Chapter 1 – What just happened?

Once the portal was closed, Loki walked to his father, wanting him to reconsider Thor's banishment.

"Father..." Loki started but was soon silenced by Odin.

"Heuggghh!" Odin shouted, pointing at Loki. "Do not bother Loki; your brother must now live with his fate!" He took his staff, and walked down towards the entrance. However, at reaching the entrance, he suddenly collapsed.

"Father!" Loki ran to him.

"Odin!" Eris joined him, helping him to get Odin to his feet. "We must bring him to the palace." With Loki's nod, she walked away with him, both of them carrying Odin. Once they had taken him to his room, after a visit to the healers, both Loki and Eris stayed with Frigga, by now it had been hours, and Loki remained stood a little away from the bed watching the two women, as Frigga sat with Eris, and she wiped her occasional tears.

"He will be alright my Lady." Eris promised her.

"I hope you are right Eris." Frigga whispered, resting into her daughter-in-law and gently taking her hand. "I've lost one of my sons, my husband is in a deep sleep once more, and you and Loki are all I have right now." She told them, mournfully.

"And me and Loki will be here for a long time, won't we my love?" Eris asked, looking at her husband.

Loki looked at them, and nodded. "Of course we will be."

Frigga looked between them and smiled. "Go and have some fun you two, come back in the morning."

Eris looked at the Queen, before she walked to Loki, bowing to the queen in her usual Tartian fashion, and then taking Loki's hand and leaving with him.

Days passed, and Odin remained in his deep sleep, Frigga keeping her permanent space at his beside, holding his hand which was closer to where she was sitting. At this moment, Loki was lying in bed, the blanket exposing his toned chest, as he watched wife get dressed, though he didn't seem to be paying attention to anything.

"Loki, can you help me to fasten this?" She walked to him, and when he snapped out of it, and took the ties in his hands, she moved her hair out of the way. Loki tied it as securely as possible, being careful not to injure her small frame, though he smirked evilly and moved a hand down her skin whenever he could, causing her to shiver.

"What's the matter?" She asked, as she turned to face him once her clothes were tied.

"I'm worried about my father." He told her, and if she wasn't his wife, then she would have believed his lie.

"That's a poor lie, even for you." Eris commented, moving to sit on the edge of the bed. "Now really, what's the matter?"

Loki sighed. "Now that my father is ill, and my brother is banished, I'm worried that I will be made king."

"Well, that's good isn't it?" She raised an eyebrow.

"I've never wanted to be king, which was always my brother's duty, I won't be any good at it."

"Loki, you're worrying about nothing, yes you might end up becoming king, but you will learn on the job, it's a learning curve." She gently moved a hand down one side of his face. "And I'll be there for you, every step of the way."

"Do you promise me that my love?" He asked her, taking both of her hands in his, their eyes meeting.

As she was about to reply, the door burst open, so her reply was completely different to what she originally wanted. "Someone had better be dying!" She told the person who walked in, seeing that it was Volstagg. "Oh, hello Volstagg."

Volstagg bowed. "Forgive this intrusion, but I have a message for Eris, from Lady Sif."

"What is it?"

"She sent me to tell you that she is going to be a few minutes late to training today, so don't worry, she will be turning up."

Eris nodded. "Alright, now can you please leave? We were having a moment."

"Oh, of course." He bowed, and left, as the door closed Eris looked back at Loki. "A prince and captain of the guard, what do you expect?" She asked him playfully, causing him to smirk.

"Now, where were we?" She asked, lacing her hands with his once more, her hazel eyes meeting his.

Loki let their eyes meet, and he looked at their hands. "Do you promise me that you will be there every step of the way?"

Eris looked at him, before she moved one of her hands down one side of his face. "Loki, I promise you as your wife, your guard, and your friend as well as everything that I am, I promise to stand by you, no matter what happens."

Loki smiled, noticing that she moved closer to him, so by the time she had finished her lips were almost on his. "I love you so much." As she was about to reply, he kissed her, deeply and injecting passion into it.

Eris kept the kiss, moving a hand to tangle in his long dark hair. "I love you." She told him, crushing her lips to his once more before she pulled away and stood up, causing Loki to groan at the broken kiss.

"I have to go and meet Sif, and you need to go and see your mother." She reminded him, picking up her holster for her swords, and fastening it so it fell on her slim hips.

He sighed. "Fine." Whilst she was fastening her holster, he got out of bed, paying no mind to being fully naked as he walked to his wardrobe and pulled out his usual black, green and gold attire before getting dressed making sure to make extremely slow and do it so that she could see exactly what he was doing.

"I hate you." She told him as she slid her swords into their holders.

