipped her whole entire body in and came back up and spat out some water. Aurora shaved her legs and soaked in the tub for a while longer until she was ready to turn on the shower and wash the rest of the grim off her body. She lathered her hair in cherry blossom smelling shampoo and smoothed it down with the same kind of conditioner.

As she was about ready to rinse the rest of her hair she thought she heard a voice speaking to her. Aurora stopped what she was doing and listened closely. Finally, she turned off the shower and got out, grabbing for her towel that she quickly wrapped around herself. she walked to the door and peered out for but a moment. "Hello?" she said. "Is anyone out there? Mom?" But there was no one there to answer her.

Aurora closed the door and locked it and finished drying off. She figured she would let her hair air dry instead of turning on the blow dryer and adding to the heat. She put on her blue P.J.'s and slowly opened the bathroom door looking intently down the hallway and listening very carefully if anyone was out there. When she decided that it was just some silly nonsense trying to sink into her head she forgot all about it and went downstairs to make herself something to eat. As she finished preparing her rather dinky-looking meal, Aurora sat in front of the T.V. on the green couch and turned it on. What she was not just the regular news but the same thing that almost every channel was talking about: The Avengers. And how they saved New York City. No. The world! So some people say. Aurora was getting tired of hearing this ridiculous story and flipped it to another channel, but the same thing was happening on there too.

Aurora didn't dare believe for even the tiniest of moments that this was all true. She scoffed at the very idea. They even talked about a science professor named Jane Foster was rather close to one of the Avengers. She believed that that part was possibly true. "Oh C'mon! There is no such thing as superheroes and bad guys! They are just a bunch of highly skilled actors!" Aurora turned the T.V. off and set her empty plate aside. She was tired of all that nonsense and just wanted to get some sleep.

The next day as Aurora walked to her first-morning class, which was science, there seemed to be a bit of noise coming from the room. When Aurora entered, she found an over-head being hooked up and a few extra tables were being placed in the room and they had pictures boxes all over them. There were even pictured magnate to the whiteboard. Aurora set her things down but continued to stand and look at everything. "What IS all this stuff?" she asked.
"All this is about a special lab the class will be attending. You will also be meeting some very important people who can and quite possibly tell you valuable information, so take notes." Said her instructor.

When everything was set up and the three people who were setting it all up finally turned around. By this time a lot of the other students were already for the lab.
"Okay!" Said the blond headed woman with a quick start. "Who here is familiar with Mythology?"
It was a question that threw some kids off. Aurora, on the other hand, expected something weird like this. Suddenly, she lifted her head a little from her palm, realizing who it was she sunk into her chair. It was the woman named Jane from the news on T.V. Aurora stayed silent the whole time not bothering to take a single note.

By the time class was done Aurora gathered her things slowly and walked up to this so-called Jane.
"Is all that true?" Aurora asked.
"You mean the lab today. Well most of it, yeah, but a lot of it is a mystery yet to be discovered."
Aurora shook her head. "No. The part about the Avengers and whatnot?"
Jane nodded her head a few times and finally said, "Well of course it is. I mean, the whole world is talking about it. Why do you ask?"
"I can't seem to believe it," Aurora said rather bluntly. "I mean, don't get me wrong. I know that Iron Man, Tony Stark, is a real guy, the Top Banana," Jane laughed a little at that last comment. "But," said Aurora. "How can...beings from another realm exist? How can creatures...be real?"
Jane crossed her arms and smiled a bit. "How can we be real to them? Surely we are just as surprised as they are to us? Perhaps even more."

Another question struck Aurora. "If you could go to this other realm, as so many others call it, would you go there?"
Jane smiled again and simply said, "Yes. Yes, I would."
"You would leave all this behind and go there?"
"Well, I wouldn't say that. Don't you have another class to get going to?" Jane suddenly said.
"Math can wait. Besides, that's in another half hour."
Jane then started to clean up some things in front of her and placed them into boxes that were under the table. "Listen...I don't know your name..."
"It's Aurora. Aurora Brady."
"Well, Miss Aurora Brady," Jane held out her hand and shook Aurora's. "It was nice talking with you, but there are a few things that I need to set up and put away before the next class comes in."
"Right," said Aurora. "See you later..."
Jane smiled a tad bit and then got back to whatever it was she was doing before.
Aurora stopped at the doorway, turned around and said to Jane, "If these realms ARE real...What exactly are we to them? And what will happen to us all?"
Before Jane could come up with an answer Aurora left the room.

When it reached 2 o'clock Aurora was well on her way in the hot sun walking home again. Suddenly she heard two loud honks and a white van slowed down next to her. The front passenger seat rolled down and a familiar face popped out.
"Do you want a ride?" it was Jane. Much to Aurora's astonishment, she stared at her for a few seconds before finally answering her. "Well?" said Jane.

