Disclaimer: Thor and it's characters are property of Marvel. We just play with them.

A/N: This happens to be one of my favorite days! Love books. Love little Loki and Thor. *fawns over them*

Set in the realm of: Asgard. Thor and Loki are: Children. Guest appearances by: Frigga.
Chapter Summary: When told to stay inside because it's too cold to play outside, young Loki tries to show his big brother that they can still have an adventure, if they have a good book. It doesn't quite work out so well though.

Day 4: Books

Thor stared out of his chamber's window as the snow continued to fall outside. He longed to go outside and explore with his brother by his side, but their mother told them it was too cold and they would have to play inside until the snowstorm subsided. He blew out a breath and started to open his window to at least feel the air on his skin.

"Mother will not be happy if she catches you."

Thor jumped and turned around to see his younger brother Loki standing in the doorway, a slight smirk on his face. Huffing, the older boy folded his arms. "She won't find out if you don't tell her." He said, sticking his tongue out at the other boy.

Loki's smirk spread into a grin and he walked over. "You wanna have an adventure?" He asked, sitting down next to the blonde haired prince and looking out the window before glancing his brother's way.

Thor's blue eyes brightened with excitement. "What are you planning?" He asked, jumping up. He was eager to get out of these walls and play outside.

Grinning, the younger prince hopped back up. "Come on!" He said, hurrying from the chambers. Thor was right on his heels. The two were famous for doing exactly what they were told not to, and Thor whole heartedly believed his little mischievous brother had a plan in how they could get outside without being noticed by any guards.

They ran through the halls of the palace, passing guards and servants as they went. All the adults could do was shake their heads at their princes boundless energy. Thor continued chasing after his brother until Loki suddenly came to a halt. With as slick as the floors were, the older boy nearly barreled over his brother but Loki stepped out of the way in time, causing Thor to smack into a statue.

Cursing, Thor glared at Loki. "You did that on purpose!"

"Did not. Anyway, we're here." He replied, pushing open the large double doors.

Thor blinked and peered over his brother's shoulder inside, then huffed and shoved Loki lightly. "This is the library!" He groaned. He should have known better.

Huffing, Loki turned and looked at Thor. "We can have an adventure inside just as easily! There are a lot of good books of great adventures. All you have to do is imagine them!" Loki poked Thor's forehead. "If you have a brain anyway." He smirked and crossed his arms. "I mean I can understand if you can't because you don't have a brain." He taunted.

Thor scowled and stomped into the library. "I have a brain!" He said, determined to prove it to his little brother he was smarter than Loki believed him to be. He was the older brother after all.

Grinning with success, the young trickster followed after his brother. "I think I know the perfect book for you." He said, hurrying ahead of his brother in search of said book. "It has adventures, treasures, battles!" He said over his shoulder.

That got Thor's attention. So he followed behind Loki as his brother led him further into the large library. Asgard had books from every realm besides Jotunheim and the library was a massive room. It was not only the library but also where the princes were tutored. Loki was looking for the book he'd told Thor about, eyebrows furrowed in concentration as he glanced over book titles. "Where is it..." He mumbled to himself, looking high and low for said book.

Thor was following, though he wasn't really helping since he had no idea what book his brother was looking for. "Are you sure it's here?"

"Yes I'm sure!" Loki hissed before stopping as he stared up at a large bookcase in front of him. His green eyes landed on the book in question and he frowned. "Who put it way up there?" He said, whining as he stared at it. The book was placed on the top shelf of one the massive bookcases, the familiar, recognizable spine and font standing out amongst the others.

The golden haired prince stood beside his little brother and looked up where Loki was staring. "How are we supposed to get it down?" He looked around but didn't see any of the stairs used to get books off high shelves around.

Loki chewed his thumb for a moment in thought until he snapped his fingers. "Maybe I can get it to come down with my magic."

"But mother said to not do any magic by yourself. Remember what happened last time?" Thor reminded the younger boy.

The ravenette huffed and looked at Thor. "She won't find out if you don't tell her." He said, repeating what Thor had said earlier. The older boy grinned at him and nodded, and Loki looked back up to the book as he tried to concentrate his magic to pull the book forward off the shelf.

He'd only just started trying out psychokinesis and he wasn't very good at it, but he thought he could manage at least to push the book off the shelf. So he focused on that one book, his hands balled into fists while he tried to inch the book forward. Thor stared up at it, and at first nothing happened. Then he seen the book shift forward the smallest bit.

The older brother groaned. This was going to take forever and his lack of patience was infamous around Asgard's capital. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, the heir apparent stepped forward and began to climb up the shelves.

Loki spotted him of the corner of his eye and completely lost focus as he stopped and stared at Thor. "What are you doing?!" He exclaimed, looking like Thor had just broke one of his toys. "You can't just climb up there!"

"Yes I can. Do you not see me doing it now?" Thor said over his shoulder with a grin as he continued to climb up. "This is way faster than you magicking it off the shelf." He said, working his way up the large bookcase.

The other boy looked around quickly. "We're going to get into trouble, Thor! Get down! I can get it down with my magic!" His hands still balled into small fists, the young prince stomped his foot in frustration at his big brother's impatience. Suddenly all the books on the bookcase came flying off, knocking Thor off and to the ground.

Thor yelled in surprise as he landed atop Loki as hundreds of books rained down on top of them. The boys were immediately buried under them all and the commotion from the whole thing had guards running in. The guards unburied the princes as the queen was summoned, and as she hurried over to her sons, she seen that both were bruised and cut up from the books that had fallen on them. "What happened here?"

Loki and Thor were standing beside each other between a pair of guards, Loki holding the book he'd been after. "We found the princes buried under all these books. They will not tell us what happened." One of the guards said.

Frigga kneeled before both of them and cupped each of their faces. "Tell me what happened."

Loki shifted uncomfortably and Thor was staring at the ground, avoiding his mother's wizened gaze. He didn't want to get his brother in trouble so he clamped his mouth shut. But a mother always knew which was the culprit, and she looked to Loki for an explanation. He looked at her, tightening his hold on the book. "I just wanted to read a book with Thor..."

Frigga looked at the book and then shook her head with a deep sigh. "I put that book on the top shelf to keep it out of your reach. You are both too young to be reading such a book, it is far too violent." She said, plucking it from Loki's grasp. "How did this happen?" She gestured to the rest of the hundreds of books. Servants were currently trying to put them back, but it was going to take hours.

"I didn't mean it..." Loki said guiltily.

"You did all this?" She said, somewhat taken aback. It would have taken a lot of magic to pull hundreds of heavy books off the shelf the way he had. Shaking her head, she stood up and sighed. "Go to the healing wing and have Eir tend to your cuts. We will discuss this later with your father."

Both boys winced and exchanged looks before they skulked out of the library, the guards following behind to make sure they got to their destination without any further incidents.

Frigga looked down at the book then up at where she'd placed it. Apparently she was going to have to become a bit more creative in keeping things out of her son's reach if his magic continued to grow at the rate it was. But she couldn't help a slight smile at knowing just how powerful of a sorcerer he'd one day become.

Fin