Hi *waves*, it's me the Ghost. So this is kind of a new story. My inspiration for this was the first story I wrote about Cara and Loki in Swedish, with a lot of changes. It's also the story about how Cara and Loki meet the first time, so the story before "You aren't alone", and a part of "To us, the world is different". I also want to inform anyone who read the Mystic Messenger story, that I removed it because I had so little inspiration and it bothered me that I couldn't write it. I have it all saved and I will try to get back to it!

And as always I have to inform you that English isn't my first language, so I apologise for the grammatical misstakes, just as the spelling misstakes.

I can inform you right away that this is going to be a slow update, I will focus on the other stories first, but I still wished to post this. However you have been warned! But because I like you, I will give you three chapters right at the start, just don't expect that!

The story will follow the movie in some aspects, so all this is before the movie starts. You will notice when the movie parts get there. I have change the characters a lot, just be prepared.

The men chasing Cara are from different worlds she has visited already, and I haven't written those stories, so no need to look for them, not even sure I will ever do that. But whenever I reference to something, I will make it possible to read this without reading any other story.

Severus, Rodolphus, Rabastian and Malfoy is from Harry Potter, Fai from Tsubasa and Darken Rahl from Sword of Truth.

I try to have Loki more arrogant in this story, this is before everything with Thanos, Fandral and NY, so he knows stuff, not any of those things.

Also apologising for the first chapters being this short, but well it always get longer further into the story.

So with all this out of the way, I think you are free to start reading!

Enjoy!

Loki walked behind his brother, more or less being forced to, due to the large amount of people who wanted to great Thor, and congratulate him on his latest victory. Loki didn't get as much as a look from anyone, despite him being there as well. This wasn't anything unusual, and he had gotten used to it, many years ago, unwillingly so, but still used to it. Thor told the story of how he, the warriors three and Sif killed the beast, once again forgotten Loki. Loki had gotten used to this as well, why would Thor acknowledge him if no one else did. He was aware that he couldn't blame his brother too much for this, no one wanted to hear about him, so after a few years, Thor stopped talking about his parts. It happened that his brother praised him when they were alone, and sometimes Loki admit to himself that he longed for those moments. However; in this second Loki looked as the crowd got larger, and the ones accompany them, or rather Thor, since he was the one who was important, forgot about him, Loki did as often, he disappeared into the shadows, and the loneliness.

Loki hadn't a set destination in his mind, no he rather walked in the shadows, away from everyone's judging and hating eyes. But as so many times before, Loki ended up in the less fancy parts of Asgard. The part his father often pretended didn't existed, as long nothing got too much out of hand, people could act as they sought fine. Loki had started to feel more at home here, at least people didn't look at him in the same way. He was still an outcast here, but it was because he lived in the palace, not because he wasn't the golden prince. But here it didn't bother him, he would gladly be an outcast to this people, knowing he was better than them all, and never wanting to be on their level. However; he sought there non hatful and judging eyes. Loki turned towards a bar he visited from time to time, cutting through an alley, and it wasn't until a knife flew towards him, he understood that he stumbled up on something.
"Come on princess, just give up and come with us" a man grinned towards a woman. Loki's eyes felled up on her. She had blond hair, pale skin, and she wore a simple dress made for fighting, but despite its simplicity it made her look like a queen.
"Return home Rodolphus and take the others with you" she answered, and the coldness in her voice almost made Loki shiver, and in that second he understood that she was more dangerous than the men surrounding her.
"Or what? It's not like your father protects you anymore" the man, who's name was Rodolphus stated.
"As he has ever done that" the woman snorted, before two larger knifes appeared in her hands and she sprang into action. Loki followed her movements, feeling as she was dancing with ease between the men, who was ridicules slow compared to her. She avoided their attacks, even when they to his surprise started using magic. And as they did the woman dropped the knifes, and for a second Loki wondered if the woman was giving up, something he saw unlikely, despite not knowing her. But soon her magic was mixing with the others, and he saw how they used wands to encourage their magic, while her magic left her hands.

