So once again the story that was meant to be a one-shot is being expanded. I had an idea for a plot and was just like "Eh, what the hell?" So here is chapter two of however many this turns into.
I don't own Thor.
Enjoy.
The first thing she noticed when she awoke was she was not in her own chambers. The second was she wasn't alone. As Loki stirred beneath her she froze as memories from the night before returned to her. She sat up quickly and put a hand to her forehead.
"Eisa, what is it?" Loki asked sitting up as well and setting his hand on her back. "Are you alright?"
"Loki…I…we…" She looked at him with fearful eyes. "Loki I'm scared." Her arms went around him and she hid her face against his chest.
Loki looked guilty and held her against him. "Do you regret it?" He asked stroking her hair. He was afraid of her answer not wanting to lose her.
"I…no, if I'm honest no, I don't regret it. I'm just afraid Loki. What if someone finds out, my parents...oh gods, what if I'm pregnant?" Eisa asked desperately pulling back to look at him. "I don't know what to do."
"Eisa, listen to me; regardless of what happens I will stay by you. We'll take things as they come, but if you are with child I will not leave you to face it alone. I refuse to allow anything to happen to you." He set a hand on her face and looked at her with an expression she'd never seen on him. "I would spend eternity with you Eisa, and if that's what it comes to so be it."
"Loki…" She leaned into his touch. "I love you." She whispered. "I love you so much. Don't forget that, ever. Whether you're king or not that won't change."
He winced slightly at the mention of the throne, but still managed a small smile. "Thank you Eisa. Come, we need to make ourselves presentable again." He told her helping her to stand.
"What am I to tell my parents? I never returned last night." Eisa began collecting her clothes before locating her cloak and picking it up.
"I'll tell them you fell asleep in my library. It has happened before without their knowing, but this time we'll just say I had you stay here."
Eisa nodded. "Thank you Loki."
After they had bathed and made it so they looked themselves again they went out to face her parents, or more likely her mother. Eisa was first sure to adjust her cloak to hide Loki's love bite. It would be a long morning.
1000 years ago…
Eisa was the daughter of two high nobles. Her father was often present in Odin's court, and her family was thought very highly of. When she was born it caused a bit of a stir as she inherited hair that was darker than that of the average Aesir, the result of a Midgardian who had been a part of her mother's bloodline long ago.
Once everyone had gotten over the initial shock of her appearance, mostly because everyone knew the All-Father's second born also had dark hair, she grew up as any noble child would. She was raised to be a proper lady, yet her parents could see she held a deep love for rebellion in her, and they disapproved of this greatly. They would catch her studying things, things that in their eyes a proper woman should not.
When she was eight her mother caught her bouncing the flame from a candle across her fingertips while reading a spell in a book of magic. She was promptly scolded, being told that proper ladies don't use magic, and her mother took the book.
Eisa was severely hurt by her parents' lack of support in her talents, but she still practiced what she had managed to learn in secret. She was good with the elemental manipulation of fire. She taught herself how to do everything from holding a flame to expanding a spark enough to light a fire place.
When she was eleven her parents finally trusted her manners enough to allow her to travel the palace alone. Her love for reading had her immediately headed for the palace library. That was where she first met Loki.
Eisa was reaching for a spell book that caught her eye on a shelf that was just a little too high for her. She could have easily propped herself up on the bottom shelf to reach but she didn't want to face her mother's scolding if she were to find out she had taken her feet off the ground. Summoning it down also crossed her mind, but she hadn't studied that magic enough to attempt it.
Finally she gave up and sighed looking for a book on a lower shelf. Suddenly the book she'd been attempting to reach was being held out in front of her. "Thank you," Looking up as she took it she gasped and quickly bowed. "My prince,"
"You can rise. It does not mean as much to me as it does to my father and brother." He told her. She looked up at him hesitantly and rose.
"My apologies then." She spoke quietly as though she were afraid of doing something wrong, which she was. He nodded before looking up and spotting a book on one of the higher shelves. Eisa gasped quietly when he summoned it down. "If-if you don't mind me asking, how did you do that?"
