Hiya! Recently finished the Magnus Chase books, and I'm gonna write a fic about this! Hope you enjoy!
Alex Fierro: Class in session!
One day, during battle training, Alex got an idea.
He had been busy about to behead a 18th-century cavalier with his Garrote when a French Revolutionary soldier came rushing towards him, firing his rifle into Alex's stomach. Pain slowly spreading through his lower body, Alex released the Cavalier's body and fell backwards. As he lay on the ground, the French Revolutionary helped up the Cavalier.
"You have my gratitude, my friend!" Cried the Cavalier, gratefully accepting the revolutionary's help back to his feet before gesturing to Alex "She's a very fierce warrior! Reminds me of my life..."
"He's a fierce warrior!" Corrected Alex, his voice rather strained as he slowly bled out.
The two soldier looked at Alex.
"I thought you were a girl." Replied the Revolutionary "That's how un de mes ami described you, anyway!"
"I'm Transgender and Genderfluid!" Groaned Alex, trying and failing to get up "Whoever told you had probably heard of me when I was a girl at the time."
"Quel?"
But before Alex could ask for a translation, his boyfriend Magnus came to his aid, beheading the Cavalier with his Hotel Valhalla Standard Sword and exchanging blows with the revolutionary. He had gotten better during the last few months in Valhalla. A lot better. Unfortunately, he still needed work, as when he attempted a stab, the revolutionary struck the sword downwards with his bayonet. Before any of them had realised, Magnus had stabbed him in a very unfortunate place. And Yes, I mean that very unfortunate place.
The revolutionary howled in pain, which was pretty reasonable, all things considered.
"Ooh! Sorry man!" Winced Magnus.
"Pas de soucis. It was an accident. And partly my fault." groaned the revolutionary, right before Alex cut his head off.
"Man, I really gotta be more careful in training battles." Winced Magnus.
Alex shrugged, looking a bit irritated "Least he wasn't mad."
"Is... something wrong?" Asked Magnus, casually stabbing backwards and taking out a sneak attacker.
"Not really." Replied Alex, horizontally bisecting a nearby Anglo-Saxon.
"Alex, we talked about bottling up your feelings."
Alex sighed in defeat, and grabbed Magnus's hand. He started leading Magnus over to a nearby bunch of large bushes, the couple killing Einherjar on the way. They both dived into the middle of the bushes, hiding themselves from sight.
"So, those guys we just killed mistook me for a girl. Apparently, someone the French Guy knew told him so."
Magnus frowned "Did they-"
"No, Maggie. They just seem confused about it."
"So, what's bothering you?" asked Magnus, as they heard Halfborn and Mallory alternating between slashing, teasing each other and snogging nearby.
"It's just... I wish more people in Valhalla knew about gender identities." sighed Alex, slumping his shoulders.
Magnus kissed his boyfriend and gave a sad smile "Anything I can do?"
Alex shook his head "No, it's just I wish someone would teach-" At that moment, he got his idea "Hey, maybe I can host a class to teach more people about it!"
At that moment, the bushes randomly set on fire and they both soon choked to death. What a fun way to end a conversation.
...
The minute Alex woke up in his room, he began planning the lessons in his mind. He got up and walked to the feast hall, where everyone was having lunch. His Hallmates were having feast beast sandwiches and falafel that Magnus brought in.
Upon finding his hallmates, Alex explained his plan to them all. All of them responded with different statements.
"A worthy challenge! I'll help you as best I can!" Roared Halfborn, slamming his enormous fist on the table.
"Me too! I can make leaflets and posters for you." Grinned T.J., tipping his hat to Alex.
Mallory gave a nod "If anyone says anything bad about this, I'll kill them. Horribly."
"We're already dead Mack, but thanks anyway." Smiled Alex, fist-bumping Mallory.
"I'm in." Announced Magnus before Alex could even turn to him. The son of Loki responded by kissing his boyfriend, which was rudely interrupted when Jack appeared out of nowhere, announcing some romantic shenanigans he'd just had with a 'Stunning Ball and Chain'.
...
An hour later, T.J. had made his leaflets, which were pretty good. Apart from the 'Also includes Free Uphill Charging' bit. Alex made T.J. take them out.
They spent hours handing them out to Einherjar in the feast hall. Things took a turn for the better when Sam offered to hand them out to people around Asgard. This was received with gratitude from Alex, who gave her an air-hug. She set off five minutes later.
"So..." said Halfborn "What do we do now?"
"Kill each other?" Suggested T..J.
"NO!" groaned Magnus loudly "I am NOT in the mood right now."
...
A few days later, Alex, Samirah, and her hallmates stood in the front of a whiteboard in a spare room the Staff had lent her as her new class filed in. Most of them were Einherjar, but there were some Valkyries too, and even a few gods. The deity Alex was most surprised to see was Thor sitting down on a chair. She wasn't really expecting him after that Business in his garage when they were looking for his hammer. She decided not to question it.
Oh, by the way. She was a girl today. She wore green joggers and a pink Polo shirt,
After about half an hour, the class was full. In fact, there were so many people that about a dozen were standing up since they didn't have a chair.
She took a deep breath, then began.
