Hey guys. How do you like the story so far? Tell me in a review. No pleases. It's great to have Katelyn back up on her feet. And wings. Lot of things are going to happen in this chapter. Hope you like.
Very Much Alive
New Necklace
The doors to the living room burst open and a guard stepped forward. "Lady Ashwood, the Allfather requests your presents in his chambers." The guard said in a dead tone. "What about Loki?" Katelyn asked pulling her wings in so they didn't show. "He didn't say." The guard said still in a dead tone.
Katelyn glanced at Loki then started to walk out the doors. As she passed through doors she said to the guard, "Ok. Thanks Prax." The guard blushed the slightest amount then turned to leave. Katelyn looked back at Loki and motioned with her arm for him to follow. Loki started to walk forward when he felt a hand land on his shoulder.
He turned to look at the owner which was Steve Rodgers. "Loki, do you know what he wants her for?" Steve asked looking a little worried. Loki shook his head then said, "No. I do not know she just woke and hasn't done anything wrong. Nor have I so it must be about what happened on Midgard." "Oh ok." Steve said retracting back his hand. Loki turned his back to them and walked out the doors to join Katelyn who was skipping.
Katelyn and Loki arrived in front of the doors to Odin's chambers. Before Katelyn could even knock, the giant oak doors opened to revel the former queen waiting for them. "Come in my dears." She spoke sweetly gesturing for them to come in. "Thank you my queen." Katelyn said bowing her head lightly.
Katelyn walked forward into the room with Loki next to her. "Oh please call me Frigga." The former queen said as she hugged Katelyn. "I will. Thank you." Katelyn said as the queen hugged Loki.
"Odin is out on the balcony. Go ahead." Frigga said gesturing to the open doors leading to the balcony. The two walked out to find Odin sitting in a chair gazing out over the shiny city. He stood and turned to them and spoke, "Please make yourselves comfortable." He gestured to the two chairs seated at a small patio like table.
Loki sat in one of the chairs and Katelyn decided to lean against the railing with her back to the golden city. She crossed her arms and looked at Odin with a neutral look. "I asked you to come here to talk about what happened on earth." Odin said as he sat back down in his chair. "Sir with all due respect, it would have taken too long to get Loki to the healing rooms. He wouldn't have survived." Katelyn said glancing at Loki.
"That's not what I was going to talk about. I wanted to talk about your necklace." Odin said calmly. "Oh." Katelyn said while putting a hand over where the necklace used to hang. "I wanted to make a new necklace for you. To give you another life." Odin said standing up. Katelyn stood up straight and said. "When I woke up I was reborn. If you make me a new one then I will have to be reborn again. What if I lose my memories this time? I was lucking the first time."
"That could happen but there is a way for you to keep them if it happens or not." Odin said walking to stand by her. She looked up at him with a curious look on her face. "How is that?" Katelyn said looking out over the shining city with her thoughts running wild.
"Loki would have to perform the spell. He knows it." Odin said turning to Loki who looked shocked. "Oh no. That spell only works half the time. I don't want her to lose all of the memories of us and everything we did." Loki said getting up and looking at Katelyn with a distressed look. "You don't have to make me a new necklace. I mean really I'm fine." Katelyn said putting up her hands as defense.
"You don't understand. Without your necklace you will become mortal and lose all knowledge of who you were and what you did. You'll lose your wings and your magic." Odin said calmly. "Oh. Will you try?" Katelyn said walking up to Loki. "Will you give us a minute please?" Loki asked the Allfather who nodded and walked off the balcony and shutting the doors.
"Loki please. I don't want to forget you. I don't want to lose all my memories. I don't want to be mortal. It gets boring. I want to stay with you." Katelyn said taking his hands in her own. "I want you to stay with me too but the spell only works half the time. I don't want to risk it. I love you." Loki said putting his arms around her. "I love you too. Will you do it? For me?" Katelyn said looking up into his bright emerald green eyes.
Loki could have sworn he could see the change happening slowly. Her skin was losing its normal glow. Her hair becoming dull with every second passing. Her eyes becoming less bright with every passing moment. "Yes." Loki said pulling her into a hug. She held on to him like he would slip out of her hands at any moment. The two pulled back and Katelyn spoke, "Thank you."
