Strength

by LizzeXX

Thor/OC - Thor has lost his father, his home, his hammer, everything...except Athena. When the two gods find themselves trapped on the planet Sakaar, they find more lost things to return home. But with Hela on the throne and an army of the dead at her command, will the two warriors be able to save Asgard and stop Hela? What will they sacrifice to do it? Fifth in the Heroic Hymns.

1. Surtur

A/N: Hello! :) This is the fifth story in my Thor/OC story, the Heroic Hymns, Strength. The first and third story (Humility and Strategy) are listed under the THOR section of this site while the second and fourth story (War and Truth), are under the Avengers as it follows the sequence of movies in the Thor series. This is not a Jane/Thor story nor a Thor/Sif one either, but a Thor/OC ;) This is going to be my attempt at working an OC into the Ragnarok movie so it will revolve around the events of the movie, but also include some original segments :) This story will be about 10 chapters long, updated daily :)

To give a short description of my OC, Athena: She is a tall woman, pale, with blonde hair that is a bit long and gray eyes. She tends to wear her hair half up, half down, but with a bun in the top half. Her bun has a small stick in it that Thor gave her that is really a very delicate dagger. She tends to wear brown leather armor, a breastplate from her brother, with a coin necklace under it. She has a charm bracelet made by her siblings that she doesn't wear often. For a reference, I picture the OC, Athena, to look something like Rosamund Pike :)

I hope you enjoy! :)

~8~ is a scene break

Disclaimer...I don't own Thor or things from the movie/comic, just my OC and some original aspects...if I had Frigga really would have been saved in Dark World :)

~8~

Surtur

Athena cursed every deity she knew of as she crouched down low behind a stalagmite in the heart of the lair of Surtur, enemy of Asgard. She and Thor had been scouring the cosmos for the Infinity Stones, magic items of enormous power, capable of giving someone control over the entire universe. They knew the location of some, the Mind Stone being entrusted to Vision on Earth. But, lately, Thor had been plagued with terrible nightmares of the destruction of his home, of Asgard, with Surtur rampaging in the middle of it all. Normally one might think it just a dream, but for those like herself, like Thor, something like this was not meant to be ignored. Recurring dreams, vivid nightmares where the details were all the same, especially of dreams that had not happened yet. They both feared that it could only be prophecy. She had thought to investigate further, and Thor had taken it just one step more by deciding their investigation should start with the creature he had seen in the heart of his dreams, Surtur.

They had arrived on the outskirts of the creature's lair, the area smoldering and filled with lava, rocks that breathed fire, caverns all around them, with a large structure in the center of it rising high above anything else. She had turned to Thor, about to launch into an idea of how they could infiltrate the structure and corner Surtur…only to find that Thor had already taken off running towards the structure and making a very loud ruckus. She'd stood there, her arms crossed, watching as small fire-like demons arose from the lava and swarmed him, Thor not making any move at all to defend himself as he was bound in a net and dragged towards the structure.

Well…it WAS one way to do it.

Granted an ill-advised, risky, and unpredictable way, where he could just as easily have been executed by the minions than taken captive. But it HAD worked, chances were Thor was about to be taken right to Surtur and, if she was quick enough, she could follow just behind the minions. They didn't appear very intelligent just from a cursory glance, they likely wouldn't think to look for an accomplice or notice if she did lag behind them.

She took a deep breath, resolving not to murder Thor when she freed him, and hurried along down the dark and twisting path.

~8~

Athena crept carefully through a narrow cavern, ducked low and following the sounds of Thor speaking to someone as it echoed through the rock walls around her. She had to smile to herself, not just from what Thor was saying, how he was regaling whomever it was he spoke to of their recent adventures, but also just the action of sneaking around. The caves, especially, how dark and dangerous it was, how unsteady. It reminded her of the Underworld, of Hades, her uncle, his kingdom and domain. She could remember times where she and Ares would linger in the Underworld, hunting and stalking each other in mock battles, always trying to keep their skills sharp and practice in environments they weren't used to.

