-Runa's POV-
I was born on a cold night, it was winter. We were huddled away in a cabin, away from all harm. For some years I lived in that cabin. It was in the forest of Asgard, tucked away. Father made sure we were taken cared of. Then one day Mother got sick, real sick. It started out as a cough, then it didn't go away. One day she was here and the next she was gone.
I was seven human years then. After that Father sent me to live with an Asgardian family. They took care of me a raised me. The family was very typical, two parents with a young child, around one human year. My real family, which now consisted of my father, his "brother", and at this point the man who would be considered my grandfather, was going through turmoil after turmoil. I witnessed Father be sentenced, escape prison, I attended his funeral, and then he visited my family that same night.
He explained to me what had happened and as Odin he took me to the palace.
That was two human years ago, I was now 15 human years and living as a princess next in line for the throne.
Since then I was trained in how to use my magic, I was the goddess of magic after all. Or that was what some prophecy decreed. I was growing in my powers, though my fighting ability was another story. I had a tendency to rely on magic and defense tactics such as using a shield rather than using swords.
Several warriors tried to coach me using several different techniques but only a few stuck. Either way, today was my off day. No enforced schooling or training, it was a day all to myself. After breakfast I escaped to the library.
It was a nice life now. Father was ruling as king, I was safe, no longer in constant fear of being taken away from my family, and could grow in my powers. When my father was being raised he said he was taught to suppress who he was and only his mother supported him. I never met her, my grandmother, but she did know of me and sent me a gift one year. It was a simple gold helmet with a diamond in the middle. Later I was given a second gift from an unknown source: my staff. I used it to channel my magic into blasts and it was my favorite weapon, besides my shield.
I was deep into my book about Midgard when I heard a commotion outside.
I could teleport with ease as long as I could see where I was going. If I wanted to go somewhere further away that required actual, effort.
Father was watching one of the plays about his death, of course he was disguised as Odin as the people didn't really know about him being alive despite all the speculations.
"Alright! I yield!"
I watched as he dropped the disguise and looked at the man that had caused him to drop the disguise.
Thor.
He had returned.
I ran forward and called for my staff.
"Aurora, won't you join me in welcoming back your uncle?" My dad said sarcastically.
"What are you doing here?" I pointed my staff and Thor and turned it into a spear.
"Who are you?" He asked, clearly confused.
"Aurora Sigyn Lokison. Princess of Asgard. Goddess of magic" I responded, "And you're the one that caused me to remain hidden for most of my life."
"I'm an uncle?" He said to himself.
"Wonderful observation." Father said, "A true genius."
"Yes and I'm a niece." I rolled my eyes, "What are we going to do with him?"
"Where is Allfather?" Thor asked, he was still looking back and forth between me and my Father, "She looks just like you."
"I have my mother's nose." I responded.
"Wait, mother?" He looked back at my father.
"She's dead." He said bluntly, "Her name was Sigyn."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Thor looked uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, you never knew her anyways. You were asking about Odin?" I said.
"Yes," Suddenly his eyes got dark, "What did you do with him?"
"I sent him away, he's quite comfortable actually." Father started to back up, "I'll take you to him! Right now, he's in Midgard."
"Can I come? I've never been to Midgard!" I asked and my staff turned into an umbrella, "I was just reading about Midgard actually."
"No. You will stay here. Hogun is in charge. And practice those omens" Father told me.
"Fine." I spun around and teleported back to my room.
Being the goddess of magic, one would assume I would be amazing in all areas of magic. However, omens and teleportation were my weaker areas. Telling the future was tricky. Some magicians looked into crystal balls, others dreamt of it, and some could just tell.
I was trying to see the future by depriving my senses, Father said it was a beginners way to tell the future. Eventually I would just have to close my eyes and one day, the future would play out of my hands. But first, I had to sit in a cold, dark, room with a blindfold for a few hours.
Normally nothing would happen, but today was different. I was maybe two hours into the sensory deprivation when a dark feeling came over me. I felt hopeless, sad, and fearful. Black daggers cut across a green sky and I saw a woman with a helmet full of horns approaching the palace. Something told me this was going to happen within the next few hours.
I ripped my blindfold off and ran to Hogun.
"Hogun! Hogun!" I ran into the battlegrounds where he would most likely be, "Assemble the guards! I saw something."
"Child, what did you see?" He asked.
"The end of Asgard. A lady, she felt like death, approaching the castle. It will happen soon I pray it is not too late but she is arriving soon." I said quickly, "Hurry!"
He turned around to look at the guards in the room, "Evacuate as many Asgardians as possible, assemble the army. Take her with you."
"Wait, begin evacuating now, I'll catch up." I said and teleported into the library.
Asgard had a rich history, there was no way I was leaving that behind. I grabbed the tapestry that my mother had once made, my father's spellbook, a book all about the science and magic of Asgard, a map of the universe and a book that had a detailed history of Asgard.
I ran back into my room to grab a few personal belongings: my cloak, a change of clothes, my shield, crown, a bag that could hold an infinite amount of things, and a small kit with healing supplies.
From the kitchen I took foods, just in case, and some more healing supplies.
I looked out the window, I felt as if this would be the last time I did this. Off in the distance I saw a lady walking towards Asgard.
My time was up.
A/N: Hello everyone! So this is a story I've been meaning to start for awhile and finally got around to it! Eventually this will crossover with my other story: Complicated, but not for awhile. I'll try to update this story every other week but my life will be hectic for the next few weeks so we'll see how this goes. Let me know what you think!