He looked back at her and then at the book in her hand. "Here," He said taking the book from her and opening to a page. "It's right there."
Eisa looked over the spell and then back up at him. "Thank you."
"What is your name?" Eisa was taken aback by the sudden question, but answered quickly.
"Eisa," She said. "Why do you ask my prince?"
He shook his head. "I just wished to know. It's not often I find other's who are interested in magic. You can call me Loki, at least here where there's no one else around. My father may not take kindly to it seeing as we barely know one another."
Eisa was surprised, but she actually smiled. "Alright, Loki then."
After their meeting Eisa spent the rest of her time trying the summoning spell she had seen Loki use. Soon it was time for her to return to her parents. She had only managed to pull the books she tried it on off the shelves unable to pull them to her. Frustrated and magically drained she left the book open on the table and left to find her parents. When she left Loki walked to where she left the book. He wondered if he'd be seeing her again.
"Eisa, you're late." Her mother scolded her. "Where were you?" She eyed Eisa suspiciously.
"I'm sorry mother; I was reading in the library." Eisa said averting her eyes from her mother's. Her mother suspected what she was doing. Eisa knew this, but she still had to keep trying to hide it.
"You weren't studying magic again were you Eisa?" Her mother asked with glaring eyes. "You know I have forbidden it."
"No, of course not mother." She looked just to the left of her mother's eyes. To Eisa it made lying easier while her mother thought she was still looking her in the eyes. "I was simply reading on some of Asgard's past."
Her eye mother stared for a second more before nodding in acceptance. "Come, it's time for us to go." She said leading her daughter behind her father.
"Mother, how old is the younger prince?" Eisa asked hesitantly. It wasn't often she asked of the royal family, and she didn't know how her mother would react.
She glanced at Eisa from the corner of her eye. "He's fourteen. Why do you ask?"
After looking at her mother and deciding it was a safe topic she opted to tell the truth. "I met him in the library. He helped me to reach a book that was too high for me."
Her mother seemed taken aback and then quickly looked at Eisa. "You acted proper I hope." She said eyes pleading with her daughter.
"Of course mother, after all, you taught me everything I know." She said; a little sucking up never hurt anything.
Her mother smiled at her. "Good, I would hate for your father to have to explain your behavior."
Eisa's face fell slightly and she looked away from her mother. That's all she was, just another way for her father to look good. Her father had wanted a son, and not only had she been a daughter, but she was born with hair that caused a great stir. She wasn't close to her father, and she doubted she ever would be. To him she was born a disgrace.
Several weeks later Eisa saw Loki again, but this time it wasn't in the library but the garden. "My prince?" She asked surprised when she entered. Upon hearing a splash and seeing his hand twitch in an annoyed way she realized she broke his concentration on a water spell. She let out an 'eep' quietly when he turned towards her. "I'm sorry; I didn't notice what you were doing."
Loki closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself before looking down at her. "No, it's alright. I just didn't expect anyone to come out here at this time of day. Normally I'm alone." He told her as she continued to look down worriedly.
"I seem to keep bothering you." She said quietly. "I swear I'm not doing this on purpose." She looked up at him and saw him studying her.
"Come here." He motioned for her to come over to the fountain he had been at. She did and looked at him questioningly. "You hold the gift of magic correct?" He asked her and she nodded. "What element are you?"
"I don't understand…"
"Every sorcerer or sorceress has an element that they can control best out of the four." He explained. "I'm water which one are you?"
Eisa understood what he was asking then. "Fire, I can control fire best." She told him. "Before my mother took my spell books that's what I'd been working with."
Loki turned towards her suddenly. "You're mother took your books?" He asked surprised. "Why?"
"She found it 'improper' for a lady to study magic." Eisa's words were bitter. "Everything I do is looked down on."
Loki continued to look at her a second longer before looking back towards the fountain. "That's something we hold in common." He paused once more and silence fell over the two. A few moments later he spoke again. "I can teach you."
