Hey guys, so this is the Avengers sequel to What Thor Could Never Have so it follows off of chapter 10.
If you haven't read What Thor Could Never Have I highly suggest you do or things will be very confusing for you.
I don't own the Avengers.
Enjoy.
Eisa slowly approached the throne escorted by two guards. Odin looked down on her with hard eyes as she stopped in front of him. She kept her head low with shame. "Eisa, formerly of Ver's house, you come on trial for the crimes committed against the throne. Do you deny these claims?"
Eisa's voice shook when she answered. "No, I do not."
Odin was silent as he watched her. When he spoke once more he addressed the issue she feared the most. "Thor has informed me of your situation. I have decided on an action." Eisa slowly looked up at Odin. "If you do not fight these charges, which it appears you will not, then I will allow you to keep your child. However, you will be banished to Midgard until you find the true meaning of the heart. While you are there your child will grow as any mortal baby would. If you do not solve the problem soon enough, you will watch them grow old and die before you." Odin's voice was cold as he stated these conditions to Eisa.
Eisa felt her eyes water but did not let the tears spill. She refused to show weakness while standing before him. "I understand and accept your conditions my king." Her voice was nearly inaudible.
"Your banishment will take place this afternoon, and the entire kingdom will be present to witness the punishment for you acts of treason. Leave now and take care of anything you may have to do, when the time comes the guards will retrieve you." With those words he motions for the guards to lead her from the throne room. Banishment. The same punishment that had been given to Thor, but she suspected he had an easier time understanding his lesson than she would. Odin would have set it that way.
Once the guards released her she returned to her home to speak with Dalla. The woman had helped support Eisa ever since she was disowned, and Eisa owed her so much. With this punishment it was not guaranteed Eisa would ever see her again, and she felt the need to tell Dalla just how grateful she was for all her help.
When Eisa told her of her sentencing the older woman's face immediately fell. Over the past months Dalla had grown attached to Eisa, and knowing she would be gone for an indefinite amount of time hurt. However, she also understood how the law worked, and how lucky Eisa was to have only temporary banishment with the ability to keep her child. After some time Dalla told Eisa she would come that afternoon as a form of support, so she knew there was a home to return to. Eisa thanked her deeply before heading off to find the only other person she wanted to speak with.
Tyr was practicing in the training grounds when he looked up and saw Eisa approaching. Her expression immediately told him something was wrong. He separated himself from the others and walked to his sister. "Eisa, what is wrong?"
"I…" Eisa looked down sadly. "I've been banished Tyr. I am to leave this afternoon, in a public manner."
Tyr just stared at his sister with a sad and shocked expression. "Oh Eisa…" His words shook. "Is there no other way?"
Eisa shook her head. "Not if I wish to keep my child. I am sorry Tyr, but you know I will do anything to save them."
Tyr shook his head. "No, it is alright. I understand." There was a moment of silence before he asked the next question. "How long?"
"The All Father said it would be until I find the true meaning of the heart, and on top of that while I am on Midgard my child will grow as any mortal. If I do not solve this soon, they will die." Eisa's voice shook the longer she spoke. All of the emotion she was holding back threatened to spill at any given moment, but she knew when they would for sure. Come the afternoon she was sure she would break.
"Eisa…" Tyr's voice held sympathy for her. "Is there anything I can do?"
Eisa looked up at him. "Come this afternoon." She said quietly. "Give me some support when everyone else will be cheering for my punishment."
Tyr hesitated for a moment but nodded. "Okay, I will be there for you." He told her.
Just as they had finished talking they were approached by the two royal guards Eisa had been escorted by earlier. "Eisa, it is time."
Eisa looked at them in shock. The time had gone by much quicker than she would have hopped. Tyr jumped forward and hugged her before she was pulled from him. "Goodbye Tyr, we will meet again, I promise."
With that she allowed herself to be led back to the palace where she would be held until the hall was assembled.
So many people, there were so many people who had shown up just to see her banishment, to see the traitor. Eisa kept her head low as she was led out to stand before the All Father. Odin stared down at her with an emotionless mask. She could hear the whispers in the crowd. Most were calling her Loki's whore.
Odin raised Gungnir and the room silenced. Eisa still kept her head low as Odin looked upon her. "Eisa, formerly of Ver's house, you are here to face punishment for assisting in crimes committed against the throne. Do you deny these claims?" Odin asked the same question he had during her trial.
