MAGIC AND CROWNS ; loki

xxiv. cobwebs for the betrayers

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Lenora walked through the same golden path her mother grew up around, the one starting at the yellow and brown shiny doors, and ended in the gold-based throne where the king of Asgard sat

Unlike Cora the last time she was there, Lenora wasn't alone, she had a woman next to her, not much could be described, since the secret figure had a hooded black cape that covered everything but her pale chin and the tips of her long raven hair

Unlike Cora the last time she was there, Odin wasn't alone either, the beautiful queen of Asgard accompanied him, wearing a gown and a smile that faltered upon realizing 'Valhalla's visitant' wasn't the little girl she had raised to become a sorceress.

Odin reacted in the same way, since he was notified of the visit, he had hoped this would be his chance to make amends with the little girl he had mentored to become a queen, and the little girl he had stupidly betrayed

Normally, the throne room meant panic for the ones in front of the mighty chair, and confidence and power pouring through the king in his golden seat, but this time, there was nothing of that, from each person in the room you could smell the fear and the nerves

Odin was finally approached by Valhalla after a millennia under the silent treatment

Frigga knew this meeting was important, and she was desperate to rekindle her bond with the younger Freysdottir

Lenora was anxious about meeting the people who formed her mother into the person she's become

And the hooded person was a nervous wreck, fearing the moment she'd show her face she'd be thrown to the dungeons, or beheaded

What was a quick walk from the door to the base of the throne, felt like a hundred miles march, but when the two foreigners got to the designated halt, everyone's breath hitched.

Lenora didn't kneel nor curtsy, and that would've been addressed if it hadn't been for the princess's companion taking her hood off, revealing the goddess of death

Two gasps and a muffled snicker were heard, the surprise coming from the king and queen, and the amusement from the curly blonde

"Allfather, allmother, pleasure, I'm Fridda Corasdottir, princess of Valhalla, and its representant in this evening, also the rightful heir to my realm's throne" she announced after the royal family soaked in their surprise "I'm here under the Queen's wishes to return Hela Odinsdottir back to her home" the princess added in order to get rid of the deafening silence

"Father, mothe-" the goddess was cut off before even finishing two words

"She can't be here, she was casted out for a reason" the king choked out, never tearing his gaze from his firstborn but neither directing his words towards her

"Look, man, I-" she cut herself off, clearing her throat, after remembering this wasn't like her normal royal affairs, she actually had to make an impression this time, Cora's request

"I'm just gonna stick to what mom told me" she mumbled to herself earning a chuckle from Hela "Princess Hela, was taken from her confinement in Muspelheim a week ago, after Queen Cora came to the conclusion that, in order for Hela to stop losing energy if she went for way too long without being around death, she had to find another way for her to get her energy from.

"Now she gets her strength from normal food like any other asgardian, she still has her powers and everything that makes her herself, only difference is her new diet and the fact she is no longer any more dangerous to the realm than any other kid of Odin, she's ready to be reestablished here, or Helheim if she wishes to take her merited crown" finished Lenora, nodding to herself for being able to remember the whole thing