27 27 First steps into a new world

The next morning I wake up alone, which is odd. Ever since I turned Alice into a living vampire she slept by my side every single night, no exceptions.

I walk down to the living room where I only find Duke and Athena eating breakfast.

"Morning Athena, Duke. Do you know where Alice is?"

"Fridge." is the only response I get from Duke before he continues to eat.

Pissed off at his one word response, I try verifying my theory from last night. I focus on Duke's food and turn it into water within seconds. 'I was right. It really is a lot easier.'

Duke looks at me like I just took away his most favorite thing in the world. "My food..." Duke starts to whine and whimper.

Leaving the wolves alone I go to the kitchen and on the fridge I see a note hanging from a magnet.

' Good morning honey, I've started preparations for the party tonight. Like discussed last night you should probably get some food for our travels. I'm already taking care of the clothes part. I put the Costco card in your wallet, and took a creditcard for the clothes.

XOXO, Your lovely wife.'

'Great, another creditcard gone for good. Oh well, guess I'm going to Costco. I should get stuff she doesn't like on purpose. Pickled eggs, asparagus, spam, lots and lots of spam. Yum. Hehehe, I'm evil.'

That night Alice and I said goodbye to everyone and they wished us good luck on our travels. Renesmee hugged me and Alice and had tears streaming down her cheeks. Bella had to pry her off us. "Take me with you, you haven't finished my training yet."

"Nessie, I can make these portals through both space and time. So this party and the goodbyes were more for me and Alice. We may be going away for centuries to Alice and me but when we come back we'll arive only moments after we left. You only have to wait a little bit. We'll be right back. Okay?"

"But a lot can happen in centuries. You don't know what or who is out there. You can meet someone stronger than you. What will you do then?"

"Try not to piss them off."

This earned me a chuckle from her and I wipe her tears away.

"I suppose I can only promise that I'll do everything I possibly can to make sure Alice and I return."

"Okay uncle. Goodbye."

I look to Alice. "You ready?"

She gives me a bright smile and a firm nod.

Luna, Athena, Twilight, Duke and Beowulf are excitedly waiting behind us.

I raise my right arm and imbue all my aura into my claws. While thinking of the Labyrinth City Orario in the world of 'Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon?' AKA 'Danmachi', I swing my claws down and a rift in space appears out of thin air in front of us.

It looks like the night sky inside.

The rift slowly stabilizes and turns into a portal.

I take Alice's hand and step through the portal.

Once we're all through, the portal closes behind us and we're sucked through this void towards a bright star. We get closer and closer until another portal, the exact shape and size as the other one, appears before us. We come to a halt right in front of the portal and we take our first steps into this new world.

"Who do you think you are?! To interrupt The Denatus, you'd better have a good explanation."

While Alice is still getting her bearings at her new surroundings I was able to do so a little quicker. Putting my senses into overdrive, everything around me slows down to a halt and I start to organize my thoughts and formulate a plan.

What do I know? The person who spoke mentioned The Denatus. This is a meeting held between the gods and goddesses every three months to discuss everything that needs discussing. It is held on the 30th floor of the tower of Babel, which is located in the middle of the city, right above the dungeon.

'Note to self. Be more specific about the location when traveling through portals.'

Seeing as how I'm intruding in The Denatus, my options are rather limited. I could release my divinity and identify myself as a god, or pretend to be an adventurer who tried a new skill and failed and beg their forgiveness.

One problem with the second option, I don't have a falna.

The first option is just as problematic, if a version of Fenrir exists in this world. They'll know I'm not him. Besides, Loki is sitting right in front of me and Fenrir is supposed to be the son of Loki.

Right then, a letter appears in front of me and opens itself.

'Hi kid, you can introduce yourself as a god. Do you have any idea how many gods there are throughout all mythologies? Plenty of them are forgotten, even by the gods themselves. Some live in (self-imposed) exile, some were punished and imprisoned and consequently forgotten through the ages. And a plethora of other reasons. If you appear in a world where a version of Fenris already exists, he will be erased from existence. The gods and goddesses will simply assume you are a forgotten god, who chose to leave your self-imposed exile.

Good luck,

Your benevolent benefactor.'

'Hmm, problem solved. This means I can also go to Marvel. Nice.'

Looking at the deities around the table, I can only identify a few of them, Loki, Hermes, Demeter, Apollo, Artemis and Freya but the one who demanded an explanation was an old man I can't place. I've never seen him before.

Once my mind has been made up, I relax my senses and to me the flow of time continues again.

"I am Fenrir, God of Animals."