After the League – A League of Legends Fanfiction by Deathlark. Chapter 4, Freljord Diplomacy
De AuThor's Note: I forgot to talk about other stuff in the previous chapter's itinerary, so you're getting it now.
If you saw "romance" listed under the type of this story, let me clear this up. There is going to be shipping. At least 12 pairs right now, so a lot of shipping. However, it's going to be some time before I start doing some shipping. I'm looking at the first pair to be introduced at chapter 15, second 20, and probably on the same 5th chapter schematic mentioned in the itinerary.
I may add more, as I'm debating a 13th pair. You could offer suggestions, but I will reply if I already have a pair for the character(s). (P.S.: Some rather obvious ones will be in this XD) I'm also going to avoid lemons for the sake of this story, sorry lemon lovers. It doesn't seem that right for this story. Love, yes. Sex, no. However, this doesn't mean that I might add some provocative scenes in the story; just no sex (of any kind).
Bluegh, I feel weird after writing that. Let's get that out of the way, and enjoy the story.
Dat Disclaimer: I don't got no rights to da League of Legends.
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Ashe woke up to a stutter in her walk. She was unsteady, confused, and not feeling too well. She realized she was at the foot of one of the Freljord mountains on the south side. Just a few more miles around the mountain and you're out of the cold.
She was awfully suspicious of Swain. She could tell something was lurking in Swain's plan with all this weird void talk. She made then notion that it was for Noxus' intentions. She had a motive to stop whatever he had planned, considering Noxus is an enemy of the Barbarian tribe.
What Ashe also thought is that it would be best to group up with as many of her allies as possible. Especially with this free-for-all game of search and deliver, there was great power in numbers. Trustworthy people more importantly. She felt that she could only ally with those that belonged to Freljord.
Considering this, where there people other than champions here? It was barren rock and snow for all she could see. Even during the cold season there were typically people going in and out of the Freljord passes.
Ashe didn't like the bone-chilling cold for now. She decided to walk around the mountain waiting for something to happen, with her bow on the ready.
She started to sense a presence of someone else, wandering and scared. The cold managed to help her in some situations, such as spotting. She was taught ways to see what's coming just from a small alteration of snow. It was in the formation she knew; blowing quicker in just one direction. Ashe quickly submerged herself into the snow on the mountain. She dug a crevice large enough that she could draw back her bow and shoot through the hole. It wasn't comfortable, but it was enough.
She drew her bow and waited for someone to walk in front.
She started to hear heavy-footed treading, and moaning and groaning. She drew back further, sensing danger.
There was silence aside from the stomping. It was loathed and tough. It was a large thudding noise; Ashe had no clue who it could be. She became more nervous as the steps came closer. She remained composed to keep her focus.
As soon as the figure walked in front of the whole, she released her bow, driving the arrow straight into the man's side. She covered up her hiding spot quickly, afraid of what might be on the other side.
The man yelled out. It got muffled with the snow, so again Ashe couldn't identify him. She became more scared every second. There was a bit of silence.
Ashe knew the only thing she could do was draw another arrow, and ready it into the bow.
She drew back.
Suddenly, the entire wall of snow piled down from a large hand. Ashe shot out her arrows as fast as she could.
"STOP! PLEASE STOP!" she heard the man yell. She stopped shooting as she recognized the voice.
"Tryndamere?" Ashe asked, looking over the pile of snow. She saw Tryndamere littered with several of Ashe's arrows. She suddenly felt very guilty. "Oh… sorry… I didn't know it was you." Tryndamere pulled the arrows out of him slowly, grunting with each one.
"Yeah, whatever. Just don't shoot me again. How are you?" he asked.
"Er, nervous. Because of this… thing…" Ashe answered.
"I feel the same way, a bit nervous. I forgot to get some clothes before this started. I'm freezing, can we get out of here?" Tryndamere asked. Ashe did know that the cold land stopped not too far from where they were, but Ashe preferred the terrain of Freljord for hunting.
"No, I'd like to stay around Freljord, see if we can find any allies," Ashe replied.
"Or enemies? Seriously I can't take the cold like you," Tryndamere argued. Ashe stiffened. It was silently agreed they would work together in a group.
"Well you better get used to it if you want us to be in a group," Ashe said, maintaining her position. Tryndamere was about to say something, but then he lost his words. He pouted.
"Fine…" he said reluctantly.
"Good, then let's get lower on the ground. It's colder up on the mountains," Ashe suggested.