Eisa was shaking badly, and it could be heard in her voice. "No,"
There was a pause before Odin continued. "Then I, Odin All Father, declare you banished to Midgard, until your lesson had been learned. I now strip you of your magic and citizenship of Asgard." With those words Eisa's pendent was pulled from her neck. Eisa shut her eyes in pain as her barrier shattered, and she heard the room's gasp as her concealment spell was broken. It was enough, she had enough. The tears she was holding back broke free, and she looked back at all the people looking at her with scowls and judging eyes silently cursing every one of them.
Odin began to summon the energy necessary to conjure her to Earth. Had it been anyone else the magic would have been forbidden as all dark magic is. Once a portal had opened Odin looked wearier than he had before, but not enough to be noticed at the time. "I cast you out." Were his final words before Eisa found herself pulled through the portal. The last thing she saw were the saddened faces of Dalla and Tyr as they watched her vanish.
The flashes of color that would have been present when traveling the bifrost were absent but the familiar feeling of traveling through the realms was not. However, her body was closer to a human's now than that of an Aesir, and she didn't have the ability to control her landing.
Eisa came from the sky and landed none too softly, but it hadn't been the ground she hit. "What the hell?" An unfamiliar voice asked. Eisa was quick to stand as she realized she had landed on a mortal man. He looked up more than confused and caught sight of her. "Um…where did you come from? And what's with the clothes?" Eisa looked down and realized she was still in her usual dress, which was an uncommon style for Midgard.
Eisa watched as the man stood before answering. "I doubt you would believe me if I were to say where I came from. As to my clothing, let us just say I am not from around here."
"I'm a pretty opened minded person. I don't think you can say anything I won't believe." He told her. "Besides, you just fell on me. You kind of owe an explanation."
Eisa sighed in defeat. "I come from a place know as Asgard. I believe you mortals have it written in some form of mythology. I was banished, so I fell from the sky, and that is how I found myself falling on you."
The man stared at her for a moment. "You're not some asylum escapee are you?"
Eisa shook her head. "I knew you would not believe me." She looked around. "Where am I?"
"About half a mile out from New York City. If you're really from this Asgard, wouldn't that make you a goddess?" He asked her. "Because you look pretty normal to me."
"We are not immortals as you humans believe. We live and die, same as you. It is just that we live for a much longer period of time." Eisa told him. "I do not believe I ever introduced myself. I am Eisa."
"David," The man told her. "Well, I'm not sure if you're crazy and delusional, or telling the truth. Either way you don't seem like a psycho killer, so I don't suppose I can just leave you out here." David gestured for her to follow him. "Come on, you can come back to my place." Eisa hesitated for a moment before following him. At the moment she had nowhere to go, so perhaps David was her best chance for now.
"Why are you willing to help me?" Eisa asked him.
"It isn't everyday that a woman claiming to be part of a fictional supposedly immortal race falls on you. I figure this must have happened for a reason, guess I should make the best of it." He glanced over at her. "We need to get you some normal clothes though. Those make you stand out quite badly."
"I may need some assistance with that. I am not familiar with your customs." Eisa told him.
"I have a sister, I'm sure she could help." David said kindly. "So…" He hesitated in asking his next question. "Are you married?" Eisa stumbled slightly at the question but caught herself. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." He said quickly.
"No, it is alright. You just caught me off guard. No, I am not married. The ring I wear was a promise, but it is one that can no longer be kept." Eisa set her hand over her belly. "This child I carry is all I have of him."
"What happened?" David was becoming more at ease with her.
"He died." Eisa told him quietly.
"Oh, I'm so sorry." He bit his lip. "I always seem to bring up the worse possible topics with the people I meet. I apologize."
Eisa actually smiled slightly. "It is alright. The best of people do."
The rest of their walk was rather quiet. Eisa began to think that perhaps her time on Midgard would not be so bad. She would miss her brother and Dalla, and there was still the fear of complications with her pregnancy, but for now things seemed alright. She began to believe she could get through this.
Darkness. That was all he could see. He was floating in an endless abyss of black with no way to escape. At this time he was just trying to hold on to who he was. It was hard to remember his own name at times, and it was only getting harder. How long had he been here now? Days? Months? Years? It was beginning to pick at his sanity.
Would there ever be a way out of here? If there was would he remember who he was when that time came? It was an awful feeling, not knowing if he would come out as a shell, or come out at all. He wanted nothing more than to be able to remember his life, remember who he was supposed to be. Running through his thoughts once more he tried to remember his family, his friends, his lover, but in the end he was only able to remember one thing, his name.
Loki.
Well, there's that. I know it's short but it's more of a prologue than anything, so chapters should be longer after this.
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See ya.
