"Everyone suffers, even the good Lord suffered when he was on Earth."
― Wilson Rawls
I don't own Harry Potter and Vikings.
Chapter 1
"Change is in the air."
Her voice carries in the wind as he turned around and looked what's behind him. She sat there with such sadness, but held wisdom beyond her features. Her hair is dark like black. She wears a robe and reading a book of some sort.
"How is it so, oh goodness in human form?"
Her amber eyes show off a yellow-copper tone, looked into his blue ones. This man has a destiny that will change the course of history.
"You want to travel west. The furthest edge of your world." She told him and he widen his eyes in excitement.
"So it is true."
Yes, this man will change course of history. Ragnar Lodbrok. He is quite handsome in her opinion for a Viking. This goddess trap in human form he called her that when he was, but a boy. She foretold that he will be challenge by a bear and win the hand and heart of his wife, Largertha.
Ragnar did and praised her name and the gods for that day.
"Here, Ragnar Lodbrok." She gave him a sunboard and a sunstone. Ragnar looked at her in confusion. She showed him how.
"Put the sunboard on the flat ground and it will help locate land across the seas. The sunstone will help you find the sun. Put it up into the air above you and you will find the sun in the hidden skies."
Ragnar is amazed!
He expresses his gratitude to her by giving her his arm bracelet.
"With this people will know that you are one of us. A Viking."
"Thank you."
She vanished in a faded like image. But that didn't discourage Ragnar for he knew that she will come back when she needs to.
However, he heard her voice.
"Beware for your enemies will come for you after your first raid in the west."
Ragnar heart stopped and stand still at that spot where the so called red ferns she had placed there grows. She told him. She loves them as a that story was about angel from heaven had planted them on this earth.
The following days Ragnar came back to the place where the Red Ferns grows. There she is sitting there enjoying the nature and the water streams.
"You have returned."
Ragnar laugh lightly, "Aye, I did."
Ragnar lay slightly back on the small hill like spot next to her. Ragnar told her of his raid and the temple of their foreign God of theirs. True, that Ragnar felt something for her long ago, but she told him no bluntly. He laughed and understands. She told him that she values strength and purity in marriage. Ragnar stayed friends with her and accepted the fact that she will always view him as that same little boy lost in the woods.
"We capture this priest name, Athelstan. He amused me. He protected a book of all the riches and treasure we took. He only holds onto a book."
"I suggest you hold onto the priest." She voiced commanded and Ragnar looked at her curiously about it.
"Why? I mean, yes I did decide to spare him, but…"
"He will be your ally and friend. Your brother in all, but blood whom you have grew to love very much. He will teach you his world and others beyond that. He will help you get to the lands and communicate his people and you." She smiled happily for Ragnar for she saw him and the priest together.
Ragnar simply looked at her. But who was he too denied her foretelling the future. She was right that he will marry his beloved wife and sired two children from her.
"Tell me, will I become more than just a farmer?" Ragnar has to know.
"In the beginning of your humble origins, you are a farmer then an Earl of Kattegat, then a King of Danes."
Ragnar is shocked, how he can be Earl when Earl Haraldson is still alive!
"How? That's impossible! The Earl…" he was cut off by her again. She waved her hand and blue flames formed at her palm into images of what is going too happened in his life. Full blue flames had formed two people one Earl and the other Ragnar fighting in a combat.
"The Earls' death will be on your hands. He will die in single combat. He fears of you. He knows that you will be become greater than he is. You know, that he is punished by the Gods for many things he has done in his life. Killing his sons, denied the innocent justice and corruptions spreading among your people. He will do anything to stop you by killing you and your family. He will even make it seemed that you have committed a crime that you have never committed against him. You have my blessings to do so. It will come to him. It will start by your wife killing his half-brother called, Knut. She had done it to protect herself from being rape by him."
Ragnar is furious! How dare Knut try to rape his wife?