This was so like that, expect, instead of anticipating Ares leaping out at her at every turn, she had to worry about an enemy she couldn't predict.

This was amazing!

As much as she adored sparring with Thor, and as much as she had loved sparing with some of her family before she'd gone to Asgard, she KNEW him. She had gotten so familiar with his fighting style that she could often predict what he was about to do. It was like there was something in her mind that just never shut off when it came to battle. She picked up on the fighting styles of others quickly, their strategies, weaknesses, perhaps it just came with being the Goddess of War and Strategy on Earth. It made it easy to guess what Thor was going to do after a time. This though, this was new and unexpected and she could feel the energy of battle coursing through her once more.

She carefully peered around a large crack in the stone to see Thor, sitting in a cage, dangling above the ground, chains wrapped around his body, looking a little worse than when they'd arrived. Both of them had been through a trial since last they were on Earth. Thor's hair was longer, as was his beard, he looked far more grizzly in the red light of the fires that illuminated the room. She let out a soft whistle, catching his attention over to where she was visible through the crack. He smiled at her as she gave a little wave. She made a gesture with her hand and he looked around, before nodding, signaling it was safe to enter, there was no one there. She looked up at the crack, assessing it a moment, before she carefully began to make her way through it, just barely managing to fit. She hopped down from a small ledge by the crack and down to the base of the room, she took a step towards Thor, glancing over to see a skeleton sitting in the corner, clearly the thing he'd been talking to before.

She shook her head at him and moved just under the cage, looking around for a way to get up to it, to try and free him…when the floor suddenly dropped open and he began to fall through another hole that opened in the ground, the chains unraveling around him as he went.

Athena didn't even hesitate to jump down the hole after him, not willing to risk the hole closing up again and cutting her off from finding Thor. She grit her teeth as she tightened her grip on the chains to slow her descent, she squeezed her hands tighter as she saw Thor come to a stop, still tangled in his chains, and gasped. She was higher above him, near the top of another cavern. The walls, floors, and ceiling seemed to be made of a molten rock, hardened but with what looked like a glimmering fire trapped within.

She looked down to see a large throne made of a volcanic rock, with what looked like a dark, charred skeleton sitting upon it, a faint fire burning in its chest. Easily 18 feet tall, the flesh that still clung to it was made of fire, spiked horns sticking out of its skull.

"Thor…" it spoke, its voice deep and rumbling, "Son of Odin."

Athena glanced down as Thor's chains slowly turned him around to face the creature, "Surtur!" Thor shouted, finally spotting the creature, "Son of a bitch...you're still alive! I thought my father killed you, like, half a million years ago."

"I cannot die. Not until I fulfill my destiny and lay waste to your home."

Thor glanced up at Athena, making it look as though he were examining his chains, jerking his head slightly in gesture, before he focused on Surtur once more, "You know, it's funny you should mention that because I've been having these terrible dreams of late. Asgard up in flames, falling to ruins, and you, Surtur, are at the center of all of them."

Athena looked around, too high up for Surtur to notice, and began to examine the stalactites nearest to her. She reached out one hand to touch one, pulling it back with a quiet hiss as it burned. Not exceedingly hot, but hotter than she was expecting. But, then again, she had spent time assisting Hephaestus in his forge, wanting to know and see exactly how he made her armor and her weapons, she'd felt hotter. So she took a breath and reached out, managing to get a hand hold in the hanging rock. She dangled there for a moment, between the chain and the rock, before swinging to the rock. She could see a stalagtite just a few feet away, so high it nearly touched the stalactite above it, if she could just reach that one, she could climb down and sneak closer to Thor. If she broke the chain that far up, Surtur would know she was there, and without knowing what he was going to do or if he'd attack, it would be best to wait out his plan.

