This is a little something I came across that I wrote a while back. I decided to finish it off and post it. Very short no real big storyline and surprisingly NO SEX! What the hell? That's right I can write stuff with no sex. I prefer sex though. Lol

I know I was going to take a break but I felt empty not posting anything. Here's a little something I found amongst my stuff and decided to finish it off. Something short and with a basic story. No real big plot or twists. Just a little I thought might be nice.

Chapter 1

Cephera watched from her hiding spot in Stark tower as the demi god Loki was thrown about like a rag doll by the hulk. She waited until he was left embedded into the floor. She had been spying on him the moment he had stepped foot into the tower.

He hadn't known she was there and she wanted it to stay that way. The moment she saw him her heart sped up and her cheeks flushed. She was instantly enamoured by him and it made her uncomfortable. She had never had a crush like this before. Not as instantly anyway. She didn't dare show herself. She was afraid he would either kill her or she'd make a babbling fool of herself.

Now with him semi conscious in the rubble she slowly walked out toward him. She wasn't sure what made her do it but she approached him all the same. Her mind was thinking of nothing more then 'is he ok?' Shiaji followed close behind her. Her guardian kitten hopped onto Loki's chest to look down at him and Cephera knelt down and put her hand to his chest.

It rose and feel with his shallow breaths. When his eyes shot open she made a small gasp and backed up. She hastily got to her feet, grabbed her kitten and left. He was fine. A swollen pride perhaps. She wasn't sure if he actually saw her. He looked disoriented.

1 year later

Loki look bored down the prison hallway. He could hear Thor's boots approaching. It never failed. Thor came everyday the same time to see him. To attempt to convince him to repent his actions and to once again be the brother he once knew.

Loki knew that they were beyond that now. There was no going back. He could try to be a good son, could try to get along with everyone as he once did but deep down he would never change and it would all be an act. Loki had no yearning for such trivial things. After all wasn't family suppose to love you no matter what? Should they not accept the new him and move on.

He glared into the darkened cell. He would not change for them. He knew now what he was. Who he was. He understood why he never belong in Asgard. Why he was always the lesser man compared to most Asgardian men. He always thought something wrong with him. Always felt like he had to prove himself.

He no longer cared about proving himself to anyone. He was no Asgardian and he never would be. He was adept in magic and trickery and he always would be. He would never be good at hand to hand combat. He would never win a strength match. But he was powerful. No one doubted that now. No one questioned his power.

Thor appeared outside the bars and opened them. Magic cuffs sealed in his magic. For now Loki was just as harmless as a mortal. "Good evening brother." Thor greeted.

"We are not brothers." Everyday they started off with the same greetings.

"No matter what you believe, we are still brothers. Nothing in all the nine realms will change that. Blood does not define family." Thor commented calmly as he sat down at the small table provided.

Loki didn't respond. Thor laid down an armful of books. He had been bringing Loki things to read since his second week back. Loki was secretly grateful for them but wouldn't give Thor the satisfaction of knowing so.

"Loki, I have an odd question for you." Thor looked to him a strange look on his face. Loki waited for the question. "Within your time on Midgard, did you perhaps show any attentions to a pretty woman there?"

It was Loki's turn to get a strange look upon his face. Where did this question come from? "Don't be ridiculous. I wished to rule them not fornicate with them." Loki said baffled. He was almost afraid to ask why but he didn't have to as Thor continued.

"There is a woman I have met on my last four visits back since your time there. She is a friend of Tony Starks. She has asked about your well being everyday." Thor stroked his chin in thought.

"I know nothing of this woman." Loki replied. But in his mind he was remembering that moment he saw a haze of someone near him in Stark tower. A weight upon his chest that was gone after a moment when he opened his eyes. He hasn't seen their face, he had heard only a soft gasp. A woman's gasp.

"I will have to ask her what her intentions are the next I meet her!" Thor declared.

"Bah, don't bother." Loki said annoyed. "I've no care why the women asks about me." He shoved off Thor's curiosity. "Human women are more your taste anyhow." He said and Thor tensed at his words. Loki didn't speak them with kindness. He wasn't about to hide his distaste with his brothers choice of women.

