The Lost Child: God Of War Ragnarok

Lower Wildwoods (Ch3)

;"Wow, this place is cool; never been here in this part before," Hilda informed as she looked around and saw their home.

"You been here before? Really?" Mimir asked.

"Yeah, I wanted to make sure Sindri could find me again. I never stray from where I am; too many bad things could happen to them if they went looking for me for any reason. So Thor and Odin were the reasons he sent you three after me. They may have killed my parents, but I'm not stupid enough to fight them," she explained.

"You are the complete opposite of this lad here, that's for sure," Mimir informed.

"Different is not always a bad thing, Mimir. He must have had a reason for going off; sure, not a good reason, but it made sense to him at the time. A big thing, right?" Hilda asked as she looked at the tracks in the snow carefully.

"Yeah, um, I have been dreaming of the temple we are going to. Do you have dreams?" Atreus asked.

"Once I was here before when I was younger, like six, but there was a bear, and it charged at me. I woke up and never had a dream since, except my mother dying, but that's to be expected; it was traumatic," she informed.

"What do you see?" Kratos asked.

"Animal tracks and Raiders tracks," Atreus and Hilda said simultaneously.

"Well, look at you two working together," Mimir informed as Atreus still tried to hate her.

"Doesn't mean I trust you three yet, but this is a start. Sindri isn't going to like me covered in blood again," she smiled.

"You like Sindri," Atreus put in, trying to provoke her somehow.

"Well, I never had a father, so Sindri and Brok are my Father, and nothing will change that," she said as they traveled a bit more and saw a Raiders dead in a camp, and by the looks of it, there were animal tracks around the base.

"Strange animal tracts, yet there are arrows in these bodies either they accidentally killed themselves, or something else happened here; what do you think, Kratos?" Hilda asked.

"What do you see, Atreus?" Kratos asked.

"I just see animal tracks as well; we aren't far from the bridge," he informed.

"So your dreams led you way out from your home? Are you sure it wasn't a trick or something? Not from experience, but powerful magic can mess with people's heads," Hilda informed.

"I'm sure it wasn't any magic, I had dreams about it, and so I went and fallowed them," he explained.

They came across the bridge, and it was out, so they had to find a different way to get to it, making this trip a bit harder. Kratos found a way, and they started climbing. It was a relatively short climb, and the temple was in sight, making her smile a bit.

"Just up ahead; it isn't too far," he said as he stepped in a snare and got yanked up into the tree.

"Hold on, kid, I got you," Hilda informed as she threw her axe, cutting the rope, then caught him in her arms before he hit the ground.

"I could have done it myself!" He growled.

"You are right about that, and I should have let you dangle a bit longer. You may have gotten blood to your brain," she smiled.

"Hey, now no reason to fight," Mimir informed.

"Next time, let me do it," Atreus said.

"As you wish," she said with a smirk.

"Enough," Kratos said, making both of them stop.

Having her around was becoming more of a challenge than he expected. They continued their journey to the temple to find another dead end, so they would have to go around again.