"Then you have seen Ragnarok," Surtur continued, "The fall of Asgard. The great prophecy…"

"Hang on!" Thor shouted, a bit too loudly, but he could see Athena nearly lose her grip and a faint scraping noise sound, something Surtur was sure to hear had he not been so loud, "Hang on," he twisted a bit as his chains began to move so he couldn't see the creature. If he was to be the distraction till Athena had a better ground to stand on, he wanted to at least be facing the demon, "I'll be back around shortly. I really feel like we were connecting there…" he wiggled just a bit, rotating fully to face Surtur once more, "Ok, so, Ragnarok. Tell me about that. Walk me through it…"

Athena shook her head at that, but couldn't help but smile once more, reaching another stalactite, as she listened in on what Thor was doing. It was something they had heatedly debated long ago, when Ultron had been but a sparkle in Tony Stark's eye. Tony had invited them to dwell with him until they had found the scepter of Loki. They had ended up watching a rather ridiculous 'movie' as it was called, where a hero had been captured by the villain and the villain had then described every detail of his nefarious plan because he thought the hero was going to die anyway. Thor had been of the mind that that would never happen, a true trickster would keep his plans close to chest no matter what.

She had reminded him how Loki himself, god of mischief, had revealed small parts of his plans with the Hulk when the 'Avengers' had first assembled. She had argued that it did make sense and was a fair tactic to use, depending on the situation. It appeared Thor was now using it against Surtur.

"My time has come," Surtur laughed darkly, "When my crown is reunited with the Eternal Flame, I shall be restored to my full might. I will tower over the mountains and bury my sword deep in Asgard's…"

"Hang on," Thor cut in once more, as Athena dropped down from a large stalactite to the stalagmite below it…and also his chains had rotated him once more so his back was to Surtur, "Give it a second…I swear I'm not even moving, it's just doing this on its own. I'm really sorry…" he sent Athena a wink as she began to duck behind the stalagmites, making her way closer to Surtur's throne, "Ok," he finally faced the demon once more, "Let me get this straight. You're going to put your crown into the Eternal Flame, and then you'll suddenly grow as big as a house…"

"A mountain!"

"The Eternal Flame that Odin keeps locked away on Asgard?" Thor laughed heartily at that, there was no way Surtur would even be able to get to it.

"Odin is not on Asgard," the demon taunted, "And your absence has left the throne defenseless."

Athena looked over, just one stalagmite away from Surtur's throne, to catch Thor's eye. He seemed startled by Surtur's words, and more than a little concerned for what that could mean for his father's life. She gave him a shake of the head and a pointed nod to the throne, urging him with the gesture to keep going, just a little longer.

Thor cleared his throat, "Ok, so where is it? This crown?"

"This is my Crown!" Surtur pointed at the horns on his head, "The source of my power!"

"Oh, that's a crown?" Thor snorted, "I thought it was a big eyebrow."

Athena had to bite her lip to keep from laughing at that, knowing Thor was also following another tactic they had spent long hours debating, whether anger made someone a better fighter or more sloppy. She was of the mind that, brute strength aside, fighters made more mistakes when they were angry than clear of mind. Thor was clearly trying to test that theory with Surutr by antagonizing him. As long as it worked and the demon didn't notice her climbing up the back of his throne she would not comment on his tactics.

"It's a crown!" Surtur roared.

"Anyway," Thor ignored him, "It sounds like all I have to do to stop Ragnarok is rip that thing off your head."

Thor's gaze moved to the top of Surtur's head, as though he were merely examining the 'crown' he needed to steal…Surtur, of course, would not be able to truly see what Thor was actually looking at.

Surtur stood and stomped towards Thor, dragging a flaming sword along with him, "But Ragnarok has already begun. You cannot stop it. I am Asgard's doom, and so are you. All will suffer, all will burn!" Surtur reached out and grabbed the chain just above Thor and yanked it high, holding the dangling god so they were eye to eye.

