Jotunheim
Cold. You knew it would be cold but this was worse than you expected. Your exposed arms immediately started to sting from the cold breeze. You quickly produced a flame to warm up but a hand fell quickly on your arm. You looked up meeting Loki’s gaze. He simply shook his head. You quickly extinguished the flame. He had a point, the glow from the flame was like a giant target. You pulled as much energy as you could into your arms without creating a flame which barely managed to keep the cold at bay.
“Let’s move.”
Thor began to walk forward. The rest of us shared worried glances before following closely behind him. Ice covered nearly the entire planet giving it an eerie blue hue. If it weren’t for the cold, it would probably be very beautiful. As you continued to walk you began to notice something.
“Where is everybody?”
You turned your gaze to Loki who merely shrugged at your question.
“They are hiding, as cowards always do.”
You both turned to Thor who seemed unbothered by the entire situation. You noticed stone ruins resembling buildings take shape through the snow. A rather large building lay directly in front of you. Thor headed directly for it, the rest of you following shortly behind him.
“You’ve come a long way to die, Asgardians.”
A voice echoed against the stone, but you could not find who it belonged to.
“I am Thor Odinson!”
Thor took a step forward surveying the area, his gaze caught onto something on the back wall. You followed his gaze to see a larger figure sitting on a throne. His blue skin camouflaged him into the background the only thing that caught your attention was the blood-red eyes staring each of you down.
“We know who you are.”
Shivers ran up your spine, your energy no longer blocking out the cold. There is more than one. You scanned your surroundings in a panic. You felt this before, you knew what it meant.
“How did your people get into Asgard?”
“The house of Odin is full of traitors.”
You dropped your voice to a whisper.
“Loki?”
He glanced towards you before returning his gaze to the figure.
“He’s not alone.”
You kept shifting your gaze amongst the snow until they fell on numerous pairs of red eyes.
“Your father is a murderer and a thief.”
The raised voice drew your attention back to the figure which was now standing and you finally realized why they were called Frost Giants. He was at least double the size of Thor.
“And why have you come here? To make peace? You long for battle. You crave it. You are nothing but a boy trying to prove himself a man.”
Numerous Frost Giants began to surround all of you. You caught Loki’s gaze once more.
“We need to go. This is suicide.”
Loki quickly turned to Thor who seemed to be getting more pissed with each passing second.
“Thor, stop, think. We are outnumbered.”
Thor merely shrugged him off. Keeping his gaze on the Frost Giant in front of him.
“You know not what your actions would unleash. I do. Go now, while I still allow it.”
Your eyes fell on the Frost Giant who had a solemn look on his face. He’s just going to let us go? The other Frost Giants did not move, but they also did not attack. You turned your eye’s to Loki who had his hold on Thor.
“We will accept your most gracious offer.”
Loki slowly pulled Thor away and you all turned to leave the way you came. Thor seemed reluctant but he eventually turned to follow his brother.
“Run back home, little princess.”
Damn. You closed your eyes praying he didn’t hear that.
“Damn.”
Well Loki answered that question. You heard the impact of Mjolnir and quickly opened your eyes. You turned just in time to see Thor hit a second Frost Giant into a nearby wall. Great. A soft thud caused you to turn to your left. You noticed one Frost Giant jumping down from a ledge and another making his way towards you. Shit. You built up more energy in your arms, waiting for him to get closer. Finally. You released all your energy at once, a huge flamethrower burst from your arms covering the entire area in front of you. Warmth. Finally. You were about to extinguish your flames when you felt a sharp pain in your stomach. Your flames immediately went out and your gaze dropped down. A knife made of ice pierced your abdomen. You looked up and noticed a wall of ice break down, both Frost Giants safe behind it. A ragged breath escaped your lips and you stumbled backward hitting a wall. Shit. The Frost Giants began to charge at you, their arms covered in ice which formed into swords.
“(Y/N)!”
Sif caught your gaze but was too far away to help. Your eyes locked onto the first Frost Giant. No fire then. Your hand dropped to your boot, pulling out a knife, your eyes never leaving the Frost Giant in front of you. You waited for the last second, dodging his swing by throwing yourself between his legs. You tumbled but quickly regained your footing, now behind the Frost Giant. Knives it is! You quickly plunged your knife into his back. He let out a growl and slumped slightly forwards. You attempted to pull your knife out of his body but found it frozen in place. Ice crept up the blade to your hand. You quickly let go, falling slightly to the floor. The impact caused a fresh wave of pain to course through your body. You looked down, realizing the knife was still lodged in your stomach, before swiftly pulling it out. You groaned. The action caused stars to appear in your vision but you could see the other Frost Giant practically on top of you. You quickly threw the ice knife at him, rolling out of the way of his blow. The knife ricocheted off his shoulder creating a small gash and causing him to pause before turning back to you.
“Don’t let them touch you!”
Volstagg’s warning drew your gaze for a moment. You looked over, noticing the burn on his arm. Great. You quickly drew your focus back to the remaining Frost Giant who seemed frozen. You noticed he was looking at your torso. You glanced down noticing your injury healing. You brought your gaze back to him as you slowly stood.
“Going to take a lot more than that to take me down.”
The Frost Giant growled before charging at you. You quickly dropped your hand into your other boot, pulling out another knife. You dodged his first attack by jumping backward. The second came much quicker, you had to use your knife to parry his ice sword causing his sword to shatter. You took this chance to try to dash past him to join up with the others. You nearly passed him when you felt a cold hand on your arm. You were thrown against the wall. You glanced down, expecting some sort of burn but nothing was there. You took the chance and ignited your power. Flames grew around your arm and the Frost Giant's hand but he kept his grip. You extinguished your flames, but not a single mark was left on him. The Frost Giant looked as confused as you. I can’t burn them, they can’t burn me. Before the Frost Giant could reach the same conclusion as you, you grabbed his arm, using it as leverage to hoist yourself up to his head.
