War between Centuries

Chapter 1:Introspection

It would have taken only one viewing of a video to change the lives of an entire family and the clocks of Time. This story takes place in two centuries quite opposite to each other. The first is known for the fear of a whole people who were thirsty for adventure and glory. The second one, you know it as much as I do: the one of modernity and technological innovation.

Let's just recall the facts: (Y/N), a student in ( Y/S) simply wanted to have a better night by listening to a hypnosis to recover her previous life. It was not a bad intention; she had been intrigued by this phenomenon for some years. Only, she lost control, another person took over her body and she got stuck until she was woken up by her phone... She left as a mark on her diary.

After mechanically writing this mysterious sentence in her diary, (Y/N) stormed down the stairs: she was late for University. She was in her second year of (Y/s) and had dreamed of being (Y/J) since she was a young . Passing through the kitchen, she quickly grabbed a cookie and ate it on her way to the subway. On the platform, as she waited for the transportation, she thought about that night.

It was far too good to be true. She had read about Ivar the Boneless; she even watched the famous fashionable series. She found it very strange that with this unpredictable Viking this reunion with "Hella" went smoothly. She thought the setting was far too idyllic for her taste.

A question appeared in her mind: was it a simple dream or was it real? Was she really this Hella? She doubted for the first time.

During the whole day of Magistral class, she stayed in her thoughts. This did not escape her friends who found her rather distant, and it was not in her habits. She couldn't stop thinking about this Ivar and the more the hours passed, the more she was driven by curiosity to know more. All she could think about was how to get home to her aunt, with whom she had lived since she was two years old. Does it surprise you if I tell you that (Y/N) does not know her parents and that she has no memories of her childhood?

Her aunt Niv was divorced and had two daughters: Liv (21) and Gÿllan (17). Liv and (Y/N) were the same age and were easily closer. Yet they were complete opposites in personality. (Y/N) was more reserved and dreamier than her cousin. Liv had a much more rebellious side and could be scary the first time someone met her. After this new exhausting day, she went home at 7 pm. In front of her aunt and cousins, she pretended that everything was fine, she was even smiling. They ate quickly after watching an episode of their daily show that they loved to criticize the choice of characters.

It was a simple and joyful end of day, that she appreciated particularly. Then she went to her room to clear her notes for the day. She spent a good part of the evening retyping her lessons, then tiredness got the better of her: it was the ideal moment to retest this strange experience. She let the soothing music guide her again. Once again, she felt transported to another place, but this time, she kept control of her body. She was not active this time, she was only witnessing several scenes between two people who really intimidated her. She did not feel comfortable with the constant tension between the two protagonists. She felt like she was in over her head and only wanted to leave. Then, during the last scene, she began to tremble when she recognized Ivar. She was intrigued, Ivar was communicating with the young woman in Norse. She did not understand a word but she was completely hypnotized by Ivar's voice. As for the interlocutor, she immediately felt that it was better not to have her as an enemy.

"I can't be this Hella, it's impossible" she thought.

Then her heart stopped suddenly when she noticed that Ivar stared in her direction with a murderous look. She crossed her fingers that he would not do anything to her.

"Since when are you friends with wild animals? " said Ivar brutally to his interlocutor.

"What do you think about that?" the young dark-haired woman replied coldly.

(Y/N) could half gasp: Ivar was talking about a wolf that was next to her. She liked wolves, but certainly not when they were near her. Between Ivar and the wolf, which was less dangerous? She had no idea. Except that intuitively, she still preferred to be near the wolf who seemed to be more friendly than Ivar. After this scene, she fell asleep normally once she had recovered her senses.

As the days passed, it became more and more difficult for (Y/N) not to resist this regression into her previous life. Unfortunately for her, this phenomenon took a frightening turn: She was having realistic dreams about this mysterious Hella and two other people who were scaring her.

It had been a few nights now since she first had this experience that these dreams were becoming more and more frequent. Each time she saw the same scenes: the same duo confronting each other on a plain and each time this mysterious Ivar took over. The only thing that changed was the ending. Either it ended tragically for the young woman who could not escape her enemy, or she managed to escape but was too late to protect her children. Ivar kidnapped them each time.

(Y/N) made a habit of writing down everything she saw during the night despite the strong emotions she felt. She would wake up each time feeling very emotional and nervous.

After having an even more frightening and emotionally intense dream, (Y/N) woke up with a pang in her heart and swearing as she did every time, she had a nightmare. She was for the first time on the verge of tears and was unable to fall back to sleep. At the same time, she woke up Liv, who came back into her room in a rage: She had woken her up.

"(Y/N)! what's your problem! You do this to me every night! It's not funny! "Her cousin got angry.

"What's their problem with keeping me awake every night?" defended (Y/N) still in shock from what she had just seen.

Of course, Liv didn't understand what her cousin was implying, she looked at her puzzled.

"Who are you talking about? "Liv asked.

"Stop looking at me like that! It's embarrassing! "continued (Y/N)

"Aren't you stressing about your midterms? "asked Liv

"No, it has nothing to do with that.

"Then what's going on?"

"Sorry Liv but there's no way I'm telling you. I risk losing all credibility."

Liv stared (Y/N) for a few minutes, which strangely soothed the student. But it didn't last long, as her cousin took her journal by surprise and began to read (Y/N)'s prose aloud at first before breaking down in turn. (Y/N) was boiling with rage: no one was allowed to touch her diary! She held back from grabbing it out of her hands and dragging her cousin out of her room in the same way Liv had arrived.

"I'm not disturbing you. You want to read my whole life too? "

"Fix it! (Y/N) what were you thinking doing that hypnosis shit ! You don't realize what you've gotten yourself into! "

"These are just dreams! "

" From the moment you lose control of your body they are no longer dreams! "

"You want to shout it from the rooftops too? "(Y/N) got angry.

"Listen, in the family we have a stronger sensitivity to this kind of thing! It's not a game (Y/N)! It's dangerous! "

"What's next? "(Y/N) replied angrily.

"I'm dead serious (Y/N)"

"Can you go out now?! I'd like to sleep" said (Y/N) becoming irritated by her cousin's invasive attitude.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow! "Liv said.

"No, you leave me alone with this, we move on and you better keep it to yourself! "

"He's a very bad influence on you," Liv said as she walked out the door.

"I don't know who you're talking about but again: THIS IS ONLY A DREAM! "

"We'll talk about it again in a few months Hella" said Liv before leaving with a machiavellian smile. She took by the same occasion a dark glance of her cousin who did not like to be called by this first name.

After this intrusion into her room, (Y/N) was unable to sleep, she didn't know what to think of Liv's reaction, she found it strange. Then a positive thought managed to calm her down: in a month she was going to Norway with her friends. She finally fell asleep thinking about this trip...