A/N: Ah sorry that I didn't post last week but so much to do…ah well. Though I have to go on a rant. You see on Friday evening…I was sitting in my chair and musing about where I want to go with this story and then I though let's check out what other stories are out there not that I copy someone.

What. A. Scandal! Did you know, that there is no Supernatural/Marvel crossover out there with a good Loki meets Loki setting? I mean okay that Loki(Marvel) isn't inherently evil is a must but…WHAT? That's like the – in my eyes – ultimate setting! That's just…ARGH!

Ynwa…when did you sneak in here not even leaving one amusing or inspiring review behind? *rises an eyebrow* and to why I hate Chuck…did you watch season 11? I mean I don't care about his attitude towards humanity but Lucifer…nope that was what made him even worse than Dumbledore in my eyes…and believe me that IS an achievement!

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Chapter 36: Bugs and other Nuisances

The first thing they did was teleport over to the Ministry to get Lily and James reinstated as alive. Unfortunately, both were very well known for their sacrifice, and therefore a murmur of incredulity as well as shock and surprise followed them from the moment that they landed in the Atrium.

After a short visit to the front desk to state their business, they were on their way to the second floor where the respective Department was situated while Sirius went to the canteen for a coffee. They were just in the middle of recounting how they were both alive again when Amelia Bones came rushing into the room.

"And here I thought that I made myself clear that you shouldn't create chaos while staying here, Loki!" She said foregoing any greeting.

"Oy, why do you think that it was me only because something unconventional happened?!" Loki retorted mock hurt.

"Do I really have to answer that question?" Bones replied looking at him sternly.

"Actually, it was my doing this time," Harry admitted sheepishly.

"Wait you did this?" Bones was now shocked. "How?"

"I made a deal with Crowley," Harry ducked his head.

"Crowley?"

"A Crossroad Demon."

"King of the Crossroad Demons actually. Madame Bones, don't worry Harry is in no danger," Loki explained when he saw the stern woman's gaze darkening on the thought that a child made a demon deal.

"Believe me that I wouldn't have allowed it otherwise. The only stipulation is that he delivers Riddle's soul to him."

"Riddle?"

"Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Lord Voldemort aka the most wanted man in hell," Loki growled.

"But he's dead is he not?" the woman asked confused.

Loki looked at her contemplatively before he made a decision. He grabbed under the t-shirt he was currently wearing, and that read "Always be yourself unless you can be Loki. Then always be Loki!". The shirt Harry had gifted him for Christmas because he was so amused by it that he had to buy it. Considering that he hadn't been born as Loki made it all the more hilarious. Pulling out a pendant that had a lowly glowing emerald in the middle, he gave it a last look before he held it out towards Bones.

"Do you know what this is?" he asked her.

Bones looked at him strangely but carefully picked up the pendant. She ran a few spells over it when her eyes widened with shock and surprise.

"A Horcrux?" she asked in complete disbelief.

"Yes and no," Loki answered. "Yes, this is de facto a Horcrux though it wasn't made the normal way. I actually made this one when it became apparent, that a part of Riddle's soul was possessing Quirrell last school year. When I punished the man for endangering a student's life, I became aware of it and quickly captured the soul piece so that it couldn't endanger anyone else. Unfortunately, Quirrell didn't survive the shock of the soul piece leaving him. Another piece then was added, when I gave Harry a magical tattoo that would protect him from possession of all sorts. Obviously, Riddle had also made him a Horcrux though whether it was intentional or not I don't know."

Bones now looked with wide eyes and pale from the shock at Harry. "Is…are you alright?" she finally asked him only to receive a glare from Loki that told her what a stupid question that was; as if he wouldn't have made sure of it.

"So, he is still alive," she muttered when she realised something. "And you didn't deem it important enough to tell me?" she now thundered.

Loki ducked his head sheepishly. "I forgot?" he said, but it came out more like a question.

"You forgot…why am I not even the slightest bit surprised?" she shook her head in exasperation. "Is there maybe anything else you want to tell me that might endanger anyone…maybe why suddenly aggressive ghosts appeared everywhere?"

Loki gulped audibly, this woman could be terrifying when angry. Harry, on the other hand, snickered over the pagan's predicament.

"How about you tell her about everything before she sends the Unspeakables to play with you, while we wrap everything up here and meet at Fortescue's in Diagon Alley?" he asked between snickers.

