A family of pillagers( for ChrisWk)

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It had been some tiresome months for Bjørn Armansson. The band of vikings that he was a part of had made some succesful raids along the coast and they had brought back plenty of supplies and riches for their tribe. There were hard-fought battles and he had experienced quite a few close calls, but he had ultimately pulled through. Right now he was walking with his wife by his side, as she had come down to greet him where the ships usually either arrived or took off for raids or other missions. " I`m so happy to be back, dear. Have the kids behaved themselves while I was gone?" he asked her in a soft tone of voice as he had his strong arm around her waist. A warm smile was showing under his thick, brown beard.

" It`s so nice that Father is finally back home again." Sigurd exclaimed to his younger sibling. " I bet that he has a lot of stories to tell us, brother." the blonde boy said softly to his brother. Sigurd was the oldest of the two and at the age of 10 he was being taught how to fight by some of the other men in their tribe, since it wouldn`t be many years before he would be old enough to start helping them out. " Do you want to do a quick spar before mom and dad gets home?" he asked the younger boy.

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Ragnhild returned a soft smile as they header home.
"It's good to have you back, you have no idea how much the kids and I have missed you"
She chuckled a little before answering the question.
"Ah yes the kids have been well behaved, for the most part, you know how it is"
Ragnhild said with a joyful voice, pressing her body against her husbands.

"Yeah, he's gonna have so many bedtime stories to tell!" Eirik said cheerfully, really having missed his father whilst he was gone. Although Sigurd was older than him, their difference in height was rather minimal. Eirik knew very well that if he were to spar with his brother, things could quickly go wrong as they have before, which definitely wouldn't make mother happy. Despise this, he couldn't stop his want to spar, he was overflowing with excitement. "Yeah let's do it! Just make sure it's quick!"

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" I have brought back a lot of goods for us, so we`ll have a good winter, dear." Bjørn stated as he leaned down to press a kiss to his wifes temple. He gently stroked her side as she rest up against his body. " I`ve missed you so much, too. I thought of you and the kids whenever we had a battle. The Earl in Møre is tough, but we managed to best him this time around. I don`t think we`ll hear from him in a while." he chuckled softly as he told Ragnhild about his battle with the rival viking chief. " I know that they can be a handful sometimes, but I still love them very much. I hope they haven`t broken anything while you`ve come to greet me." the tall man stated.

" I`m sure that he messed up that punk Earl from Møre pretty good." Sigurd stated as he had fished out two small swords for the two of them. He was very proud of his father and he wanted to emulate some of the sword fighting techniques that he had seen the man use. He lunged at Eirik in order to make a thrust with his sword, but he hadn`t noticed that one of his mothers dresses was hanging out to dry after being washed, so his sword went right through it, creating a hole in the garment. " Oh no! Oh, no! What`re we gonna do? Mother and Father are going to go berserk. We can`t let them know it was us, Eirik...we have to lie. It`s the only way." the boy exclaimed to his younger brother.

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"I never liked that earl, most people from Møre are annoying too.." She chuckled along with him as she held her husbands arm and tested against him. "I wouldn't be surprised if they had" she said laughing.

"Yeah, I can't wait to hear the stories!"
Eirik got into position but quickly realized what had happened. Mother would kill Sigurd of she knew what had happened! Then again, of they decided to lie about it and she found out, Eirik would be in trouble too..
"Us?! Don't you mean you?? I didn't do it!"

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( Takk for den, da. Vi er ikke så ille XD.)

" I should hope not, but you know how rambunctious they can be at times, especially when they want to show off during sparring and such." Bjørn said softly, as he let out a sigh. He still liked to think the best of his children, though. When Ragnhild and him finally arrived at their home he gave both his boys a warm embrace each. " I`ve missed you two so much. Have you behaved while I was gone?" he asked his two sons.

" You sparred with me, so you`re partly to blame!" Sigurd hissed at Eirik. " Here they come...quick, just follow what I say and do, ok?" he instructed his brother right before their parents appeared in front of them. " Yes, dad...we certaintly didn`t ruin anything, isn`t that right, Eirik?" he asked the other boy, but he was looking at his mother with a nervous and guilty look in his eyes, which showed that he wasn`t telling the truth to his parents.

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"Ever since Sigurd started practicing more frequently, sparring has become quite the common occurance whilst you've been away." Ragnhild sighed. As they entered the house, she quickly picked up on Eirik's look.

"I am not to blame! I never even swung my sword!" Eirik says, although he knew that it was his fault as well.
Eirik didn't know what to do other than to listen to his older brother, so he followed him.
He quickly felt the pressure rise as Sigurd pushed him into lying. "Y-Yeah, that's right.."
Eirik said with a shaky voice, trying to hide his guilt.

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" Hm. Those answer doesn`t sound very convincing." Bjørn stated to the two boys as he stood up in his full height after having hugged his sons. His eyes shifted from Sigurd to Eirik before looking over to the clothes that were hung up to dry. " If that`s the case...then why is there a hole in your mothers dress, hm?" he asked his sons, as he gave the two nervous boys a piercing and stern look. " You lied to us. You know that it is not tolerated in this household." he said and sighed.

Sigurd paled when his father spotted the hole in his mothers dress. " Ehrm...it`s not what it seems, I swear. It must`ve...probably...fallen apart by itself." he stuttered, but he was unable to look up at his parents. He looked like a guilty little boy now and not the confident boy he had been just a few minutes prior to the accident. " Or you maybe ripped it yourself, Mother." the boy said softly.

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Ragnhild looked over at her dress in slight frustration, that dress meant a lot to her. Certainly there's no way she'd tear it apart herself. "Don't try putting it over on me Sigurd, before I left that hole was not there. Now spit it out, both of you." She said sternly, clearly not happy with the boys.

Eirik was just left there speechless, he opened his mouth and tried uttering some words but the young boy was too in shock and scared. He was standing there as his ocean blue eyes were overflowing with guilt and his body shaking slightly.

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" Come on, you two. We need to have a serious discussion about this." Bjørn said in a stern tone of voice as he gently took hold of Eiriks arm. He lead his youngest son over to where they would ususally consume their food and took a seat on a chair that was there. " I`m going to give you a spanking for lying, young man. You know how your mother and I feel about that." he said to his child, before lifting him up over his lap. He made sure to keep him still with his firm hand while he raised the other one to give Eiriks behind a firm swat.

Sigurds head was lowered in shame now. " It was our fault, Mother. I made a thrust with a sword and it pierced your dress. I`m really sorry, honest." the boy said softly, as he was still not able to look his mother in the eyes after having revealed his lie to both her and his father. He never liked it when his parents got firm with him or his brother. He shifted nervously on his feet since he also never liked the consequences that any misbehaviour brought for both himself or Eirik.

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Ragnhild sighed as she was fairly frustrated with the boys, the cause of this frustration was more due to lying rather than the dress being ruined. If they had just said it from the beginning then there wouldn't have been a spanking, but they didn't. "Sorry isn't good enough, you got your brother into trouble as well and you lied to me. Now come here." Ragnhild says as she sits down on a chair and pats her lap, signaling Sigurd to bend over.

Eirik didn't resist much as he knew it wouldn't cause any good. Tears were filling the corners of his eyes as the dark blonde kid was bent over his fathers lap. "Please father, I swear I won't lie again! I'm really sorry, please!" The young boy begged, although it wouldn't help.