Chapter 4:
Asgard 25 years ago:
Everything in the royal palace was an uproar, there were servants crying, some members of the royal court screaming. Odin entered with his soldiers carrying Sigyn's body some of them containing their tears. Loki on the other hand was walking serene like nothing had happened, He didn't want to show weakness in front of court or the servants, but inside he wanted to scream and break everything in sight. Thor sensed his younger brothers' action so he kept quiet about them. Minutes later a figure appeared in front of all of them, it was Freya asking where her daughter was,
"Where is she?! All father, where is my daughter?!" Freya asked Odin.
Odin looked down his face full of grief and sorrow, "I am so sorry Freya, but your daughter committed a stupidity, she took her own life!" the all father told Freya
"What?! NO!" Freya shouted, then quickly looked at Loki who was looking at his mother in law with piercing eyes, "This is YOUR FAULT! You miserable Boar!" Freya shouted at the youngest Prince of Asgard. she stepped forward towards Loki but the guards intercepted her.
"You dare raise your voice to a prince of Asgard and insult him in front of the court!? I SHALL HAVE YOUR HEAD VALKYRIE!" Loki addressed Freya with the look of a mad man, about to cast a magic blast towards her, his fist glowing a very bright green. Thor was ready to defend his brother at all cost.
"ENOUGH! This is a time of grief, this is unnecessary!" Odin shouted.
"Forgive me all father" Freya replied looking down "At least let me and my Valkyries prepare her of a proper funeral, it is the least she deserves" Freya continued.
"She will be Tended but her hand maidens, and will be given the proper funeral for a princess of Asgard!" Loki said still giving her a menacing look.
"I was HER MOTHER! She was meant to be a Valkyrie before you interfered and married her!" Freya replied with the same menacing look he gave her.
"I am her husband! You have no say here Freya" said Loki "If she was to become a Valkyrie then why was she betrothed to Theoric" He continued.
"It did not matter if she married a peasant, but since she married a Prince of Asgard she had Royal Duties that prevented her from training, you ruined her! You destroyed her life!" Freya Scolded.
Though he did not show it, Freya's words were sharp as blades and they were causing deep wounds, deeper than any physical harm.
"She will have both a Funeral of a Princes of Asgard and following your traditions Freya that of the Valkyries and Vanaheim, so I command it!" Odin ordered and left the premises, Thor and Loki followed behind.
Loki did not like one bit the all fathers' decision. But he did not protest Freya was her mother and she has all the right to prepare her daughter's body for the Funeral. Freya left and did just that, she had a smirk in her face as she exited the great hall, for she knew what was truly happening and felt victorious, her plan had worked.
Underneath the palace was a room were Sigyn's body was lying there, present was Freya and 3 of her Valkyries whose names were Göndul, Mist and Sigrún, the last had brought the body of an unidentified dead woman.
"Good you brought the body I instructed, were did you find it Sigrún?" asked Freya
"She died of an Illness, poor girl" said Sigrún, sadness reflecting her eyes.
"Now her body will serve our porpoises, Göndul, Mist join hands with us we shall now perform the spell!" Said Freya.
As they joined hands circling the dead woman's body they chanted the spell, suddenly a blue light surrounded the body and in seconds it transformed in to an exact copy of Sigyn. All four Women opened their eyes to look upon their work.
"Amazing!" said the voice of a woman behind them. They all turned to look and there was a cloaked woman behind them, her face was unrecognizable.
"Sisters, take this body and prepare it for the funeral, I have a certain business to attend with this lady present" Said Freya dismissing all three Valkyries. Bowing their heads, they obeyed the orders and took the body to prepare for the funeral later that night.
"I was wondering where you were?" said Freya
"Forgive me I was delayed on other business" said the cloaked woman, when she took of the hood of from her face it revealed to be none other than Amora the enchantress.
"You are risking your life with this stunt Freya, not only would you have to face Odin's wrath but Loki's as well" said Amora, looking down at Sigyn's sleeping body.
"let me worry about that if it happens, I will take care of everything, he will not find her, and you very well be wise to keep the secret, for now you are involved as well" Freya replied.
"Not until I have what I desire, do you have my payment?" said Amora, Freya smirked and produced out of thin air a small bag and said,
"Yes, now do as you promised!" Amora bowed her head and proceeded "As you wish!"
"We must act quickly, the potion will lose its effects soon" Freya said.
Amora stood behind Sigyn's head while Freya was at her feet. They each kept eye contact towards each other and began chanting a spell in old Norse that created a dark cloud on top of Sigyn's body the chanting intensified and a red light came from outside the cloud.
