A/N: Chapter eleven is here and being posted early, most because I am going to be very busy and did not feel like leaving my beloved readers/reviewers with another delay. So without further ado, please enjoy this chapter. –Maiden of the Heavens (MOTH)

Fear and Pride

After Wolverine, Iron Man, and Thor had gone it should have been easy for the girls to get into the fun of the sleepover, but it wasn't. Even after Pepper had helped them in making Reese's chocolate chip chunk cookies, nothing can seem to pull them away from the fear that gripping Eri, from the uncertainty that is pulling at Katherine's heart.

The Daughter of Thor plunges deep into her French text book, studying another verb, for another upcoming test, while Katherine sits at her desk going through pre-algebra problems like slicing through a cake. Neither of them wants to talk about it, talk about them. The Frost Giants had made them realize a harsh reality, that their lives would never be normal.

Eri looks up from the phrase she is trying to memorize, and nibbles on the second to last cookie, which is on the plate. "Kat…"

Iron Man's niece turns to face her, her red hair still yanked back into a ponytail, she sets down the pencil she using to fill out the worksheet. "Yeah?" She asks, still realizing that even though she really doesn't want, she still has study German.

Eri lets the textbook slid closed, a bookmark in the shape of a lightning bolt marking the page. "We should call Danny. He's our best friend; I think he should know what happened tonight."

Katherine nods in agreement and grabs the phone from its hook. Danny's number is on speed dial, the son of Captain America answers on the third ring, his 'Hello?' muffled by the food in his mouth.

"It's Katherine and Eri." The Demigoddess replies once the ten-year-old genius pushes the speaker button.

"What's up?" Danny asks, while cutting off another piece of steak, and stabbing it with his fork. The phone cradled between his ear and his shoulder.

"We were attacked on the way home from school…by Frost Giants." Katherine answers, both girls know what is coming next.

Daniel's fork clatters onto his plate, landing upright in his baked potato. He is too stunned to answer; the phone fills with the eerie silence of static. "Were either of you hurt?" He asks.

The Demigoddesses sighs, aside from her scraped and bruised knee, they're both fine. Katherine doesn't even seem shaken. "We're fine Danny, I promise." Eri answers, feeling lightning begin to surge around her. Okay, maybe not all that fine, she is frightened out of her mind. But her Daddy had told her that sometimes fear can bring out the bravery in even the most cowardice of people.

Katherine pinches the bridge of nose, as Daniel continues to rant about they should have been more careful, half the time he acted more like an older brother then their best friend. The red headed genius loudly says "Goodnight, Daniel." She hangs up the phone on the receiver, and gets back to math worksheet, nibbling away on the last cookie while she does.

Classes are done for the day, all her homework had been finished and handed in, but right now the second grader, daughter of Thor, stands in front of her locker in the girls' changing room. When she had told her father this morning that she had joined Fencing at school for her extra circular activity, he had been so excited he had squished her into a bear-hug that nearly bruised her ribs. It wasn't helping her pounding heart, and quivering nerves that he also decided to announce to everyone on his Facebook page that today was her first match. This meant that almost everyone that she knew from The Avengers, including Nick Fury, was going to be in the stands cheering her on. She let out a shaky breath, and donned her helm, the front of it making it look like she was seeing everything through mosquito netting; she quickly grabbed her rapier, and headed out into the noisy gymnasium. Her father was cheering the loudest; making her feel both embarrassed and filled with joy, Thor was proud of her. She looked amongst the people in the stand and saw Tony, Pepper, and Katherine. Daniel with Steve and Peg, and Jason with his parents, Hawkeye and Black Widow.

With her heart hammering in her chest, she went through her three matches with ease. She was quick and agile, like the fennec fox. No matter what happened, if her opponent was taller than her, or stronger, she always bested them. Maybe it was because she was a Demigoddess; maybe she somehow had really good luck today? Either way, Eri had won, and was now beside the rest of her team, the other three boys and two girls, that made up their team of six. Yes, she was hot and sweaty and really just wanted to get out of her gear, she was also extremely happy. Today, their team's trophy would be put in the case, along with their team photo for everyone to see for years to come.

She yanked her helm off, as her white-blonde hair frizzled with static, even though it was knotted in a braid, and squealed as Thor picked her up and squeezed her into a bear-hug once again.

"I am very proud of you, daughter of mine." Thor grinned and set her down.

Eri blushed with embarrassment, "Thanks, Daddy."

She looked over at Jason and waved shyly; he only waved back and smiled a little.

"Come, we shall go and celebrate my daughter's victory at the Garden of Olives." Thor announced, still grinning.

Tony let out a sigh, "Thor, do you mean the Olive Garden?"

Thor gave him a puzzled look, while his eight-year-old daughter giggled. "Is that not what I said?"

With a stomach full of free breadsticks and chicken alfredo, Eri scrubbed her hair dry with a fluffy blue towel. She turned on her television to watch one of her favorite movies, The Wizard of OZ while she checked her email. She almost let out a squeal of excitement; there was an email from Jason, asking her if she wanted to go see a movie with him this weekend.

Eri quickly typed out the response, 'Yes, I have really wanted to see that movie.' Before letting the email sore through cyberspace, with her heart hammering against her chest, and a smile that she could not seem to remove, she watched as Dorothy and Toto were sent to OZ.

A/N: As always please leave a review! –Maiden of the Heavens (MOTH)