Apologies in advance for mistakes, I wasn't exactly overjoyed with it. Not too sure why, but enjoy! (:
Loki was glad the ordeal hadn't been as bad as he was imagining. He wanted to kick himself for overreacting.
Thor wrapped an arm on his brother's shoulder and smiled, "See? Not so bad."
Loki rolled his eyes, "Says the one who was biting his lip the whole time."
"How did you know that!? You weren't even facing me!"
"Your lip is bleeding." Loki stared pointing at it.
Thor was about to wipe it when Loki stopped him, "Here, let me fix it."
Loki placed his hand over Thors mouth and focused on the spot where he was wounded. There was a slight glow then Loki was done.
Thor felt his lip and the cut was gone, "How did you do that?"
Loki smirked, "I heal myself all the time when we have our little quarrels."
"Are you guys coming or do we have to drag you out?" Sif said standing in the doorway, "The boys wanna get a move on, let's go."
Thor nodded, "Okay, we're coming."
They made their way over to the rest of their group who were clearly impatient.
"Took you long enough, we want to practice and see what magic magic boy has over here." Fandral said motioning at Loki.
Loki rolled his eyes, "Magic boy? That's all you have?"
"Okay then, magic pants."
Hogun interrupted before Loki killed Fandral, "So Loki, when did you, you know, find out about not being Asgardian?"
Sif nodded, "I'd like to know too, let's walk and talk though."
So they began their walk to the training grounds.
"Well, I never really gave the thought much thought. I assumed I was an Asgardian; remember when Thor and I were fighting out in the grounds when we shouldn't have been? Well that's where it all started."
So Loki was telling his tale of how he came to know of his true race, and everyone was actually listening to him; which was shocking. He managed to talk until they reached the training grounds. "I had expected you all to shun me worse than you did before."
Everyone looked at each other and made guilty faces, they had shunned Loki. They had always been more concerned with Thor than Loki; then again they thought Odin was as well.
"I hope we can made amends then, we do truly apologize for that. It was petty childishness." Sif said speaking for all of them.
"Yeah, and I'd like I see how your magic goes against my strength." Volstagg said smirking.
"Or against my speed." Fandral said.
"I would like to have you fight me as well." Thor added, smiling at his brother.
Loki chuckled at Thor, "We fight all the time, and I don't see how it makes any difference now."
Thor raised an eyebrow, "You've never came at me full force with your magic, besides that disappearing act."
"It's not a disappearing act; it's a clone of myself. And alright then, you're on."
So the brothers were up first, because Thor insisted if anyone was to fight Loki first it was going to be him. So they both stood opposite one another on the field, "Ready brother?"
Loki smirked, "I should be asking you that."
Thor took that as initiative to go so he charged at Loki, he slowed his pace down expecting Loki to vanish like last time but when he didn't Thor stopped himself and Loki stood smiling at him, that's when he felt a cold gust of wind at his back, "You still fell for it."
Thor turned around and he was surrounded by six Loki's at best. He was eyeing each one up, because one had to be the real one. The problem was finding which one was.
"Valhalla, he can make that many? Do you think that drains his power?" Hogun asked watching them. Sif shrugged, "Maybe."
"What's wrong brother, can't find me?"
Thor smirked as each Loki said the same thing, then one leaned towards him and whispered; "Maybe this means your love has been a lie."
Thor looked one of the clone's dead in the eye and recognized the spark that was his Loki's and tackled him to the ground.
Loki coughed as Thor fell on him, "Don't ever say that again," Thor warned looking into his eyes again.
In that moment Loki's clones vanished, leaving a light smoke as they did so. Just then Thor kissed Loki, "And I mean ever."
Loki blushed as the smoke cleared, Thor got up and helped Loki up.
"That was intense, I didn't know you could do that!" Fandral said waltzing over to them, "Can I go next?"
Loki nodded, "If you want. It feels good to actually be able to practice with them."
Thor smiled and another fierce wind caused everyone to turn around to block it, right then Loki kissed Thor's cheek, "Don't do that again."
Thor laughed and stepped out of the field, letting everyone else take their turns.
It wasn't until dark and well past dinner that they stopped practicing. Turned out Loki had more skill than he lead on, he had some ability to control his surroundings and get inside the other's minds. Which for some odd reason everyone still deemed as awesome.
It was Thor who finally decided they should head back, he was quite tired and he could see how much Loki wanted to shower. So after getting everyone to agree they trekked their way back home, luckily for them they all made in back in time to eat. They shared theirs fights with Frigga for Odin was not present but off on some duty or another.
She was proud that everyone had managed to get along and that there had been no quarreling. She was also very happy that they all gave Loki the same respect as Thor; she wanted that more than anything.
"It was very incredible actually." Hogun said as he was sipping some mead.
"I wonder what kind of magic Jötuns can conjure, the highest form." Sif said, as she looked over at Loki.
Loki shrugged, "I don't know, I don't have many ways of finding that out."
Thor took a bite, "Well, we the only thing we could do is go back to Jötun and check out the library."
Loki frowned, "I don't think we have leave just to go to and from the library as we please."
Thor swallowed, "I think he owes you at least that much."
Volstagg looked over at them, "You mean Laufey? He's alive?"
Fandral looked confused, "What does he owe you?"
Loki sighed, "I forgot Odin didn't make it perfectly clear, Laufey was the one who abandoned the child."
That made the table go into shock, except for Frigga of course she just gave a comforting smile.
"You're the son of Laufey, the king of the Frost Giants!?" Fandral shouted, Sif was speechless and Volstagg was coughing on mead.
"Well, this is expected." Loki said somewhat amused at their reactions.
"Why didn't Odin tell us, we can use this to our advantage against them!" Sif said very excitedly. The rest of them seemed to nod in agreement.
Loki was about to place a fork in his mouth, "This is why he didn't tell you. Your instant reaction is to attack them."
Thor cringed, knowing that was the wrong thing to say.
"What do you mean?" Sif said with an edgy tone.
Loki looked up at her, "It's not that simple, Laufey doesn't want me, and he never wanted me. I was a runt with no chance of being heir to the throne. He left me at that place to die, that's how they deal with their runts. You cannot use me for a bargaining chip, because Laufey feels nothings for me just as I feel nothing for him."
Thor gave a sad look at Loki and placed a hand on his leg. Loki looked over at him and smiled, "I'm okay Thor."
The four of them didn't know what to say, so the room filled with an awkward silence. Frigga cleared her throat, "Loki I'm afraid is right. And the war with the Frost Giants had ended, we shall leave it at that. Now I will excuse myself, goodnight."
Thor and Loki could both tell that Frigga had gotten a little upset at the comments Loki made, so they knew better than to bother her.
"I'll be excusing myself as well, goodnight." Loki got up and made his way back to their room. Thor looked over as Loki left and sighed to himself. He knew the whole Laufey situation was hurting Loki a little, and he was a little irritated at his friends for what they had said.
"Look, I know you guys don't completely understand, but please try and refrain from making comments about Laufey." Thor stood and excused himself from the table and followed Loki back to the room.
The table was quiet.
