His True Kingdom

Chapter Thirty Six - Acceptance:

After walking through yet another maze of corridors Thor led you into an open room, you instantly knew this must be their training room. You spotted all kinds of armor hanging on the walls, a shooting range was ahead with many wooden soldier figures in the middle of the room—they were awfully cut in countless places since you figured they were hit by all kinds of weapons you could imagine. You saw an army of long swords, short swords, bows, crossbows, spears, hammers, axes, daggers, knifes and anything you could ever name that existed in the history of medieval movies you'd seen. They hung across the wide room; your gaze however was quickly captured by four figures sitting down on a couch. Three men and a black haired woman with her body turned back to you were chatting and laughing.

"My friends!" Thor shouted merrily and held his arms in the air. It wasn't a reaction you were used to. All the four Asgardians turned to face him with happy clamors; their eyes were going between you and Thor. You saw that a man with blonde hair, and the most exquisite type of mustache, walked towards you with a rich smile.

"Such delight, my friend. And here you brought the lady no one stops talking about!" he said, he shook Thor's hand with excitement and turned to you with a big smile.

"No wonder why they can't stop talking about such beauty" he heavily said, his hand going over his mustache. Thor let out a sigh and looked away, he didn't seem too amused. You blushed, not knowing what to say.

"I am Fandral, clearly the best looking man in the warriors three" he heartily said and extended his hand to you. You gave your hand to him; his eyes were scanning through all of your face as he landed a soft kiss on your hand.

"I am ____(y/n), nice meeting you" you shyly said. His eagerness in flirting with you was unbelievable. The other warriors approached you with smiles on their faces, oh no, actually the Asian looking man was not really smiling. He seemed so dull and serious.

"Fandral you fool! My good lord, make us room!" the short, dwarf looking man said as he pushed him to the side. His hair was one with his long facial hair, his eyes shone inside the red forest of this unity. He gave you a warm smile.

"Pardon his foolery, my lady. I'm Volstagg. Nice to meet you" he said and you shook his hand. The serious man didn't approach you.

"And I am Hogun, at your service lady Skadi" he said and bowed his head. You cleared your throat, even though you didn't want to disagree with his humorless look you didn't like being called someone you weren't.

"It's ____(y/n)" you said as the black haired lady approached you with a smile shadowed by awe.

"I am Sif, my lady. It's nice... meeting you" she said, seeming much distracted looking at your eyes. Thor walked into the circle and stared at everyone's faces.

"My friends, by my father's orders, our duty is to train ____(y/n)." Thor said to inform them, but they already seemed like they knew of the news. Sif was already walking in the direction of longbows hanging on the walls.

"My prince, our king Odin has already informed us. We were just recently at his presence. We were commended our duty and we are aware of ____(y/n)'s origins" Volstagg said making a gesture for you to move in the middle of the room.

"Very well" Thor nodded and gave you a stare. Sif came back with a golden bow.

"Skadi's favorite weapon was her bow. I believe you will learn to use it faster than any other, my lady" she spoke with faith. You never held a bow in your life, you gulped in your disbelief—staring at everyone around you with your brows curling into a sad expression.

"Trust yourself. She is a well instructor too" Thor said and smiled at Sif.

Sif led you to the shooting ranges and gently held the bow in the position she wanted you to hold it. The moment you touched the bow, you felt like you knew everything about it. Its weight was like a feather; your hands were moving without your control and with much experience. The feeling was like learning to ride a bicycle but doing so as soon as pushing the pedal for the first time. It was odd but you deeply enjoyed the way you were talented in handling it. Sif looked at you in awe as you shot a bull's-eye only on your first try.

"Marvelous!" she said, her happiness exceeding her voice. You heard Thor laughing hard with his friends around, they were all grabbing different types of arsenal. You figured it was for you, you weren't too sure if you were so all-around with all weapons. Sif stared at you watching them.

"Lady Skadi was the one to train me when I was little, now to train you feels so unnatural to me" she murmured and handed you another arrow so you could shoot at a target even farther away from you. You couldn't hide your happiness as you aimed at the target, your one eye closed and a smirk took over you. You shot the target in its head with such ease. Sif looked at you and at the target not believing her eyes.

"The All-father spoke so infallibly of you. I see why that is now" Fandral said and the four men approached you with smiles. Fandral handed you a wooden shield and a long sword, he grabbed the same arsenal for himself.

"Fandral is the fastest of us all, very agile. Skadi was the most dexterous huntress known to all men, she never let a prey slip away" Thor said, seeming entertained and he sat down on the couch while all his friends followed him to watch you face Fandral.

"Well my lady, please pardon me if I hurt you" he said with overconfidence and pride.

You didn't say anything since you really wanted succeed and be ready to do whatever you needed to do to stop Loki. Fandral swiftly landed a blow to your wooden shield that you held up as a reflex to his move. You stumbled back, he was very powerful. You gave Thor a quick look, your hopes vanishing.

"Accept her ___(y/n)" he whispered from his spot.

You grinded your teeth and wondered how in the world you could do that. You remembered the way you teleported from Loki's grasp and remembered what Thor had told you out in the gardens. If you could "feel" like her, she'd take over. As much as you didn't want to, you concentrated all your thoughts to that one moment you felt Loki's betrayal flowing inside your being and you combined that with the way you felt towards your ex-boyfriend who happened to be Njord. You managed to escape Fandral's hits that felt so reluctant to you. You could feel hate flowing up your arms which were now faintly glowing. Fandral's face became alert knowing of the change. Without your control, the familiar blue aura hugged you in a flash and teleported you on Fandral's back, you quickly kicked his shield away, and your sword was an inch away from his throat. He dropped his sword with fear of your sudden advancement. You stopped yourself and breathed heavily, dropping the sword on the floor with your shaky hands.

"By heavens, are you sure you are not Skadi?" he said and gave you an impression that was a mixture of awe and fear. You didn't reply and sat next to Thor with rashes on your hands.

"Are you okay?" Thor said with worry, holding your hands that had the lines back in their spots before Eir worked her magic.

"Yes, I am" you muttered. You oddly felt fine although you expected yourself to faint like you did in Stark tower. But you felt fine, even powerful. You were eager to go on and see what else you could do.

"Skadi was a shape shifter and could form ice since she was a Jotun" Hogun said boldly.

"____(y/n)'s supernatural abilities with the bow and sword shall be enough for our journey to Vanaheim. She's the fastest learning champion Asgard has ever had" Thor said and looked at Volstagg who was grinding his axe with ease. He looked up.

"She's learned to wield the sword in five minutes but Fandral spent five millenniums trying to hold it straight in his hands" he said and everyone laughed. You chucked and looked at Fandral who was putting away the shields and swords with a frown on his face.

"I was simply going easy on our fair maiden. I wouldn't dare cutting her flawless skin by any chance" he grinned. You giggled and looked down in embarrassment. A servant walked in and stood by Thor.

"My prince, it is almost time for the feast. Our king demands all of your presence at the dinner table tonight" she said and walked out. Volstagg laughed with satisfaction. Sif rolled her eyes.

"Ay, my good lords! Let them set the stoups of wine upon tables!" he grinned and got up on his feet.

"He loves eating and drinking, quite a lot" Thor whispered to your ear and added:

"We will discuss our journey to Vanaheim after dinner tonight" he said and offered you his arm as always. You took it; Sif gave you a cold stare and everyone walked out of the training room to get ready for the dinner.