Story Summary: She was an outsider. A human raised on Asgard ever since she was found by Frigga. It was unclear, how exactly she ended up on their realm. What was clear, was that she wasn't welcomed among the other Asgardians, but not all thought she was untrustworthy. After Thor is banished for starting a war with an ancient enemy the throne falls to the youngest prince when his father falls into the Odinsleep. Feeling betrayed after learning the truth, he can't help but want revenge on the people who lied to him, even if it means going as far as manipulating the one person who trusted him to get it.
Asgard is one of the nine realms and has been home to the Asgardians for thousands of years. It wasn't until fifteen years ago, Asgard became home to a human as well. It was just a normal day in the city, filled with joy and laughter throughout the streets. The Queen of Asgard was out and about with her two sons: Thor and Loki, while her King was attending a council meeting. It wasn't long before the younger prince provoked his older brother and the two of them took off down the street.
The golden haired woman shook her head at her sons childish antics. She loved them both equally but, wished they didn't fight as often as they did. Frigga began making her way down the cobble stone street the two princes had taken when an explosion is heard, sending a vibration through the city.
Smoke, ash and fire, filled the air. The Queen feared for her sons and started running down the street, in the direction the explosion happened in. The closer the woman got, the thicker the smoke and ash became. The explosion had damaged buildings, and homes. Soldiers were already roaming through the streets, while others searched in the air. looking for any signs of who was responsible for this. Frigga was a skillful fighter and a very powerful witch. As she approached the scene of where most of the damage took place and drew her sword.
The ones that survived were running in every direction, men, women, and children were yelling and screaming through the streets. A group of soldiers from the kingdom had caught up to the Queen.
"My Queen, you should go back to the kingdom. It's not safe out here." The captain of the guard insisted.
"I'm not leaving until I find my sons." Frigga informed the warrior.
"The King has ordered us to escort you back safely, my Lady." Captain tried again as more and more soldiers showed up to help search for the wounded and take them to the healing room.
"And I said, I am not leaving until I know where my sons are!" The woman pressed sternly and continued her way through the carnage with the soldiers right behind her. Frigga looked among her dead people for her sons but she had no luck, but took it as a sign of hope that Thor and Loki were still alive and she would reunite with them soon.
They searched in groups down the many streets that were hit. Finally the woman's prayers were answered when she spotted both, Thor and Loki helping to free others that were stuck under the rubble. Frigga ran over to them and hugged both her sons. Despite the fact the two princes always didn't see eye to eye on things, they always stuck together when they needed too and she knew one day they both would make great kings.
"What could have caused this?" Thor questioned as he looked in the sky and all around before looking back at his mother. " It's like it came out of nowhere." The blonde prince added.
"I'm not sure my son, but that this a matter for your father." Frigga stated as she took looked around wondering where it could have possibly come from.
"What about Heimdall?" The dark haired prince suggested. "He sees and hears all. He would know who did this."
"Like I said. This is a matter for your father to handle. Now we should get back, we wouldn't want him to worry." The queen told them.
"I will figure this out, mother. I will show father that I will be a worth king to our people and protector of the realms." Thor proclaimed. Loki couldn't help but roll his eyes at his brothers words. Frigga couldn't help but smile, he was so much like his father. The three of them were about to head back to the kingdom when they heard a noise come from inside one of the house that had only been partially demolished.
They heard it again. "It sounds like a child." The woman insisted, looking at how unstable the structure looked but she couldn't leave this child trapped and alone and stepped over the many huge pieces of stone that was in front of her.
"Mother, it's not safe. You could get hurt." Thor told her, grabbing her by the arm.
"There's a child in there that needs our help."
"It's probably just a cat you heard crying out. I am sure it will figure out a way to get free, but its not worth this building collapsing on you." Thor told her.
"Let me go Thor. You are not the king...yet and as your queen I order you and your brother to wait out here." She declared. The blonde one released his hold on his mothers arm and muttered something under his breath that was too quiet for even Loki to hear, as their mother disappeared into the building.
Twenty minutes had gone by and the woman had yet to return. Thor was getting impatient by the minute. They should have gone in with their mother. Meanwhile the younger prince just stood there, calm as can be, listening to his brother natter.
Finally the golden haired woman came back out, unharmed but it appeared she wasn't alone. It was a little girl, clinging to their mothers hand and held a stuff dolly in the other. The child couldn't be more then five years old and she was covered in soot and had some minor cuts on her face and arms from the explosion. Her clothing also appeared to have blood on it, but it wasn't hers.
The little girl stood behind Frigga trembling, staring up at the brothers who both looked at her oddly.
"Do you know this child, mother?" Thor asked.
The Queen shook her head. "I've never seen this girl in my life. But she's coming back with us until we find who this child belongs to." The four of them headed back to the kingdom, accompanied by a few of the guards for extra protection. The girl never let go of Frigga's hand and the odd time look behind her at the two princes and the guards with their terrifying big swords.
Once, they got to the kingdom, Frigga wanted to take the child to the healing room to make sure she hadn't been hurt. Thor and Loki followed their mother, and the guards went to inform their King that they had returned. They placed the girl on the examination table and was quite fascinated by the strange colors and swirly things above her. One of the healers informed the Queen, that there was no way this child was Asgardian. If she were these minor cuts she had would have healed themselves instantly and they had barely begun to show any progress of healing, which left only one option - she was human.
