Some things you should all look at:

1) On my YouTube channel, Sayomina, I uploaded a music video that I made that was basically a summary of chapters 1-10 of this fic. It's called "Soldier Keep on Marching on {Lomian}"

2) Remember the three gifts Loki presented Damian back in chapter 12. I drew those gifts and you can find the art on Deviantart on my account there, DamianWayne1

Hope you all enjoy those little presents from me and accept them as compensation for the lack of fanfiction the past couple of weeks

Vali whined as Damian fixed his tie. A couple weeks had passed since Vali had been found and everything was going great. Vali had taken a liking to Damian. Damian was the biggest help with helping Vali adjust. Damian had even taken Vali (and all his siblings) to Midgard to meet his family. It was when Fenrir was playing with Titus that they had found out Vali could still transform into a wolf, though at least it was at will now, and had retained a slightly dogish personality. Basically Vali had become a quitter version of Fenrir. No one really minded though.

Now was the day of Loki's coronation. After seeing Damian in the Midgardian suit he'd chosen to wear all of Loki's male children had practically begged to wear Midgardian suits. Fenrir was wearing an all-black suit and attempting to make jokes about men in black, which was something he had heard about from Jason while meeting Damian's family. Jormungandr was wearing a white suit that made him look like Sam Winchester while he was posed by Lucifer in the future in season 5 episode 4 of Supernatural, which was something Jormungandr had started binge watching but refused to talk to anyone about. Sleipnir was wearing a brown suit jacket and matching shoes and pants with a white button up and brown stripped tie. Vali was wearing a black suit jacket with matching pants and shoes and a white button up and a green tie. He matched Damian, which is what he had wanted. Hela on the other hand had chosen a simple dark green strapless dress and was rolling her eyes as she watched her brothers. Hela was also wearing her enchanted cape. The only reason for her to be wearing it was because it was a coronation and it was more respectful as queen of Niflhiem if she had her disfigured side magically hidden. Even if it was her father that was ascending the throne of Asgard.

Damian finished making sure they were all presentable. He knew Loki was nervous about this so he had promised to coral Loki's children and make sure they were presentable and on their best behavior during the coronation. He smiled, giving an approving nod as he looked at them, "Let's go. We don't want to be late," Damian said.

Vali grabbed Damian's hand. It actually wasn't odd behavior for him. Despite having the mentality of an adult he was still technically a child and was only 5'6", which also meant his siblings all towered over him. Vali was very attached to Damian, Loki, and his siblings, so whenever he got nervous or worried he would cling to whoever was closest. Typically it was Damian that he clung to though.

Getting an idea, Fenrir took Vali's other hand then grabbed Jormungandr's hand. Hela caught on and took Jormungandr's other hand and Sleipnir's hand. Damian chuckled. Despite how different Loki's children all were it was adorable how attached they were to each other.

Damian walked out to hall the coronation was being held in. A lot of people were already gathered. Damian and Loki's children took their place, going down the first flight of steps up to the throne. Opposite from them was the warriors three and Sif. Thor soon came out and stood by the throne. Thor was the one that was going to officially ascend Loki to the throne. Now all everyone had to do was wait for Loki.

Loki stood in his place as he waited for someone to tell him it was time. He was wearing his full armor and holding Gungnir. He was admittedly nervous. Not only was he ascending to the throne of Asgard when there were surely still people that hated him but Damian and all his kids were attending.

Thor walked over to where Loki was waiting. He placed a hand on his brother's shoulder, "How fare thee brother?" He asked, facing forward but he did take a moment to glance at Loki. He could tell that Loki was nervous about this.

"Nervous. People don't really like me or my children, but here I am becoming their king," Loki said, looking at Thor, "What if something happens and Damian or my children?" Loki chewed on his bottom lip. It was a bad habit he had acquired at some point.

"Brother, nothing will happen. You are to be king because father wished for someone wise and loving to have the thrown and you are the person. Gungnir did come to you," Thor reassured Loki, "Plus, there are guards everywhere. What could possibly go wrong?"

Loki smiled softly, "You are right brother. I'm sure everything is fine," Loki was fine for about two seconds, "Do you think Vali is okay? He's still readjusting and this is a big step, for everyone actually. What if they don't look presentable?" Loki was back to worrying.

Thor laughed and slapped Loki's back before walking out to take his place. Loki sighed. He honestly couldn't help but worrying. Especially after everything that had happened. Something was bound to go wrong. But he would just have to have confidence that everything would be okay.

A servant soon came over and told Loki that it was time. Loki nodded and walked out. There was a mixture of cheers and boos as he walked to the hall. He walked between two rows of guards with a bright smile and confident posture, even if he was slightly worried. He knelt down in front of the stairs, placing Gungnir on the ground next to him. He took off his helmet and placed it in front of him. He looked up, taking a moment to glance at Damian and his children. His children all looked so handsome and beautiful. And of course Damian looked stunning.

Thor took a step forward, currently standing in front of the throne. Everyone went quiet, "Loki Odinson, the heir, the adopted son of Odin, entrusted with the power of the magic that courses through the universe. Odin, our father, defended Asgard and the lives of the innocent but he has now passed and has chosen you, Loki, as the next king of Asgard. Do you swear to guard the nine realms?" Thor was basing his speech on the one Odin had given when he was supposed to have his coronation.

"I swear," Loki responded. He glanced at Damian for a moment who was smiling reassuringly. That helped his confidence. And his kids seemed to be approving of the coronation. That was also good. He knew they had their fallbacks with Asgard.

