Everyone in Asgard was weeping in joy and grievment. It has been but a month since the grave news of Odins health was told. Since then it has deteriorated at a rapid pace. The people and royal family of Asgard fear it would be only a matter of days before the passing of the Allfather comes.
But the day was meant to be happy. It was the start of a new era and a new monarch. There stood Thor, the eldest of Odin's sons, leading the coronation of his little brother.
Even through all that has happened, Asgard has welcomed Loki as their king with great pride. They have watched the boy grow into a man, they've watched him break down, hate them with all his might, commit treason and so much more. But they have also watched him grow into a worthy king.
Of all the royal family, Loki was the one the people of Asgard thought would never even think about adopting, never mind the children being of midgardian birth. The young prince and princess in their time in Asgard have become living proof that Loki has changed, that Asgard itself has changed. They are no longer prejudiced and hypocritical.
Frigga, the mother of the two men, was on the sidelines watching with pride as Thor pronounced Loki king. The Avengers beside the warriors three. Jane, sif and the two children were beside Frigga watching just as proud.
Sif and the warriors three became ashamed of what they have said and done but have moved on and also have saw the changes in Loki, even in his near emotionless state.
It was also not only Odin Allfather that the people mourn for, they also Mourn for Leia; their would-be queen. Anyone with eyesight knew it was only a matter of time before Loki would have proposed to her, time and chance. Now he has all the time in the world but not a chance and it broke his shattered heart into minuscule pieces.
From all the nine realms, they have been offered help to heal the Allfather but not of it worked. Every realm has helped, all of them but one; Jötunheim. No one dears to ask them for help. They might not be under Laufey's control, who's head is still in Leia's old cell, but they do not know if they are hostile once again. They didn't want to take that chance.
It enraged and infuriated everyone not knowing whether they could save his life. If they could it'd be down to their life long enemies. Not that they're their. Enemies anymore but nor are they allies of Asgard. They were kind of the negative neutral race.
She kneeled before the people of Jotunheim, in front of the army she once fought alongside and could could not remember a single thing that happened. Her red glowing eyes were trapped in the gaze of her friend and advisor. He smiled down upon her with pride.
Kaag, the Jotun general and now royal advisor, had spent the month after she crash landed back on Jotunheim teaching her everything he could, everything he knew. It came as a shock to him and everyone else who had known her during the fight upon Midgard that she had lost all memory of anything. She couldn't even remember her own name nor her own species, although the latter of the two is still quite debatable.
He didn't know what to do at first. It was all new to him as he never had a family or siblings. They died when he was just a baby so he was brought up to be a soldier. But when he saw the innocence and confusion in her eyes, his seemingly unnatural instincts kicked in and he treated her as his little sister. He enjoyed the feeling that he felt when he saw her practice and learn to control her powers once again, he enjoyed the pride that swelled in his heart as she made the sun shine upon the palace perfectly making it look stunning.
She smiled up at her friend happily before bowing her head, allowing his to place the intricate silver crown upon her ebony haired head. A shiver went down her spine the second it touch her head, small ice spikes forming around the edge of the metal as it recognised a person of Jotunheim royalty.
"I crown you Queen Leia of Jotunheim." he stated deep and loudly, the palace erupted into cheers and the festivities began.
The many celebrations for the crowning of King Loki were starting to get lively and loud. The room filled with joyful banter and laughter. It was quite nauseating for the mischievous god for him to sit there will his quite blank look upon his face, the only emotion solemnness. He watched bored as his friends and family drank and ate and celebrated his coronation.
He had tried, they all knew how much he tried to pretend to be happy, to try and smile infront of his kingdom but he couldn't do it. He hadn't the heart to. Everyone had tried everything to keep a smile on his face. The only time he actually smiled was when Anna giggled when he taught her magic. They'd end up covered in bubbles and then Kol would join them and they would mess around. No one could deny that Loki was a fantastic father but they needed a mother. They had already lost one and now another.
The two children, who brought him the little bit of happiness left in him, her behind him playing pranks on the guards and the warriors. They had become more and more like their adopted father than anyone had
hoped but it was a refreshing change.
The children had become more bolder in their pranks, they slowly begun to prank higher ranking people, the highest so far is Thor, mainly because they hold to much love and respect for the lady Frigga as everyone else does.