Loki looked unhappy about being alone with a pissed off Bones but nodded, standing up to follow the woman.

"And Mrs Bones…I want him back," Harry told her with a mischievous smirk. "Or I might want to test the Ministry's security. Perhaps you should ask the MACUSA how to improve it, I heard they had an extensive test of their security not all that long ago and failed completely."

"So you were the one pranking them," she replied knowingly.

"I already proved to your Aurors that I never cast any magic with either of my wands after the end of the school year," Harry shrugged.

"And you want me to believe that you're not able to perform the deeds in another way with you being close to Loki?" the knowing glint in her eyes only intensified. "Anyway, Mr Laufeyson I think we need to talk. Good day."

With a nod towards the rest of them, she strode out of the room closely followed by Loki. It took the woman, who was taking care of the reinstatement of Harry's parents as alive and fully restoring their rights and titles, a few more moments to come out of her stupor but once she did, they quickly worked through the massive amount of paperwork.

It then took them another half an hour before they could go. They picked up Sirius before they left the ministry by Apparition, Lily taking her son with her, and reappeared in a side alley to Diagon Alley. Together they went over to Fortescue's where they sat down outside to enjoy the sun, though the entire thing quickly became bothersome. Some of the passers-by recognised not only Harry but also his parents and began to stare and talk about them. That naturally attracted the attention of others, and soon a massive crowd formed around them. The height of it though was when a woman with blond curly hair that she had pinned up loosely, bright red painted nails and lips and green robes sat down at their table without even asking for permission a notepad and a green quill floating next to her, ready to note down anything and everything.

"Rita Skeeter, reporter of the Daily Prophet," she introduced herself sweetly with a broad smile. "So, it is true that you Lily and James Potter are back with the living. Any comment to that for my dear readers?"

"Only that if you write any lies about us you'll be out of a job very quickly," James snarled, he knew that sort of reporter…always out for the big scoop. "And it is Lord Potter for you."

"There, there, no reason to become hostile Lord Potter," she said with a charming smile. "I only wanted to give you the opportunity to give your view on things before rumours come up, we don't want the people to think that you performed some dark ritual, do we?"

"It was no dark ritual," Harry frowned, carefully thinking about what to say next knowing that it wouldn't be a good idea to tell them that he had been behind it or that he made a deal with Crowley either. "It was just a little trade between friends. I have something Crow wanted, and he was powerful enough to get me what I wanted in return, no ritual involved."

"So, your friend revived your parents?" her attention now was on Harry. "How did he do it then if not with a ritual?"

"He waved his hand and they were alive," Harry rose an eyebrow. Okay, it hadn't really happened exactly that way, or Crowley's doing at all but the result was the same, she was left in the dark.

Now it was Skeeter's turn to frown. "Merlin, your friend must be extremely powerful to just revive them like that. But my dear, what did he want in return?"

"Nothing fancy, just that I collect and deliver something to him," Harry shrugged.

"Very altruistic of him," Skeeter said with a nod and a small glance at her notepad before she turned to all of them, deciding to leave the topic alone…for now. "So now that you're alive again and reunited with your son, what are your plans for the future? And can you tell us something about what awaits us in the great next adventure?"

James sighed lowly, not in the mood to answer the reporter's questions which made Lily chuckle.

"Unfortunately, we cannot tell you anything about what comes after death, but for our future, Harry and we plan to take a vacation. After that…" Lily answered trailing off in the end with a shrug. "Maybe visiting and getting reacquainted with old friends. I heard that Alice and Frank got better after having been...ill for a long time. It would be nice to see them again, we were friends after all."

Fortunately for them, that was the moment Loki arrived and looked strangely at Skeeter.

"Mrs Skeeter, what a surprise to see you here," he said in a sugar sweet voice, one that promised retribution of the worst kind should she dare thinking about printing anything that would paint Harry or the Potters in a non-favourable light.

"Oh, Mr Laufeyson you're Harry's school mate and friend, aren't you? I heard that you created quite some mischief over the year. Is there any possibility that it is connected to the recent happenings over in America?" she enquired in eager anticipation.

Though the reaction she got wasn't what she expected. Loki looked at her with indignation as if it was an insult to even ask him such a thing while Harry snorted.

"Mr Potter, something you want to enlighten us about?"

