(a/n: enjoy. review. Takes place after Thor but before Avengers. AU.)
Ch. 1: Catch a Falling Star
It was a cold evening in the South Pole.
The sun was slowly sinking beyond the horizon, what little warmth the day had brought was fading quickly.
The wind had brought a chill that dropped the temperature even further. The people of the southern water tribe had already moved indoors to escape the cold, except for a small group of people who were on their way back to the village from fishing.
By the time they had reached the village, the sun had almost vanished behind the horizon.
The sky was a deep orange and thick black clouds began drifting in.
When Tonraq arrived home, he found his wife Senna, outside of their igloo, cradling their newborn daughter.
Senna smiled at her husband "she finally got to sleep"
"that's good" said Tonraq, smiling a little.
It had been a month since their daughter, Korra, had been born and she had been keeping them up for hours but now that she was asleep, they could actually sleep again.
Tonraq asked his wife "What are you doing outside? Its freezing"
"I know" said Senna "But Korra finally stopped crying when we came out here, probably wanted to get out of the house for a little".
Tonraq glanced over to the sun as it finally disappeared over the horizon
"We better go inside" said Tonraq "Its going to be freezing"
"Right" said Senna as they retreated into warmth of the igloo.
They ate a warm dinner and slept peacefully.
Then suddenly there was a loud boom that shook them all awake
"What was that?" whispered Senna
Tonraq got up, pulling on his coat "I don't know but I'm going to find out" he glanced to Senna "Stay here and watch out for Korra" Senna nodded and she scooped up her crying daughter and began to rock her back and forth, trying to get her to calm down.
Tonraq stepped outside, he saw that a dozen other men were leaving their homes as well, some carried lanterns, others spears.
He saw that it was still night, the sky was pitch black, completely covered with clouds.
But Tonraq also noticed that there was a thin streak of smoke above the village that lead away from the village and ended somewhere a mile away.
Tonraq approached the group of men that gathered at the edge of the village,
Tonraq asked one of the men "What is it?"
the man just shrugged "Don't know, whatever it was, it just fell from the sky and crashed over there, just over the hill" he pointed towards a large hill of ice that was a few miles away from the village.
The leader of the village cut in "Whatever it is, we better investigate"
everyone the group, Tonraq included, had a chill run down their spines, not from the cold but from something else.
Something about the thing that crashed made them uneasy but despite the cold feeling the group had, they departed the village to investigate what had crashed.
He awoke to a world of pain.
He coughed up some blood and spit, his skin screamed with agony from the burns and slashes that ran deep into his body.
He raised his hand to the black sky as if he was reaching out for somebody's hand but he stopped and saw that his hand was covered in blood and cuts.
He tried to sit up but a sharp pain in his side made him hiss and fall back onto the icy ground.
He laid there in the cold snow, letting the icy wind numb his sore body. His green eyes glanced around for the cube.
He had it but now his hand was empty.
Must have dropped it, he thought.
There were some hushed voices and he saw some soft lantern light coming down the side of the hill a few yards away, he gripped his weapon tightly in his sore hand.
He didn't have the strength to fight but he had the energy to make one last ditch effort to heal himself.
He felt the store of energy he siphoned from the cube in the scepter. It should be enough, he thought.
He drew on just a little of the energy, carefully trying not to draw too much, if he did he might explode or worse due to the unforeseeable effects of the cube's energy.
He felt his body being repaired, the burns vanished and the slash in side was sealed up, the blood on his hands vanished. Even the snow around him was clean of his blood, as if he hadn't been there.
He sighed feeling much better, but something felt wrong.
His clothes felt loose and his mind was beginning to slip away, like his memories and conscious thoughts were being erased.
Loki muttered a curse, it was the unpredictable nature of the cube he should have foresaw this.
He began to claw around for his scepter but his arms became small and chubby "What the-" he breathed but suddenly the rest of his sentence died in his throat.
He felt his teeth vanish and he instantly forgot to speak, the last thoughts of Loki Odenson were "What the hell is going on?" then he faded into the deepest recesses of his own mind.
The group of men from the village slowly made their way down the side of the massive ice covered hill and they continued on till they reached a large crater in the ground.
It was wide, deep and the snow was blackened from the burn of the impact.
In the center was pile of green cloth like mater and an odd golden scepter.
Most of the men were focused on the scepter but Tonraq was focused on the pile of cloth. He carefully climbed down into the crater with a lantern, he went over to the pile of cloth and he realized that it was a blanket.
He pulled aside some of the wrappings and his heart stopped "What is it?" called the Village leader
"It's a baby" he called back.
Wrapped up in the thick green blanket was a small, pale baby.
The baby was soundly asleep, Tonraq carefully scooped up the baby and picked up the scepter.
He tossed the scepter over to the leader of the village and he climbed out of the crater. The group studied the scepter, it was long, made of a golden alloy and it was slightly curved.
At the end was a short blade and embedded into the scepter's tip, beneath the blade, was a glittering blue jewel
"This is strange" murmured the village leader
"Who would leave a baby and that thing in a crater?" said one of the men "I don't know" said the village leader.
Tonraq spoke up "The question what crashed and made that thing" he jabbed a thumb at the crater
"I doubt it was the kid" said the village leader nodding to the baby in Tonraq's arms
"I don't know" said one of the men "This sounds weird" "Yeah, lets just go back to the village" said another
"What about the child?" said the village leader
"I'll take him" said Tonraq. The village leader raised an eyebrow "are you sure?"
"Yes" said Tonraq "I'm sure Senna would understand
" "Ok then" said the leader "the child is you're responsibility" Tonraq nodded "Fine".
On the walk back to the village, the village leader asked Tonraq "What will you call him?"
He looked down at the sleeping child in his arms "I think I'll call him, Silas" said Tonraq, the baby stirred a little but didn't wake
"That's a fine name for a boy" complimented the village leader.
When they got back to the village, Tonraq was given the scepter and was wished good luck on Tonraq.
He stopped outside his home, he gripped the scepter tightly and he said in a hushed voice "Alright Silas, time to meet you're new family" he walked in to the house and introduced the new addition to their family.
Miles away, in the icy Arctic sea, a luminous cube slowly drifted to the cold ocean bottom.
Its bright blue light grew dimmer and dimmer as it sank.
Then it landed softly on the ocean floor, nestled among a coral reef it bright glow now faint, it started its long wait for it to be found again.
End of chapter.
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