Spoilers for the entirety of the MCU except for Avengers: Endgame. Enjoy.
She sat on the circular golden throne with a red cape wrapped around her.
"Gather our men! Ready the horses!" She looked over to the next figure, centering the horned helmet. "Alert Heimdall we are moving."
She stood up, the cape pooling around her. "The nine realms are waiting to meet there-"
"Eris?" She looked over to see her grandmother Frigga walking in from behind. "What are you doing?"
"Talking to my war council. See?" She gestured toward her toy figures and stuffed animals that sat at the end of the throne staircase. "We're going to tour the Realms."
"Well nine is a little too young to go exploring."
Eris pouted slightly before turning to her toys. "Sorry guys." She waved her hand toward them willing them back to her room like Loki had taught her. Only one disappeared. The smallest one.
Frigga chuckled before walking next to her. "Like this." Frigga said repeating and successfully doing so. "You almost had it that time."
"I don't get why this isn't working." Eris said as Frigga slid Loki's helmet off her, her black curls falling to her mid back.
"You're still learning. It takes time."
"That's because you won't let me absorb it." Eris said as the two walked down the steps.
"You need to learn discipline." Frigga explained.
"Is that why grandfather doesn't like me or just because I killed my mom."
"You did not kill your mother."
"But he still doesn't like me."
"Eris." She knelt in front of her. "Your grandfather is a complicated man, who doesn't understand emotions. But," She pushed Eris hair behind her ear to cup her cheek, which Eris leaned into closing her eyes. "He does love you. And if you ever doubt his love," She kissed Eris forehead. "Remember I, and your onkel's love you too."
"As do I." Her eyes snapped open at the unfamiliar voice.
The golden throne room changed to a dark one, the walls almost had a stone shape. The throne now sat in the center of the room above a circular stair case.
At the door way was a dark silhouette of a tall figure with a long cape. Staring at the figure all she could sense was an unrivaled anger.
The figure, the woman started to slowly walk closer. "And I will find you."
Images flashed around her. Loki held up the Tesseract. A white haired man from the other side of glass. A man in a red cloak. A plain hallway lined with guards. A red skinned man's eyes flashing open in front of her.
"I'll do it myself."
Eris stepped back only to see orange lines weaving throughout the stones before the ground gave out from under her.
"Eris!" She jerked awake to Rocket having thrown something at her. "Wake up!"
"I'm up." The now seventeen year old Eris said sitting up straighter. "How far off are we?"
"We're a couple of minutes out." Quill said glancing back at her. "You okay?"
She understood why she was asking. Ever since they intercepted the Asgardian distress signal she's been a nervous wreck.
"I'm fine."
"That is a lie." Drax said through a yawn.
"Nobody asked."
"We are arriving." Mantis said reading off her console.
How will they react to seeing me? I'm their princess and I wasn't there when they needed me?
"Alright people." Quill said. "This could get dangerous."
They'll be fine. She told herself. They'll be fine. Everything's going to be fine.
"So let's put on our mean faces."
Eris stifled a laugh seeing Mantis snarl as Groot continued playing Quill's Midgardian game.
"Groot put that thing away. I don't want to tell you again."
"I am Groot." He mocked.
Eris chuckled slightly at the rest of their reaction.
"Whoa!" Quill said the same time Gamora yelled "Hey!"
"Language!" Rocket scolded.
"You got some acorns on you." Eris laughed in which Groot smirked.
"Ever since you got a little sap, you're a total d-hole." Rocket said as he turned around to face Groot. "Keep it up, and I'm gonna smash that thing to pieces!"
"Don't listen to him, Groot." Eris said turning to her friend as the Benatar decelerated. "He's all talk."
"What happened?" Mantis said softly in horror.
Eris turned around, her hands flying to her mouth as a squeak like sound escaped her. She could easily recognize the Asgardian clothing and armor that littered the sky.
Before anyone could reply a body hit the glass. Eris looked away, bile rising in her throat as she recognized her uncle, even with short hair.
"Wipers!" Rocket yelled. "Wipers! get it off!"
She didn't want to see him like that, She had failed them. She was supposed to-
She looked over hearing them gasp, in time to see her uncle's eye roll back.
"He's alive!" She cheered unbuckling her belt. She quickly grabbed her staff as she rushed to stand. Her staff was made of light black metal with intricate carvings of the World Tree on it. On it's top was a curved raven resting on a blue stone. Something she's had to use since the Dark Elf Attack on Asgard.
Quill and Drax brought in Thor's body laying him on the table as Gamora stood next to her, a comforting presence.
"How the hell is this dude still alive?" Quill asked.
"He is not a dude." Drax said matter of factually. "You're a dude. This- This is a man. A handsome, muscular man."
Well he's not wrong.
"I'm muscular." Quill defended.
"Who are you kidding, Quill?" Rocket said. "You're one sand which away from fat."
Eris gently held Thor's hand. He made her promise when she was younger never to absorb from him, from their family, unless she had permission. But at least she could comfort him.
"You know him?" Gamora asked gently as the boys bickered.
