calming the beast-Freyja Stafnsdóttir

To say that Sofie was having a rough morning would be putting it lightly. First she had over slept and missed out on being at training with her normal group of friend. So she had to train with some of the people who weren't her most favorite people. Such as the woman she had played her trick on for being rude about Freyja,and of course she had been very hard and rough that Sofie almost got cut by her sword. Then when she got home she had went to go bath and Visna was still in the bath and taking forward to get ready so she had to sit around all sweaty and gross. She would pay her sister back for taking forever, surely Visna knew she was beautiful and didn't need to take ten years to get ready. Or maybe she did? Maybe all her beauty was because she took forever to get ready. Sofie knew that those thoughts were just her anger speaking, for even though they fought at times. Sofie loved all of her sisters to death, and they were all breath taking.

When she finally got to bathe and get clean the water wasn't that warm. Sure most of these things were stupid things to get mad about. Even more so when Sofie knew people were starving while she had a nice home and ate everyday. She was still annoyed none the less, and if she was honest most of her annoyance was from that stupid Shield maiden Freydis. Almost everything about her made Sofie mad, ands he knew the women sometimes did it on purpose. Like she would talk a little louder when she was talking badly about her family, she knew it was because deep down the other women was jealous, but it didn't make Sofie any less mad about it ether. Sofie was honestly shocked Runa, or Freyja hadn't beaten the women. Sofie knew she wanted to do it. She would have done it already if it wasn't for the fact she would get in trouble with Freyja and the higher up Vikings. Once she was a shield maiden herself, if the other women was still bad mouthing her sisters she would challenge her to a fight.

Sofie was now sitting at the table picking at her meal, an look of annoyance on her face as she took bites of food here an there. If her head she was forming a plan of sorts. She was planing out one of her tricks, and how to get away with it without getting in trouble this time. Maybe she would find some siders and put them in the girls bed, even though she hated bugs she would power through it to get her back. Or maybe she could find out who the shield maiden liked and then go and flirt with them, if they weren't ugly that is. Sofie knew she was much prettier then Freydis anyways. Stabbing a piece of meat with her fork she looked up to see almost all her sisters had left. All that was left at the table was herself and Freyja."How mad would you be if I injured someone on purpose?" Sofie said as she looked at her eldest sister with a bright and beautiful smile. Trying to look as innocent as she could."Like just a deep cut on the face or arm? Would that get me in a lot of trouble?" she said next with a bat of her eyes."Because if that bitch Freydis doesn't stop talking bad about our family I'm going to do it." she said lastly as a smirk crossed her face and she crossed her arms. She had also in her own way told her sister what was bugging her. For she knew it was only a matter of time that she was going to ask."Plus she tired to hurt me in training today. She would have too if I wasn't getting stronger than her." she said before her smirk changed to a darker look.

Sofie had to do her best not to role her eyes at her sister when she heard her say Is it one of us?” to her. Even if it had been one of them to get her this upset she would just play a trick and be over it. She would never think about hurting one of her sisters, even if a lot of them drive her insane. Well many Visna drove her in sane, with how perfect she thought herself to be. It was likes he thought it didn't smell whens he used the pot or something sometimes. However even though Visna drove her crazy she still loved her and would never hurt her. No the feelings she were feeling right now were not for anyone in her family, but instead of answering her sister she just ignored the comment and went on with explaining why she was so man in the first place.Talking about it and saying the things she was saying out loud to her older sister was already helping her start to calm down as well which was nice. Sofie was shocked when she heard her sister speak again “Well, are you able to be discreet about it? Not like last time,” followed by “And, honestly, that’s the best way to get back at her; Be better than her and beat her fair and square in training. But, if you think you can get away with it, I won’t stop you.” to her.

Never in a million years did Sofie think her big sister would say anything like she had just said. Freyja was always telling Sofie not to play tricks and to keep her angry in check. But here she was telling her she could do it, but she needed to be more discreet about it then she had been the first time. Smiling a real large smile at her older sister she got excited and said "Oh I won't get caught this time. Not a chance." to Freyja. "And I could totally beat her now, but I was worried that Haskell would get angry with me for challenging his warriors." she said with an eye roll. He was a very serious man that Haskell. He had been one of the people who had been the most "disappointed" in her when she played her first trick. He had thought that telling her of his disappointment would make her feel bad, and in a way it had. But it had also made her want to trick Freydis even more for telling on her like she had in the first place. "So I have a few ideas, and I want your thoughts." Sofie said as she placed her hands onto the table.

Taking a deep breath she got ready to talk a lot."So the bitch it scared of spiders, so my first thought was to put like five or six in her bed without her finding out,and although I hate bugs, it would be worth it." she said first with a laugh."Or I could hit on the man she likes, granted that is Haskell I'm pretty sure, I'm a very attractive girl, so I think I could pull it off. Even though he is way older. she said the last part with a smirk and an eyebrow raised. "Lastly I could take her sword to your boyfriend Hankon and have him change it a little bit, like weaken it so she wouldn't see it looking at it. Then challenge her to a fight and watch as her stupid sword break. That one is a little bit harder thought." she said with a shrug of her shoulder. Letting out a huff a air she looked at her sister. Freja must hate the shield maiden just as much as she did, or there was no way in the world that she would be letting her do this. "I'm also open to your ideas. You are older and more "wise" then I am" she said lastly as she crossed her arms back for her chest and waited to see what dear Freyja said next.

