Chapter 4
Floating through the space, to put it simply, was an interesting experience. Seeing all the planets and stars which were blinking at you, creating such a scenery that you’d only see on a canvas, you could never possibly get tired of any of it. The odd feeling about this wasn’t the travelling though, it was not having someone with you, someone to talk and make fun of. Nobody could blame you for the sadness that seemed to follow you nonstop, you always had a friend with you as you passed by many galaxies, people who you shares stories with.
But as the years passed, so did your friends.
It was the inevitable circle of life. While someone was born, someone would die. The night, joins the day… Sun following close behind the Moon…
Turning your look to where the Moon of your lover was shining brightly, trying to pull you away from where you were going, you let the stray tears slip away and shook your head.
“I must do this, my love… Even if I’m gonna die, at least I wouldn’t have to face the embarresment of my actions… I’m so sorry that I couldn’t be the lover you deserved…”
Waiting for the Suns to align perfectly on you, the universe bowed in front of you out of respect. The sacriface you were about to do and what you had given up for Steven and Marc, you knew you would be dead with a peaceful heart. Already starting to feel of the Suns, you prayed to your lover one last time to take care of your kids and raise them to be their best.
Khonshu, who was waiting for Marc to show up and free him, jerked his his head up at the sky after hearing your voice. So soft yet almost inaudible, he tried to break out of his realm, trying to reach out to you, to save you… He already lost you once, he wasn’t ready to do it permanently. He still didn’t apologize to you, craddled you to himself in the dead of the night, hugged you and kissed you as an apology, he still didn’t meet with his kids…
Remembering them and how crushed they’d be after you, especially since they could feel you fade, he tugged and pulled at his own body while his hollow eyes were crying for all the things he couldn’t give to you, all the the things he failed to do like he promised all those years ago at your first time together.
“Do you think… We would have kids? Like little feet patterings around this place?”
“As long as they have you as their mother, I say why not, dear… I’d be the happiest if you decide to have them with me.”
And the world stopped for him, every feeling and sensation being gone as soon as he couldn’t feel your soul anymore. He hated you, he hated you for making him weak and vulnerable with that sweet smile. He hated you for capturing his heart and soul with your everything, he hated you and that sickeningly sweet smile you wore whenever you were around him. He hated you for always being considerate and self-sacrifacial for those who loved. He hated you for blaming yourself when you did nothing wrong…
But he hated himself the most, for not protecting you… For not telling how much he cherished you enough, and for not coming to find you sooner.
Letting out a shrill cry,staff banging on the realm harshly, the Moon bled red and sky dimmed its light, for their deity was grieving for the lover he had lost…
“Please… please, come back! My Moon is nothing without you and I’m nothing without your love!”
****
“I’m sorry it had to be this way, Layla… If only you embraced the truth and accepted it, Marc wouldn’t be dead now…”
Gritting her teeth in annoyance, she grabbed Marc and crawled away from you. She knew it wasn’t you, she knew that you were never that cruel to let a man die in front of you but if that was the evil side of you, wouldn’t that mean you always had been like that?
Watching Arthur and you went away, she cried silently, begged you, the real you, to come back and help them. She never knew how much you protected them, how you always looked after them. She missed at that time but as long as she can remember, there has always been something that indicated you to be there for her whole life.
When she would fell to the ground, there would always be a lady with soft eyes that would help her and calm her down with an ice-cream. Or whenever she would do something good, a neighbour would always congratulate her. Whenever she was happy, the Sun would be so bright that people wouldn’t be able to look at it…
In one way or another, your lives have always entangled with each other. You three were always supposed to meet and all of these needed to happen to find solace… Right at that moment, she understood why people were in love with you when they admired your brother more.
You were the comfort, like the soft rays of the morning, greeting and giving to people without asking anything in return.
Thor, with a heavy heart, grabbed her shoulder which made her look at him. Seeing her realize how much you cared about humanity in her eyes, Thor just nodded his head with a broken smile.
“You know… Ever since we met, she has been like a mother to us. At first, I drove her away out of fear… I didn’t want to betray my mom like that, seeing another one as her but… I was late to realize that was just a part of her… I really want to just get her back…”
“I see… She has been taking care of me and our brother Loki ever since we were babies. Since she was the eldest, she always thought that she needed to take care of us, never regarding her own needs… I know that somewhere, she’s helpin’ both Marc and Steven…”
Nodding at his words, Layla wiped her tears and looked at Thor’s blue ones with a new found determination. Communicating with their eyes, they understood their new aggrement: Take revenge for what they had done to you and Marc.
