"A game of chess with Fate is not what one would describe as "simple". Few have challenged her and even fewer have won. She will play by the rules and is a pleasant loser. There is only one catch: you can only win if she wants you to. Since the day she was assigned to tend to the Yggdrasil with her sisters, she had the life of every god and mortal planned out. Most have accepted her choosing and put it behind them. But every once and awhile a brave soul will wish to change the path before them or another. Always up for entertainment, Fate will gladly take the offer. The winner gets to choose Fate. The gods of Asgard have played against her to change the fate of a mortal more than anyone would like to count, but they can only remember one time when victory landed with them. It was centuries ago, back in the day of Vikings and dragons, and the life of both the former hung in the balance. They were both engaged in a brutal war that had been raging on for three hundred years. But nether were at fault. It was a punishment handed to their ancestors and passed down, unresolved, for seven generations. When the Vikings first came to the Archipelago, they were promptly greeted by scaly, fire-breathing "monsters". Naturally, the Viking bloodlust reared its ugly head and they killed on sight without giving the beast a chance. The dragons defended themselves, and that first meeting landed hundreds in Valhalla. Thor realized he had made a mistake. He had had brought them together on purpose, thinking the two groups could do wonders. He mused they still could, but they needed someone to give them a push in the right would have to wait, but in the meantime he placed a curse on both clans. One that brought on useless fighting until someone bothered to look into it. He placed the Red Death in their midst, in all her terrible glory, then he sat on a cliff overlooking Midgard to wait. And wait. And finally, after three hundred years, there was a hiccup. Just the hiccup he'd been waiting for. He joined Fate at the trunk of Yggdrasil. Let the game begin.
A/N:
Thanks so much for reading! I hope you liked it and I apologize for the shortness of this intro. I promise future chapters will have more meat on their bones. Updates may be slow as my main computer is out of order, along with at least half of the draft for this story.
Anywho, review if you so desire, constructive criticism is always welcome!
- GhostRider195