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Judgment Day/The Trial
"Joan! We got your fish and chips!" Anna was yelling holding up the greasy food tray.
Anna and Elsa had just made it back to the docs and were looking for their friend. As Anna was shouting and making a scene Elsa was looking around the boats. Meanwhile every other person around them was thinking, "What is with these wired Americans?"
"Anna I don't see Joan anywhere." Elsa says.
"Maybe, she isn't done feeding Ping yet." Anna said not being able to resist putting a single dry in her mouth.
"I'm a little worried, it isn't like Joan to be late for something. I mean it's already 20 past noon."
AGHHH-AHHA!
A loud scream is heard from out of nowhere. Everyone at the docks jerk in surprise upon hearing the scream. But none were more scared and surprised than Anna. She faces her new girlfriend worryingly.
"Elsa! That's Kristoff's scream!"
"What? No, that can't be right! Kristoff is back in..."
Elsa is cut off by another scream.
"AGHHHHH-AHHA!"
"Definitely Kristoff!"
"It came from that big boat over there!" Said an old man as he pointed at the massive white yacht in the harbor. On it's side were golden letters that spelled out "Thin Wood", which disturbed Elsa for some reason. As Anna and Elsa looked at it the screams became louder.
"Let's go!"
Anna shouts ready to run over but Elsa grabs her by the arm.
"Elsa let go of me we have to save Kristoff."
"Anna think! Why would Kristoff be here? They are using him as bait to lure us in." Elsa explains.
"Well we can't just let Kristoff get hurt!"
"I know but we can't just go barging in! We need a plan."
The screaming stops abruptly, but it just makes Anna more worried.
"The plan is save Kristoff!" Anna said jolting her arm, breaking free of Elsa's grip.
"Anna wait! Think about this!"
Elsa calls out to Anna who is sprinting to the ship.
Elsa sighs, she stays where she stands for a moment, then runs after her.
Anna gets to the ship, but there is no walkway connecting the doc to the ship.
Anna tries jumping up thinking that Thor's belt would make her leg muscles strong enough to leap high. Apparently that wasn't the case.
"Hold up Anna." Elsa said catching up to Anna. Stopping next to the jumping redhead. "Anna, let's try this."
With the wave of her hand a blast of ice shot from Elsa's palm. The power released created a frosty stairway with armrests. Wasn't exactly pretty, but one Elsa took the first step it hardened into pure, beautiful ice. As she walked up the staircase, dragging her hands across the rails Anna followed behind her. She would have marveled at the flawless ice stairs Elsa was making but right now she was preoccupied on rescuing Kristoff.
Once they reached the top Anna started running around the wooden deck. Shouting "Kristoff" frantically while throwing life jackets overboard. Like a little girl trying to find her favorite doll. Elsa calmly got on her knees; she lowered the side of her face to the ground, connecting her ear to the wood. She hears loud breathing.
"Anna! He's below deck!" Elsa shouts.
Anna stops. Her face becomes more serious. She gets on her own knees and forces her fingers between the planks of wood. They looked new and thick, yet the bent and cracked with Anna's mighty fingers (please don't take that the wrong way). Anna ripped the boards of like it was nothing, removing a large chunk of wood. The hole wasn't perfect but it was large enough for two girls to get through. Anna jumps right in. Elsa goes really fat after her.
They land right in their feet.
"You know we could have taken the stairs." Says Elsa.
"Look!"
Anna points to a small, dark corner of the room. There they see Kristoff lying with his back against the wall and his head slumped. He was naked except for his underwear, which was stained red. The rest of his body was covered in bloody cuts, burns and a large gushing wound on his arm with hat looked like a massive bite mark. His nose was also broken and he had a dirty rag in his mouth, breathing heavily.
"Kristoff!" Anna and Elsa scream in horror, they rush over to Kristoff and kneel beside him. As Elsa ices his wounds Anna removes the rag from his mouth.
"Kristoff are you ok? I mean no your not ok but are you going to be!?"
"Kristoff I'm sorry, this is all my fault. Oh, I never should have let you guys get involved." Elsa said, really hating herself at the moment.
"No Elsa this isn't your fault, come on help me get Kristoff out of here."
"G-Guys...it's a..." Kristoff tried to speak but he was in too much pain to get more than those few words out.
But Anna and Elsa understood what he was tying to say, when two figures emerged from the darkness. One was a tall man wearing a pair of sunglasses, he had long brown hair, a blue plaid shirt, and pants that Elsa didn't even want to know what it was made of. All of which had spots of red on them. In his hands each had a knife, one gold, the other silver, both dripping with blood and a sadistic smile on his face.
Next to him was a gigantic black wolf. As it growled and stared ferociously at Elsa smoke seemed to come from its mouth, and it looked like it was growing even larger. Soon it was as big as the tall man, now bigger.
"It's a trap!" Elsa shouts raising her arms up for a fight. Anna tightens the belt around her waist, hoping it'll make her stronger.