When they eventually caught up to them after sneaking inside one of the cars, Thor and Layla watched how Arthur took the humans’ souls without a care. Seeing he already started to hurt people, Layla took her knife out while Thor was holding your dagger thightly in his hand. He would have already killed this man if Layla didn’t stop so suddenly.
“Hey, what’s wrong? Why did you -”
“Brother, stop!”
Looking with wide eyes, he looked at the dead man up and down and cautiously asked.
“Loki? But you were-”
“Dead? Hell yeah, I’m and now talking through the dead people alongside a Hippo who is way to cheerful!”
“It hurt my feelings, you know! We both want them to stop and not get killed, why are you rude?!”
“And my sister is about to create a whole ass realm and I’d rather have her alive!”
“Could you two stop bickering and tell what’s going on!?”
Shutting up immediately, they told them everything, Taweret told Layla to go and set Khonshu free while Marc was trying to come back. Giving her the instruction, Thor was watching you kiss Arthur’s lips passionetly with a distaste. Clenching his teeth, he put the dagger back aggressively and almost jumped when he heard Loki again.
“I know it’s not really her but damn, I need to cleanse these eyes… I understand why Khonshu always wanted to kill him…”
Humming while getting on the car, Loki whispered his final words to him. He was full of regrets, he didn’t think you would learn about the real power you held. He didn’t think that his last words would set a fire inside of you that would last for a long time, even pushing you as far as killing yourself. If he knew he would sew his own mouth to shut up but… It was already too late to stop you.
“Thor, don’t try to save her anymore…”
Trying to yell at him for even saying this, the image of Loki only shook his head dreadfully.
“She has given up on her soul and her heart for those two… Her path is clear and no power would be able to stop her since the transformation already started. Protect Layla and take care, brother…”
***
“Now, I understand why I have been scared of Egyptian Gods a lot… Look at this fuckers, they’re the ones who didn’t listen to them when they warned these Gods!”
Remaining in his stance, Thor watched in slight fear of what was going on in front of him. Killing the avatars so easily, Arthur threw the ushabti and broke it which made a purple smoke come out. Watching in delight, you looked behind you and directly at Thor’s eyes but did nothing.
He knew you were aware he was there with Layla, you were a smart one besides the fact that you could sense every living being but he didn’t understand why you didn’t do anything about it… Were you planning something? Was something big about to happen?
Kneeling down while grunting in disapproval, he watched Ammit taunt the poor man with her words. Arthur was someone who was being manipulated, just when he thought he got away from the manipulation of Khonshu. He was a man who was bound to do bad things, cause pain to the whole world, someone unbalanced…
“My Goddess, there a a lot of my disciples who are waiting for you… They would be a better choice than me…”
“I once had a completely balanced one, and in the end I was punished… Besides, you had done something the others weren’t able to do… You brought the most powerful Goddess to me, to serve me and be mine~”
Smiling at your way, you smiled and looked at her in amazement. You could feel your insides begin to stir, your veins starting to burn an angry red while your skin was burning underneath like Sun explosions. Cursing at your other self for starting this right at this time, you tried to cover what was going on with sultry voice to seduce the Goddess but widened your eyes when you sensed Khonshu being finally free and smirked while looking down. While Ammit was looking down at you hungrily with a lust for your power of creation, she failed to realize your knowing smile.
But Arthur didn’t.
“Darling?”
“You know, Ammit… By seperating the good side of myself, you showed how smart you were, using me when I was at my lowest. But if there is one thing me and my good side agrees, it’s this:”
“ We don’t like serving and being under someone’s control!”
Throwing a fireball at her, you created a whip and dodged everyone’s attempt at getting to you. Getting punched by one of the men, you swinged your whip to get a hold of Arthur’s cane but failed when he held onto it more. Seeing his eyes flash with purple, you smirked to taunt him.
“Oh, so you are the puppet of another God? How ironic!”
“You wouldn’t understand my pain, my anger towards Khonshu! I offered you to become my lover but you threw it all away! Did our time together mean nothing?!”
