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Uploading while watching Wall-E this is good times. A nice happy film before work, why not? That and he's bloody cute...for a dinky lil squeaky robot...I want one xD

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I also have to admit, some pretty confuzzling shiz happens in on coming chapters. Sorry for possible confuzzling-ness.

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"How could you three do it?" Odin exclaimed, needless to say no sooner had the three returned to Asgard did they get summoned to see Odin. Heimdall had seen them, of course as the gate keeper of the Bifrost all he had to do was skim a glance at Alfheim and notice them.

Instead of coming to retrieve them though once he'd learnt this information, Odin allowed the three of them to return on their own.

"Why? Why did you do it?"

"Because sitting and waiting is getting us nowhere." Thor said while crossing his arms. "You say we shall help Alfheim, helping them is going there and taking action. Not sitting around while whoever the attackers are fully take the realm over."

"And did you take action? What action did you possibly take?" Odin frowned at his eldest son.

"There was no one there," Loki spoke up and looked down at the ground.

"I saw someone," Maerwen held a hand up slowly.

"And you," Odin said while pointing in her direction. "Were meant to be doing your duty as a guard. I gave you the task of looking out for your own kind and you abandon your post."

"To go after my friend." Maerwen said honestly.

Odin sighed heavily and sat down, beside him Frigga placed a hand on his shoulder. "Who did you see?"

"Two elves from Svartalfheim."

Odin frowned at this information. "Why would they be attacking Alfheim?" The three of them shrugged at his question. "Excuse me, perhaps I should question the one person who may know." With this Odin stood up and walked quickly off to track down Rika.

Maerwen let out a heavy sigh and leant against her knees. "Your father has a scary temper."

"We know," Thor smiled and uncrossed his arms. "I think we should leave before he comes back."

"I think that is a very wise move." Frigga said while crossing her arms and walking down the stairs. Fixing them all with a stern gaze she sighed. "Do you three realize how idiotic doing that was?" She paused, "You could have made things worse than they already are."

"But we didn't mother," Thor smiled and put a hand on her shoulder. "We shall be going now." He grinned and walked off quickly.

"It was his idea to go." Maerwen jerked a thumb at Loki, who in turned narrowed his eyes at her.

"It didn't take much persuading for you to come along though."

"Because I thought your brother had walked into a war zone."

"How wrong you seemingly were."

"Did you actually look around on Alfheim or did you just turn invisible and follow me?"

"Why would I follow you for?"

"Because you said it yourself; I know my way around."

"You two bicker like a married couple," Frigga chimed in and laughed at both of their slightly embarrassed expressions. "Go, unless you want to be told off again by your father." Frigga said while putting a hand on Loki's shoulder. "And you should go before he decides to annul your guardian role in Asgard." Frigga smiled at the two of them and walked quickly up the steps and in the direction of where Odin disappeared to.

"Do you think she'd tell father anything?" Thor questioned.

Maerwen leant her head against her hands and looked ahead at the waterfall and shallow pond. "No."

"Why not? After all he is offering her help. Holding back information isn't really a wise move." Loki said while throwing a pebble into the pond and then crouching by Maerwen's side.

"She's stubborn."

"That is not much of a reason." Thor pointed out while leaning Mjolnir up against a tree trunk, he then sat down enjoying the shade which the tree gave.

"I don't know about you two, but I really feel like I'm none the wiser to what's happening." Maerwen said while looking to the dark haired man beside her then to the blonde sitting behind her. "If anything I'm more confused." Making a popping noise she rubbed her eyes. "Oh Alfheim you were well and truly destroyed."

"Are you crying?" Loki questioned while throwing another pebble into the pond.

"My eyes are watering."

"That means you are crying," Thor pointed out from behind them.

"Sorry can't really help it. That realm was my home. It was my mothers home, and her mothers home."

"And your fathers, and his fathers. You were missing that part out." Thor said quietly, Maerwen looked over her shoulder, she raised an eyebrow at him. Thor was sitting seemingly going to sleep.

Shaking her head she pushed her orangey red curls out of her face. "My father didn't live there."

"What in the same house as you or realm?"

"Realm." Maerwen made a thoughtful noise. "That's why I was so annoyed with Aradan earlier on. He is one of few people who know that my father didn't come from Alfheim."

"Is he holding this information over you?" Loki asked seriously while entwining his hands together and looking down at the grassy ground. Maerwen shook her head slowly. The two sat in peaceful silence until Loki had to ask; "Where does he come from?"

"Svartalfheim." She said in an annoyed tone and glared at the water in front of her. "I don't even know how I came to be, my mother never told me. But she only told me that my father was someone important back in Svartalfheim."

"Important?" Loki looked at her and frowned. "Why would she want you to know that?"

"So I'd feel special?" Maerwen smiled, Loki just looked at and then shook his head. "What? Don't you believe in telling people something to make them feel special? Did your mother never tell you things which made you feel special?" Maerwen questioned and slipped the bow off from over her shoulder. "My mother did all the time."

"That would explain a lot." Loki said while looking over his shoulder at his brother and then at her. "You keep getting confusing."

"No I don't." Maerwen pouted and then looked at him seriously. "When said like that it makes it sound like you're trying to figure me out." She waved a finger at him, Loki looked up at the sky through the trees and ignored the fact that she had even spoken.