"Hate is a strong emotion, love." Loki pointed out.

"I know, and I really hate you." She smiled playfully, before she pressed a quick and chaste kiss to his lips and left.

Later on that day, Eris and Sif were sitting on a patch of grass in the courtyard, relaxing after their training.

"So, how are things with you and Loki?" Sif asked as a way of making some form of conversation.

"Things are going fine." Eris smiled. "In fact, we have agreed to try for another baby."

"Oh Valhalla, really?" She asked excitedly, as she hugged her best friend. "Eris, that is wonderful."

Eris laughed and hugged her back. "I know it is."

"Eris are you alright, you feel a bit cold?" Sif suddenly asked as she let go of her.

"I'm fine for now Sif, don't worry so much."

Sif smiled exasperatedly at her best friend, before she lay back on the ground with her, Eris had closed her eyes and surrendered herself to relaxing completely, allowing herself to daydream. Sif took one looked at how relaxed Eris had become, and she smiled to herself, before she watched the clouds in the ever bright sky of an Asgardian afternoon.

They were only able to properly relax, for a short time, before the sound of metal boots came towards them, and they both looked around as swords were suddenly pointed at them.

"What did I miss?" Eris asked as she looked at Sif, then the swords which surrounded them, before she reached out and touched a blade.

"I have no idea." Sif shrugged, also looking at the swords, and then she looked at the guards. "What is the meaning of this?"

"By order of the King, you are both sentenced to death, for treason." One of the guards ordered. "Now stand up!"

Eris raised an eyebrow. "We can't exactly move whilst there is a sword pointed at us." She reminded them, and when the swords were moved, she stood up along with Sif. Now that they were stood, the two warriors were able to see the courtyard was now covered in dead bodies, and out of the mass of bodies, they could make out their friends. Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Thor, Loki, Frigga and Odin even the midguardians were dead, with Darcy and Eric slain at the entrance to the courtyard, Jane had died in Thor's arms. Eris looked over at Sif, who had silent tears falling down their cheeks, as she took in the carnage that had occurred. However, Eris shed no tears, instead she ghosted through the guards that still surrounded them, and she ran to her husband's side, gently shaking him, though the coldness of his skin shocked her.

"Loki, come on my love, wake up!" She told him as she shook him, though at a scream she turned around and saw the guards all take turns in plunging swords into Lady Sif. "No, stop, what are you doing?"

Sif looked up at her friend through the mass of bodies, before she watched the guards leave and Eris ran to her, kneeling beside her. "Don't worry Eris, I'll find them on the other side."

"I don't worry about that, you're strong enough to find the Halls of our Lords, I just don't want you to feel pain."

"It's inevitable." She told her, entwining their hands. "Look after you Eris, live for us, for all of us." She whispered.

"I promise you Sif, I will." She whispered, and as she watched Sif's eyes close, she then let her tears fall. "Sif! No Sif, come back! Please come back." She sobbed, holding her friend close to her in an awkward looking hug.

"Eris, wake up!"

Eris suddenly jumped awake at Sif shaking her as she shouted her name. "Did I fall asleep?"

"Yes, you did." Sif told her. "That and you were tossing and turning, I've been trying to wake you up for ages."

"Oh, I'm sorry." She laughed. "Apart from tossing and turning, why else were you trying to wake me up?"

"I had to wake you up, because one of the guards come and told me that the Queen and Loki have asked for you to join them in the royal bedroom."

"Oh..." She sighed and stood, stretching when she was fully on her feet, before she fixed her armour and her hair.

Sif stayed sat on the ground watching Eris, and she smiled slightly as she watched her friend, though she analysed how different there two armours were. Eris' armour consisted of a green leathered skirt which ended just above her knee, and a cropped green bikini top. Her golden armour, covered most of the skirt and the top, leaving her stomach and back bare. Though she wore golden armoured cuffs up to just below her elbows, and her golden shoes made her pale skin glisten as they ended half way up the bottom of her leg. This was the normality for Tartian armour, and Loki had insisted that Eris' armour didn't change, and now Sif could see why it was quite revealing in some cases, though Sif was amused at the thought that Eris was able to actually move in it. When Sif glanced at the armour that she wore, which consisted of burgundy and black top and pants, and silver body armour which covered all of her back and chest, as well as most of her legs, she couldn't help but smirk. Hers was tight, and did show off the sort of body that she had, but not as much as Eris' did. However, she didn't feel any negative emotions towards her, because she knew that Eris didn't really get a choice, have very little armour made her less heavy so she was able to do more tricks with her swords and powers. She was left contemplating it, as Eris bid her goodbye, and left her to her thoughts.