A/N: Hey guys…this is the 3rd installment on the series, I hope you guys enjoy it and remember to leave your thoughts.
Chapter 1…Future plans
Black…
Darkness…
That's the only way I could describe the feelings all around me, it was just pure nothingness.
Until I felt the feeling of floating, I was definitely floating in water, and then the sounds of waves came into my ears.
The next thing I felt myself rolling and then the feeling of sand underneath my hands, wet sand, beach sand definitely. It was night time as I opened my eyes and looked left and right on the shore, but there was nothing except a small light flickering from the right side of the beach, deciding that was my best option to find out where the hell I am, I started heading in that direction.
I walked for a short while and realized there were a lot more lights, and that it was indeed not lights , but instead flames, torches to be exact.
Frowning at them I shook my head and followed the path to where all the torches were leading to.
As I was walking I started hearing voices and as I got closer the louder and louder the boisterous laughing became. I looked through bushes and saw a few men sitting around what looked to be a campsite, as they were all surrounded by a bonfire and there were tents behind them that I could see.
They were all wearing thick furry coats and made me frown because it was so hot in Louisiana…I then realized how cold it actually was and looked down to see it was snowing here….how could I have not realized that…
I should have paid attention because the next thing there was a very sharp spear pointed at my throat, and a pair of angry pure blue eyes right behind the spear.
"Who are you?" asked the man and I smiled coyly at him.
"Put down that silly thing before I eat you" I said to him and watch as the man frowned more and took a defensive stance. I rolled my eyes at him and clicked my fangs out. But there never came a click, I tried again and there was nothing once again.
I frowned and brought my hand up to my mouth, only to find perfectly normal human teeth. I shook my head and looked down to realize I was completely trembling from the cold as I was stark naked and my teeth started to stutter soon after I realized this fun fact. I looked up at the man before me and then felt everything go black once again…
This time when I woke up I was on a hard surface but was surrounded by heat, opening my eyes slowly I saw I was in a room filled with candle light and I was covered in fur blankets. I sat up and held the covers to my chest as I was still naked, I looked around the room and stopped my eyes on what looked to be a husky dog. I moved to stand up but was stopped as the dog stood up and started growling at me.
"Really?" I grumbled at it and glared down at the male dog.
"Enough" I shouted at it and saw it stop growling and walked forward to me. I raised my eyebrows at it as I was ready for it to attack, but was surprised as it jumped onto the bed and laid its head down in my lap. "You are a strange one" I said to it and laid my hand on his head as I scratched behind his ear.
"He trusts you…" I heard a voice say and looked up to see a woman standing in the door way with a bowl of what looked like hot water.
"Where am I?" I asked her and watched as she walked forward and sat the bowl next to the bed I was currently sitting in.
I frowned at the woman as she said where I was but I had no idea where that was and then I looked down at her clothes and looked around in the room realising that I was definitely not in the same era anymore.
"What year is it?" I asked her and saw her look at me and laugh as she made her way to the door.
"Wash yourself child, I will bring clothes to you, my husband would like to have a word with you after" she said and disappeared out the door.
"Where the fuck am I?" I growled to myself as I got out of bed and washed my body with the luke warm water. After I was done washing I wrapped the one fury blanket around my body like a towel. I walked over to the one side of the room which held a lot of weapons, swords, axes and mid-evil like weapons.
How could I be this far back in time that there isn't even electricity? And then be a normal human again, I tried moving things with my mind but nothing worked. I was completely a normal human girl. How boring… I said to myself in my mind, but deep down below I was glad to be somewhat normal again.
"Here we go…" I heard the lady say again and I turned around to see her lay a dress and shoes out on the bed for me along with a fur covered shawl. "What is your name my girl?" she asked me and I wondered why she was asking but replied to her nonetheless "Danalynne, may I ask what is yours?" I asked her and saw her turn her head as if she was thinking of something.
"Its beautiful…it means powerful goddess and perfect pearl, it shows in your beauty" she said to me and I frowned at her.
"Your name speaks for you my child, my name is Astrid. Now get dressed, the feast will soon begin, one of the servants will come fetch you" Astrid said and then she walked out of the room to leave me to get dressed.
I pulled the dress over my head and then quickly put the comfortable shoes on, braiding my hair down my back I sighed and wondered when or how I will be able to go back.