Thor's laughter echoed throughout the hall as he listened to Volstagg talk about an adventure for a food he had not yet tasted. Hogun and Sif beside him talking quietly with a smile on their faces. The avengers were getting into the swing of things, especially tony. He had started a drinking contest with Fandral.
Leia smiled at the many people as she silently, invisibly, walked through the hall. Her crown sat snugly upon her head. Other than the sudden drop in temperature, her presence went completely unnoticed. That was until she made it to the door that lead onto the allfathers chambers. She went to open it when all of a sudden her legs lost their balance and she went tumbling into the door with a loud bang.
Everyone turned and saw the kids on the floor and automatically thought the bang was them tripping over each but for some reason Tony stark thought different and semi-drunkenly skipped over, crouching beside the children who were lying down. To anyone who wasn't up close it would seem jut that but if you were as close as he was you could see past the facade, you could see the two small children hugging something invisible.
"Look uncle tony! It's mummy, she's back!" the small boy whispered happily turning his head so his cheek rested on what the man guessed to be her thigh. He had frozen at the word mummy and then paled. Surely she couldn't have made it back and Heimdal not have told us. No, Heimdal said he had searched as far as he could see for her but it was fruitless. Unless he was lying and if he was the tall guardian was going to get one hell of a broken face.
Leia gazed up at the drunken tanned, handsome man in confusion, the same look she gave to the two children who had wound themselves tightly around her legs and called her mother. Kaag had told her about her life on Midgard once as they went on a small holiday there. She found a few people stared at her and he explained in this universe she was dead and this time not coming back. He then went on to explain her connection to a man named Tony Stark or the tin man as he joked. They stayed on a rooftop near his tower long enough to see him fly out in his suit. It was her colours, green and black. It looked amazing in the night, like an angel of the night. He also went on to explain that she had adopted two orphaned children. Unfortunately he didn't know much about them, just rumours but the way he told them made her feel pride for the children that were once and maybe still could be hers.
"Leia, if you're actually there do you mind explaining why the fuck I haven't seen you in over a month!" he whisper shouted making the three on the floor scrunch their noses in disgust and amusement at the vulgar language.
"Stark stop talking to the sleeping children and drink with us!" Clint Barton shouted at the confused man. He sighed and stood up, gaze fixated upon the space where the children were not, where her body would be if she was there. The glimmer of hope dissipated from his chocolate eyes. This small fact stung leias heart for some reason that to her was unknown.
'Mr. Stark, you will be called to Jotunheim soon. Your questions will be answered then.' as this oh so familiar voice sounded in his head, the children were suddenly met with the actual floor and a mobile phone was placed in his hands by invisible hands. He tried to hold one but the second he felt the cold flesh it disappeared, as if it was never there at all but he knew different. All of a sudden the room temperature went back to normal and he grinned; he knew now he didn't imagine it.
The children had now stood up and were the first ones to get caught up in his purest happiness faze. He picked them both, resting them on his hip and hugged them tightly. They hugged him back, just as happy about their mothers return. He burst out into joyous laughter kissing both their foreheads.
Leia had teleported into the Allfathers chambers, laughter echoing in her ears. The process itself only to a hand to the forehead and a second. She rolled her eyes at the sight of the man before making two letters appear. One was addressed towards the Allfather which basically said you owe me and the other to stark telling him to go to jotunheim the second he recieves the letter and show it a guard so he will take him to her. Both letters were signed by Kaag - Royal Advisor with the royal seal. The allfather started to wake up as if he had only taken a nap so she thought then would be the best time to go back to Jotunheim and wait for him.
Stark was sitting beside Loki with the two royally dressed children on his knees as they ate cookies that he had brought with him. They were triple chocolate chip chocolate cookies that him and Pepper had made specially for the two. He also had brought a tub of ice cream which the three of them had finished within a minute. This causes Volstagg to pout having not tasted the mighty fine creamy frozen treat.
Suddenly the door where the children were lying only mere moments before and the sight caused everyone but tony to gasp in shock. He just continued to nibble on a cookie, chuckling in the tense silence the second one of the children grab his cookie. He pouted and continued to ignore the silence until Anna poked his cheek and then pointed to the figure that stood before the now open door. Old man, white beard and hair, scowling at Loki slightly - Odin, tony deducted in his head smirking.
