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"The worst nightmares are experienced
with eyes wide awake."
~Midara
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Freya looked around the room filled with men and women who asked her father for her hand. It was the princess' 800th name day, meaning she was officially of age. As the now woman was of age, many had come to ask for the young princess' hand in marriage. It disgusted Freya, she was the Goddess of Love and would not just marry some random lord or lady.

Odin didn't dare to pressure his little girl into an arranged marriage but still suggested she at least met the suitors. Not only for the alliance the marriage would bring, but also if Freya and Thor were to marry soon, it would increase the chances of them having a child, an heir. More specifically, it would increase the chances of them having two daughters and thus taking away the dragon power from Freya and Skadi before they ever claimed it. Not that he would ever dare tell Frigga about his last wish.

Freya sat quietly at one of the tables, her hands nervously picked at her dress as many asked her to dance or to simply talk to her. At first she would comply but she was just tired at that point and Thor had his own suitors swarming him. The elder brother had occasionally come to save his sister, but he was pretty occupied himself. As for Loki, he had quietly slipped away after the first hour.

A rather good looking man looked at the young girl. He smiled at her, not only was she beautiful, she wasn't arrogant like her brother, what in his opinion made her more attractive than her looks ever could. He bit his lip for a second before making his way towards Freya, he might as well try to charm her.

"Your Royal Highness." He bowed lightly and Freya looked up at him "Hello my lord." The man looked at Freya again and laughed a little "Oh no no no my lady. I am no lord." This caught the attention of Freya, if he wasn't a lord, how was he at the party as one of her suitors? "Oh..." She smiled lightly "I am Freya. What is your name?" The blond man smiled down at her fondly "Fandral the Dashing. It is an honour to meet you Princess Freya." He kissed her hand.

Skadi looked at Hlin, the woman barley kept her eyes open. Aslaug held up the bottle of medicine and carefully brought it to Hlin's lips. The Asgardian queen coughed as the liquid entered her mouth. Skadi sighed and wrapped her arms around herself before walking away.

Freya sat alone on the quinjet, claiming that she needed to sleep. The truth was that she had hidden Bucky's file so she could read it in peace. The paper felt rough to the touch and for a second Freya didn't want to open it, but she had to. She needed to know what happened to the young man with the lopsided grin and twinkling crystal eyes.

The first picture already made Freya's heart sink, Bucky had his eyes closed and seemed to be in a chamber and frozen and at the bottom there was a small picture of Bucky. Bucky from when Freya knew him.

Her eyes drifted over to the actual writing, it was Russian and Freya entered Natasha's mind, using her to understand the texts.

Her green eyes trailed over his missions, kills, how he had been tortured, what they had changed in his body, when they had kidnapped him and finally that he was alive. Freya wiped a tear away from her cheek, all those years he had been alive. When she had heard his voice in Jotunheim, he was calling out to her because he was in pain and she didn't help him. In fact, he probably didn't even remember her after all those years being tortured by HYDRA. More tears fell from her eyes and Freya wrapped her arms around herself.

Steve, can I speak to you in private?

Yes, of course

The woman quickly wiped her tears away as best she could so Steve wouldn't have to see her actually crying.

Steve sat down next to her with a questioning look on his face "Steve, I am asking you this now as your friend. I am a telepath and yet here I am asking you this." Freya's voice trembled a little as she looked at Steve who only looked more confused "What is it?" Freya took in a breath before pulling the file out and showing it to him "Did you know?" Steve closed his eyes in regret before looking back at her "Why didn't you say anything?"

"I.....I wanted to but I just wanted to protect you."

"How were you protecting me from?" The pair looked at each other for a moment before Steve sighted "Freya, you didn't see what HYDRA did to him. He didn't know who I was, he didn't even remember himself." Freya looked down at the folder, the picture of Bucky in his soldier's uniform looking back at her "Once this is all over, we will search for him together."

The Avengers walked into the boat, Thor, Tony, Steve and Freya taking the lead, allowing the others to get into strategic positions. Once again had Freya left Nidhogg behind on the quinjet, she couldn't risk him hurting innocents, besides he could help defend Bruce.