They walked into the room to find the Allfather pacing the room lazily. He stopped and looked up at them with hopeful eyes. Katelyn nodded and the Allfather sighed with relief. He walked over and hugged Katelyn like a father would a small child.
"Now let us go." Odin spoke while walking out the doors to his chambers. The two followed a little behind. They arrived at the stables. "Where are we going?" Katelyn asked a little confused. "To Jotunheim." Odin said mounting his horse. Loki looked at Katelyn with disbelief.
Katelyn mounted her mare. It was about sixteen hands high with powerful looking muscles. Its coat was a black with a sliver shine to it. Her hooves were sold silver along with her teeth. Her name was Ocean. She was created from the foam from the sea below the rainbow bridge. Katelyn was proud of her when she found Ocean lying on the shore when she was a foal. Katelyn hand fed her till she was able to eat on her own. Ocean was now one of the fastest horses in the nine realms.
Loki mounted his brown mare and they galloped down the bridge to the bifrost. When they got there Heimdall nodded his head to let them know they could pass. Katelyn jumped off of Ocean and ran to Heimdall. She motioned him to bend down so she could whisper in his ear. He did and Katelyn quickly told him what she wanted to tell him. He straightened up and nodded his head at her with a small smile. She said thank you as she hugged the tall golden guardian.
Loki dismounted and walked up to Katelyn and asked, "What did you tell him?" "Nothin'" Katelyn said as she walked away with a small smile to stand by Odin who started to conger up some dark magic. Loki eyed the golden gate keeper then walked to stand by the other two. Odin cast them to Jotunheim.
They landed in the place were Katelyn was first created. There was a wall of ice in front of them about ten feet away. Behind them was giant upside down icicles about five feet away. To the left was a wall ranging from about five to ten feet tall. It looked like something broke through the top causing it to be jagged like a flat mountain rage.
"Ready?" Katelyn said to Odin while walking forward to stand where she did the first time. "Go stand over there." Katelyn said to Loki as she turned to face Odin. She pointed to the jagged wall of ice. Loki looked at her a little confused but did as he was told.
"Loki, do the spell." Odin ordered as he looked at Katelyn who looked back with a slightly nervous expression. Loki started mumbling some words in Asgardian while putting out his hands towards Katelyn.
Katelyn started to glow with all the colors of the rainbow. It was like the northern lights were floating around her. Katelyn's eyes closed and the lights started to shift towards Loki. They slowly gathered into a ball of colorful light. It floated up into the sky and stayed about twenty feet above them all. Loki glanced away from the ball of light to the Allfather who nodded and began to work his spell.
He put out his hands to Katelyn whose eyes were still closed as if sleeping. Katelyn collapsed into a pile of ashes. He started to say, "Rise my loved one and join me in Asgard." The pile of ashes started to form a girl. Odin kept speaking, "I shall name you Katelyn Ashwood. You shall have the senses and silver tongue of a serpent. You shall have the flexibility, grace and knowledge of a feline. You shall have the speed, sturdiness and power of a horse." The ashes had formed a slim form of a girl. She held her head high and her posture was perfect. Odin put down his hands.
The girl's skin turned an olive tone that was not to light and not to dark. A soft blue dress covered her. It had a silver belt that pointed down. The dress had long sleeves that hugged her arms. They had a point that went down the back of her hands and stopped at the base of her middle finger. Her hair turned a blonde color. Like a wheat field was mixed with the sun. Her eyes were a bright blue like the sky in the early morning with specks of grey. Around her neck was the same necklace Katelyn wore.
It was Katelyn.
"Now." Odin said sternly to Loki who nodded and dropped his hands to his sides. The ball dropped and engulfed Katelyn. The light shone brightly and the others had to shield their eyes. When the light dimmed and they looked at Katelyn whose wings were now spread wide. She smiled at the two. "It worked!" She squealed and pulled in her wings so they didn't show.