Loki leaned against the wall, just watching it all, as the woman brought them down one by one, and Loki saw that she was on her way to winning, when someone appeared above her, as they appeared from thin air, resulting in the man landing behind her, grabbing her by her throat.
"We need her alive Rabastan" Rodolphus stated as the woman gave him a cold look. "It's a shame that Malfoy's getting her"
The tall man let his hands wonder to her hair, before he smelled it.
"You aren't man enough to handle me" the woman's voice was steady, almost challenging, to Loki's surprise.
"And Malfoy are?" Rodolphus asked, only getting a snort as an answer. "Maybe I should show you what a real man feels like, especially compared to your last one"
Those words made the woman laugh as well as she could, with the other man's hand around her neck.
"Men" was all she stated and Loki was fascinated over how calmly she handled it. No screaming, no fighting, nothing, all she did was smile a cold smile as the other man stepped closer. It was clear that the men thought they had all the control, but it was far from the truth. As the man was close enough to touch her, the woman pushed herself off the ground, resulting in the man standing behind her falling backwords. It didn't take long before she had kicked Rodolphus to the ground, and she jumped over the one who had hold her, and her knowledge with knifes was on a level Loki rarely saw. Rodolphus rose to his feet, on his way to rush towards her when Loki decided to act. He couldn't tell why he did it, normally not being the heroic type. He closed the gap between himself and the other man, he placed his knife at the man's side, and as he pressed it upwards it soon made contact with his heart, ending the man's life with every heartbeat he took. Loki felt how the blood soon dripped from his fingers as the man he had killed felled to the ground. He barely had time to raise his knife once more, to meet the woman's knife.

As she stood in front of him, he could tell that she was almost as tall as him, if not as tall as him. He met her blue eyes, and he saw a coldness in them, that he had never seen before. Loki was unsure for how long they stood there, it could be seconds, minutes, hours. He felt like her eyes was almost enchanting him, create an illusion of him drowning in a sea. Slowly she lowered her knife, and he followed.
"Thank you" she gave him a small smile, but the most genuine smile, that wasn't from his mother or brother, in a long time. He answered her with a nod, feeling that words wouldn't contribute in anyway. The woman looked at the dead men around her, before she sighed and closed her eyes for a second. "I need a drink, can I offer you one?"
Loki's eyes turned from the dead men, back to the blue eyes, taken by more surprise then he lead on. He couldn't remember the last time a stranger offered him a drink, it was something that only happened to Thor and his friends. But maybe she didn't know who he was, though it was unlikely. Even the lower class people know who he was, everyone know, even if they despised him. But her actions made him think otherwise, and if that was the case, maybe he for once could have a pleasant encounter.
"That would be acceptable" he answered, making the woman raise her eyebrow before she turned around pulling up her hood, and walking into the shadows.

She had brought him to a tavern he rarely visited, but she seemed to be somewhat familiar with it. She was sitting opposite of him, drinking something Loki wasn't familiar with, and she hadn't said a word since she ordered. He hadn't tried to spike a conversation, but he admitted he was curious about her. He took another sip from his drink before his eyes fell up on her once more.
"Your spells were unfamiliar to me, where did you learn them?" Loki finally asked and she met his eyes.
"I am almost surprised you didn't ask something sooner, most would have done so already" she answered at first, before she let her hood fell off, and Loki could once more see her features. She was calm, he saw no trace of judging him, something that was unusual to him, she even offered him another small smile. Despite that he was meeting her eyes once more, and that he could read small sign from her features, he had a hard time finding a conclusion of her. Studying her, gave him almost nothing, as he was looking at a blank sheet of a book. He tried his best to hide his thoughts and rejections, unaware of how the woman would react. Loki was confident that he would without a strain beat her, if the situation would turn hostile. However; he could see how things would be destroyed in the process and not please his father, so Loki would try to avoid it. Before she answered, she took another sip from her drink.
"I don't think you are familiar with any of the people who thought me"
"How can you be sure?" Loki meet few other magician, especially at his age. However; as a child his mother had made sure he met some to help him master magic better, but as an adult, he met few. Few of them sought their way to Asgard, and he sought few of them, knowing they wouldn't be able to teach him something new. Though that didn't mean that he didn't know them by name. However; the woman in front of him, had used spells he had no knowledge off.
"I can be far from sure, there by the use of think" her eyes wondered over the room, almost as she was searching for someone. "I doubt names as; Severus, Darken Rahl or Fai, as examples, would be names you are familiar with"
Loki hated to admit, but she was right, it was names he wasn't familiar with. The woman didn't seem to wait for an answer, as she already knew what he would say.
"From which realms do the come from?"
"Besides earth, realms you most likely don't know off" Loki could have heard those words as a taunt if they were from someone else, but the woman used a gentle tone, as she wished it was places she could name for him.

