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...For love is Immortality.; Hetero, James as Thor/OFC Valkyrie, AU
Topic Started: August 15, 2012, 1:22 pm (15,406 Views)
Olyamet
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Jäger.....

Thank you girls so much!
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Sorry for the delay, I had guest in my house and I was working over time and now I'm sick as a dog... got the flu shot and riding it. :(


But I managed to finish update today!











VI.





(Astrid's POV)




My heart sang with joy as I rode my winged stallion back to the sky, rising above Midgard as it fell into night. I did it, and it worked! I saw the mark of the slain disappearing from that warrior's soul! And to think, just yesterday evening I was so unsure of my decision that I even tried to ask Thor about the spirits. He told me that spirits never talk and I was going to tell him that I'd spoken to one, but my friend's golden-haired crush walked up to us, interrupting our conversation. Sol's beautiful smile ignited charm in the God of Thunder and I stepped back, feeling invisible in the golden glow of the Goddess of Sun.

All night I spent thinking of multiple what ifs. What if the mortal begged for his life? What if he'd chose the wrong words? What if the wishing power of the pendant was just a myth? What if I wasn't be able to help him? What if I saved him and his wife died? The questions buzzed in my head, not letting me sleep, and continued all the way to my trip to Midgard. They didn't stop even when I landed on the battlefield. But they dissolved as soon as I heard what Rodimir's wish would be. From that point on I knew I chose right.

I felt the warmth of a good deed spilling over my chest and hit the sides of my horse, making it push up and rise above the sunset colored clouds. Never in my life had I felt so good! I smiled again. Rodimir, son of Slavs, will live. He will live to love and his wife will never share the fate of that elderly, brokenhearted woman I saw in the gazing cup! Their love saved them both! My pendant flickered, sending another wave of warmth through my chest and filling me with happiness. I wish I could save all the love in the world! Help more people! Wait... the spirit said my pendant held the power of many wishes, how many?

A stronger wave of light burst from the seed on my chest and I looked down, more curious than alarmed. 'How long does it take to finish granting a wish? Shouldn't it have stopped shining by now? I should've asked more about it...' I needed to go back to Freya's hall and try to talk to that spirit again. But I could do that as soon as I got home. 'I can't wait to tell Thor about what happened, hope he has time to listen to my story.'

My stallion rose higher, following the aurora lights and drawing closer to the rainbow glow of the Bifrost. Another wave, more intense than the previous one spilled over my body, and my vision clouded. The lights of the rainbow bridge turned blurry as my head spun and my pendant started frantically pulsating with the bright flares, turning the warmth in my chest into a strong burn. Something is wrong...

As soon as I thought that, the heat got stronger, making me wince, fighting for air as the painful burning deepened into my chest. I reached for the pendant, trying to pull it away from my skin, but it refused to move, digging into my flesh. 'What's happening?'

My stallion neighed, bucking under me, and the reins in my hand suddenly melted, leaving me to grip at the horse's mane. Another neigh, followed by a loud snort, and to my horror my stormy steed dissolved, returning back into its primal state of a cloud, leaving my hands clenched into nothingness. My body hung in midair for a second before plummeting down.

The high-pitched shrill of my fast descent drilled into my ears, mixing with the pounding sound of my blood. The sky around me erupted with fire, heating up my armor to a glowing red, and like a burning, falling star my body plunged through the sky, falling back to Midgard. My heart seized, fighting the blazing burn, and my lungs shriveled as I gasped for air. The fire around me grew, turning into a burning inferno and exploding around me as I crashed into the ground.

My mind slowly emerged from the numbing agony, coming back to the conscious world with a loud buzzing and weird metallic taste in my mouth. I opened my eyes and tried to breathe in, but the burning in my chest sent my lungs into seizing gasps. The coppery, salty taste increased, drowning me, and my body shook with a cough. A sharp sting in my side overpowered the burning in my chest, pushing a scream of pain out of my burnt lungs.

I sat up, fighting the dizziness and reached under my armor, pulling out a shaft, broken in half and glistening with blood. Great, I landed on my own spear. It will take a few minutes to heal. I slowly stood up, holding my side, using my sword to push my burned and wounded body up and climbing out of the deep, still steaming with the heat trench. As I slowly made my way through the smoke to higher ground, the breeze pulled the clouds aside, revealing a surreal sight.

