AN: Alright, got kind of bored and had the idea to do this, it's everything from events that happened to Bloom between chapters all the way up to ways I toyed around with taking the story - I thought of a lot of ways for some chapters, sorry 'bout that. No particular order, it just sort of ended up that I wrote the first few chapters in-line with the timeline. Suggestions will be expanded upon, not abandoning the original story either though. This is also to kill some time between now and May - when the new Avengers movie comes out, can't wait! I really want to see Thanos get his butt kicked at some point, and I'm going to love Bloom vs. Thanos. Anyway, if you haven't read the story, you kind of have to in order to understand just about everything in the side-stories. Please review, any comments or helpful suggestions will absolutely be added in. Enjoy!

Thor is sitting on the couch after a few rounds in the training ring when three-and-a-half-year-old Bloom comes over and excitedly says "Look what I drew! It's all of us!"

Thor doesn't have much patience for anything that doesn't have to do with a battle, a drink, or the throne of Asgard 0 but he humor's Bloom for a minute and takes the page she's holding out innocently. Sure enough, it's a drawing of the five members of the royal family, Odin and Frigga in the middle, with Thor on Odin's other side, Loki beside Frigga, and Bloom in the middle of all of them.

The proportions aren't exact, the eyes are a little big for example, but it's unmistakably them all - right down to the expressions on their faces, how can a three-year-old manage to put down expressions on a drawing like this?! Thor looks bored, Odin seems wise - or that's the closest thing the expression she drew comes to - Frigga looks caring and motherly, and Loki is grinning mischievously. Bloom has a look that can only be described as angelically-innocent, like she loves all her family no matter what they do.

Thor, however, is not all that impressed - had she drawn a sword, it might have sparked an interest in him as it being a sign of a disposition for battle. "Okay, and?"

Bloom's excitement deflates at that, and the look in her eyes turns to hurt and upset. She takes the picture back from Thor sadly, and goes over to Loki and halfheartedly tugs at his pant leg. He immediately looks up from his book, and Bloom wordlessly offers him the piece of paper - he sets the book on his leg before taking the page.

After a minute, he asks "You drew this?" Bloom nods and looks at the floor. "Well, I think it's very good. Come up here, sister."

Bloom's grin returns, and she starts climbing up onto the couch until Loki picks her up and sets her down next to him. "It's us! All five of us. Do you like it?" She's got such a hopeful expression on her face that he can't say no, and she throws her arms around his torso when he says yes. "Yay! What're you reading?"

"It's a spellbook, sister. You'd probably find it boring." He can see the words on the pages don't mean much to her, but she's also only three years old and most kids start at age six - some start earlier, but most don't start reading at three. Of course, she's talking in complete sentences at three and a half, so...

"Why?"

Loki blinks, then figures out she's asking why he's reading the book. "Watch." He reads off a simple spell, and makes a ball of fire in his hand - she reaches towards it, like she does every time Frigga carries her past a torch, and he snuffs it before her fingers can get too close.

The look on her face is close to amazement, like he's just sprouted wings from his back or something, and she asks "That came from the book?"

"Not this book specifically, these are much more complicated spells. But, that was called magic. The spells in the book let me use it however I want." He halfway expects Bloom to be bored with the idea, he's hardly ever seen her stay still for more than a few moments at a time - unless Frigga's holding her, she loves to be held. She always throws her arms around the neck and head of whoever is holding or carrying her and starts talking - or sleeping, it's the same position but with her head resting on the closest shoulder.

So, it's a shock like Thor hit him with a bolt of lightning when she asks "Can you show me how?"

Loki takes a full minute to respond, saying "Maybe in a few years, sister. Magic is not to be messed with until you can control it even a little. It's dangerous, but it's a tool in the right hands. Like any tool, you have to be old enough to use it."

Bloom nods, then looks up and yells "Mother! Loki says he's going to teach me magic! And I drew a picture!" She stands up and throws her arms up to be picked up, coming to barely at Loki's nose while standing up on the couch he's sitting on, and Frigga obliges by lifting her to eyelevel.

"Did he now? Well, let's see this picture first. Then we'll talk about magic." Loki hands her the all-important picture, and Frigga says "Well, isn't this something. I think we have a decorator on our hands here. Now, what's this about Loki teaching you magic?"

Loki smiles and says "I said I'd show her a few spells when she's old enough to cast them."

"I wanna start now!" Bloom waves around the spellbook Loki put down to look at her drawing, making Loki gape in shock and Frigga laugh good-naturedly.

"Well, we have a magical decorator here. Wait…advanced spells for winning any battle? How about we start you off with something simpler, conjuring some fire for instance."

Bloom claps excitedly, and says "Alright, let's go, Mother!"

Frigga says "But, in a few years. Like Loki said. Your too young right now to be casting spells or fighting."

Bloom pouts, until Frigga says "Well, I know how to fix a look like that."

"How? Magic?"

"No, this!"

Bloom suddenly bursts out laughing, and says "No, stop! No fair! Put me down then!" while wriggling in Frigga's arms.

Frigga sets her down and says "Better run then, little flame. Because I'm coming to get you!" Bloom runs out the door laughing with Frigga chasing her and continuing to tickle her.

Once Bloom and Frigga leave, Loki glares at Thor - really, his brother is an absolute, insensitive, idiot at times. "Thor, what is wrong with you? She's three years old!"

"Loki, it's a picture. What is the big deal?" Thor honestly looks like he doesn't care, and like he doesn't get why Bloom would be so upset.

"Thor, our baby sister is three years old. The spell mother used confirmed she was only a year old when she arrived. To a three-year-old, a picture they drew is very important!"

Thor yawns and says "It is a picture, she got over it!"

"I said it was good! And, before you say it wasn't - it was. She's three, and she put expressions down accurately on that page!"

"She doesn't even belong here! Mother says that at the rate she's aging, she may well be a Midgardian!"

"Thor, no Midgardian, child or adult, can use magic! That fireball I made? She manipulated it! She spoke a name at a year old! She's speaking full sentences at three and a half! She's not from Midgard, Heimdall had never seen her before she came to the Nine Realms!"

Thor scoffs, but says "And now I suppose you plan to see just how much talent she has for magic? When? When she's older?"

Loki goes very still, and says "Yes. I'll teach her magic."

"Tricks, like it'll save her life in a battle."

Loki doesn't say anything, knowing Thor's attitude on magic and how he thinks it's only tricks. Loki walks out of the room, taking his book with him.