"Madalyn's Nightmare"

(Summary: Madalyn is a fourteen year old sports prodigy, as well as the adopted daughter of Tony and Pepper Stark. After the battle of NY, she lost all of her memories of her parents and baby brother. She later regained a sense of self (birthday, name, age) and her knowledge, ust not memories. After Maddie starts suffering from nightmares featuring a certain god of mischief, and she starts seeing him following her, will the Avengers have to spill before it's too late?)

Maddie appeared in the middle of an icy looking world. Snowflakes fell lazily from the inky sky and caught in her hair. She looked around warily. She seemed to be in the middle of a field. Her breath rose in a cloud in front of her. A clear, British voice came from behind her. It carried faint essence of Thor's tone, but it wasn't full of good-natured gruffness like the god of thunder. This voice was cold and sent chills down her spine.

"Hello, Madalyn." Maddie froze as solid as the ground beneath her bare feet. The speaker strode in front of her. He was tall and lean, with emerald eyes and high cheekbones that jutted out under pale skin. He was dressed in loose yet somehow form-fitting black leather that covered him from the neck down, and he carried a golden scepter with two sharp points that curled together around a glowing blue gemstone. Maddie was instantly intimidated, but was determined not to show it.

"How do you know me?" She demanded, fighting to keep her fingers from curling into fists.

"How do you not know me?" He asked, genuine surprise appearing on his face. "You are Stark's daughter, yes?" Madalyn bit her lip. If this man knew her father, maybe he wasn't much of a threat.

"Yes, Tony Stark. Iron Man." She said. He smirked, coming closer to her, still circling. "I thought so. You see, I have a certain grudge against him." Ok, maybe he was a threat. A billionaire's daughter could be a powerful weapon, Pepper had told her that much. She winced as a sharp tip nicked her arm, drawing a bead or two of blood. "What kind of grudge?" Maddie asked through the pain. "All will be found out in time, Madalyn. For example, I'm sure that the two of us will become fast friends. But now, you must return to your world, and I to mine. Farewell." With that, Maddie seemed to sink back into a dark cloud, awakening in her bed. Light poured in through her window, the honking of car horns on Fifth Avenue far below her. Maddie climbed out of bed, padding across her cool flagstone floor. She arrived in the main kitchen, where she found her parents having coffee and reading the NY Times.

"Morning, Maddie." Her father said, ruffling her red curls as she sat between him and Pepper. "Morning, dad. Morning, Mom. I just had the most whacked-out dream." She said, accepting the glass of juice that Pepper offered.

'What kind of dream?" Pepper asked, watching as Maddie disinterestedly swirled the drink around her glass. 'I was in this really, this really cold place. I mean, it was snowing and my breath was clouding up, but I couldn't feel it." She said, finally taking a half-hearted sip. "And then, this English guy just… appeared out of nowhere." Both of her parents looked up, concerned, when she mentioned someone English. "You mean Thor?" Tony said, putting down the finance section. "No, he had black hair, emerald eyes; he was wearing black leather…" Tony's eyes flashed like he had just had a revelation. "Did he have a scepter? A gold one with two blades and a glowing blue thing at the end?" "Yeah, actually."

"Maddie, you're bleeding." Pepper interrupted. She grabbed Maddie's arm. "Yeah, the guy kinda nicked me, but I didn't think anything of it." Tony took Maddie's other arm. "Did he take any?" "What?" "Did he take any blood?" "Just a couple of drops, but he-"He got up. "I'm gonna call Banner and Capsicle. Maybe Hawkeye and Natasha, too. This is really serious. Is this the first time you've had this dream?" He said urgently. "Yeah." "Did he mention anything about me or the Avengers?" "Yeah, he said that he had a grudge against you." "Did he say anything about seeing you again?" "No, but he said that we would become fast friends and that "all would be discovered in time"." That silenced Tony and Pepper.

LATER

"Mom, Dad, I'm heading to practice! Have fun with your Avengers friends!" Maddie called, her sport bag over her shoulder. Today it was packed with her track uniform, running shoes, and water bottle, along with her cab pass. "And I'll be home a little later; the team and I have a surprise for coach Hiddleston's birthday!"

