Chapter 3 Peace agreements and drinks

Odin and his family were in the throne room. Odin had something very important to tell before the family.

"Everyone I have news about the family The Trants from the seventh realm." The Trants was a rich family who has been against the royal family for many years.

"What is it now? Do they have sent even more useless threat to us?" Thor said morosely

"No, fortunately, but I have managed to make a peace agreement with them." Everyone was relieved but it was still strange. A little while ago they wanted war and then they give up after all the preparations they have made.

"How have you achieved this?" Loki asked

"I went to them personally, and oddly enough, Lord Jai agreed with me." Odin told

"He comes here with his wife and sons in two days. This dinner is important, and I want everyone to do their best not to ruin this chance and that's includes you Lia." Odin said, pointing to his daughter Lia frowned.

"You can go now." Odin said to his children, and Frigga stayed to discuss more with her husband.

The siblings went to the corridor and talked about the meeting.

"Is this not a little strange? Then when we were little have they always been against us. First they want war, and now they want to have peace without getting anything out of it?" Loki said

"I agree with you brother." Thor agreed.

"It might not be as strange as it sounds." Lia said and the two brothers watched her.

"Our father may be old but he is not dying and has a reputation for a lot of other things. Lord Jai perhaps realized that they did not have a chance to win and in return they got keep their lives." The brothers agreed with her.


Two days later

Odin and Frigga went together to the throne room and were nicely dressed. Oden had on his golden robe with gold and brown stitched pattern and his gold uniform. Frigga had a purple dress with silver stitching arms and braided hair.

When they came into the throne room, Thor and Loki were already there in their finest clothes.

"You are certainly in time, I see." Odin said and Frigga smiled big against them.

"My handsome boys, where is Lia?"

Lia was in the hall and hurried along with her wolf Disa.

Lia had a turquoise dress with a covering of gold over with red and blue pattern. She had let down the hair with two braids on the sides.

When she came to the throne room, and a young guard spoke "Announcing her Highness Princess Lia ..." The young guard stop when he saw the wolf came running "and the princess's companion Disa."

Lia went up to her family.

"Good choices dress simple and elegant." Frigga said proudly.

"I would rather wear pants then a big dress." Lia said.

"Not as long as I rule as queen." Frigga said and Lia rolled her eyes.

The guard announces and Lia sighed. To greet the guests were not the best bit. The men always have their own way to greet the princess.

Lia have meet men who are nervous, spots or yells when they talk. Not so nice.

The royal family showed up in front of their guests and Jai's family made entrance.

They bowed before the royal family but no happy smiles.

"Let me introduce my wife Anne and my sons, Bjorn and Robb." Lord Jai presented Odin kissed his wife's hand and she gave a small smile at him.

"And let me introduce my family. My queen Frigga" Frigga greeted them welcome, "My sons Thor and Loki and my daughter Lia."

"Boys" Lord Jai told to his sons and the boys shook hands with Thor and Loki and both kissed Lia's hand.

Bjorn was a real gentleman but behaved nervous. When was he going to kiss Lia's hand, he hesitated but he manages to get to the finish.

Robb was really rude and barely shook hands, and when he came to Lia, she felt he was using his tongue as he kissed her hand and gave her a wink.

Then came a servant and told them that the food was served and Odin showed the way in.

Robb offered his arm for Lia with a sly grin, but Thor saved the moment and offered his instead. Lia thanked him and went into the dining room.

The table was full of all kinds of food. Odin and Jai talked about business. Frigga did her best by creating a conversation with Anne, which was not successful, she was barely interested.

Thor and the others also tried to discuss as best they could. Bjorn was talking about his interest and it was door locks and puzzles.

Robb grew tired of his geeky brother and looked rather at the maids who served wine.

When he asked for more wine from the young girl and then he fondled her and she felt frightened and uncomfortable.

Bjorn was trying to tell his younger brother to stop but he did not manage to say a word but got nervous and chose to keep quiet.

"Can you please let the girl be alone? We sit and eat and what you are doing is not pleasant." Loki said and looked annoyed at him but Robb looked at him as if he did not really understand.

But he left the girl alone and Lia told her that she could go home and the girl bowed thanks.

Lia and her brothers said nothing more to those of the rest of the dinner.


It was late and Lia decided to go to bed.

Lia was sitting in her room with Disa and brooding over the Trant's family.

Then she heard someone standing at the door. She went and opened the door and saw that they were Bjorn who was sitting on his knees.

