A small girl with silver-blonde hid behind a pillar of the trophy room. The blue fabric of her dress cascading around her and her greys eyes watchful as she listened to her father tell her brothers, Thor and Loki, the story about how he defeated the Frost Giants and brought peace back to the nine realms.
'Once, mankind accepted a simple truth: that they were not alone in this universe. Some worlds man believed home to their Gods.' The girl imagined the scene he father painted almost like she was there herself. She saw mortal men, women and children staring up into a light filled sky. Fire burning as their only source of light, hanging in holds besides their wooden homes.
'Other they knew to fear' Odin spoke and she imagined a bright blue light, frost Giants appearing out of no where. Laufey the King of the frost Giants standing in the middle at the front, a glowing blue casket held within his dark blue hands.
'From around the cold and darkness came the Frost Giants, threatening to plunge the mortal world into a new ice age.' She almost shivered as she imagined Midgard overcome with ice and snow, their wooden boats smashing two pieces as the water beneath froze solid.
She could almost hear the screams and shouts of the midguardians as their fire was extinguished and they all froze into blue statues trying to flee. A mother pulling her daughter close and with only a second to bear she let out a horror filled cry. She closed her eyes stopping the vision as a frost giant smashed the statues to shards.
'But humanity would not face this threat alone.' Her father spoke and she imagined the great golden light of the bifrost raining down on midguard. The smoke clearing her father in his golden armour standing in front of the Asgardian army facing the frost Giants. With battle cries from both sides, the Warriors clashed, the swords of swords ringing throughout the battle field along with ice smashing to pieces.
'Our armies drove the Frost Giants back into the heart of their own world.' She imagined a planet covered in ice, creating a blue haze around the outer edges. The kingdom within frozen solid, building created out of frozen boulders and stones.
'The cost was great. In the end, their king fell,' she saw her father with a bloodied eye point his spear at laufey who merely looked up at the god.
She saw an Asgardian warrior walking up and removing the casket, Laufey had held in his hands 'the source of their power was taken from them. With the last great war ended, we withdrew from the other worlds and returned home at the Realm Eternal, Asgard.'
The girl couldn't help the smile that graced her lips as she thought of her home, the lake surrounding the kingdom, it's water always at the perfect temperature. The cliffs and rock faces, golden metal building hiding within, and finally the grand palace. The hall with the golden statues holding up the roof as a sign of strength as asgardians milled underneath going along with their everyday lives.
'Here we remain as the beacon of hope, shining out across the stars And though we have fallen into man's myths and legends, it was Asgard and its warriors that brought peace to the universe.' Her father and siblings stopped looking at casket holding jotenheum's power within, her father's most prized possession.
'But the day will come, when one of you will have to defend that peace...' He said glancing at his two sons, both very different in appearance. Thor's blonde locks reached his shoulder, his blue eyes bright with excitement from the story of the battle, red cloths adorning his body as attire.
Loki however had jet black hair cut near his ears, however Eve though they were green his eyes too were alight with excitement and wonder. 'Do the frost Giants still live?' He asked his father keenly.
'When I am king, I'll hunt the monsters down and slay them all!' Thor said moving his arms almost as if he holding a sword slashing at the monsters. 'Just as you did, Father!' He added, smiling happily at the man in front of him. Odin looked between the two of his sons.
'A wise king never seeks out war.' He says glancing at Loki who beams a small smile 'But he must always be ready for it.' He added looking at Thor, who smiled wide. Odin began his descent out of the trophy room, the brothers glancing at each other with a smile before running after their father grasping his hands.
'I'm with you, Father!' Thor cried.
'So am I!' Loki added as well.
'Only one of you can ascend to the throne. But BOTH of you were born to be kings!' He says with a smile at his two sons, stopping at the steps leading out of the throne room.
'And not eavesdroppers' he says and the girl looked down guiltily with a small pout. Knowing she had been caught she moved out from her hiding space and stared up at her father with her best innocent smile.
'Sorry father' the strewn expression disappeared from his face and he smiled nudging his head to the side.
The young girl ran up to him, knowing she had been forgiven and jumped into his arms. She was only a few years younger then her brothers, who smiled up at her, glad to have their sister join them.
'Could I become king father?' The girl asked innocently.
'No, only men can become kings' Thor pointed out and she poked her tongue at him.
'Thor is right, you cannot become king' at the disappointed look in her eye, he added 'but you have an incredible destiny awaiting you Liana'.