"Have fun, honey! No trips to the emergency room!" Pepper yelled from the rec room. "Don't worry, Mom. I have my wrap!" Maddie rode the elevator down to street level and exited Stark tower. She flagged down a taxi and climbed in. "52nd. First and A, please." The driver took off.

"Randolph High?" He said. He had a thick Jersey accent. "Yeah." "Lemme guess. Sports practice." "Yeah, track." "Oh, my niece is a cheerleader there." "Oh." Maddie wasn't sure where to take the conversation, finding the hustle and bustle of Manhattan more interesting.

They arrived at the high school, finding a cluster of boys and girls around Maddie's age standing around. Maddie swiped her pass and exited the cab. She quickly swept her long red bush into a ponytail and went into the locker room. She changed and came out into the crowd. As she chatted with her friends, she caught a glimpse of a man staring across the street. He didn't stick out, except for the fact that he seemed to be staring right at her. He was wearing a dark green button down shirt and black jeans. He had onyx hair down to just above his shoulders, and his emerald eyes were piercing.

"Ok, team." She heard Coach Hiddleston say. She turned back, and the man was gone. "Warm up, guys!" coach Hiddleston said, then turned to his clipboard. Maddie did some calf stretches, and then ran in place for a minute. Then she sidled up to her coach.

"Coach Hiddleston?" She asked anxiously.

"Yes, Maddie?" He said, turning to face her. "I think that someone's following me." She confessed. He looked at her seriously. "Do you think that they're deliberately following you, or could it be coincidence?" he glanced around above her head, his eyes locking on the man across the road. "I think he's following me. He was walking alongside the road beside my cab, and he was just across the street when you told us to warm up." Suddenly Coach Hiddleston's hand grasped her shoulder. "Is he wearing a green shirt and black jeans?" "Yes, coach." "Does he have black hair to just above his shoulders and green eyes?" "Yeah." "Then he's still there."

AT STARK TOWER

"All will be discovered in time… All will be discovered in time… What could that mean?" Steve Rogers muttered to himself.

"Judging on Madalyn's past, it could mean any number of things." Bruce Banner observed.

"Loki has expressed interest in young Madalyn before now." Thor said.

"What kind of interest?" Natasha said eerily. "An interest to know one of his victims better. I doubt that his intentions are pure."

"Damn right they're not pure." Tony said, pacing the rec room. "And if he thinks that he's even going to get close to my daughter…" He growled.

"I'm sure that Maddie's perfectly safe at track, Tony." Pepper said. Then JARVIS spoke up.

"Sir, Agents Hill and Fury are requesting entrance." "Let 'em in, JARVIS." A few moments later, Agents Maria Hill and Director Nick Fury came striding into the rec room. Fury spoke first.

"Stark, why in the hell would you let your already exposed daughter out alone when a mass murderer is after her?! Thanks to the chip you guys implanted-"

"You CHIPPED Maddie?!" Hawkeye yelped. "Thanks to the CHIP you guys implanted, she's now trackable by Loki and anyone who wants to get their hand on her. Pepper, what was one of the first things you taught her about safety?"

"A… a billionaire's daughter can be an important bargaining chip." Pepper said quietly.

"Exactly. And the daughter of an Avenger who is a billionaire and the CEO of a very large company could be useful to anyone, not just Loki." Hill said.

"JARVIS, track Madalyn!" Tony barked.

"Yes, sir." The assistant replied. "Sir, Madalyn is currently running in circles around the Phillip A. Randolph High School track course. I'm feeling proud to say that she's far ahead of her teammates." Everyone smiled.

"Young Madalyn is one of the fittest young women I know. She could outrun even the fastest on Asgard. Including Loki." He added defiantly.

"But she can't defend herself against sorcery, Thor. Even if she could, she's no match for him physically, either." Hawkeye said, weighing her chances.

(A/N: Please review! This is my first story and I would like to know if anyone is OOC.)