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melkorkams25: What? It isn't a boy name... well I don't think it is anyway. I always do research before I name my characters and Kari as an Old Norse girl name that means "pure". And you misspelled illegal. If you wanna have a look, google norse baby girl names, click the first link and look for Kari.
Author's Note:
I know I know... I said I would post every second or third day, but the review caught me off guard. Not that I don't love talking to you guys and getting feedback from you, I just couldn't understand that one... is it illegal to call a girl Kari? It is a Norwegian variant of the Greek name "Katherine". I just wanted to put the name in because I like it.
Chapter 2
The frozen land was covered with snow and ice. Remnants of a mighty temple stood as stubborn as Thor was. I could feel everyone's fear impale my insides, except for Thor's… no, he was the idiot in the group who had the determination.
"We shouldn't be here" Hogun said.
"Let's move" Thor ordered after a few moments of silence.
We all followed Thor through Jotunheim and ignored a crumbling pillar toppling to the floor. I almost flinched when I felt a sense of anger coming from different directions. I hurried to Loki's side and took a deep breath. He looked at me with concern before I heard his calming voice crawl into my head,
"It is alright Kari… I will protect you"
"I am afraid, Brother. Laufey will kill me if he recognizes me…"
I voiced back to him, looking into his eyes. My vision blurred because of the accursed tears that threatened to flow. I blinked them back though. I heard his voice once again,
"He won't, you are smaller than you were when you defeated them. Laufey will never recognize you."
I nodded and thanked him silently. We hiked a long way to reach the destroyed temple. As we did, Loki and I kept speaking to each other in our heads. He tried to calm me down by mentioning all the victories I have achieved in the past. It helped me up to a point… but I remained afraid. When we reached the "entrance" of the temple, Sif's weariness poked my belly.
"Where are they?" Sif asked as she looked to Thor.
"Hiding, as cowards always do" Thor answered with a hint of disappointment in his voice.
"You've come a long way to die, Asgardians." A deep voice warned.
I finally flinched as I heard his voice… Laufey, King of the Frost Giants. I forced the tears back and stayed a little behind Loki.
"I am Thor Odinson!" Thor revealed, emanating an aura of nervousness and courage. I don't know how… but he did.
"We know who you are." Laufey responded, giving off spikes of cruel amusement that punctured my stomach.
"How did your people get into Asgard?" Thor asked angrily.
I could see Laufey looking right at us. His red eyes pierced through my soul and made me gasp silently.
"The House of Odin is full of traitors." Laufey answered with a shake of his head.
"Do not dishonour my father's name with your lies!" Thor growled, threatening to throw Mjolnir.
"Your father is a murderer and a thief and so is your little sister! And why have you come here? To make peace?" Laufey barked when he stood up. This sudden movement made me shrink back in terror.
My heart sank when I heard Laufey mention me. His blood red eyes shot quickly to me, but they finally focused on Thor. I almost cried when I looked into them. I saw Loki stand protectively in front of me.
"You long for battle. You crave it. You're nothing but a boy trying to prove himself a man." Laufey taunted as his soldiers surrounded us.
"Loki! Please do something!" I voiced to Loki, looking around me.
"Well, this 'boy' has grown tired of your mockery." Thor challenged, ignoring the growing army.
I saw that they readied their frozen weapons with a small howl of wind. Loki broke his stance and rushed to meet Thor. I couldn't hear what he was saying but his fear made its way into my hands and feet. I saw that Thor tore away from Loki's hand.
"You know not what your actions would unleash. I do" Laufey continued, lowering his gaze to the floor as he uttered the last few words. "Go now, while I still allow it."
Another Giant stalked towards Loki and Thor but stopped a few metres away. I welcomed Loki's acceptance growing into the palms of my hands,
"We will accept your most gracious offer."
Thor's anger intensified when he looked at Loki. A sigh of relief escaped me as Loki and Thor turned to leave. The rest of the group turned too. But my heart dropped as I heard a Frost Giant soldier utter the dreadful words,
"Run back home, little princess"
I could feel Thor's satisfaction resonate inside me after those words left that awful mouth. He turned and hit the soldier away… thus starting the battle.
I summoned my spear and impaled one of the soldiers. I threw the corpse away and fought another. I balanced the blade of my spear on the ground and used it as a pole to launch my boot into the giant's face.
I landed on him and struck another fighter. I felt a rumble behind me, so I turned and swung my spear into the attacker's head. Unfortunately the attacker was Laufey. He stopped my spear by grabbing it by the handle. I gasped as he grabbed more of the handle with another hand and flung me into a wall.
The force made me cry out in pain. I toppled to the ground but looked up to see Laufey drop the spear and run straight toward me. I jumped up and slammed my foot against the ground. This caused a spike to burrow through the ground and slam into Laufey's chest. It flung him back and gave me time to summon my spear again.
