A.N.

I can only give my sincerest apologies that I have taken this long to update, and with such a short chapter no less. I got caught up trying to decide if I should try to think up more 'slice of life' bits or go straight for the movie plots. My muse took this time of indecision to pack it's bag and run away to several different fandoms. It took me quite a while to drag it back to the RotG and Avengers fandoms long enough to write this. I apologize in advance if it takes me a while to do so again.

In any case, I hope you enjoy the next installment of the story. Thank you for your patience.

Loki hadn't visited in a while.

At least Jack had an explanation for it this time. The last time the Asgardian had visited he had explained how his father would be retiring, and that Thor would ascend to the throne. Jack took this as good news at first, since Thor knew about Jack and thus Loki wouldn't have to sneak around as much in order to visit Earth. Loki had joked that not needing to sneak would take some of the fun out if it, but soon turned serious. Loki didn't believe Thor was ready to take the throne yet, and worried that his immature rule would bring disaster. Jack did his best to reassure and distract his friend, but had only minimal success. Just before Loki left he warned Jack that, as a Prince of Asgard, he would be expected to help with the coronation preparations. Thus he would be quite busy for a while, and likely unable to find an opportunity to leave.

So, at the very least Jack knew this was coming, but it didn't change the fact that the winter sprite missed his friend. That's probably why getting walked through had hit him so hard.

Jack was hanging upside down, looking through Jamie's window, watching the boy with his family. Jamie's father didn't live here anymore, he only visited sometimes, so the scene consisted of Jamie, his mother, and his sister, Sophie. Jack sometimes wondered if Jamie felt the same way about his father as Jack did about Loki. Jack wondered if Jamie too loved every minute spent with his estranged family member, yet couldn't help feeling a bit resentful every time the man left. Jack really wished he could ask the young boy about it; being able to ask anyone would have been nice.

The window Jack was looking through began to frost over. The boy scowled in frustration, and flipped himself up onto the roof. The moon shown big and bright in the sky, and Jack found himself pleading with the man said to live there. It wasn't the first time he'd done it. Despite the fact that it never changed anything, Jack supposed this time wouldn't be the last time he did it.

All in all, he was glad for the distraction when streams of golden sand began to float past him. He didn't want to call on the wind, as that might blow the streams off course, so instead he ran along the power lines to reach them. He brushed his fingers against the grains, and was delighted when they gave him a dolphin to chase. He raced after the sand being, touching passing strands whenever he could and giving himself more bright creatures to play with. It was great to have such a fun time after the disaster Jamie's sleigh ride had turned into.

So Jack was not nearly as pleased to be distracted again when a gray blur went streaking past him. He had to check it out of course, for the sake of his curiosity and the town's safety. He couldn't have rogue spirits causing trouble in his home town. That was Jack's job!

When Jack tracked the blur down he honestly wasn't that surprised to find out that it was the Easter Bunny. Easter was coming up soon, so it made sense that Bunny might be making a few preliminary rounds. The surprising part was that Bunny had actually stopped to talk to him. The Easter Kangaroo had to bring up the Blizzard of '68 of course. It was the only thing the Kangaroo ever wanted to talk to him about, which Jack felt was a little unfair. The storm hadn't been ALL his fault after all.

Loki and Thor had been visiting that day, and at least half of the energy for that storm came from the blonde prince. The way Jack saw it, the storm was 45% his fault, 45% Thor's fault, and 10% Loki's fault for bringing his brother with in the first place. The whole thing would never have happened if Thor hadn't been so insistent that thunderstorms were better than snowstorms. The ensuing competition had created a weather phenomenon that Jack had only seen a couple over the last three centuries: thundersnow.

The experience of combining his magic with Thor's to create the storm had been invigorating, but the results were pretty disastrous. Several feet of snow, high winds, and destructive lightening were a very bad combination for the nearby towns.

So, while the smile Jack sent Bunny was mocking, he couldn't blame the Guardian for being mad about it. Even Thor agreed that the contest had gone too far. On the other hand, Loki had been fascinated by the results, caring little for the hardships the storm had caused the humans and local spirits. He had only seemed disappointed that Thor was resistant to combining his power with his brother's in order to achieve a more nuanced result.

Jack was forcibly brought out of his reminiscing when a yeti appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the boy's collar. The next thing Jack knew he was being stuffed into a large red sack.

Meanwhile, on Asgard, Loki stood in a palace audience room. Nearby, Thor's band of warriors raged about their leader's punishment, being exiled to Midgard. Loki spared little thought for his brother, save for a bit of jealousy due to the location of the banishment. Thor would bounce back, he always did. Loki was far more preoccupied with his forearm, and how it had sustained no injury after being touched by a Frost Giant.

His mind ran through every possible explanation. Few were plausible, none were good.

After a few scathing words to Thor's friends, Loki stalked out of the room. He headed for the treasure vault, in order to test a theory.

For once, he hoped he was wrong.

A.N.

Yup, the plots of RotG and Thor are happening at the same time in this story. It seemed fitting, since both movies seem to take place over a few days. So since the characters are all too busy with their own stories the canon content of both movies shall remain mostly in tact. I don't know when the Thor movie takes place in canon, but it this story it happens around Easter.

Also, I had a few requests about Thor visiting along with Loki and for this story to do something with the Blizzard of '68. So I tried to touch on that a bit here. Maybe someday I'll add a side story that goes into more details about the events, but unfortunately that day is not today.

Thunderstnow is an actual weather phenomenon. Here's what I found about it on Wikipedia:

"Thundersnow, also known as a winter thunderstorm or a thunder snowstorm, is an unusual[1][2] kind of thunderstorm with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain.

Thundersnow produces snowfall rates in the range of 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 in) per hour. Snowfall of this intensity may limit visibilities severely, even during light wind conditions. However, thundersnow is often a part of a severe winter storm or blizzard. Winds of above tropical storm force are frequent with thundersnow. As a result, visibilities in thundersnow are frequently under 400 m (1⁄4 mi). Additionally, such wind creates extreme wind chills and may result in frostbite. Finally, there is a greater likelihood that thundersnow lightning will have a positive polarity which has greater destructive potential than negatively charged (typical) lightning."

So, definitely not the kind of snowfall Jack usually goes for.