Torched trees, torn from their roots, covered the charred ground around the crater. Ash was dancing in the smoke filled air, slowly falling to the ground, and covering everything in a black snow. Smoke clouds were rising to the sky, covering the stars. A dead, burnt down field lay around me, as far as my eyes could see. Wow... I did all that? But what happened? Why did I fall? My pendant should've opened the portal for me... why didn't it?

My hand flew to my chest and I winced as the sharp pain of the touch pulsated in my head as I looked down at my bloody blistered skin. The empty setting of my pendant was melted into the wound and small, barely glowing pieces of the seed were scattered all over my chest. My pendant! Oh no... I can't open the portal without it! My eyes followed the rising smoke and my burned lungs let out a hoarse scream.

“Heimdall! Open the portal! Heimdall!”

The silent darkness around me swallowed my words and I breathed in as deeply as I could screaming at the top of my lungs.

“Heimdall!”

The sharp pain in my side followed, twisting my body and making me lightheaded. My head spun with an unknown to me before feeling of weakness and I lowered myself on one of the torched trees. Why can't he hear me? My hand reached under my tarnished and bent armor and my fingers slid over the warm wetness. I looked down, staring in disbelief at my blood covered hands. I'm still bleeding? Why isn't it healing? It should be all healed by now... I can't be harmed by my own spear... I don't understand what's happening... I need help... I need to get back to Asgard.

“Please, Heimdall, hear me!” My eyes returned to the dark sky. “Can anyone hear me?”

The scream drowned into the rising smoke and a light breeze blew ash up in the air. I swallowed, feeling painfully alone in the foreign world of humans, as I whispered my last plea.

“Please... someone help me... Thor...”

My head spun again, and my hands gripped to the pommel of my sword as my eyes returned to my still bleeding wound. It's not healing... why is it not healing? And why can no one hear me? I looked up and the clouds parted, opening the starry sky. The cold hand of fear gripped at my spine as my eyes stopped on the milky glowing band across the sky, just above Polaris. Where is the Bifrost? It should be right there in the middle of this band... a bright rainbow line.... It's always visible... it should be right there... Why can't I see it? Every immortal can see it from any of the worlds, why can't I see it now? I lowered my face, looking at my blood covered hands on the sword handle. My heart skipped and lips breathed out the answer.

“Only immortals can see the Bifrost... that means... I am... mortal...”

Mortal... a human... I stood up, gripping my sword and trying to steady my shaking legs. I breathed in, feeling the blood dripping down from my wound. Weakness took over my body and my knees gave in, buckling under me. My hazed mind registered charred dirt closing on me in a weird angle and visions from past rose up in my mind. The gold covered world of Asgard... the tower of Odin... the brightly lit dining hall, and beside me the smiling face of my dear friend. Thor... I should've told you... The golden glow tarnished, swallowed by the black abyss of nothingness between the realms of existence.


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tuesday's gone
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Breathtaking! :heart: :heart: :heart:

And I'm gonna elaborate on that later.
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jØrdan
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Astrid... welcome to Earth. :biggrin

The descriptions were beautiful! Sad, confused... poor Astrid. God, Loki's a dick.

THOR, COME AND RESCUE YOUR LUFF! ;_;

I want more! <3
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amazing chapter! no words! can't wait to read more, I NEED MORE.
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Thor, this'd be a good time for you to haul ass down to earth and rescue her. Git on eet.
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September 27, 2012, 4:08 pm
Thor, this'd be a good time for you to haul ass down to earth and rescue her. Git on eet.
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Working on eet! :biggrin

Thanks girls, nice to know you still like it! :heart:
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Olya, all I can think to type is that I am "speechless"

And yes, Loki is a dick, but I have a feeling he will get what's coming to him, eventually
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God, poor Astrid... I felt that something bad will happen.

Spirit... pendant... and naive Astrid.

Where is Thor?
I am not sure that Thor can do anything to help her, but I am curious what will happen next!
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Jäger.....

Thanks girls!
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Sorry for the wait.. again.



And now, the first part of chapter seven. James'.. I mean Thor's POV! :P












VII.





(Thor's POV)




The mid-morning sun shined mercilessly on my face and I turned, moving my head on the pillow. A few thoughtless minutes were all I was allowed to get, before the sun's rays made their way to my face again.

“Piss off, I'm not done with my sleep just yet.” I pulled the pillow over my head, but the rays crawled over my bare back, heating up my skin.