The chant was as followed:
Guardians of the watchtowers of time, reverse her clock, reverse her age, clear all memories from her past, and reverse her clock, an infant to be once more; Time to be reborn!
They repeated the chant a couple of times more until the adult body of Sigyn was no more, in front of them was the body of a new born child, crying, Freya had to hold her tears.
"I Didn't think I was capable of doing this!" said Amora with a sudden surprise, Freya took the baby and wrapped her in a silk blanket she began soothing her cries, Baby Sigyn calmed quickly at her mother's touch.
"I must go now I shall return for the funeral tonight" said Freya Giving Amora her payment, "Now be well to remember to keep the secret!" Freya ordered her and left.
Amoras' eyes followed Freya as she left with the infant in her arms" she smirked as the doors closed, "we shall see how long this lasts, Valkyrie for now I shall dance to your tune" Amora said after she was alone in the hall.
Freya once in the bifrost asked Heimdall for safe passage, the man in golden armor looked at Freya but said nothing,
"I am surprised you said nothing, nor alerted the prince and the All-father, Gatekeeper" said Freya Holding the sleeping child in her arms.
"I to have seen the sufferings of the princess Sigyn and I believe she deserves a second chance, now hear this Lady Freya, sometimes when destiny want two people together it always finds a way, no matter your efforts to keep them apart" Heimdall said as he opened the portal
"I will keep that in mind, but I will not let that happen, thank you for keeping the secret, I shan't be long" Said Freya before crossing the portal.
Midgard 25 years ago, Buffalo, New York
Convent of the Blessed Sacrament:
In an office there was a woman in her forties praying in front of the image of the virgin Marry with a rosary in hand, when a light shone the whole office. Startled she turned to see a black hooded figure in front of her though she didn't feel fear, she stood up and addressed the figure,
"It has been long my friend, tell me what brings you to Midgard, Lady Freya?" Said the Woman
"Sister Tarja, how you have changed you look older, I still cannot believe you left the Order and became a mortal" Said Freya taking off the hood
"One must find their own happiness, my lady" Said Sister Tarja
"As a Christian nun, how Ironic, but to each its own!" replied Freya "I need a favor from you my friend"
"And what would that be?" asked sister Tarja
"I need you to take care of my daughter for me, I need you to be her mother, raise her as your own, you are the only one I can trust" Freya said, near her sleeping on a basket was her daughter, baby Sigyn. Tarja recognized her in an instant for she used to take care of Sigyn back in Vanaheim when she served Freya and Njord as a Valkyrie.
"How can this be possible, what did you do Freya? Wasn't she married to Prince Loki?" Asked Tarja thinking she could be punished for high treason if she ware to help Freya.
"I know what you are thinking and no, he does not suspect a thing, he thinks she committed suicide. He saw her do it. Please Tarja Remember the favor I did for you long ago, I have come to collect the one you owe me!" Freya said
"But… take care of a child? I have no means!" said Tarja
"I will give you everything you need so you can both be comfortable!" Freya Promised her
"You don't have to give me an answer right away but at least think about it, and remember… You owe me!" said Freya.
Tarja stood still for a moment and remembered how Sigyn was when she used to take care of her in the halls of Vanaheim, how Freya never was an attentive mother and how in many ways Sigyn herself was shunned by her own family for having dwarf blood in her system. And so Tarja gave in, and she took the baby in her arm. She always wanted a child but never had the chance, the baby was sleeping soundly and Tarja noticed there was a golden bracelet in her tiny wrist wrapped that was too big for her.
"I will take her in to my care, adopt her under the Midgardian laws and raise her as my own" Tarja said with a smile on her face as she looked at the sweet babe on her arms.
"It's settled then, I will provide you with what you need, I must leave for now I shall send you provisions. I have a Funeral to attend to" said Freya with a victorious smile on her face. "I am Indebted to you now Tarja! Until we meet again" and then Freya disappeared from sight.
Tarja Looked at the baby and began cradling her while humming an Old Norse lullaby, she began talking to the child,
"What shall we name you?" Tarja said, in that instant the baby opened her beautiful big blue eyes and looked up at Sister Tarja she smiled back at her happy, the baby Sneezed and Tarja laughed saying
"Bless you my child!"
