The next morning Thor made a mental note to go to Jotunheim as soon as possible, now he knew where Loki was he had to go see him (or her). Currently there wasn't much going on that he would be needed for. Well, there was planning the coronation but at the moment it was just

decorations which he wasn't required to be there for. Even so, the earliest he would be able to leave would be midday seeing as how he trained with Sif for most of the morning. They would spar, come up with tactics and train both strength and agility. The only issue he had ever had with it was when they spared, Sif nearly always won.

Training went smoothly enough, the only problem being, he kept getting distracted by the slightest of things. Sif never said anything about it but when she noticed she'd hit him round the head with the flat of her sword so as he walked down to Bifrost he found he was starting to get a headache. He stepped inside the dome, noticing for the first time that it wasn't nearly as grand as the old one had been. Oh well, as long as it worked.

"Heimdall, my friend, I need you to send me to Jotunheim! There is someone there I must see," he boomed. The gate keeper eyed him questioningly. He could have asked the thunder god's reasons for this but of course, he already knew them.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" He asked, Thor gave him a confused look before nodding. "Okay then," he slammed his sword into the Bifrost and with a flash of light, Thor was gone.

Jotunheim was just as cold as one could expect, Thor vaguely recognised where he was from his last little 'visit'. He started to walk through the think snow, looking for something or someone that could show him where Loki was whilst desperately trying not to slip. Eventually he saw a large Jotun man lounging amongst a pile of rock, he didn't appear to be one of the guards but still had a large amount of weapons. The Jotun looked up as soon as he heard Thor approaching.

"What are you doing here, Aesir?" He growled threateningly making the god gripped his hammer tighter.

"I mean you no harm, I have only come here to see Loki," The Jotun ginned before standing.

"Ah, she said something about this happening. Follow me," He started to walk away, Thor running to catch up. They seemed to be going in the direction of a glacier which, on closer inspection, looked more like it was man-made. Was this some kind of city? Or maybe it was some spiritual structure. Now, Thor didn't know much about Jotunheim or the Jotun culture so this glacier could have literally been anything so, currently, he was just having to hope for the best. However, if it came down to it the god was quite confident in his abilities and was sure he's be able to fight his way out.

As they drew closer to the glacier it began to take more of a shape. The glacier slowly seemed to morph into a palace with every step they took even though it had been like that the whole time. How impressive. The doors to the palace swung open on their arrival, almost as if they were expected. Well, the Jotun may have been but Thor? Probably not. The inside of the palace wasn't too much different to his home in Asgard. Of course many of the things were either made from ice or stone and on a much larger scale but it was still very grand.

Thor as lead through a series of corridors and staircases until they came to an ornate wooded door. The Jotun opened it and peered round, the hint of a smirk on his face.

"Hey, sis, there's someone here to see you," he said. Thor could hear shuffling and a few thuds before an annoyed woman replied:

"Who is it Helblindi? You know I've not got time for visitors right-" Helblindi opened the door fully to show a very surprised Loki staring Thor dead in the eye. The god hadn't seen his brother (or sister) in this form before and even though he had seen other Jotuns it surprised him to see her like this. Her skin seemed to glow sapphire and her eyes a brighter, ruby red compared to the dull crimson of the others. It made him decided at that moment that she was the most beautiful creature he'd ever seen."Thor," she muttered, eyes not moving from the blond. "Why have you come here?" Before Thor could answer she spun round, stalking back into what appeared to be the throne room, the man quickly followed.

"I came to see you, I didn't feel like we had long enough to talk the other night," Loki sighed, she was worried something like this would happen and now he was here she could only hope that he hadn't realized who she was yet.

"Hmmm, I guess your right, but I'm a very busy woman Thor, it's a miracle I got there in the first place," She grabbed a book from beside the throne, pretending to read it so she didn't have to make eye contact.

"Loki, can you just talk to me? I know it's you so give up the act," Thor said bluntly. The raven slammed the book shut. He had worked it out. The moronic oaf that stood before her had worked it out. Well, it was probably quite easy as her female form wasn't much different from the male so she was quite surprised that no one had pointed it out. She stared at Helblindi, who was still standing outside, to see if he had noticed the tension and realized he should leave. And, of course, quickly enough he did. Loki heard him muttering something about 'leaving them too it' before shutting the door and scurrying away.

The two god were now standing alone in complete silence, neither sure what to say or if the other would beat them too it. Thor eventually walked towards Loki, still just as unsure about what to do. He didn't want to anger the raven by saying something he shouldn't but knew that was bound to happen anyways.

"Brother, I-" He started, only to be cut off before he could string together a proper sentence.

