The Beginning
My name is Echo. I'm 21 years old. Ever since I could remember, I've been a maid in Asgard to the younger of the two princes.
That morning began as any other morning. I woke up to a bluebird singing on my window. Some my find that rather odd, but these birds have always loved me and appreciated that I would never hurt them or another animal.
I'm a Vegan, you see. That means that I don't eat animals. It's not like a vegetarian, because even if you're vegetarian, your still hurting animals. People don't understand that cows are producing milk for their babies and when we take it, there's less of it for the baby cows and therefore, we have to kill some so that the others can be fed enough. So, even if you just drink milk, you're killing animals. And that's just one example. It's the same with eggs.
People in Asgard really don't understand why I'm Vegan. When the men go out hunting, they often try to bring back things for me in order to cort me (most of the time men don't try to cort simple maids like myself, but they make an exception because im a lot more beautiful and youthful than the other maids) but then there really weirded out by the fact that i dont want it because it's meat. It came from an animal. A creature had to die a horrible, painful death in order to bring back that meat. Which is awful! But that's okay, because most people here dont have the bond that i do with animals. I understand animals. And they understand me. Sometimes i think their my only friends.
Anyways, I woke up and put on my handmaid dress that was a light blue with gold embroiderey on it and gold rope holding the sleeves. It dropped down to my feet and had a light silky cape that matched it. It look a lot like the one Daneris wore in Karth in Game of Thrones. (A/N: If you haven't see it, it's really a good show and i think you should watch it, but it might be a bit violent for some, and not Vegan-friendly. Also, I am talking about the show and not the book which i find to be quite offensive to women). The blue of the dress matched the roots of my hair. My icy blue roots grew out into snow white locks that weren't quite curly, but resembled ocean waves, or so people tell me.
I normally braided it into a long braid that i pulled over to one side so that it cascaided down my petit, but perky brests. I had ice-blue eyes that were darker in the middle than around the outside. People say that they remind them of pools of water because they are so deep and mysteryous.
I put small slippers that looked like they were glass on my feet. In reality, they were enchanted ice that was a gift to me from a frost giant. They had heels that were about 5 inches that looked like icicals. I braided some decorations that look like snowflakes into my hair and put blue and white eye shadow on my eyes in a smokey way that made me eyes look even more mysteryous.
After I finished that, i went downstairs (as i was on the highest floor in the tower of the castle i was in) and made my way to the prince's chamber.
I walked into see a chamber filled with books, plants, and other unusual and mysticle items. Sitting at the desk in the room was a tall and attractive man with a pensive look on his face and pale skin with dark black hair that fell passed his shoulders. He had bright green eyes and wore mostly black and green. He wore green because he, like myself, was a Vegan.
It was Loki, the youngest son of King Odin. Unlike his brother Thor, he was an intelligent type and used Magick, which he was very good at, because of his Veganism, of course. It was a well known fact that trees, which are the guardians of the world, don't like when we take from animals out of greed and grant the strongest of Magickal powers to those with a Vegan soul. Being Vegan not only was a sign of a pure heart, body, and soul, but also that a person had the strength and goodness to weild Magickal powers.
I put a tray of food down in front of the prince and smiled sweetly. I had brought him a pot of tea and some oatmeal with an orange on the side. He jumped up when he realized I was their. I smiled at him and blinked by sapphire eyes.
"Good morning, prince," I said.
"Echo, it's good to see you," he said in shy voice and looked at me awkwardly before sitting down agin.
"It's nice to see you, too," I said smiling and showing my beautiful white teeth.
"You have really nice teeth," he said shyly, "there white like pearls."
"Thanks!" I said in reply, "because i'm a Vegan, my teeth don't get as stained by meat."
"I'm a Vegan, too!" he said happily, "I should have known you were because of how beautiful you are." He blushed.
"You're so flattering, my prince," I said in a flirtatious way, but I knew that he could never love me because I was just a maid. I looked down at the stone floor and thought about the girl that Loki was being forced to court by his father. Her name was Sigin and she was tall and beautiful with large brests and long blonde hair, that looked more similar to corn than to gold, but men still found her attractive. It's really ironic that she looks like corn but thinks she's gold, because she is a vegetarin and every VEGAN knows that vegtrarians are trying to act like there Vegans but arnt strong enough to put in the EFFORT that it takes to be a REAL VEGAN. Honestly, I think vegaretian are even worse than CARNISTS becuase they are really hippocriticle in that they think they are doing what is write but really there not helping anyone because they drink milk and eat egss and that Kills chikens and cows!1! And the reson that alot of carnists thingk that you need meet in order to get proteen is because vegeatains are so WEEK!
"Um, Echo," Loki said in a mysterious way, "would you maybe want to go to the Spring Soltice ball with me?"
"With you?" I said questioningly, "But aren't you going with Sigin? Wouldn't you're dad be happier if you went with a lady instead of a simple made like me?"
"But you're not just a made to me, Echo. Your special. Your different." he said.
"I know I am, I'm Vegan. But it wouldn't be rite for a prince to go with a made." I said.
"Are you embarased? I know that Thor is so much more attractive than I am." he said.
"No, i dont think that at all, Loki! You're handsome to me!" I said.
"Then why don't you want to go with me?" he said.
"It's because…" I said.
"Because why?" he said.
"Because, well…" i said.
"Why, Echo? I think you're the most amazing person in all of Asgard!" he said.
"Yes, but youre father would be upset." I said.
"I don't care what my father thinks!" he said.
"I'm only trying to protect you. I don't want you getting hurt…" I said.
"Echo…" he said.
"I'll go," i said, "but no withyou."
"Is it-" he said but i cut him off by placing one of my slender fingers with clear nail pollish on his lips to stop him.
"It's not because i don't like you. I really do. But it's better this way. And I'll see you there." I said with a caring and compassionate smile that reached by icy eyes. I gazed into his green pools of his eyes that i only now realized we subtly blue, too, like my own eye. We held our eyes in the gaze awhile longer before he looked down shyly with an embarased smile and slight blush to his pail Vegan skin.
"Okay," he said, "Maybe i can dance with you at some point?"
"I'd like that," i said, lowering my finger.
But then i heard my superier calling me and i had to leave, letting Loki stare longingly after me as i disappeared out the door and into the warm spring air.