“Well, I was just using you behind your back and you’re right, I can’t understand your anger but… I can definetly understand the anger of an angry Moon husband and a God Of Thunder…”
Appearing with the Stormbreaker, Thor made a move to break it but failed when Arthur realized he was there. The cane flew towards your face at high speed but a huge staff stopped it from hurting you. Looking up, you saw Khonshu protecting you while standing behind you, facing Ammit.
“Hello, dead pigeon! Thank you for helping!”
“Can you not be sarcastic right now? We’re in the middle of a battle!”
“And I’m in the middle of dying, do you see me making a fuss?”
Looking in the direction of where Layla went and saw people going after her to possibly kill her, you groaned and fell to your knees while grabbing your chest painfully. Seeing you were in pain, Thor beat Khonshu to reach to you and touched your shoulder which made his skin burn. Still trying to smile, you didn’t back out from making a comment.
“Your beautiful body has a second degree burn now… Think about all the times you could-”
“I’ll knock your ass out if you don’t shut up! Let’s go and get you out of here!”
Taking your arm that was clothed, you gripped his arm hard and limped away from the scene while Khonshu was trying to calm himself down from killing Ammit and Arthur right on the spot for using you, for kissing you… Assisting you two, he took your face into his hand and looked at you.
You were the same he fell in love but your soul wasn’t… He didn’t know if he was still supposed to love you and it was obvious in the way he stood. Shoulders relaxed out of sadness, posture being crestfallen… You took his hand that was on your cheek and kissed the inside of it. You may not be the way you used to but the love you had was still the same.
Even though it was about to be crushed.
“I understand your turmoil, but even if I’m evil, it’s still me… Go and kick that crocodile lady’s ass for me. And… Stay alive for the kids…”
Touching your forehead with his beak, he stood tall in front of Ammit and confronted her while you pulled Thor aside.
“Look, I know you want to save me but Layla is the one who needs protecting. Either you and I go or only I will but one of us needs to stay here and help Khonshu distract Arthur… At least until Marc, Steven and Jake comes…”
“Wha-What are you talking about? Who’s Jake?”
Sighing exhaustedly, you pointed at his chest.
“Look I’m gonna be clear so listen carefully: Y/N has started the transformation of creating Asgard. While doing it, our body will slowly and painfuly turn into stone and perish and BAM! Here is Asgard! It’s already obvious in the way my skin started to boil inside… Go and help them, Thor. Don’t let my kids live without a father…”
“But they need their mother more!”
“Maybe… But he is gonna be great dad, I know it. And you can’t stop it… GO!”
Shoving him inside the portal you created, you let out a whisper of Marc’s name and smiled slowly.
You knew these two could do everything now.
*****
Looking at the fields of reed, Marc almost forgot all of the pain he endured, every tear he shed. It was so quiet that he would actually stay for the eternity if… he didn’t remember you and Steven. Turning to look at the Hippo Goddes, he was shocked at what he heard when he asked her about you.
“Soul in exchange of a soul, heart in exchange for a heart… That was what she said before she gave her own heart to save Steven, before she wanted me to give it to you… She loved you like a son, Marc, even though your own mother didn’t. She knew what was going to happen, she knew Ammit would eventualy be released. She actually met her, not to betray but to learn what she knew about Asgard and that, was what prepared her doom…”
“She went to where her previous home was, where Surtur destroyed it. She is going to be one with the Sun and… eventually die… She wanted to save you two before-”
“NO! NO, NO, NO… I DIDN’T EVEN APOLOGIZE, SHE CAN’T KILL HERSELF!”
Crying desperately to the Goddess to tell him these were all some cruel jokes, deep down, he knew they were the painful truth. He was aware how the destruction of your home and the death of your brother were heavy on your shoulder, how you were ready to do anything. But he wasn’t ready, Steven wasn’t ready, Khonshu wasn’t ready to… let you go.
He has been nothing but a rude rat ass to you, ever since you two met. Always giving the cold shoulder, making hurtful comments and even shouting at you, throwing words as if they were daggers that would pierce the skin. He regretted his words as soon as they got out of his mouth but in the middle of the running and also dying, he didn’t have the chance to say sorry.
He didn’t want to loose his family, and do nothing about it. Again…
Leaving Taweret and running to where Steven was, he kneeled down softly and let out soft gasps at his crumbling form.