"Spying on me?" she asked.

"No, no, no, no, no, I did not know that this was not your room. If I had known, I would have chosen some other room, I mean, I probably would have chosen a room that was empty or inhabited ..." Bjorn tried to explain.

"What are you doing outside my room Bjorn?" Lia sighed.

"Well, first I came here to apologize for my brother's behavior, and then I stopped myself because I thought you would be angry or something, and then I became more fascinated by the door lock." Bjorn pointed at the door, and Lia looked strangely at him.

Lia was a little more curious about what he just said and let him in.

"Look, I appreciate you coming here and I accept it, but why did you think I would be angry?"

"I do not know, some people do not usually like to talk or hang out with my family because of him, and he does not listen to what we others say." Bjorn told her, and Lia asked him to sit down.

"I know what the problem is. The problem is that you're a coward and you have to take the plunge and show whose boss."

"Should I kill him?" Bjorn asked confused and Lia rolled eyes.

"It was not what I meant. I mean you have to have courage to say No, I do all the time." Lia explained.

"I do not know, I've always been a little, just a little ... little frightened of him." Bjorn responded nervously.

"Seriously, you never barked or screamed at anyone when you're really angry?" Lia asked.

"No, never my mother would be frightened if she saw me get angry at someone or even raise my voice."

He sounded very pathetic but still sorry for him.

"My mother always said that I have to control myself because I'm the heir." Bjorn said.

"So how is it that you have to be invisible while your brother will behave like a pathetic rabbit?"

"I do not know, and my father does not seem to care that much, but mother is very proud of him."

Lia felt that he really needed something or do something that caused him to speak up. How in the world would it look like if when he becomes the new lord of Trant?

But of course she could not put themselves in their family affairs.

"Can I offer you something to drink?" Lia asked and went to fetch wine.

"Oh, no thanks, I do not drink and I've heard you can get dizzy." Bjorn said.

"Have you never drink wine?" Lia frowned.

"No I do not drink that kind of stuff. I drink gladly a glass of milk but the honey."

"What a wimp." Lia laughed at him. "Thus you have to learn to live up a bit." Lia push him on the back and sat down again

"You really think so, I do not know if I could be like that ... Wild"

Lia sigh it was completely useless. The guy's totally unsure of everything. But suddenly, she came to an idea.

"You know what? How about we go out to the pub and make a counteraction." Lia suggested.

"What do you mean?" Bjorn asked.

"I think you should go out and get a chance in the open."

"Why should I do?"

"Go out in the middle of the night and come home at dawn and look for the keyhole." Lia said

"Well, it sounds exciting, specialty if it is about door locks so." Bjorn said happily.

"Good then come on lets go." Lia said and walked out of the room.

But Bjorn stayed suddenly at the door and all the excitement was gone.

"I do not want to spoil anything, but actually, I'm not outputs type. Can we not do something at home?" Bjorn asked nervously.

Lia thought for a while and figured out the one place they could use. When she came there and took Bjorn.

They went into a small common room and there was a whole table full of various drinks and snacks.

"What are we doing here, and what should we do first?" Bjorn question curiously.

"Well, tonight you get to drink your first beer. I think we may collect two barrels you're a beginner." Lia said and Bjorn was not a bit nervous but quite calm and expectant.

"Bring two cups, it is under the table." Bjorn find two large beakers and Lia poured beer.

"This beer is not so strong and it clears the brain." Lia toasted and both drank and Bjorn got a real surprise.

"Oh, it was not so dangerous, it was really good actually." Bjorn said happily.

"Mm, it is." Lia said, and they continued to drink the beer.

"And now we'll have a few drinks to get a little kick start." Lia said.

"Okay what should we start with?" Bjorn went to the table and looked curiously at all the drinks.

"No, no drinks are when you mix different varieties. Let me show you, you pour into this bottle and then shake it." Lia explained.

"My friends and I do stuff like this almost all the time." Lia said.

"Okay, you get to choose first bottle which you want. One tip I tend to compare my family and friends with drinks and so it becomes a good atmosphere in the drink." Lia said.

So they did. They poured lots of different drinks and Bjorn had the honor to shake it. Last poured Lia in a very strong beer and the drink became red.

"We should be careful or otherwise we can get drunk." Bjorn said while Lia tried to find smaller glass.

"There were no smaller glasses, we have to take these. But we can drink slowly" Lia said and took out the big wide glasses.