“This is for stabbing me.”
You thrust your knife through his neck pulling it out quickly as not to freeze over. The Frost Giant made a slight choking sound before falling frontwards. You hopped off just before he hit the ground. You looked at your hands. You felt a slight tingle, but no burning. Guess I was right. A scream brought you back to your senses. You turned to find Fandral skewered by an icicle. You made a beeline for him. You cut through the icicle with your knife catching Fandral as he fell. You heard a yell behind you, turning to find a Frost Giant charging towards the two of you. Before you could think a knife blurred past your vision hitting the Frost Giant and taking him down. You turned your head back to meet Loki’s gaze before he turned to Thor.
“We must go!”
You dropped your gaze to Fandral, trying to heal him enough to move him.
“Then go!”
Sif, Hogun, and Volstagg were at your side but you kept your focus on Fandral. You heard ice begin to crack and fall around you. Sif threw her hand over yours.
“We need to move, now.”
You brought your gaze up to her, she nodded to the side. You followed with your gaze, noticing some sort of monster breaking through the ice.
“Shit.”
Volstagg knelt down, scooping up Fandral who grunted in protest.
“Run!”
Volstagg took off, you followed behind as closely as possible, trying to still heal Fandral, which was nearly impossible with the constant moving. You could hear the heavy footfalls behind you but you kept your gaze on Fandral. Not looking where you were going your foot caught on a piece of ice, you began to tumble but a strong grip grabbed you by the arm pulling you back up.
“Run now, heal later.”
Loki held you by the arm maneuvering you along the path. You heard a loud growl from behind you and chanced a glance back. The ice beast was nearly on top of you.
“Yeah, good point.”
You noticed its tail swing up and shoved Loki to the side. The tail fell exactly between you.
“Come on.”
You felt another hand grab your arm and hoist you back up to your feet. You continued to run, noticing Sif close beside you. You turned back to where Loki was and saw Hogun picking him up as well. The beast was still on your toes and behind it numerous Frost Giants. We’re screwed. The monster was closing in but a loud shockwave echoed through the ground. The ice started to crumble taking the beast and many Frost Giants with it. You neared a cliff and slowed to a halt, everyone clustered together.
“Heimdall! Open the Bridge!”
Volstagg was nearly screaming at the top of his lungs. You bent over slightly catching your breath, the effort of using your powers was catching up to you. Movement caught your eye, you turned your gaze coming eye to eye with the ice beast through the ice.
“Shit.”
The beast began climbing over the cliff keeping its eyes on you.
“Well, come on (Y/N), roast it.”
Volstagg clearly didn’t notice you in the last fight.
“Fire doesn’t work on them. My powers are useless.”
You kept your gaze on the beast which kept growing larger. You didn’t even realize you were backing away until you ran into someone. Hands came up to catch your arms and keep you steady. You snapped your head back revealing you had backed into Loki. You saw your fear reflected in his expression. The beast let out a growl causing you both to turn to it. Just as it brought its claw up to attack something ran it through. It let out a choking sound before falling frontwards. You felt a tug as Loki pulled you to the side to avoid one of its claws. You both fell to the side landing hard on the ice.
“Thanks.”
The word came out in a breath as you stared at the sky laying on your back. You heard Loki groan slightly beside you.
“Of course.”
You turned your head, seeing Loki slowly rise to a sitting up position, you followed.
“What was that?”
Your gaze turned to the beast, a giant hole through its neck.
“I’ll give you one guess.”
Loki sounded annoyed and you followed his gaze. Thor’s red cape fluttered behind him as he looped through the sky and landed on the ground right in front of the best. You smirked.
“Show off.”
You and Loki both gave a slight laugh as you stood and made your way to Thor. The beast slowly inched backward, falling off the cliff. You had nearly made it to Thor when goosebumps began to form on your skin. You made eye contact with Loki before turning around. Your eyes met with hundreds of Frost Giants. Your heart skipped a beat. They all came rushing at you at the same time. You and Loki each pulled a knife but you knew it would do little good. Just before they made it to you, you were enveloped in a bright light. You turned to Loki who looked more worried now than he had been with the Frost Giants. You heard a horse whinny and turned to the sound seeing Odin on top his horse wielding Gungnir.
“Father we will finish this together.”
Thor’s shout echoed across the barren land but it was cut off by Odin’s swift command.
“Silence.”
The large Frost Giant from the throne made his way up to Odin.
“Allfather. You look weary.”
“Laufey, end this now.”
“Your boy sought this out.”
Their exchange caught everyone’s attention, you took this as a chance. You slowly crept your way over to Fandral, who was sitting not far behind Loki. You kept your eyes on Odin and Laufey as they continued their talk but slowly began to kneel after making it behind Fandral.
“What are you doing?”
Fandral turned his head slightly, his voice in a whisper. You ignored his question for a moment. You brought your hands under his coat, finding his still seeping wound. You brought your hands together taking a deep breath and praying that his coat will block the light. You slowly engaged your power feeling the energy flow from your hands.
“Saving your life. If this goes even more south we will need all of us to fight our way out.”
Fandral nodded slightly.
“Thank you.”
“War.”
Your attention was drawn to Laufey on that word. His demeanor changed, you could see him forming a knife of ice in his hand. You turned to Odin to warn him but he simply raised his spear.
“So be it.”
In a moment a bright light enveloped you. You could feel your body being pulled away and the cold slowly disappear.