Long ago, when heaven was peaceful and god remained, there were four brothers. The oldest, Michael, was loyal and obedient . The second oldest, Lucifer, was the most beautiful of all the angels. He was good and pure, the morning star He was god's favorite, always had been. The third oldest, Raphael, was ruthless and imperious. The youngest of them all was Gabriel. He was but a child, small and frail. He was a trickster, but all of his tricks were in good fun. No one was ever hurt by them, and many joked 'Careful, or Gabriel's next target will be you!' He was beloved by all, especially his older brothers.

Michael and Raphael seeked to make him happy. They wanted nothing more than to make sure that smile never left his face. Lucifer, on the other hand, doted on Gabriel like it was the last thing he would ever do. Some would argue that he even invented the art of doting. He gave him gifts almost daily. Lucifer, not God, is the one who taught Gabriel to fly. He taught Gabriel everything he knew: his magic, his wisdom, his tricks. And Gabriel soaked it all up like a sponge.

And then came the Darkness.

God was about to create earth and humans, which would be his greatest creation yet. However, there was an obstacle in the way. The Darkness. All the evil in the universe. He needed somewhere to put it where it would be safe. Where better than the light… the morning star?

So god gave the Darkness to lucifer, who swore that he would look after it. And for a while, he did. Then God created the humans. All of the sudden, he wasn't the favorite. Not Gods', not heavens', not Gabriels'. He wasn't the center of attention. And that made him jealous. The first case of jealousy.

He lashed out. He tempted Eve and got her and Adam kicked out of the garden of Eden. He rallied many to fight against heaven and God. Abaddon, Azazel, and many more. Gabriel, Gods messenger, went to tell Lucifer that if he did not stop, God would be forced to take action against him. Lucifer laughed, and tried to force Gabriel to join him. The little messenger used his horn, a gift from Lucifer, to tell if the Morning star had any chance at redemption. The horn told him no.

God ordered Michael to cast Lucifer out of heaven and into hell. Michael didn't even blink. Then, God left. The kingdom of heaven was left to his three oldest children. And they couldn't agree on anything. They argued for weeks, though it was mostly Michael and Raphael against Gabriel. The little trickster was the only one who cared about humanity. However, things took a very dark turn.

Michael was pissed. Gabriel put a stop to everything he wanted to do, complaining that 'Our brothers and sisters shouldn't be used as mindless slaves' and 'we can't just kill the humans, that's not what dad would want. I don't want it either'. So, Michael sent an assassin after Gabriel. Luckily, he survived, but, realizing his life was in danger, decided to pretend he did not. he altered the assassins memories and ran. The assassin told Michael that he had succeeded, and so The Archangel Gabriel was pronounced dead.

When Gabriel stopped, he was on earth. Much time had passed since Adam and Eve. There was a war between species going on. The Archangel recognised them as two of God's other creations: The Jotuns and the Aesir. Neither were aware of Heaven's existence. Gabriel smirked. He went to the temple and took the small Jotun baby that had been abandoned as his new vessel. Odin, King of the Aesir, took him in and gave him a new name: Loki.

Loki grew up as the less liked child. It was clear that Odin planned for the Frost Giant to be used as some kind of weapon, but Gabriel just went along with it. After all, if things actually got bad, he could just leave. Nothing was stopping him. His pranks were far less appreciated here anyways. In fact, he planned to do just that after Thor became king. Fake his death and move on.

Then, he saw it. Lucifer. Thor was acting just like him. Gabriel couldn't just let that happen. He wasn't lying when he said he loved Thor. So, he became the bad guy so Thor wouldn't. When he fell into the void, he simply flew to earth when he was out of sight. That was meant to be the end. Loki was meant to die then. Six months later, he checked on Thor, just to see how he was doing. But he realised that his job was not yet done. Thor was still a bit of a dick. So Loki returned. He 'attacked' New York. No one actually died. It was all faked. But that didn't stop SHIELD from sending out the Avengers. He liked to think that he not only helped Thor get rid of his dickishess, he helped Tony Stark as well. Saved himself a few pianos. He called that a win.

Loki still popped in every now and then to keep Thor and the others on their toes. Nothing big. Just getting caught on Security cameras in random places. His favorite of these instances was when he got the Avengers, Fury, Coulson, And Hill to all camp out in an igloo for two weeks. He was laughing at them the entire time.

But play times over. Lucifer is free. And this time, He'll be a little more... insistent when it comes to Gabriel's allegiance.

AN: Here's my new story! I'll update as soon as I can. Review!