She thought, since her name was Sigyn, she found a perfect name for her Cynthia another name for Artemis the Greek moon Goddess a perfect name for another Goddess, and the name sounded similar to her old one. Tarja picked up the basket and went to the convents nursery were they kept other orphans and gave orders to the other nuns to bring a cradle up to her quarters. Tarja Tucked baby Cynthia in and rocked her to sleep while singing the Old Norse lullaby the baby fell asleep immediately.
"Sleep tight, my Cynthia" whispered Sister Tarja.
Asgard, Present Time:
The next morning Loki summoned Amora, he needed more details about all of this situation, when he dismissed Amora earlier he opened a trans-dimensional window and observed Sigyn the rest of the day, the moment he watched her she was dining with some friends. As it would seem she was definitely sensitive to magic she felt his presence when he was watching her and in his nature he couldn't help but speak to her soul, and her mind, saying "I found you!" in a rather possessive tone, when he saw the fear in her face and he felt that triggered something so he followed her until she fell sound asleep and entered her dreams. He discovered that she was having dreams about him, so that meant her memories were still in her subconscious, and he was going to use that for his advantage; he was going to get His Sigyn back. After he entered Sigyn's dream he stayed all night reading books and checking spells to restore memories and about what sort of spell was used on Sigyn to reverse her age and erase her memories. His appearance looked Horrible, he had dark circles under his eyes all he had on was a green silk shirt and his leather trousers, his hair tossed and messy, he didn't look well
"You look Horrid" Said Amora surprised to see her former Lover the way he was.
"Thank you for noticing, Amora, I need your help" Loki answered back while giving her an annoyed look.
"Wow! the news that your wife is alive must have taken effect on you… then again you almost killed me when I gave you the news, I should have used a slave instead that way the harm would have been done to him and not me! Then again you would have killed him and not believe him" said Amora showing the mark Loki left her on her neck "What is it that you need, Loki?" she asked.
"I need you to accompany me to Midgard, worry not you shall be well rewarded, but I cannot do this alone" Loki said his back facing her while looking at his spell books.
"I have an Idea how you can get close to her" said Amora while smirking,
"Then we must plan this thoroughly, we leave a weeks' time, I shall make all the arrangements for our departure!" said Loki, he then paused and turned back to face Amora "My brother cannot know of this!"
"Oh I have always loved a good intrigue!" Amora replied with a Huge grin on her face.
Buffalo New York:
Present time
Cynthia and Annabelle arrived to buffalo New York with Annabelle's parents, since they were heading back to their home they decided to hitch a ride with them. Cynthia had finished her intense courses a day before and asked for a week off from her job, her boss was more than happy to give it to her; Even he saw she needed a break. She looked out the cars window and felt relaxed at the change of scenery. Buffalo was a city none the less but for Cynthia it was home, she missed her house and her mutsi. Her mother had a house at Elmwood Village, they lived there peacefully and happy since she was a child. Annabelle's parents lived close by in an estate near a small lake and wilderness, Cynthia and Anabelle used to hang out a lot there by the pool, swim in the lake by Annabelle's house. Cynthia's mind drifted away with old memories and before she knew it they had arrived to her house. She picked up her bags and agreed to meet Annabelle and her family at their house later for dinner, she promised to bring her mother with her. As the car disappeared in the distance Cynthia approached the front door and knocked on it, the door opened and Sister Tarja was in front of Cynthia Hugging her with tears in her eyes for she hadn't seen her daughter in many months.
"My sweet child! Finally you've come to visit your mutsi!" Said Tarja.
"Mother! I've missed you so! I'm so happy to be home!" said Cynthia tearful as well.
"And I am happy you're here come, let's get you inside" Said Tarja.
She wasn't wearing her usual Habit for she was in her house and had house work to do, but wore rather conservative clothing, a black sweater with long jeans, she picked up one of Cynthia's suitcases and helped her settle in her old room. Her room was the same as she left it, perhaps with a difference like a new comforter and curtain picked by her mother in Cynthia's favorite colors purple, pink and black. Cynthia left her bags in her room and headed downstairs, her mother had made her favorite hot cocoa with double hot fudge cookies and assorted cheeses for a snack, that cheered her on even more. Cynthia told Tarja of the dinner party at Annabelle's parents later that evening, her mother agreed to accept the invite, They went in to the family room and sat down to watch a movie on the TV set while they ate their snacks. Little did they know, they were being watched by a certain God of mischief, across the nine realms.
"Soon my dear, we shall be together again, very soon!" Said the God, with a wicked and maniacal grin that along with the green light, the shadows surrounding his face and the regal black and green armor with the horned helmet that he wore, made him look even more sinister.