"No," Loki hissed, finally looking at her 'brother'. "Don't you dare call me that! Will you ever get it through you thick skull that we're not related!? If you haven't noticed I'm not even male any more, I've been forced into this form and now I'm stuck like this! So don't you dare 'brother' me!" Thor blinked, he'd said one word and already screwed up. He could hear the anger in the woman's voice but there was something else, was it hurt? "Why are you here anyways?"

"As I said before, I had to see you. I've missed you,"

"Oh, great! You've missed me, fat lot of good that does, doesn't it?" Loki glared, the look in her eyes was cold and hateful even so, again, there was something else there. It was becoming steadily more obvious that she was hurting and Thor feared that his presence was just making it worse. He wanted to comfort her but knew his words may just make it worse so he did the only other thing he thought was logical, he closed the gap between them by pulling her into a tight hug, kissing her forehead softly.

For a moment Loki did nothing, she didn't know if she should fight him off, yell or just sink into the hug. It felt comforting and safe and brought up old feelings anew. A wave of sadness, loneliness and pain suddenly hit her all at once, she felt her barriers start to crumble and the raw emotions flood through. 'Damn this weak form,' she thought bitterly as hot, wet tears started to run down her face and soon enough her breath became shaky and her face grew hot and flushed. Thor pulled back from the hug, shocked to see that Loki had been crying, as sensitive as she had been it was always a rare occasion for her to cry when they were children. He ran a hand through her hair to comfort her.

"Calm down, it'll be okay," was all the Thunder God could think to say.

"No, no it wont," she sobbed, "I've become weak, none of this should have happened,"

"What do you mean?" Loki gave an empty laugh,

"Do you really-"snivel"-think that my actions back on Midgard were completely my own?" Thor gave a slight nod before the raven continued. "The fall was, of course, soul crushing enough to send anyone insane yet somehow I only had physical injuries. Probably because I was too busy wallowing in my own self pity. But then I met them, at first I thought I had lucked out, meeting creatures which didn't want to kill me but, in fact, cared for me until I was well again. However, when they deemed fit they took me to their leader, Thanos, he manipulated me, warped me and then 'expanded' my mind. It was like being caged then forced to watch someone take over your life," Loki looked the blond straight in the eye, hoping he could see the sincerity to her words. The man looked shocked, he opened his mouth to say something but found himself lost for words.

"It was only after I'd been beat to a pulp by that 'Hulk', I finally could control myself again," She snivelled again, quickly wiping away any remaining tears. They showed her weakness which was something she couldn't allow. She felt like she had said too much already as it would surely lead to questions, some of which she couldn't answer.

"If I had been stronger Thanos wouldn't have been able to control me," Loki had always been able to hide her emotions as she was, after all, an excellent liesmith. However,after she had fallen from the Rainbow Bridge she had found herself overwhelmed by everything that had happened and thus, he walls had weakened and the slightest bit of kindness had made them crumble completely. Rather like now when a simple gesture had turned her into a blubbering mess. At least she could blame this on female hormones and inability to have normal mood patterns.

Thor stared at the woman. She seemed to have calmed down as the tears had stopped but he could tell the slightest thing could set them off again.

"Why didn't you say something when we were back in Asgard?" He asked quietly hoping that she wouldn't reacted badly.

"No one would have believed me." She said bluntly. "I'm the bloody God of lies! It's what's expected of me! How many times have you friends said that I'm incapable of sincerity? How many times have I been accused of mischief when I've done nothing? They all hate me for my actions anyway, so I doubt they'd even listen in the first place." She sighed there was no point in this, nothing would come of it. Nothing would change. It might of well have been a drunken a banter. Thor reached forward to pull Loki back into a hug but she swatted him away.

"You should leave," She said quietly, the words making the blond's heart sink. Either way he nodded and walked out of the throne room.

Loki slumped into the throne, heart heavy, eyes red and sore form crying. She should never have gone to the ball, and should turned Thor away the moment she saw him. She shouldn't have let him see how weak and feeble she was really feeling. She also kind of hoped that Helblindi had gone far enough away to not have heard the conversation otherwise she knew she'd never live it down.

A/N: Woah, this was pretty long chapter! I went from having mega bad writers block to being all like 'typety type type' =D I hope you guys enjoy it =3 and, hey, I'm already on the next chapter so hopefully I'll update quickly (but don't hold me to it). Anyways guys, overall I'm afraid this wont be updated that quickly as I'm also writing several other fanfictions. They're House of 1000 Corpses, Winx Club, Batman, Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vampire Academy and multiple ones for Avengers if any of you think you'd be interested *winkwink nudgenudge* I'll need lots of encouragement to get things done and reviews are just what I need *winkwink nudgenudge*