"Is there anything I can do?" His voice strengthens and determined to fight. She raised her in that said peace and Ragnar calmed down a bit.
"It will happen. After all, your wife is one of the best shield maidens in my eyes. It would be a pity to not let her go with you."
Ragnar went home and meet his wife Largertha. Since those days ago, she had proven herself capable fighter the other night.
"Still believe that I should not come." His wife looked at him sternly and slight bitterness. Ragnar just smiled and said, "Actually, a wise goddess told me that I should not denied my wife for the raid. But no matter what you must stick close."
Largertha march straight forward and jump on her husband giving him a lustful kissing him.
Days Later…
Her prediction is right yet again. He is now Earl of Kattegat. Now Ragnar is freely raid into the west. And the best blessing of all Largertha is pregnant with a son. He can't wait to give her news.
Ragnar walked into the woods and heard a song from her world. The goddess trapped in human form is singing song he had never heard about. He brought Athelstan with him.
Athelstan was walking and curious of why he brought him here.
"Ragnar is there a person there?"
Ragnar ignored his question and shove the bushes. There she is sitting there enjoying the scenery of the hills. Ragnar wanted to tell her the news that he is now Earl after killing Earl Haraldson. His wife is carrying their child now. He wants to know if the fellow seer will tell him that his sons will come.
Ah a new song the she sings for him to come.
She told him that muggles people who are non-magic folks like her people; they created amazing things that she wished to be part of that life.
Today she has to tell him her name.
Your face is beaming
You say it's 'cause you're dreaming
Of how good it's going to be
You say you've been around
And now you've finally found
Everything you wanted and needed in me
I don't have the heart to hurt you
It's the last thing I want to do
But I don't have the heart to love you
Not the way you want me to
Inside I'm dying
To see you crying
How can I make you understand
I care about you
So much about you, baby
I'm trying to say this as gently as I can
'Cause I don't have the heart to hurt you
It's the last thing I want to do
But I don't have the heart to love you
Not the way you want me to
You're so trusting and open
Hoping that love will start
But I don't have the heart, oh, no
I don't have the heart
I don't have the heart to hurt you
It's the last thing I want to do
But I don't have the heart to love you
Not the way that you want me to
I don't have the heart (Oh)
(Baby, I don't have the heart, I don't have the heart)
I don't have the heart (Oh)
(Baby, I don't have)
I don't have the heart
I don't have the heart
I don't have the heart
Her face is wet as far as he could tell. Ragnar wonders what happened.
She turned and said, "Hello, Ragnar."
She is glad that she has a friend that will listen and heed her advice. She had the worst night of her life.
"What's wrong? You were crying." Ragnar asked like a father to a daughter.
"It's just this person that I really like and I thought I was happy. I…he only used me just to gain the girl…sniffs… Lily Evans to get her jealous and attention that he had hoped. I yelled at him when he told me this and slap his face hard. And I ran away." She whimpered again. She felt stupid. Her heart is broken and feeling of trust is damaged. Worst, her cousin James Potter found out about it. He didn't blame her, but he blamed him instead. He either beaten or gave him harder time than ever since school was opened again. He did really seem sorry, but she refused to look at him and held grudge against him. She never gave him a chance or day to let him talk to her for the whole school semester. She never holds it against Lily Evans. She confessed to her once when she was drunk and Lily never mentioned it to anyone.
Ragnar hugged her. He wonders how anyone can do such an awful thing. In Viking way, they don't feel the need to envy or better yet they would offer to share the people. But he was told things are different in her world.
"Hush now. I do believe that there is someone out there for you. If you want you can have any Viking men to lay with you."
He heard her laughing a bit. "And let them brag that he slept with a witch and lived to tell the tale." Ragnar let out a laughter and she laugh along with him.
Athelstan looked at her with such strange hair she has. And appearance that is considers strange, but grab people's attention. It reminded him of this Greek myth like Persephone that she would disappear once winter came and returned to spring.