The man waves like a child eagerly greeting a stranger.
"Hi, I'm Vidar, this is Fenrir. Sorry about Christopher we needed bait."
Elsa's eyes widen in horror. As do Anna's.
"Vidar. The God of Vengeance." Elsa says tensing.
"Fenris the wolf, Loki's son." Said Anna recognizing him from the comics.
The wolf roars a loud, ship-shaking roar. One that causes Anna and Elsa to stumble, trying to keep their balance.
"ROOOAAAARRRRR!"
"His name is Fenrir, he hates it when people call him Fenris. Calm down puppy." Vidar said in a mocking tone.
"Now, Elsa is it? -" Vidar says "Contrary to what everyone thinks I'M Odin's strongest son and I've got the big bad wolf on my side. So how's about this, you surrender and we will spare their lives." The god says gesturing to Anna and Kristoff.
But before Elsa can respond Anna steps forward. Fist raised.
"Were not leaving Elsa!"
Anna throws her punch at Vidar, but the got catches it. Anna struggles to move her fist forward, or back, or even break free. Vidar actually looks like he's putting in effort too to prevent it from moving. He looks down at her waist. Then he chuckles.
"You know, big brother told me someone took his belt. I must say, you're almost as strong as him."
Then Vidar pulls back and throws Anna accords the room. She tumbles and stops back on the floor.
"Anna!" Elsa screams, her worry turns to anger. She looks at the god with his back turned and shoots.
Elsa fires her magic at the wolf full blast. His fur moves in the wind, frosting over, the while inside of the ship was becoming iced over. Nearly everything past the wolf is frozen except Anna and Vidar fist fighting in the background. Strange thing is that steam seemed to be emitting from the wolf, as Elsa pushed and turned the magic up Fenrir was being pushed back, actually struggling. Some of his skin was actually looking singed, like it was burning off. Fenrir was roaring in pain, actually shrinking a little.
"Wait what, i'm actually hurting him? Elsa thinks. "Then again, Loki was a FIRE giant, so maybe because I'm ice..."
But before Elsa could finish her thought Fenrir releases a large blast of fire from his mouth. It collides like Elsa's ice like a flame-thrower. They seem evenly matched at first, but then she catches Vidar side-step Anna, while slashing her side with his silver knife, causing the belt to slide off as she yelps in pain. Falling onto her knee's as the mad god stands over her.
"NO!" Elsa screams, loosing focus on what she is dealing with at the moment, just long enough for the wolf to get the upper hand. One massive blast of fire that was powerful enough to knock Elsa back against the wall of the ship.
"Gah!"
Elsa moans hitting the hard metal wall of the ship. She falls down next to Kristoff. Wincing at the first degree burns on her hands. The wolf walks closer, "warming up" for another blast.
"No!" Anna screams seeing the wolf approach the woman she lo… really likes. Anna gets back on her feet and lunges at the god. But she isn't as strong without the belt.
Anna gasps as Vidar side steps her, extending his leg out and tripping her in the process. Causing Anna to fall face-first on the wooden ground. Just as Anna is pulling herself back up, Vidar hits the back of Anna's head with his heal, knocking her out.
Vidar stares proudly at his vanquished foe and picks the redhead up in his arms.
"P-please. Elsa hasn't done anything. Anna either. Just leave them alone." Kristoff begs as Vidar places his cousin next to Elsa, resting her head on Kristoff''s lap.
"Don't worry boy" Vidar says grinning wickedly.
Fenrir opens his mouth wider, no flames this time, but he was licking his teeth like he was ready for a meal. He looks at Kristoff first, the latter shivers in fear. Kristoff closes his eyes and holds Anna tight as the wolf lunges forward. Nothing happens. Kristoff opens his eyes and sees a swirling, fading light of multiple colors, like a rainbow, where the wolf used to be. Then the rainbow vanishes.
"What the?" Kristoff asks himself. Then he looks at Elsa.
"It was a rainbow…." Elsa turns to Vidar. "Was that, the Bifrost?"
"Connects my realm to this one. I just put the dog back in his cage. Your welcome." Vidar explains cheery as usual.
"Why?" Elsa asks confused.
"Well, when Kris here was talking about your plan to kill Jormungandr in hopes Odin will leave you alone it got me thinking." Says Vidar. "So I thought, I Take you guys back to Asgard. Plead your case to Dad and see what he thinks."
"Wait what? Really?" Kristoff asks surprised, and happy.
"Yeah I figured worst case scenario Odin doesn't agree and tells me to kill our little snow princess in front of him. Best case he agrees and I get to rub it in my brothers face that I helped kill the beast destined to kill him."
"Of course..." Kristoff thinks.
"So, let's just get all you back to Asgard."
Vidar says before turning around and walking off.
"Wait aren't you going to get us?" Elsa said lifting Anna up and holding her in her arms. Resting the latter's head on her shoulder.
Vidar turns his head around half way through the door.
"Oh no, ill just carry you all outside along with the ship. I borrowed it from Freyr."
