I looked forward to see an opening on the tree line, I smiled. I ran towards the small beam of light shining though it. I paused before going though. I heard heavy breathing and groaning coming from the clearing in front of me. It sounded like someone was in pain. I contemplated not going through because I might get in trouble but that person might be seriously injured and might need help. I shuck my head and marched through. A man lay still on the floor in front of me, I didn't recognise him but he was beautiful. His blonde hair, cut just above his shoulders laid in the mud. His blue eyes turned and stared me down. They sparkled. He groaned and turned away from me.
"Are you ok?" I shouted. He groaned again. What else what I to say? I ran towards him, my dress muddy at the edges but I pushed that aside. I knelt beside him to see deep wounds on his arms and face. I winced.
"Hello? Are you ok? Can you hear me?" I placed my hand on his check and lifted his head towards me. His blue eyes locked onto mine, I could see the pain in his eyes.
"What's your name?" I asked lightly. He blinked a few times before he answered.
"Thor… my names Thor" he whined. I stumbled back in shock.
"Thor? The son of Odin? How did you get like this?" I was shaking, he nodded. He shifted slightly and tried to lift himself up but slid back to the muddy floor.
"I need to get back to my father, I need to get back to the Hall of Asgard" he strained to get up again but fell once more.
"Then let me help you…" he pushed me away, I fell into the mud.
"No! I can do this myself!" he shouted as he tried to lift himself up once more.
"Please Thor, let me help you back to your Father" I crawled beside him again wrapped my arm around his chest and helped pull him to his shaky feet. He tried pushing me away again but I stood firm.
"You're getting weak. Let's get you back home" I whispered. We stumbled away.
We got the foot of the Hall of Asgard as Thor dropped to his knees. He was weak. We had gotten plenty of stares and whispers as I helped Thor back to where he wanted to go. I never liked attention.
"Father!" he shouted weakly. A woman appeared first. A woman I presumed was his mother, she looked older than he was. She looked firstly at me in shock and then looked down at Thor. She ran toward him.
"Son! What happened to you!" she knelt beside him. He groaned again.
"Mother I'm fine. Where is father?" he muttered. More worry coated her face.
"He's busy, Guards! Help my son to his room! Loki I need to see you!" She shouted. Guards ran towards Thor and I was pushed aside. They lifted him and carried him away. His mother turned towards me and looked my up and down. She looked me in the eyes.
"Thank you for helping my son" she smiled at me. I nodded in appreciation and turned to walk home.
"Wait!" she called. I turned towards her again.
"What is your name?" she questioned. I stared at her.
"Emi… Emi Brave" I stuttered. She smiled lightly.
"I thought you looked like a Brave, ill get a guard to notify your parents on where you are" she said lightly. I said my thanks. She turned away from me as another man appeared from behind her. A tall handsome man with dark hair and blue eyes approached me. He stared me down like Thor had done. It scared me.
"Loki, take this girl to a room so she can get cleaned up. It's the least she deserves" she said before walking away leaving me alone with Loki. I looked down at myself and noticed all the mud on my dress. I sighed
"Hello" I said skittishly. He chuckled and lightly pulled me along. We got to a large corridor before he spoke.
"So you helped my brother did you?" he questioned. I looked up at him.
"Yes, I found him while out on one of my adventures. He was just lying in the mud, I couldn't just leave him like that" I chocked. He smiled.
"I suppose you couldn't" he whispered as we got to a large door.
"Stay here for now, use what you like" he said smoothly and walked away. I watched him turn the corner and looked back at the door. I placed my hand on the cold door and pushed it open. The room was huge, bigger than any I'd seen. I went to sit on the bed and realised I was still dirty. I needed to get cleaned.
After I had cleaned myself and searched the wardrobe for something to wear, a guard walked slowly into the room. I turned to face him.
"Miss, you need to follow me, Thor requested your presence" he spoke smooth like Loki had done. I followed skittishly behind the guard as we walk to where Thor was resting. Everything looked beautiful here. Everything was coated in gold and it shined in the sunlight that was streaming thought the windows. We got to a small set of doors before we stopped.
"Go on in" he spoke lightly before walking away. I pushed the doors open to see Thor sitting alone on a golden coated bed. The room looked as stunning as the room I was in earlier did. He looked up at me and smiled.
"Come here!" he shouted happily. I smiled and walked slowly over to him. He gestured for me to sit on the bed. I noticed as I sat down that he had been bandaged up and looked fighting fit.
"I'm sorry for my rudeness earlier" he stated. I smiled again.
"Its fine, you where in pain, I can't be helped" I whispered skittishly. He looked me in the eyes.
"I never even asked for your name" he chocked a little. I looked down and giggled.
"My name is Emi" I giggled. He rested his hand on my check and lifted my eyes back to his.
"Well Emi, I'm forever grateful to you for helping me back here" he took my hand with his other hand and kissed it lightly. I giggled. He was sweet. He let go of my check and hand and lent back against the back of the bed.
"Tell me about yourself the Emi. What do you get up to?" he questioned. I was taken aback by this but I answered.
"I've told you my name, I'm eighteen years old. I live not far from here actually. I love to explore, I was adventuring today before I found you. There's not much else I can say really. I'm not a very interesting person" I chuckled. He stared at me; his eyes seemed to burn though mine. He chuckled.
"I bet there's a lot more to you than you realise" he said as he closed the distance between us. He sat next to me and placed his hand on my knee.
"Thank you Emi for helping me…" he was cut off as someone walked though the door.
"Son… I'm sorry for disturbing your rest" he said calmly. Thor looked at me then back to his father. I kept my head down.
"Its ok father" he said smoothly. "This is Emi, she helped me back here after I was attacked" he gestured towards me. My eyes shot up. He was attacked? I looked at his father now. Odin stared at me. I couldn't tell if he was happy or not. He approached us slowly. He took my hand genteelly and pulled me slowly off the bed. When I was standing, he embraced me.
"Thank you for rescuing my son, I much appreciate it" he let me go. I felt privileged to have met and have been embraced by the king of Asgard.
"It took him some convincing but he finally let me help" I managed to chock out. Odin smile.
We then heard a faint knock on the door, a guard stepped through.
"Miss…" she spoke before Thor cut him off.
"Emi… she's called Emi" he persisted. The guard nodded kindly.
"Miss Emi. Your parents are here to collect you" he said with the same smooth tone. I nodded as he left. Thor looked sadly at me.
"I was hoping to get to know you more before you left" he said with remorse. I smiled at him. Odin looked at both myself and Thor and sighed.
"I can't let you return here. Only if I grant you access too or if you are summoned here." He sighed again. Thor's head dropped.
"Do you want her to return here Thor?" he questioned his son. His head shot back up. He smiled at me.
"Of course I want her to return, I want to get to know her better. You're a very interesting person Emi" he chuckled. Odin smiled and nodded.
"Fine, I grant you Emi to return to the Hall of Asgard whenever you see it right" he stated. Thor threw me into his arms with excitement. We laughed. I couldn't believe I was aloud to return to this amazing place, I wondered of what new places I could discover here..
