A.N I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while I've had a lot of school and personal stuff going on and got really busy but I hope you enjoy this new chapter.
Over 3,000 years ago, Agard
Thor and Loki where playing with wooden swords and shields while Kida was feeding birds. Kida looked like a regular four year old girl while Loki and Thor both looked like they were ten. Kida was wearing white shirt, black pants and boots, and a red cloak with black fur on the inside. Loki was wearing long sleeved green shirt, black pants and boots with a green cloak. And Thor was wearing red and silver shirt, silver pants, and dark silver boots with a bright red cape. Loki stopped when he noticed a pile of snow on the tree branch above Kida.
"Watch this" Loki whispered
Green light flowed from his hand to the snow; the snow shook before falling onto Kida, covering her in snow. They both started laughing hysterically; a gold light started glowing underneath the snow. The snow melted until Kida was able to get out. She formed a snowball and she hit Loki, and then hit Thor. They where both knocked to the ground and Kida started laughing.
"It's on Kida" Loki said with a mischievous smile
Kida laughed as she was chased through the snow-covered garden. She ran behind a large tree and formed a snowball. Thor ran in front of her, with his back to her. She threw the snowball and he turned around. She ran to the top of a hill with a steep slope on one side. She looked around but she didn't see Thor or Loki. Then her cloak was pulled tightly, she screamed as she fell down the hill. When she landed on the bottom she heard Loki laughing, he stopped when he heard her crying.
"Kida" He said worried
He looked down and realized Kida was crying, she flipped herself onto her back and she cried. Thor ran up the hill and saw Kida crying, in anger he pushed Loki to the ground.
"What did you do?" Thor asked angrily
"It was just a joke" Loki said "I didn't mean to hurt her"
Thor ran down the hill and held Kida, Frigga walked in and ran to Thor and Kida when she saw her crying.
"What happened?" Frigga asked as she picked up Kida in her arms
"Loki pushed me" Kida said
"Loki"
"I didn't mean to hurt her mother" Loki said as he ran down the hill
"Go to your room, your father will talk to you later." Loki left and she turned to Kida. "Do you want to go and visit your mother?"
"Yes please"
"Thor go inside or you will get sick, I'm taking Kida to her mother."
Frigga carried Kida to Helena, Kida's mother's, room where she was being treated for her wounds. She has been hunting a war criminal named Algon, he betrayed Asgard by giving Asgard's secrets to the Frost Giants during the war. Those secrets cost the lives of hundreds of men, including Kida's father. Helena imprisoned Algon but he broke out vowing revenge against Helena for exposing and imprisoning him. At first he attacked the rainbow bridge, making it too damaged to use until it's repaired. Then he slowly made his way deeper into Asgard.
Helena discovered him while patrolling the palace walls and fought. The fight left Helena badly injured on her leg, waist, and shoulder. Helena sat up on her queen sized bed, her white nightgown covering her white bandages. The doors opened and Helena put a smile on her face when Kida appeared, her smile disappeared when she saw the tears.
"What happened?" Helena asked as Frigga put Kida next to her on the bed
"Loki pushed me down a hill" Kida said leaning against her mother's chest
"Well that wasn't nice, are you hurt?"
"I'm fine just hurt from the cold snow"
"Then come get warm under the blankets." Helena said
Handmaidens went around the room holding different medicine and treatments for Helena's wounds. They bowed toward the queen then left, Kida soon fell asleep in the soft blankets. Helena and Frigga started talking quietly,
"Did Algon tell you anything?" Frigga asked
"Only that this will be the last day that I will see Kida" Helena said "I've had Odin double the security, but I fear he was telling the truth."
"You won't lose Kida"
"I know but if he makes it into the palace, I have a plan to hide Kida in another realm." Helena said
"Alone?"
"No, I plan to travel with her, I will hide her somewhere safe. Where Algon won't be able to find her." She said
"What if he finds her when you're not there?"
"The only way for him to reach her, is to walk over my dead body." Helena said "I must confess something"
"What?"
"I made a deal with the blind sorceress on the borders of Asgard." She confessed "She has shown me how to get there and to keep him away from us. Take Kida out of Asgard without the bridge or an infinity stone."
"No you know how dangerous she is, she cannot be trusted." The queen said "What did you give her?"
"My soul, in exchange to keep Kida safe"
"You know what happens to people who sell their souls, you won't be able to rest in the next life."
"I will spend my days in this life and in the next to do one thing and one thing only, protect Kida."
Night,
The palace inside was completely quiet, the lit torches on the walls made the golden walls glow. A man in uniform walked down a long golden corridor and stopped in front of a large golden door. He slowly opened it and walked inside as the armor disappeared. The man was dark brown spiked shoulder pads and black armor. The helmet disappeared revealing the man's face, he was bald with black tattoos covering his head and framed his face. His brown eyes scanned the dark room, he could see the sleeping little girl. He stood at the edge of her bed and pulled out his sword, he raised the sword high above his head.
When he slammed the sword down to kill her gold light shot out of the blankets and the sword hit the bed. The torches on the wall immediately lit up revealing Helena in her silver and blue armor and five palace guards.
