JC: Gosh, I had a long vacation in China. I apologize for this very late update. Chapter 51 is up and it is the last part of the past. Thank you for the reviews in the last chapter. I also wanna announce that this story is nearing to an end. But I won't say what chapter. Please go on and read.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed.

Gundam Seed: Mythical Legends

Phase 51: Visions

In the realms of the gods, Asgard, a cloaked god has returned from the human realm. He removed his cloak and revealed himself to be a very handsome god. His hair and his eyes were as blue as the sky and his facial features were admirable. He wore bright plate mail, and was armed with a thin, long sword- a rare and highly ranked weapon only fit for a god.

He presented himself before the throne of the ruler of gods and knelt down to show respect. "Lord Odin, I have returned with news about Lady Freya. I have found her."

The highest of all gods, Odin, looked like a man about the age of 30. He had long, black flowing hair and his eyes were slit and devious. He wore a long black robe and gold rings on his fingers. "You have found Freya?" He stood up as his lips curved into a malicious grin. "I am so pleased to hear that. Tell me, Tyr, where is she?"

"She is currently residing in a mortal's house in the Kingdom of Laurenia." Tyr responded.

"What? Did I hear you correctly? She is staying with a mortal?"

"Yes, my lord. From my observation, she seems to be falling for that mortal."

Odin clenched his fist in anger. "Preposterous! I will not allow it! A goddess like her is forbidden to interact with humans, let alone fall in love with one!" He formed static in his palm and blasted some plants located at the corner of the room.

"I have also one more thing to tell you, my lord." Tyr said calmly, despite Odin's outburst. "Loki, the traitor, is with her as we speak."

"WHAT?!" Hearing Loki's name made his blood boil. After all his hard work of getting rid of Loki, the trickster god was still in his hair. "We must make our move now. Tyr, let us go to the human realm and dispose of Loki once and for all."

Tyr smirked. "Understood, my lord." He rose and planted his fist against his chest. "It will be my pleasure to bring Loki to justice."

"One more thing, call Heimdall. I am sure he wants to get his vengeance."

"But, my lord, our power is enough to wipe Loki out of his existence."

"Are you questioning my authority, Tyr?" Odin narrowed his gaze at him.

With no other choice, he complied with Odin's orders and went off.

Sitting under the big Yggdrassil tree was a young goddess with bright blonde hair. Her eyes decorated in magenta color. She looked very innocent and gentle. She was currently staring at some butterflies flying around the field.

"I wonder if Loki-sama is all right." She hugged her legs and sighed.

Her name was Skuld and she was one of the goddesses of destiny. She was a close friend of Loki and she felt hurt after finding out about Loki's crime against Heimdall. She could not believe that Loki would do such a thing to a friend. Furthermore, why couldn't she predict it to happen? She could have warned Heimdall beforehand. The future was always open to her and her visions had never failed her.

"But why…? I was not able to predict his crime." Skuld placed her hand on her temple as she looked up at the sky. "Loki-sama… How could you…?

Just then, a vision came to her mind and it hit her so hard that it almost rendered her breathless. The vision was about the fate of Asgard and the fate of humanity. It was nothing she had ever experienced before. It was too gruesome. "No, this cannot happen." She clamped her mouth and stared hard at the ground. "This cannot be the future."

With haste, she stood up and took off to find her older sisters, Urd and Verdandi. She found her two sisters bathing in a spring and they seemed to be having a good time with their chatting. "Sisters!" shouted Skuld to catch their attention.

The two goddesses turned to look at their youngest sister. "What is it, Skuld?" Verdandi, a beautiful red-haired goddess with emerald green eyes spoke. "You seemed troubled," the oldest of the three, Urd was an attractive goddess with short brown hair and aqua blue eyes.

"I had a vision and it is probably the biggest one yet," Skuld retorted, falling on her knees.