Aurora quickly nodded and the side door was opened for her. A girl about her age was sitting in back, the same girl from the lab who often stood still while Jane did most of the talking.
"Where do you live?" Asked Jane.
"17th street and 21st Avenue."
"So how long have you been in college?" asked the girl. "By the way, my name is Darcy."
Aurora nodded. "My name is Aurora. This is my second year of college."
"What are you majoring in?" asked Darcy.
Aurora thought for a while. "...You know...I haven't really decided yet."
"Really? Well, it'll come to you. Sooner or later."
Aurora shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know about that. I'm not sure I will continue college once I get done with my generals."
Jane suddenly turned around and asked why.
Aurora shrugged her shoulders again. "I don't have any big plans."
"I'm sure you'll think of something towards the end," said Jane.

The van then slowed down and Aurora looked out the window and saw her house. "It's this house right over here," she said and opened the door when the van stopped.
Jane rolled down her window and called out. "By the way," she said. "That lab today...just a heads up, there will be a quiz about it tomorrow. Good luck!"
Aurora smiled and waved to Jane as she drove. A melancholy look about her face. Just perfect, she thought. A quiz that I didn't even write down notes for!

That next day the air seemed cool and not as hot and stuffy as usual. This time Aurora decided to ride her bike to the college. It was a nice enough day and why waste time for a ride that may not show up? By the time science class came, Aurora sat in her chair trying to remember the lab from the other day. She did remember a lot of it, but she was worried that the questions on the quiz would not make any sense to her. When she was given the quiz she first scanned all of the questions. Luck was on her side today, seeing that she remembered a good amount of the lab she was able to complete the quiz swimmingly.

Just as she was about to hand it in she stopped. She looked over the questions again. They all seemed like such silly questions. Aurora quickly erased her answers and handed in her paper with nothing on it. Besides, quizzes were only counted 5% of her grade. It was something she was willing to miss out on. When she was about ready to leave by the end of class her teacher stopped her.
"Uh, Miss. Brady? Will you come here a sec?" he asked her.
Aurora turned around and walked over to her teacher's desk. "Yes?"
"Why did you hand in an unfinished quiz? I mean...Why did you erase all your answers? They were all correct from what I can still see."
Aurora took in a deep breath and slowly let it out with a big sigh. "The quizzes only count for 5% of our grade. Besides, all these questions-I don't see why we had to do it. I mean, I'm sure even you realize this."
Her teacher slowly nodded. "To you, it may seem that way and to a lot of other students. But when you have an assignment you must do it. It helps us, instructors, to know where all of our students stand." He handed Aurora her quiz showing a 100% on it. "I'll let it slide this time, Aurora. Don't do it again."
Aurora nodded and left the room.

As Aurora readied her bike to leave raid started to pour. She cursed the weatherman and headed on home. The longer she went the heavier the rain got and the heavier it got the harder it got to see. Suddenly, Aurora saw two bright lights coming her way and then a loud honk. She quickly rode into the ditch, twisting her ankle and breaking the back tire on her bike. She yelled and cursed loudly(not that anyone would hear her cries in the pouring rain) and picked herself back up and dragged her and her bike out of the ditch.

Just then, through all that heavy rain, Aurora spotted something in the sky. It wasn't lighting or the sun, but blackness. Dark circles began to form in the sky. It started off with just a few and then a dozen! She shook her head and rubbed her eyes but that didn't seem to work for when she looked back up at the sky it only got worse! Black figures started springing from the dark holes and to the land. Startled and a bit delirious, Aurora left her bike and started walking straight ahead on the one road she was on and the only road she could see from all this rain. Her jeans were muddy with a few grass stains and her legs were getting raw from the wetness and she started to shiver for it instantly got colder. Aurora wrapped her arms around herself for warmth but that didn't seem to warm her up in the least.

Aurora then stopped, looking straight ahead she saw a peculiar being, but you could hardly call it that. It looked more like a monster that came out of some fairy tale. It looked like it was raiding some kind of motorcycle made out of a black mist. When the creator got off it, the misty motorcycle vanished. Aurora blinked once, then twice, but the mysterious motorcycle was truly gone. The dark creature standing just twenty yards from her turned and looked at her. It's bright yellow eyes looked majestic and creepy all at the same time. Its skin looked like burned leather with dark blue scales on its shoulders, head, hands, feet and little on its knees. This creature had long pointed and ragged ears and a cocky smile, showing it's brown stained teeth. Aurora knew that it knew she was there. She stood there frightened, not knowing what to do and hoping that it would leave her alone.