"Only one thing: I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good!" Harry now cracked up and vanished without a trace leaving behind a reporter with neon pink hair, three shell-shocked adults and one speechless pagan god.

"Did…did he just apparate away?" Lily finally brought out while James and Sirius had to suppress their laughter.

"Uhm…no. He teleported himself…," Loki muttered in reply earning himself questioning looks from nearly everyone around him.

"What's the difference?" Sirius asked, speaking up for the first time.

"Well with Apparition you actually create a shortcut through space from your original point to your destination through which you get sucked hence the getting sucked through a rubber tube feel to it. That's also the reason for why the further away you want to apparate the more magic you need to cover the distance. The sound, on the other hand, is a result of the sudden disappearance of a large body henceforth creating a momentary vacuum that instantly gets filled with the surrounding air…physics…nothing you'd understand anyway.

"With teleportation though you transform your body into a stream of energy that travels through the surrounding streams of energy – ley lines and such – and rematerializes at the destination. Since that travel happens at light speed, it seems to be nearly instantaneous, and you can go everywhere without needing too much magic." Loki explained, but more than a few people only looked at him as if he decided to grow a second head.

It was evident that almost no one understood even one word of what he had just said.

"Fascinating," Skeeter spoke up happily as if she just won in the lottery. "Very well Ladies and Gentlemen, I'll be on my way then. It was nice meeting you."

With that, she stood up and scurried away through the crowd. James looked after her shaking his head, he could only hope that the woman wouldn't write anything negative though she had been right, this had been an excellent way to get their statement out before anyone could jump to conclusions. James might be a prankster at heart, but he wasn't delusional and knew how fickle the people could be.

"So where did our son vanish to?" he finally asked Loki watching the crowd disperse now that nothing interesting was going on anymore.

Loki closed his eyes and tracked down Harry only to open them again with a smile.

"He's with Sammy in America, so nothing to worry about," he replied.

"Harry teleported himself half around the world?" James exclaimed.

"It is as I said, teleportation only needs magic or energy to dis- and reintegrate yourself, the travel itself doesn't need much magic," Loki shrugged.

"So following him?" Sirius asked.

"Following him," Loki nodded. Once the others firmly touched him, they were gone.

When Harry landed, he at first was a bit dizzy, but once he didn't feel as if the world was turning too fast anymore, he looked around to see where he had landed.

"I really should be used to the feeling by now," he muttered when his gaze fell on two male and one female sitting at a table in the diner he had landed in. "Sam, Dean, Alastair," he greeted them with a broad smile.

"Harry? How did you get here?" Sam asked surprised. "I thought you were visiting your parents."

"I was...until something happened...and then more stuff happened," Harry replied. "And then we were haunted by reporters and I had to get away."

"You teleported yourself here from England?" Alastair enquired interestedly.

"Yep," Harry said popping the p.

"I'm impressed, you're really a quick learner," she praised him which made him blush though when she saw the confused glances from Dean and Sam she elaborated. "It was at the beginning of his holidays while he stayed at Bobby's...I was bored and thought why not teach him how to teleport yourself."

"Well, that certainly explains how he knows how to do it," a new voice said.

Harry turned around only to see Loki together with his parents and Sirius coming towards them.

"Ah you got away from that reporter," Harry beamed.

"She got away from me," Loki snickered. "Now I think your parents wanted to go on holiday and for us, I also had a nice little trip planned."

"Yep," Harry piped up hyper, bouncing over to Loki.

"Do I have to drop you off somewhere or are you good?" Loki addressed the others who came with him.

"No, we should be good," Lily said.

"I also should be able to go from here," Sirius added with a smile.

"Mum, dad, I'll see you soon okay?" Harry hugged both his parents before turning towards Sirius.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do, pup," the man said while hugging his godson.

"That isn't much and includes things I'm certainly not old enough for," Harry sternly replied.

That made Sirius laugh. "One cannot begin early enough."

However, that comment resulted in James grabbing him and putting him in a headlock.

"Ignore him," his father said. "Do what you think is right."

"I will, I will," Harry replied.

With a wave and a last hug, Sirius apparated away followed by James and Lily. That left Loki and Harry.

"So onwards with our vacation then," Loki chirped. Without any further ado or a warning towards Harry, he grabbed the boy, and they left. Leaving behind two highly confused males and a smirking woman.

A/N: Next week then the holidays and let's just say…it's Harry. 'til next chapter!