Humans were weak creatures with short lives. Why bother spending so much time with them when they will only grow old and die in merely a blink of your existence. There were so many Asgardian women Thor could choose from yet he pines over the mortal. It was laughable to Loki. Thor's visit was short this time around. When he left Loki thought no more of what he had said until a month later.

"She asked about you again." He told him after sharing dinner with him. "I know you care not about her reasons but I have asked the Lady Cephera why she cares." He paused as if waiting for Loki to show interest.

"Fine." Loki said and looked up at him. Anything to end this insidious line of chat.

"She said 'everyone always judges a person by their actions. They deem them bad or evil. But no one bothers to wonder what got them there. They don't bother wondering how the aftermath affects them. No one cares about the turmoil on the inside.'"

Loki was slightly taken back by the answer. He had expected something childish. Something more like a girl with a silly crush.

"It was not the answer I was expecting either." Thor said as if reading Loki's thoughts.

"It matters not about her silly worries."

"You have a response then?"

"I do not plan to indulge the mortal anymore then she already is." Thor did press the issue more.

"I have invited my earth friends here for a week of celebration. She will be accompanying Stark to this, if you wish it I can grant her an audience with you." Loki glared at Thor. It was enough to make Thor drop the subject all together.

(Cephera)

Cephera was enjoying the party. The dancing and music soothed her soul. Tony had been whisking her around the room like crazy until he had become so drunk he was stumbling over her skirt.

She had enjoyed watching Steve try to coax Tony off the dance floor only to have Tony dance him around it instead. She had laughed and clapped until Shiaji tugged her skirt. Looking down at her guardian she watched him pull her skirt more. Exasperated she followed.

She followed her cat through deserted hallways and came upon a dead end. "What is your problem?" She asked him bending down to scratch him behind the ears. He mew'd and pawed the wall. She pressed her hand to the wall and could feel the magic pulsating through it. It was a false wall shrouded in magic. Curious she picked up her cat and stepped on through.

Once on the other side Shiaji jumped down and ran. He ran so fast Cephera was forced to pick up her long skirt so she could run faster. The hallways she now entered were dank and dark. Only magic touches lit her way. "Shiaji come back!" She yelled her voice echoing off the high ceilings.

She only had a moment to realize she was in the dungeons as they passed by her in a whirl. Ahead of her Shiaji was almost out of her sight but he was making sure she was able to still see him without actually catching him. Frustrated she pushed herself harder. Her cat was too fast.

Finally he cut to the side and disappeared inside a cell. She stopped in a skid. "No Shiaji get out here now!" She growled before noticing there was someone inside. When she saw him she backed away from the bars only to press her back to the empty cell behind her.

She couldn't find her voice. She watched her cat purr and rub against his shoulder as he sat on the bed. She mentally called Shiaji but his mind was closed to her. What the hell was her cat playing at bringing her down here.

"Impressive animal." Loki's voice jolted her to look up at him. She was sure her eyes were wide and shocked. It wasn't so much that she was afraid more so she was nervous. "Not a creature of Midgard." He said putting his hand to stroke Shiaji's head.

Finding her voice she spoke up. "He was a gift." She said. She was breathing a little heavier then she would have liked.

"You're afraid?" He eyed her as she was clutching the bars of the cell behind her, her chest rising and falling in a heavy steady rhythm.

"Not afraid. Nervous. I'm god knows how deep beneath the palace, in the prison, alone and no one knows I'm here. Nervous is a good word to describe me right now." She felt a curl that had come loose from her head bounce against her cheek when she shook her head.

"And how did you get down here?" He stood. He was no longer wearing the clothing she had seen him wearing on earth. He was wearing a simple black pants and dark green tunic.

"Ask him." She made a motion to her cat. Loki looked from the cat to her.

"Were you enjoying it?" His question confused her.

"Enjoying what?" Her nerves where slowly dwindling. She was calmer now.

"The party. I assume you are one of the silly mortals brought here by one of the men." She nodded.

"I was enjoying it very much until Shiaji dragged me down here. In fact I should get back." She made a hand movement to the cat to get his ass out of there. Shiaji whined at her. She was becoming annoyed by her guardian. Why did he bring her here. Stepping forward she grabbed hold on one of Loki's bars. "Out! Now!" She said as sternly as she could. She tried to ignore Loki.

"I want to know more about this feline." Loki said and when he moved toward her she backed away but he was faster. His hand caught her wrist through the bars and pulled her back.

