First time writing an CharacterxOC based fanfic but I absolutely adore Loki so I decided to put some of those feels into a fic. If anyone has some ideas about plot lines that would be great cause my mind is currently blank. All I have planned so far is for them to meet and a little bit after that but nothing major, the help would be gladly be appreciate for some ideas.
Also so no one yells at me, I am going to do Neria's description from Loki's point of view which is in the next chapter which is why I don't explain what she looks like in this chapter.
Chapter 1: Fallen Prince
Loki kept his eyes focused on the ground before him, he didn't want to see his brother's face. The pity that would most assuredly be in his eyes, Loki didn't want or need that pity, he didn't want the love that Thor had offered to him. He only looked up when he was forced to stand still by the guards on either side of him, his eyes met the Allfather's and quickly looked away. More kindness and pity. More pain than he needed. Was it not enough to punish him? That they must also mourn for him as well?
"Your fate has been decided, Loki Odinson." The Allfather's deep voice boomed through the tall metal buildings and Loki winced and looked up at Odin glaring.
"I am not your son!" He hissed, fighting slightly against the two guards in his temper. Odin looked sadly down at him and Loki went still, fighting to hold onto his anger and despair instead of breaking down as those once soft and loving eyes went cold.
"Very well. Your punishment for your crimes is this...you are to stay in Midgard as a mortal, your powers taken from you until you have learned your lesson and earn them back." Loki felt himself pulled forward until he stood before Odin; Heimdall standing at his side. Loki looked between them in disbelief.
"A mortal?" He scoffed, both guards dropping his arms letting him collapse to the floor. "What lesson am I suppose to learn there...I hate them, they are beneath me. There is nothing I could possibly learn from being like them."
"You can learn love from them." Odin said softly, nodded to Heimdall to open the bifrost. The silent guard of Asgard turned to his post while Loki took in what he had been told. "Love?" He questioned, as he was once again pulled to his feet and lead forward. All he knew lately was his hatred and jealousy of Thor, love was a foreign concept of late. Coming to stand before the bifrost, the guards stepped back from the trickster. Loki closed his eyes when Odin placed a hand on his shoulder, he felt his magic drain from him and in the next breath all went dark.
A few months prior...
A village rested on the far side of the mountain terrain, it was small and hard to miss unless you knew what you were looking for, which many people didn't. Neria Hawke was one of the people who did, she was Elven and they could always recognize the signs of an Elven tribe when it rested nearby. She had been traveling for months now, escaping her previous living conditions in hopes she would find a place to belong. So far no luck and this was the last Elven village that rested outside the cities. She didn't trust the city for she had never been, she had been warned away from them. Told they were dangerous to Elf kind.
Taking a deep breath she stopped at the top of the embankment, brushing her long hair back over her shoulder. She could see and hear the members of the tribe and he stomach fell with nerves. She approached from a clear view so that the guards would see her and hopefully not try to kill her as she approached. Walking slowly she made her way up to the gate, her eyes searching her surroundings. The guards tensed at her approach and she stopped before them.
"I am looking for a place to lay my trade...a new home to stay in, if your keeper will take me." She spoke carefully, giving them no reason to refuse her. The guards looked at one another.
"Very well, we will take you to her." They said and she followed behind them as they entered the village and walked up to a woman who turned, looking her over. "You may leave us." She said and the guards departed. Neria gently placed her pack on the ground and knelt before the keeper.
"Please. I ask of you not to judge me so harshly for what I have done. I did it to save our tribe." Neria blurted out, knowing how word traveled. The keeper looked her over, kneeling down next to her.
"You use blood magic, young mage. A sin among our people...but I sense the good in you. I shall allow you to stay, perhaps under my teachings you will regain who you were before the demons came to you. My name is Aslya." Aslya touched her head gently before standing, Neria followed her.
"I am Neria. Thank you keeper. I shall do my best to return to the path of our people, I will cease my use of blood magic if I can." She bowed her head and moved away toward the thick of the village to set up her home. Aslya watched her walk away and sighed sadly. The child lied to herself as well as others, only by meeting another like her could she truly stop her sins.
"Aa' menealle nauva calen ar' malta." Neria heard the prayer and kept walking. Her ways were never green and golden but of the darkest reds they were. No one understood what she had risked, she had saved her keepers life by using blood magic and now she was shunned. She gave a great sacrifice to her tribe and they cast her out to die. Neria scoffed as she set up her tent, she didn't know how long she could stay knowing that someone would see her as the monster she had called for help.
Glossary: (for those who don't know what some of the phrases I used mean..if anyone wants this put at the top of the chapter tell me)
Midgard- Earth(a friend asked me to clarify that)
Blood mage- Magic user who consorts with demons by calling forth either their own blood or the blood of others around them. Considered sinners by the rest of mage kind and are treated badly.
Keeper- Leader of the Elven tribe, looks after everyone in the village and sees to the tribe's needs and best interests.
Aa' menealle nauva calen ar' malta- May your ways be green and golden(elvish language)
(if I've missed anything you don't understand in any chapter that gets posted in the future, feel free to ask and I will tell you and post it in here. I know this chapter is also really short but I couldn't think of much else to put in to this one.)