Sofie rolled her eyes when she heard Freyja say “You don’t want to be too overconfident,”to her. That was such an older sister thing to say. Sofie wasn't stupid, overconfidence would cloud your mind and make you make a mistake. Sofie had no plans of making an mistake this time, no they were never know it was her. She was going to make the bitch stop one way or another. “I don’t think he’d be upset, exactly. Especially if you phrased it as a training exercise instead of a challenge.” Freyja said next and that however got her mind working. That was true, if she could word it right, then she could totally fight the women without getting in trouble.“Haskell is supposed to be training warriors, he’ll only be impressed if you’re able to beat her. But,” Freyja said next followed by “if you challenge her, and lose, she looks like the shield maiden who taught an overconfident and troublesome frú a lesson, and you look foolish.”That was also true. She didn't want to look foolish in front of him and make him think her a child any more than he already did. “If you fight her in training, you look determined and dedicated to improving, which is not a bad trait in a warrior. And if you win, then you’ve taken her down a few pegs. Freyja ended with. She was glad she brought this up already. Freyja was giving her a lot to think about. This was one of the many reasons older sisters were a good thing.

"I know, I won't be fucking this up this time. Overconfidence clouds your mind....and thats a good point I don't want to make a fool of myself, and I won't.... When I beat her she will maybe shut her mouth and leave us all alone. Thanks." she said as she bit her lip in thought. The idea of taking the other girl down a peg or ten made her smile brightly. She would rather just punch her in her face, but fighting her and winning would be so much more sweet. The look on her face when she lost to a Frú, It would be the perfect gift to Sofie."Your very helpful.." she said next before she told her sister all her ideas of horrible things that she could try to do to the other women. When she had finished each idea she waited to see what her sister had to say or what she thought. “If you choose that one, I’ll help you. I’m not afraid of spiders.” she said when Sofie had talked about putting siders in the women bed, and Sofie smiled even more. Oh thank the Gods, yes you can gather the spiders. I would rather set my hands on fire, but I hate the women so I was going to do it anyways" she said with a shudder just thinking about touching the bugs.

Then she watched Freyja's reaction to flirting with Haskell, she didn't seem as thrilled with that idea and said “I don’t like that one. Leave Haskell out of it. He’s a friend of mine, and he certainly won’t take it kindly if he discovers why you’re flirting with him.” to her. Sofie tried to hold in a laugh and failed."Please, he is like way older than I am. He would be thrilled that a young beautiful girl is giving him attention.Besides if he flirted back I would keep it up and never tell him, he's hot...for an older guy. I want to find a husband some time soon anyways....so who knows?" she said smiling wide and bright making sure to send her sister a wink. She was half joking with some of the things she said, but not really at the same time. Sofie enjoyed getting a rise out of her sisters so she hoped Freyja knew that was part of the reason she said those things. She knew she was attractive and her sisters knew that she could be on the vain side when it came to that.Besides she really did want to find a husband at some point too.

Lastly Freyja reacted to her last plan, the less thought out one that had some flaws. “Hakon wouldn’t do that, first of all. That’s no way to win a fight, second of…”Sofie smirked waiting for her sister to go on, knowing she had caught what she had said. “What did you call him?” Freyja said next and Soife bit her lip not to laugh as her sister when on to say. “Don’t say things like that.” and that was what made her lose it. Sofie grabbed her side and laughed so much she almost fell out of her chair. "You should have seen your face!" she said in her laughs. "I thought you wouldn't even hear me say it, and you would agree without knowing, but oh this reaction is so much better." she said next as she laughed and laughed. She had just been messing around, but when Freyja narrowed her eyes and gave her the look she knew she had crossed a line, and it was so funny."So do you like him like I thought then? Or is it someone else?" she said next as she slowly settled from her laughing.

Sofie smiled at her sister when she heard her say “Thanks, Sofie,” to the fact that she said she was helpful. It was true, sure Freyja annoyed her to no end some days with her nagging, but she was the best older sister she could ever ask for. Sofie knew she really cared about all of her sisters. So all of her annoying moments were because she cared and wanted the best for her sisters. So Sofie just nodded her head to her sister. There weren't any other words she wanted to say at the moment, because she had told her how she felt. And she wasn't super great with giving compliments. She was much better as giving sass and playing pranks. Mostly because she kept her feelings inside and to herself. Rarely letting them out, only in moments she thought were important.

