Beta: MyDarkeGuardianAngel ( u/4489263/)

Hey guys,

here's the next chapter, it's a bit longer than the first one..

Tell me what you think - hope you enjoy it.


Chapter 2

Loki stood on the huge platform of the Asgardigan palace, the highest place in all Asgard. It was a cold night and Loki looked at the stars. He couldn't sleep. And if he slept, he had nightmares. When he woke up after one, he couldn't remember anything. He sighed a little and looked around Asgard. Some day, he or his brother would rule this wonderful kingdom. Odin always said that they were both born to be kings. But this was not true. Everyone in Asgard knew who would become king. Thor was born to be the king. He was stronger and more loved than Loki and everyone knew that. Deep in his heart Loki was sad and angry at the same time about that but he didn't say anything. He acted like the good brother, the good son, the one he wanted to be. But he couldn't hold this facade forever, he knew that.

Loki sighed and looked back to the stars. How many stars could there be? Maybe a thousand? No, he thought, more. For a little moment, looking up at those stars, he forgot all his worries, but they were too quickly back.
He walked back inside, lay down in his bed and tried to sleep again.

"Loki, wake up!" Thor jumped up and down on his brother's bed. "Why do you always sleep so long?" Loki opened his eyes slowly and looked around in confusion.

When Thor saw that Loki was awake he stopped jumping and sat down on the bed.

"Did you sleep well, brother?" he asked with a smile.

Loki looked at Thor, unsure what to tell him, then nodded slowly. He ignored the fact that this wasn't true. On the plus side, he that didn't dream about terrible things. The bad? He slept 3 hours in all. Loki tried not to yawn. He was too tired to be angry at Thor for waking him up yet again. He just stood up and put some clothes on.

Thor ran to their parents' bedroom to wake them up, just like every morning. Mostly he laid down in their bed till Loki came up to them. Loki walked to his parents bedroom, too. Thor laid between his mother and his father with a huge smile on the face. They laughed about something but when their younger son entered the room, the King and the Queen suddenly stopped. Loki sat down on the great chair near the fireplace.

"Good morning, my son. Did you sleep well?" Odin asked, standing up.

Loki stared at the ground and nodded. "Yes father."

Their mother stood up too. "Are you hungry? I'm sure you are." She asked kindly.

"Like a bear!" Thor shouted. He ran over to Loki, grabbed him by the arm, and dragged him away. "Put on some clothes, we'll meet you in the parlor!"

The day passed like every other day of Loki's life till then. They breakfasted, many Asgardigans came with their problems to Odin so he had no time for his sons. Their mother tidied up the house and spent some time with her friends, like she always did. Thor's friends visited him until dinner so Loki was alone the whole day. He drew a little, then sat down in front of the fire place and stared in the flames.

In the evening, when every member of his family was back, the guests had left and Thor wanted to play with him, Loki was too tired to move. He sat on a great chair in the parlor and read his book. On cue, Thor ran headlong into the room, clutching his plastic hammer, just like the day before. Before he could say anything, Loki said quietly, "Can you please be quiet? I want to finish this chapter today."

Thor was disappointed. "But I thought we could play fighting now!"

"I'm really tired, Thor." Loki said without looking up. If his brother just came to him because his friends had to go home, he didn't want to play with him. And he was tired. Loki yawned.

Thor walked out of the room with a depressed, "Okay".

Loki felt like the older brother, the one who always thought he was too old to play with the little one, but in actuality Thor was 2 years older. He laughed a little.

Some minutes later, some servants began to cover the table for the dinner. It was really loud, so Loki closed his book and walked into his bedroom with it. Thor's room was next door and he could hear Odin and Thor playing fighting. He lay down his book on the little table next to his bed. Then he walked into the kitchen to help his mother.

After the dinner and a bath, Loki lay down on his bed and tried to sleep. He stared at his ceiling. His brother had a whole night sky drawn on there, which glowed in the dark. Loki's ceiling was as dark as the rest of his room. Maybe because he couldn't sleep if it was too bright. He stood up and took his book with him. The fire in the parlor was still burning, so he had enough light to read. Odin had given him this book as a gift for his birthday. He said that it came from the Earth, and it was really difficult to bring it to Asgard. The book was called "The wizard of oz". Loki had been really proud of it till Thors birthday came. On Thor's 10th birthday, Odin signed up his son in a fighting school. Loki didn't like fighting that much, but he was a little offended... and a little jealous too.

Thor was the firstborn, he had to accept that. Of course it hurt that his parents seemed to like Thor more. But what could he do about it? He couldn't go to them and cry that he wanted as much love as Thor got. He really should stop thinking about that. It hurt. Loki closed his book and stared at the flames of the fireplace. The mesmerising flicker of the flames and gentle warmth of the palace lulled him to sleep.

Thor woke up suddenly in the middle of the night. It was dark around him, he couldn't see anything. But he heard something. A scream. He was pretty sure that it was Loki's voice. Maybe he had had some of his nightmares again. Thor stood up quickly and ran into his brother's room. When he noticed that it was empty he followed the second scream. It came out of the parlor. What was Loki doing there at this time? Thor opened the door with a loud slam and ran to his brother.

Loki sat in his favourite chair, in front of the low burning fire. His hair and his face were wet, he was sweating buckets. He whispered quietly, so low Thor couldn't hear what Loki was saying. Loki tossed, then shouted again.

"No!" He rolled around in the chair.

Thor grabbed Loki's shoulders and shook him softly. "Loki, wake up, everything is okay."

"WAR, IT'S WAR!" Loki screamed. His voice was rough, and Thor could hear true panic in it.

"Loki you're at home! You're okay." Thor said loudly, shaking him more.

"People died! No! They're my people! Don't hurt them, don't!" With a shout, Loki suddenly opened his eyes. But he was still dreaming, Thor could see that.

With a frown, Thor slapped Loki hard. "WAKE UP, LOKI!"

Loki blinked quickly. He placed a hand on his throbbing cheek and stared at his brother. "Ouch Thor, what was that?"

Before Thor could answer, their parents ran into the room. "What happened, why did you scream?" Frigga asked Loki.

He looked up at them, confused. "I screamed?"

Thor looked at his brother. "Yes, you screamed something about War."

"I...I can't remember anything." He had a terrible head ache. "War?"

Odin sighed. "You should go in your room and sleep."

Loki nodded. "Yes father. Sorry for waking you up." He took his book and walked past them into his bedroom.

"Sometimes I don't understand him." he heard his mother saying before leaving the parlor.

He shook his head. "No you don't want to understand me." he whispered. "You think that I'm acting, that I'm joking. But I'm not." He opened the door of his room and slammed it hard behind him.

He had laid down on the bed and began to read again (because he was sure that he couldn't sleep) when Thor came into the room and sat down on his bed.

"Couldn't sleep, little brother?" He asked, grinning, but Loki didn't look up. "Are you mad at me?" Thor asked after a little while. Loki ignored him. He was too tired to discuss with his brother or talk with him about the nightmare he couldn't remember. He just felt a deep shock, like always when he woke up after a nightmare. "So you are mad?"

Loki sighed. He never gave up. "No I'm not mad at you." Loki answered.

Thor smiled. "Are you sure?" Loki nodded and Thor smiled a little brighter. Then he yawned. "Tomorrow we'll do something really nice together." He said. He then stood up and left the room.

Loki sighed before closing his book and laid it down on the table. "I'm sure we won't." He turned off the little lamp which stood next to his bed and felt asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.