Hotel Valhalla [Magnus Chase Series]

My Dad's Mom

By Stanley, Son of SLEIPNIR

[Translated Via A Horse Whisperer]

  Most of you think Loki is 100 percent bad and, like, always messing things up for the gods.
  That is so not true. One time, she helped Odin and the others out of a huge problem.
  That’s right; I said she. Loki is my grandmother.
  I’ll give you a moment to process that before I go on.
  Ready? Okay, here’s what happened:

  Long ago, a builder came to Asgard. He offered to surround the world with a wall to protect the gods from attack. He said he could build the wall in
three seasons, and he wanted Freya, the sun, and the moon in exchange.
  Freya said no way. The sun and the moon took her side. Loki, though, thought the wall was a great idea. He convinced the other deities to make a counteroffer.
  If the builder could finish the wall in one season, he could have what he asked for.
  The task was impossible, Loki pointed out, so Freya, the sun, and the moon would be safe.
  And so would the gods, because the Aesir would have at least part of a wall.
  The gods proposed the plan to the builder. He agreed to the terms and
went to work.
  What the Aesir didn’t realize was that the builder—probably a giant in disguise—had the strongest, fastest, and hardest-working stallion in the worlds to help him.
  As the season wound down, the fortification neared completion.
  Freya was a wreck. The sun and the moon weren’t too happy, either.
 
  Everyone blamed Loki.

  Loki owned up to his mistake and set about making things right.
  Since the stallion was the problem, he figured out a way to get rid of it.
  He shape- shifted into a gorgeous mare.
  One flirtatious flick of the mane and coy bat of the eye later, and that stallion was smitten.
  When Loki took off for the woods, the stallion gave chase—and that was that.
  Without his helper, the builder couldn’t finish the wall by the deadline.
  Freya, the sun, and the moon stayed right where they were.
  And some time later, Loki the mare gave birth to my dad.

  So you see? Loki’s not all bad.