Fighting, Honour and Valhalla || Vikings x The Originals x TVD

Creature of the Moon

Eowyn was afraid, she had not been afraid often, one of the few times she was happened when her sister was taken and again when Thorfinn had come to their home. In all cases, she feared for her life, which was just how she felt now when she watched the sun almost disappear beyond the horizon. She had just finished cooking food for Thorfinn, but she couldn't help but shake. She knew whatever creature haunted those woods was real, she had seen it once before; she had never told anyone about it, but she had seen it the day her sister was taken.

Even years later it still haunted her dreams and gave her many sleepless nights. On nights when the moon was full, she never slept, she lay awake in her bed with a knife in her hand, she knew that it would not do much, but she could never sleep on those nights of the deep fear that she would wake up to the creature in her room. She believed that Thorfinn was not taking her warning seriously, he looked too calm as he sat there drinking mead, they should've tried to run in the opposite direction and use Aelfrida as bait to lure the creature somewhere else.

She did not know what Thorfinn planned to do, but she had little faith it would work. If things were so easy then the creature would've died years ago; while he might be good at killing people, it didn't mean those skills would translate well into fighting the large hairy creature she had seen take her sister. One small comfort she had is that they might be able to reason with the creature by sacrificing Aelfrida for their lives, she would have to bring that up to Thorfinn when the girl was not present.

Despite Eowyns thoughts on Thorfinn, he did take the situation very seriously. Thorfinn knew that creatures of the night existed and while he was a little fearful it didn't mean he wouldn't fight it, in truth he just wanted to know what creature he would be facing, if it was another Draugr then he was confident he could defeat it. Though a feeling in his gut told him it wouldn't be a Draugr, and that is what scared him, he knew that Freyja was watching over him, and the gods themselves had blessed him. He would dishonour them if he did not fight, and even if he should die he knew they'd welcome him into Valhalla —at least he hoped they would. A small voice at the back of his mind kept repeating what the seer had told him, that he would never go through the portals of Valhalla if he chose Rebekah.

"Eowyn have you seen this creature before?" Thorfinn asked as he took the plate of offered food from the woman.

"I have lord," She replied. Thorfinn looked at her expectantly and she knew he was waiting for her to clarify and describe what the creature looked like. In truth, she did not want to as she felt it would take her back to the night her sister was taken.

"If was large my lord, at least five heads taller than you are and twice as wide," Eowyn said slowly as she gripped her hands tightly.

"Despite its size, it moved quietly, like a fox I would not have known it came into my home had I not been checking on my sister," she continued.

"This creature took your sister?" Thorfinn asked.

Eowyn nodded, her facade slightly cracking as a distraught look made its way onto her face. "How many winters ago did it take your sister?" He asked.

"Four," she replied.

Thorfinn sighed as he looked out the window to the setting sun, this would not be an easy task. From what he had learned this creature was fast and light on its feet, its size would suggest it was strong and it wouldn't be that unusual to think it would have claws or teeth of some kind. He hoped that the gods were on his side tonight cause it would be a difficult fight no matter what the creature was; he would need to prepare, there was no shame in preparing to fight such a creature.

He stood up "Keep yourself hidden, if I die then you have my permission to take the silver and leave," Thorfinn said causally, he wouldn't need it if he died and couldn't expect her to get it back to his land back home; she'd also most likely take it anyway, at least this way makes him look better. 'It doesn't matter anyway as I don't plan to die,' he thought I himself as he walked over to Aelfrida in the corner.