"He's my Onkel, Thor." She said.
Gamora picked up Thor's other arm. "It's like his muscles are made of Cotati metal fibers."
Gross. Eris thought. "Stop massaging his muscles."
"Mantis," Quill ordered as Gamora dropped his arm. "Wake him up."
Mantis placed a hand on his head. "Wake."
Thor jumped up with a yell stumbling away from the table and group, everyone getting in a fight position. Eris jumped in between the group and Thor.
"Thor!" She watched his back stiffen before he slowly turned away.
"Eris?" She ran to him, dropping her staff as she embraced him, slowly he wrapped his arms around her. "Who the hell are you guys?"
She separated from him, picking up her staff. "You need to eat." She said pushing him to a seat. "Mantis get some food." She knelt in front of him. "Onkel, what happened? Where's your eye?"
He looked her up and down. "What are you wearing?"
She was wearing short black combat boots, black leggings, a red shirt with only the right sleeve going down to her wrist and a short finger less glove on the right side, her left side had no sleeve or shoulder and instead she wore a long blue finger less glove up to her upper arm. A design she based off Nebula after meeting her.
"Clothes."
"We'll talk about this later." He pushed a piece of hair behind her ear. "Thank the Norns you were safe. I wasn't sure what had happened to-"
"Onkel! Focus!" She stared into his eye. "What happened?"
"Ragnorok has come for Asgard."
That meant Asgard was dead.
"And my father," She looked up to him. What happened to Grandpa Odin? "Hadn't been on Asgard in years. It was Loki impersonating as him."
"And?"
"You knew?"
Crap. "Oh right." She said guiltily. "Yeah. You know Onkel Loki could never keep a secret from me."
He narrowed his eye. "We'll get to that later. But Loki's a prisoner of Thanos now. He chose to work for him to save our lives."
"We have to save him!" Thor would've looked for Odin right after learning Loki took over. "What about grandfather?"
"He is with my mother now." He said as he wiped tears off her face as Mantis handed him a bowl.
She looked up to him, blinking away tears as she searched his face. "What aren't you telling me? Did Thanos cause Ragnorok?"
"I caused Ragnorok, it was the only way to beat Hela."
"Who's Hela?"
"She... She is a powerful sorceress, who drew power from Asgard and believes it was her destiny to rule. Ragnorok was the only way to stop her."
"And it worked?"
"No. She has allied herself with Thanos."
"So you destroyed your planet for nothing?" Eris shot Rocket it a menacing look. He had the decency to shrug sheepishly.
"Why would she ally with Thanos?" She asked looking back to him.
"Because they're married." They turned to Gamora who was staring out the window. "The entire time I knew Thanos, he only ever had two goals in mind: To be with Hela and to bring balance to the universe. He used to kill people planet by planet."
"Including my world." Drax spoke.
"If he gets all six stones he can do it with a snap of his fingers."
"You seem to know a great deal about Thanos." Thor pointed out.
"Onkel..." She warned as he stood.
"Gamora," Drax said slowly as they prepared to defend her. "Is the daughter of Thanos."
Thor stood, pushing Eris behind him protectively. "Your father murdered half my people, and one of my closest friends."
"Step father." Quill spoke up. "She hates him as much as you do."
"More really." Eris added grabbing his arm.
Thor walked closer to Gamora before patting her shoulder. "Families can be tough." Eris let go of his arm. "When we were 8 my brother disguised himself as a snake, and he know how much I loved snakes, so I went over to pick it up when he transformed back and yelled 'Mblerg! It's me!' before he stabbed me in the arm. Later as adults he tried to kill me, tried to enslave Earth, tried to kill me again, and pretended he was dead for a few years, and now he's Thanos prisoner. So... I feel your pain."
"And I feel your pain as well," Quill said stepping forward. "I mean it's not a competition, but I've-"
"Ugh Quill relax!" Eris said using her staff to hit the back of Quill's leg gently. "Thor has a girlfriend he's not going to make a move on Gamora. And if Gamora does or doesn't want you don't you think you'd know?"
"Actually Jane and I broke up."
"Oh," She looked at Quill. "Worry a little, but not now."
"I need a hammer."
"Where's-?"
"Destroyed."
"Alright."
"How do I open this thing?" Thor asked going to a pod.
"What are you doing?"
"Taking a pod."
"No you're not!" Quill said deepening his voice in an attempt to mock Thor's accent. "You'll not be taking our pod today, sir!"
"Quill?" Rocket asked. "Are you making your voice deeper?"
"No."
"You are. You are imitating the god-man." Drax pointed out.
"Poorly." Eris added.
"No I'm not!"
"He did it again."
Thor stepped closer to Quill, who did step back slightly. "Are you mocking me?"
"Are you mocking me?" Quill challenged.
"Enough!" Gamora snapped. "We need to stop Thanos which means we need to find out where he's going."
"Knowhere."
"He must be going somewhere."
"Of course!" Eris said. "Knowhere housed the reality stone."
"Right." Thor said. "It's been safely stored with the Collector.