The smile only got bigger when Freyja said “Okay, it’s a deal. You’re very dedicated to this!” to her getting the spiders instead of Sofie having to do it herself. "Of Course I am. It's a great idea, and it will hold me off until I can challenge her." she said to her sister. Sofie wanted to make sure she was one hundred percent sure she could beat the shield maiden. She would not make a fool of herself, not again anyways. She wants to move up in the ranks as fast as she can, not be stuck a frú for the rest of her life. When Freyja started talking about her plan with Haskell she tried not to laugh. “Stop calling him old, Sofie. He’s only a few years older than I am, and I’m not old.” she said first and sofie bit her lip to keep quite. She didn't think Freyja was old, but Haskell had been seventeen when Sofie was born. Thats a bit older than her.

“I don’t think he’d be as thrilled as you seem to believe. I would prefer you didn’t include him in your schemes, and I think you would as well, if you really considered what it could mean if he found out about it.” her sister said next. "Fine I'll leave him out of it okay! But he is seventeen years older than I. Thats oldish to me. But no your not old...But do you think he would think I'm pretty?" she said to her sister. Trying to see if she can get a rise out of her. She loved to see what kinds of faces Freyja could make when she was frustrated or annoyed. She had a lot of different expressions she used for all kinds of different situation. Many more than Sofie's other sisters as well. So it made it even more fun to do it to her.

When Sofie had calmed down a little bit from her laughing she heard her sister say “Do you really say things like this just to see the reactions you can get out of people?” and Sofie just nodded her head quickly, trying not to laugh more. “No, I don’t ‘like’ him. He’s a friend of mine, just like Haskell, just like a lot of people.” she said next and that stopped her laughing. Raising an eyebrow as to say really at her sister she was about to say something when Freyja spoke again.“And there is no ‘someone else’ either. And anyway, like I was saying: Hakon wouldn’t do that, and you don’t want to win a fight like that, no matter how satisfying the look on their face might be.” she said to her sister."I was never really going to go with that plan. To many lose ends, like you said Hankon won't do it anyways. It was just a way to bring him up." she said first before crossing her arms over her chest.

"I think you should do some thinking. Because I bet the idea of me going there right now and hitting on him upsets you in more ways then you would like to admit." standing up she shrugged her shoulders before smiling once more."But thanks for talking to me, and offering to get the spiders. I'll need those by the end of the week please!" she said with a smile before walking over and hugging her once and quick."And don't be mad at me. If I'm wrong I'll never bring it up again. But you have to look me in the eyes and tell me I'm wrong right this moment." Sofie said as she stood up from the hug.  

Sofie smiled when her sister said “You are pretty, Sofie, but I’m not certain Haskell looks at the women he trains like that.” to her in response to what she had said before. That was true, it would be hard to work and train if you were thinking about how pretty someone was. Plus she had just been trying to mess with her sister some more, and she didn't get the reaction she wanted anyways. “But who knows how men think? So, maybe?” Freyja said next and Sofie smiled more."Men often think with the wrong head from what I have learned when it comes to women. Bur I'm sure you are right, he thinks about training and tries to not get distracted. He's a good man, and I'll stop, for now." she told her sister before having herself a good big yawn. She had hoped Freyja would get more annoyed, but she was done picking and joking about Haskell for now. She would leave it alone. She had other things she had to get done today, and if she didn't drop it for now they could be here all day.

When Freyja spoke again Sofie stayed quite for a moment after she said “I don’t need to do anything thinking, thank you very much. I’m allowed to be friends with men without being in love with them, or whatever it is you think I feel for Hakon. The idea of you hitting on him only upsets me because he doesn’t deserve to be involved in your pranks, and I wish you’d leave my friends out of this stuff.” Didn't Freyja see that, that just made her want to prank these people more. Making a list of people she was to leave alone was like asking her to mess with them more then she already did. So maybe her sister really didn't like Hankon that way. However Sofie was almost sure the man liked her sister in that way. She liked him, and in her weird way. This was her trying to see if her sister liked him too. Sofie wouldn't mind Freyja to marry someone like Hankon. He was a good man, he worked hard and was kind for the most part. He would take good care of her eldest sister, and that was all she wanted. "Okay, well don't worry. I view him more as a brother then anything. I'm just messing with you." was all she said to her sister.

After their hug and her challenge to her sister to look her in the eyes Sofie saw that Freyja didn't  like him that way and she had been wrong. “You’re wrong. I don’t have feelings for Hakon. Please leave him alone.” was what she had said to her. Frowning Sofie just said "Fine I'll drop this topic for now, but I won't leave him alone. He's not prank free, sorry." she told her sister as she walked toward the door. “And I’ll get you your spiders.” she heard Freyja say next and she nodded her head in thanks before waving goodbye and heading out the door. She was kind of sad that it seemed like she had been wrong. Freyja and Hankon would be good together, and her picking and jokes about it was her way of saying she didn't mind the situation. That she would like him and her to get together. Sofie just didn't know how to say it to her sister in a more nonjoking away she guessed. Maybe she should work on that while she played a joke on her sister Rúna.