Loki fanfic ch.1

Nina slid down the side of the bank into the creek bed. Nina's Mother hated it when she came down here, she always told Nina that she would slip and hit her head on one of the rocks.

Nina loved the creek.

She loved to watch the water flow between the rocks, loved to let leaves loose on the stream, and restructure the rocks to make new rivers. She liked to pretend that she was the fairy queen of the creek, and pretended that sticks she found to be the right height were her magic staff. Playing in the creek was much more fun than being with her parents, it got boring sitting with her parents and their friends on picnic days. She was the only kid amongst a dozen adults and all they did was talk. Talking was no fun, especially when it was about jobs and people and politics. Nina wanted to stick her tongue out at the thought of it.

So she had snuck away-which had been half the fun, truth be told-and had walked awhile down the trail to find the nearby creek. She was only about fifteen minutes away from her parents, and she was almost eight now, and a fairy queen besides that, surely she could be trusted to take care of herself.

So she enjoyed herself in the solace of the creek, tossing leaves in and watching them slide down her rivers. She found toads and pretended that they were princes that she had turned into toads, pointing her magic staff at them, and pushed the rocks around to make new streams.

She was sitting on the edge of a rock, looking down into the water when it happened. A bright beam of green light came down from the sky, and plummeted into the ground. Nina jumped up like a cat when it came. Through the bright of the light Nina could see a figure standing in the center of it. When the light stopped, she saw him clearly.

It was a man, a tall man, with pale skin and black hair that came down to his shoulders. He wore what looked to Nina to be armor, criss-crossing black, green, and gold. His eyes were of some of the bluest that Nina had ever seen. But those eyes beauty didn't stop Nina from turning and bolting back towards the trail when they were on her.

Nina went back to the edge of the creek bed and used the tree roots and rocks to help her climb back up and out. Unfortunately, Nina slipped on her way up. She gulped. Her foot was now caught between the creek wall and a root that had weaved in and out of the ground. Nina started to panic and tried to wrench her foot out of the root.

"If you keep that up you will injure yourself. Please allow me." A silky voice said from behind. She felt a hand on her back and saw the man had come to her side, sitting on the tips of his feet on a stone to look her in the eyes.

"If you hurt me I'll kick your butt." Nina said as bravely as she could. The man laughed and had already put a hand around her trapped ankle.

"I have no intention of hurting you, so please hold still for a moment." The stranger said. Nina complied and the man put his other hand on the root that was trapping her. With a combination of pulling the root away and maneuvering Nina's foot, Nina was pulled free and the stranger caught her in one of his arms. He stood up with her in one arm, Nina's eyes bright with fear, and placed her at the top of the creek bed. Nina turned around to look down at him, her arms crossed.

"Who are you?" Nina demanded.

"I am Loki Odin-son of Asgard. Might I ask for your name milady?" Loki said, kneeling before her on one knee. He made a gesture that Nina couldn't name, making his hand into a fist and crossing that arm across his chest. Nina thought it made him look very regal and she smiled and tried not to giggle.

"I am Nina, fairy queen of this creek." Nina said, standing as tall as she could and gesturing towards the creek. Loki smiled, dimples spreading across both cheeks.

"I am so sorry to have disturbed your kingdom my Queen Nina, how might I make up for this egregious error?" Loki said grinning wide now. Nina smiled back, happy he was playing her game. At that moment however, Nina heard the worried voice of her father in the distance, calling her name.

Loki gracefully stepped up the creek bed and bent towards her, with one arm bent behind his back and the other held out.

"Perhaps I could escort back to your courtiers my Queen?" Loki asked. Nina nodded and took his hand. They started walking back towards the trail, hand in hand, towards Nina's family. Nina kept her eyes up at him while Loki looked straight ahead.

"Where's Asgard?" Nina asked.

"Another realm."

"What's a realm?" Loki chuckled at her question and looked down to smile at her.

"A world."

"Does that mean you're a space alien?"

"I believe your people have labeled us as 'Gods'." Loki replied looking back towards the trail. Nina wasn't sure she believed this. She had never seen him in any of the books that they handed her in Sunday school, but she never paid much attention in Sunday school anyway.

"Is Odin-son your last name?"

"It more explains my family heritage. King Odin of Asgard is my Father and since I am his son it makes Odin-son."

"So…if your Dad is a King then that makes you a prince right?"

"That is correct my Queen." He smiled down at her again when he added 'my Queen'.

"Oh." Was all Nina said, still holding his hand. He was much more handsome than the princes she had imagined turning into toads. She was glad she hadn't mentioned that part of her Queenship when she had said she was Queen of the creek.

"What's a prince from another…realm doing here?" Nina asked. Loki only gave her a bemused smirk.

"I can't be giving my secrets out to the Queen of another land can I?" Loki said. He pointed down the trail. "Is that your Father?" Nina looked and nodded, her Father had started walking in the opposite direction, but she and Loki weren't far behind.

"Then this is where I leave you Queen Nina," Loki said, kneeling on one knee again and planting a kiss on the hand he had been holding. Nina blushed furiously. "Go on now, he sounds worried for you." Nina nodded and thanked him before setting off, running towards her Father.

"Daddy! Daddy!" She called towards her father. Her father gave her a relieved expression before going down on his knees to welcome her into his arms.

"Nina! We were so worried! What have we told you about wandering off on your own? Especially with that freakshow in the sky…" her father trailed off looking at her.

"I was playing in the creek and got stuck. Loki helped me."

"Loki? Who's Loki sweetheart?" Nina's father asked.

"He's the-" Nina said, turning to point behind her. She stopped mid-sentence putting her arm back down to her side. Loki had disappeared.