"Who thought you to use magic?" Loki gave her almost a questioning look. "Only a magician would ask where you learned them. A none magician would more often ask if you can do something else, something common people would phrase as; cool"
"My mother thought me" Loki answered her, realising her reasoning was logical.
"It must have been lovely"
"Yours never did?" Loki asked after he had nodded as an answer. The moments with his mother, cuddled up in the library, reading or practising some spell, was some of his most loveable memories.
"She may have if she had been alive after my birth, but who knows" the woman didn't sound sad over the fact. Loki didn't feel sorry for her, but he wondered if losing your mother and not missing her, was of the normal standard. It was hard to miss something you never had, but seeing others with their mothers, felt like something that could affect you. Despite his father being alive, he all too often, especially in younger days, wished for him to spend some times with him, as he did with Thor. It may be a premature judgment for him to do, not knowing the woman and how the absent of her mother may have affected her.
"Your father thought you instead?" Loki asked, remembering the men mention her father. But as soon as he uttered those words, he knew it was the wrong thing to do. The woman in front of him become cold, and even harder to read, before a cold, low laugh escaped her lips.
"Maybe in a way he did" was all she said, and Loki was unsure of how to response to the answer, despite his speaking skills. Maybe it was due to the fact that she gave him no information to work with, or her reaction, but Loki decided stay quiet. He watched as the woman emptied her glass instead, before she covered herself with her hood once more. Loki wondered if his words offended her to the extent that she chose to leave. It wasn't something he wasn't used to, often intentionally driving the other person away, but at this moment, it wasn't what he wanted to do. They hadn't uttered many words, but she was one of the more interesting people he had met in a while. He wasn't sure of what he based that on, it could be that she knew magic, wasn't repulsed by him, as so many others seemed to be, or that he couldn't read her as an open book. But she did interest him, and he wished to talk further with her.
"I think they are looking for you, your highness" Loki followed her gaze to see his brother and his friend standing there. Loki looked back at the woman, who only gave him a small smile before she turned invisible. Her words surprised him, had she known who he was all the time, and still offered him a drink.

"Loki!" Thor's voice echoed through the room, and while the woman had been discrete, making both of them enter the room without anyone noticing them, except the barkeep. Thor was the opposite, resulting in everyone turning their eyes towards his brother, but also him. Loki almost cursed Thor on the spot, for ruining, what was for him a pleasant moment. Loki hadn't even received a name, and if he sought to find her once more, he would have very little to go on.
"We have been looking for you" Thor slapped his back, and despite Loki being used to his brothers way, it was more luck than skill that stopped him from spilling his drink.
"Now you found me" Loki was far from pleased by it, something his brother didn't picked up. Thor's friends seemed to share Loki's feelings, but for different reasons. Sif gave him cold glares when Thor was turned away from her, something that didn't bother Loki. He was used to her ways, just as the others. The only one of Thor's friends who seemed to be happy to see him was Fandral, and Loki was far from sure what to think about that, but as so many times before, he ignored the other man.
"You missed out on all the fun, little brother" Thor smiled as he pulled him to his feet, clearly not understanding that Loki would have preferred to stay, much more then re-join with the others, and return to the palace.
"I am sure it was a tragedy that I wasn't there" Loki sarcastically stated, something that so many times before went unnoticed by Thor, as he started talking about how the peoples love for them, and Loki resisted to correct his brother, and informing him that they only loved him, as they walked through the streets.