"Algon, you are under arrest for attempt of murder, trespassing onto royal grounds, and treason." Helena said as guards surrounded him "You are sentenced to death."
"Death will not take me tonight" He growled in a deep voice
Red flames circled around Algon then shot out knocking down all of the guards. Helena hid behind her shield of golden light and remained standing. Gold light shined around her as red flames started burning the room.
"Algon stop this now!"
"I will burn this palace to the ground with you and your precious daughter in it." He growled as the flames grew "You will burn, just how I burned your dear husband alive."
She kept her face stoic and emotionless, she couldn't let him win by using her dead husband.
"He screamed in pain like a child, he begged for mercy like a coward."
She ran towards him, running through the flames, when she did the two fought. She raised her sword high but he stopped her with his shield. A dagger formed in his free hand and in one quick movement stabbed her. He smiled as he watched the look in her eyes. But it went away as she disappeared in green light, a diversion. He cried out in anger with flames shooting out of his mouth. He ran to the balcony and jumped, he landed on his feet and ran to the stables.
Meanwhile,
"Run faster Kida" She said as the sound of a horse running came closer
The woman screamed in pain and fell to the ground Kida looked down to see an arrow piercing her shoulder.
"MOMMY" She screamed
She looked behind her to see Algon on horseback coming towards us. The woman shot a ball of gold light at him but he dodged it. He continued coming closer,
"Run Kida!" She demanded and
She ran as fast as my little legs could move, but it was no use against a horse. A hand roughly grabbed her red cloak was wearing and lifted her off the ground. She screamed as loudly as she could, Thor and Loki started running to her. They ran after her and they held their hands to each other but couldn't reach them. Algon rode through the front gate and it closed behind him. The two boys shook the gate but had no success, they reached their hand out between the bars towards her.
"KIDA" They screamed "KIDA!"
She struggled to break free from his grip but it was no use, he was too strong. She screamed and cried as she watched the flames slowly cover her home. She heard another horse and saw her mother slowly coming closer and closer.
"Hang on!" Her mom yelled
Helena shot out a gold light hitting the horse's leg, it fell to the ground leaving Algon's leg trapped beneath it. Kida flew and landed next to the horse, as her mom rode past her she grabbed her mother's hand and was pulled onto the horse.
"Where are we going?" Kida asked
"Somewhere safe"
Helena turned around and started riding towards the far borders of Asgard in the deep woods. The slowed down when they couldn't see the lights of the city anymore. Kida looked up to see the smoke cover some of the stars in the sky. They stopped when they made it to a small cabin, there was only one light inside and a lit lantern hanging on the porch. A woman stood in the dim light watching them, she was wearing a purple and black Greek style dress and black sandals. Her hair was short and red but the most striking thing about her was her eyes.
Grey mist blinded her eyes, she stared out almost blankly in their direction but they could feel her eyes on them.
"Mommy I'm scared, who is she?" Kida asked as Helena picked her up
"It's ok Kida, she's a 'friend' of mommy's"
"Welcome Lady Helena" The woman said as they walked up the stairs to the porch "so this must be Kida"
The woman put a hand on Kida's cheek,
"Ah you look just like your mother" She said "I am Evangeline, come inside"
"Algon has attacked the palace" Helena said as she walked inside closing the door behind her
"I know, come with me" She said leading them deeper into the house "the time has come"
"What's happening?"
"You haven't told her have you"
"Mommy"
"Kida" Helena went on her knees holding Kida "Evangeline is going to send you, somewhere safe. Far from Asgard."
"Why?"
"Because if I don't Algon will hurt you, and I cannot let that happen."
"Are you coming with me?"
"Yes, but there will be times when I will be gone."
"Will you come back?"
"Always"
Helena kissed Kida's forehead and followed Evangeline into a large room with a part of the mountain as the roof with white crystals in it that lit the room. In the middle of the room stood a metal crib in a large egg shape. The inside looked like a small bed,
"Kida climb on and we will begin"
"Everything is going to be fine" Helena reassured her
Kida climbed inside and her mother tucked her in,
"Mommy I feel tired"
"It's ok sleep now, and when you wake up everything will be fine."
Evangeline's magic made Kida fast asleep as soon as she was on the bed, purple light covered her but Helena was able to put her hand through the light. She took her necklace off and put it on Kida, Evangeline raised her hands and light from the crystals grew. Light circled around them and Helena noticed the glow of immortality on Kida was fading away.
"What are you doing?!"
"In order for Kida to survive on Midgard she must become one of them." She said "Don't worry she will still have her gifts, and she will become a full Asgardian again."
"You tricked me!" Helena screamed as she clung onto the crib "Now I will live longer than her!"
"Oh no Helena your end comes long before hers." She said as Evangeline's eyes glowed "If you want Kida to live give her to the Son of Coul."
Chills ran down her spine as a wind circled them blowing her hair around. White light from the crystals grew brighter and brighter. Then darkness appeared as Algon kicked down the door, Helena saw something flying towards her before they both disappeared.
Chapter Song
Hush now, my baby
Be still love don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep and remember
My last lullaby
-River Lullaby by Amy Grant from The Prince of Egypt