"Come. Meet this priest." Athelstan heard Ragnar voiced and she looked at him.
"I have noticed your hair?" Athelstan stumble his words which it reminded Ragnar like yeah. She had full on dark hair.
Now few tips are fading its tips of color to pure white.
"It's part of my magic. It's growing. After what happened that broken my heart, my powers are more shall we say lighter yet stronger. I soaked my knowledge of reading books and remember easily. My cousin, James was worried that I was sick, but Dumbledore knew what was going on. He told me that I am the next in line royal line of Fey. He said that Morgana Le Fey had her heart broken when she was betrayed by her husband. The first lost was when her brother Arthur had died. She was made Queen. Her husband on the other hand was a thief and stolen her loyalty. My hair was proof of my lineage coming. James said he will be my Arthur and I his Morgana." She smiled at her cousin James. Lovable, James Potter was a big brother she has never had. His parents took her in when her parents died. They fought against the Dark Lord, but he killed them. She loved them when she was broken and they helped pick up the pieces of her.
Athelstan was surprised and shocked. "You…you are the descendent of Morgana le Fey."
"Yes, she was our prime example of how a witch came be."
Ragnar asked before the end of the day.
"Tell me what your name is?"
"Freya. My name is Freya Dorea Potter-Le Fey."
All three of them talked and laughed together. She even explained to the priest that all they heard about witches as devil worshiper is wrong.
Almost a year now.
Ragnar came back. Ragnar ran into the forest to seek her. He needs Freya's advice on his situation. Princess Aslaug has come to his home! The woman he had slept with twice and now she is carrying his child. A son that the Seer had predicted, he will have.
"FREYA!" he shouted to the forest. He prays and hoped that she is here soon. The trees are thicker. His eyes are running in circles and making hard for him to find her. Everything had happened so fast.
"FREYA!"
"Yes?"
Ragnar heard her and saw her. She looked to different like she just came back to war. He doesn't care. She is here! Ragnar ran up to her and hugged her greatly as if she was dead is now alive.
They parted a bit and her amber eyes looked concern and saw great changes in their lives.
"You looked troubled."
That was the first thing, she had said to him.
"It's Aslaug."
Freya had nodded. "Yes, she is carrying your child."
Ragnar shakes his head, "I don't know what to do? Please, tell me what I must do." His blue eyes pleaded her in desperate need and begging.
Freya looked down in the water stream, quiet and stilled until what feels like forever. She spoked.
"I can honestly say; you came to Aslaug in comfort for the loss of your unborn son." Ragnar nodded in shame.
"Then you must do your part. That this child is your responsibility and it sense that your wife will have to understand that you need to bring princess Aslaug into your home. I know that you still love your true wife. But I must tell you the truth; Largertha will never bear any more children. She will miscarry them. She must accept the fact that she will never have any more children for the rest of her life." Freya said in sadness for both Ragnar and Largertha.
Ragnar cried and rose to his axe at Freya, he looked at her, yet she showed no fear for it. Her eyes closed and waited for him to strike. She accepted death long ago. James Potter is dead. Lily Evans-Potter is dead. Harry Potter is taken from her and she will never raise nor see the boy.
Harry is taken to live with Lily's sister, Petunia and her family. A muggle family that will raise her nephew that she would have gave him the world. If only, they would allow her to keep him. Dumbledore gave him away. She felt her soul was taken.
She has nothing now. Nothing, but a throne for her to sit on soon and her rights as Queen of the entire wizardly world. But what is the point of a throne when you don't have anyone to share it with.
Ragnar did the unexpected.
He aimed at the tree and chopped it in anger and frustration. Freya let out of breathe as she was expecting to die. She is surprised. Ragnar was angry at her, but it doesn't seem that it was never in him to harm her. He was beating the tree with his axe and grunted in each strike.
