Notes from the Author

After much deliberation and reviewing all of my old HTTYD stories starring Zenna Fiersome and Stryka, I've decided to rewrite majority of them for the following reasons.

I wish to make Zenna a more believable and relatable character, and I plan on doing that by giving more focus to her personal flaws and adding more depth to her relationship with her parents, Edgar and Henna.

Also I would like to include Zenna and Stryka into Race to the Edge. After watching all six seasons, I've come to realize that I'm missing out on some great material that I can include in Zenna's story. There will be big changes but, fear not, some things will stay the same.

Don't worry, fans of Zenna and Hiccup's sibling bond. They'll still have the same close brother-sister relationship as in my original stories. As for my Zeret shippers, that ship still floats in this rewrite.

And, in order to help me heal from the absolute havoc Avengers Infinity War wreaked upon my emotions… I'll be including Loki in my rewrites.

I've read plenty of fanfiction with the subject of "Loki is Toothless" but not enough "Loki is turned into a mortal and forced to live an ordinary existence as a young man on Berk" so, voila!

As always, I don't own anything except for Zenna and Stryka. I'm not doing this for monetary gain. I merely write this for amusement. Enjoy!


Prologue

He could see Thor's muscles straining at the effort to hold on. He was holding onto the other end of Gungir. And he couldn't help but think how ridiculous Thor looked, his red cape hung over his blond head obeying the pull of the vortex.

It was threatening to swallow him, the void, and holding onto the spear was the only thing keeping him away from it. He only held Gungir in one hand. Surely he could use his free arm to pull himself up, grab hold of his brother, and let the two of them be pulled up to safety together.

But he only had eyes for Odin, the only one keeping them both from falling off the edge. The man he had once called his king, his father.

Before all this madness. Before he became mad himself.

"I could have done it, Father! I could have done it!" He shouted up to him, his grip beginning to loosen. "For you! For all of us."

For years he had tried. Oh, how he tried. He tried so hard to measure up to Odin's expectations, to prove that he could shine as brightly as his perfect, golden brother.

"Only one of you can ascend to the throne. But both of you were born to be kings."

Those words from his childhood he had carried them throughout all of his life. As it became more apparent to him that Thor, not him, would inherit the throne, his focus shifted to gaining their father's approval. He had thrown himself into his mother's tutelage, mastered every aspect of Asgardian sorcery, and worked on his skills to become a diplomat that his father could rely on.

To become Thor's equal, that's all he ever wanted.

But now, having found out the truth of his heritage, that he was one of the very monsters his brother had sworn as a child to slay, he knew there was no hope of him ever becoming equal to Thor. But perhaps there was still a chance to prove himself as a son of Odin.

"…No, Loki."

Then those two words shattered whatever hopes he had left. He was rejected, cast out… like he had been from the moment of his birth.

Tears trickled down his face, but he didn't feel them. His grip on Gungir loosened.

"Loki, no!" Thor's plea fell on deaf ears. That bumbling oaf was no longer his brother.

Odin was no longer his father.

"You are our son, Loki. And we your family."

Frigga was no longer his mother. And the only thing he regretted as he let go... was that he never got a chance to say goodbye.

"NOOOOOOOOO!"

His once-brother's wail echoing in his ears, Loki, son of Laufey, once son of Odin, and once Prince and King of Asgard, let himself fall into the abyss of space.


First chapter's coming up soon! This story is also one way for me to cope with the mass destruction wreaked upon my emotions after watching Avengers: Infinity War. Honestly, I don't know whether I should praise or curse the Russo Bros. for penning such an emotional rollercoaster of a film.

Anyway, read and review!

-GuardianDragon98