The Wars for Valhalla

The Great War

FREYA

I can’t believe I trusted him all his lies and manipulation. “Ahh” I screamed out in pain as another labor pain hits me Ive been locked in this tower for nine months now nine, months since Odin disposed of me. I gave him everything MY kingdom MY people and worst of all MY power.

The only thing left of me is our daughter that I carry he took our sons Thor and Loki she’s all I have left and he doesn’t even know about her bringing her into this world may be the last thing I do. My body is too weak from barely eating and with my last breath the only thing I can do to protect her is ensure that he never finds her. I call for one of my most faithful servants Hildr I plan on sending her to Midgard to live a human life I will bind her powers until she’s old enough to control them, and she’s strong enough to wield them to come and save her people from her father.

Hildr comes rushing in and I’m wracked with another bout of pain from the labor, “My lady wh-what’s going on” she stammers as she catches sight of me. “Oh miss what’s happened to you? You used to be so regal so strong how could you fall so far from grace?”

“I didn’t fall” I grit out through the pain “I was systematically torn down by the very people I swore to protect by the very people I swore to love. Piece by piece they tore at me they criticized my decisions my ability to rule,” I sob as the pain worsens I know I’m close. “I watched him take everything I held dear and corrupt it, it started small like nothing I could do was ever good enough. Like I was always chasing after the approval of my people always fighting to have the upper hand.”

“So raising taxes fighting in pointless wars were trying to protect your people?” Hildr asks she’s always been the wise one “what are we going to do about the child? You can’t raise her here.”

“Take her to the temple bind her powers and go to Midgard I won’t be here long it the least I can do for her,” I rasp “find her a family that desperately wants a child have them take her, don’t let her know who she is until the Time is right.”

“Odin can never know about her. He didn’t even know I was with child when he locked me away in here. I fear she will be his undoing.” I predict.

“How could I have gone so wrong? I loved him and he betrayed me.” As I breathe my last breath I watch Hildr take my beautiful baby away. It is for her own good that she doesn’t know this life.

Hildr

I do as my queen requests I take the baby with the letter she has written to the temple and bind her powers then leave Asgard for the final time until she come of age.

Midgard Is a funny place my magic feels weaker here. I think as I sit on the park bench watching this lovely couple from afar she’s crying and her husband is trying to console her she just came from the doctors and I assume what they got was not comforting news as a piece of paper fall from her hand. I wait till they leave to pick it up and the results on the page says not fertile. I tail them and watch to see where they live a quaint little brownstone house at the edge of the park. I wait till nightfall to place Freya’s most precious child at their doorstep and place Freya’s last letters on top and ring the doorbell and sink back into the shadows.