It was a night I would never ever forget in my life.
It was one of those nights where I could simply not get myself to sleep so I turned on the bedside lamp and sat up. I grabbed my glass of water and drank it thinking about all kinds of stuff. I still couldn't forget the dream I had two nights ago.
The sky looked like it was the end of the world and the sun was as red as a ripe tomato and everyone's eyes were focused on what was happening. All out of sudden I was standing on a field and saw something falling from the sky but before I could make out what it was it crashed to the ground and I woke up.
Usually dreams don't really stick with me or bother me but for some reason this one did.
I got out of my bed and put on some jeans, a shirt and a thin jacket because I wanted to take a short walk outside to clear my head. It was around 3 am when I left my shared apartment that I lived in with 3 other people. It was a quite warm summer night and I walked around a few blocks and entered our nearby forest. I always loved the silence in the nights, when you know you are the only one awake and have everything to yourself without someone bothering you. The sky was clear and I could see thousands of stars which I loved to look at for hours. I walked through the forest for quite a while until I was surrounded by darkness and arrived at my favourite spot in the world; an old ruin in the middle of the forest on a small hill. I got up there and climbed onto one of the walls and lied down even though it wasn't that comfortable the view that I got from there made it worth it. I stared into the night sky for ages and spotted quite a lot of shooting stars. I made a wish with every one and as soon as I made another one and opened my eyes again I saw another one; though that one was extremely bright and had a weird glow to it. I closed my eyes again and wished for a person in my life that would love me for who I am. I opened my eyes and to my surprise I could still see the shooting star and it looked like it was falling to earth. I stood up unsure of what that was because it was certainly not a shooting star I knew that much. It was really close and then it hit the ground somewhere close to me. I was somehow scared and curious as to what that was and my curiosity was bigger than my fear so I got down the wall and left the ruin to search for that thing. Although it was dark my eyes were able to adapt to the darkness rather good and after walking through the forest for a while I saw smoke not far away from me. I slowly walked towards it and my fear grew bigger with every step yet my adrenaline kept me going. By now I was probably five steps away from it and I saw something black on the ground. I stared at it from the distance hoping to find out what it was from there and all out of sudden it started to move. Not fast but after another short while I got a feeling that that was a person but that just couldn't be, could it? I finally got my braveness together and got up to it and it turned out to be a man...naked.
"Sir? Are you alright? Can I...help you?"
No answer came instead he moaned and it looked like he was hurt. I got out of my jacket and slowly and carefully put it onto the stranger. He winced but accepted it and laid still.
"Let me help you get up it is late night you shouldn't be here alone."
"Then why were you alone?" The stranger said in a quiet and pained voice.
"Well," I said thinking about a good answer, "I couldn't sleep and walked around when I saw somethi-...someone apparently falling from the sky. And now please except my hand to help you get up." He remained silent but held onto my hand and I helped him get up. He wrapped the jacket around him and I got his arm over my shoulder and helped him walk. We walked silently next to each other for a while until I had to break the silence. "So...who or what are you? Are you an angel or something like that?" He looked at me and I noticed his shoulder long black curly hair and even though it was dark I could see his electric blue eyes staring almost into my soul.
"I am Loki Odi...Laufeyson," he paused for a moment to think and it seemed like he was not only physically but also mentally hurt, "God of lies and mischief."