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

Part 37

Chapter 36

The castle trembled and the hook holding the ice crystal chandelier failed to hold its charge. The chandelier fell down and the crowd below it screamed and shut their eyes waiting for the inevitable impact, yet the impact never came. When those who would have been crushed under the chandelier looked up they saw it floating, coated in green magical energy, mere inches from their shocked faces.

"Move!" Loki ordered as he had extended his left hand to stop the chandelier. His magic couldn't hold it for long and once the people had scrambled out of the way he let it fall again. The ice shattered on impact and the once elegant chandelier lay crumbled in a heap. The castle was still trembling and Loki then turned to the staircase and made his way up. He paid no mind to what was occurring around him as he dashed to one of the balconies when he caught sight of Helblini and Býleistr.

"What happened he-OH MY GOD!" Loki exclaimed mid-sentence when he saw the wall of snow Sigyn was deflecting from the palace with her wind magic. The other Valkyries were in the air and were trying to contain the avalanche's path with their magic as well.

"What happened here?!" Loki asked when he got over his shock as he looked at his........ Brothers? He really didn't know what to call them. The only brother he knew was Thor and that was an experience of itself.

"The Fire Giants attacked," Býleistr muttered. "They broke the treaty we had with them."

"What?!" Loki's eyes widened. Everyone in the Nine Realms knew about that non-aggression treaty. It was possibly one of Laufey's greatest, and least questionable, accomplishments. If the treaty hadn't happened then neither the Frost and Fire Giants would exist today. "Do you think this is Ymir's doing?" Loki then asked. The tale of Ymir had been twisted over the centuries but one thing remained the same. She and Sutr had been lovers. If there was one person Sutr would do anything for, it would be Ymir.

"It's unclear," Helblindi answered. "But I will spear the cur myself for invading our Realm!"

"Spear later, help now!" Sigyn shouted. "My wind barrier can't hold this amount of snow."

"We might have miscalculated the amount of snow on those mountains," Loki looked up to see the dragon riders land.

"Hey, at least we buried the Fire Giants," Snotlout said to Hiccup's previous statement.

"We're going to end up buried too if we don't contain the snow." Astrid muttered.

"So, facing the Fire Giants meant we'd be screwed. Facing down an avalanche and we're still screwed. Just great." Snotlout whined. "For once can we have a plan that is straightforward and not put us in an early grave?"

"Jerry!" Eir shouted and Loki's head whipped back around just in time to see Jerry jumping off of the pegasus. He knew immediately what Jerry was about to do and shouted "YOU IDIOT BOY! DON'T YOU DARE!"

Hiccup and the others were surprised by both Loki's outburst and Jerry's actions. Jerry changed mid-jump into his serpent form to block the rest of the cascading snow while Loki's grip on the balcony railing tightened so much that it cracked. "I'm going to give him the spanking of a lifetime!" Loki all but growled once the avalanche finally slowed and the Midgard serpent was three quarters buried in snow. Loki dropped the bow on the balcony and leapt over the railing while shouting "You idiot!"

"Okay, what just happened?" Dagur asked from atop the pegasus where he was still clinging to Brynhildr.

The gang and the dragons all watched Loki use his magic to skid down the side of the palace that was the closest to Jerry, who had returned back to his human form and was currently laying face down in the snow.

"Guys, I think Jerry doesn't look so good." Hiccup observed as he climbed on Toothless, who had picked the discarded bow up in his maw. The others followed as well and when they got down there they could see Loki hovering over an unconscious Jerry while muttering things like "You know what the cold does to you," "Should have stayed in humanoid form," "Has Asgard dimmed your brain cells?!"

Eir dismounted after landing and rushed to help as well. The magic Loki was using on his son was helping but she still shouted "We need more warmth here!"

"We should help," Hiccup said. "Loki mentioned that nothing is hotter than dragon fire."

Hookfang gave a roar and lit himself on fire before moving steadily closer. Toothless dropped the bow in Hiccup's hands and then proceeded to use their fires to help warm up Jerry.

"We'll go see if we can find any blankets," The Valkyries added as Sigyn used her fire magic to help as well.

"Is he going to be alright?" Astrid asked as she and Hiccup kneeled next to Loki in the snow.

"He'll be fine once we get him warmed up." Loki muttered as he looked less than pleased. "Honestly what was this boy thinking?"

"What exactly happened?" Hiccup asked as the Valkyries arrived with some blankets.

"Jerry takes after his mother more. She's a reptilian-like shapeshifter and reptiles, excluding dragons, actually hate the cold. If he stays in his humanoid form it doesn't really affect him either." Loki said as he hugged his son close. "Hella takes more after me so she isn't affected."

"Oh..... right," Hiccup now remembered. Reptiles, because they are cold-blooded, normally seek out warm places when it gets too cold or they hibernate.

"We will need to get him back to Asgard. The cold here isn't helping right now." Loki said as he was about to pick Jerry up.

"WHO DARES TO DO THIS TO THE MIGHTY SUTR?!" Sutr roared as he and several members of his army managed to dig their way out of the snow.

"When will these guys just give up?!" Snotlout whined.

Loki glared and Sutr and materialized some daggers. "Hiccup, Astrid, you guys get Jerry and the bow back to Asgard." Loki ordered. "I'll follow behind shortly after I give Sutr a piece of my mind."

"Can you even handle them on your own?!" Dagur asked as his red brows rose.

"Thor would be forever mocking me if I couldn't," Loki muttered. "I'm about to show them what a pissed off trickster can do," That statement caused even the dragons to back up a step.

"Okay," Hiccup said and then turned to Snotlout "Snot we'll put Jerry with you since Hookfang is the hottest. Astrid and I can follow to make sure none of the Fire Giants attack us."

"I'll stay here," Sigyn said "and return with the prince once this matter is settled."

"Are you going to help Loki in battle?" Astrid asked but Sigyn merely shook her head.

"I won't need to. Prince Loki is more than capable of beating Sutr." Sigyn stated. "I've only seen him fight once after his children's' lives were put in danger and it was a massacre. He held back a lot of his actual powers when going on expeditions with Prince Thor." Astrid lifted a curious brow as to the reason Loki would actively hide his powers but switched back to the current situation. The Valkyries were helping and Hookfang was ready to go. Even Stormfly, who always was so flirty, seemed serious as the bird-like dragon glared at the Fire Giants.

"Hiccup," Loki said as he was walking closer to the smirking Sutr. "Don't let anyone, not even the Allfather touch the bow."

"What, why?" Hiccup asked perplexed.

"Just tell him that if he wants to defeat Ymir then he won't touch the bow." Loki uttered before turning back to his opponent.

"You ready little man?" Sutr laughed.

"It would be best not to underestimate me," Loki uttered just as the dragon riders took off.

AN: Alright, let me just say that this chapter went way off tangent lol. I had to rewrite this story's ending because of it. (an ending we aren't so far off from) My lazy self then decided it would be a good idea to procrastinate. But here we are, new chapter up, and with an ending that I'll probably be winging (this is all thanks to too much caffeine and nights writing my thesis)