He says before stepping out completely.
"Freyr?" Kristoff ponders confused.
"Oh..." is Elsa's only response.
"Why oh?" Kristoff asks.
"Kristoff things might get snug." Elsa explains.
"What do you mean?..."
Just then Kristoff heard the wood creeping. Elsa and Kristoff''s bodies both felt tingly. Like they were being compressed, something was changing but he couldn't tell what.
Outside people were looking on in marvel as the yacht shrank in size. They were already shocked when ice started sprouting out of the ship, and it started to snow a bit on the doc. But the ship was getting smaller and smaller as Vidar kneeled down on the dock. Once the ship was done shrinking he reached down and picked up the ship, now the size of a toy.
He stands up and turns to the shocked crowd. Vidar chuckles.
"What? You never saw a shrinking ship before?"
He asks before waving his hand and disappearing in a rainbow of light.
People were gasping, murmuring and texting what they had seen on their cell phones.
Of course they were all even more shocked when Ping plops down from the sky on the dock. The flying horse turns his head looking for Elsa and Anna. But only gets confused faces.
Neither Elsa nor Kristoff saw much, being stuck in the ships basement and all. The only thing that allowed them to gauge what was going on was the rocking of the ship and the voices they had heard.
Elsa was continuing to ice up Kristoff's wounds while he was holding Anna.
"Hey Elsa...I'm sorry. I shouldn't have left. If I didn't then this psycho wouldn't have found me and you would be in Scotland right now." Kristoff says ashamed.
"No Kristoff, this is my fault. I never should have let you or Anna get involved. This was between me, and them. Oh, and Joan."
"Joan? How is she?" Kristoff asks, he had been thinking of Joan the entire time he was being tortured. Wishing she would come save him. Seeing her beautiful face. Just making him feel better with her presence.
"She was heartbroken the first couple of days but then she got over it, mostly."
Kristoff slumped his head, turning away from Elsa. A part of him felt ashamed, another part of him felt guilty, the rest of him was just sad.
"I hope she's ok."
Elsa slumped her head down now, sadly.
"Me too."
Suddenly the ship started rocking harder.
"Whoa... Whoa."
All three bodies were thrown up into the air slightly then came crashing back down on their butts.
"Owe!" Elsa and Kristoff said at the same time.
"Ah...geese..." Anna said, waking up now. "Why does my nose hurt?" She said rubbing it. Then clasping her leg in pain where it was cut.
"Anna your awake!" Elsa said cheery as Kristoff wrapped his arms around his cousin.
The ship stopped moving. Elsa, Kristoff and Anna were all worried on what was going to happen next. Suddenly all three felt s tingling sensation. To the first two it felt familiar, but also different. Now the sensation felt more like they were balloons filling up with air.
When it stopped they heard footsteps above them. Looking up at the hole Anna made they could see a figure, but it was a little hard to make out but it looked brown.
The figure moved and stopped at the door. When it opened neither of them could believe what it they were seeing. They were two men holding shackles and wearing worn-out ratty clothing. Both men were short, probably about three feet tall at most. They had round bodies and meaty arms, with skin the shade of a penny. The one on the right had a long black beard, the others was greyer. Their shoes were also quite large, probably the side of Kristoff''s foot, and steel toed. Elsa recognized them as dwarves, Kristoff was able to make a logical guess as well.
"Get on your feet, were here to escort you to your cells." The grey haired dwarf said very irritably.
"You will have company while you are waiting." The younger one said in a very monotone voice.
"I'll get the maidens, you get the oaf." The older dwarf said referring to Kristoff.
The older dwarf slapped a pair of metal shackles on Elsa. They were different than the shackles that went on Kristoff and Anna. Hers completely covered her hands. Elsa and Anna both kicked as the dwarf slumped her and Anna over his shoulders. But they were both still pretty weak and Elsa couldn't even use her powers for some reason.
"Probably the shackles?"
The younger dwarf picked Kristoff up under the arms and dragged him across the floor.
All three were amazed when the dwarves brought them outside the ship. They were no longer in a harbor, now the ship was resting on some stands inside a large bunker. To their right there were dwarves nailing in new boards on the ships deck, looking irritably at Anna. At the base they saw Thor's muscle car, a limo with swans painted on the side, another limo right next to it had a front ornament resembling the head of a boar. And there were many other vehicles lined up along the pathway.
80's bugs, old 40's cars, all the way at the end were chariots that looked like they hadn't been touched in hundreds, thousands of years.
When they got at the ground level they got a better view of the supervisor. He was much taller than the dwarves, he looked human except his ears were pointed and his skin was extremely white and long. His eyes were also a silver-white color that matched the buttons on his white-button up shirt perfectly.
"Hey Dopey! Chop-chop! Lord Freyr wants the hole in the Skidbladnir done pronto!" The manager yelled to the dwarves top of the ship.
As Anna and Elsa were being carried by the dwarf they heard their captor growl a bit and mumbled "I hate elves."
