The sound of thunder resounded outside, Loki flinched "Loki, you scared of thunder?" Samantha was just teasing but he just frowned "I am not fond of what follows the thunder" Loki grimaced "I think the thunder is pretty" terra chimed in as a loud crash came from the back yard.
The family hurried to the window only to see an oddly dress blonde man rise up in the darkness.
"Damn" Loki said as he watched his brother come forth in the rain "Loki who is he?" Terra asked "He is my brother" he answered honestly.
"Brother I come to take you home" the younger brother simply glared "and I refuse to come quietly?" "Brother do not be difficult, father wishes to give you a re-trial, perhaps you will get off better this time" Loki scoffed "And if I am happy here?" "Surely you are not happy with this predicament" his brother's tone was cocky if not asinine.
Terra and Samantha looked up at the new man with wide eyes "Are you here to take my friend?" it was terra, she had clung onto Loki's leg "Terra I am not going away for long, I promise you I will come back" the little girl frowned "I wanna go with you" her voice sounded demanding.
"Terra, I do not think it a good idea for you to come to Asgard" "Actually, perhaps it could go in your favor if the girl were to come with us brother" Loki looked at Terra then back at his oaf of a brother "Perhaps you are right" he looked at Airyn, the girls' mother, with a hopeful look she just gave a simple nod in return to his silent question.
"do I need to bring anything?" Loki just gave a shake of his head "No we will find you clothes when we get there"
Loki looked up at the sky and held tightly to Terra's hand as his brother called for Heimdall to bring them back up.
"Bye mommy see you soon" just as they were above the ground Samantha ran forward towards the bifrost and into the large cloud, then with the others she was gone.
*WOOSH!*
Terra felt funny after they landed and was shocked that just a few moments after her sister had appeared.
"Sammy!" the two older men turned to see the older sister was indeed now with them "Momma said to keep an eye on you so I hopped in last minute" the two brothers looked shocked "Well not much we can do now, when is this trial Thor?" Loki asked "Your trial is in three days, so you have some time to show our guests around if you so wish" Terra and Samantha now stood in the background as the brothers conversed.
The group was now at the palace and the two young girls stood with their mouths open wide in shock "You could fit like 5000 of our house in here" Samantha commented as the door to the throne room opened and they walked in "Father I am back with Loki" the man on the giant chair stood up and walked towards them.
Placing a hand on his youngest sons shoulder he smiled "It is good to have you home Loki, who are your young friends?" terra stepped forward with a big smile "I'm Terra Mathews and this is my bigger sister Samantha" Odin just smiled warmly down at the little human child "Well Terra and Samantha Mathews, we will see to it your stay with us is a comfortable one" the two little girls gave a polite bow as he ascended the throne again.
"Maid!" a woman rushed in as soon as she was called "Yes My lords?" Thor gave her instructions to show Terra and Samantha to their quarters, the woman took the girl's hands and led them out of the room.
Terra and Samantha's eyes widened when they got to their room, it was, to put it simply, HUGE!
In the middle of the left wall was a huge four post canopy bed with light blue blankets on it, in the far corner was a vanity table and in the other corner of the room a desk with paper set near the right edge.
Next to the desk was a bookshelf filled with books on the history of magic and other topics.
"I could grow to like it here" Samantha said with a huge smile as she jumped on the bed.
About an hour or so later a knock came from the door, terra hopped up from reading her book and tried to open the door, when she found she couldn't reach the handle she just yelled Enter to the person on the other side.
"Good evening my little ladies, Odin has asked that you be fitted for dresses for the feast tonight" the girls looked at the man with a confused look "It is celebrating Prince Loki's return to Asgard."
The girls followed silently behind the man as they were led down corridor after corridor until they finally stopped.
"Follow me and stay close it is easy to get lost in here" the girls followed the advice but couldn't help but gape at all the different types of fabrics.
Terra's outfit had been finished first; it was a simple outfit with intricate designs embroidered here and there in black white and green. The skirt just reached her knees and the top was fitted with a black corset over to top with an intricate trinity mark where her heart would be located and it stretched in a 'V' across her chest, the same with the individual pleats on her white and black skirt.
"I love it!" she twirled and giggled until she fell over, the seamstresses just smiled at the small girl as the finished the touches on Samantha's dress.
Samantha's dress was a white and blue V neck with gold fabric trim around her waist, the dress swept the floor as she moved around in it and the tiers fit her slowly forming curves it was simple yet elegant.
"Now to get your hair done." The girls followed the man through the massive hallways again until they stopped at another door.
Terra's hair had just been curled at the bottom into little ringlets and the put up in a ponytail while Samantha's had been piled in curls atop her head, both girls were given a ringlet tiara to wear, Terra's A peridot green and Samantha's an ocean Blue.
"Alright now let's get you two to the feast."
The girls were escorted down a lot more hallways when they stopped at two large golden doors.
"Our guests have arrived" everyone in the room turned to look at the two "Our guests are mere children" came a man with a large beards voice Odin stood and walked over to them "This is as much for my son as it is for you so I hope you will enjoy yourselves" the girls gave another bow before hurrying to sit down with the rest.
"So you two" The woman they had come to know as Frigga spoke "You must be pretty special for my youngest to take such interest in you" terra blushed and Samantha remained composed "I'm not sure if I am skilled but I did read up on this thing called pyro kinesis and I think that my younger sister is a pyro kinetic" the woman's face showed surprise "Is this true?" terra looked down at her plate "I-I can show you."
The little dark haired girl stood up on her chair and held out her right palm, focusing the energy into her hand a ball of fire formed, Frigga looked impressed until she almost dropped it on the table.
The rest of the night went smoothly, the girls had been introduced to Lady Sif and the Warriors three, Sif had complimented Terra on her hair saying it was, in her own words, 'very pretty'.
People had begun to dance, and it was different than the dancing they had seen back home, it was elegant and graceful, not like the stuff they showed on MTV where people moved their arms and feet a lot, there was turning, and spinning and jumping, terra thought it was cool to watch until Loki had come by and swooped her up.
"Loki I can't dance pretty like everyone else" he set her on his feet and held onto her hands "I'll lead" they smiled at each other as Thor had asked Samantha to dance with him since she too was a guest of honor.