So the two trotted down the hill, almost slipping and tumbling down. Ashe found that Tryndamere, even for a northerner, was not acclimated to Freljord's terrain that well. Funny considering the journey they made there, and the time they've spent in Freljord.
Ashe had to guide Tryndamere to a low in the valley where it was less detectable, warmer, and had a good way to set up home.
The two made a large indent in the side of an ice wall and set up a small camp. Ashe showed Trynd how to ice fish with arrows, and in turn Trynd did the heavy lifting. It was a good partnership, both confident that they would make it through.
By the end of the night, Trynd and Ashe were calmly asleep on their armor on the floors of ice with a nice large pile of uncooked fish. It was a comfortable start that wouldn't last long.
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Sejuani woke up to the far north of Freljord; right next to the sea. Her boar, who she named Kevin, was waiting for her to get up, a bit nervous of whether his master was dead or alive. When she slowly got up, he happily greeted her with a warm nuzzle and a lick. He was a bit like a big dog at times.
"Yes, I'm ok Manny, calm down," Sejuani said. One thing Sejuani liked about Kevin was that his fur allowed her warmth of comfort. If there was a lack of a proper bed, she would sleep on top of him. There were other things that bugged Sejuani about Kevin, such as his wild need to sleep a lot, but she ignored them frequently (if she could).
"You're awake," she heard a man say. She turned behind her and saw the hero of Piltover, Jayce, sitting down on a rock tuning his hammer.
"What are you doing here?" Sejuani asked.
"Your boar was worried sick, so I would make sure that it wouldn't die sad. Now that you're awake, I'll be going," Jayce answered.
"Oh, ok. It would be better if we stick together actually, after all, there's power in numbers," Sejuani suggested. Jayce stopped for a second.
"I thought about it. Then I decided not to care. I'll be fine on my own," Jayce said, then getting up and leaving.
"No! I'm serious, do you know what's out there in Freljord?" Sejuani asked. Jayce shook his head. "Then you clearly don't know the difficulties. Even if you try to go alone, I'm not going to let your insolence get you killed. I'm going with you." Jayce rolled his eyes.
"Fine. Whatever 'princess'." Sejuani glared, but upheld what she had said.
The two eventually calmed down from their stern attitudes, and Sejuani directed them to a calmer part of northern Freljord. This part of Freljord was where her tribe resided, so she was acclimated to the terrain. Sejuani felt that Valoran was simply in a transformed and put into a realm. So she knew the structures would remain, so she traveled to her tribe.
When she reached the hill in which her tribe settled, she saw that people were still there.
"Other people?" Jayce asked, surprised they were there.
"I guess so. Come on," Sejuani said, kicking Kevin to signal to get moving. They ran off to the village.
"Ah! Our leader! You have returned!" one man said. Sejuani thanked all those that were there, and asked what was going on. They were all clueless. It was as if nothing had ever happened.
"What? What do you mean nothing's happened? Are you sure there was no change?" Sejuani asked. Everyone remained silent. Sejuani was confused.
"That can't be right… I remember there being a massive blast… all the way to Piltover…" Jayce said to himself.
"Me too… I was in Freljord…" Sejuani said as well.
"Leader, there was no blast of any sort. Nothing ever happened. You left to go and scout out fishing grounds," one woman replied. Sejuani's eye was suddenly caught by a man walking out of the tent. She recognized him.
"What is going on out here?" he said in his distinct voice.
"Taric! My hammer rival…" Jayce snarled under his breath.
"Woah, let's not get aggressive here," Sejuani denoted, trying to make sure nothing got violent. "Taric, what are you doing here?"
"I was recovered and brought to health by these people. Are they your followers?" Taric asked.
"Yes… Well, if they trust you I see no reason why I cannot. Welcome to the tribe," Sejuani greeted.
"Thank you, but what shall we do of this predicament?" Taric asked.
"We will… cope with what will happen. I'm interested in the power offered, but will only uphold if it crosses our path," Sejuani replied.
"I'd like a piece of that. Would work pretty well for some things…" Jayce mumbled. Sejuani ignored him a bit.
"Yes, I like that idea. But for now, I'd like to settle down a bit before we move. Is that fine?" Sejuani asked.
"Yes," Taric answered.
"*Sigh* Fine princess," Jayce replied.
They calmed down and each got their respective roles in the tribe. Sejuani resumed position and took care of some of the tribe's affairs.
While many things were weird, Sejuani knew there were many more pieces to this puzzle. She knew that they would just have to find them.
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Yep! That's this chapter. After the next chapter there will be a lengthy intermission (a month+) and then I'll write 5 more chapters. Rinse and repeat until the story is done.
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