The Pursuit For Freedom (a MCGA/PJO+HOO fanfiction)

"I'm in."

Ya know what? Gunilla is still alive. I hate her, but you can fite me.

~Lina POV~
I was crying.
Yeah. I know. Shameful, depressed crying. The kind of crying I despise most.

I looked at the pictures of Loki and I, those I hid under those pillows.
I failed him.
I was supposed to show all of those demigods (wow I hate gods) that children of Loki aren't weak, just like I wanted to show the gods that Loki wasn't weak.
I failed him.
I curled up into a ball, silently crying.
I failed him.
8th place! 8th freaking place! 7 people were better than me in this place.

I was fine with Eiryn winning, but I knew she did it for me, and I hated her for that.
That's exactly the kind of people I detest.

After weeping for a few hours and hiding the pictures again, I felt... turned off. Dull. Bored, I suppose.
Well, what do you do when you're bored? Definitely not exploring a huge place full of your enemies, so that's what I did.
I walked around the building, finding comfort in the familiar Norse style architecture, when I saw a staircase.
Of course, being the curious person I am, I decide to climb them.

I walked a very long time, upwards and upwards, and (I can not stress this enough) oh my gods how long is this stairway?
All the way up, I was oblivious to the pair of blue eyes watching, and eventually, following me.

Then, I finally got all the way up, and the long walk was worth it.
Out of the window I could see the scenery of Asgard.
A flood of feelings within me, I stared at my former home, missing it yet angry at the gods living there.

I glared at the golden gates of Asgard, remembering the last time I saw my father.
"Run", I remember the word being said, echoing through my mind.

I was thinking of my old friends in Asgard, before Loki's "betrayal", when someone stomped into the chamber.
"You aren't allowed to be here", Gunilla-a blonde daughter of Thor, and a valkyrie-sneered at me.

"Oh? What is it to you?", I taunted her, angry that she walked in on my vulnerable state.
She crossed her arms at me, and raised her eyebrows.
I hate her already.
I sighed and began walking down the staircase, feeling her smirk from where she walked behind me.

I might not care about these puny rules, but I'm currently in no place to anger the captain of the Valkyries.
I mean- just... irritate her a bit...
Who am I kidding? Annoying my fellow 'dead children of the gods'  is easily the most entertaining thing to do in Valhalla. That's to be expected, of course.

What I wasn't expecting is Gunilla to attack me when we got to the bottom of the stairway.
Pumped with adrenaline and the will to prove myself, I froze her.
I froze her.
Oh gods. Just don't let her melt.
I started running.
How would anyone forgive me? I just froze the captain of the valkyries-one who's been here for thousand of years!
I stopped in my tracks.
Eiryn would forgive me

We could... we could run away from this place! We could go to her camp-we could search for my father- we could be free!

I ran to her room, grabbing her by the wrist, ignoring-Magnus, I think- who was sitting in her room.
"Pack your stuff. We're running away."

We're going on our pursuit for freedom, and no one can stop us!

"Ummm... why?", Eiryn retorted, "not that I want to be here, but wouldn't they hunt us down?"
"Well..um.. I might have gotten-in-a-fight-and-froze-the-captain-of-the-gotten-in-a-fight-and-froze-the-captain-of-the-valkyries", I said hurriedly, hoping to avoid questions.

Eiryn stared at me in confusion, her arms crossed.

"So... They would hunt me down anyway.. and, w-well, I was hoping you could come with me...", I muttered. I haven't thought about this... what if Eiryn doesn't join me? What do I do then?
"Um, we could go to your camp.."

"Well, sounds like an adventure far away from here... really risky, with people hunting us", she smiled at me. "I'm in."