I dragged my hand over the sheets, blindly searching for the covers and yanking the silky fabric over my body. The rays reached to my now open feet and I moved again, pulling the covers down, and irritating warmth returned, tickling my shoulder. I moved all the way to the edge of the bed and tried to force myself back into the serenity of the dream realm, but my mind was already rudely awaken. I signed and turned onto my back, stretching and mumbling through a yawn.

“Sol, your maids are unbearably annoying!”

I sat up and reached to the wine goblet on the nightstand. I wonder if the Goddess of the Sun is as annoying as her rays, maybe I should cool off my pursuit of her. To have someone that attention crazy around even for a few days.. nights, would drive me nuts. I took a drink of the refreshing wine and turned onto my side, propping by head up on my hand.

She is very beautiful, though... Too bad she's a bit full of air... hot air, and as dumb as a doorknob. I smirked remembering our first meeting.

It took her a few minutes to get what I meant by my reply to her snobby 'I don't think so' when I asked her out. I said that the weather is always subject to change, so it's only a matter of time before the thundering clouds will cover her celestial body in the sky. I thought it was a pretty clever answer, all of my friends got it. Balder snorted, Loki smiled wickedly, and Astrid rolled her eyes at me, turning away to hide her smile.

Sol had this baffled look, just staring at me with no thoughts behind those gorgeous golden eyes. She had no idea how to respond until one of her maidens stepped behind her and whispered something into her ear. After that she turned on her heels, throwing a killer look over her shoulder and walked away. But a few days later, when I changed my tactics and bluntly ignored her, she started showing up for every feast after her solar duty in the sky.

A few more days of pretend lost interest and a few loud laughs with other Asynjirs of Asgard and she came up to me, but I played it cool, pretending to have no desire to sleep with her. She was desperate to get my attention now, she followed me around, but I decided to stretch it for a few more days, waiting for her to pull me into her bed. I always enjoyed my dating games, it was more fun to make them to want you, to chase you.

Judging by Sol's clear jealousy two nights ago, when she dragged me away from Astrid, she was right where I wanted her, and would surrender to me very soon. I took another sip and held it in my mouth, suddenly coming up with an idea. Hm... should I see what prize awaits me? Let's see a very near future moment. I picked up my silky covers and exhaled a foggy cloud under it. The fabric rose, hovering in the air, and the cloud slowly took form, following my imagination. I lowered my grail and smiled at the voluptuous figure of a sleeping Sun Goddess.

Mnnn... Sure looks promising. As they say, nothing is hotter than the sun. Than golden, buttery skin, those curves, that self-luminous body... She's bound to be hot in bed! I can put up with her narcissistic personality for a few days to get the taste of the hottest Asynjir in all the realms.

“Here is to a few nights of fun.” I raised my goblet to my foggy creation, and gulped the rest of the wine down. Something sharp cut into my lip and I sat up, dropping the grail and spilling wine on the silk. In the middle of the dark red stained sheets lay a broken half of Astrid's spear, I picked it up and sighed. Shit...

I promised her to weld it back together weeks ago and never got to it. Last night I came home after a late night of drinking with my brothers and stumbled into one of the tables. The tip fell on the floor with a loud clang and I put it into my goblet, so I would remember about it when I woke up. I also needed to make up to my friend for the night before. She was asking me about the spirits of Asgard, and I dropped out of the conversation when Sol came up to me with an alluring smile and asked me about my latest hunting trophy. I got carried away, and by the time my story was over I couldn't see my little Valkyrie anywhere.

Speaking of Astrid... she missed the feast last night, probably spent all evening in Freya's hall again. Honestly, what was going on with her lately? Why was she so hung up on those mortals? They're just low creatures, limited in all ways. Limited in power and wisdom, short-lived, bloodthirsty, dirty, always at war, always asking for pity in their prayers, needy, greedy peons. What did she see in them?

I turned the broken piece in my fingers and the dark red wine drops fell off of the blade, reminding me of the day when I pulled it out of the smashed neck of the fire snake. It was my fault it broke, I wanted to have a trophy, I aimed my hammer at the neck to sever the head. I smiled, remembering Astrid's face after she pulled her spear out of the messy, bloody monstrosity.

“Thor, you bilchsteim! You broke my favorite spear!”