They made it outside of the bunker. Elsa, Anna and Kristoff's jaws all dropped. They gazed up at a gigantic castle. Made out of shiny gray stones that reached all the way to the clouds. It spread miles and miles across ending at a massive wall surrounding it all. At the ground there was tall trees, some of which reached to where Anna and Elsa were, and they were at least 50 feet up. There were squirrels on the trees the size of monkeys and up in the sky Anna could see a dozen pings flying in the air, some of which had women on their backs.
"Welcome to Asgard." The dwarf carrying Kristoff said, amused at their faces.
"I'm gonna cry..." Kristoff said gazing at the beautiful scenery.
"Go ahead. I won't judge." Says Anna.
But the next place they went want so pretty. All the way at the other side of the walkway was a rusty metal gate in the shadow of one of the castles towers. Guarding it was two massive women with long blonde hair on each side in gold armor and holding gold swords like Joan's. They step aside when they see them and let the wooden man approach the door. The door was eight feet tall and five feet wide with bolts the size of chocolate chip cookies and a lock as big as a crab.
The younger dwarf man pulled out a large key and slipped it into the keyhole. He turned the key and it sounds like fifteen rusty locks turn. He steps back and the door creeks open. Elsa and Anna's eyes widen when they see what is inside.
They see Joan beaten and bruised, chained by the arms to the stonewall. She looks shocked upon seeing Elsa and Anna.
"Joan!" They say at the same time.
"Joan?" Kristoff asks as he is still facing the other way, until the dwarf picks him back up and forces him into the cell.
"In ya go." The dwarf says before throwing Anna and Elsa in, causing them to grunt as they land on their bellies.
"You will be put on trial in a hour, may Ymir have mercy on your souls." Says the dwarf before closing the door.
"Joan? When did you get here? Anna asks as Kristoff runs over to her.
"Thunder-Dick and a bitchy valkarie kicked my ass when I went with Ping." Joan mumbled, "Dumb hat..."
"Joan!" Kristoff said running over to her. Even though he is still in pain, he manages enough strength to run over to her. He collapses on her lap and kneels up to grab each side of her face and kneel in front of her.
"Krist-" Joan is interrupted when her lips meet with Kristoff's. He briefly releases before doing it again several fast times. Despite the pain she was in and worry on his face, Joan couldn't help but notice Kristoff's half naked body sitting over her.
"Joan! I'm sorry! God I thought you were dead!"
"Oh please don't say GODS around me." A familiar voice calls from the opposite side of the room across from Joan. Though it is dark Elsa is still able to make out who said it.
"Flynn?"
"Yeah it's me." He says in a sarcastic tone as he rattles his own chains around.
"Wha-why are you here? We left you with Li?" Anna asks.
Flynn looks at Joan.
"Do you wanna tell them?"
"Tell us what?" Asks Kristoff.
Joan sighs.
"Li sold me out..."
"What!?" Asks Elsa angrily.
"Thor offered to reunite him with his son if he told him where we were going. And then once they found me and woke me up Thor pushed him into Helheim. Bastard."
"Oh don't feel bad for him!" Flynn said in a ridiculous tone. Then he turned to Elsa. "Oh and Joan told me everything, you could have told me that gods wanted to kill you because your moms a giant-goddess-thing!" Then he turns to Kristoff.
"And YOU! How could you leave them with me!? I thought we were friends!"
"You weren't supposed to get in the middle of all this crap." Kristoff said trying to defend his actions.
"You left me with a witch! And now we're all locked up in god jail. See, this is why I stopped talking too you!"
Kristoff looked at Flynn somewhat shocked, but his eyes were angrily fixated on the other man.
"Oh, you stopped talking to ME!? No, I stopped talking too you because you were a criminal! You were always getting in trouble, putting yourself in jail and dragging me with you!" Kristoff yelled pointing at Flynn.
"Oh boohoo, your not even in chains!" Flynn shot back.
"Will you two stop!" Elsa shouted. "This isn't about either of you! I'm the one the Asgardian's are scared of and it's my fault your all here. I'm sorry. But I promise I won't let anything more happen to you."
They all turn their heads when they hear the locks turn again.
The door creeks back open and the light comes in. Joan scowls upon seeing who is in the doorway.
"Oh great it's you..." Joan says venomously.
It was Bulda, followed by seven dwarves, each with a different color beanie. Bulda looks at the dwarves ignoring Joan's comment.
"Grab them all, if they aren't the accused they are accomplices." Bulda says ordering the tiny men that only came up to her waist.
And so all the dwarves moved in. Unlocking the chains on Joan and Flynn but holding spears up to their necks. Some of the others forced Elsa and Anna on their feet before putting spears to their necks too.
"Alright women-folk. GET OUT!" The grumpy one with the white beard said before poking the back of Elsa's neck.
"Ow! We're going, we're going."