She looked over at him surprised. "What?"
"Your magic, I can teach you to control it." Loki turned towards her and she took a step back in surprise. "You interest me Eisa, and as I said before not many are interested in magic. You're in the palace daily for your father's court. Meet me in the library once your mother allows you to leave her side tomorrow. I'll be waiting there." He started walking away but stopped suddenly. "I noticed something while you were practicing your summoning spell yesterday. When you cast a spell there's a leak in your magic; that's why you couldn't complete it. I want to see if we can fix that."
Eisa watched him start to leave again. "Thank you Loki." She called after him unsure if he heard her.
Present Day...
"Eisa, where on Asgard were you last night?" Her mother asked furiously. Then she looked past her daughter and spotted Loki. "My prince," She said bowing quickly. "My apologies, I didn't see you there."
"It's quite alright. I apologize for Lady Eisa's absence last night. She fell asleep reading in my private quarters, so I allowed her to stay in my chambers over night." Loki explained smoothly. They really didn't call him silver tongue for nothing.
"Oh, no that's fine. I was just afraid she'd gone and gotten herself into trouble." Her mother responded unsure of what to make of the situation. She knew her daughter and the prince were close, but the fact that she had been studying in the library of his chambers was something she hadn't been aware of.
"I expect my father would like my presence in court this morning, so I'll take my leave." He turned to Eisa and took her hand kissing the back of it making her blush in her mother's presence. "I shall see you this evening."
Once he had left Eisa's mother turned to her. "Eisa, is Prince Loki more to you than you've let on?"
"Why would you ask such a thing mother?" Eisa asked in an attempt to dodge the question.
"You were in his chambers, and I've never know him to openly show affection to those he needn't show it to." Her mother told her. "If you're relationship is more, just remember what the law states." Her mother reminded her turning to walk away.
Eisa looked at her mother's retreating form and felt slightly ill. "We broke that law last night." She whispered to herself quietly. Her mother's reminder only served to make her feel worse.
"Sister," Eisa turned as she heard a voice and saw her younger brother Tyr coming towards her. Her brother was twelve years younger than her, and despite the fact that he had taken all of her parents praise; the two of them were very close.
"Tyr, shouldn't you be with father?" She asked him turning back towards the balcony she was standing on.
"I should, but after you didn't come back last night I asked if I could not go to court this morning. It's not required for me to be there." Her brother came up next to her. "What's wrong Eisa? You disappeared last night, and now you're acting out of character. Normally you're in the library at this time of day."
"Don't worry about it Tyr. I'm just…I don't know. I feel lost." She sighed as a breeze came through making her cloak flap around her ankles. She pulled her hood down and looked at her brother. "Have you ever found yourself in a position where you had no idea what to do?"
"Not in the sense you seem to be talking." Her brother told her. "Talk to me Eisa. What's wrong?"
"I…I can't." She looked down. "I'm stuck between my thirst to prove myself to mom and dad…and my heart."
"This is about Loki isn't it?" He asked her and she looked up surprised. "You can't hide that from me sister, I see how you look at him…how he looks at you." He waited a few more seconds and then spoke again. "You didn't fall asleep in his library last night did you?" Eisa looked up at him shocked and slightly afraid. "I ran into mom on the way here." He explained.
Eisa clenched her fists. "No, I didn't." She never was able to lie to her brother.
Tyr sighed and closed his eyes. "Be careful Eisa, you know the law. I don't want to see anything happen to you."
Eisa looked up at her brother. "Sometimes I forget you're the younger one. I know Tyr, but I'm not alone in this, at least not now. Thank you."
Tyr nodded. "I have to go, you should think about heading inside. I have the feeling Loki will be looking for you in the library."
Eisa stood out there for another half hour before she headed inside.
Well, I know where this is going, now I just need to get from point A to point B. Meh, I'll figure it out. I hope you all like this. I know I'm going to enjoy writing it.
Reviews serve as great motivation.
See ya.