"Oh thank god." Loki looked so relieved. Katelyn ran and jumped into Loki's arms. She hugged him tightly and then let go. She turned to Odin who also looked relieved. She ran and hugged him too. "Now let's get back before anyone shows up to crash the party." Katelyn smile disappeared as soon as she started speaking.
"Too late." A rough voice said from the right of the wall. Three frost giants stood tall with weapons ready. Loki appeared in front of Katelyn. Katelyn stepped out from behind him and walked calmly up to the front frost giant.
"Can I tell you a secret?" Katelyn said motioning for him to bend down. The frost giant looked back at the other two with a shocked expression. He bent down to let Katelyn tell him the secret. Katelyn cupped her hand next to the giant's ear and started talking quietly. The frost giant started to giggle like a school girl.
Katelyn put out her hand under him with her palm up. A dagger formed in her hand while she was still talking to the frost giant. She held on to the dagger and stabbed up into the giant's chest. He let out a pain filled howl and collapsed.
Katelyn calmly looked up to the other giants with bright blue eyes that were full of magic. "Can I tell you a secret?" She asked like an innocent five year old who just asked for candy. The two giants looked at each other then back to Katelyn who still stood there looking at them with an innocently curious face.
The two giants stepped forward towards Katelyn and she shook her head. "I'll take that as a no." She said before disappearing and then reappearing on one of their shoulders. She stabbed both of them in the neck with small daggers. As they fell forwards Katelyn slipped off and looked up and yelled, "Heimdall!"
They were soon engulfed in light as the three Asgardians shot towards Asgard. They appeared on the end of the bridge. Heimdall nodded his head at Katelyn with a small smile. She walked forward and gave him a hug. "Thank you. Don't forget what I told you to do." Katelyn said as she walked away down the bridge to Ocean who was pawing the ground. She mounted and looked over at Odin. "Thank you. I thank you both with my full appreciation." Katelyn said as she turned Ocean and raced down the bridge to the golden palace of Asgard.
Odin walked up to Heimdall and asked, "What are you to do?" "It is beyond me to tell you with the consequences that will be applied to me if I do." Heimdall said with a sliver of a smirk.
Katelyn walked into the living room and looked at all of the avengers who were now laughing and talking to the warriors three and Sif. Thor sat there quietly sipping his drink. Quite unlike himself. Katelyn spoke loud and clear, "Ready to go home?" The avengers a looked up. Tony was holding a bottle of Asgardian wine. He had taken off suit his and it was now a suitcase sitting down next to the couch.
"Aww, do we have to go now?" Tony whined flopping back onto the couch. "Yes. Three Midgard days have already passed. We have to deal with S.H.I.E.L.D. when we get back if you all want to stay the avengers." Katelyn said sternly looking at Tony with a parenting look.
"Pepper is going to kill me." Tony said groaning. "Just give her these." Katelyn said pointing to the couch next to Tony. He peered down next to him and saw a pair of really expensive high heels. They were glossy black with red on the inside and red outlining the rim. "Wow." Natasha said looking at the pair of heels with Sif.
"Speaking of giving, Clint do you still have that box?" Katelyn asked. Clint nodded and picked up the box from the floor next to him. He started to open the box. He pulled out seven arrows. They were maroon with black feathers. The tips were metal and were sharp enough to pierce a rock.
"Wow thank you. Their incredible." Barton said looking over every arrow. "They have perfect balance. Hogun here helped me make them. It took an hour per arrow." Katelyn said gesturing to Hogun when she said his name. "Thank you. Both of you." Clint said pulling out his bow and testing the arrows on how they fit.
The doors opened and Loki walked inside with a bored expression. "Loki. Where did you go?" Thor said getting up. "None of your concern." Loki said walking to stand next to Katelyn who put an arm around his waist and leaned against him. "Uh, what's with the cuddle?" Clint asked pointing at the two standing. "What? I have been with him scince he was born. I can't just stand with him?" Katelyn said with grey eyes and annoyance dancing in her voice.
Loki put his hand with hers that was resting on his hip and they laced their fingers together. "Are you all ready or not?" Natasha said standing up and walking to stand next to Katelyn. "Uh yeah I think so." Steve stood while looking over everyone. The avengers all stood and said their good byes to the warriors three and Sif.