I smiled and twirled the shiny metal in my fingers. She loved that spear, she said it always brought her luck. I needed to fix it. I'll do it today, I'll go to the Valkyrie's tower, get the other half and weld it back together with my lightning. In fact, I'll do it right now. I gripped the corner of the covers, pulling it off and it moved with the breeze, making me turn to the forgotten creation of my mind and I froze, staring at the image that the fog continue to build, visualizing my thoughts.

I swallowed and was ready to dispel the changed vision, but my eyes stopped on the face of the woman in my bed, making me hold my breath. The covers were tightly wrapped around her slim figure, black hair was spread over the pillow, encasing her face, and making it glow with a soft light, her long eyelashes were casting shadows on her alabaster cheeks. Her words rose up in my mind.

'You change your lovers faster than clouds change their forms! Even the Gods can't have everything they want. It's not going to happen, so just give up. Go back to chasing after golden-haired Goddesses and leave the poor Valkyrie alone, I'll never become just another notch on your mighty power belt. I may just be a demigoddess, who swore to serve Aesirs, but I have my pride!'

I shook my head and the cloudy mirage melted, letting the fabric slowly fall on the empty sheets.


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Aw… he still does not know what happened with Astrid.

I do not have a idea how will he react, what will he do. Such a mess.

I hope Astrid is OK!
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"dark red wine drops fell off of the blade"

Come on Thor!!! She's bleeding, don't you see the signs!!!! *exasperated*

I LOVE IT! DON'T STOP!
Thor, or no Thor, it's James there! The best James in the fic land! :heart: :heart: :heart:
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omg, this chapter is perfect :heart: can't wait for more :heart:
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October 10, 2012, 4:38 pm
"dark red wine drops fell off of the blade"

Come on Thor!!! She's bleeding, don't you see the signs!!!! *exasperated*

^^^^That's what I was gonna say! I love how you wrote that. :D

And haha, this made me laugh: "Sol, your maids are unbearably annoying!" :P

OMG, I wanna know more! *breathes hard*
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Olya, all I can say is thank you for writing this! Perfection!
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Thanks girls!
Glad to know, you are still interested!
Love you all, thanks for reading and taking your time to comment.
Means a lot to me!
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Okay, sorry for the delay, here is part 2 of James'... um.. Thor's POV. :P













(continue of Thor's POV)





A few minutes was all it took for me to get ready, but when I was about to walk to the door, it flew open, letting in Balder. His face was bearing a worried expression.

“I came as soon as I heard, I was afraid you had left without me. So what's the plan? Are we going right now or are we waiting for Loki? Have you already spoken to Heimdall? Can he see her? Does he know what happened?”

Before I could say a word to his frantic questions, Loki appeared at the doorway. “Sigyn just told me! What's the plan? I'm all in and I'll do whatever you need me to.”

“Um... what is this all about?” I looked at my clearly concerned brothers. Balder looked at Loki and stepped closer, grasping my shoulders in his hands.

“You don't know, do you?” He looked into my eyes and Loki stepped behind him.

“Thor... it's Astrid, she's missing.”

My bother's words brought a cold pin that painfully dug into my heart and I felt it skip before coming back with fast beats. “What happened? Is she okay?”

“No one knows... The word is, she never came back from Midgard last night, and the other Valkyries they... they can't feel her any longer. It's like she's... like she's...” Balder got stuck on his words and my heart dove down, like a rock in the water. Something gripped at my throat, making me swallow as my bother lowered his eyes. My mind finally came out of shock and I screamed, shaking Balder's hands off my shoulders.

“She can't be... can't! Nothing in Midgard can harm a Valkyrie, you both know that! We are going there right now and we'll find her!” I pushed myself between my siblings and walked through the door, feeling my heart painfully spasm somewhere in my stomach.

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The sound of my horse's hooves echoed in my chest, speeding up my jumping heart. Never in my long immortal life had I rode my horse as fast as I did now to get to the portal. My mind was already far away in Midgard, thinking of all the possibilities as to why the other Valkyries couldn't feel one of their sisters. Logic told me what the answer might be, but my mind refused to let those thoughts in, locking them behind a steel door.

I jumped off my horse, throwing a, “Heimdall, open the portal to Midgard!” to the guardian of the Bifrost, not willing to stop for further elaboration.

“I can't.” The towering figure of the bridge keeper stepped into my path, making me stop dead in my tracks, astounded by his answer.

“Did he just say he can't?” Balder almost ran into me.

“Why? Is there something wrong with the portal? Is it broken?” Loki emerged by my side.