“ I don’t know if you can hear me, but from the moment you came, you saved me. I survived because I knew I wasn’t alone. You were always there! Alive and full of hope that I only wanted to protect you… But in the end, I couldn’t protect you and the woman who made the biggest sacriface for us, complete strangers she didn’t even know…”
Wiping his tears, he looked up to see that your soul was looking at him with a soft and encouraging smile to let him keep going. Letting out a sob that tore inside his chest, he looked down when he felt himself turn into stone. Since he didn’t have time anymore, he hurriedly looked at Steven and looked directly at his dull eyes.
“You didn’t abondon me, you never did! There is no way in hell that I’ll do the same to you!”
Putting the heart between their hands, he looked at Steven, who was the sole reason he was still hanging on, softly and before his voice would fail him, whispered the magical words.
“You’re the only super power… I ever had…”
“And I wish I was born as… your son… mother…”
“You always were to me, Marc… Always…”
Your soul flight to where they were and circled their form with the warmth of your Sun and love in the presence of Osiris’ Gate. Floating above them, you entered inside their body, gave them the chance to live again and whispered to their own soul.
“Go on, sons… Go and save the world.
While they hugged each other happily, they nodded their heads at the same words that passed inside their minds, they swore to not fail you this time.
”Let’s go and help our mother, huh? And then see the little bugs…“
And while they ran past the Gate, your ancestors watched in pleasure and granted you what you wanted the most.
”Y/N Odinsdottir, you had done the ultimate sacriface. Asgard was created on sacrifaces that was made and now, it will be rebuild by your power and sacriface… What you seeked for, is yours to rule…“
*****
”How are you coping with knowing that your wife cheated on you, Khonshu. Guess, she didn’t love you that much~“
”You were the one that manipulated her to be with Harrow! But yet again, my smart wife was cunning enough to make you two believe that she was in love with him!“
Grumbling under her breath, Ammit couldn’t lie to herself that she was really deceived by you easily. By seperating the good side from you and making the evil side come out, she didn’t know that there would still be a part of you that would stay loyal to your husband-Oh wait…
”But, you two aren’t really married, are you? You left her, unintentionally made her so vulnerable that she was almost used by none other than Zeus! Do you think a woman would forgive so easily? She may seem to stay loyal but eventually she wil-“
"STOP MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ME, YOU SCALEY BITCH!”
Throwing a magical spear at her, you fell to the ground again and whimpered agonazingly. Khonshu appeared next to you immediately and looked at you with helpless eyes. Seeing your body start to crumble and turn into stone and watch you loose your powers slowly made something inside of him snap. He looked perplexed at how he was getting weaker as you laid in his arms almost limp. Seeing him be so vulnerable in front of her, she swinged the hairs over and knocked Khonshu out, throwing him onto the wall.
“KHONSHU!”
Letting out a scream of his name, you tried to get up but failed. Raising a hand out to you to stop you, telling you he was fine, Ammit watched in amusement at catching the two strong Gods in their lowest.
“Since she’s dying, you are loosing your powers. You two have always been stronger together but today, it shall change forever!”
Before she would’ve attacked him, Khonshu suddenly disappeared. Gulping down hard when Ammit stood in front of you, you cursed at your chance.
“Dammit, do it before this fucker gets control!”
“It’s no use, darling… You are mine~”
Taking you out with herself, you tried to punch her and get out of her strong grasp but she only laughed at your miserable attempt and watched as Arthur started to gather all the souls that were unbalanced. Watching her get bigger and stronger second by second, you gathered all of your strength and sent a powerful kick at her. Flying towards Arthur to take him down, you failed to realize that Marc has come and kicked his jaw hard.
Falling to the ground, you watched your skin explode with tiny explosions. Grabbing the stone underneath you, you smiled while blood was coming from your mouth at their victory of coming back. Feeling proud of yourself and them, you looked at the sky as the explosions of Asgard was seen by you.
Finally letting out a gasp at the realization of what was about to happen, you ascended to the sky and started to burn as if you were a little Sun yourself with your arms wide open. Your clothes changed to those of your people’s, golden necklaces, crown and wristbands appearing on your body,you watched as Khonshu kicked her and grabbed her neck with the moon shape of his staff. Seeing your form burn and turn into stone, shining like the Sun that controlled this galaxy with all your might, your arm loosing the connection with your body, he lost his attention and screamed at you with his heart being crushed by the Gods.
“Y/N!!!”