Freya is not married, but she could understand the pain of the world is against you. She knew that pain too well. The tree barks threw bits of it and he cries out in anger.
"Ragnar! Stop."
He refused to stop until she ran to him and hug him from behind.
"RAGNAR LODBROK! ENOUGH!"
He struggles to loosen her, but she held an iron grip on him. He dropped his axe and panting heavily for air.
"Enough. I'm sorry that this was a price you must pay when you become Earl." Ragnar knees buckled and collapses with her to the ground.
He cried and leaned against as Freya is rocking him like a mother would for her child.
"Why?"
"I don't know, but it was always fate. And fate is never kind to anyone."
Ragnar went home. Dishearten that he have to confess to Largertha and tell her that he needs his son to be in his home.
He told his wife of his plan that night, but Largertha is not happy.
"What about that witch? Can she do something about it? Can she make me bear a son?"
Ragnar told her the truth.
"No, she told me that you will be more heart broken and miscarried more children. She said, it's time to accept that you will never have more children."
Largertha silently cries. Largertha met her once or twice and declared her sister since she told her be comfort for her daughter Gydia is in paradise. She held no grudge against her for telling her husband the truth. Yet it still hurts.
Ragnar forced himself to sleep. Wishing that Freya is here to guide him to his dreams and rid of such nightmares that is plaguing him.
His wife Largertha left along with his only living son Bjorn and now he had married princess Aslaug and together they have a son Ubbe.
Ragnar could have sworn that Freya was there at his wedding day. She was among the crowd and wearing a lovely gown and smiled at him. She was wearing a purple dress and her head is crown with golden roses.
Four years after…
Ragnar brought his two sons, Ubbe and Hvitserk to meet Freya.
"Father where are we going?" Ubbe asked.
"You are going to meet my special friend." Ragnar told his sons.
Ragnar saw that made his heart stop and jaw are dropped. Freya is holding quite a biggest snake in the world. The snake is color of black overall and red designs on it.
"Oh Ragnar! Come, come! Meet my cute friend that I have."
Ragnar caution the boys behind his legs.
"So, who is this handsome friend of yours?"
Freya beamed happily, "Meet Helios."
(Note the Parseltongue speaking is in italic.)
"Helios, meet Ragnar Lodbrok."
Helios looked both at Freya and Ragnar Lodbrok.
"Hello, Ragnar Lodbrok."
Ragnar is surprised and curious.
"How did you…? You speak like snake."
Freya signed at bit and told him how she managed to speak like snake.
Freya told him what happened. She had a battle against Voldemort before his demised by her nephew. She was scratch and bitten by Nagini. She was check by the hospital and suddenly she can understand and spoke to snakes.
'Now, there is no doubt in his mind that he will want me his queen."
Ragnar asked her in urgent matter, "Can you stay here? Stay among us, the Vikings. You'll be safe here."
"I can only travel two worlds my mind is here, but my body is in my world. There so much I must do. Only your time ended is when I will truly be here."
Ragnar noticed something.
"I have a feeling that you don't want me to die. Is that why you care for me?"
Freya shivers her shoulders and silently cries. No she doesn't want that. She loves Ragnar as there is admiration for him. He is everything that made you believe him more than your own god. Freya wished that she can truly stay in this world. She doesn't want to go back where she is alone and waiting for her nephew to see her.
"I won't die." Her eyes snapped opened and looked at Ragnar.
Her tearful amber eyes gazed at him, "You swear?"
He cupped her cheeks and closes himself to her.
"This I swear to you before all the Gods and Athelstan's God."
Ragnar lips attached to hers. This is wrong, she thought to herself. She knew that she values marriage, but just this once. Only Once.
And like always she vanished along with her snake Helios. Ragnar signs in defeat.
"Come on, boys. Let's go home."
It was nothing like any passionate type, but a sweet tender one. One that Ragnar will never forget his sweet Freya.