This hideous creature began to walk towards her, reaching an arm out towards her. Aurora suddenly gasped and ran for it, forgetting about her ankle for a moment and fell to her hands and knees. She winced at the pain but soon found herself being picked up off the road by her shirt. The creature turned her around to face it. Aurora got a good clean look at its face. Her face turned white and her eyes grew wide. She lifted her arms straight above her and slipped out of her shirt taking another run for it.

Aurora ran as fast as she could with her hurt ankle. She looked back and the creature was only walking after her. Was this some kind of joke? She should have stayed at college. And what the hell was going on? Aurora looked in front of her and saw another two bright lights. She dodged out of the way. The car slid and hit the creature that was after Aurora. Sitting on the side of the road, Aurora watched as the two collided with each other and went into the ditch. There was a loud bang and then silence. Only the rain could be heard from miles away.

Suddenly, Aurora heard a loud thumping sounds and then another bang. Soon she saw that creature crawl out of the ditch. Its skin was bloodied up in a few areas. It looked badly hurt. Once it got on to the road it started at Aurora, not doing anything until finally it opened its mouth and screamed. The scales on its body ripped off and few past Aurora, cutting her skin. Aurora screamed just as loud as the creature. It then began to drag its self to her and she picked herself up again, this time it hurt even more to stand and she was getting dizzy.

Just then the screaming coming from the creature stopped very suddenly and Aurora turned around to see another creature just like its self standing above it, holding a black misty spear in its left hand. It had killed its own kind (probably because it was so badly hurt). This creature briskly walked up to her and tightly took hold of her arm, twisting it to turn her around. Aurora looked into this creature's yellow eyes and she began to sob. The creature lifted its spear into the air and Aurora was prepared to die this very moment, but death never came, only another black hole in the sky spotted from the spear it's self. The creature looked long and hard at her and then finally spoke in its foreign tongue. She had no idea what language this was, but she didn't want to find out either.

Very suddenly, Aurora felt herself being lifted up into the air. She dared not look down, therefore she closed her eyes very tightly and held her breath, which was probably the best thing could have done for herself at this moment. Finally, she opened her eyes heard nothing but the quiet and little droplets echoing in...a cave? Aurora looked about herself and saw that she was standing in a cave. Very little light shown above her from the tiny cracks. The creature holding on to her arm finally let go and Aurora ran for it, only to slip this time instead of dodging a car. She fell hard on her side, hitting a few pointed rocks. She yelled out in agony and soon felt herself slipping down some kind of slimy tunnel. She hit the ground hard, losing her breath for a few seconds as she rolled over on to her side laid like that for a minute or two until she sat up to see exactly where she was sitting.

This cave was a cave of tombs! Dead bodies surrounded her. Some fresher than others and it smelt of rotten skin. Just then, she felt something crawling up her arm and when she looked to see what it was she scream and swiped the large red and black spider crawling up her left arm. She moved away from her spot and towards a pile of skeletons.

Soon after, Aurora moved the creature that brought her here came down the same tunnel she did and smashed the giant spider with its foot. The creature spoke to her again reaching a hand out to her but she refused it. And without any kind of warning a slimy, black and skinny and rather large hand reached out from a giant hole in the cave wall and grabbed the creature. It squeezed it so hard that its bones broke and its guts came pouring out. The giant hand dropped the "poor" creature and started reaching for Aurora.

Aurora picked up every kind of bone she could find and threw it at this giant hand. "Stay away!" she yelled. But it was pointless and the hand picked her up anyway. It began to squeeze her just like that creature, but this time Aurora lifted up a leg bone and stabbed the giant hand with the last of her strength. It dropped her as it gave out a short cry. It banged its hand on the ground and the ground shattered beneath Aurora. She felt weightless for a moment but soon held her breath as she went under water. Up for air and then down again. Up for air and then down again. Aurora was floating down a rough stream, quickly heading for a waterfall no doubt.

Again Aurora felt weightless and then was plunged under the icy waters yet again. She felt someone or something grab her and her up from the water by her shoulders and rested her on the ground.
"How is she?" A male voice spoke.
Finally, though Aurora. Someone who speaks English!
"She's been badly hurt." this time it was a woman's voice. Had these people come to save her? They had obviously saved her from her watery death. She felt something warm being wrapped her body. A blanket perhaps? "We must take her back to Asgard with us! These cuts, they are poisoned! Surely the Odin father will allow us to help this girl?"
Asgard? The Odin father? Who were these people?
"Sif, be careful! What if she is an enemy?"
Aurora heard another male voice.
"Does she look dangerous to you?" The woman named Sif said.
Aurora then felt herself being lifted up into two strong arms and passed out.