"Right Annerleades keep close," Loki muttered as they stepped into the great training grounds.
"I don't see how I can," Christie joked, gesturing to the large stadium she stood in. She coughed awkwardly when she saw Loki's serious face glaring at her. "I mean sure, I'll... keep close by."
"Good," Loki sighed. "Now where is that brother of mine-"
"BROTHER!" Thor boomed, coming down the stone staircase in the corner of the hall with 4 other people.
"Thor," Loki nodded slightly. "And the others. This is Annerledes. Annerledes, this is Thor, Sif and the Warriors Three." Christie bowed her head in acknowledgement.
"Aren't you one of the maids in the house?" Thor frowned.
"She is, yes. I decided to bring her to lunch but I soon remembered about the training," Loki admitted, looking slightly embarrassed.
"Oh brother there was no need, I wouldn't have cared if I knew you were courting someone!" Thor gave a small smirk.
"It was just a friendly lunch," Loki snapped.
"Alright. Well let's begin then!" Christie took a step back and sat on one of the many great stone steps that lined the arena, watching the five of them combat. Loki did his mainly by disappearing and reappearing, once throughout the training he even appeared next to Christie's side which made her jump. Lady Sif came to sit next to her as the men fought.
"Do you know how to fight?" she asked loudly, as if Christie was deaf. Christie wrinkled her nose as she frowned in confusion.
"I...well..yes," she nodded. Lady Sif gave a harsh laugh.
"I'm sure you do," she sneered. Christie found herself getting very hot tempered. 'Count to five, Christie,' she thought.
'1...'
"I mean, you're just a maid. Didn't you fall out of the sky?" Sif continued.
'2...'
"Well you look pretty weak anyway."
'3...'
"I think it's best that you stay in the kitchen-"
'Oh no that's it!' Christie yelled in her head. "Stand up!" she shouted out loud. Sif frowned.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me. Let's go, right here, right now," Christie shouted. Thor and Loki stopped what they were doing and stared at the commotion. Sif's eyes grew very dark as she heaved herself off the step. Her face tensed as she reached for her weapons.
"You're making a mistake," Sif hissed. Christie raised an eyebrow sceptically.
"The feeling's mutual," she whispered, before lunging at Sif. Loki transported himself in front of her before any real damage was done and blocked her from attacking Sif. Thor rushed to pull Sif back with the help of the Warriors Three. "LET ME GET HER!" Christie yelled. Loki held Christie's arms so she couldn't move. Sif shrugged everyone off and growled lowly.
"I swear if you lunge at me again it will be the last move you ever make, maid of Frigga or not!" Sif spat angrily, before throwing down her weapons and storming out of the stadium. Thor panted heavily along with the Warriors Three. Christie looked close to tears. Loki took her arm and led her into a corner of the stadium, where it was dark and dusty.
"Annerledes, calm down," he whispered, now very close to Christie.
"No! Did you see how she treated me? Spoke to me like dirt!" Christie hissed, covering her face with her hands. "I didn't say anything to her! It was unprovoked!"
"Ssshh, I believe you," Loki whispered huskily, bringing his hands up to wipe Christie's angry tears away. His soft touch felt so soothing to her it calmed her down automatically. "But you can't go lunging at people in Asgard, they will arrest you and you will be put in prison, no matter what your status is. Next time Sif upsets you just take a deep breath and walk away, before you get into real trouble. Okay?"
Christie breathed in slowly and nodded reluctantly.
"Okay," she muttered. Loki gave her a small smile before leading her
out of the corner.
"Wait- does this mean we can officially be friends? I don't think I
can be in Asgard by myself," Christie admitted, as she took a sudden liking to Loki. Loki had a wave of emotions run through his face. First he looked shocked, then embarrassed then slightly disappointed. But he took them all away and replaced them with a little smirk.
"Well. I suppose so. I'll see you tomorrow," Loki nodded, before evaporating in thin air.
Aww we thought they were gonna be together! Oh well, next time maybe.
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