Ragnar celebrates the feats back at his home. He smiled more and felt a sense of longing of Freya. He cannot deny the fact that when he was a boy, Freya was his first love. Not that he didn't give his love to his first wife; Largertha, but Freya was otherworldly. And that was what caught his attention.
He lay in bed and his consist nagging pregnant wife, Aslaug who is accusing him having sleeping with that one female servant which he denies. Then she accuses him of wanting to sleep other women.
"What about this witch?" Now that had caught his attention.
"What are you talking about?" Ragnar voiced is a protective tone.
"Ubbe and Hvitserk told me that you have taken them to see a witch in the forest where the so-called Red Ferns grow. Who she is? Hm, who is this woman that you pressed your lips against her?" Aslaug voiced her anger and fury. She already knows that Ragnar's heart that she is not the first, but another woman in his life.
"You don't know what you are talking about." Ragnar denied to protect Freya and before he left to sleep another room and said to his wife in warning. "And never talk about Freya to me ever again."
Freya heard a child crying. In the hills where the red Fern grows, she walked to follow the sound of a baby crying.
"Lumios."
Her wand had become a beacon for her to lighten the darkness.
'Helios?'
Helios slithered and reaches up to his mistress shoulder.
'Yes, mistress?'
'Find where the crying comes from is.'
Helios reaches into the ground and leading his mistress to the crying sound. 'This way mistress.'
Freya followed him and found a baby wrapped in a blanket crying and whimpers in pain. Helios saw this.
'This child's legs are useless.'
Freya bends down and cradles the baby.
'Ragnar son, eh.'
Freya wonders why he put a cripple son out here to die. The baby continues to cry and to soothe the hunger. She flicked her fingers at 'POP.'
A golden flower is in a bud like a bottle. It's filling with warm milk and honey. The baby latch onto the nip an ddrinking hungrily like a wolf.
'Mistress, why spare the whelp? It will die soon before reaching his adulthood.'
Freya shakes her head.
'There is a will in this child, greater then my fear of what they will do to me.'
She stayed with the baby all night. Until she heard of footsteps in the grass and Freya knew that it is Aslaug.
'He will live, Helios. Wait and see.'
She apparition both herself and Helios away from that spot when Aslaug looked down on her son that morning and saw her child feed. Freya watches from afar and vanished.
Years more later…
After the raid of Ragnar failed to seize Paris, Freya came to him on his journey. She jogged up to catch and shouted, "Ragnar. Ragnar, go back to your family and home. The people need you."
"I have failed. I have failed Athelstan. I have failed the Gods. And…." He turned in tears. "I have failed you."
Freya shakes her head. "No…no, you didn't fail me or Athelstan. He wouldn't want you to be broken. I saw him in the vison he looked content and happily accepted his fate. When Floki killed him, he never blames anyone. And he loved you too."
Ragnar body shivered and cried loudly. Freya went and hugged him tightly.
"If you must go. Go in peace and return one last time."
Freya waved to him and disappeared again.
Ragnar decided to go home.
Ragnar is captured and will be death. Ragnar looked around the crowd. Freya was in her hood and wanting to go to him. To save him.
Ragnar shook his head and silent tone, "Don't."
Ragnar knew that she is stuck in that spot and wanting to save him. His goddess trapped in human form, his first love, his adviser, his witch.
She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
But he knows on her tears in her eyes, 'I love you, Ragnar Lodbrok.'
Ragnar silently communicate in his eyes, 'I will always love you, Freya Dorea Potter-LeFey.'
Yes, his death will bring Freya here.
'I hope to see you again. In a different life. In a different place. In a different time.' Ragnar died with a smile on his face.
So, what do you think of it? This is Harry Potter's aunt and James Potter cousin. This is Ivar/OC.
James Ingram - I Don't Have The Heart
Freya Dorea Potter looks like 6201a2ccfc9c48a7529c591b3c3b7b38.