And right before his eyes, your whole body exploided, the only remnants of you being the stone of your body. Hearing his war cry, both Layla and Marc, who were overjoyed at reuniting again, caught on how you died and how Khonshu was loosing. Closing her mouth with her hands, Layla cried at not being able to save you when you always managed to save her. Marc was no better, he didn’t react but his tongue dried up as if it didn’t want to talk at all and when he sensed a movement a few feet away from him, he hardened his stare and looked at Layla.
“Let’s go and avenge our mother…”
Shocked at what he said, she wanted you to see this desperately and hoped that you were fine before sprinting at Harrow’s men.
Kicking them and throwing them to wall from wall, they didn’t realize that two little gods were walking amongst the people.
“Mom would kill us if she realizes we’re here, Luna?! Besides, how are we gonna help both of them!?”
“You take brother and sister, I take Papa! You’re a God, you’re smarter than you look!”
Watching her run to the pyramids to help their father, Cyrus just wondered how they were that small while Khonshu was so big. Sprinting to Marc and Layla, he summoned several little knives and threw at them while Luna was dealing with Ammit.
“Why do you fight, knowing that you’ll loose?”
“Because, my lover fighted till her last breath. For everything she believed in, for me, for humanity… And I’ll do the same, the very thing you had stolen from them!”
“AND DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER WE HOLD, CROCODILE LADY!”
Creating a huge crescent shape handcuff, Luna immobilised Ammit and then gathering all the energy from the Moon, she threw a grand punch at her. Watching in amazement at the way she fought, the fierce look on her little face even though she was a little kid, Khonshu widened his eyes when he realized who was standing on the pyramids.
“Lu-Luna…?”
“HELLO, PAPA! YOU’RE FINALLY BACK! I’M ANGRY AT YOU THOUGH, YOU MADE MOM CRY SO MUCH AND-HEY GET UP, WE STILL NEED TO FIGHT! PLEASE DON’T CRY, I LIED MOM NEVER CRIED!”
Craddling her little frame into his hands while kneeling down, Khonshu hugged the little girl to his head and nuzzled her cheek while crying at the innocence she had even after facing a literal God at such a young age. His one wish had come true after all, he finally met the little girl, the one he dreamed of having, who already had so much after you. The stubborness, the daredevilness, the sweet aura… Everything reminded him of you.
“Let’s go, my little moon…”
While they were having a sweet moment, Layla and Marc killed Harrow’s men, attacking them right and left to get close to him. Flying towards him and kicking his staff repeatedly, Marc took a hold of it for a second and growled at him.
“Are you happy for what you had done to her?”
Gritting his teeth at what Marc said, Arthur let out a huge power blast at them to knock them out which worked. Both sides were loosing this battle while a certain “Cool Uncle” was coming with a little help.
While Layla was screaming at being cornered, Khonshu was being stabbed, while protecting Luna in his hand,by Ammit who somehow got out of the cuffs Luna created and Marc was having a hard at time at controlling his emotions after what Harrow had told them. Watching as Khonshu was loosing, he lost all hope when he heard a little boy’s voice.
“Your brother would have been saved if only a little weed was never in that garden: you!”
“Excuse me sir, but who do you think you’re to determine this?”
Stopping at his attack, Harrow turned to look at where the voice was coming from and widened his eyes when he saw the sheer power this little body was holding. He was shining with a golden and red aura, his hair flowing almost like a water. Getting close to him and bending down, he smiled at him.
“And who are you, little guy?”
“The God of Judgement and War, and the son of the woman you killed. Now, if you excuse me…”
And with that, Cyrus punched him hard, making Harrow loose consciousness. He turned to look at the men surrounding him with their guns and rolled his eyes at them before slamming them to the ground with a red blast. Getting up and looking at each other and then the kid who was cleaning himself up, Layla and Marc didn’t know what to do. The kid who could barely reach Marc’s leg literally saved their asses with just a hand and now, for someone who just almost killed a human, he was looking up at them with shaky and innocent eyes.
“I… I want my mommy… Is she not gonna… come back… ever?”
But in the end, he was still a little boy who lost his mother even though he was a God.
Crouching down in front of him, Layla pat the soft black curls on his head with tears inside her eyes. Smiling reassuringly at him, she soothed the young boy.