"Ready, set ..." And both drank it all and after that it began to burn in their mouths, and Lia poured pure beer in Bjorn's cup, and Lia bowed down and drank from the barrel.

"Oh saved, who set fire to bonfire? I almost burned up" Bjorn said, and drank more.

"Me too, but this was good." Lia said and patted the barrel. Drunkenness began to get started.

"Yes you get used to." Bjorn said strong out.

"You do." Lia laughed.

"Do you feel that it tickles inside the nose? It feels like ants." Bjorn said and both laughing.

"But Lia my dear friend, what is it you have around?" Bjorn issue and Lia look after around her.

"Around on what?"

"Around the nose." Bjorn said Lia tried to looked at her nose and felt after, but found nothing.

"No, I'm sorry it's the face." Bjorn said and both laughing loudly.

"How about taking another drink?" Lia issue and Bjorn agreed.

"Mr. Bear gets ready for service ready for pouring." Lia cried and talk like a general and Bjorn did as he was told and retrieve two new glasses.

"All enforceable: Poooouuuuuurrrrrrr." Bjorn said Lia shook down beer in both glasses.

"I do not understand why people have not bid on this stuff before? I mean it's good." Bjorn said, and ended with a burp. Lia nodded.

"What sit here and hide, Apricot Beer?" Bjorn picked up a bottle from the table and Lia took it from his hand

"Apricot it is so tasty and healthy. Mother has said I should eat a lot of fruit."

"Yes, but this is just juice." Lia pointed.

"Oh where's the apricot then? Bjorn wonders.

Lia looked for the fruit and turned the bottle upside down and the beer flowed down on the floor.

"It has gone away. Who in the world has peed on the floor?" Lia looked at the floor.

"My tenacious brother." Bjorn said back and both laughing loudly.

"Bear, you want some food?" Lia took out a bowl of salad.

"Would you like some grass bear?"

"Yes why not? But it looks so sad. I do not think it is fun to be grass salad in this house." Bjorn check in the bowl.

"Nah, its many things that's not funny in this house, as a princess for example." Lia pointed out and tossed the salad out through the window.

She was almost self-fall out but managed to back away and put the bowl on a small table.

Bjorn went and sat in a pile of pillows.

"Think if you were a table or a chair or a couch ... and... everything just ... I ... what, what are you doing?" Lia was sitting on the couch and watched Bjorn was moving strangely in the pile.

"I'm trying to find the balance."

"You Bear what you think would be the most boring to be of everything in this house?"

"Carpet." Bjorn responded "A carpet why a carpet?" Lia ask.

"Imagine to just lying on your stomach on the cold floor, and being walked by everyone all the time and thought about someone sits down and get someone's ass on you." Bjorn responds.

"Lia and Bjorn sat and mumbled a while until Bjorn suggested that they would dance.

Both danced together and littered the place. They played bullfight, leaping from different places and played horse.

In the end, they stopped dancing and sat on the sofa.

"Thank you, to you both." Lia thanked Bjorn and he looked for the other person.

"Which?" He asks her and looked around for the other person.

"You and you."

"But I am only one."

"You got two faces." Lia said and Bjorn felt after on his face.

"It is not surprising that you are so lonely when you have two faces. It can never be quiet at home. Why do you have it?" Lia said.

"Because I will not feel so alone."

"Why do not you invite somebody" Lia said, and Bjorn began to whine.

"What is it?"

"It's my foot." Bjorn wailed.

"What's wrong with your foot?"

"I've lost one of my feet."

"Have you lost your feet?" Bjorn nodded. His feet were hidden under a blanket.

"How can I show myself to people now that I have two faces and only one foot?" Bjorn wailed even higher.

"Block all outputs nobody will leave the castle. Where did you have it last?" Lia stood up and shouted out over the whole room and asked Bjorn.

"Down there where the leg ends." Bjorn pointed down.

"Then it should be around here somewhere." Lia looked down everywhere on the floor and look.

"Here is the shoe then the foot should be nearby." Lia picked up the boot.

"Yes it should. Do you see anything?"

"No way it's quiet here I'll organize a drink." She said with a cheerful mood.

"What are you going to do with my shoe?"

"A lady always drinks out of a gentlemen's shoe. Or was it the opposite?" Lia explained.

"Not only do I get rid of the foot and now it gets wet too." Bjorn whined.

"If you do not want to, we won't."

