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One of the guards was walking along his morning patrol, which among other locations took him by the princes' bed chambers. He noticed that the air smelled of burnt wood and metal, and as he came around the corner he froze, gaping at the younger prince's door. It was hanging open on its deformed hinges, and was almost entirely scorched black. The lock had been completely melted and dripped down the door like golden candle wax.
A feeling of dread crept up inside him, and he turned and ran to get the Queen.
Frigga followed the panicked guard to her sons' chambers. Seeing the state of Loki's door her eyes widened, and she strode into the room, the wood complaining as she did so.
Everything was perfectly intact.
Forming an idea of what had happened, she walked down the hallway to Thor's chambers and entered quietly. She was greeted by the sight of both her sons sleeping soundly in Thor's bed. Smiling softly, she turned to exit the room.
"Mother?" Thor raised his head, blinking confusedly.
Crossing over to the bed she sat down, stroking the long strands of hair from his face. "How is Loki?" She asked.
"He had another nightmare," Thor explained, his eyes softening as he looked down at his little brother's sleeping form. "I think he slept much better in here though. He barely talked in his sleep, and he wasn't tossing and turning a whole lot."
Frigga nodded. "Did he says what it was about? It must have been pretty bad, seeing as the state of his door."
"He didn't say," Thor answered. "What happened to his door?"
"Let's just say his door isn't locked anymore," Frigga said, beginning to stroke her younger son's hair. "You're door isn't quite as bad though. The lock is unsalveagable, but there are barely any burn marks."
Thor sighed, looking at his brother sadly. "I wish I could make his nightmares stop." Thor shivered, remembering the fear in his brother's eyes. "He's always so terrified, and I can't do anything about it."
"But you're there for him," Frigga pointed out.
"Yes," Thor nodded resolutely, "I'll always be there for him."
Frigga could feel the heat at the back of her eyes, and she threw her arms around her eldest child. "Make sure you always remember that," She whispered, her warm breath tickling his ear.
She rose, laughing slightly. "Now, I better go calm the guard down before he goes and gets Odin all worked up. Breakfast will be here in about half an hour." The Queen smiled at her children once more, before exiting the room.
"Thor," Thor jumped, realizing that Loki was awake. The younger boy smiled at him, blinking his green eyes in the morning light. "I'll always be there for you too."
Sif, Hogun and Fandral sat behind their now empty plates, as Volstagg continued to eat heartily. Sif tapped a butterknife incessantly on the table in boredom. Fandral held a mirror in front of his face as he fussed with his hair, trying to comb it into place, while Hogun attempted to become a statue.
"Well," Sif said after a while, "This is eventful."
"WHAT happened to Loki's door?!" Odin demanded.
"It—" A guard stammered.
Suddenly Frigga swept into the room, placing a hand on the guard's shoulder and nodding for him to leave, which he did gratefully.
"Loki had a nightmare," Frigga explained, "And the door was locked."
Odin opened his mouth, before closing it, sighing. "At least he doesn't scream anymore."
Suddenly a scream echoed down the hallways.
"Oh dear," Frigga sighed. "Not again."
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" The King bellowed as he strode into the dining hall. Hogun was trembling, sitting on a chair with his knees tucked to his chest, as Fandral guffawed.
"Hogun is afraid of spiders!" The blond boy hooted, "Oh this is just brilliant!"
"Get it away from me!" Hogun hissed.
Sif rolled her eyes, flicking the spider of the table with a butterknife and promptly stepping on it.
"Hogun," The Allfather said severely, walking over. "You do not need to be afraid of spiders. They WILL NOT hurt you! A warrior of Asgard, or a future warrior of Asgard, should not show such fear. Especially not over as trivial a thing as a spider. Do you understand?"
The boy nodded.
"Good." And with that the King walked away.
Fandral turned to Sif. "That eventful enough for you?"
Seeing Loki's door, Thor's blue eyes widened.
"In my defense, the door had it coming," Loki said, smiling lopsidedly. "I needed to get to you, and it was in my way."
"I pity the fool who ever dares try to separate us," Thor laughed.
"That would be Odin," Loki pointed out.
Footsteps echoed up the stairs, and the two boys quickly ran back into Thor's room.
A minute later a servant came in bearing two plates of breakfast.
"Thank you," Loki nodded, elbowing Thor to do the same.
"What?" Thor looked at his brother, who was glaring at him. "Oh right! Thank you," He told the servant.
"Really Thor," Loki said, once they were once again alone, "Must I always have to remind you of your manners?"
Thor mumbled something, but since his mouth was already full it was nearly impossible to tell what he'd said.
Loki just shook his head.
Eheheh I know this chapter was sort of random... there should be more action and mischief coming up though! And as you can tell I've definitely been into the brotherly fluff recently ^.^ I hope it wasn't too sappy... ?
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