"That's intense," Thor admitted, a small smirk on his face, "To be honest, seeing you grow really big and set fire to a planet would be quite the spectacle. But it looks like I'm going to have to go with option B where I bust out of these chains, knock that tiara off your head, and stash it away in Asgard's vault."

Surtur growled, "You cannot stop Ragnarok. Why fight it?"

Thor grinned, opening his hand behind his back to call Mjolnir to him, but chuckled, "Because that's what heroes do. Isn't that right, Athena?"

Athena, who was standing on top of Surtur's 'crown,' one hand on a horn, the other gripping her sword, smiled, "Oh yes."

Surtur had only just jerked his head back, as though he'd be able to look up at her on top of his head, when she jumped up, anticipating the move. She gripped her sword tightly as she fell back towards the giant and slashed at his forehead, making a deep cut just below the edge of his 'crown.'

Surtur stumbled back, crying out in pain as Athena landed on the ground, turning to slash at the chain that Surtur had dropped, freeing Thor just as Mjolnir flew through the rock walls and into his hand. He spun the hammer quickly, using it to fly him a distance away, and threw it back at the demon, smashing it in the face just as it recovered. Athena and Thor grinned at each other as the hammer returned to Thor's hand.

"You have made a grave mistake!" Surtur bellowed, opening his arms with a roar.

The two gods looked over as the walls seemed to crack around them, a swarm of the fiery minions rushing into the cavern.

Thor scoffed, "I make grave mistakes all the time!" he told the demon, "Everything seems to work out!"

"Not exactly something you want your enemies to know!" Athena shouted bcack at him, turning to slash at a demon that made its way towards them right as a fire erupted from the shadows, a dragon made of flames clawing its way out.

Thor laughed with an odd joy as the demons swarmed at them, "This is just like that time we helped in Nidavellir!"

Athena grunted as she cut a demon in half, "You and I remember Nidavellir very differently!"

Thor took a running jump at a nearby wall, jumping off it and flipping in the air, landing with a hard strike of Mjolnir on the ground, sending out a shockwave that knocked the swarm back, Athena having braced herself with her shield to protect her from the energy. They quickly turned their attention to the Surtur, racing at him, ready to fight. Surtur threw his hand forward, sending a wall of flames at them. Athena braced herself with her shield once more as Thor swung his hammer around to create a barrier between him and the fire. It lasted only a moment before the two were racing at Surtur once more.

"I'll take behind!" Athena shouted at Thor, moving onto her knees to slide right between Surtur's legs and spring up behind him while Thor took on the demon face to face.

Sparks of fire and electricity rained down everywhere as the two engaged in combat, Athena attacking Surtur from behind to distract him and give Thor another advantage. She leapt up, stabbing Surtur in the back of one of his knees, driving him to the ground with a cry of pain as Thor shot into the sky, summoning lightning to Mjolnir and flying straight back. Athena dove out of the way as Thor smashed the hammer into Surtur's forehead, right where she'd made the first cut and knocked the 'crown' right off his head.

Instantly the giant, fire demon shrunk down, his body seizing as though it were collapsing in on itself until it was nothing more than a pile of charred bones lying in a heap on the ground.

Athena let out a relieved breath and moved to pick up the 'crown' with a grin to Thor. She tossed it over to him as he quickly strapped it to his back, "Thor!" she called, pointing to something behind him with her sword.

He turned to see the demonic minions of Surtur regrouping, even more scurrying their way into the cavern. He reached out to Athena, pulling her to him as he lifted his hammer in the other hand, "Heimdall!" he called, "I know it's been a while, but we could use a fast exit!"

Athena braced herself for the telltale signs of the Bifrost opening…but nothing happened.

"Heimdall?" Thor tried again.

"Plan C!" Athena shouted, pulling away from him and slashing through a line of minions that had gotten too close. The two of them sprang into action, battling against the minions when a roar sounded above them.

The dragon of fire had finally broken free of its restraints.

Athena didn't hesitate to turn and grab onto Thor as he spun Mjolnir in his hand, throwing it into the air to help him lift off.

