Halloween Hijinks

AN: Hello, this is a really late Halloween story. Hooray for procrastination!

"Loki!" Thor yells, bursting into the room. "The Midgardians are celebrating at the Hall of Ween!"

Loki rolls his eyes. "No, _. The celebration is called Halloween, and it happens all over Midgard." AN: So I'm trying to think of some Asgardian insult for Loki to say, but for some reason all I can think of is the Doctor from Doctor Who calling people "pudding brains", lol. If anyone can think of a good insult, let me know.

Thor's face lights up. "You know about this holiday? Then let us go to Midgard and celebrate it together!"

Loki raises an eyebrow. "Are you sure you want to? After all," he grins mischievously, "it is a holiday of tricks and treats, and as the god of mischief, I have a reputation to uphold. Be forewarned, brother, that I will trick even you."

Thor laughs heartily. "If you think you can scare me, you are mistaken. I am not afraid of anything!"

"Oh really?" Loki replies, his voice dangerously quiet.

"Yes," Thor says, although it's not entirely true.

Loki stares at Thor, his green eyes boring into Thor in a way that says "challenge accepted." Then he smirks. "Well then, let us go to Midgard."

Thor and Loki arrive in Jane's driveway, leaving a mark of bifrost energy in their wake. "Thor! I'm so glad you could make it!" Jane says. She starts to walk towards Thor, then stops with a gasp when she finally notices Loki. "What's he doing here?" Jane asks Thor, while keeping her eyes on Loki.

"Thor's father decided the only fitting punishment for me is to be stripped of my powers and forced to learn your pathetic Midgardian customs," Loki says, interrupting Thor. Loki grins. "Fortunately, this holiday is quite amusing."

Jane glares at him. "Well, as long as you don't cause any trouble…"

Loki pretends to look hurt. "When do I ever cause trouble?"

"YOU—"Jane begins, but she is interrupted by her friend Darcy.

"Thor, long time no see!" she says in greeting. Then she sees Loki. "And you are?"

Loki looks outraged. "I AM THE KING OF AZGARD!" he glares. "Well, I will be."

Darcy still looks confused. "Sooo, does that mean you're related to Thor or something?"

Thor says "Yes," at the same time as Loki says "No!"

"Oookay…" Darcy says, looking more confused than ever. "Well, anyways, this is my Halloween costume party. So come on in!"

"A costume party?!" Thor says, looking panicked. "BUT I HAVE NO COSTUME!"

Darcy frowns. "What do you mean? What you're wearing is fine."

Thor looks at his outfit in disbelief. He is wearing the same armored and caped outfit that he wore during the battle of New York. Loki's outfit is a bit more subtle, lacking the golden helmet and scepter, yet still his favorite shade of green. Jane is dressed as a cat, and Darcy is wearing a pirate costume.

Thor continues to look sad. "It's ok, you look fine," Jane says, in an effort to cheer him up.

Thor just nods. Suddenly, his eyes light up "I HAVETH AN IDEA!" he shouts. "I SHALL BE COSTUMED AS THOR THE MORTAL!" Loki facepalms.

Come on, come on, come on! Loki grumbles, waiting for Thor to walk over to the candy bowl. Loki knows how much his brother likes candy, so he hid a little… surprise at the bottom. Nothing life threatening, just something to stop Thor from bragging about being fearless. Loki chuckled at that thought. Fearless. Oh, sure, Thor can take down monsters all right, but when it comes to smaller things…

Loki hears giggling and looks around. A group of girls are standing nearby and staring at him. When they notice him looking at them, they burst into another fit of giggles and quickly look away. For a moment, Loki wonders what they were laughing about, then he rolls his eyes. Loki wants to see Thor's face when he gets pranked, and these girls are distracting him. Scowling, he looks back at the candy bowl. And not a moment too soon, as Thor is now starting to eat. Loki grins and walks closer.

"Wow, nice Thor costume!" one of Darcy's friends says to Thor.

"I'm no' tho', I'm a mor'l!" Thor says proudly with his mouth full. Loki cringes. Manners! He wishes Thor would hurry up and find his prank.

Fortunately, he does not have long to wait. The next time Thor reaches for candy, he looks at his hand in confusion, then screams! Loki laughs till his chest aches as Thor swats frantically at the spider on his hand, screaming "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!"

"Afraid of spiders, are you?" Loki snickers.

"LOKI!" Thor yells. "IT IS NOT FUNNY! SPIDERS ARE TERRIFYING BEASTS!"

Loki laughs harder. "I'm sorry? I thought you weren't afraid of anything?"

Thor, who finally managed to shake the spider off, simply glares at Loki as he keeps laughing.