Sorry it has taken a while to update, I went away for new years and I have been a little more focused on one of my other story's :L But I got this out so here you are :)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN:

Thor's coronation.

Sirena woke up to find that Loki wasn't lying beside her that morning. She sighed and sat up as a maid servant walked into the room with a tray of food. Sirena watched as the maid put the tray on the table that occupied the corner closest to the door. She picked up a piece of paper that was left there.

"What's that?" Sirena asked. The maid servant silently brought Sirena the piece of paper.

It was a note from Loki, judging by the handwriting. Sirena opened it and quickly read the small message.

Dear Sirena

Please forgive my absence this morning, I have some errands to run and I promised Thor I would see him before the coronation and I promise to see you after the coronation to make up for my absence.

Loki

Well, at least she sort of knew where he was now. Sirena got up and followed the maid into the washroom where she was bathed and dressed in rich, silky blue fabric.

The maid tied Sirena's white hair into a half up do. Her hair was crinkly due to having it in a braid throughout the night.

"Beautiful, miss, I'm sure Prince Loki is delighted to be wedded to a woman such as yourself," The old maid smiled. Sirena returned the smile.

"Thank you," She said.

Sirena waited beside Queen Frigga, Odin had just entered the Throne room to begin introducing everyone in.

"I am so proud of Thor, I didn't realise this day would be bestowed upon us so soon," Frigga smiled. Her smile suddenly saddened though.

"I fear how Loki will react. He seemed fine when Thor was announced as the one who would ascend the throne, but lately he seems a little more distant from everyone," She said. Sirena nodded.

"Yes, I have noticed, I'm sure he is very proud of his brother though," Sirena tried to reassure her.

Speaking of Loki, where was he? He was supposed to enter with Sirena.

Queen Frigga was announced to enter the hall and in a minute or two Sirena would be announced to follow with Loki.

"I'm sorry, Thor kept me a while," Loki said, suddenly standing right next to Sirena. He startled her.

"That's fine," Sirena said. Loki turned to her, holding her arms tightly, not tight enough to hurt though.

"Sirena, if anything happens today I want you to stay safe, stay close to someone who can protect you," He said.

"What's going on Loki?" Sirena asked, worried.

"Can you just promise me, please?" Loki asked. Sirena sighed and nodded.

"Yes, Loki, I promise I will stay safe," She said. At that moment, the two of them were announced and entered on queue.

The crowds of people lining the hall cheered at the sight of the newlywed prince and princess of Asgard. Sirena thought that if they were cheering this loud for the two of them, imagine how much the people will be cheering for Thor, the soon to be king.

The crowd went insane for Thor.

Sirena could feel Loki tense, even though he was not touching her. He looked at the floor, jaw clenched. Frigga looked sadly at her youngest son.

Sirena reached out and grabbed Loki's hand to comfort him. Loki took it gratefully, giving her a weak smile.

"I Odin Allfather, proclaim you-" Odin stopped, just before he announced Thor king. Sirena noticed Loki completely freeze beside her. Odin looked away from his eldest son and off into the distance before saying one word; the one word that sent the crowd into complete shock.

"Frost Giants,"

"Stay here," Loki said before leaving with Odin and Thor. Where were they going? Was it part of Loki's plan? Thor's coronation was put to a halt like Loki wanted.

"Please stay calm everyone, I ask that you all go to your homes; the issue at hand will be dealt with," Frigga announced. The anxious crowd slowly thinned out.

"What is happening, my Queen?" Sif asked, she was accompanied by the warriors three.

"I do not know yet dear, we shall wait until Odin and my sons return," Frigga said. The four of them nodded.

"Shall we go to the feasting hall? I am famished!" Volstagg announced. Sif rolled her eyes.

"You are always famished," Fandral said with a slight chuckle. Sirena turned to the group.

"May I accompany you? I have a feeling that we will see Thor and Loki soon, I have a feeling that Thor will not be happy," Sirena said. The group took what the princess said seriously, they knew that Thor would be upset about not becoming king, but when Sirena looked as serious as she did, something bad was probably going to happen. She was after all a Vanir and could see into the future.

"What is this?" Volstagg asked. The floor was littered in food; an entire table was turned over, plates and cups were scattered across the marble ground.

Thor and Loki sat beside each other. Thor fuming and Loki calm. Loki was whispering something to Thor, too quiet for any of them to hear what he was saying.

"Oh no, no, no, I know that look," Loki said as they both suddenly stood up "Thor, its madness," He said. Volstagg spoke then; he was creating what looked like a sandwich.

"What sort of madness?" He asked.

"My friends, we are going to Jotunheim," Thor announced. Everyone's mouth dropped, Loki just pinched the bridge of his nose.

They were going to Jotunheim? Why? What would they achieve? It was madness!

Just after Thor had convinced the group to go, Sirena caught Loki before he left with the others.

"Please don't tell me you are going to," She sighed.

"I have to, I cannot let my brother go to Jotunheim without me, I would be the only to even attempt to try stopping him from doing something brash," Loki said.

"Alright, well, be safe and don't go getting yourself killed," Sirena said "I guess I will wait for you to get back," she sighed and hugged him. Loki returned the gesture and was then gone.

Sirena waited for what seemed like hours before the group returned from their journey to the realm of frost giants. She sat in her room and gazed out the window to the rainbow bridge and the bifrost at the end.

She saw the bifrost turn and whirl, shooting light into the galaxy beyond. They were back, safe. Loki had sent a guard to tell Odin of their departure. Sirena was standing by Frigga when the guard had informed Odin of the young warrior's journey to Jotunheim.

Sirena was slightly worried when she saw the bifrost open once more. Where was Loki? He should be here with her, shouldn't he?

The Vanir hadn't seen or heard from Loki for most of the night. Frigga came in to inform Sirena that Odin had fallen into the Odin sleep, but she didn't say anything on Loki's whereabouts so she just decided to go to bed.

A few hours later Sirena was awoken by the bed chamber doors being flung open and slammed shut. She bolted upright and saw Loki briefly in the dim light as he made his way towards the bed.

"Loki?" Sirena asked "Where were you? I stayed up for a while but you didn't come," She said. Loki was silent; he simply took her face in his hands and kissed her. Sirena kissed him back, but when she thought Loki would take it further he pulled away from her and moved to the opposite end of the bed.

"What's wrong?" Sirena asked, flustered.

"Sirena, what do you think of the frost giants?" He simply asked, there was nothing in his voice, but if Sirena could see his eyes, they would tell a different story.

"I-I don't know, Asgardians make them out to be horrible monsters," She said, Loki seemed to tense at the answer, but Sirena continued "But I have never had the chance to actually meet one, so I couldn't make a fair judgement and even if I did meet one the behaviour of that frost giant wouldn't account for the total population," Sirena explained.

"Why are you asking me this?" She asked, moving closer to him.

"When we went to Jotunheim I discovered a horrible truth that had been kept hidden for many, many millennia," Loki said, he almost sounded disgusted.

"And what might that be?" Sirena asked. Loki moved off the bed and into the far corner of the room that contained brilliant moonlight. Sirena followed his movements, her eyes resting on his… only, Loki had green eyes, but the eyes Sirena was looking into were red.

Red like a Jotun's.

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