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

Part 26

Chapter 25

To say that Ve and Vili were lost could have been an understatement. They finally reached a village near sundown and were quite hungry. Ve's stomach let out a growl to emphasize this.

"Can't you do something to about that?" Vili asked as he too didn't want to think about food.

"Let's just find a tavern." Ve suggested. "We can gather information there as well."

"Do you really think that Hella would be so easily found?"

"Well a large wolf would be hard to miss," Ve retorted. "Just think what Ymir would do if we came back empty handed this time."

Vili muttered something unintelligible and then said "Fine, let's find a tavern."

The tavern itself wasn't too hard to find. Inside the wooden building the smell of smoke and alcohol filled the place. Vili found a free table for him and his brother and waved a busty waitress over. They ordered some ale and stew. As they were waiting for their meals they listened to the chatter in the room. Most of it was animated and there was even gossip about whose husband was cheating on who. They thought they weren't going to get anything substantial until they heard "......and she had a freaking giant wolf!"

Vili whipped his head around, nearly causing him whiplash but he didn't see who spoke just now since the waitress from before obscured his view as she came to his table with two bowls of stew and mugs of ale.

"Here you guys go," The waitress chirped with a business smile as she set the food down. The stew smelled so good and Ve picked up a spoon to start scarfing it down. He was one bite in when he nearly choked.

"What's the matter?" Vili asked his brother who was staring at his broth in horror. Ve pointed at his bowl and Vili raised a brow and looked over. He too sucked in a breath for there in the bowl of soup Ymir's reflection was scrutinizing them. The brothers looked around to see if anyone noticed before addressing their 'boss'.

"Ymir..... Your Highness..." Ve started but Ymir shot him up with an annoyed look.

"Listen here. I will need to have both of you make a detour." Ymir stated. "Hella is a minor annoyance as opposed to the bigger one that I have located. You will need to act before the Asgardians get a chance."

"Uhm... eh... alright," Vili uttered surprised.

"I will send directions to you shortly. Be sure to prepare accordingly." Ymir stated before she disappeared, leaving the stew in its original state. Ve looked at the spoon in his hand and then at the stew before looking at the spoon again. "Brother.........." He whispered.

Vili looked up for a moment "What is it?"

"I'm afraid to eat my soup."

Meanwhile, back on Asgard, the gang was ready to depart. "Do we have everything?" Hiccup asked as the group of six checked their backpacks. They were all back at the Bifrost station. While Hiccup, Astrid, Snotlout, Dagur, Sigyn and Jerry were the only ones departing they were still being seen off by the rest of the gang.

"I think so." Snotlout mumbled as he checked his bag. "Rope, grappling hook, food, water, compass, flash grenade, harpoon, Sudoku puzzle,...." Snotlout was ticking off when Hiccup stopped him.

"Snotlout where in the Nine Realms did you get a flash grenade? And a harpoon? Really?" Hiccup's brows furrowed as Snotlout tried to jam the harpoon back in the bag.

"Heather gave me one," Snotlout shrugged as Heather smiled innocently. She was petting the small Razorwhip and was staying on Asgard as per Jerry's insistence. "I have no clue where we are going and I want to be prepared." With this he shot a look at the person in question. "Now if Jerry were to tell us where we are actually going......"

"Dad's picky about who finds out where he lives." Jerry mumbled. "That's why I am inputting the coordinates myself. There isn't anything so dangerous that you would need stuff like that for."

"Let's see......." Snotlout said, "Kidnapped and tied up by a cult hellbent on bringing to life a mummy,"

"Hey!" Dagur pouted.

"Being eaten by your own dragon, being put on fire by the same dragon, getting chased by mercenaries, getting chased by a gigantic evil dragon, getting caught by another cult hellbent on waking the dead, wearing a skirt, hitting on Fishlegs," Snotlout continued and Fishlegs who stood next to Heather groaned "Please don't bring that up again."

"Guard the museum they said...." Snotlout moaned as he finally managed to jam the harpoon in the bag. "It will be easy they said........" With this Snotlout dramatically threw up his hands as Hiccup facepalmed and Astrid giggled.

"Okay, okay. Point proven." Hiccup sighed. He was saying goodbye to his parents and overheard Dagur, who had both hands on his sister's shoulders tell her "Don't worry little sis. Your dashing and maniacally handsome brother will return safely. You have nothing to fear." Heather rolled her eyes as Windshear hissed.

"Maniacally handsome?" Heather scoffed and then joked. "You haven't done anything crazy in weeks. Well, not including calling yourself dashing and handsome."

"I have too!" Dagur said as he pointed an accusing finger at Heather who merely raised one of her brows and asked "Oh yeah? What?"

"I've...... I've......." Dagur thought for a moment before realization hit him which caused him to shout and sink dramatically to the floor. "OH MY STARS! I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING DERANGED IN A WHILE!!! GODS HELP ME I'M LOSING MY TOUCH!!" Heather naturally ignored her brother's dramatics and turned to Hiccup and Astrid. "Watch over this lug nut for me will you."

"No problem," Astrid stated while Hiccup gave her a nod. Dagur meanwhile was shouting "EVEN MY SISTER ISN'T TAKING ME SERIOUSLY!" Which caused Heather to roll her eyes again.

"The coordinates have been accepted." Jerry told them as he stepped away from the console to have Heimdall take over. "We are ready to depart whenever everyone has finished."

"We'll be back in no time," Hiccup told his parents after waving at them.

"Be careful honey!" Valka said as she watched her baby walk through the portal. "He's grown up so much," Valka smiled.

"Aye," Stoick said. "We can't let him pass us. We should do our part as well to help out."

"Agreed," Gobber who was also with them said. "I'm already helping out in the forges. What about you two?"

"Patrolling with Tyr mostly," Stoick answered and both men looked at Valka who had a smile on her face. "Weapons testing," She answered which caused the men to look at her in confusion.

"Oh don't look at me like that honey," Valka laughed. "Frigg asked if I could help her test the durability of some of the weapons that hadn't seen the light of day for a few centuries. "We found an old warehouse full of maces."

"Eh..... Stoick......" Gobber whispered once Valka had turned around and was walking back towards the horses they had used to get to the station.

"I know Gobber.... I know......" Stoick blanched. "Let's just steer clear of my wife for a couple of days."

Meanwhile, the Bifrost reached its destination. The group ended up in an area covered with trees. "Where are we?" Astrid asked as she looked around.

"We are in the wilderness! See I told you Hiccup!" Snotlout said as he got out mosquito gel. Jerry however snorted and began walking.

"It's not exactly the wilderness," He chuckled as the gang followed after him. They quickly reached a paved path and when Hiccup looked up he sucked in a breath. "Wait this is........"

"You guessed it," Jerry said as the others also realized it.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" Snotlout muttered. "How can Loki live in Central Park?!"