You walked down the corridors through the palace of Asgard. Everything glowed in golden even if it was in the middle of the night when almost everyone already slept. The guards in front of the dungeons' doors would be tired and sleepy so you could easily pass through those doors without notice in your shadowy form.

You possessed magic just like your brother. Adopted brother. It pained you so much to see the Trickster you loved left behind by his siblings. You were a different case. The hood you took on shadowed your face from everyone who passed by unfortunately the guards were wide awake so you had to use your title. You stood in front of them and reached for the door when one of them grabbed your wrist tightly.

'Identify yourself' spoke the guard. You pushed down the hood making them gasp and they immediately let you go down. As you walked through the cells which contained criminals you avoided their stare. You were here for only one person. As you approached the said person you saw him sitting on a sofa reading something. His hair slicked back, his body seemed relaxed but you knew he was tense.

'Brother' you spoke up quietly. Loki turned to you and groaned.

'I am not your brother, (Y/n)' murmured the raven haired prince.

'It does not matter whether we are blood related or not. I still care about you and know you as my brother' you snapped glaring at him which made him a bit cautious now. You never snapped. You had nasty responses or comments but never really snapped. It revealed that you had something bothering you.

'Are you angry? Tell me why' he asked faking a curious expression.

'Why did you never tell me what happened down there?' you asked referring to the time Loki found out his true heritage. His green eyes grew cold if it wasn't cold already.

'Would have you been there for me? I am a monster, (Y/n)… and nothing changes it' shook his head sadness taking his features in. Your heart sank watching him so sad. Suddenly you heard guards' footsteps coming for you. You raised an eyebrow at them questioningly.

'The queen asked for you, milady' bowed the guard.

'Tell her I will be in her chambers in a while' you answered coldly. It wasn't directed toward the guard you just saw betray everywhere now. After an argument you had with Frigga when you questioned Odin's judgement she throw something terrible at you. After that you could understand your brother and couldn't trust Frigga anymore or Odin.

'Go talk to mother. You are the only one who can reason with Odin even better than her' said the Trickster. You sighed and nodded but you knew you will come back to Loki.

You walked to her door and knocked softly on it. You waited for a moment to hear her call you in but when nothing came you opened it and went in. You closed the door behind you and as you turned back to the room you saw Frigga walking to you.

'Thor is back with Jane Foster. She needs your skills to get cured' she said coldly and you raised an eyebrow at her.

'Tis the only thing you wanted to ask me, mother?' you used it as a curse when you two were alone. Many years ago you craved for her love not knowing why you never got it.

'I saw you visiting Loki… do you plan something?' she asked like you wanted to kidnap her son from her and never let them meet again. You smiled slyly knowing it would freak her out.

'Nothing you should know about' your tone was mischievous and mysterious but you only wanted to scare her a little. Even if you were the favorite of the All-Father's you couldn't convince him to let you in Loki's cell.

'Right' she nodded not amused even a bit.

'Father would not let me in his cell even if he loved me more than he loves your son' you said and walked away heading to the healing halls. After the day you had that argument you grew cold and counting just like Loki. You could keep your cool in every situation but they feared you so when you arrived the healers give way to you moving really far from you. You looked around hiding your sadness behind a nasty glare at them and went to the table that Midgardian lied. You felt her nervousness and you pulled on your most beautiful smile. Thor didn't know about you being just half-blood and you thought it would be best if didn't for a while. You knew how much it pained your blonde thundering brother that his family fell apart.

'Sister!' boomed Thor happily and lifted you from the ground with a bear hug. You smiled widely and just as happily as him.

'I am happy to see you too, brother' you patted his back and when he placed you back on the ground you turned to Jane who tried to stay calm. 'Oh my… you are beautiful compared to a Midgardian.'

'Thanks?' furrowed her eyebrows the brunette woman not sure if it was really a compliment.

'Mother told me you are not feeling well… what is wrong?' you asked making a scan on her body. You checked out her vitals and soon found what was wrong. But before you could finish it Odin rushed into the healing hall and started arguing with Thor before trying to toss Jane off the table. A red shock wave swept across the room from Jane's body and you all fell to the ground. You jumped up and kept away your Father from the Midgardian trying to find the problem. 'Oh no… this cannot be possible…' you mumbled with a dead panned face.

'What's wrong?' asked Jane worriedly and Thor stepped closer.

'Um… Where were you?' you asked the human who just blinked at you confused. 'I mean, were you ever somewhere not similar to Earth? In a different realm?'

'Yes… I… somehow ended up in a dark place and… there was a stone… something red was in it' she thought hard about it.

'The Aether… it is in your veins, Jane' you said remembering the books you read. Your grandfather locked it somewhere a long time ago and it should've stayed there.

'Is it dangerous?' asked Thor. You nodded which made him tense. All of you went back to Odin's personal library where you showed Thor the book telling the story of Malekith and the dark elves. You stood between Odin and Thor as you told the story directed mostly to Jane. You could feel the way Odin looked at the Midgardian woman and you tried to make her a little more comfortable. She wasn't that bad and she made Thor happy.

'The book doesn't have a spell how to get this out of me?' asked Jane. Odin turned towards her looking at the woman coldly if not disgustedly.

'No… it does not' and he left you, Thor and Jane alone. After he closed the door you sighed.

'Do not take it to your heart, Jane… Loki made him angry' you smiled sadly at her.

'How is brother faring?' asked Thor.

'I will go back to him now… you should visit him too' you patted the blonde's shoulder and left without looking at them.

To be continued…