"Do you swear to preserve the peace?" Thor knew that with Loki's history this was going to be a hard one for people to accept even if Loki swore he would. But Thor knew Loki was kind, wise, and loving. He was the king Asgard needed.

"I swear," Loki said firmly, choosing his tone to let everyone listening right now that he swore that he would preserve the peace and never go back to the man he was when he had done terrible things. He wasn't that man anymore after all.

"Do you swear, to cast aside all selfish ambition and to pledge yourself to the good of the realm," Thor left out the only because he knew that Loki would pledge himself to protecting Damian first, and then the good of the realm. That was how devoted Loki was to Damian.

"I swear," Loki proclaimed with a bright smile. He knew what Thor had done and why Thor had done it. Sure, some people would probably be upset but they would realize the purpose behind what Thor did when they saw the devotion he held for Damian.

Thor beamed, knowing that Loki knew, "Then on this day, I Thor Odinson, proclaim you king of Asgard!" There were cheers of joy and anger following Thor's words. It was definitely loud. Thor stepped aside as Loki placed his helmet back on his head and picked up Gungnir before ascending the steps to the throne. Loki turned around to face the crowd, a smile on his face.

Damian smiled, tuning out the crowd as it was too noisy for his likes. Then he heard the sound caused by the tension of a bow string being pulled back. His eyes widened and time seemed to slow down. He rushed forward, the arrow being released; he was in front of Loki, not able to hear anything. Next thing Damian knew he was lying on the ground with an arrow through his right shoulder. Loki was kneeling next to him and guards had created a barrier around him, Loki, and Thor and there was another barrier around Loki's children. Damian couldn't feel or hear anything then there was a rush and he cried out in pain, the sounds of panic and shouting reach his ears. Tears stung his eyes. He could barely make out the soft whispers from Loki that it would be okay. He could feel the hot blood pooling underneath him. His vision started to blur. A pained whimper escaped his lips as Loki carefully picked him up. Darkness gathered at the edges of his vision and expanded until he passed out, limp in Loki's arms.

Loki knew something was wrong as soon as Damian started running towards him. Then just like that an arrow meant for him struck Damian's right shoulder. Panic and screams erupted in the hall as Loki knelt down next to where Damian had collapsed. He was panicking. Guards gathered around him, Damian, and Thor to protect them from any further attack. Loki didn't see the guards that gathered around his children. He was focused on Damian who was obviously in pain and was bleeding a lot. The moment that a guard shouted that it was safe to move, Loki had picked up Damian and was making his way to the healers where Eir would undoubtedly be waiting.

Loki walked as quickly as he could without hurting Damian and with the tight ring of guards around him. Obviously there was concern because someone had just tried to assassinate him. But they had failed because Damian had saved him. Oh sweet Damian. Loki was really worried about Damian.

Loki reluctantly handed Damian over to the healers and Eir then let some guards lead him to the throne room while a detail stayed behind with the healers to protect Damian. While on the way to the throne room Loki released he was crying. He tried to wipe away his tears, but his children and Thor all saw that Loki was crying.

Guards were situated in a ring around the throne, but it was the Valkyrie that guarded most of the throne room. The Valkyrie must've been called in to help protect Loki, his children, and Thor. Half the Valkyrie legion was protecting the throne room while the other half was assisting in looking for the person that had tried assassinating Loki.

Loki walked past his children and Thor, who were all sitting on the steps leading up to the throne. None of them wanted to ask Loki if Damian was okay because they could see how distraught Loki was. Loki slumped down into the throne, burying his face in his hands. What if he lost Damian? Damian was not only his soulmate, but his everything. Damian had saved him when he was broken and dying, twice. And now Damian was possibly dying.

There was a silence throughout the throne room until Vali stood up. Vali walked over and stood next to Loki, "Damian's going to be okay. You understand? He's strong. So what if he's mortal. There's not a mortal like him and you know that. He's strong and always knows exactly what to do," Vali said. And then Vali started telling Loki, and technically everyone else in the room, all the stories that Damian had told him. It was enough for Loki to calm down enough that he wasn't blaming himself and panicking so much.

Two days passed and in that time the Valkyrie caught the assassin. However, Damian's condition wasn't good. Eir had been able to heal his injury, but he had lost so much blood that for the first twelve hours he was teetering on the brink of death. It was possible he would've died if Hela wasn't using her powers to keep his soul from leaving his body and entering Niflhiem. It took a lot from her but it likely meant saving Damian so she did it for her father. Then one of Damian's brothers had been able to bring blood bags and a Midgardian IV at the request of Heimdall. With that the healers were able to save Damian. The only problem was Damian had yet to wake up. So there were constantly healers hovering over him, making it impossible for anyone to visit.

Loki hadn't slept at all. He'd tried locking himself in his room but his children had somehow managed to get into his room. Hela was sleeping on his bed with Jormungandr watching over her. Vali was at the window, guarding it in wolf form while Fenrir was guarding the door in his small wolf form. Sleipnir mostly paced or sat with Jormungandr and Hela. No one said anything to each other, though Loki's children weren't saying anything for his sake.

Then Loki decided it was time to confront his fear. He got up from the chair he'd spent most of the last twenty four hours in and silently walked out of his room. Two guards accompanied down to the dungeons and showed him to the cell. Loki was quiet for a couple moments, just staring at the person within. Then he spoke;

"Why?"

So sorry this chapter is a bit shorter than the others. I've had an awful case of writers block recently. But I hoped you all enjoyed it.

Who should the assassin be? Please review with your thoughts on who this assassin is or should be.