Unexpected surprise

While we were eating dinner Ubbe came back home with a big smile on his face. He wouldn't tell me what he was doing with the Smithy, so I just shrugged and dropped it.

On the day of the full moon Astrid and Ubbe suprised me with a gift, I'm guessing they're using the start of a new year as my birthday but vikings don't usually celebrate birthdays so it was a suprise when Ubbe got me my own axe, the handle was engraved with my name in runes "ᚠᛖᚾᚱᛁᛊᚢᛚᚠᚱ". The axe head was bearded and had a tiny of blue to it. He also got me a seax and a oak bow with a dozen arrows with raven feather fletching. It was ironic really where there's wolves there's ravens.

Astrid made me a pair of dyed black trousers with a leather belt and a new belt pouch I hung on my back, I also had a hoop for my axe to sit in. Some black leg wraps and a green tunic topped off with a mantle of fur held together with a wolf head broach. Most of them were too big so they'd last me a few years of growth. I didn't wear shoes they made me feel disconnected from nature it was an uncomfortable feeling.

A few days after the festivities, Ubbe and I was on our way into town to see the seer, I say into town but the seer lived on the opposite outskirts towards the woodlands. As we approached the seer I asked Ubbe "ermm Ubbe what does the seer want to see me about?" I was nervous.

"Don't worry about it Fenrisúlfr, you'll know when you get there, the decrepit old man can communicate with the gods. maybe one wants to talk to you? I don't know either really" Ubbe explained as we reached the edge of the town.

"Oh okay" I murmured softly. I could see a round hut with antlers and bones scattered throughout the woven walls and a linen flap woven with bones a deer skull in the centre with runes painted in plant extracts spiraling around it. 'hmm they're magical I can feel them from here, protection, the warrior, partnership, and Odin? what are they for?' I thought as Ubbe knocked 3 times on the skull.

"Young Ubbe come in with the child we have much to go over" came a hoarse ancient voice, it sounded like it carried power with his words. Ubbe lifted the flap and gestured for me to enter. When I got inside the smell of lilac and gooseberry reached my nose, I looked around and saw a man cloaked in a robe festered with runic symbols too many to read he's face was veiled in a shadow.

"Sit down young wolf, I've been waiting years for this meeting. I can feel it the magic within you dancing like a butterfly on a summer breeze" I heard him say he sounded joyful but his croaky voice didn't help.

'oh crap he knows! He knows! Am I going to get killed?' I was lost in my panic that I failed to hear what he said until I felt Ubbe put his hand on my shoulder when he sat down.

"Calm down it's just magic, they're plenty of sorcerers in Scandinavia" he said with a chuckle. As I looked at him that's when I remembered.

'ah yeah it's still a few hundred years till the witch hunts and the statute of secrecy is signed, vikings believed in magic and even the mikaelsons was made vampires at the start of the 10th century let's just hear what he has to say' I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and calmed down somewhat.

"Ermm Mr seer why did you want to meet me?" I asked looking at the veiled Shadow of a man.

"Young wolf the gods have spoken and I pass on there message, on the night when the wolf attempts to eat Sól your wolf will awaken in the woods you should go, Odin will bless you as a warrior and your journey to Wessex shall begin, although Vinland calls to you aswell" his voice hit me like Thor had swung Mjölnir at my skull.

'Wait! So the vikings have already gone to England and north America I'm somewhere in the 950s? And I knew I was going to go to England but why north America? Is there something I'm forgetting? Ah whatever Odin's blessing wonder what that will be? I'm not going to have to wait till the great heathen army goes to Britain I can visit ollivanders and get a wand maybe learn some rituals to improve my magic core' I was shocked at the unexpected surprise.

"What does Odin's blessing involve? And when is the wolf going to awaken?" I rejoiced in elation I was closer to exploring Pangaea!

"It will turn your bones to uru of the first moon, Your blood will rage like seas becoming royal, muscle with harden like stone and your mind will be drizzled in the well of knowledge and wisdom and the day is on your 13th winter you will age years in hours and unleash the wolf to the worlds" he professed in a mystical voice that lost his hoarseness like it wasn't his own.

'so I'll gain even more strength speed and endurance on top of becoming an immortal true alpha I'll be royalty? my mind enhanced aswell? why would mimir give up some of the water, has this got something to do with that bet he had with death or something else? And uru? As in moon metal? Oh Odin I will make a statue of you in Pangaea! Many thanks!' I was ecstatic about this unexpected revelation. Now it was just a waiting game.

Ubbe's pov

When the seer for told the blessing I thought it would be something simple like a legacy or something. Not to change his whole body into a weapon! Uru is metal of the gods! Fenrisúlfr is already strong he's outrageously strong for his age and fast too, and water from the well of knowledge and wisdom! Odin gave up an eye for that! And he's giving it to Fenrisúlfr? I can't believe this! I knew he was connected to the gods but maybe Fenrisúlfr is a son of the gods? The seer did mention being a son of Fjörgyn maybe that's true?.

MC pov

Ubbe was so shocked and lost in thought he was just staring at the seer with his hand out, I didn't have to pick his palm for some reason the seer licked my palm, I was confused at that and got up to leave but stopped when I saw Ubbe's face scrunched up in thought it made me chuckle.

"Ehem Ubbe we can go now" I coughed breaking him out of oblivion.

"Ah yeah okay" he replied scratching the back of his head and got up licked the seers palm and turned to leave with me.