Chapter II And so it begins
It was so cold that night! It wasn´t a icy cold, sad and dark as in the years that followed. It was a terrifying cold, one of those that freeze blood. This was how little Írimë felt as her feet covered the still thick carpet of fresh grass that covered that distant land, over the mountains, in that place called Jotunheim.
The cold came from somewhere else, the girl thought, She could feel it. It was the cold of a terrible grief..
She had been there so many times! That gift of walking between dreams, as some defined her strange power, had allowed her to visit the land of the frost giants again and again. That place had been hooked, even without being aware of it, in her place in the world, her world.
It was forbidden, She had grown up knowing that but she had never obeyed that mandate.
The Vala Lorien had given her whole family the gift of traveling through the worlds, she could travel the Universe in ways no one had found, could even penetrate the dreams of mortals and walk within them. It was a precious gift and she had used it to escape to Jotunheim.
But that night …
She felt strange, she was an Istari, a spirit of light, feelings were strange gifts that mortals received from the creator. But she had decided to have them, even without knowing it had decided to join her existence to the existence of the inhabitants of Jotunheim.
She has learned about love, hate, sadness and now stopped for a moment, something moved behind her. Her fist closed capturing the power of her magic that began to escape between her little fingers. Whatever stalked her was in real trouble.
But then her body shuddered to feel the cold that she loved so much and could recognize. He was one of them, he was not in danger.
She turned to face Axe's face.
The girl smiled at him but the Jotun did not return the smile this time, she frowned and fear returned to seize her spirit.
-Go away…
Told him
-No place for a girl to be in the middle of a battle
Írimë did not move
-I'm not a girl … you know
She told him making allusion to her true nature
-írimë, we are under attack (attack us), you have to return to your home …
the girl looked at the old Jotun with sadness
-This is my home…
Axe approached her and getting on his knees and shook her little body in a warm embrace. She stopped being afraid for a moment. When the Jotun moved away from her, he caressed her face with sweetness.
-I'll stay and 'I'll skip to your side …
She said with a courage that moved the old Jotun, maybe he did not know the real powers of Írime, maybe he did not want any risks, but when he looked into her eyes he discovered that she was willing to stay so he put his cold hands on her shoulders and said:
-If you are going to stay to fight with me, you have to do what I tell you
The girl nodded excitedly
- Run to the top of this mountain and stay there until I say, you will find roads between the rocks and crevices in the slopes. Up there is a Temple, if you get to it you must enter and stay there until you hear me call you.
-I will not leave you…
-You will not do it, but you have to do what I tell you
Írimë was not sure that Axe was counting her as part of his army, but it seemed to her that he was trying to protect her.
-When I say you, you must run as fast as you can and not look back. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Írime nodded hesitantly
Noises of swords began to get closer and closer, the Jotun pushed her gently
-Go!
He ordered her and the girl did what he had asked, ran up the hill as fast as she could, stopped near the top, the Jotun was no longer there.
She had followed what Axe had ordered and was already at the top of the mountain.
The cold and the fear invaded her again.
She searched for those crevices in the hillsides but found none.
Suddenly in the distance she saw a blue light. -"In the top there is a temple, if you get to it you must enter." - She remembered the words of Axe and she smiled