"I do not want to."

"It is okay, it is okay, and it does not matter. You know what we should do, we go to bed instead." Lia said excited and Bjorn agreed.

"I feel really sleepy."

"You may want to go home?"

"Home? What should I do at home and do. I'm there so often." Bjorn shrugged and stood up.

"How's the foot?" Lia looked down at Bjorn's feet.

"Good, thanks."

"Is it back?"

"Yes, it seems so." He said, and both began to undress some of their clothes.

"What a strange pajama pants I can't get in my legs." Bjorn complained

"It's not the pants it's the jacket Bear." Lia said.

"I thought it was an unusual large fly."

"And now you can choose sleeping place at pleasure and my pleasure pointing straight ahead." Lia said, and she went into a small room and noticed a big bear skin rug on the floor.

"Oh the wilderness furnishings and bed on the floor and fire in the middle of the wall what luxury. But it was really what you were pale little friend." Lia told the carpet and patted the bear head.

"But you should not be sad because now you see here I come down to you." Lia said and threw the rug over her and slept.

And Bjorn had taken off his shirt and just wearing pants. He stood still, muttering a few words to himself.

"But God, how it looks, it looks like a battlefield, someone should clean up here." He stood up and looks around.

"He can certainly but now he doesn't have the energy because now he must sleep." He spoke for himself and fell straight down on the floor behind the couch.

"No, no hugs here, thanks." Lia moved the arms out on the skin and fall back asleep again.


A little later the lord and lady Trant in to the room and offered a small drink. When it came in was the surprise of clutter all over the room.

"But oh, but what it looks like. Excuse the mess here." Frigga apologized and picked away a little on the floor.

While Jai fetched a bottle of red wine sat Anne on couch. Meanwhile woke a drunken Bjorn behind the couch and watched a little bit but then fell to the floor again.

Jai took his wife's glass and Anne fixed on her hands and without both notice Bjorn came back up and took the glass from his father's hand and drank it all.

"Nah, I do not understand why you chose to join peace with these people. The whole evening was a completely bored and not even my boys had fun. Did you even know what the princess told Robb?"

"So if Robb has been yelled at by a girl that's not the end of the world." Jai said.

"Even the Queen was quite boring and the dress she was wearing." Anne complained and took the glass from Bjorn and he fell down again.

"But Jai the glass is empty." Anne pointed out.

"Huh already but then I get a new one." Jai said, and went to get more, but Anne did not understand anything. "Already what do you mean by that?" Anne frowned while Bjorn came up again and drank from his father's glass and went down again.

"Well what do you think? I hope this is a little longer then." Jai said, but Anne just frowned, "What are you talking about?"

"No nothing." Jai saw his glass and was a bit disappointed and thought that his wife had been drinking his wine too.

"Cheers then my dear?"

"Yes, yes cheers." Jai said gruffly.

"What is the matter with you? Do not you wanna toast with me?"

"Well, when given the opportunity." Jai said, and showed up the glass but Anne still did not understand "Now I do not keep up, what is it you're so pissed?" Anne asked.

"You do not keep up you evict into you like a dog."

"Do I look like a dog?" Anne shouted.

"HEY." Bjorn came up and cried out, and his parents were frightened.

"Bjorn what's the meaning of this?" Anne said, surprised "What?" Bjorn said quite groggy.

"You've been drinking."

"Well that's just the beginning." He said and chuckle.

"Bjorn, I want an explanation for this. Here, it looks like an earthquake, and you are drunk for the first time. Something must have happened?"

"Happened and happened I had little ride in the keyhole."

"What are you saying? Ride in the keyhole?" Anne said, "Yes, we were going to look for something."

"We should take him to his room and talk this through." Jai said sternly "An excellent idea, GO..." Bjorn said, and fell down on his stomach.

Then Odin and Frigga came into the room.

"Excuse me, we disturb but have you seen our daughter somewhere?" Frigga asked.

"No, unfortunately we do not know where she is, but this evening has invited so many surprises so who knows."

"What do you mean by that?" Odin asked and Anne showed the mess in the room and her drunken son who went around babbling to himself.

"What happened here?" Odin asked.

"He was like that when we arrived and my son has never been drunk, and he would never do it voluntarily. He must have been forced into this." Anne said angrily.

"What have you been doing tonight?" Odin asked.

"I have danced with the princess." Bjorn said drunk with a cheerful face.

