So as I was writing my other Loki story I had an idea for a young Loki story, one that explained how he got so mischievous and crafty. So here it is, more of a fun sort of story rather than a deep romance type. Hope you enjoy.
It was a cold morning Loki and Thor were being led towards one of the dining rooms by their mother; she had gotten them out of bed early in order to show them something she hoped that they would like, she'd gotten one for each of them.
Growing up in a palace as princes was fun, for the most part, but of course there was rivalry, which made it hard for one prince to play with the other as merely children, because there was always someone watching. Thor got along with Loki well enough and vice versa but their mother wished she could see them smiling as brightly as the children she saw outside the palace.
"Mother, what are you giving us?" Thor asked with a grin on his face. His arrogance already seemed to be growing, even as young as he was, they both looked to be only about eight or nine, and already the weight on the throne was bearing down on them. That was something that their mother did not want, could they not be kids for a little bit longer?
"You will see," she said with a smile.
Finally they came to where their mother had been leading them, a more secluded area of the castle, she opened the doors to a small dining table where two kids were seated, eating slowly. Upon their arrival both of the children stopped what they were doing and got off the table, bowing lowly to Thor, Loki, and their mother.
"That is fine," she told them gently.
The children raised their heads; you could now see them pretty clearly.
"I've gotten playmates for you," she said excitedly with a giggle.
Loki and Thor looked over to the other two children, one of them was a boy, and the other a girl, both looked to be of a different place.
The boy had shining silver hair and eyes that seemed as black as night, standing about as tall as Thor, with a proud, but obedient stance. The clothes he worse were strange to the two young princes, it was nothing that they would ever consider wearing, upon closer inspection they could see silver scales dotting across the boy's skin in a few places. It also seemed that his teeth were different from the others, sharp like a dragons, he could probably eat pretty much anything.
"Thor you can have Idin," their mother said pointing towards the boy. "Loki you have Pari," she said looking over at the girl happily.
Loki looked at Pari now; she was shorter, and obviously younger than Loki, though the look in her eyes showed knowledge beyond her years. Her hair seemed as if a fire was living within it, red, yellow, and orange, mixed together like a true fire, it seemed to move as if it were flames dancing in the air. She had eyes to match the wild hair on her head, deep red, with flecks of gold that shined in the light; she too wore something that the princes would not even consider clothing. A dress made of fallen leaves of the brightest color; she looked at them like a cat might look at its master, respectful, but barely.
The way she looked at them suggested that she had been taken against her will, or perhaps abandoned and picked up out of pity, which is exactly what the Queen had done, but there was something else in her eyes that Loki looked at hesitantly. They seemed to glimmer with a slight bit of mischief, as if she had plans for something; she gave him a small smirk for a second before it vanished from her face.
"I have other business to attend to, get your friends some new clothes and have some fun today," she said before walking away with a smile.
Walking up to their new playmates cautiously, Thor was the first to say anything.
"Hi my name's Thor, this is my brother Loki, some day I'm going to be king," he said to both of the other kids. "We will be good friends Idin," he patting the boy on the back.
"If that is what you wish," Idin said in a smooth voice. The boy was definitely not of Asgard, the way he spoke and look suggested so very strongly, when he spoke it sounded as if there was a gentle breeze in the room. He seemed to be well behaved, something that Thor liked, but wished to break him of soon.
"Of course," Thor said excited. He then told Idin to follow him as he ran out of the room excited; he had to get the boy some proper clothing.
This left Pari and Loki alone in the room.
"My name is Loki," Loki said trying to mimic Thor as he had been successful it seemed.
"I know," Pari said looking at him calmly. Unlike Idin's voice hers sounded breathless and warm, in fact when he got nearer to her the air did seem to be a bit more welcoming and warm compared to the rest of the room, as if she were emitting her own heat.
"Follow me, you need new clothes," Loki said trying to sound like he was in charge. In all truth he didn't know what to say to the girl, he'd only ever had his brother as company, and Thor always did most of the talking, he didn't know how to speak to strangers much.
"But I like my clothes," she said getting defensive suddenly.
"You need new clothes," Loki said again. Had she not heard him? When he spoke usually people did what he said, he was a prince after all.
The girl looked at him slightly disappointed, but he didn't know why. She looked away from him with defiance.
"Pari, you will come with me," he said angrily, demanding that she follow him. With a small laugh Pari turned back to him with a smile, her hair seemed to jump with new energy.
"That sounded good, you will need that anger later in life if you want to go far," she said, her eyes lighting up with energy. "I will follow, little king," she said giving him a small bow. She understood her position, she was just a companion for the prince, nothing more than a stolen relic from her homeland, but son something be stolen if it was cast out?
