If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
-Chinese Proverb
I don't own Vikings.
Chapter 1
Merope is feeling the soft wind that is outside of her cage window.
'The Air is changing course.' She thought to herself as it is another day or night for her to sit in the prison.
She heard noises coming from outside. She was mumbling in her gag muzzle as she tried to focus her hearing. Her eyes are covered in blindfold. Her feet and body chains are the only thing she could do. She shackles them in loud noises for those who can hear from her chapel tower.
Meanwhile…
Ragnar came walking as the monks are terrified about them going to the chapel tower.
"Why are they afraid of that?" Ragnar pointed his axe at the tower.
Athelstan answered, "They are afraid."
"Of what exactly priest?" Floki hissed giggly at that tower.
"A monster." Athelstan looked on worried at the tower. He had heard stories that scared him when he was a child at the monastery. Ragnar is curious of what monster did the monks had to locked it away into a tower.
Ragnar, Athelstan, Floki and King Horik walked to the tower and Ragnar pressed his hand on the door. He can feel the heat like a hot water bath steam. He can smell something burning in there. The hearing of boiling bubbles made Ragnar think.
What monster can they be so afraid of?
He used his axe to cut opened the door.
Dash! Thrust! Bang! He repeated his action to get inside the door. The door itself is torn and thrashed all over, but none less it's good enough to enter.
By Gods he did not expected this sight.
Merope has been having strange dreams, of thunders, ships are sailing the seas and men are carrying shields with swords in their hands. They are coming.
In her tower they form many traps and her arms are like straight jacket. They warped her in chains of silver that still burns her skin every now and then.
Her half of face muzzled and gagged inside of a cloth tide around her mouth. She sat on a stool and around her is a bar square cage.
The outer of cage is a big gapped of hole around her with crossbows ready to aim at her or intruders. The circle hole is filled with mercury mixed in silver that is still boiling and hot.
"I see no monster, just a girl." Floki tilted his head curiously at that sight.
Athelstan looked on confused at why his God's house would do this to a child. What sin had she done? Why do they call her a monster?
Well, looks like Ragnar and the rest of them are taking her to their home.
This was short, but don't worry more to come. Reviews and comments.