Hello there dear readers!

This chapter is long overdue, I'm sorry about the lateness of it, life has been a series of unfortunate events lately and I've been barely holding up, but I'm still fighting the good fight and hopefully for a long time.

Hope you enjoy this :)

Alex

Returning to Asgard after spending a whole week with her family felt wrong, Thor led her to their chambers and went to learn of the situation of Nornheim, he returned with a bag of cookies sometime after and explained to Alexandra that he was leaving again, she nodded at him, offering him a kind smile, which he returned, and watched him go. Loki and Frigga were a welcome presence in her life, Loki examined the lightsaber and declared it a fit weapon for a Princess of Asgard and between he and Frigga they trained her in the arts of the sword (Or lightsaber in this case) in the course of the month that followed, while Thor and the Asgardian army brought peace back to the nine realms.

Between her sword lessons and her Seidr practice, Alexandra along with Frigga and Loki created a rune protected container for the Aether, Alexandra had marked the upcoming events in the calendar of her new Stark-Pad, and was closely monitoring London with the aid of Heimdall. As the convergence approached Frigga and Loki also secured a place to hide the Aether in Asgard where they were sure that none could enter nor find.

The runework that protected it was extensive and powerful. After Thor's return from Vanaheim and the feast that followed, Thor, Loki and Alexandra, outfitted in her armor and wielding her lightsaber, were sent to earth, to the factory in London were Jane ad gotten lost in the original timeline. Alexandra told the kids that they found to go away, as it was dangerous to be there and then along with Thor and Loki they started searching for the portal, Loki was the one who stumbled upon it, Alexandra and Thor following closely, they watched the place where Bor had hidden the aether and Loki used his magic to prompt the stone into the container, Thor keeping Alexandra firmly behind him.

Once the Aether was secured they stepped through the portal again, Heimdall beaming them to Asgard before they were noticed. Frigga was waiting for them in the observatory and she led the party to the hiding place, once she and Loki activated the runes, the location would move with their magic and only Frigga's and Loki's own magic could find it again. One Infinity stone secured the quartet returned to the palace.

Alexandra watched as Volstagg and Fandral arrived with a band of marauders and recognized Malekith's spy, which meant that the convergence had awaken the elves. She told Thor and Loki of the spy and they promised to deal with him before he turned himself into a nearly indestructible beast, she handed Thor her lightsaber arguing that in her vision Mjolnir hadn't manage to hurt the beast, she told him to try separating its head from the rest of its body. In the meanwhile Alexandra left to prepare Asgard's defenses as the Elves still had one ship capable of doing much damage.

With the help of Fandral, Alexandra managed to activate Asgard's shield for the night and commanded the people of Asgard into the safety of one of the palace halls. Thor and Loki met with her as she was returning to her rooms.

"The spy has been dealt with" Thor assured her; Loki nodded.

"We burned his body as you suggested, you midgardians are wicked creatures" said Loki, Alexandra smiled at him, she was not wicked, she just watched too much TV, sue her.

"I believe my lightsaber served its purpose then?" she asked as Thor handed it to her, he nodded.

"Stark sure knows his weapons" Thor said, fear flickering in his eyes for a second.

"The palace is secured, the people of Asgard are currently in the throne hall, the shields are up and the Einherjar are on place, we are just waiting for the Elves to attack" she said, Thor and Loki nodded.

"And you're certain they will attack?" asked Loki, she nodded.

"Their leader Malekith has a weird connection with the Aether, it allows him to sense location, his spy was here to weaken Asgard's defenses so they could launch an attack" she explained.

"A diversion" said Loki, Thor looked between Loki and Alexandra.

"Then we wait, Asgard will be ready" Thor said, Alexandra grinned.

"Of course Asgard will, you guys have something that Malekith doesn't have" she said, Loki raised an eyebrow.

"A functioning security system?" Loki asked and Alexandra snorted.

"No you big twerp, me, you Asgardians have me" she said and the brothers smiled at her, Loki and Thor could safely say that Alexandra Stark was back to her cocky and sometimes arrogant self, which despite it all was refreshing.

Thor led Alexandra to their rooms so they could rest for the next day, they had managed a routine in their rooms and their bed was big enough that they didn't need to touch during the night. Next morning, they woke up early and well rested, Alexandra helped herself into her armor after a bath and walked with Thor to Loki's rooms where they had breakfast with Frigga joining them in the balcony. Frigga was the first to notice the massive ship approaching, followed by two smaller ships, Alexandra was relieved to know that they had done a good job destroying the other ships.

"We need to capture and kill Malekith or else he'll run and try to attack again," Alexandra said, Thor summoned Mjolnir and went flying out the balcony while Loki ushered Frigga and Alexandra away from the balcony.

"I trust mother that you will keep our newest Princess safe" Loki said as he led them through the hallways of Asgard to Frigga's rooms.