I saw a soldier charge at me, so I threw my spear and it drove itself between the giant's eyes. I called it back and stabbed another Giant in the chest. I threw a few kicks into its leg when it refused to fall and die. I brought my spear up with force and the reaction caused the Giant to split in half. I blocked a blow from a soldier with the handle of my spear. I head-butted him, thus making his head cave in… I forgot I was that strong. But alas, my contemplation brought my downfall.
A blinding power struck me in the head and caused me to tumble. I held out my hand which led to my spear's movement. I caught it and hurled the blade into the soldier's shoulder before he could render the killing move. When I made sure I had ground to flip, I put my feet onto his chest and booted him away from me. I landed on my feet as his corpse flew away. I flicked my hair away from my eyes and readied for another soldier.
To my surprise no one charged at me yet, but I saw Sif struggling with one. I growled and ran towards the quarrelling warrior and jumped up. I plunged my spear into the soldier's back and ripped it towards the head. The blade stopped unfortunately, but that didn't stop the giant from falling to the ground. I pulled the spear out and gave a warm smile to Lady Sif as she looked at me with horror and surprise.
A spike of anger burrowed itself into my side and caused me to dodge an attack from a soldier. I flipped away as the warrior tried again. I blocked a blow and kicked the soldier away into a dagger of ice that sprouted from the ground. I tilted my head in pride… but I cursed myself as I felt a strong force plunge a frozen blade through my back and stomach.
The agonising pain caused me to scream. The blade was pulled out and I fell to the icy floor. I heard a deep yelp and felt the ground grumble when the body hit the ground. I felt someone pull me up by my shoulder. I looked up and saw Loki. I scrambled up and leaned onto Loki for support.
"I told you I would protect you" He smiled as he looked into my eyes. He turned away from me and ordered Thor, "We must go!"
"Then go!" Thor responded while battling the other soldiers.
I saw Laufey stand up and summon his beast that caused the ground to shake. My friends' horror drove into my legs as we tried to see the danger. Apparently, Frost Giants have the ability to make ice into monsters… who knew? Loki dragged me along as they started running. I tried my best to run while clinging to Loki. I could feel the blood stain my clothes… but that was the least of my worries. We had a giant beast on our tails. We could feel the ground shake again. So I looked back and saw that it had almost gotten Hogun. It looked like it had plummeted. I felt a sense of hope but still heard rumbling sounds coming from under us.
We stopped at the sight of where we first started our trek. I could hear a voice calling out to Heimdall, but I couldn't recognize the voice. We saw the beast's claw plant into the ground in front of us and saw it rising. It roared its anger as it ascended even more. It rose to its back legs and prepared to swipe. I saw something red fly into the monster's mouth. This caused it to topple, showing the gaping hole in its head. Thor landed and it fell off the cliff with a loud rumble. He then turned to us with a triumphant smile. But that smile soon dropped when more soldiers surrounded us, including Laufey. But before they struck, multi-coloured light roared behind us. We turned around to see Odin on Sleipner, his eight-legged horse.
"Father! We'll finish them together!" Thor screamed excitedly.
"Silence" Odin ordered, causing Thor's disappointment to cross into my wound. This made me grimace in pain.
Laufey ascended to reach Odin's eyes and taunted,
"Allfather. You look weary."
"Laufey, end this now." Odin said, ignoring Laufey's observation.
"Your boy sought this out" Laufey argued.
"You're right. And these are the actions of a boy, treat them as such. You and I can end this here and now, before there's further bloodshed." Odin bargained.
"We are beyond diplomacy now, Allfather. He'll get what he came for. War and death." Laufey growled.
"So be it" Odin agreed, wobbling slightly.
I saw Laufey attempting to kill Odin, but the Allfather retaliated and called the Bifrost. This resulted in Laufey being swung back. I felt the dimensional energy once again flow through my body. I released Loki when we returned to the Bifrost. The landing force was too great for me. I fell to the floor with a grunt, causing Loki's concern to grow even more. I didn't hear their argument, I only felt Sif's hands pull me to her shoulder. The feeling in my legs gave out and led to my full weight rest on her shoulders.
She rushed me to the Healing Room and set me down in a bed. I groaned in pain… and I couldn't hold my eyes open any… longer. Darkness closed in and caused my head to explode with pain.
Author's Note:
Again, I wrote this whole fanfic while watching the movie. Not in one day of course (but that be cool), but in like a few weeks. To be honest I watched the movie a lot! But that doesn't mean I don't like it anymore!
Like I said before, I was caught off guard with the review and I wanted to reply to it. And the only way I could do that though was to post another chapter... Yeah, yeah I see those disappointing looks. Call me petty if it makes you feel better, I don't care. But if you want to leave a review about it, I don't mind either. And I'll edit the replies if you reviewed on the previous chapter. So I'll...
See you in the next chapter ;3