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Thunder rocked the sky and lightning flashed like never before as Thaira paced unhappily on one of the balconies of the Avengers Mansion. She stopped, turned and glared fiercely at Tony and Steve as they walked on to the balcony.
"Hey Princess-"
"What does thou want?" She interrupted Tony fiercely as a bolt of lightning crossed the sky. Tony unfazed by her continued.
"Well we were never properly introduced to you, and you probably would like to know who your brother dumped Asguard for. I'm Iron Man, Tony Stark, the most amazing, brilliant, handsome-"
"Don't forget ego-centered and obnoxious." Steve interrupted.
"Hey! Your old-fashioned and-"
"Stark you're digressing."
"Alright, I'll stop." He said giving Steve a glare. "You can call me Tony and this is Steve Rogers, better known as Caption America."
"What kind of trickery have you used to keep my brother from Asguard?" She questioned bluntly.
"Now don't get upset princess. Lets start with something we can all agree with. We all think your brother is a jerk right now. You don't like that he won't go home with you and we think that he should have introducing us to you sooner. I mean couldn't he have when Loki tried to take over the world. It would have been so easy and you are so much more interesting than Loki-"
"What Tony is trying to say here, is that Thor is here because he wants to be here and that you're welcome here also, but you just can't fly in here and force Thor to leave. Your brother has done a lot of good for the people of this world. We would be truly sorry for his absence"
"Well it's time he returns home, what could be more important than the safety of Asguard?" She said stubbornly.
"The safety of innocent defenseless people." Steve said.
"And Asguadian people aren't innocent!" She exclaimed.
"Asguard has Odin and hundreds of great warriors to protect the innocent. All earth has is us."
"No wonder your realm is a mess." She sarcastically.
"We do our best." Steve said humbly.
"I'm not talking about you." She said looking at Tony.
"Oh come on. Give me a chance, can't you just give us a chance, princess." Tony said.
"My name is Thaira!"
"Alright Thaira, How about you stay here for one day with the Avengers and if in twenty-four hours you aren't impressed by our awesomeness and if we seem pointless to you then you can take Thor home with you."
"Well that will be a waste of time. I've made up my mind." She said with a cunning smile.
"How about this, If we don't save 250 people in the next twenty-four hours then you can take Thor and go back to Asguard."
"And if you do."
"Then your brother stays and you have to stand outside Stark Tower in an Iron Girl outfit screaming I love the Avengers and Tony Stark at the top of your lungs for 15 minutes."
"Tony, Thor's going to be pretty angry when he hears this maybe you should talk to him first." Steve said disapprovingly.
"Don't worry I'll handle Thor, So is it a deal Thaira?"
"Only if I win then you dress as an Asguardian and stand in front of your Tower singing an ancient Asguardian ballad, which praises my people."
"So is it a deal?"
"A deal it is." She shook his hand happily.
"Tony I hope you know what your doing." Steve said with a sigh.
"Don't I always." He replied with a mischievous smile.
That evening Thaira joined the Avengers for dinner. Tony had given her a room across from the Black Widow's room. The Asguardian Princess was in a better mood then she had been earlier that day. Tony was overconfident, which was quite normal and Steve was uneasy about the whole deal. Thor was surprised to see his sister join them for dinner and that she seemed to be cheery about it. This put him in the best of spirits.
"Sister, are thou through being angry over my decision concerning Asguard?"
"Yea Thor, don't you realize that I have missed you? I'm glad to spend time with you." She said with a sly smile looking over at Tony. Steve caught that and gave Tony a concerned glance. Bruce, who wasn't Hulk at this time, noticed this immediately.
"Stark, What are you up to?" He said suspiciously.
"Me? Up to anything, No, not at all. Actually I'm just enjoying this steak."
"I don't know about that."
"So when is Clint and Natasha coming back?" Tony continued, changing the topic and ignoring Bruce.
"Are not they on an assignment for Director Fury?" Thor said.
"Clint said it would be awhile," Steve said quietly.
Dessert was brought out and all ate quietly accept Thor. It was the finest chocolate ice cream in the world. It was covered with cherries to complete the desert.
"It is nice to have thee around again, sister."
"It has been awhile brother, but what is this wonderful food?" Thaira said puzzled.
"It is chocolate ice cream sister. It's a favorite among the humans."
"I love it." She said with a smile.
Thaira disappeared after dinner. So Tony, Steve, Thor, and Bruce did what they did every night that the world wasn't in crisis. They sat around their game room bored beyond all reason. After watching Bruce and Thor play a game of chess for about an hour Tony had had enough.
"Alright we need to do something, anything!"
"I'd like to try one of those, oh what do you call them, video games again." Steve replied.
"You should have said something earlier! Jarvis what games do we have."
After an hour of kicking Steve's but at Mario Cart, Tony convinced Thor and Bruce to join in. That's when the real competition began.
"Hey I think I have the hang of this now." Steve said as his car passed Tony's.
"Oh no you don't!"
A few minutes later Thaira walked in to find them laughing and yelling at each other over the stupidest things.
"Sister, Where has thee been?" Thou are missing a great time. You should try this Mario Cart." Thor said with a smile.
She rolled her eyes, disgusted.
"Oh there is no need brother. I shall win this easier than I thought." She said looking Tony straight in the eye.
"Win what?"
"Nothing Thor, I shall try it."
Bruce handed her a controller and she seemed to be having fun. They all enjoyed themselves. Thaira laughed with them and seemed to be herself; at least that's what Thor told them. Finally they all left to go to bed. Thaira said her goodnight first.
"Goodnight Thor, It's been good to see thee." She said as she gave her brother a quick hug.
"Goodnight warriors of Midguard, I have enjoyed this day in your realm." When she walked past Tony and Steve she softly whispered, "Thou will have to try harder than that to change my mind."