“I’m so sorry that we couldn’t protect your mom… My name is-”
“Layla, I know. And you are Marc and Steven. Nice to meet my brothers and sister… Mom always talked about you two and I always wanted to meet with my cool siblings…”
Shyly looking at the duo before himself through his long lashes, Marc and Layla let out a gasp at what he said. They felt their eyes sting slightly at learning that you talked about them and chuckled humorlessly. Marc ruffled Cyrus’ hairs and chuckled at him after he blushed at the affectionate gesture.
“Yeah? Well, we heard a lot about you too buddy! But… how did you come here? And if I remember correctly, you also had a sister?”
“Oh, it’s simple! Uncle Thor brought us here and Luna is kicking the ‘Crocodile Lady’s ass as we talk… Look!”
Watching with a gaped mouth, they wondered just how powerful these kids were since Luna was… flying around Ammit with a blue hue after her, randomly punching Ammit to make her loose the fight and let go of her father.
“Let me guess… Goddes of Moon, right?”
“Family, hope and magic as well…”
“Aren’t you guys a little bit overpowered?”
“Aren’t you ashamed of getting help from your little brother to save you and your girlfriend?”
Steven couldn’t help but let out an ouch at what the kid said. Yes definetly your son…
“You little pest… GET AWAY FROM ME!”
Before anyone realized, both Khonshu and Marc screamed at Ammit when she threw the little girl to aside like a doll. Seeing this happen, Layla immediately flew up to her and caught her in her arms, letting her cry over her shoulder. Rubbing her soft white hair slowly, she stayed with the kids and tried to get them away from being crushed when Thor suddenly landed in front of her.
“UNCLE THOR!”
“Luna, Cyrus! I told you to not fight and- Damn, Layla what’s that you’re wearing? It looks good on you!”
Looking at his figure who was keeping the both crying children close to himself, Layla shook her head at him and wondered if everyone in the family was just this sarcastic and relaxed.
“THANK YOU BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE! KHONSHU IS LOOSING! Y/N IS DEAD AND-”
“Don’t be sure about it, Layla… She isn’t the strongest one for no reason.”
Flying towards Ammit to get her away from the pyramid, they watched the sky crack with golden and white hues, shaking the whole galaxy with power.
“Okay fellas, I know everyone had questions but first, we need to go and deal with some kids…”
Feeling his power come back while his armor changed into a more majestic one, Thor looked at his niece and nephew who started to shine bright with the power they held… and something much more powerful.
“ Our home, our nation has finally come back with even more power! Every single one of you shares the sheer power I have! I don’t command you to follow me but request you to help me with the threat the Midgard is facing with!”
Layla and Marc looked around themselves widely while the world started to shine brighter and the Sun became even more bright. They wondered, with hopeful hearts, that if this had something to do with you when they heard a soft yet cunning male’s voice behind them, holding Arthur from his neck.
“Well, hello there~ You’re the shithead that tried to use our Queen, no?”
Looking at the tall man with fear evident in his eyes, Arthur tried to get out of his grap but to no vail. Thor, who saw the scene and heard the voice he thought he would never hear ever again, turned to look at his brother with tearful eyes.
“Loki..?”
“I told you brother: Her Sun will shine on us again…”
Knocking Arthur out and passing him to Marc, who was watching him with slight fear, Loki hugged his brother thightly and looked up at the sky to watch his nephew and niece beat the hell out of Ammit with a proud smile.
“ Well,well… Look at the little peaches and them fighting with her. GO AND SHOW THEM WHAT WE’RE MADE OF DARLINGS!”
“UNCLE LOKI!! YOU’RE BACK!”
Laughing out loud at their adorableness, Loki couldn’t believe how soft he had become of them over the years. He would always go around, telling everyone that he hates kids and how loud they get but how could he hate these two who share the same personality as his dear sister who took care of him, stood up for him all the time?
Looking at Layla and Marc to show them off, he rolled his eyes at Layla who was giving him an unimpressed side look at his boosting.
“What? They’re my little ones, of course I’ll show them off!”
“How can every single one of you be the same?”
“Well, even though I still question my sister’s decision, you’re a part of the family too… I guess?”
Shrugging his shoulder at Marc, who was giving him a hard glare after seeing Layla blush, he went to take his own staff to fight with the crocodile.
The things weren’t good for Ammit. Seeing Loki alive could only mean one thing and that was that you actually finished your journey of becoming the strongest and brought everyone back. She knew that if that was the case, you would send your people after her to end her for good before she even had the chance to conquer this world so, she immediately called to Arthur to apply the last part of her plan.