"Hey, everyone. I'm Alex, and these-" She gestured to Magnus, T.J., Samirah, Mallory and Halfborn "-Are my hallmates. And my Sister. We are here to teach you about gender identities. Any questions?"
Several 'Students' put their hands up.
She sighed. This was going to take a while.
...
The lesson started off pretty well. She had began with what the Term 'Transgender' meant. People began writing it down. A few people put their hands up, but only to ask polite questions. She was about to move on when she saw someone else put their hand up.
"You." She pointed at a Viking with a moustache as big as her head what's your question?"
"So... are Transgender People Argr's?" he asked, twiddling his impressive moustache.
Alex gritted her teeth and mentally told herself to calm down, which she found pretty difficult. She was sick of that term. Fortunately, Magnus stepped in.
"No, they aren't. And Alex finds that term pretty offensive." He told the viking in a stern tone. Alex made a mental note to kiss him when this was over. Wow. They were turning into Mallory and Halfborn in terms of how frequent they kissed, weren't they?
The Viking winced "Sorry, Sorry." He muttered, writing something down on the sheet. Many other members of the class also began writing something down. Hopefully not to say that term.
...
About fifteen minutes later, the lesson took a nasty turn. And no, it wasn't any of the student's fault.
She was explaining Demigenders (Which, for those of you that don't know, is 'Feeling a partial connection to a certain gender identity'. Like a demiboy identifies as both genderless and Male. Hope that's informative!) when a puff of green smoke appeared next to her out of nowhere.
When it cleared, Loki was revealed to be standing there. Wonderful. Just wonderful. He totally wasn't going to ruin the lesson.
"My, my my!" He cackled as people began screaming and drawing their weapons. "I decide to pay you a visit and I see you teaching the minds of yesterday!" Grinning evilly, he spread out his arms and snakes appeared on them, slithering down his body and onto the ground. They headed towards the students. The Einherjar wouldn't have stayed dead for long, but Alex knew this wasn't about killing Einherjar. This was about getting revenge on her for getting him locked up again.
Alex drew her Garrote and prepared to be rid of her mother. However, something large flew towards him and swung his hammer at the sliver of essence. Mjolnir thudded against Loki like a wrecking ball to a falling-down building. No less than half a minute after he had appeared, Loki had been decapitated and his sliver of essence faded.
That had to be the shortest time a bit of Loki's essence had been physical. Well, the shorter the better.
She turned to Thor "Uuuuuhhh... thanks."
He roared with laughter "Do not mention it, Alex Fierro! I owe you for getting my hammer back! Also, I've been wanting to smash him in the face for centuries! Also many other places!"
"Feeling's mutual." smirked Alex. Then she thought of something "Why'd you attend the class anyway?"
"No reason at all!" Replied Thor. Anyone could see he was lying.
"No reason?" Asked a voice.
They all turned to see Sif, wearing cloud-white robes and looking immaculate as always "Allow me to explain, Alex my dear."
"No! Don't tell her!" Cried Thor flushing with embarrassment and attempting to hide behind his hammer. Needless to say, this didn't work.
"He wanted to try and learn since that argument you had in our garage." Smiled Sif, spreading her arms "He wouldn't have admitted it without my help. He's too proud and stubborn for that."
Thor and Alex stared at each other for a minute.
Unfortunately, before anyone could say anything, Alex felt a sharp pain in her Ankle. A snake had snuck up on her and bitten her on the ankle. Pretty annoying, all things considered.
...
Some collapsing, throthing at the mouth, writhing on the ground and one horrible death later, Alex awoke in her bed.
She sat up and groaned, pinching the brow of her nose.
This had not gone the way she had planned.
Why did Loki have to ruin everything!?
There was a knock on the door "Alex?" It was Magnus.
She sighed "Come in."
Magnus poked his head through the door and walked in. He was carrying a box.
"I made you something." He announced, a bright red blush on his face as he plonked the box to one side of Alex and sat down on the other.
After a brief sigh, she opened it.
Inside was a white vase.
Gingerly, she took it out and looked it over.
On it were images of things she and Magnus had done before, like of her beheading Magnus... Creating Pottery Barn... their first kiss... and rainbow-coloured words saying: 'YOU ARE YOU, AND I LOVE YOU FOR THAT'
magnus looked away, rubbing the back of his head "I guessed you'd be feeling down after what happened, so..."
Alex didn't know what to say.
She just stared at the images for... well, she didn't count the seconds. Or Minutes. Or whatever.
Eventually, she gathered her thoughts.
"Magnus..." She began, slowly and carefully "...I love you."
Magnus rested his head on her shoulder. She smiled and kissed him. He kissed her back.
He chuckled "Gods, we're turning into Mallory and Halfborn, aren't we?"
"Yeah. Pretty much." Laughed Alex, kissing him again as if to prove it.
Magnus put an arm round Alex "We'll host another lesson Friday. How's that sound?"
"Perfect."
Alex was enjoying this so much that for once she just wanted to stay like that forever.
Then Magnus had a better idea "Hey, wanna watch Spider-man?"
"Helheim, yeah!"
...
I hope you enjoyed that! I initially wasn't planning to have Loki send part of his essence to ruin Alex's lesson, but I think that ultimately made this fic better.
Favourite and review!