Human's weren't allowed to live on Asgard, it was not accepted in their society and yet she was dressed in their clothing. This child was either taken from Midgard or an Asgardian had a child with a human and didn't think they would discover what she really was.
The healer began cleaning off the dry blood from the girls face and arms when the King entered the healing room. " Frigga, I was beginning to get worried. Are you and our sons alright?" The King asked his Queen
"Were fine." She told him. Odin was about to say something when the child caught his attention.
"What do we have here? Who's child is this?" Odin asked.
The healers looked at their Queen before answering the King." We are not sure. She's a human child, my King." The healer informed.
Odin turned to one of his guards. " Take her back to Midgard." The soldier nodded to his King and went towards the child when she jumped off the table, landing on the ground and instantly hid behind Frigga.
"My love, this child is frightened. She has no one. No family." Frigga stated.
"She doesn't belong here. Midgard has adoption agencies. Someone will take this child in." Odin told her. Frigga looked down at the child and saw the terror that filled her ember colored eyes. She must of saw something or someone. That had to be the reason this girl would not speak.
"What if she saw something. Someone could be after her. No one will be able to protect this child on Midgard. She'd be safer here." The woman protested.
"This child is not our concern. She will go back to Midgard." The King said firmly. Frigga refused to let the little girls hand go. There had to be a reason she found this child and she asked to speak to her husband in private and asked her sons to stay with the girl until they came back and the three of them were left alone in the healing room.
It was quiet at first. Loki had taken a seat in a chair with a book in his hands, while Thor continued to have a stare down with this puny being. He was going to get this child to speak one way or another. " Who are you, mortal? How did you get here?" Thor demanded in a calm tone. The girl just looked at him and remained silent. " Answer me!" He shouted this time, causing the child to back up a bit.
"I don't think she wants to talk to you, brother." Loki stated, looking up from his book.
"Yes, thanks for pointing that out brother. Very helpful." Thor replied in annoyance. The younger prince smirked and returned to his reading. Thor huffed in annoyance and stepped closer to the girl who only backed away more. " I'm not going to ask you again! What is your name and how did you get here?!"
"Yes, Thor lets yell at the child now. Maybe she'll answer you this time." Loki pipped up, closing his book as he glanced at the frighten girl and then back to his brother.
"Shut up, Loki!" Thor hissed back. " I am Thor, son of Odin and demand you answer my questions, human!" The blonde prince thundered as he came at the girl who ran right underneath his legs and managed to crawl underneath the counter where the prince couldn't get her.
Loki broke out laughing, finding this whole thing amusing, especially when the child out smarted his brother. " Let me know when you want my help brother, just say the word." The dark haired prince offered.
Thor got up from the ground and looked at his brother. " And what do you suggest then, brother?" Thor asked.
Loki remained in his seat and with a wave of his hand a butterfly emerged from his palm and it flew over to where the girl was hiding out to entice her to come out. The human looked up and smiled when the tiny insect landed on her hand and then it flew away and she started to crawl out from underneath the counter to try and catch it.
The god of mischief might not have looked like he was paying attention much to this child but he noticed enough that this girl had never let go of her dolly until this moment and got up from his spot, leaving an illusion of himself and grabbed the girls toy. The butterfly disappeared and the girl turned around to see Loki taking her favorite toy.
"Give it back." The girl begged as she held out her hand to try and take it, but Loki held it just high enough out of her reach.
"So she can speak," Loki said as he stood in his spot and bent down to the girls height, looking at her curiously. He was very intrigued on how this human managed to slip passed their borders unseen by Heimdall. " Tell you what. I'll give it back to you, if you tell us who you are?" He challenged.
The little girl glared at the blonde one and then looked at her doll. She had to get it back, it was the last thing her mother gave to her before she was killed. " My name is Emelia." She hesitantly answered.
"Emelia." He repeated, giving the girl her doll back that she hugged tightly. " See brother, I told you you would need my help."
"Yeah, yeah, very clever brother." Thor grumbled, walking over to stare out the massive window. It was nearly nightfall and the King and Queen had yet to come back. Loki decided to entertain the child with his magic, she found it quite amusing especially when Loki would turn Thor into animals. Thor on the other hand was not amused by this at all.
Emelia eventually started to get tired and passed out in one of chairs when Frigga and Odin returned to the room. It had taken quite a bit of convincing but Odin knew his Queen had a kind heart. Especially when it came to motherless children. The girl would be raised in Asgard, although the King still had a bad feeling about this girl, he didn't trust her, but maybe Frigga was right. That explosion in the city had to have happened for a reason and finding this human girl wasn't a coincidence. Maybe somebody was after her and they would probably try again.
Loki and Thor informed that they now knew the girls name and told them but that was all she felt like sharing for now. Emelia's mother's last words to her before she died was that she couldn't trust anyone in Asgard. The Queen picked up the sleeping girl and carried her to an empty room that had already been made up by some guards and placed her in the bed and closed the door.