To Trick a Trickster
(Set near the end of the Avengers movie. When Thor is taking Loki back to Asgard after the Chitauri are defeated, something goes wrong and they both suddenly end up in the Enchanted Forest. And to make things worse, Loki manages to trick Thor and make his escape taking both the Chitauri scepter and the Tesseract with him and goes around causing mischief wherever he goes including making deals with Rumplestiltskin and competing with Regina over who's a better ruler. But when the Evil Queen unleashes her Dark Curse all throughout the realms, both Thor and Loki end up being caught up in it as well.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers, Thor, Loki, or any of the characters from Once Upon A Time. I may have an OC in there, though. Oh yeah, and another thing. I know that Midgard and the world without magic are technically the same thing on Earth, but for this story they are going to be more like parallel universes of each other. So yeah, the realm known as "Midgard" is where the Avengers reside while the "land without magic" -where Storybrooke is- will be a parallel universe to that, but both are still Earth (only parallel to each other). And plus, the Avengers and are also fictional hence why Midgard/Earth will be parallel to land-without-magic/Earth. Ok, you got it? I hope that makes sense with the whole parallel universe thing. And Fairytale Land, or the Enchanted Forest, would also be considered Midgard but it's also a realm of Midgard/Earth fairytales. At least, this is how I'm doing it, anyway. And I hope I'm not confusing anybody with this, but it just had to be said. Anywho, onto the story already.)
Prologue: Aftermath of the Chitauri Invasion
After the Chitauri had been defeated, the Avengers then returned to where they last left Loki after the Hulk had smashed him around. The God of Mischief had been trying to pull himself up off the ground after Hulk had smashed and thrown him around, when he suddenly sensed someone behind him and turned to see the Avengers all glaring at him.
"If it's all the same to you, I'll have that drink," Loki said to them.
The Avengers now had Loki handcuffed and muzzled to be taken back to Asgard to answer for his crimes. After celebrating their victory at the shawarma joint that Tony mentioned, the Avengers then parted ways.
Bidding farewell to his team, Thor then took Loki and the Tesseract to return to Asgard. Unfortunately, however, something went wrong and both brothers somehow ended up someplace entirely different. Thor began to suspect that Loki had somehow disrupted the teleportation, while the trickster simply glared murderously at him in reply since it was hard to say anything through the muzzle.
Thor sighed, rolling his eyes. "Alright, brother. If you have something to say, then say it," he said while removing the muzzle to allow his brother to speak.
"Finally! I was going to say how could I have possibly disrupted the teleportation when I am clearly still handcuffed?!" Loki spat angrily.
"Fine, so what do you suppose happened then?" Thor then queried.
Loki scoffed. "You expect me to know? Please, Thor! If you had even a sliver of a brain, you would know that I hardly know any more about this than you do!"
"Well you're obviously not back on Asgard if that's what you're thinking," a different voice said with a high-pitched maniacal giggle, as both brothers turned to see a strange man with gold-speckled skin standing there.
"Who are you?" Thor demanded, brandishing Mjolnir incase he proved to be a threat.
The gold-speckled man giggled again. "There's no need for that, dearie, as I didn't come here to fight," he explained. "Allow me to introduce myself. Rumplestiltskin, or otherwise known as the Dark One." He gave a mock bow with his introduction, which Loki found to be highly insulting.
The God of Mischief simply rolled his eyes at the Dark One. "And just how is it you know where we are from?!"
"My my, you're quite the hostile one aren't you, Loki Odinson?" Rumplestiltskin queried, glancing towards Loki with a keen interest. "Or do you prefer Laufeyson?"
"I would prefer it, Dark One, if you refrained from questioning anything that has to do with me!" Loki snapped back, sneering as he said the words 'Dark One'.
It was obvious that even Thor shared his brother's dislike of this Rumplestiltskin, though the God of Thunder also suspected the Dark One to be just as much a trickster as Loki or perhaps even worse, though Thor was unsure which to assume.
