Goddess // Loki Laufeyson [Book 1]

⭐︎ Chapter 7 ⭐︎

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I feel the warmth of the morning sun tickle over my face. My eyes slowly flutter open and readjust themselves to the brightness.

I immediately check my surroundings, but to my denial, everything that has happened the past few days hasn't been a dream. It has all really happened.

Me having a hallucination about an innocent man being killed, me being brought to another realm by a stranger, me finding out that both of my parents are from another planet and very much alive and the fact that I am supposed to be a powerful goddess.

Even I can't believe my own words, it just sounds too crazy.

I throw the blanket over my face, just wanting to stay in bed forever and forget about everything.

Then it hit me.

I didn't drink alcohol yesterday before drifting off to sleep, but still, I didn't relive that horrifying dream. Has it perhaps something to do with me being here, in the city that was always burned to ashes at the end of my dream? Can there be some kind of a connection? Was the dream a warning? A warning to be able to save this city?

Maybe Odin is right, maybe I can really help them by saving Asgard! The only problem is, that I don't know how and if I even want to.

I decide to get out of bed and get myself ready. I walk towards the wardrobe in the hopes that there are other dresses in it that I could wear, but before reaching it I notice something in my room that wasn't there before.

On the top of my desk is laying a very thick book opened to a specific page. Who put it there? Did someone enter my room while I was sleeping? I approach the desk to get a closer view of the book.

On the left page, I can see a beautiful drawing of a woman standing near to a lake. She is wearing a white and golden dress, which reaches to the floor and a blue cloak covering her back. She was wearing a lot of jewelry, that really suits her. Her focus is laying on the necklace, which she is holding in both of her hands. It must be a very important chain to her. The picture looks so peaceful with the forest behind her and the flowers decorating the grass. It is truly an amazing drawing.

Now my gaze averts itself to the text on the right page of the book and before realizing it I start to read.

                                                                 The Goddess Freyja

Freyja is the goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, gold, war, and death. She is the Vanadis - the Lady of the Vanir and was the leader of the Valkyries, the Valkyrie goddess. She is the Daughter of Time, as well the patron and protectress of the human race. On her breasts, she wears 'the jewel whose power cannot be resisted,' Brisingamen, she rides a chariot pulled by two cats and possesses a cloak of feathers. Freyja rules over her heavenly afterlife field and there receives half of those that die in battle, whereas the other half goes to the god 's hall. Her twin brother Freyr is the current Lord of Vanaheim and Alfheim. Their parents are Njord, Lord of the Sea and Nerthus, the Earth goddess. Her husband is Odr and they have two daughters together, Hnossand and Gersemi.

Freya is famous for her fondness for love, fertility, beauty, and fine material possessions. She is also accused of having slept with all of the gods, including her brother, in the Nine Realms. She's certainly a passionate seeker after pleasures and thrills, but she's a lot more than only that. Freya is the archetype of the völva, a professional or semiprofessional practitioner of, the most organized form of Norse. It was she, who first brought this art to the gods, and, by extension, to humans as well. Given her expertise in controlling and manipulating the desires, health, and prosperity of others, she's a being whose knowledge and power are almost without equal.

She is as strong, beautiful and wise as any of the "Eldest Ones."

What have I just read? This is about my mother, isn't it?

Of course, I don't understand everything that I read, most of the words I have never heard in my life, but there are some things that just can't escape my mind.

All my life I was wondering who my parents really were and now, I know most of the things about my mother! 

She was or is one of the eldest and powerful goddesses in the universe and was good at manipulating people, but I am going, to be honest, I don't really care about those facts!

The thing that hurt me the most, is that she has a family. A husband, who isn't my dad, and two daughters in which I am not included. I always thought that I was an only child, now look at that I have two half-sisters. My mother had a lot of lovers, no wait she had all the lovers! I mean for god's sake, she slept with all the gods, even with elves and her own brother!

My father was one of those idiots, who fell under her spell. No wonder he gave me up, being the daughter of such a crazy and careless person, he certainly was scared that I would turn out like her!

I was right from the beginning, she really didn't want anything to do with me, like Frigga told me yesterday, my mother left me with my father and totally forgot about me, about us.

My father...where was he? Didn't Odin or Frigga say that he was here in Asgard? Does he know that I am here? Would it be possible to reach out to him? Did I even want to reach out to him? It is already painful enough to know all this about my heartless mother. Did I really want to feel even worse?

//So, in this chapter, you learn a lot about Anna's mother. If you have any question, ask right away!

Disclaimer

There are many speculations about the goddess Freyja, about who she is and what she did. I chose the facts, which would suit my story the best! The information that I'm going to mention throughout my story are the only ones that apply to 'my' character Freyja.

Sources that I used for the Freyja text: https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-vanir-gods-and-goddesses/freya/  http://www.valkyrietower.com/freyja.html  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja

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