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

Part 23

Chapter 22

Ve and Vili had, for a lack of better words, seen better days. They limped back into the ice palace to face Ymir after Fenrir decided to use them as a chew toy. Their armor was torn by those sharp teeth and claws and they were bleeding from several parts, some of which wouldn't be named. When they finally entered the throne room Ymir looked up from what she was doing and frowned.

"I am willing to guess that from your appearance you were unsuccessful." She stated rather calmly.

"Well... ye-AAH!" Vili was interrupted when ice encased him and his brother up to their knees. The Asgardians shivered as the cold shot through their veins.

"If you have failed me then why did you bother coming back!" Ymir shouted as her red eyes narrowed. "I want this loose end dealt with!"

"She's but one woman." Ve scoffed. "What threat could she possibly pose?" Ymir rose a brow at that statement as if to suggest they weren't standing in front of a powerful female themselves. "I mean.... Eh..." Ve caught on and tried to correct himself when Ymir shouted "Go get the job done and don't bother to return until you do!" Her frost magic lashed out, breaking the ice encasing the men's legs and sending them flying backwards. The brothers scrambled out of the throne room and when the large double doors were closed Ymir let out a curse.

"What now brother?" Ve asked once they were a very safe distance away. "How are we going to get into Ymir's good graces if she thinks we are incompetent."

"She owes us, Ve. We helped release her," Vili answered. "Haven't you noticed that all the time we've been in her presence that she hasn't killed us yet."

"We got lucky?" Ve pondered.

"No, she needs us," Vili said. "She hasn't stepped out of this palace the whole time. Something is keeping her bound here and she needs us to do her dirty work for her."

"What do you suppose it is?" Ve asked.

"I don't know, but I do have some vague idea." Vili told his brother. "But for now we have to get Hella. The Bifrost to this place is shut down. There is no place for that woman to run to."

"She's Loki's daughter and he didn't need a Bifrost to get around," Ve reminded his brother and then a lightbulb went off in Vili's head.

"Brother, go grab me a map of this realm. I might know where she is heading towards." Vili stated as a smirk crossed his features.

Back on Asgard we find Hiccup knocking on Snotlout's door. "So how are you going to do this?" Toothless, who had returned red-faced to the tattoo, asked.

"Just talk I guess," Hiccup shrugged. He hadn't really thought about how this man-to-dragon talk would actually go. The door opened to reveal Snotlout. The shorter man raised a brow and asked "Hiccup what are you doing here?"

"Well,.... Astrid mentioned that there might be something bothering Hookfang." Hiccup said. "For some reason she thinks I might be able to help."

"Well you came at the right time." Snotlout stated. "Mr Mopey over there didn't even light me on fire when I gave him a whole chicken. HE ALWAYS LIGHTS ME ON FIRE!!!"

Hiccup looked into the room as Snotlout let out a distressed mutter. "I have no clue what is going on anymore!"

The Nightmare was in his plushy form and was just nibbling at the chicken instead of devouring it. Hiccup approached calmly and asked "Hookfang is something the matter?"

Hookfang suddenly looked up from what must have been a very deep thought and asked "When did you get here?" Now Hiccup knew something strange was going on. The dragons were always alert.