"Anthony Stark, you're are required in Jotunheim, before the Royal Advisor." tony smiled and stood up, placing the two slowly tiring children in his seat.
"Royal advisor? They need a monarch first." Loki stated confused. Odin smiled slightly, confusion still covering his features.
"Well it seems they gained one but a hour ago." he explained handing Starks letter over to the man who grinned conceitedly. Fury glared angrily as he smirked waving the black envelope at him. The intricate personalised writing of his name of it was in a icy blue colour and instead of it saying Anthony stark it just said Tony with a massive curl on the tail of the y. His grin widened and he quickly opened it, pulling out a piece of paper.
He read it several times before spinning around in the room trying to locate the small black metallic briefcase which was really his suit in disguise. Leaving the mobile phone absentmindedly on the table, He quickly located it and suited up freaking most of the asgardians out. He was out of the building faster than anyone could even contemplate. The mortals and asgardians alike stared off into the darkening sky where tony Starks figure was growing smaller and smaller by the second.
Loki however stood up with a slightly determined look on his face and strode towards the Allfather with a conceited grin on his face. Neither men knew the reason for his sudden happiness but the elder of the two definitely didn't object. He forgot how innocent and naive Loki could look when he grinned in happiness and not mischief. He felt a pang of guilt and regret in his heart once again.
"So father, How is life treating you?" the challenging look in his eyes and the 'I was right' smirk on his lips made Odin want to facepalm and grin. His son was back. Even in the Odinsleep he could see what happened and the sacrifices made because of his prejudice.
"Far better than I deserve, I'm sure." his all seeing eye wandered around the room until it settled onto the small group of midgardian heroes who weren't looking too mighty. One caught his interest though; he was a small quiet looking man in a black formal midgardian suit with a purple shirt untucked messily. His jacket was lost somewhere thanks to tony. Strangely enough he was seemingly asleep Until all of a sudden he jumped up shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Hannibal wants to eat me!" everyone stared at the now sheepish looking man until his eyes connected with Odin then he screamed like a little girl, jumping back and making him and the chair fall to the floor. Comically he jumped up and screamed again unfortunately this time turning a pale shade of green. Loki must have saw his discolouration because the next second he was tightly gripping his face looking quite pissed off himself.
"Calm it banner, 'Tis just my father." Bruce calmed down slightly but still gave fright filled eyes towards the Allfather. Loki followed his gaze in curiosity.
"No Loki, that is Hannibal lector. He has just grown hair, a beard and married fury." both Odin and fury were now standing defensively quite near to each other strangely enough
"No need for insults, Dr. Banner." Odin said with a underlying ordering tone but unfortunately it was a little too obvious.
"Trust me, Urm Allfather. There is a quite big need for insults, I just have the decency not to do it in front of the youngest two of the Asgardian royal family."
"But now that you mention it banner, he does bare an uncanny resemblance to the cannibal." Frigga gave her youngest a glare that told him to stop encouraging it but still smiled in amusement.
"I second that." Jane commented getting a slight glare from Thor who's lap she was sitting on. "Come on Thor, you cannot say he doesn't." Thor reluctantly gave his father a long hard stare. Seconds passed before his eyes widened making everyone who understood the reference but his parents smirk.
"I will not participate in this any further." he spoke loudly as he always did. "Now let's continue celebrating, we have more to be thankful for." childish giggles were heard then Loki felt something poking his leg. He looked down at the two children with a fond smile on his face.
"Mummy saved him, daddy." he froze as did the whole room. He didn't know what to say to his little girl. Kol spoke up before he could even think.
"It's true father, you said she was gone but she was here. I think Uncle tony saw her too."
"Yeah, she spoke to him using magic like you taught me to." Loki chuckled and walked over to the table tony had led the mobile on, picking it up and unlocking it. His jaw dropped simultaneously with the phone once he caught sight of the wallpaper; it was a uncannily familiar man and his love. He had completely frozen, his hand still in mid air from where he held the phone.
Dr. Banner slowly walked over, eyes focused on the god of mischief as he bend down and picked up the phone. He watched as the two children pulled on the gods royal armour trying to get his attention but even they couldn't. When he turned the screen on, he saw the reason why. In the background was a picture of a man who looked strikingly like Loki but with short curly brown hair and kind eyes and a pale woman with ebony hair and awesome ice blue eyes. He couldn't believe his eyes; It was Leia.