"What I wouldn't give for Hermes' shoes right now," Athena muttered under her breath as she clung to Thor, the two of them bursting out through the ceiling of Surtur's lair, up and up and up until they reached the land above. A rocky, uneven surface that they dove onto as a blast of fire erupted from the hole they'd just made. She panted, sitting up and hurrying over to Thor as he frantically patted at the end of his cape, which had caught on fire.

He took her hand to stand, and held Mjolnir up once more but still there was nothing, "Heimdall, come on."

The two gods looked down as the ground began to shake, backing up quickly as the stone on the edge of the hole began to topple downwards. They were thrown to the ground as the dragon of fire flew up through the hole, crashing out of the lair beside them. It turned sharply to them, its mouth opening wide to roar in their faces…

Only for Thor to quickly shove Mjolnir in its mouth, causing it to crash to the ground, its jaw weighed down by the weight of the hammer. They stood there a moment, watching as it thrashed and growled and squirmed, but was unable to break free.

"Stay!" Thor commanded the dragon, before sighing as he turned to Athena, "We may be running short on…"

He trailed off as the ground started to crumble around them in numerous spots, sinking in like quicksand before more of the fiery demons clawed their way out.

"Options."

"Plan D, then," Athena muttered, rushing over to him and grabbing on as he grabbed the hammer from the dragon's mouth and flew them off into the sky, trying to use Mjolnir to get to safety. It was a near thing to keep ahead of the dragon as it flew on their tail, even more to avoid the flaming projectiles the demons were launching at them.

"Come on, Heimdall…" Thor glanced back, genuinely starting to fear they may not escape this…

When the Bifrost opened around them and the jaw of the great beast, pulling them in…

~8~

There was an enormous boom that resounded in Athena's ear as she and Thor nearly exploded out of the Bifrost and into the observatory of Asgard…the now-severed head of the dragon coming along with them and covering the people in front of them with a generous helping of purple blood and some entrails. Athena let out a breath of relief to find them back in Asgard, the Bifrost closing behind them. She didn't pay much mind to the dragon's head as it slid away from her and across the floor. She honestly hadn't noticed, having been checking to make sure Thor was alright, until two women screamed.

She looked over to see two women covered in purple rushing out of the Observatory. Her gaze traveled from the purple streak they had left behind to the dragon's head and then back to Thor. Both of them had, thankfully, come away unscathed in that sense, both clean. Which was a small mercy. She'd had some experience with trying to wash out dragon blood, it had managed to make her hair look almost black on Olympus. She'd rather not have to go through the next few days with stained-purple hair.

"Girls!" a voice called out.

The two gods looked back over at the Bifrost controls to see a man who was certainly NOT Heimdall standing there, trying to wipe the purple goo off himself while also trying to stop the women fleeing. He was a broad man, a bit short, with a shaved head and black tattoos etched on his skull. He did not appear at all happy with this turn of events.

The man sighed and looked back at them, eyeing them a moment before he seemed to recognize them, "Well, well, look who decided to pop in. Thanks for scaring away my company and drenching my workplace in brains."

"Who are you?" Thor shook his head, looking bewildered.

"Don't you remember?" the man looked between the two warriors, but they both shook their heads, "I'm Skurge. We fought together on Vanaheim?"

Athena gave him a skeptical look at that, not able to recall seeing his face there, but that wasn't important right now, "Where's Heimdall?" THAT was important, Heimdall would never have abandoned his post, and if he had, for some reason been in the palace or something, he would have certainly heard Thor shouting for help or seen him in danger…so where had he gone?

"That traitor?" Skurge scoffed, not seeing Thor and Athena exchange a wary, confused glance for his words, "No one knows, he's a fugitive of the throne."

"Heimdall? A traitor?" Athena could only repeat, honestly not sure what the man could have possibly done to be labeled a traitor. He was as loyal to Asgard and dedicated to its protection as she and Thor were, probably even more, his entire life was to guard the realm, "Heimdall?"