"Let me go." She said her voice low. Her heart was thudding loudly in her ears. She wondered if he could hear it.

"It's but a simple thing to answer a few question you simple mortal." His voice was harsh.

"Let go and I will answer your questions. I don't like being man handled." She growled. She could have made him let her go but she didn't feel like him asking extra question. He eyed her suspiciously.

(Loki)

Loki was amused by the animal. It was not of any world known to him. At first he thought perhaps Stark had made it but the magic that dwelled within told him that was not so. This was the most amusement he had in while. He was not about to let go of it so quickly. He watched her breathing as her nerves stirred up again. Her violet eyes wide. She was trying to shake free from his grasp. Finally he let her go.

"A gift you say? From whom?" He watched her eyes calculating as she thought of how to answer. The girl was fetching despite her being human.

"From my half sister." He smirked. Now he was getting somewhere.

"By half you mean half human half something else?" She nodded.

"She sent him with me to guard me. Though he's doing a crappy job today." She glared passed Loki to the mechanical cat once more.

"And where is your sister from?"

"Why? Looking to get a kitten of your own to keep you company down here?" She asked crossing her arms and turning her glare to him. "Actually, now that I think about it he's doing such a bad job keeping me safe you can keep him." She turned to go which irritated Loki. He wasn't done with her. How dare she turn her back to him

"Do you know who I am mortal? You should be cowering in fear before me." He snarled clutching his hands to the bars. Suddenly she turned around.

"You are Loki, brother to Thor, son of Odin." She said her face looking a little more fiery then before. He had struck a nerve within her.

"He is not my brother, nor is Odin my father." He growled narrowing his eyes.

"Blood does not define family!" She stepped back toward him looking determined. Loki titled his head at her. He had thought those words strange for Thor to have thought of on his own. Suddenly he was looking this girl over closely. It was becoming slightly apparent why her cat had brought her there.

"You are the lady Cephera." He mused. Her mouth opened a gap.

"How do you know that?"

"Thor has told me about you." He grinned. She hadn't even crossed his mind until now.

"Whatever it is he has told you I assure you it's not what it seems." She looked a little panicked.

"So you do not inquire monthly about my well being?" Her mouth opened and closed and then opened again.

"I do but..."

"Do you not think I am evil?"

"Not in the sense of the word that most view some one to be evil." She swallowed. "Look I ask about you because Thor told everyone a very vague reason for your hatred. You remind me of me." He gave her a curious look and leaned against his bars his arms hanging out casually. "I have spent all my life never belonging anywhere. I have been spat upon, shunned, feared. I've had my life threatened continuously for being what I am and my life was turned upside down the day we found out my sister was actually half alien. I know what it's like to have your entire world stripped from you and become something more saddening." She stopped her shoulders hunched stressfully.

"And you think I can change?" He grinned wider.

"No. What you are now is what you will always be. But I am sure in your mind and in your heart you are still feeling confused and alone. Until you make peace with your new situation, with your family ties and your home. You will never feel complete. You will always feel the need for revenge." He pondered her words.

He did feel conflicted at times. Mostly when his mother, no Frigga, came to see him. A part of him did want to belong but mostly he just wanted to be the king he was meant to be. There were days he felt he was sure of himself. Sure of his place and other days he found himself questioning his status. Perhaps he was confused.

"And how did you finally end your internal suffering?"

"I embraced it. I stopped trying to be more then what I was. I accepted fully my situation and that it would never change." Shiaji finally ran passed Loki to join her. She glared down at the cat. "I haven't forgiven you yet so don't go rubbing against my legs for pets." She looked back up to Loki. "Only until you truly open your eyes to all your emotions and deal with them instead of bottling them up, will you be free."

Loki watched her turn and leave. Was that what her cat wanted. For them to have a heart to heart. Loki found himself irritated but not because a human girl just acted like she knew how he felt but more so that she was right. He took no credit for his new state of mind. He blamed all his conscious actions on Odin for lying to him all those years and on Thor for overshadowing him.

Loki was not ready to take the blame. He was not ready to relinquish his feelings on the matter. But yet he knew her words to hold truth. He would speak with her again before the week was out. He would have Thor bring her to him. If he could be free of his prison sooner he would attempt to better understand his torment.