"Of course my son, she wont be harmed in my presence" Frigga promised, Loki locked Frigga's doors behind him as he went to help the rest of the Asgardians fight the elves.

Alexandra remained happily with Frigga in the safety of the Queen's rooms until she remembered that she and the Queen were in danger from Malekith as he would try to find the location of the aether from them. The doors rattled and Alexandra was quick to whip out her lightsaber and stand behind the queen, Frigga produced a blade from her dress as Malekith walked in, Alexandra sneaked a look at the shield, it was still up, she wondered how Malekith had made it into the palace.

"Stand down creature and you might survive this" warned Frigga.

"I have survived worse, woman" he sneered, walking closer to Frigga, Alexandra unconsciously took a steep back "The girl reeks of the aether" he said moving his attention to Alexandra and she cursed under her breath.

Frigga engaged Malekith in a swordfight as Alexandra watched by the sidelines preferring not to interfere with the Queen. Frigga was an excellent warrior, Asgard worthy of her, and since Malekith didn't had Algrim to interfere he didn't really stand a change against Frigga, or that Alexandra thought when she saw him feint and the Queen fall for it, Alexandra moved quickly, a move that Loki had shown her in their sparring lessons, she turned off her lightsaber as she moved between the Queen and Malekith's blade and turned it on as she shoved the handle in his face, her lightsaber going through Malekith's skull but not before he managed to stab her on the side with his own sword. Malekith fell, lightsaber going off as he hit the floor. Alexandra stood still, Malekith's sword protruding from her right hip, the adrenaline from the moment leaving her body as soon as it reached her.

Frigga was quick to move leading Alexandra to a chair so she could see just how far in the sword had gotten, thankfully it hadn't gone the whole way through, Alexandra's armor doing its job, if partially. Frigga observed as Alexandra paled from blood loss as she pulled the sword out of her flesh, applying pressure to the wound with one of the silk bed sheets that were closer to her. Thor dashed into the room as Frigga removed the upper part of Alexandra's armor, leaving Alexandra in her midgardian upper undergarment.

"Mother?" Thor asked warily as he watched Malekith's corpse on the floor and the trail of blood.

"Here" Frigga answered from the side, Thor moved around the room, following the trail of blood to find Frigga treating Alexandra's wound.

"Go search for Eir, Alexandra needs a healer" Frigga said, Thor sucked in a breath and ran out of the room searching for the healer.

When he returned with Eir, Loki was already in the room with Frigga and Alexandra, Malekith's corpse had been removed and most of the blood had been cleaned. Thor took a place to Alexandra's left as Eir moved to treat the young midgardian, up to this point Alexandra had fallen unconscious from blood loss. Eir managed to close the wound with her magic and then asked Thor to carry her to the infirmary, Thor took off his cape, draping it over Alexandra's body.

"Stark is going to kill you" said Loki as he waited with Thor out of the infirmary, Thor took a deep breath.

"Banner is going to kill me, Stark will build a table with my bones and make carpet out of my skin" Thor said, Loki raised an eyebrow at his brother, Frigga walked up to them, Odin following closely behind.

"Will Princess Alexandra recover?" asked Frigga, Thor and Loki exchanged glances.

"Eir hasn't come out, we are still waiting, what happened mother?" Thor asked, Frigga sighed and handed Thor Alexandra's lightsaber.

"She probably thought that Malekith was going to harm me, he feinted and she stepped between the two of us lighting that sword of hers into his face, ultimately killing him, she slid into the path of his sword before I could do anything" Frigga explained, Loki raised an eyebrow.

"And were you not in danger, mother?" asked Loki, Frigga waved him off.

"Mother?" pressed Thor and Frigga sighed.

"I made a mistake, he tricked me and Alexandra paid for it" she said, the brothers nodded at her.

"She saved your life mother, just as she told me that she would," said Thor after a moment, Frigga smiled at him.

"That she did, a foolish brave little girl" Frigga said, Thor grimaced, he didn't really like it when people referred to Alexandra as a little girl, not after their wedding night.

Alexandra woke up three days later, her eyes were heavy as she tried to open them, she tried to focus and remember where the hell she was. Asgard, she was in Asgard, the convergence, the elves, Malekith in Frigga's rooms, Malekith was going to strike the Queen, Alexandra stepping between them, lightening up her lightsaber, Malekith dead, he had stabbed her and she had felt pain and her head felt fuzzy, she remembered Frigga's soothing voice, Thor's wary tone, and then darkness. She blinked several times and a woman came into view.

"Easy Princess Alexandra" the woman said helping Alexandra to sit, Alexandra sat and looked down to her hip where unblemished skin greeted her, her fingers hovered over where she was sure there had been a sword, the woman smiled. "We managed to restore your skin fully Princess Alexandra, the Queen has been visiting you daily, as have the Princes"

"Daily?" Alexandra asked, the woman nodded, "For how long?"