"Yeah, you see, Odin charged Heimdall with negligence of duty, but he disappeared before the trial. Hard to catch a guy who can see everything in the Universe."

Thor opened his mouth to say something, but shook his head, a determined look on his face as he began to march out of the room. Athena fell into step beside him, knowing he was like about to confront Odin about this decision.

SHE was more curious if it WOULD be Odin when they reached him. She'd had a sneaking suspicion, not one she could prove, that the Odin who had bid Thor farewell when last they spoke, had not been Odin at all. He had been sitting so…relaxed in the throne, almost lounging and she could not recall the Allfather ever sitting in such a manner. Loki however…was another story. But there was no proof and they had quite possibly seen the Frost Giant die in front of their eyes.

And Frigga! There was no way at all that Loki, if it had been him parading around as Odin, would have EVER hurt his mother. He cared for the woman a great deal, he would never have done anything to harm her. She had been lucky to save the Queen from the Dark Elf attacks, getting stabbed in her stead, and that was another thing that was worrisome. Frigga would have never agreed to allow Heimdall to be labeled at traitor, she would have fought for his innocence.

Skurge had also failed to mention the Queen in all his recounting, and that did not bode well. If it was not Odin they were about to meet and something had happened to Frigga…she was not sure Thor would be able to stop himself from murdering his brother.

She wasn't sure she'd try to stop him either.

They had only just made it past the door when Skurge darted out in front of them, "Hold on. I'm supposed to announce your arrival."

Thor gave him an unimpressed look and began to spin Mjolnir. Athena moved into his arms as they shot up into the sky, sailing right for the palace. They had only made it halfway there when they noticed a large gathering of people outside the theater arena nearby the palace. Thor glanced at Athena before setting down outside of it, following the crowd as it made its way through the threshold…

"What?" was all Athena could muster as they looked at the gateway above the arena to see a giant statue of Loki with his arms stretched out in welcome.

"A better question," Thor muttered, pointing ahead to the stage, "What the hell is THAT?"

Athena looked over, the two of them stopping in the doorway to observe the other Asgardians gathered to watch what appeared to be a play nearing its end. A play about Loki and Thor for there was an actor clearly dressed as Loki and another who bore a startling resemblance to Thor opposite him.

The actor of Loki was gasping for breath as the actor of Thor caught him and helped him lie down.

"Oh, brother," the 'Loki' gasped, "This is it. I take my leave."

"You fool!" the 'Thor' responded, "You didn't listen!"

"I'm sorry."

"Lady Sif, Get help!"

"What?" Athena shook her head, "Sif wasn't there with us…"

It was clear by the backdrop that the 'scene' was a retelling of when Loki had passed, for it was nowhere near Asgard. And if it WAS that scene, Sif and the Warriors Three, all of whom had actors there, had not been present.

Athena wasn't sure whether she should be insulted that she had been replaced or grateful an actress of herself wasn't forced to endure this mockery.

"Nor did we tell anyone what Loki said," Thor agreed, though his gaze was drawn to his father, to Odin…who was lying on a small reclined bench, complete with cushions, being fed grapes by the women around him and sipping wine from a goblet.

Athena reached out to rest a hand on Thor's clenching fist, realizing he was starting to work out what she'd feared. It truly had NOT been Odin they'd spoken with last, it was Loki and it still was…but where was Frigga?

"Sorry for all I've done," the 'Loki' continued.

"It's alright," the 'Thor' responded, "Hold on."

"I'm sorry I tried to rule Earth."

"They'd be lucky to have you."

"I'm sorry about that thing with the Tesseract. I just couldn't help myself."

"I know."

"I'm a trickster."

"So mischievous."

"Sorry about that time I turned you into a frog."

"It was a wonderful joke."

"When was this?" Athena turned to Thor, unaware of that particular story.

Thor just shook his head, watching as his actor continued to forgive all of Loki's terrible acts, "You are the savior of Asgard."