"Ahh, Junior. You're gonna break your old man's heart." Tony spoke up, effectively gaining Ultron's attention "If I have to." The robot looked at the quartet "We don't have to break anything." Thor spoke calmly, making Freya's heart fill with pride "Clearly you've never made an omelet." Tony turned to look at his teammates "He beat me by one second."

"Ah, this is funny, Mr. Stark. It's what, comfortable? Like old times?" Pietro smirked a little as his accent dripped off his words "This was never my life." Tony quickly defended.

"You two can still walk away from this."  Steve directed himself to the Sokovian twins "Oh, we will." The sarcastic tone evident in the girl's tone "I know you've suffered." Freya looked through their heads "I have felt your pain." A dark flicker shot through the twins' eyes "Uuughh! Captain America. God's righteous man, pretending you could live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth, but..." Ultron pretended to throw up while ignoring the princess.

"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it." Thor was angry at the robot now "I think you're confusing peace with quiet." Ultron fired back "We have been keeping peace for far longer than you have known the meaning of the word." Freya reached for her necklace, which was out of sight since she was standing behind Tony "Yuh-huh. What's the Vibranium for?"

"I'm glad you asked that, because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan!" Suddenly the Iron Legions attackd Tony, Steve, Freya and Thor. Freya grew out Gunnlogi and quickly destroyed some suits. Natasha and Clint joined the others in destroying the suits and fighting off the twins.

"Guys, is this a Code Green?"

"Not yet." Freya groaned.

"Thor! Status?" Steve's voice was audible over the comms and quickly made Freya worried for her brother "The girl tried to warp my mind. Take special care, I doubt a human could keep her at bay. Fortunately, I am mighty." Thor trailed off as he entered the vision that Wanda had created for him "Take care everyone, she is quite powerful." Freya flew up to Thor and rested her hands on his temples.

Freya found herself in Asgard, during some party with many Asgardians dancing and loud music was played. In the middle stood Thor, almost falling off his feet as Heimdall kept telling him that he would lead them all to hell.

"Brother." Freya tried to push through the crowds but they seemed to fight back, pushing her further and further away from Thor "No! Thor!!" Freya was pushed back and she stumbled a bit before falling.

A gentle hand cupped her cheek "Hush now. It's all right." Freya's eyes filled with tears as she looked at the speaker "Mo...Mother..." Her lips quivered as the woman smiled at her daughter "Wake up Freya. Thor and your friends need you." Frigga held her daughter's crying face in her hands "I...I don't want to. I cannot..." Frigga offered a sad simle "You can Freya, the power in you can do great things. I believe in you." Freya looked at her mother still crying "You have to let me go." Panic rose up in the young Asgardian "No..No..No please.." She croaked out as Frigga gave Freya a kiss on her forehead "Go be a hero." The woman got up and walked away from Freya.

Freya cried for a few more seconds before pushing herself up, the tears still streaming down her cheeks. Freya closed her eyes and allowed her mind to expand and take over her brother's and waking him up.

The scenery changed to some vintage ballroom where Steve was standing alone in the middle. Freya walked towards him and took his hand in her own "Come Steve." Steve looked down at her and Freya touched his forehead, effectively waking him up.

The scenery changed once more to show a younger Natasha on a operating table. Two Asian girls stood near  Natasha, looking over the still sleeping girl. Freya haltered her movements and closed her eyes, holding back a sob before walking towards the just waking up Natasha "Come on Natasha, I am getting you out of here." She leaned over the girl and rested her fingers on the redhead's temples. The two guarding girls still looked down at their friend.

Freya gasped and leaned onto a railing as slowly everyone started waking up. Her mind raced quickly as she tried, and failed, to catch her breathing.

"I could really use a lullaby." Tony shouted over the comms. Freya took a last shaky breath, Natasha was nowhere near fit to fight the Hulk "I am on my way."

A/N:
Don't hate me!
I think Freya and Fandral would have been cute if Barnesdottir wasn't a thing. Originally this was going to be a Fandral story, but Bucky and Freya are better and I can't wait for their reunion!!!

So I'm going home on the 7th of August so after that my updates will be regular again. I only managed to finish this chapter because half of it was already written.

One question, who is your favourite Fandral?

Mine is Zachery if I'm honest...

Funny post

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