The Eternal Valkyrie: War of the Realms (HTTYD fic)

Part 17

Chapter 16

The Frost Giant let out an uncomfortable cough to try and get the Princes' attention. "May I present the Princes of Jothunheim, Helblindi and Býleistr," he repeated but the two men just kept wrestling on the floor of the throne room.

It was rather awkward for the gang to just stand there while the two brothers were apparently fighting about Norns-knows-what. Astrid's brow twitched before she stepped forward and cracked her knuckles. The gang cringed as she used her armguards of Strength to rip the brothers apart from each other.

"Who are you?!" the one Hiccup assumed was Helblindi bristled as he glared at Astrid.

"The better question is are you guys Royalty or a bunch of wild cats throwing a tantrum!" Astrid shot back as she let go of both the men. They quickly scrambled up and then saw the group that stood there.

"Your Highnesses, these are representatives from Asgard and Midgard, including the one and only Mistress of the Wind," their escort stated. "They have come to inquire about the fate of the interlopers we had in our territory."

"Those harpies?" Býleistr grunted looking not very pleased. "They got what was coming to them."

"On behalf of Asgard we wish to retrieve them and compensate you for any trouble they have caused. They are scouts that may have vital information to a threat to all the Realms." Sigyn stated as she stepped forward.

"Hah, see I told you they were Aesir!" Helblindi turned to his brother with a smug look. "And you thought that they were Vanir!"

"Why would Asgardians come here except to cause more conflict?" Býleistr muttered.

"But is that not what those screeching women did?" the other shot back. "They nearly ruined our plans!"

"May we have some clarification as to what had transpired?" Sigyn asked as she frowned. She had a feeling that things ended up more complicated than she thought.

"What happened?! What happened was a pure mess thanks to them!" Helblindi roared. "We had everything handled until those 'scouts' of yours started meddling in our affairs!"

"Maybe we should just calm down and get to the bottom of this," Hiccup suggested. The two giants turned and looked at the auburn-haired man before muttering "The runt is right."

"Sad day that we are taking advice from..... Midgardians," the other muttered while glancing at the group before them.

"Come," Helblindi's gruff voice echoed through the throne room. He indicated for the group to follow him to a room adjacent which turned out to be a large, and poorly kept, dining hall. The twins looked through the large hole in the wall to see how high up they were now. Cold wind entered the room and the group shivered but the Frost Giants seemed utterly unaffected.

Their escorts accompanied the Princes as well and lined the wall opposite of their guests. "Now...." Býleistr started, looking a bit more composed than before "Your people caused quite a lot of chaos for us. Their offenses include the willful destruction of property, aiding and abetting a traitor to the Jothun race and his co-conspirators, ignoring Jothun law...."

"Let's not forget being all around rude," Helblindi muttered. As Hiccup observed the brothers, sitting opposite to them, he noticed the differences. Býleistr seemed to be the more organized brother and thought rationally much faster. Helblindi was quick to anger and seemed to be a hothead but even in their wrestling match Hiccup noted that he did not hurt his brother much even though he was much bigger. Hiccup turned to Sigyn who he noted was gripping the table they were seated at with white knuckles. The table would probably snap if she gripped any harder.