Urd and Verdandi went up shore and wrapped themselves with white robes. They knelt down to Skuld's level and held her shoulders. "Please tell us about this vision," the two of them spoke at the same time.

Skuld nodded her head. She was showing fear in her eyes, but it was her duty to warn everyone about the grim future of Asgard.

Laurenia

It was already morning and everyone in town was already busy with their lives. Alexander's mother was setting up her stall in the town's square to sell her goods and fruits. Freya was also there helping the mother with her business. She was practically a good luck charm to Alexander's mother since her beauty and friendliness were attracting many customers.

"Freya, can you place this over there?" The mother handed Freya a basket of oranges.

"Sure, no problem." Freya placed the oranges on top of a crate, but an orange dropped and rolled on the ground. She followed the rolling orange until it bumped into someone. The person picked the orange. "Oh, Alexander…"

"Here you go." Alexander handed the fruit to her. "I am thankful that you are assisting my mother."

"It is the least I can do for letting me stay in your house." As she reached for the orange, she managed to touch Alexander's hand and the both of them blushed. "Ah… Umm…Thanks…" She pulled the orange close to her.

"Yeah…" Alexander scratched the back of his head. "Umm... Freya, there is this shop I know and I-I want to take you there if you have the time." He was speaking nervously.

"Maybe after work, yes?" Freya answered nimbly as she played around with the orange in her hand.

"Why are you two standing there like a pair of idiots?" Loki suddenly appeared between them and surprised them.

"Ah! Loki, since when did you…?" gasped Freya, her cheeks still burning in red.

Loki pulled a face and folded his arms. "You two must be in a relationship, correct?" He tapped his finger on his cheek, looking intelligent.

"WHAT?!" Freya and Alexander blurted out, their faces turning red as tomatoes.

"So, I am correct!"

"LOKI!" Freya shouted in his ear. "Stop saying such nonsense!" She stuffed the orange in his mouth and pushed him away. She then spun on her heels and walked back to the stall.

"Are you all right, Loki?" Alexander asked, trying to hold his laughter. He found it funny to see Loki with the orange in his mouth.

Loki pulled the orange from his mouth and threw it backwards. "Do not be fooled by her looks. She has one mean temper." He placed his hands behind his head. "Tell me something, Alexander, do you love Freya?"

Alexander blushed all of the sudden. "Umm… What makes you say that?" He lowered his head and scratched the back of his neck.

"It is so obvious."

"But I am not even sure—" Alexander stared down and dropped his hand to his side.

"You are not sure that you love her?"

Alexander nodded his head.

"Hmph. Figures… What should I expect from a mortal?" Loki shrugged. "You better realize your feelings soon before we leave for Asgard." He planted his fist on his hip and looked at Alexander seriously.

His eyes widening, Alexander raised his head and turned to Loki. "What do you mean?"

"We might never come back. Remember, we are immortals and we live in Asgard. If you fail to tell her your real feelings, you will regret it." The trickster god turned around and walked away, leaving Alexander in deep thought.

He directed his sights on the blonde beauty who was entertaining a customer. His eyes grew sad as his lips frowned. Freya is going back… No, I do not want her to go. I want her to stay with me. But what can I do? I am just a mortal and I cannot stop a goddess from her decisions.

"If you fail to tell her your real feelings, you will regret it." Loki's words plagued his mind. He knew that Loki was right, but the problem was his feelings. He was sure of himself. He did not know how to explain his feelings for Freya.

Later that night…

Alexander, as well as his mother, was sleeping soundly in their respective bedrooms. In fact, everyone in town was already resting for another day. Only one person was awake and she could not sleep because a vision was haunting her dreams. It was a vision about a person's death. She could not see the person's face clearly, but she felt like it was someone close to her.

"This cannot be true." She trembled as she held her head. She wondered if her vision was just a bad dream and she wished it was. Feeling more afraid, she got off the bed, left her bedroom and went into Alexander's room. There, she sat on his bed and gazed upon his face. "Alexander…"

Her eyes grew wide as the vision came into her mind again. She dropped herself on top of the mortal. "Alexander!" she uttered his name.

