#destinychildren

                                          Ragnar’s return

The wind blew as I waited for the sailor to doc at the temple. It had been years since I’ve seen the vanguard and my ex-lover Valkyrie-57. I saw that the Last city was now in ruins I knew exactly where to look. I could see the town come into view and a huddle of people at the shore. I heard the horn warn the people in the town as the boat came to a stop at the docks. The men at the shore tied the boat and I gathered my belongings off the boat. There she stood in all of her grace and pride the woman I once loved, Valkyrie. Valkyrie stood at the shore with her children, the twins were nearly grown and she held a babe in her arms. But I was looking for my daughter, Thora her mother named her. How old would she be? How big? I feel so bad for forgetting her little face. But behind a teenage Geri peeks out the face of a little awoken girl. She… She looked just like me. Valkyrie said a command in Old Norse, which to my knowledge was a command of dismal. They all made their way to the main hall, leaving Valkyrie and I alone to speak to each other. “Why have you come here?” Valkyrie spoke, her accent heavy as per usual. I finally mustered up the courage to speak up “To find you and the vanguard.”  When I answered her face shriveled in disgust. “You insult me by coming to my village… after all these years you come crawling back at my feet like a poor man” These words were poison as she snarled at me. “Valkyrie…I’m sorry… for everything” It looked like she wanted to burst out laughing but held it in. “You have a lot of work to do to make up for it…” With that she turned around and went on her way to the hall, me getting a cape smacked in my face.