"Three days after the attack on Asgard, it is said that you were ready to give your life for our Queen's, Asgard is indebted to you Princess Alexandra" the woman said.

"It was no problem Ma'am" Alexandra said, the woman smiled.

"I am Eir, child, master healer here in Asgard" Eir said, Alexandra nodded and smiled.

After her conversation with Eir, two maids walked in and helped her into a bath and then into one of her dresses. Once she was done the maids escorted her to Frigga's rooms where Frigga along with Loki and Thor were waiting for her.

"Hi" she said shyly standing in the doorway, Loki smirked while Frigga smiled; Thor had a relieved look on his face upon seeing her.

"Alexandra, you gave us all quite a scare" Frigga said walking to her so she could pull the younger woman into the room.

"I'm sorry" Alexandra said, not really meaning her words, she had saved Frigga and it was all that mattered.

"My sons were quite worried about you" Frigga said as they both sat down in a lounger.

"Thor had his parting words ready, his life for Asgard, hoping that it would appease your father's rage Alexandra, Stark has truly managed to scare my brother, remind me to send him a present when you leave" Loki said, mirth in his eyes, Thor was scowling at his brother.

"I'm okay" Alexandra said, a smile on her face, the brothers nodded.

The rest of the day was slow for Alexandra, Thor and Frigga refused to leave her side while Loki watched with amusement. She figured that she needed to be more careful if she truly wanted to survive long enough to save Earth from Thanos. She found it funny to see Thor looking worried around her, whatever Tony had told the God Thunder, it had terrified him. Alexandra couldn't help but to feel a perverse sense of satisfaction, even though her father hadn't stopped the wedding he had made it very clear to Thor that she wasn't to be trifled with, and not that Thor had been bad to her, he had been kind enough, but still the fact that she had her father's support, it elated her.

"Alexandra" said Thor softly trying to rouse the young woman, it had been five days since they had defeated Malekith, "Alexandra" he tried again, his hand on her shoulder, she mumbled something and buried her face in her pillow, Thor rolled his eyes and tried again "Alexandra you must wake, we are going to Midgard on the morrow and mother and Loki need to perform the spell"

"Fuck off" she said, although it was muffled by the pillow, Thor huffed and decided to try a different approach, he pulled off the covers leaving the coldness of the room do its job. "Fuck you" Alexandra said as she sat on the bed rubbing her eyes, Thor smirked.

"Mother needs you to be ready, so does Loki, the faster you do so, the faster we can get to Midgard" Thor said, Alexandra glared at him.

"And can't you wait a sensible hour to do this? The sun's not even out" she complained, Thor snorted.

"What we are doing is treason against my father, forgive me if I don't want to get caught" he sassed her, she raised an eyebrow at him but walked towards the bathroom.

Several minutes later she walked out, wearing a dark blue dress with silvery details, Thor was wearing his black snuggie over his armor and Alexandra wondered if he didn't own anything else to wear. She followed him through the darkened palace and out into the woods. It seemed that Frigga and Loki had chosen a hidden place for their little rendezvous. Alexandra greeted them both and Loki instructed her to stand in the middle of the circle, facing the altar, he and Frigga had drawn in the middle of the clearing. Loki handed Thor a small torch and they both proceeded to light up a small altar.

"This should not be painful" said Loki, Alexandra looked at him confused as Thor took several steps back disappearing from Alexandra's view.

Frigga and Loki stood in opposites sides of Alexandra and started chanting, which confused Alexandra even more, she had never done any spells that required chanting, apparently what they were attempting to do was some big mumbo-jumbo, Alexandra observed as Loki and Frigga began glowing, Loki in an eerie green light and Frigga in golden, Alexandra briefly remembered that her own 'powers' manifested in blue. Loki & Frigga's respective lights started circling the altar, merging with the fire and growing, Alexandra held her breath as the lights started swirling, green and gold merging with the fire and taking shape. The new force focused on her and in a blink of an eye it struck.

A cutting scream left Alexandra's mouth as she became in contact with it, it felt as if her insides were burning and there was nothing she could do about it but try to pass out, somehow the magic didn't allow her to do so, keeping her aware of the pain. She kept screaming until her voice became hoarse and then some, she wanted to beg them to stop, she wanted to cry, but tears refused to fall, she felt her soul being ripped apart from her body and then stuck back in. It seemed to go forever until she felt nothing. Nothing but fear, the fear of the souls trapped in Hel, the fear of near-failure, she could feel Hela stirring in the depths of Nilfheim, wanting to get free, and as if she was living an out of body experience she could see greens, golden, fire and the tiniest spark of blue fighting the darkness, she was tired, but the magic kept her going until the door closed straight in Hela's face and the magic finally allowed Alexandra to fall into comforting darkness.