Bab 116: Chapter 113: The Lion king it is
(Percy POV)
The swan boat drifted away from us, I blinked away the tears.
They'd modified the boat, turning it into a floating funeral pyre for Gunilla. The body was wrapped in white and laid on a bed of wood, with weapons and Armour and gold heaped around them.
The pond had been frozen but with my ice powers I made it all disappear. Giving her a proper funeral.
One by one einherjar came forward to say their goodbyes to the fallen Captain. Many left weapons, coins or other keepsakes on the funeral pyres. Some spoke about how Gunilla brought them to Valhalla and how they owed her their lives. Or afterlives.
After I had whispered a final goodbye I lit the boat with my own fire and commanded the water to send the boat away.
The mist had been so strong around Boston Public Garden, the pedestrians kept away from this place and there were no police interrupting us.
For once in my life my fire immunity didn't work, the smoke caused my eyes to tear up.
The boat roared into a column of fire, obscuring the bodies of the Valkyrie. Then the flames vanished as if somebody had turned off the gas, leaving no trace of the boat – just a steaming circle in the pond.
As I rubbed the tears out of my eyes I made myself a promise. No longer people would die for me. I had to get stronger, a lot stronger.
The last year was the worse in my life, I lost too many people, first my sister. Then Bianca and finally Gunilla.
Dealing with Kronos was easy enough, especially with Chaos and Hestia at your side. Apophis had to be defeated by Carter and Sadie, I couldn't interfere with their actions anymore due to Chaos' ban on meeting Ra.
I still had to deal with the Emperors, but I wasn't going to wait, nor would I let my friends suffer because of Triumvirate's actions.
But I couldn't face Triumvirate alone. When I started my quest to take down Triumvirate holdings I had a plan, but it seems like they had their own schemes as well. If I want to take down both Emperors I had to infiltrate their territories and cut of their resources. But I knew I was not enough, no matter how many powers I gained. The truth was that sometimes even Chaos could fail. I needed a team, but I don't want my friends to risk their lives anymore nor would I let Triumvirate continue doing their shady business.
As I was still lost in my thoughts the other Einherjar and Valkyrie turned and drifted through the park, heading towards the Hotel Valhalla on Beacon Street.
Finally, even my ex-hallmates left, which only left Sam, Magnus and me staying behind.
Hearthstone had already left with Blitzen, saying they had a lot of stuff to do.
Magnus turned to me, "So what are you going to do now you're no longer an Einherji?"
I shrugged, "I got a lot to do."
After we had returned to Valhalla our favorite Half Troll had revealed himself to be Odin in disguised. Why he had disguised himself as a half troll? Apparently he wanted to see how Valhalla was while being undercover. I was pretty pissed at Odin for pretending to be just a half troll and letting Gunilla die, but I couldn't say it out loud.
After we had handed him the spear from Junior Odin had rewarded all of us. Sam became his personal spy, Hearthstone had been offered a lesson in magic by the Allfather himself. Blitzen was rewarded with the chance to start his own fashion line. Magnus and I had gotten a special offer. The offer to go back to Midgard as a mortal. Magnus declined, saying he was now an Einherji and wanted to stay at Valhalla. I had accepted the offer and became a regular demigod again. Which led to a lot of surprised gasps from my other Einherji friends. But I told them I was a Greek and that the Norse Afterlife wasn't right for me.
Odin had accepted my choice but warned me that if I would die again I wouldn't go to Valhalla.
If I would die on Norse territories my soul would go straight into the Ginungagap. Or something like that.
After we had received our gifts Odin had given me and my friends permission to travel through the nine worlds. Whatever we did and where ever we went, we did it in the name of Asgard. Which sounds cool as Hell.
"You got a lot to do?" Sam asked skeptically.
I chuckled, "And what are you going to do Sam? Now you're a Valkyrie again?"
Sam snorted, "Well, I'm grounded and got a lot of homework to do."
"And you got a boyfriend to take care off." Magnus teased.
"Watch it Chase," Sam warned, "I'm a Valkyrie now. So I can rip your soul out of your body."
"You don't want his soul," I laughed, "It's tiny, and he barely uses it."
Magnus whined, "Hey!"
We laughed for sometime before the mood went back to serious business.
"But seriously," Sam said, "Odin warned us more problems were rising. When the time comes I need all of you."
"Well, if the worlds going to end, just call me." I joked.
I turned to Magnus, "Don't you have something to do?"
Magnus frowned, "What do you mean?"
I chuckled, he had already forgotten about it. "Annabeth," I said, "You promised to explain things."
Magnus facepalmed, "Damn it. I totally forgot about that. You think she will believe it when I tell her about the Norse Gods?"
I laughed, Magnus had no idea how funny he was. "She will understand it."
Magnus shot me a smile, "Okay. But what should I tell about you?"
I considered that for a moment and then said, "Tell her I won't be going to camp half-blood for some time."
"Why not?" Magnus asked.
"The guys that are responsible for my dead? They are still out there."
"You're now going after them?" Sam asked sounding a bit scared.
"Yup."
"You're so crazy." Magnus stated.
"I know," I admitted, "But first I have a movie to watch."
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'You know what's weird?' I asked Chaos.
'That humans named their moon, moon and that they named the entire planet after dirt.' Chaos directly said.
I frowned, 'What? No, I was talking about something else.'
'Than what is it?' Chaos wondered.
I sighed, 'In my past life when I met Magnus I was 18. Now I'm 14 and Magnus is 16. Which was the exact age he had in my past life.'
Chaos frowned, 'That's weird. Butterfly effect?'
I shook my head, 'No, that's impossible. None of my actions could cause Magnus' mom to give birth earlier.'
'Okay,' Chaos admitted, 'That's weird.'
'Hey look,' Lyssa said, 'There's Hel.'
As Lyssa mentioned it I saw Hel standing outside the cinema. She was leaning against a wall, studying the mortals who were entering the cinema.
She was looking like she always looked, half corpse, half beautiful. I waved at her, grinning madly.
Hel looked up and I quickly read her emotions. She was feeling genuinely happy to have a friend.
I ran towards her and grinned, "You came!"
She sighed, "Of course I came. You won the bet fair and square."
I grinned and grabbed her skeletal hand. "Come, the movie starts soon."
Hel frowned, "Which one did you pick?"
I smiled, "Ever heard of the Lion king?"
End of book 6
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A/N So that's the end of the Magnus Chase crossover. I hoped you people liked it, I took a long time to write it.
So now a lot of you are wondering what comes next, well. In the canon timeline we have the battle of the labyrinth. But I decided to do it differently.
I split up the battle of the labyrinth into three parts.
Part1: Monsters rising
Part2: The twisting maze
Part3: The Suicide Squad.
So why did I split it up into three parts? Well, because all of them are related to the Maze but tell a different story. Each part has a unique arc. Also, the suicide Squad part has nothing to do with the DC movie. I just love the name.
So Monsters Rising is the next book. But it will be shortest of all three parts. I'm not sure how long it will be but it will have a lot of time skips.
So, there you go. As for when the Avengers crossover will take place.
You'll see.
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