Chapter 4
Mimir's Mission
Mimir went to see Jormungandr, from the future. He called the snake and the snake roused from the sea with his might. The waves he created then went on rampage and completely destroyed a Village that was located some hundred miles away. The Village had a tragic end with its people getting drowned; with no warning or anything at all. Mimir saw that, but he couldn’t do anything. It wasn’t like that the serpent had any intention to create this tragedy for those villagers. Jormungandr’s voice was loud, so loud even small mountains and hills shiver.
“So, Mimir… You came back… How can I be at your service?”
“You did not mention in our first meeting that your father was Loki”
“I didn’t? Oh, It must have slipped my mind. Nevertheless I am Jormungandr son of Loki and Angrboda!”
“I know, some days ago you were actually born in this timeline!”
“What?”
“Yes, I, Odin, Thor and Tyr went after we heard Loki scream at Jotunheim and saw you newborn.”
“My father… screamed at my birth?”
“He seemed terrified of you, no offense.”
“Hmmm… Interesting… Then, what did you do?”
“Odin decided to take you and your siblings in Asgard, but Jormungandr of this timeline escaped and fell into the great sea of Midgard. That is one of the reasons I came to visit you. To give you information and advise you to keep yourself hidden!”
“Why should I hide…?”
“Because, with your arrival from the future, we ended up having in this timeline two Jormungandr, two of you! This is something unbelievably weird. If you two end up meeting each other I don’t know what might happen to the balance of Yggdrasil.”
“Ohh…”
Suddenly a small animal ran up at the shoulder of Mimir with such speed he didn’t realize where he came from. He was a squirrel, but no ordinary squirrel. A spiritual squirrel with no certain color fur, it had something like a transparent white color. It was Ratatoskr! The squirrel that climbs the world-tree Yggdrasil and travels between worlds to give messages from the Eagle Hraesvelgr that stands above the tree, and Nithhogg, the dragon that lays down the roots of It. Ratatoskr is their messenger. Hraesvelgr and Nithhogg constantly talk to each other via Ratatoskr because there is no other way. Even though the squirrel often used to tell lies to both of them and took joy in provoking anger. That was Ratatoskr, the squirrel who climbed up to Mimir's shoulder.
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“Oh, Mimir, do not worry so much! Their possible meeting will disturb Yggdrasil sure, but not so much that will cause a critical problem. Nithhogg will probably be annoyed but it will be fun!”
“Ratatoskr?” What is ‘tusk the traveler’ doing here?”
“Well, I was going to Nithhogg to give him Hraesvelgr’s words and I thought to stop by, helping you with your speculations. And now that I gave you the answer, your welcome and goodbye!”
As the squirrel was about to leave, since he's always at a hurry. Mimir remembered something.
“Wait!!! I wanted to ask you… Why did you prevent Odin’s Spear from hitting its target?”
Mimir recalled what happened when Odin tried to hit the newborn snake with Gungnir, the spear that never misses. But before Mimir could finish his sentence. Ratatoskr had already left. Mimir, irritated and disappointed, since he did not get a response, turned to Jormungandr and advised him nonetheless.
“Meeting with yourself in this timeline will bring great problems, no matter what Ratatoskr said, I strongly believe you should not reveal yourself”
“And how do you suggest I can do that? In my time there were stories and rumors about my length… It is said that I am able to surround all Midgard… And I cannot prove the theories wrong since I never tried it. How can someone my size… simply just hide?” Said Jormungandr, troubled.
“People soon enough will spread rumors about Jormungandr in this timeline, if you can keep your face underwater, under the great sea; people will think that parts of your body are the ones of this timeline’s snake. Is this understandable enough?”
answered Mimir, trying to explain his thoughts on Jormungandr. And he understood Mimir's syllogism and agreed with the plan.
Jormungandr wasn’t seeking any troubles; He is a peaceful monster. Hiding from everyone in this timeline, was something he seriously considered also in the past, or rather in the future, of his timeline. Everyone misunderstood his monstrous appearance, Humans were feared by him and connected him to a sign of death, gods too were terrified of him, all except Thor of course who wanted to kill him, only because he would present it as an achievement. Even most of the Jotunn, his own kind, were keeping their distance from him. When he was trying to talk to them, no one understood his words because he speaks a very ancient tongue even for the giants. The only ones who were close to him were his siblings, his mother and some handful of other giants.
Mimir is known for speaking all the tongues ever spoken. So, he was able to communicate with the Big snake.
Mimir wanted to continue the conversation after concluding what should be done about the main issue they had with the existence of two Jormungandr in the same timeline. Because his mission was to acquire knowledge as well.
“I almost forgot one of the main reasons I came to visit you, Jormungandr…” Said Mimir “Could you tell me your story?”
Jormungandr seems curious about Mimir's request.
“What do you… mean?”
“I, Mimir, as the all-knowing and smartest man alive, never heard of your story. It’s something that really intrigues me, to know you and the future world you came from and this Ragnarok you spoke about in our first meeting.” He made a short pause in his speech. “I am someone who knows every event, every person of the past and present. I want to learn about the future as well!”
Jormungandr’s expression did not show any kind of emotion, but he was happy. It was the first time since he came into this World that someone seemed to care about his opinion and life. “I will gladly tell you my story… So, Let us begin with…