"This way…" I heard a voice say and followed after the red headed girl as we walked in what seemed to be a castle as floor to wall were old aged stones.
As we walked I could hear the sound of laughter and talking getting louder and louder, when we stepped into what looked like a dining hall all laughter and talking stopped.
I looked around at all the faces and came to the conclusion that I was definitely sent back very far in time. Maybe the Viking era as I looked at all these people.
"Ah she finally joins us, come sit my dear" a man said at the main table, which I knew was the king as he was wearing a crown and next to him sat Astrid with a crown of her own.
I nodded my head down at the two of them and made my way over to the only chair that was open which happened to be next to the king. "My queen told me of your beautiful name, I am sure it fits you perfectly and makes the future more precise" the king said as he was eating big pieces of meat from his plate…
I frowned at him and shook my head "I'm sorry king…but what has my name to do with the future?" I asked him and jumped as his boisterous laugh filled the halls.
"It fulfils the destiny set out for our people…you will marry my son as soon as he returns from battle lady Danalynne" the king laughed out and I frowned and stood up.
"I am not a piece of property that can be sold to your son to have as a wife…I will be leaving shortly" I growled out to the king and was amazed at how quiet it suddenly got with everyone staring between me and the king.
"You can be glad that I did not slit your throat with that spear when you threatened to eat me girl, now you can either marry my son willingly or spend the rest of your time chained up like a dog" the king growled at me and I stared down at him not breaking eye contact…
He stated laughing out loud again and pulled me down back into my chair, I still stared hard at him letting him know I was not giving in to this ridiculous thought that he had…
"Take her to the oracle" the king demanded after his fit of laughter died down and he saw that I was still not agreeing with him.
Astrid stood up and grabbed me by the arm and led me out of the eating halls and into the brisk cold.
It was still snowing I realized and looked at Astrid for an explanation. "The oracle spoke years ago that a naked pure pearl would marry our son and lead our people into victory alongside him" Astrid explained to me and I shook my head at her, trying to refused but we entered a dark building and I saw a woman step forward that could definitely only be the oracle…
She had dark tattoos over her body with pitch black eyes which matched her dark hair, she was frail looking but met my stare dead on and smiled at me with mischief.
"She finally came to us" the oracle said and I shook my head at her.
"I am definitely not the naked pearl that you think I am, I am not marrying some dickhead cause some man told me to" I growled at her and turned to leave but stopped dead in my tracks when she said one name.
"Godric…"
"What do you know of him…." I snarled at her and watched as she grabbed my hand and pulled me down to the floor to read my palm better.
I watched as she pulled a dagger out and sliced it over my finger, making the smallest of cuts but enough to make a drop of blood raise up, the oracle pulled it up to her mouth and sucked the blood off.
She closed her eyes and moaned out and then started convulsing until she went deathly still and looked up at the queen "please leave us" the oracle said and the queen nodded in dismay but left nonetheless.
"You don't belong here…" the oracle said and I scoffed at her as I crossed my arms.
"That is exactly what I have been trying to tell all of you…" "But you need us to get home" she interrupted me and I sighed as I signalled for her to continue telling me how to get home.
"You will have to marry the son of the king…if you don't the path you lead then will never get you home, it is not a cruel life if you marry him…I have seen how all of this ends, and you are the only hope we have to stand back up and fight, it will lead you to the place to get home, it will not be as long as you think dear child, follow my words and you will get back to him" the oracle said and then walked back to her bed and slept.
I sat there confused and not knowing what to do, clearly if I followed her words I would get home safely but who knows what this man was like that I was set to marry…I won't bow down to him and lick his feet, I am a strong woman and always will be.
"That is fine my dear, we don't bow down to our men, we stand beside them and fight" Astrid said behind me and I realized that I was mumbling all of it out loud. I looked up at her with fear in my eyes and nodded slowly at her.
"He will return home soon, until then you can get to know you're soon to be village better" Astrid said as she helped me to my feet and walked me back to my room.
"What if we don't like each other?" I asked her and she smiled at me "We all never do at the start but love tends to grow if it is nurtured, sleep my child for tomorrow you will get to know your new home" Astrid said to me and I nodded and turned to go into my room, sleep came fitfully that night with images of wolves and blood, white fabric stained with blood and myself standing upon a pile of bodies.