Loki wouldn't admit it, but he had been looking for the woman when he wondered off to the lesser parts, but he hadn't found her. The thought of her living somewhere else in the city, had crossed his mind, but searching the whole city wasn't something he was going to do. He could have asked Heimdall for help, but that wasn't something he was willing to do, knowing that the other man would inform his father, and when Heimdall did, it always seemed to represent itself in a way that angered his father. Therefore, Loki had chosen the most inconvenient way he could, to search for someone. Truth be told, he still hadn't figured out why he searched for her. Maybe it was because she had treated him differently, and he just sought for that one more time, or maybe it was because he hoped to know more about her. Despite the reason, he founded himself, once again looking for her discreetly, as he walked through the shadows.

Loki had after what felt like a longer day then it was, decided to head back to his chamber. He had managed to avoid his brother and his friends, along with most of the citizens in Asgard, earning himself a calm and peaceful day. As he walked out of the loud tavern, he glanced at the starts for a short second, and as so many late nights before, the feeling of loneliness hit him, as he didn't belong in Asgard. During the day he kept himself occupied, focusing on other things that could keep him wake late, hindering the nightmares and haunting thoughts form surfing, making him exhausted enough to fall asleep. But as he stepped outside, he realised he wasn't as tired as he had hoped for. However, he didn't wish for returning inside, or returning to his chambers, knowing that wouldn't help him keep his thoughts in check, and he decided to take a walk. To his delight the streets was nearly empty, except a few once who, as himself sought the comfort in the lonely night. Loki glanced at the palace, knowing that his brother and his friends attended to a banquet, one he had declined, something he didn't regretted. Loki turned right, heading towards one of Asgard's rivers.

Loki stopped when he noticed he wasn't alone, someone else had sought the company of the river. Normally this was something that would irritate him, but as he saw that it was the woman he clearly hadn't been seeking for, he was pleased. She was sitting at the river bank, legs and dress in the water, reading. Loki studied her, and it didn't seem as she had noticed him, and he couldn't resist, he felt the urge to play a prank on her. Confident in his stealth abilities, he made his way towards her. His plan was simple and if he was honest, juvenile, he wanted to give her a simple scare. He couldn't explain what it was that made him wish to do it, it could be that he simply wished for to see how she reacted, possible reveal something that could explain how she handled the man with such ease.

As he was about to place his hand on her shoulder, surprising her, she acted. Loki barely had time to react before she had grabbed his arm, swung around herself, swiping his feet out under him and pushing him into the river. It wasn't utterly deep, but enough to get him soaked, and when he got his head up over water, she was waiting for him, holding two knifes. He studied her, seeing that her eyes were red, instead of the blue she had last time, as he stood up, she seemed was on her guard for a second, before she blinked, her eyes got blue once more and she lowered her knifes. She didn't remove them, and he could tell that she was still studying him. Loki was unsure of what to say at first. He couldn't remember the last time anyone managed to do something similar to him.
"I apologise for frightening you, it wasn't my intention"
"If it hadn't been your intention, you wouldn't have tried to sneak up on me" she answered and Loki was surprised she saw through his lies.
"I admit you are right" he said as he walked towards her, the woman didn't answer, she only picked up her book and sat down once more. "May I sit next to you?"
Loki looked down at her, when he stood up on the grass once more, and had dried himself.
"I am sure I can't hinder you, since it's an public area" she stated and Loki was about to answer something when she offered him a smile, showing that she was joking, and he placed himself on the ground.

