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Epilogue
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"Stop …please…"
Shuffle, shuffle. Toss, turn.
"Chaos…hey, Chaos…"
"... no, don't…"
Turn, toss. Mumble. Groan.
"Cha-os! Wake UP!"
"Mmmph – huh? Whazzapenin – Iris?"
Chaos rubbed his eyes, sat up in bed, and looked around, noting that EVERYONE in their troop was in the inn room he shared with Loki. Had he been THAT loud?
The fiery tempered Cleric glared at him, promising painful death, probably for whatever wrong he'd done in his sleep. Reina (who had decided to stay with the humans for a while) shot him disturbed glances, Loki simply stared, Lidia seemed torn between sleepy irritation and reluctant concern, and Fenris looked at him half-anxiously, half-thoughtfully.
"Finally! Geez Chaos, we've been trying to wake you up for TEN MINUTES already!"
"Eh? Really?"
"Yes. They were starting to get alarmed." Loki's worried? Whoa. Must've been THAT loud after all.
"Ah, t'was obviously just a nightmare. I'm fine now, not to worry 'bout me."
"Yeah, well, a fine figure you make, all pale an' sweating an' -moaning-." Shaddup Lidia. He glowered. Iris did too. (Reina cocked her head to one side, not understanding.)
"But Chaos – " Fenris somehow managed to seem both apologetic and authoritative at once, " – that dream was not natural. Perchance you have been dreaming of that mysterious girl from your childhood again? You were murmuring about a 'her' –"
"Her? What 'her'?" Opps. Forgot to tell Iris…
Chaos found himself drifting as Fenris attempted to explain to a rather pissed Iris ("I'm your childhood –your best – friend! How could you not tell me?") about the dreams he had been having – of Odin and rain and death. He hadn't wanted her to know – she wouldn't understand, not like Fenris did. The former Goddess had experienced the same things, whereas Iris was more innocent than she seemed.
He tried to replay the dream and failed – the details slipping away as fast as he tried to hold on to them. After he felt his face scrunching in concentration and Loki staring at him again did he decide to stop aspiring.
But it wasn't about that girl. This one was different, more … 'intense' is a good word as any I guess–
"Chaos?"
"Huh?" Damn, I zoned out again.
He started. Lidia and Iris had managed to get into another round of bickering, Loki had moved to stop them, Reina had left, and Fenris hadn't moved, she was gazing intently at his face. Chaos could feel himself blushing under her stare.
"Do you remember anything?"
"Nope. Sorry Fenris, don't remember a thing. Not a thing, except – "
/ No…you can't. /
Huh?
/ Don't do this – it's wrong – you have no right – there must be another way – STOP/
"Chaos! What is wrong?"
Her eyes…
/ …I'm sorry… /
"Gold…"
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End of Epilogue
(Er, yes, epilogue.)
Authoress ramble. Read if you want some background info. Skip if otherwise. X3
Personally, I think Freya is one of the (if not THE) biggest mysteries in Ragnarok. She's supposedly the MAIN villain, yet there's next to no Freya at all in the manwha. She's also ignored in a lot of fanfics except to serve a vague, faraway villain role. (Sara's Journey – exception. If you wanna see a spiffy Freya, read this. My physical description is much more sedate.) Is no one curious to the person behind the shadows?
So I hope people will take notice of how badly I butchered this Freya fic and attempt to make decent ones. More Freya publicity! W00t!
Anyway… fic info: THERE IS NO STRAIGHTFORWARD PLOT. It has no chronological order either, shifting back and forth between past and present (where I will try to squeeze in the FL-ness later). So, unlike Lorelei's Crossing, there is no 'grand hidden plot'. Just a different take on Freya's personality and the application of some of jj's numerous Ragnarok theories.
Like I'm taking the liberty of using one of jj's interpretations of the Balder and Fenris relationship. It's another mystery: what were they to each other really? (jj side comment: It has been stated as 'love', but 'love' can be horribly vague and varied, ne?)
As to why I'm writing this fic… admittedly, all I want is an excuse to make a scene that goes like (I hope I'll manage to stuff it in…):
Balder: Grrwwll…! ((kiss))
Freya: ZOMGWTFBRB! O.O ((blushes madly))
Hope you liked it; please review; peace out!
– Penny –