Elsa was the first to walk out the door, the little man continuing to point the spear behind her. Following her are Anna, Joan, Kristoff and Flynn. In her peripheral vision Elsa can see Joan glaring angrily at the woman she called Bulda as they continue walking.
Once outside the dwarves made them walk to the side of the tower. The one with the purple hat pushes a button and the golden door slides open like an elevator.
The dwarves poke their necks again to force them inside the small space in the elevator. Thankfully it was a short trip up because everyone was cramped.
Once the door slides back open they all walk down a golden hall and a white marble tiled floor. The ceiling was painted to resemble the cloudy sky and massive golden pillars shot up along the edges of the walkway. In-between the pillars there were massive statues about twenty feet tall. Elsa had guessed the one with the eye patch, holding a raven on his right arm and a spear in the other was Odin. Which probably meant that the two similar looking men on each side of him were his brothers Vili and Ve and the two parallel to them were probably their father Bor and mother Bestla.
Going farther down the hall they saw a familiar looking statue holding a massive hammer up, definitely Thor. And Parallel to Thor was a statue of a man in a long baggy shirt, long hair, pointy elf-like shoes and a goatee complimenting his mischievous smile. Of course this statue looked all rusted, as if no one had done maintenance on it in a while. Anna recognized him from her dreams; it was a statue of Loki, the trickster god.
They made it to a massive door that stretched all the way to the ceiling and it opened down the middle.
Inside was a massive throne room. Sitting on gargantuan thrones were nine Giants. They were strangers but Elsa and Anna were both able to guess who they were. The one in the middle with the largest chair Anna recognized from comics, Elsa from reading her stories. He was Odin the king of the Norse gods, the All-Father, staring down upon them with his one good eye, grasping his spear and had a red beard with gray streaks on his stern face. He wore a gray business suit but still wore a horned Viking like helmet.
To the left of him was Thor, the Thunderer. Glaring at them all with equal contempt wearing the same black jacket as he did when he was on earth.
On his left was a familiar face waving at them, Vidar.
Next to Thor we're two blondes who looked alike. Probably twins, they were both very attractive with their long blond hairs and fair skin. With blue eyes similar to Elsa's. The woman wore red lipstick and eyeliner, A diamond tiara, a golden necklace and a pink sparkling silk dress that clearly showed her large assets. The man next to her had similar physical features except he was taller with a scruffy beard. He had a more broad and muscular build and wore a white dress shirt unbuttoned so we could see the black t-shirt underneath. Elsa was able to guess they were Freya and Freyr. The goddess of love and the god of fertility respectively.
Between Odin and Vidar Anna and Elsa guessed was Frigg, queen of the gods (or Frigga from Anna's perspective). She wore a white dress similar to Freya's but a bit more conservative, with a smaller cleavage hole and sleeves, yet still having bare shoulders. On her head was a tall gold crown that looked like a cylinder. She also wore a bit less makeup and had an older look compared to Freya but was beautiful none-the-less.
Next to Vidar was a young looking woman, probably in her late teens or early twenties, with long golden hair in curls. She wore a long loose white dress and had a bowl of golden apples on her lap. He was Idunn the goddess of youth.
And next to Idunn was a taller man with long black hair and a short black beard. There was a scar going over his right eye, but it was still functional. He also wore a jacket resembling that of a civil war captain and was missing his right hand. He was Tyr, the god of war, well second god of war next to Odin.
But what really caught everyone's eye was the woman sitting against the wall where they had come in. She wasn't on a throne like the others; it was a stool, like she was on trial too. She looked like a 20ft version of Elsa, except her hair was tied back in a bun, her eyes, which were a darker shade of blue, met Elsa's. Though all the latter could see was a surprised, cold gaze. She also wore a thick, white winter coat and a Russian white-mink hat along with a pair of blue gloves and black winter boots that came up to her knees.
Elsa alone stood before them, still in chains while the dwarves held the others back. Nervously she approached the gods and glanced nervously at the silent woman who looked just like her. She knew who she was. They both did.
"Hello….. Daughter." She said, as if she was not even sure of her name.
"Hello, Skadi." Elsa said somewhat coldly.
"Young lady, did your father not teach you to greet your host first?" Odin asked annoyed.
Elsa turned to face them.
"Leave Elsa alone! She hasn't done anything!"
"Anna quiet!" Kristoff shouts.
"Oh really?" Thor says irritably as Vidar chuckles.
"Elsa Menzel Snow, Skadi Thjazisdottir, you both stand accused!" Odin began as he looked directly at Skadi. "You are being held accountable for bringing Ms. Snow into existence, she endangers all of us to the possibility of Fimbulwinter and Ragnarok." Then he turned to Elsa. "And you, we have been watching you and most of us, myself included, think it safer to send your soul to Helheim before you can."
"Oh Odin, can't we just give her some gloves or something. She's a child." Idunn asked sympathetically.
Elsa wanted to say 'I'm 21!' But that didn't seem smart at the moment.