"Would it be considered rude of me to ask for your name?"
"I could almost state that it's rude that you haven't done so yet" she looked up from her book once more. "Cara"
"Cara, hm it's an unusual name"
"Here it maybe, where I am from, it's a bit more usual"
"Here? You aren't from here?" Loki was surprised hearing, that she was from one of the other realms. People rarely visited them, unless it was on official business.
"Wasn't that just what I said?" she smiled towards him once more, before she returned to her book. Loki couldn't believe he had walked into that trap, and realising it was the same answer he could have given Thor.
"How rude of me, I am Loki" he was fairly sure she already knew his name, due to she knew who he was.
"That I knew, but glad to see that you have some manner"
"I like to think I have" Loki answered her and she looked up once more.
"Think and prove are different things" at that Loki only snorted, and Cara raised an eyebrow, but went back to her book.

"May I ask what you are reading?"
"Oh, it's a magic book, written in runic" she showed him and it spiked his interest.
"You know how to read runes?" it was a language used on Midgard hundreds of years ago, but to his knowledge it wasn't something people used anymore.
"I learned to do that in school" Loki was a bit surprised, wondering what school thought a language like that.
"I thought Midgard had no magicians, and even less magic schools"
"In some ways we do, in others we don't" she answered cryptically and Loki wasn't sure what to make out of it. But he appreciated that she didn't gave him directs answers, making the conversation more interesting.
"What type of spells are you reading about?" Loki couldn't tell from the cover of the book, but everything involving magic interested him.
"This book is a part of a series which cover a lot of different subjects, just this one is about healing" Cara handed it over and Loki accepted it with carefulness, always treating books that way. Books was something he appreciated almost above everything, and they should be treated with respect, not thrown around and damaged, as his brother did. Loki started reading the runes, he admitted it had been awhile and it took him a while to remember them all, but the book made him forgot about Cara, until she moved behind him, and he looked up.
"I apologise"
"No need, it's a good book, feel free to borrow it"
"I promise to return it"
"If I am still here do so, if not, you can keep it"
"Then the set will be uncomplete" Loki pointed out, which made the woman smile a sad smile, and despite not knowing why, Loki didn't like it. He felt that it was wrong seeing her like that.
"It has been uncomplete for years now, so it doesn't matter" she answered him as she started walking, she waved at him before she disappeared in mid-air. Loki blinked a few times, just as surprised as the first time, seeing her disappear that fast. Loki looked at the book she had left in his hand, barely even remembering when the last time was, that someone borrowed him something, besides his mother or brother. He hoped he would meet her again, so he could return the book to her, wondering why she stated that she may not be there. It wasn't unusual for people who travelled the realms returning to their realm, once they saw it fit, but for her not to carrying if he returned to book or not, surprised him. As he stood up and starting to walk towards the palace, he was determent to return the book to her, somehow.

He finished the book faster than he expected, but he had still needed three days to read and to try the spells. He hadn't mastered any of them, but he had managed to use some of them, but healing magic was far from his expertise. Looking at the book made him wonder if healing was something Cara mastered, and he thought to ask her that when he saw her, which he hoped would be soon. He had left the palace in an attempt to find her, hoping to return the book before she left Asgard. But just as the times before, he sought in vain, hoping he would be lucky enough to run into her. He had decided to try to locate her by the river bank, being the last place he met her, and he had almost reached the spot when he saw some of the people he hated the most, Thor's friends. If he hadn't had a goal in mind, he may have chosen another path, but due to the fact that the river was more or less behind them, he had little other choice then meet them.