At that moment, Alexander woke up and was surprised to see Freya lying on him. He, nevertheless, blushed. "F-Freya, what is going on? Why…?" He touched her shoulders to stop her struggling.

She clutched onto the sheets and started crying. "I saw a vision—a vision of death. It pains me to see such a death."

"Freya…" There was nothing he could do about the vision she was seeing. All he could do was to comfort her, so he hugged her and soothed her with words of assurance.

"The person in my vision appears to be someone very close to me." Freya spoke softly as she opened her eyes. "Alexander, I do not want anyone to die."

"Sshhh… It is all right."

"My visions have never failed me." She continued to sob on his chest. "And this vision will come true. If that happens, promise me that you will be there for me." She raised her head to gaze straight into his emerald orbs.

The sadness he saw in her eyes made him so concerned. He knew the painful feeling of losing someone you love. He placed her hand on her cheek and smiled. "I have sworn to protect you, Freya. I will always be there for you."

Her frown slowly formed into a smile. "Thank you…" She closed her eyes and buried her face in his chest once more.

He let her do as she please for now, knowing it would calm her. His arms were still entwined her and he was not planning on letting her go. He was more than happy to have Freya there.

Before the stroke of sunrise, Odin and Tyr appeared in front of Alexander's house. They were there to retrieve Freya. Odin pulled out a necklace from his cloak and held it out to show Tyr. The necklace was made out of pure gold and it was decorated with gemstones.

"Behold, the Brisingamen necklace," Odin announced as he stared at it with admiration.

"You have Lady Freya's necklace?" Tyr had always thought that the necklace was always with Freya since it was her valued possession. Not only that, he wondered how Odin got hold of the necklace. It was strange for him to have it.

What Tyr does not know is that Odin had Loki steal the Brisingamen necklace in order to protect Freya from the other gods in Asgard. The necklace had the power to make any man fall in love with her. Odin had a great deal of feelings for Freya and he wanted her to be his wife. However, Freya refused to be his wife, stating that she can never learn to love him. Of course, Odin was devastated but he was not planning on giving up. He was determined to make her love him no matter what—even if it meant eliminating the ones close to her.

Since he only wanted the best for his friend, Loki stole the necklace. Before giving the necklace to Odin, he had asked him about his intentions with the necklace. Odin just gave him a fake explanation, which did not fool Loki one bit. Soon, Loki realized that Odin just wanted Freya to be his wife. Loki attempted to steal the necklace from Odin but his efforts failed. His actions angered Odin greatly.

Odin came up with a perfect plan to get back at Loki and it was through Heimdall. It was him who disguised himself as Loki to fool Heimdall. It was him—the one who stole Heimdall's right eye. It was all his doing. Because of that, Loki had become a traitor in everyone's eyes—even the goddesses of destiny who had admired him so much. With the entire frame up, Odin exiled Loki to the human realm.

I thought I could have Freya all to myself with Loki gone. But I never knew how strong her faith was in Loki. She even left Asgard, despite the rules, to look for Loki. And she found him here in this filthy world. The more he thought about Loki, the angrier he became. There was no time to lose. He needed to get Freya back, so he could go on with his plans.

He raised the Brisingamen high and started chanting. The necklace glowed mysteriously as the chant ended. "Freya, come…" he whispered to himself.

Inside the bedroom, Alexander and Freya were sleeping side by side on the bed. Their hands were intertwined with one another as their faces were just centimeters apart. Both of them were sleeping so soundly until…

"Freya, come…" a voice whispered into Freya's ear.

The goddess opened her eyes and they were lifeless and empty. She slowly got off the bed, careful to not disturb Alexander. But she did not realize that she suddenly hit her elbow at his side and it was enough to wake him. Despite that fact, Freya moved on, opened the door, and walked out.

