The Sun & The Snake (Magnus Chase x Alex Fierro Fanfiction)

Chapter 2: Crest of The Hill

Alex Fierro POV...

Alex stood on the green arched hill overlooking the upcoming field that would turn into a bloodbath, each day the Hotel Valhalla would have new stuff to train for Ragnarok. On one day it may be a Lindwyrm, on another day it might be an army of Draugr borrowed from Hel, and (one of Alex favorites) it may be a full on battle against the other Eijgnhar. Every time it comes to that she likes to find the people who anger them the most on the battlefield and lob their heads off with her garrote wire. Currently Alex was standing on the crest of the hill chewing a piece of spearmint gum as they brushed hair out of their face, they were dressed in a green jacket with a striped pink crop top and withered jeans; today she was a girl. The thing with Alex is that she was Transgender and each day she either felt like a male or a female. It took people a while to get used to but they eventually understood it and tried their best to not misgender Alex. "Will you stop,woman"! Alex cocked a smirk as she glanced behind her and saw her cabin mate, Halfborn Gunderson once again fighting with his other hall mate: Mallory Keen. Those two were confusing to say the least, they were like a gust of wind; always changing. One minute they were all lovey dovey, the next they wanted to cut each other's throats; which would be okay because Eijgnhar in Valhalla would just be revived in their rooms.

Halfborn was dressed as he usually was; shirtless. (Don't ask why, no one knows) He dressed in his usual saggy brown pants with furred boots, on each hand was a coarse leather glove with studded iron knuckles on the end, and in the mighty berserkers hands he held a huge battle ax. Mallory Keen was next to him with her bright red hair tied back in a ponytail, she was wearing a leather corset topped with leather gloves like she usually did in battle, her two knives were held away in her hands as the Swedish Woman crossed her arms. She had an annoyed look as she crossily said "It was an accident you big oaf!" That was usual Mallory, Halfborn facepalmed and immediately recoiled as he held his eye "Ow!...Dammit forgot about the gloves". Alex could spot Mallory slightly chuckle before she shook her head and remembered that she was supposed to be annoyed, returning to her sour face. Beside them was a stout boy with dark skin; dressed in a civil war blue uniform. That was their other hallmate, Thomas Jefferson Jr; or as they call him, T.J. TJ was born as a slave and he participated in the civil war but like the others he had died when his enemy on the Confederate side called him out to challenge him.

Being a son of Tyr, the Norse god of war, TJ accepted the challenge and rushed out to kill him and after he did; TJ was shot down. All of them had cool tales like that, Halfborn sailed the sea with Ivar The Boneless & Mallory tried to defuse a car bomb to save a bunch of kids trapped in a bus. Then there was Alex, she was killed saving a homeless man from two wolves, so heroic. Sometimes she really thought that she shouldn't have been taken into Valhalla, that her Valkyrie; Samirah Al Abbas, had made a mistake. But of course she would never say that because from what Magnus had told her, the last time she heard that she nearly broke Magnus windpipe. Alex frowned as she thought of that idiot blonde, it's not that she didn't like the guy but it was so random that he just admitted she kissed him in front of her father, Loki. But she did admit that he looked very handsome when he insulted her dad to the size of a walnut. But ever since then she had been distancing herself from him because...in all reality, she didn't think she was good enough for him. I mean her father tried to kill him multiple times for Odin Sake!! Why would he want anything to do with her.

As if on cue, that blonde idiot came stumbling into the crest. Alex turned and noted that he was wearing his usual clothes of jean pants and jacket. His blonde hair was thrown messily in a mop on top of his head, he gave a sheepish smile as he walked twaord the group. Halfborn when he saw the smaller Eijgnhar laughed triumphantly "HA-HA!" and then with one mighty leathered palm slapped Magnus on the back a few times on which the smaller blonde bent forward from the force. Halfborn smiled wide as he continued to say "Magnus my friend, nice to see you in the light of the Gunggingap again; I thought you died...again". Magnus rubbed the back of his neck as he said in a voice that was out of tone for him "Yeah, I've just been thinking about-". He paused as his gray eyes spotted Alex, then he finished his sentence "-Stuff". Alex rolled her eyes and turned away; stuff? Yeah she wondered what stuff that was.

From behind Mallory could be heard as she said "Well whatever stuff that is beantown I suggest that you leave it in you're head until we're done battling. Today is supposedly Tatzelwyrm day and I don't need my face getting melted because you're daydreaming". Alex shuddered, she hated Tatzelwyrms; the name sounds cute but trust her those things really weren't. Long snake like bodies with the fur of a spotted leopard, two string front legs and then head of a saber tooth tiger; as if that wasn't enough to kill someone they could also spit acid that could dissolve a full viking shield. The first time that she had faced off against one, it had lobbed off one of her arms and as she stumbled blindly across the field it spilled acid in her face and then ripped her head off. But she agreed with Mallory, she needed to get her head in the game, her thin tan fingers reached into her pocket and unlaced a long golden wire; wrapping it around her wrist.

High above booming sounds echoed, the large crowd of Eijgnhar lined up at the crest. Alex bent forward as if she was gonna sprint; taking a moment to capture her team behind her. Halfborn raised one massive hand to his face and bent it side to side and each time he did and audible Crack sounded, when he was satisfied he picked up his battle ax. Mallory smiled evilly and flicked her knives in the air and catching them like a pro. TJ pulled out a small gray bag, put it between his teeth as he ripped off the top; putting the small gunpowder mound inside his bayonet rifle. Finally she glanced at Magnus who was leaning forward also and seemed to be arguing with Jack who remained in pendant form. But Magnus didn't have much time before-...too late. Three more booms echoes across the air before the far doors on the end of the colesium opened, and the huge wave of Eijgnhar lunged forward in a frontal assault. Alex smiled

Just another day of bloodshed in eternity.