(Flashback, the day Freyja moved into her apartment)
Freyja leaned against the old wooden railing of the apartment balcony while taking in her new
surroundings. She wanted to live somewhere surrounded by wilderness, she definitely got her
wish. There were no stores or people for miles just woods that stretched as far as the eye could
see.
"Hey Freyja!" Freyja turned her attention to a familiar voice, her friend Odin. "Odin! Glad you
could make it!" She watched as he shut his car door and began his descent up the old rickety
stairs.
"Are you the only one living here?" Freyja nodded, "Yeah..kinda creepy but kinda nice." Odin
frowned, "I don't like you living by yourself way out here you know."
"Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself…by the way I ordered a pizza for us it should
be here soon" Freyja commented. "Good I'm starving, aren't you going
to show me around your new place?" Freyja nodded, "of course."
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Midnight arrived in a flash and Odin was just leaving. "I had fun, I'll come by after work
tomorrow to check up on you alright?" Freyja nodded, "Okay..be careful!" She
watched as Odin made his way to his car before returning back to her apartment, she went to
sleep soon after. Freyja awoke the next day to the sound of her cell phone. "Hello?" she asked
sleepily. "Did Odin spend the night at your house, he's supposed to drop me off to work today.
My boss is going to kill me if I am late again!" came the voice of Odin's best friend, Jack. Freyja
sat up, "No,he left last night..I'm sure he is on his way. Did you call his cell phone?" "Of course I
did! About 20 times and no answer!" Freyja sighed, " I don't know what to tell you…if I hear
from him I'll give you a call." The two said their goodbyes and she hung
up the phone. The girl stretched her limbs then got out of bed. After completing her morning
tasks she walked outside her front door and leaned over the apartments' balcony.
Her eyes followed a large owl, it landed gracefully on something that caught her off guard.
Odin's car was sitting there in the same place as yesterday. The red head made her way down the
apartment stairs to investigate Odin's car. "Odin?" she asked shakily. The car door was wide
open, something shiny on the ground caught her attention. Odin's car keys were glistening in the
sunlight, she was beginning to get scared.
"Odin?" she called again, but she knew she wouldn't get a response. Had a bear or something
dragged him into the woods? There was no sign of a struggle, no blood, no foot prints of any
kind. Her heart was racing as she tried to think of what her plan of action would be. Should she
call the police? She tried to think of what could have happened to him, each scenario was bad.
She had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach, something bad had to have happened to him. She
slammed his car door shut and ran back to her apartment to grab a knife.
She decided to explore the woods before calling the cops.
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Freyja was getting more and more freaked out by the minute. She cautiously made her way to the
edge of the woods, everything seemed eerily quiet. "KAWWWW!" She
jumped as a crow flew overhead screeching at the top of its lungs. "Damn bird!" she exclaimed.
Taking a deep breath she entered the woods. A tingling feeling took over her body, she felt
like she was entering a completely different dimension.
The trees seemed to block out most of the sunlight, no more birds or anything could be heard any
longer.
She was trying her best to keep her cool as she wandered
deeper into the depths of the woods. "Im sure Odin is just fine, don't freak out…don't freak out"
she repeated in her head. A thunderous roar stopped her dead in her tracks, she spun around in
the direction it came from but she saw nothing. She held onto her knife with a death grip, she
could hear her heart beating loudly in her chest. As she scanned the area once more her
eyes fell upon something shiny. "A ring?" she whispered. She picked it up, hoping it
didn't belong to Odin. She examined it, odd symbols were etched into it. She decided
to slip it on her finger so she wouldn't lose it. As soon as she did every square inch of
her body ached with an intense pain. She screamed in agony, she felt as if she was being
stabbed by multiple people on every part of her body. She fell to her knees, her vision going
black.
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"wake up damnit!" Her eyes fluttered open. As she sat up her eyes widened, "Odin!"
"Come on, Freyja we need to get out of here now!" He pulled her to her feet as she
asked what had happened to him. He was covered in deep cuts, his shirt was torn and
soaked in blood. "I'll explain later, right now we need to get the hell out of here!"
"okay.." he pulled her forward but she stopped short as her eyes met with a crimson
Pair. Fear began to overwhelm her senses. Before her stood a creature with blood red
Skin matching its eyes, large pointy horns adored its head. "What..is that?" she asked.
