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'We are all going into the dark.'

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"People of Kattegat! I am Ivar! All hail your new King!"
Ragnhild moved out of her hut to see what all the commotion was about, she clutched onto Helga safely to protect the bundle of joy in her arms. She moved over to where Hvitserk stood."What's going on? "
"It's Ivar." Ragnhilds eyes scanned tp see the new king of Kattegat covered in blood and paint and an oddly shaped crown on his head, next to him stood Freydis, dressed in similar wear to him. Ragnhild was confused by it all.
The hooded figure was revealed to the people of Kattegat. A scared woman looked at the crowd and towards King Ivar. One of the shieldmaidens shouted."That's not Lagertha. That's not Lagertha! That's not Lagertha! Hail Lagertha! Hail Ragnar! Hail Lagertha!"
"Take her away!" Ivar roared at his guards, grabbing a hold of the woman.
"Hvitserk can you stop him?" Ragnhild whispered to the Ragnarsson. He shook his head, he would never be able to stop all of this. He couldn't stop Ivar. Ivar was too powerful at the moment, even though many people of Kattegat didn't likely him as king, Ivar did have a few followers most of which were his bodyguards and most trusted soldiers.
"This is no place for little Helga right now" Ragnhild says as she moves away from the crowd carrying Helga in her arms. This was going to be a sacrifice. No place for a baby to be present. Hvitserk watched as she left, he couldn't bare it any longer, he walked away from the crowd shortly after Ragnhild left with Helga. He needed to be alone right now, he had to talk to Odin.
"Take them away!" Ivar yelled to his guards, who went straight away to pull the supporters of Lagertha away from the crowd. "Hail Ragnar!"
Take them away! "
"Hail Ragnar! Hail Lagertha! "
"All hail Ivar!"
"She lives. This is the witch who murdered my mother in cold blood. This is Lagertha!"
"No!" the woman yelled. She was completely terrified.
"Shut your mouth! A Danish king handed her over to us. She was trying to make a deal with him" Ivar explains to the people of Kattegat.
"I'm not Lagertha" the woman cried out as Ivars guards hung her upside down before slitting her throat, blood dripped down quickly. Ivar watched as they lit flames to the poor innocent woman's body. He laughed at the sight of it as he watched the flames rise higher and higher.

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Ingrid stood amongst the flames as she watched Ivar laugh as the woman was burnt alive.
"Ivar!!" she yelled. The man seemed to snap out of his trance and gaze directly at Ingrid. 'This isn't you.'

Ingrid woke with a sudden jerk that morning to her mother Lagertha sitting on the edge of the bed. Ingrid inhaled and exhaled. "Ingrid you alright?"
"Bad dream."
She hoped it was just a dream and not some vision that was about to happen or did happen. Ivar wouldn't do such a thing? Yet she didn't know what to expect from this man anymore.
Lagertha cleared her throat knocking Ingrid out of her trance.
"There's something you should know Ingrid I-"
"You are having sex with Bishop Heahmund?
"What? Ingrid!"
"Am I wrong?!" Ingrid questioned her mother who's face was clearly going red right now.
"No. And you of all people should not speak to me in that matter, Bjorn would never speak to me like this."

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