At the same time, Alexander sat up, rubbing his eyes, as he yawned. He turned to his side only to find Freya missing. "Freya?!" He noticed the door open. "I have a bad feeling about this." He quickly jumped off the bed, put on his shoes, and ran out.

When he reached outside, he spotted Freya along with two men. "Freya!" he shouted out. But Freya did not seem to hear him. He tried calling her again and still, she did not respond. "What's going on?"

"Mortal, what gave you the right to be friends with Freya?" Odin muttered, staring seriously at Alexander.

"Who are you?"

With blinding speed, Tyr immediately got behind Alexander and pinned him to the ground. "Show some respect, mortal! He is Odin, ruler of all gods."

"Odin…?"

Odin approached Freya and embraced her. "I have longed for this moment. Freya, I have missed you so much." He brushed his fingers through her golden locks.

"Freya!" Alexander struggled to break free from the god the minute he saw Odin touch her. "Freya! FREYA!"

"Alexander!" The sound of his voice brought Freya back to her sense. She quickly noticed her predicament and pushed Odin away with telepathy. "Odin, how dare you?! You are despicable!"

"How…? How did you break free from the necklace's spell?!" Odin slowly stood and held out the necklace again.

"My Brisingamen was with you the whole time! You are a thief!"

"Who are you calling a thief? Did you not know that it was your friend, Loki, who stole the necklace from you?"

"Loki would never! You are lying, Odin!"

"Ahh… Freya, I am telling you the truth. If you do not believe me, why don't you ask him for yourself?"

Freya became silent. Loki told me that he could never steal from a friend. She gritted her teeth. "I believe in Loki!" She turned her head at Tyr and saw him holding Alexander. Using her telepathy, she blew Tyr away and brought Alexander to her.

"Freya, are you all right?" Alexander stood up, soothing his right shoulder.

"I should be the one asking you."

"Get away from her, mortal! Know your place!" Odin blurted, rage fuming all over him. He emitted a very dangerous aura.

"I will not let you harm him!" She spread out her arms to protect Alexander.

Odin was so jealous that he was ready to kill the mortal in a snap. The only problem was he could not afford to hurt Freya. "Is he that important to you?! But he is just a mere mortal!"

"Do not look down on him. Alexander is a wonderful person. He is someone that I could trust, unlike you."

Alexander was flattered to hear such words from Freya.

"Freya, you sound like you…" Odin's face suddenly turned pale.

"I know what your thinking and yes—" She held onto Alexander's hand and gently squeezed it. "I love, Alexander!"

"No, Freya…" Broken hearted, Odin felt his chest and fell on his knees.

On the other hand, Alexander was shocked yet pleased to hear her utter such words. He did not know what or how to respond.

"Alexander," she muttered, facing him. "I love you. I love you with all my heart and it is no lie." She leaned her head against his chest and closed her eyes.

No words were able to express what he felt. Instead, he just showed his feelings through actions, through hugging her. And at that moment, Freya's body glowed. "Huh? What's happening?"

"Let us go…" she said.

"Where?"

"To Asgard…" Her voice echoed. She unleashed a powerful light from beneath them. The light enveloped them and they started disappearing.

"Freya!" Odin called, reaching out.

"Lady Freya!" Tyr who just regained his consciousness tried to stop her with his power. But his power was not strong enough to overpower hers.

Present…

Athrun's eyes popped open in a flash as he sat up on the bed. His heart was pumping at a quick pace, feeling like it was gonna explode any second. Not only that, he was breathing so fast. He stared into blank space, with sweat drops flowing down his face to his neck. He held his temple as he tried to remember what happened to him.

To be continued…

JC: And that ends the Past Arc. I figured that it wouldn't be much of a surprise if I revealed how Alexander died in the past, so I'll save it for later. Athrun has woken up now and guess what? He is gonna save Cagalli in the next chapter! Please review and no flaming.