“Arthur… Kill the kids…”
While Ammit froze everyone to not to stop him, Arthur took tentative steps towards the two kids who were hugging each other thightly. Everybody was aware that they couldn’t fight anymore, they already did enough for them and their bodies weren’t able to stand the power anymore.
Arthur smiled wickedly while Loki and Thor was screaming their hearts out to get him away from the kids. Khonshu, who moved to protect his children, was stopped by Ammit who stabbed him from his chest. Smiling slyly at her victory, she stood tall and menacingly in front of Khonshu who was laying down on his back, grunting in pain.
“Finally… After all this time, I can create our paradise… with the power from you and Y/N…”
“How do you dare to get my name into your filthy mouth, you bitch?”
And the kids screamed a cheerful “mommy!” while everyone let out a sigh of relief when Ammit screamed in pain when a huge beam of light ascended from above. Feeling her skin pierced deeply, she looked up to see a man with golden eyes and armor on holding a sword thightly in his hands determinedly.
“Touching our dear prince and princess surely comes with a price, Goddess Ammit…”
“HEIMDALL!!”
Seeing him throw the Goddess away from the kids and feeling overwhelmed by seeing the man he considered his best friend who died right before his eyes alive and well, Thor snapped out of the trance Ammit put them in and ran at Luna and Cyrus to hug them close to his chest, feeling scared by the fact that he could’ve lost the last parts of you.
Chuckling at his wide and blue eyes, Heimdall pat his back softly and looked at the kids who were looking at his tall and broad figure with open mouths.
“Wow… His eyes are so beautiful…”
“And his sword is so shiny…”
Looking at them softly, Heimdall put the end of his sword on the ground and bowed in front of them deeply with respect in which the kids looked at him confused. They didn’t know why this strong and awesome man was bowing in front of them, little kids.
“ My prince, my princess… I, as the watcher of all, welcome you to Asgard and would like to show my gratitude of meeting you-”
“But, mister… You don’t even know us? You don’t have to bow… It makes us shy…”
Giggling into their hands, Heimdall shook his head amusedly at the two little Gods and sent a wink at Loki and Thor.
“You two look good as ever… Guess Her Majesty did a good job.”
“Excuse… me but… who?”
Jerking his head to where you were standing over, both Thor and Loki looked in awe at your form who was floating around Ammit, taunting her and sucking her powers.
“ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦… 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯… 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨… 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵…”
Letting the Sun appear in the sky at the same time with the Moon, you turned to look at your lover who was leaning on his hand to look at you in awe. Lifting your arms towards him, a string of light came out your palm which connected you to him, allowing you to heal the wounds Ammit created.
Watching him rise to his full form and come to stand next to you, you smirked devilishly at Ammit who was looking at you with pure fear. Seeing her, someone who used both of you, kneel in front of you with fear inside her heart, you chuckled and looked at the sky.
“ You know, Ammit… The Sun is strong and so is the Moon. They are the perfect symbol of balance but together? They are unstoppable…”
Letting your sun come in view with all of its might, Khonshu looked at you with love and did the same with his Moon. Your Sun was shining brightly, scorching her and her very being while the Moon was soothing others with its feather-like touch, your souls finally melting into one. Feeling an overwhelming pain and pleasure coursing through your whole body, you opened your eyes again to look at Ammit before she was killed by your hands.
“You see Ammit… We’re strong but… We’re strongest together…. The Moon shines brighter with its Sun, after all…”
And when all was done and Ammit was finally captured, you took the ushabti into your hands and looked at the horizon in deep thoughts. Humans had seen too much, they had seen the sky change into its place 2000 years ago, they had seen the Sun scorch everything, seen Ammit take souls away through Harrow and they had seen the Sun and the Moon become one. Looking at the people of Cairo, you knew what you had to do when Heimdall appeared beside you.
“Your Majesty, have you decided what you’re gonna do with the humans and the man, Arthur Harrow?”
“Yes, old friend… Humanity has witnessed a lot, they need to forget them in order to have a peaceful life.”
Hitting your staff to the ground harshly, your Sun’s rays erased every single thing about this whole Ammit thing inside people’s mind, finding the balance once more. You were aware of the dead people because of Harrow and Ammit so, you did something you never had done before. Hitting the ground one more final time to let Taweret know that you freed every soul that entered the afterlife and welcomed them inside their bodies again, you walked down alongside Heimdall to your family.