It didn't matter to her, if she was chosen to be the friend of a prince the least she could do was have fun, and possible help him develop some skills that he would need as a king, for Pari had knowledge beyond her years. Her brother had been in the same predicament before.
Loki looked at the girl with a bit of surprise, had she just called him little king? That meant that she knew of the situation between him and Thor. Feeling a bit of pride seep into him he smiled triumphantly, being called a king was something that he liked; perhaps this girl would be okay as a companion.
Leading them down the hallway Loki caught sight of Thor, who seemed quite content to show Idin how great he was at fighting, though he was just a child bearing the name prince Idin seemed happy to praise him. Would Pari do the same for Loki? That was something Loki was wondering.
"She needs new clothes," Loki said showing Pari to one of the servants. The women took a questioning glance at Pari before looking back at Loki and bowing, taking Pari into the room and getting her some new clothes.
When Pari came out she was wearing a silky yellow dress instead of the leaves that he had met her in, now she looked like a proper Asgardian child.
"So are we going to play?" She questioned with a blank stare.
"Well-," Loki started to say something before she interrupted him.
"I know a game we can play," she said grabbing him by the hand and pulling him after her. They went to one of the many libraries that were located in the palace, Loki had to tell her which room was which, but they got there, hiding from guards all along the way. Loki tried to explain that they didn't have to hide from them, that he was allowed to walk around freely, but Pari insisted upon the hiding, she said it was more fun that way.
It was fun, by the time they got to the library Loki and Pari were already laughing together, there was something about her having fun that was contagious to him, and he didn't think that the girl was going to be any fun at all, but he was wrong. Even though they had just met it was like they had been friends for a long time.
"Okay, I used to play this game with my brother, I'll hide, and you try to find me," she said with a smile. Loki nodded, it sounded easy enough. "Close your eyes and count to twenty," she put her warm hands over his eyes gently.
Loki smiled, this would be easy. When he finished counting it took him about five minutes to find her, with a laugh she explained that he'd walked past her a few times. At first he was angry that she'd laugh at him, but she patted him on the shoulder and said that it had taken her brother an hour once, and he felt better after that. Now it was his turn to hide, so Pari counted as Loki ran to hide behind a couch that was a little ways away from the wall, when he heard that she was done counting he held his breath to be as quiet as he could.
"Found you," Pari said looking behind to couch with a smile and a laugh. He frowned at her unhappily.
"You cheated didn't you?" He accused. Since he was a prince most of the time whoever he played with let him win, so he wasn't used to losing, his mother had spoiled him.
"Maybe if you didn't breathe so loud I wouldn't have found you," she laughed poking him in the stomach playfully.
"I want to hide again," he stated looking at her sternly.
"Go ahead," she smiled at him. She was actually having fun, the house she grew up in was all about rules and training, with this little king she could just have fun.
So they played this strange game of hiding and finding for the rest of the day, you know how kids are, they never seem to tire of something that's fun, so why should this be any different. At one point during their game Pari and Loki crashed into a pile of books, knocking them over Loki was surprised when she said to just leave them there and not tell anyone. Pari acted way differently then he would ever dare to, and he liked it.
"Mother," Loki called out to his mom from down the hallway. His mom turned around and smile when he saw the two of them walking together, but Loki was the only one who seemed keen on running up to her quickly.
"Loki, how is Pari, are you satisfied with her?" She questioned with a soft voice. Loki nodded to which his mother smiled at him, Idin was great for Thor and Pari great for Loki, she'd made good decisions.
"Where does Pari sleep?" He asked looking back at Pari with a nod.
"Well she has a room right across from you, of course," she said patting him on the head.
"Thank you mother," he said before taking Pari's hand and running off towards his room and hers.
First Loki took Parito his room, to show her where he lived, he wanted to impress her mostly, but that seemed almost impossible, the girl looked at everything like she'd seen it a million times before. Loki didn't care, she had her own way of doing things, and she wasn't afraid of him being a prince, and he liked that about her.
"I like you Little King,I think we'll be great friends," Pari said with a cheerful grin. Loki grinned as well, nodding in agreement he showed her the outside of his room, a balcony overlooking the rest of Asgard. Pari looked across everything in shock.
"Do you like it here?" He asked her cautiously.
"Only because I have a friend," she said happily. They looked out around them a little longer before Pari went to her room, right away she came back and told him that it looked awesome, then she went back and fell asleep.
Meanwhile Loki sat in his room thinking about his new friend, she was definitely fun to be with, faintly he wondered what Thor's friend was like, certainly not as good as Pari.
I had already written this one while I was writing my other story, so it's been hiding in my saved documents for a week or so, tell me what you think please! Review box and such.