Just then came Thor and Loki in with an angry Robb with them and had salad in his hair.

"Yes?" Odin said.

"I have never been so insulted. I took a little walk outside and suddenly somebody thru food on me." Robb said frustrated and removed salad from his hair.

"We saw him and he blames on us just because we just happened to be nearby." Thor said angry and then everyone began too in the room to quarrel and Bjorn just sat on the sofa and daydreamed.

"What a terrible sound to wake up to." Everyone turned toward the voice and someone crawled on all fours with a bear fur on itself, it was Lia.

"Have you no respect to those who have gone into hibernation?" Lia said tired and walked around on the floor and babbling.

"Here I lie and sleep, and so will you, and packs in in this way. Then you scream and say: I have never been so insulted." Lia said, nodding with bear head as if it were talking.

"Lia is it really you?" Frigga asked her daughter, and she wiggled her butt.

"Are you sure you want an answer?"

"What has happened?" Odin shouted irritated.

"Do not wake the bear who's sleeping. We take a serious meeting about it tomorrow. Now I go to sleep." Lia said and went.

"Does anyone see if she wears any trousers?" Anne said worried.

"How could I have that? He took them." Lia said sitting up and pointed at Bjorn who raised up a hand looked like he had made a victory.

"What have you been doing here?" Odin said.

"Well it is not so strange to figure out in the condition they are in." Robb said humiliated.

"Do you have permission and be here? It's private area here. Next time ..." Bjorn said to his brother, and was interrupted by his father.

"There will be no next time son."

"But next, next time then."

"There will be no more next time."

"Did you hear there will be no next time?" Bjorn told Lia that emerged from her den.

"We do not care." Lia said, and her parents were ashamed of their daughter.

"Lia what has happened?" Odin asked his daughter.

"Nothing. We had a little party and then Bjorn wanted to learn to dance." Lia said and smiled.

"Oh you did?"

"Yes, we did." Lia and Bjorn laughed together.

"No, that's enough. I do not know if I should take no more. Tomorrow we leave." Anne said firmly and Jai agreed and took their son.

"Goodbye Bjorn." Lia said.

"Bye, Lia." Bjorn said, and was pulled by his father and brother until bed and Lia were also sent to bed and she fell asleep at once.


Late the next morning Frigga came rushing into the room and Lia jumped out of bed.

"Mom, is it you."

"Yes, unfortunately. Your father and brothers are in the throne room with the family Trant and discuss peace talks."

"Yes, yes, can you give me something for my head please? But do not make so much noise"

"So you would rather that I play nurse and takes care of you?"

"No, not today."

"Lia this time you've really messed up. Can you not for once, not mismanage yourself?"

"I just wanted to help Bjorn."

"Help with what?"

"To dare to do things, he is his country's heir and one day he'll do several things each day, and then he must show up and prove himself worthy. When he came here he dared hardly speak. You should be happy that I help, mother."

"I really appreciate you want to help but you have no idea ..." Then Thor and Loki into the room.

"Mother, you cannot imagine what Lia has done." Thor said.

"I can imagine." Frigga and said crossed her arms.

"Are you listening Lia?" Loki asked.

"Whenever I want." Lia said tiresome and brothers rolled their eyes.

"Mother listen to us Lia has saved us from war." Thor said to his mother Frigga got a surprise.

"Huh?"

"Lord Jai and Lady Ella was just to explain what they thought of us and then suddenly appeared Bjorn from nowhere and takes over and says how he feels and having scolded his parents and thanked father for having such a clever princess like Lia and then felt Jai had to make his peace agreement with father, and now we have peace." Thor explained and Frigga and Lia looked at them as if it were true.

"Really? Tell me, how did his parents face out?" Lia asked with a headache.

"Shocked." Loki replied, and Lia liked that answer.

"I did not expect Bjorn had it in him. But there you see."

"But what happens now." Frigga asked.

"Father and Lord Jai write some papers while their servants packing for the trip home." Loki explained.

"How nice."

"Great. Well that ends well, as I asked nicely before you could get something for my head?" Lia whined and went back to bed.

Since that day was Bjorn more daring and talk more with people. He and Lia became good friends and kept in touch.

Bjorn went on more council meetings with his father and he asked his mother and younger brother to pull themselves more and asked his father talking to his son Robb and asked him to also join the meetings, take care of certain duties like Bjorn doing and who knows one day the seventh kingdom get a brilliant new leader and lord.