My heart jumped with a hope that this was the answer as to why Astrid was missing and why her sister's couldn't feel her, a, simple harmless reason, a broken portal.

“It works perfectly, but I have orders.” Heimdall's silver eyes moved to mine, shattering my rising hope.

“I'm ordering you to open the portal!” I growled, hearing all the other reasons shouting behind the iron door in my mind.

“I have higher orders.” The bridge guardian moved his eyes past me, clearly not interested in what else I had to say.

“Who's orders?” I insisted, not giving up.

“Mine.” The strong voice of my mother made us turn.

“Mother, whatever the reason for your orders, it can wait. I need to get to Midgard now!”

“No.” Her face stayed calm, in contradiction to the storm that was raging inside of me.

“What do you mean no? I need to get to Midgard. Heimdall open the portal!” I turned back to the bridge guardian, but he was still looking past me.

“He will do no such thing. He will follow my orders.” Frigg's face didn't even flinch.

“Then I demand to speak to my father!”

“He's not to be disturbed for insignificant things like your needs.” My mother's eyes darkened, but her voice stayed firm. Her words brought the storm out, making the sky around the Bifrost flash with lightning bolts, the low and loud thunder of my voice followed.

“Insignificant? One of his Valkyries is missing in that world! Her life may be in danger, I am going there to find her!”

“It has been handled.” My mother's calm voice broke through the sound of the rumbling sky.

“Well, whoever is handling it, is doing a piss poor job so far...” Loki smirked but his smile vanished off his face under mother's glare.

“He is right, she is still missing, she is my friend and I will handle it myself!” I stepped forward, but Heimdall crossed my way with his sword, making me blow up.

“Mother, I have no time for this horse shit right now, open the portal!”

“How dare you speak to me like that? How dare you undermine my authority? Your friend is punished, she will carry out her punishment in full and I forbid anyone from helping her!” Frigg raised her voice.

“Punished? For what? Whatever she did, she must be allowed to plea her case in front of Odin as it says in the rules of Asgard! I will bring her back and then father wi--”

Frigg's eyes flashed with anger as her voice covered my words mid-sentence.

“Rules of Asgard? What do you know about the rules? You stupid, spoiled, unruly child! You only remember about our rules when you're in need! You think you and your friends can do anything you want, and your father and I will stand by and do nothing? All three of you! You break the rules of your father left and right, like they do not concern any of you! You think we don't know about your half-witted, disobedient trips to the forbidden realms? None of you ever thought that those rules are placed there for a reason, not one of you ever thought of the consequences for your foolish actions! Well, let this be a lesson to all of you! That Valkyrie dared to undo Gods will! She broke her oath to Odin and she paid for her deed with her immortality. She is done, and you are not breaking yet another rule bringing her here. She is no longer of this realm.”

I felt the ground shift from under my feet and took a breath to steady my frantic thoughts. Mortal? How can that be? How can she lose her immortality? What happened? I needed to know, I needed to talk to her, I needed to know what happened and I needed to fix it. I rose my chin, looking at my mother's angry face.

“Mortal or not, she is my friend and I'm going to Midgard, you can't forbid me from helping her!”

“Watch me. I'M FORBIDDING YOU! Let my words be heard throughout Asgard. If anyone Aesir or Asynjir, maiden or servant, anyone who lives in this realm tries to help that Valkyrie in any way, I will carry out a cruel punishment. That person will be bound to the rocks under the Skadi's venomous serpent. Their screams will fill Valhalla as they feel every drop of poison that drops from the snake's mouth eating through their flesh until nothing is left of their body. Then they will be brought back together only to repeat the torment!” Frigg's eyes were burning with rage.

“You think that threat will stop me?”

“No, but this will.” My mother stepped closed and before I could comprehend what was on her mind, her lips chanted sacred incarnation into my ear. I gasped, feeling my head spin, and my hammer slid out of my suddenly listless hand, followed by my power belt. My knees gave in to overwhelming weakness, dropping my body on the rainbow surface of the bridge. Through the loud buzzing of my fogged up head I heard Frigg's words.

“Thor, son of Odin, your powers are bound now. All you have left is your immortality, you are grounded in all meanings of the word. You two, I hope the example of your brother is enough to stop you from any foolish ideas, not to mention the punishment I spoke of earlier. If any of you two would as much as step one foot on Midgard, your powers will be bound too. Now, take your brother to his house, he will stay there until he learns his lesson.”

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