"We could let the girl live, but her friend ruined my ship! I say put HER on trial." Freyr shouted pointing at Anna. Who responded by sticking her tongue out.
"Now All-Father, did I bore this young woman here? Yes. I just didn't want to be the last of the Jotun."
"What are you talking about?" Asks Freyr to his former step-mother. "Your not the last of the Jotun, what about my wife? You know her, you were at our wedding you brought us the fine china."
"Ok let me rephrase that….I wanted to make NEW jotuns that would continue to repopulate. I honestly didn't think you would be so upset All Father, I mean any race born to me would surely be sworn never to harm Asgard...plus Elsa here is only one, and a runt at that, so what harm could she possibly cause?" Skadi asks.
"Tyr, show the evidence." Odin commands.
The one handed god reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small stone. He holds it in his hand and waves his other over it.
"What is that?" Kristoff whispers to Joan.
"A magic rock, specifically used by trolls to take or record memories." Joan whispers back.
Tyr waves his hand over the stone and a cloud appears over it.
The cloud shows an image of Elsa as a baby, being coddled by her nanny. Though her face is not shown as it is focusing on Elsa.
"After we found your location we visited several people from your youth and borrowed their memories of you." Odin explained.
"Even as a newborn you displayed great power. A normal Jotun develops their power over ice in adolescence, but you..."
The image shows baby Elsa sneezing on her carrier. A burst of blue energy shoots from her nostrils and the nanny's arms are covered in frost.
"Ahhh!" The nanny screams. Dropping Elsa. Baby Elsa screams laying on the floor as the nanny freaks out shouting "my arms! What the fuck!? What the fuck are you kid!?"
"….Your power developed in the cradle." Odin says looking at her blankly.
Skadi looks over at Elsa surprised. The last thing she expected was for such a small HALF-Jotun to be so powerful. Perhaps she underestimated her.
The cloud shifts to the viewpoint of a woman with super skinny arms and a Dalmatian watch, reluctantly, teaching math to a group of students. Sitting in the middle front was a young Elsa paying active attention and taking notes. Everyone around Elsa was scooter away from her and not paying any attention at all, some even sleeping.
"Ok so which one of you brats is going to solve this equation?" Asks the teacher.
Little Elsa raises her hand. The teacher groans.
"Ms. DeVil, you didn't give the radius of the cylinder." Says Elsa.
"So?" Ms. DeVil asks irritably crossing her arms. Glancing at her watch.
"Well, were supposed to find the volume. The volume of a cylinder is Pi times the radius-squared times the height. Since you drew a man next to the building I can assume the height is about 25 feet tall, assuming the man is six feet, but since the circle at the top of the cylinder is drawn so...obscure, I can't gauge the radius. Also if you can give is the actual height of the cylinder that would be better." Elsa says.
"NERD!" Some boy in the class moans, the rest of the class cracks up as Elsa sinks in her seat embarrassed.
Ms. DeVil approaches Elsa's desk. She slams her hands on the desk. Shocking Elsa.
"Darling, this is the third question you have asked in the last half-hour." The teacher said sternly.
"I-I just want to make sure I understand everything. And with all honesty your not giving that much detail in your questions."
After Elsa said that Elsa got a spitball on her cheek as the room laughed again.
"Are you saying I'm not a good teacher?" She Asks irritated.
"Uh...well..."
Was all Elsa coming kid day before ms. DeVil grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the classroom.
"Come with me brat." said harshly as the rest of the room laughed and pointed fingers.
Elsa was tugging and trying to break free as the teacher continued to drag her down the hall.
"Please let me go!" Elsa begged.
"Listen here brainiac. You think I wanted to be a teacher when I was your age?" Ms. DeVil asked. "No. I wanted to be famous, but instead I'm stuck in this dreadful school with...children...and the last thing I need are brats like you who think they know more than me! Now you ur going to the principals office!"
"Let go of my arm!" Elsa said tugging in pain.
Elsa winced at the memory. Anna wanted to dump the teacher in a ditch. Flynn also felt sympathy for Elsa, he had a few awful teachers in his day.
"As Ms. Snow got older her powers continued to grow." Continues Odin.
"Let Go!" Young Elsa screams.
As she does the floor under them freezes over.
"Ahhh!"
Ms. DeVil slips and falls down, releasing Elsa.
Ms. DeVil looks around scared. She sees lockers freezing over. Icicles formed around Elsa. Realizing this Elsa closes her eyes and chants "conceal, conceal" multiple times until the ice fades away.
But Ms. DeVil's vision turns black.
"Her teacher only fainted. Unfortunately." Odin said. "However after this event Ms. Snow was transferred to a different school. Where she proved less capable of controlling her emotions and her powers."
Next in the cloud shows a familiar scene to both Anna and Elsa. It was Elsa attacking Marcy just before she left Weselton.
Anna shifts uneasily.
"And I have seen no improvement since then." Odin says as more images are shown.
There is Elsa displaying her abilities to a dark haired girl with a green tint, by creating snowflakes. The green girl smiles, leans over and kisses Elsa.