"Tell my story," the 'Loki' begged.

"I will."

"Build a statue for me."

"We will build a big statue for you."

"With my helmet on, with the big bendy horns."

"I will tell Father what you did here today."

"I didn't do it for him."

Athena blinked as the actor of Loki died a dramatic death, followed by the actor of Thor crying out in grief for the loss…only for another actor, of Odin himself, stepping up to address the audience, "And so Loki died of his wounds, giving his life for ours. He fought back those disgusting Dark Elves. He brought peace to the realm…" the man turned as a young boy painted blue ran up on stage and over to him, "Loki, my boy...'Twas many moons ago I found you on a frost-bitten battlefield. On that day, I did not yet see in you Asgard's savior. No. You were merely a little blue baby icicle...that melted this old fool's heart."

As the crowd erupted in to cheers, Athena could only turn to Thor, sounding a bit sick as she spoke and thinking of a particular half-sister of hers who would be quite angry about what they'd just witnessed.

"Melpomene is going to kill someone."

"I think I'M about to kill someone," Thor returned, heading straight for 'Odin.'

A/N: Melpomene, the muse of tragedy ;)

So welcome back! :) I mentioned on my tumblr that I was going to aim for May to get Ragnarok up for Thor and Athena, I'm cutting it close, but here it's still technically May lol :) AND unlike my other stories, I'm going to attempt updating this one every day ;) I may miss a day or two, but I'll really try to get at least 1 chapter a day ;)

Originally I planned to post this story and then Infinity War after, but I also wanted to try and get a new story up, a Captain America Steve/OC story, so I'm currently debating if I should post that after Ragnarok, then post the Athena-Infinity-War after 'The First Avenger' and alternate between catching up stories with Steve or just focus on catching up my stories first and then go into Steve's OC. Not sure yet ;)

I know it's been a while since I updated this series :( And it's been very long since the tentative date/time I gave for getting this new story up :( A lot of things happened, family issues (brother got married, brother got divorced), job issues (lost our manager, was practically the fill-in manager, got a new very inept manager that made the job uber stressful), and health issues (stress from the manager caused anxiety, no eating, no sleeping, till I quit), so it's been really hard to get into a good place to write. But I'm doing better now and I really am going to try and get this story updated every day ;)

Also, mostly putting this here because I've promised my sister I would actually tell people it: I made a page called ko-fi, where people can show support of a person by contributing a 'cup of coffee' to them. It's not a real cup of coffee, it's a donation that is roughly the cost of a cup of coffee, or about 3 dollars. The link is up on my profile or on my tumblr's LINKS page if anyone is interested. There's no obligation, requirement, or commitment, it just sort of feels to me like a little 'let's talk about your work over a cup of coffee' ;)

Some notes on reviews...(from the end of Truth)...

Very true about the Medusa myth :) I had a mythology class where we spent half the session debating the ways to interpret that story. It's my preference to view it as a means of protection than a punishment too, sometimes other interpretations fit best for a story ;)

I did see Ragnarok, and Infinity War, and I am SO excited to get the stories posted for all my Marvel OCs ;)

I have it noted in the first chapters for Athena that I picture Rosamund Pike as being an actress close to how I see Athena ;) Zeus and the other gods definitely had hands in regicide in the past, whether it was literally killing a king or creating the means/situation for others to do it for them :(

Yup, definitely adding Ragnarok to Thor and Loki's OCs ;)

Sorry it took so long, but the Thor Ragnarok story is up now ;)

SO sorry for the delay :( A lot of family issues, work issues, and health issues came up since the last Thor story :( But I'm finally back and ready to go ;)

I've seen Infinity War yup :) At the moment, I'm either going to be posting Infinity War a few days (maybe, at most 2 weeks) after this story is completed, or I'll be posting it after the 1st story of my Steve/OC story, I haven't decided yet. But I'm going to be aiming for June with Infinity War, early July at the latest ;)