However, Rumple only took Loki's reply in stride while thinking that the God of Mischief might prove to be quite useful to him in the future. "Well, no matter," he replied with a dramatic wave of his hand. "I assume you desire to be freed from those shackles, so let's make a deal shall we?"
"I'm afraid I cannot allow that," Thor stated. "My brother is too dangerous to be allowed to roam free."
Loki, however, revealed a mischievous smirk. "Seeing as I have absolutely no desire to return to Asgard, I will accept your deal," he replied, rolling his eyes in irritation at Thor.
Rumplestiltskin then waved his hand and the handcuffs that bound Loki's wrists fell to the ground. "But remember, all magic comes with a price. There is something that you will owe me in return."
But Loki was already gone before Rumple could name his price, taking with him both the Tesseract and the Chitauri scepter.
Thor wasn't at all surprised by Loki's trickery, but now that only meant that he had to put a stop to him once again before he could plan another invasion.
"What have you just done?!" Thor bellowed. "Did you not hear me when I explained that Loki is dangerous? And I was supposed to take him back to Asgard to answer for his crimes on Midgard, until you go and set him loose again!"
"Oh I heard you dearie, I just simply chose to ignore you," Rumplestiltskin replied mockingly, suddenly disappearing in a cloud of purple smoke as Thor swung Mjolnir at him. "Right over here," he said from behind the God of Thunder.
Thor turned and swung Mjolnir again, and again there was that purple smoke as the Dark One teleported again to avoid the hammer. Thor then decided it was pointless to continue attempting to attack Rumplestiltskin head on and instead decided to focus on recapturing Loki.
"I have no time to waste fighting you," Thor simply stated. "Since now I must focus on recapturing Loki so I can return to Asgard."
"On the contrary, you won't be taking him anywhere yet, Thor Odinson, until I extract my price for that deal," Rumple explained.
Thor pointed Mjolnir towards him. "You will stay away from my brother, he is none of your concern," he said sternly. And with that said, the God of Thunder walked off in search of Loki to recapture him before he could even begin causing any sort of mischief in this strange new realm.
Ok, so I was originally planning to an Inheritance Cycle (Eragon series) crossover with OUAT but for some reason I kept drawing a blank on how I wanted to start it. Then I suddenly got an idea for Thor and Loki to end up in Storybrooke, so I decided to give it a try. I may also include one or two of the other Avengers getting caught up in the Dark Curse too, as well as two OC's, but sadly I don't make a habit of giving spoilers so it's better if you just find out. And also Rumplestiltskin's the Dark One, so of course he would know their names and that they're from Asgard. Oh and I apologize for the confusion of explaining Midgard and the land without magic being parallel universes to each other, but yeah just to clarify, since the Avengers are also fictional their realm will be considered a parallel universe to the realm Storybrooke resides in. I hope that makes a bit more sense now. Oh yeah, and I know SJO gave a good suggestion of cursed aliases and jobs for Thor and Loki during the curse, but I would like to hear opinions from other readers on that as well. So anyone is entitled to throw out cursed aliases and jobs that will work for our two Norse deities before I begin the next chapter. And I know this chapter's short, but it's only the prologue. Next chapter will be a bit longer. And I finished with this chapter at the same time that I finished watching the new episode of OUAT, so yeah lucky me I suppose. I wanted to get the first chapter up before the new episode came out, but apparently that didn't end up happening, but I hope you still enjoy it anyway. And incase you haven't noticed, yes this is sort of set after the Chitauri invasion near the end of the Avengers movie. If you haven't seen the Avengers, well I hope you still find this enjoyable anyway. To those who have seen it, I say YAY for more Avenger fans! Anyway, I'll shut up now. And I hope you enjoy this story. And again, feel free to list cursed aliases and job for Thor and Loki in Storybrooke. ^_^ And I also wouldn't mind a bit of help with ideas in order to prevent writers block from happening as well. So without further ado, enjoy! ^_^ And also the next chapter will be in Storybrooke, with flashbacks of the Enchanted Forest as well as how Thor and Loki both get along with everyone there. And also the story will alternate between each of them.