Elsa smiled slightly at the reminder of Elphie. Anna pouted jealously.
Then there was Elsa in her room curled up in a ball after her father died. The entire room was iced over with pre-formed icicles growing bigger as snowflakes swirled around her and fell from the sky.
There was Elsa with an older man and woman, probably her foster parents, at a dinner table. The woman talks about how she wishes it wasn't so hot today and Elsa waving her hand. Suddenly the thermometer on the wall lowers a bit.
There was Elsa standing over a frightened Marcy, calling her a monster as she was being encased in ice.
Present Elsa lowers her head ashamed at the memory.
Then there was Anna with Elsa in the bathroom stall before all this crap started. Anna was telling Elsa her horrible experiences with Kevin and Elsa blasting the stall apart out of sheer anger and disgust. Then we see the injured Kevin.
The image disappears. Odin speaks again.
"That burst of anger is what alerted you of your location. You nearly caused it to snow across the entire country had you not been able to control yourself in time."
"But she did!" Anna shouts in defense.
"However, the man you saw there. Kevin Hansen, faced horrible injuries, mental and physical, from Ms. Snow." Odin said to the other gods.
They murmured and whispered amongst each other. Thor was gripping his hammer ready to smite someone. Vidar was playing games on his phone.
Frigg spoke now. "He suffered terrible mental damage in his cerebral cortex. He's a blank slate, reduced to playing with toys in the hospitals care facility and eating applesauce." She said nonchalantly.
"Kevin deserves it! He was a selfish, misogynistic, frozen-hearted bastard! And he raped me!" Anna shouts.
All the male gods look at one another. They exchange looks them look at Anna dumbfounded.
"So..?"
All the females groan.
"Well, I think we've seen enough. Time to execute." Thor said eagerly.
"Hold on, the defense hasn't made a statement yet." Tyr points out.
"Yes, it is only fair." Says Freyr.
Idun also nods in agreement.
"Alright. Do you have anything to say Ms. Snow?" Asks Odin.
Elsa clears her throat. She faces Odin and speaks.
"You are right about me, I am dangerous." Elsa says simply.
"What are you doing your going to kill both of us!?" Skadi whispers loudly to Elsa.
"However, I have no intention of causing Ragnarok." Elsa says.
"It doesn't matter what your intentions are. The more powerful you get the more likely you are to slip up!" Freya says exasperated.
"I have messed up in the past. I am human after all. But I am also a human who managed to beat the god of thunder, your greatest son...,"
Thor stares angrily at Elsa.
"I was able to wound the great Fenrir..."
Odin raises an eyebrow wondering where she is going with this.
"And this whole time where you wanted me dead, I was trying to do something for all of you."
"And what would that be?" Asks Freyr.
Elsa turned to Vidar.
"I thought you should tell them." He said.
"Tell us what?" Asks Odin.
"Me, Joan and Anna were on our way to kill the midgard serpent." Elsa says.
"What!?" Thor screams. All the gods murmur amongst themselves until Odin shouts for their silence.
"And for what reasons Ms. Snow?" Odin asks.
"Well...I was hoping that if I did something for you, you would just leave me be." Elsa says somewhat unsure.
Thor bursts out laughing, as does Freya.
"You think we would let one monster live just for killing another?" Thor asks wiping a tear.
"Please. You would be dead in seconds." Says Freya.
"Ms. Snow leave the room, me and the other gods have to discuss this." Odin says.
As Elsa left to leave the courtroom Skadi followed behind her. With each step she shrunk until she was only a head taller than Kristoff. Idunn picks up an apple from her basket, to her about the size of a grape and tosses it across the room, rolling past Elsa and landing in front of the beaten and bloody Kristoff and Joan. Anna and Joan glare at Skadi as she approached them while shielding Elsa. As the door closes Kristoff sticks his head out.
"Hey can I get some pants..."
The gate closes.
Everyone stood awkwardly in the hallway waiting for the gods to come to a decision. Elsa had her back turned to her motherland was engrossing herself with Anna. Joan, Flynn and Kristoff were splitting the apple Idunn gave them to heal their wounds. Of course Joan only needed a small slice because her natural healing factor would take care of the rest. After they had been mostly healed Flynn and Joan, well mostly Flynn since Joan was 'distracted', were helping Kristoff get dressed. Flynn gave him his jacket, though it was several sizes too small so he wrapped it around his waist. Joan had also given him her stretchy turtleneck. It was a snug fit, was probably now stretched beyond use again but it managed to cover Kristoff, aside from the forearms and his bellybutton. Plus Joan had to rip the neckline to keep him from choking. And Flynn was going his best to avoid looking at Joan now for obvious reasons. And after standing around them all in awkward silence for almost an hour Skadi finally decided to make small talk.
"So Elsa. How's your father?" Skadi asks awkwardly.
Elsa stops talking to Anna for a minute and turns to the goddess. Her mother. Elsa puts on a cold mask to conceal her true feelings and answers in an emotionless tone.