Before Odin could reply another monstrous roar emitted from the forest and the ground began to
shake, if she didn't know any better she would say a dinosaur was approaching. A dinosaur was
not approaching, what was approaching was just as big as one though. "We need to get the hell
out of here!" Odin exclaimed while grabbing hold of Freyja's arm.
Freyja didn't budge she wanted to see what was making the ground shake. A large beast came in
to view, it was just about as tall as the large oaks that inhabited the woods.
The beast was covered in long mossy looking fur, maybe for camouflage? Freyja thought. The
creatures eyes were a lime green color, despite the creatures appearance she wasn't as
intimidated as much as she thought she should be.
.The monster let out a menacing growl like noise and turned its attention to the shape shifter. The
shape shifter began to transform, soon it looked identical to the beast in front of it. "No
way" Odin muttered while staring wide-eyed at the two large monsters before him. In a blur the
two were attacking each other, knocking over trees and such. "Run before we get crushed!" Odin
yelled while yanking Freyja forward.
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"Damn binki-breath you look terrible!" Yusuke commented. Koenma was currently in his teen
form, he had large dark circles under his bloodshot eyes. "I must agree with Yusuke, you look
terrible" Kurama commented. Koenma didn't respond, he had barely even acknowledge the two
when they walked in.
"He's been like this for a few weeks now" The two turned to see Boton, she had a worried look
plastered on her face. "I suspect you have some idea as to why?"
Kurama asked. Boton nodded, "Well, rumors have spread throughout spirit world that something
bad is going to happen..the human world is going to come to an end so to speak" "WHAT!"
Yusuke exclaimed. "Koenma knew this was going to happen….but he predicted it wouldn't occur
until a few centuries from now. He is not prepared to deal with this problem, he thought he had
more time." Boton stared at Koenma who was currently stamping papers over and over, he
resembled a robot.
"This isn't some of that Y2K end of the world bullshit is it!" Boton shook her head no,
"Remember Koenma's pacifier?" Yusuke raised an eyebrow, "yeah..what the hell
does that have to do with anything?" "Koenma had been pouring his spirit energy into it for
hundreds of years. Remember, his pacifier created the Maffukan. One of
spirit world's most powerful defensive spells. He wasted the Maffukan on Sensui..he was saving
the spirit energy locked inside for the problem that is arising now."
Boton informed "He thought the human world wouldn't be in danger for another century or two…now it appears there is no hope for the human realm." An uneasy
silence filled the air, the silence came to an abrupt stop as George came running through the
doors of Koenma's office. "KOENMA SIR!" George the ogre appeared flailing
his arms, " I've pinpointed the location where the trolls have gone !" Yusuke and Kurama
exchanged glances, "speaking of trolls that's why we're here in the first
place" Koenma looked up, seemingly snapping out of his trance. "Where are they?"
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George informed the prince of spirit world the location, which Yusuke and Kurama confirmed.
The place where the trolls had gone was in fact the location where
Yusuke's new apartment was located. Koenma informed the two a shape shifter had been
seen in the area where the trolls were now located. He suspected the demon was killing
unicorns and drinking their blood to become more powerful, he knew of a portal there
that lead to the demon plain, that lead to an area that was commonly frequented by unicorns
as well as trolls.
He assumed the trolls were becoming angry with this shapeshifter since the trolls and unicorns
had become allies over time.
The one thing the mini-ruler could not explain is why there was a barrier all around the woods
keeping these mythical creatures from getting loose. "Kurama, you said the girl stated the trolls
were protecting her, correct?" Kurama nodded, "Yes". Koenma frowned, " That is a tough one
to explain. I think I have an answer. She may have found the ring of hope. "The ring of hope?"
Yusuke asked with a raised eyebrow. "Yes, it has been lost of centuries. Whoever wears this
ring has the loyal allegiance of the trolls. They will go to battle for the owner of this ring, they
will die to protect the owner at all costs. "I see, this certainly explains a lot" Kurama replied.
Koenma nodded, " I also believe this is the start of something much bigger. There is a war
brewing, one that will start on the human plain eventually leading to its destruction."
Koenma got to his feet and began to pace, worry plastered onto his face. "From what I have
been told and from what I have read frost giants will soon make their appearance in the human
realm. Millions of innocents blood will be spilled. There is a chance the demon plain will
be destroyed as well. The last battle to occur in the human world will be the bloodiest battle
to ever occur in any of the three worlds.
Koenma scanned the room, his eyes locking on with his former spirit detective's, "this is bad
Yusuke..really bad. I don't even know if you are strong enough to save the world this time."
