here you go ii_slytherxn
i hope it makes sense....i can explain all about valkyries if you don't get the story at the end....
ahhh i also hope its not too long
sry
"Hey, hey, stay with me. C'mon you can fight this" I begged her "You still have so much to do"
The woman lying near dead beside me coughed. She didn't have much longer. But I could still bring her back.
"You can't leave! Please!"
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I woke up in a cold sweat. My wings were tucked under me uncomfortably as I laid in my thin bed, surrounded by cold metal. I sat up, my breath creating clouds of steam. My only company in this divine confinement.
The clank of boots on the metal steps alerted me to another person's presence. I lifted up my head to see another valkyrie walk towards my cell.
"How are you today Hillevi? Ready to go?"
"Yes sister" I nodded and stood up, my wings hanging behind me, pitifully.
"Cheer up" the woman in front of me smiled "Today is another chance. You can join us again"
I nodded and walked towards the prison doors as the valkyrie unlocked them "I will try Ingrid. But I am afraid it will end the same as last time"
My sister took my arm hand and took me up the stairs, up towards a light, towards a place where I could try again.
As we stepped back up to the sprawling plains of Valhalla she turned to me and tilted her head "That is why Odin has ordered you to stay back from the gathering today. You will talk to someone . . . an elder. He wants to help you Hillevi"
I shrugged away from Ingrid and stepped back "No please, I cannot go through this again-"
"You will not do it alone" she smiled softly again and continued to lead me through Valhalla.
I had done this walk towards the palace from the dungeons every day for 6 months. But this time was different. There was another hunt today. The valkyries were going to the battlefield again. They had gone out two times since the incident.
The incident that had made Odin and the rest of the elder valkyries to pronounce me mad. Wrong in the head.
"You will be fine" Ingrid tried to reassure me. "If all goes well you can join us in the next hunt"
I stayed silent as we walked towards Odin's palace. Odin would never see me personally but I knew why he was trying to help me. I used to be respected. But love got in my way and I made a grave mistake on the battlefield. Odin believes that I can get over my post - traumatic stress. But I know he is wrong. I can never risk any more brave soldiers honor.
Ingrid took me through the vast halls, through halls I had known all of my life. Many elders nodded towards me as I passed. It was a sign of tribute. Of the things I had given up as my oath of being a valkyrie. My mind.
"Please don't do this" I tried to plead to my sister "Please don't make me resolve this. I can never go out on the battlefield. I could cost a soldier their honor. Again."
I could see Ingrid hesitate. Her brave persona flickered as she kept walking me towards the elder's room. I shook my head and followed her in defeat.