"He's dead. Died oversea a few years ago."
Skadi's eyes widen in shock.
"I am sorry. He was a good man." She responds sympathetically,
"And I was put in foster care because I didn't have anyone else..." Elsa said bitterly, her facade cracking.
"Elsa..." Anna tries to put her hand on Elsa's shoulder but she swats it away.
"I spent my entire life thinking I was a freak because of you."
"Well that is unfortunate. Indeed your childhood was awful." Skadi says like it was not a big deal.
"Let me tell you what's awful, growing up without a mother!" Elsa yells. Thankfully she still had her shackles on. " "Oh please, I grew up without a mother and I came out just fine." Skadi says as if she was talking to an unreasonable child.
Now Elsa was at her boiling point. She couldn't believe how ice-hearted this woman was.
"I had to learn to control my powers on my own! You threw me away the second I was born, you didn't even bother to visit, not once!"
Skadi crosses her arms, not liking her attitude.
"You know what Elsa, back in my day when a child was born as small as you they would be left to die. I brought you too your father and guess what, I actually tried to keep them from finding you this entire time. You should thank me."
Both Anna and Elsa look furious at the goddess. Now Joan steps forward to speak. Tilting her head up to look at her face.
"Elsa has no reason to thank you, you cold hearted, self-centered bitch!." Joan shouts at the goddess, jabbing her furiously in the chest with each word.
Skadi bends down to look Joan in the face.
"Do not touch me einherjar." Skadi says in a cold tone. But her eyes were sparked with anger.
Before all hell could break loose the doors to the courtroom open. The gods, now human size, well tall human at least, entered the hallway and approached the group. Odin was in front and Elsa stood foreward. They stopped in front of one another; Idun waved her hand and removed Elsa's shackles. Odin spoke.
"We have come to a decision. We will send you to Whitebridge, that's the last place we report seeing Jormungandr. You will go down there and kill the beast. Do so and we will reward you with your life." Odin says to Elsa.
But Elsa knew she needed to be sure he would keep his word, she knew how tricky the Norse gods could be.
"Do you swear on Gungnir?" Elsa asks, knowing a swear on the All-Fathers spear is unbreakable.
Odin clasps said spear tightly.
"I swear." The chief god says begrudgingly.
"Father, send me down with her! Slaying the beast is MY destiny." Thor asks, almost sounding like he was begging.
"Your fate is too die killing it." Vidar reminds him. "Send me Dad, after all, I am the one who brought her here, not him." Vidar says looking smugly at the growling Thor.
"I would really rather take Joan or Anna." Chips in Elsa.
"No!" Odin yells before pointing at Joan. "The einherjar is a traitor. Though I suppose you may take the mortal, now that my son has reclaimed his belt from her she will serve no great benefit. However, I will send my great grand-daughter to aid you."
Odin whistles and Bulda steps foreword. She passes by Thor and the two smile at each other. The thunder god even hands her his prized hammer Mjolnir as she goes to stand next to Elsa.
"I don't trust her." Elsa says looking at the valkarie.
"Yeah me neither." Says Anna crossing her arms.
"Too bad. Either take my granddaughter or bust." Replies Thor harshly.
"Now, Elsa Snow. Our deal is that the serpent dies from your hands. Understood?" Odin asks, Elsa noticed that he stretched the word 'your'.
Elsa thinks for a moment.
This girl did take down Joan. Plus she's Thor's granddaughter I sure can't trust her. Odin specifically said by MY hand, so they are definitely planning something by having her come with me. Although I could definitely use the extra muscle and since Anna isn't strong anymore this could be an issue. I can't have her getting hurt. Hmmm. Joan did mention that her hat is what allowed her to beat her...
"Ok, but I want Bulda to give Anna her wings." Elsa says pointing at the metal cap on her head bearing said wings.
All the immortals look at her shocked. Except for Joan who gets a huge grin.
"What?" Asks a dumbfound Odin.
"You heard her." Skadi says trying to be helpful.
"I don't want Anna getting hurt. If things go down hill I want her to be able to run away."
"Elsa I won't..." Anna tried to say that she would never run away from Elsa. But Elsa placing her hand over her mouth stops her mid-sentence.
"Bulda already has Mjolnir. She will be fine."
"Absolutely not!" Shouts Thor.
"Fine." Bulda says just as quickly as Thor finishes. "It's not like I need it anyways." Bulda said as she slipped the winged cap off her head and shoved it into Anna's hands.
"Rude." Anna thinks to herself.
"Now that that's settled, be gone!"
Odin yells. And with the wave of his hand a swirl of rainbow colors engulfed the three women and they were gone.
Please review.
BTW, before anyone says that Thor didn't have a granddaughter named Bulda, she is my original character. The idea is that the gods didn't stop having children just because humans stopped recording it.
So just to clear the ice, Bulda is the daughter of Thrud. Whose her father?
Not saying yet.
See you next time.