"Only an idiot would trust the Collector." Quill said.
"Or a genius." it was Thor's idea.
"How do you know he's not going with one of the others Stones?" Quill asked.
"There's six stones." Thor explained. "Thanos already has the power stone because he stole it last week when he decimated Xandar. He stole the space stone when he destroyed my ship and slaughtered half our people. The Time and Mind Stone are safe on Midgard with the Avengers."
"Xandar?" Eris whispered as memories of Sam floated through her mind.
"The Avengers?" Quill asked as Eris stepped out into the hall.
She pulled out a small round and black communicator with three golden connecting circles on it.
"Sam." She said into it, pushing it into the center.
Sam is a person she met on her travels. He is a member of the Nova Corps that watch over the universe and are stationed in Xandar. He had given her this to use in case of emergency for either one of them. So why hadn't he called her?
"Sam can you hear me?" Static. "Sam I don't know if you're alive. I hope you are. But if you don't answer me, I'm going to kill you next time I see you."
Static.
"I'm sorry I couldn't save you." Sam had mentioned that he was from Midgard, where two of the stones are. They'd need help. "But I'll save your world."
She walked back into the room as Rocket jumped onto the table to get to level with Thor.
"-I mean that place is a legend! They make the most powerful, horrific weapons to ever torment the Universe! I would very much like to g there, please."
"The rabbit is correct and clearly the smartest among you."
"Rabbit?"
"Second smartest actually."
"Will you join us to Nidavellir, Eris?"
"No. I'm going to Midgard."
"Why?"
"Your Avengers will need all the help they can get."
"So you're going to go alone?" Gamora asked.
"No. I'm taking Groot."
"I am Groot?"
"Yes you."
"Wait!" Quill said. "What kind of weapon are we talking about here?"
"The Thanos killing kind."
"Don't you think we should all have a weapon like that?"
"You're not strong enough." Eris said plainly.
"If we don't go to Knowhere and Thanos retrieves another stone, he'll be to powerful to stop."
"He already is." Thor sneered.
"I got it." Rocket said. "We got two ships, and a large assortment of morons. So-"
"So you, Thor and Drax go to Nidavellir. Gamora, Quill and Mantis go to Knowhere while Groot and I go to Midgard... Terra... Whatever you want to call it."
"And how do you intend to get there if we only have two ships?" Mantis asked.
"Simple." Eris tapped her staff against the ground opening a portal. "Onkel Loki made this for me. And he's taught me all the ways to sneak past Heimdall gaze when he traveled dimensions."
"And you've had that the whole time?" Quill asked.
"Use for emergencies only." Eris said in Loki's voice. "And I'll know when you use it so I mean it." She cleared her throat before pulling Thor to the side. "Tell me how I'll find these Avengers."
"Go to a land called New York. There will be a Compound with a giant A on the side. If you can't find it go here." He handed her a small card. "Ask for Doctor Strange. He's a wizard that could help you. Now why are you saddling the Destroyer with me and taking a tree with you?"
"Drax is strong, but quick to anger. If he goes to Knowhere and faces Thanos, he'll destroy any plan and get himself killed. Promise me you'll protect them."
"I will. And the tree?"
"Is my friend. Plus he's around my age, so we'll probably appear least threatening."
"Fair enough."
"Ready Groot?" Eris asked walking over, her staff clanging on the metal.
"I am Groot?"
"Yes you can take your stupid game."
"I am Groot."
"I did not lose." She said. "You cheated."
"Be safe!" Thor called out.
"And keep your communicators on." Gamora insisted. "We'll let you know when we kill Thanos."
Eris turned to Groot. "Hold my hand and keep your mind clear."
Groot nodded wrapping his hand around hers as they walked through the portal and disappeared from the ship.
I present my spin off!
Like I mentioned this is a SPIN OFF meaning you DO NOT have to read The Last Hope to understand. They'll have the same characters but is a stand alone story.
And I decided to start in the middle and just fill in the important blanks as I go along.
Time line wise, basic information that may or may not be important, slightly changed from MCU Wiki for story:
Eris was born in June 2000
Peter was born in March 2001
Eris powers develop in 2007
Events in Iron Man, T'Challa becomes Black Panther in 2009
Events in Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor in 2010
Steve's found, events of Avengers in 2011
Iron Man 3 in 2012
Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: Winter Soldier in 2013
Guardians of the Galaxy and Vol 2 in 2014
Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant Man and Doctor Strange in 2015
Captain America :Civil War and Black Panther in 2016
Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnorok 2017
This Story 2018
Also when it comes to Asgard, if I ever have to talk about it, I'll be getting my information from Marvel Wiki and making some up based off Game of Thrones.
I'm going to have Eris change outfits a few times throughout the stories based off characters she's around, based on the designs from this blog I found, the link is below. Unfortunately I couldn't find a name for the artists. And again it's based off them so there will be differences between what I write and what the artists designed.
/20-marvel-costumes-reimagined-as-elegant-evening-dresses/
Enjoy and please review.
Bye.