Now that you were back, and as a Queen nonetheless, you were anxious of what might happen. You knew Marc was angry at you for giving up on your heart for him, and Khonshu was probably angry at you for being with Harrow, your brothers wouldn’t be too different either.
But all your worries melted into nothing when two little figures ran at you, with four more people behind their back who threw themselves on you which made the huge pile hit the ground harshly. Letting out a wheeze at all of the weight on you, you couldn’t care less and hugged every single one of them to yourself thightly while laughing out with joy. Finally getting off of you, Layla kissed your cheek and held onto your hand with tears running down her cheeks.
“I-I’m sorry I pushed you away! I swear I didn’t mean to, and I didn’t realize how much you meant to us before we lost you and-”
Rubbing her cheeks softly you gave her a closed eye smile with a tilted head.
“It’s okay, darling. I didn’t even think about it that much besides! We’re family now so it’s fine… Right, Marc?”
Hearing your unsure voice, Marc grimaced at it since he didn’t want you to be unsure of yourself so he, to everyone’s shock( even Khonshu’s), smiled at you and nodded his head. Having a new family wouldn’t be so bad, right?
“It’s nice to see such an adorable family reunion but, my Queen… What’s your final decision about Arthur Harrow?”
Looking at Heimdall and then Arthur, who was laying on the ground, looking at void, you couldn’t help but feel sorry for the man who just wanted to be free. He did it in the wrong way and you desperately wanted to lighten his punishment but in the end, he destroyed the balance and that was the higheest crime and he needed to be punished.
Walking towards the now beaten man with a threating look, you raised your hand to get him up with your powers. Looking at his eyes directly, you spoke to him and told him what kind of a punishment was waiting for him. Seeing the look of realization in his eyes, you were saddened by the fact that he would be punished forever. What he had done was unforgivable and for that, you had to do what you needed to do.
“Arthur Harrow, for all the crimes you had committed against humanity and for destroying the balance between the life and death… You are sentenced to live your biggest nightmares for the rest of your life in the confinements of Asgard…”
Being woken up from the sunlights that was peeking from behind the curtains of your room, you strecthed while yawning and sat on the bed to look at your peacefull home. It had taken so much to get it back, to bring everyone back but in the end you finally got what you worked for. You changed the ways your father used to rule with, there was no longer only one throne, there were seven. Two for your brothers, two for your lights, two for your adult children who had the energy of a toddler and one for your husband…
“What are you thinking about, my lovely wife?”
Feeling Khonshu snake his arm around your waist and get himself comfortable on your shoulder, you turned to look at his ice-blue eyes lovingly. Since he was the king alongside you, he decided to find another vessel to posses for the sole reason to stay with you.
Kissing his nose softly, you scrunched your nose cutely and rested your head on his chest which he chuckled at.
“Nothing just… Everything is peaceful but… I can’t help but miss my mom and dad…”
Humming into your skin thoughtfully, he rubbed the barely visible baby bump lovingly, feeling her soul even inside your womb. He already knew they were happy for you, since he went to ask for their blessings before he legally married you but you didn’t have to know that. It would only make you even more sad and sadness wasn’t good for the life that was growing inside you.
“They are happy, I’m sure… You’ve become an amazing Queen to our people and an amazing mother to our little ones… And this one right here…”
Smiling at him, you giggled when he nipped at your neck but stopped as soon as he heard the little pitter of Cyrus and Luna’s feet and Thor running after them.
“Trust me kids, you don’t want to enter there! I had enough trauma of the things I saw with my own parents! Let’s go and watch the ducks, okay?”
Hearing them groan but follow their uncle still, you sighed in relief and pushed Khonshu on the bed and got on top of him. Damn those pregnancy hormones and his handsome face!
Kissing hungrily while the Sun was shining on both of you, Khonshu was gratefull for the second chance he got with you. He had what he wanted the most now, a family with the woman he loved…
After fighting for the most part of your life, your story is one to pass down for generations amongst both humans and Asgardians. To tell that love was the strongest to beat even the strongest God and to fight for those who are important to you.
And even after your deaths, after ruling with kindness and justice, no one forgot about their King and Queen and what she sacrificed for them.
For the Sun and The Moon was the mere proof that you both lived and were together for eternity.