"Well, well isn't it the silver prince" Sif taunted him, pointing out that he was always behind Thor, as so many times before.
"Good morning to you as well Sif" Loki answered her, voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Out for a walk, or running away as always" Sif walked closer towards him. Thor's other friends may not be as proactive as her, and they often stayed out of it, though they did nothing to stop her.
"My errands do not concern you"
"Not keen to share it with us commoner?" Sif asked, pretending to be hurt and Loki resisted the erg to sigh as he started walking once more, feeling that his energy was spent better elsewhere, when Sif grabbed the book he was holding.
"What's this?" she started looking at the pages.
"Nothing that would interest you" Which was the truth, Loki knew that Sif wasn't interesting in anything involving magic. "Therefore I would like it back, since it's something I have borrowed, and therefore something I am bound to take care of"
"Who would borrow you something?" Volstagg asked looking at the book Sif was holding. Loki felt like whatever answer he was giving them, wouldn't be to their satisfaction.
"I am sure it's stolen; no one would borrow him something." Sif looked at the book once more.
"Hearing you say that shows once more how little of the world you know" Loki taunted them and Sif's eyes become dark at once.
"You are the one to talk, no one likes you, you have no friend and as Volstagg asked, who would even borrow something to you?" Sif looked at the book before she aimed at the river and threw the book towards the water. Loki was about to use some magic to catch it, when he saw a slender figurine do just that.

"I would be the one who borrowed him the book, and I prefer if you don't damage my property" Loki recognised Cara's voice and he wasn't sure if he was more pleased to see her because she managed to catch the book, hinder it from damage, or because the expressions the other four made. Cara walked towards them, still covered in her hood and she stopped by his side. "Thank you for trying to return it to me"
Loki saw that she offered him a smile despite her face being hidden.
"I apologise for not managing fully"
"All too often, things don't go as planned, but I have the book in my hand, and despite the unconventional methods, I got it back" once more she gave him a smile before she turned towards the other four.
"Why would you borrow him something, do you know who he is?" Sif almost spitted the words in disgusted.
"I am fully aware who I borrowed the book to, and I felt the reason for me to do so is none of your business"
"How dare you talk to us like that? Do you know who we are?" Fandral asked very haughty, only to earn a cold smirk from Cara, one that for a second seem to send shiver down the others spine.
"I am fully aware who I am talking to, four pompous people, who think they know everything about life and how it works" she took a step closer, and Loki couldn't explain why he wanted to pull her back, as he sought to protect her from the other four. "All I see are children playing in a grownups world"
"That's no way to talk to a warrior of Asgard, I may get you skinned for that" Fandral threated her.
"I would almost welcome your challenge, but to be honest, I would get bored with you all too fast" Cara answered and Loki couldn't understand how she could take the threats at ease, knowing that the people in front of them, may convince his father to do just that.
"Your arrogance are no better than his" Sif pointed towards Loki and Cara only answered with a shroud.
"How you see it doesn't interest me, because you have no meaning to me" she only stated before she turned towards Loki, and gave him a warm smile. "Would you care to join me this day?"
Once again she surprised him, asking so honestly and as she really wanted his company, but he nodded.
"It would be my pleasure to have some cultivated company for once" he answered her as he walked away from the other four, leaving them baffled.

Loki turned towards Cara as she stopped, and she met his eyes.
"It wasn't my intention to possibly force you hand, if you please to do something else this day, you are free to do so. I only intended to give you a way out, away from the others"
Loki couldn't understand how everything she uttered could make him surprised, as she saw him, and treated him as anyone.
"Don't fret, you did no such thing, though I am glad you did offer me away out" he tried to give her a small smile, for the first time. He rarely smiled towards people, and when he did they often become frightened. However; Cara only answered with a smile on her own.
"Glad to hear it" she stated as she let her hood fell down, as she for a second seamed to search the area surrounding them. "I may have nothing in particular planned for today, but you are free to join me none the less"
Loki was wondering what the woman in front of him sought to do, what others would call; a normal day. It wasn't something he normally considered himself with, but she interested him in a way few did, and he sought a chance to learn more about her.
"If my company is to your liking, I would gladly accompany you"
"Wouldn't have offered if it was to my disliking" she answered him as she pulled up her hood again and they started walking towards was for him, an unknown destination.