I dreamed of the galaxy spinning out before me, seeing the Nine Realms of the Cosmos by the branches of Yggdrasil. Never had I seen the World's Tree, the quasar-like form immense, sprawling with glowing energy stretching out into the black void of space.

"They search," I whispered, sitting straight up in my bed.

Thor laid on the other side of our bed, Theia pressed closed to his chest and his hand on Cierian's rounded tummy from where my son had been laying at my side. I looked at them longingly, wanting to join them once more in sleep, before getting out of bed and padding out onto the balcony. The night was quiet and beautiful, the universe sparkling before me.

The rainbow bridge was still under construction, the Bifrost still floating out into the void that was space. My loose curls and short nightgown ruffled lightly in the breeze, the cool air caressing my flesh. I smiled as gentle fingers also began to stroke my bare shoulders, looking up at Thor, "I thought I left you sleeping."

"You felt… disturbed," he murmured, brushing his lips against my jaw.

"I dreamed of Yggdrasil," I replied quietly, turning in Thor's arms as he held me against his chest. I inhaled deeply as my fingers danced slowly across his throat, biting my bottom lip, "And it was so beautiful, but not like I have always thought of the tree- it was more… scientific. Like I was looking at it on one of Jane's machines."

Thor's eyes searched my own and he tucked my hair behind my ear, "Do you miss it? Midgard?"

I looked away from him and sighed, swallowing painfully.

"The human race- they always sought to understand what was beyond themselves and beyond their world, longing to know how they were connected to the heavens. They never comprehended a universe of wonder and beauty and terror and war… and neither did I. Jane and Erik and Darcy and that entire town- those humans made me thankful for being banished, made me understand something greater than myself. All my life I thought that I was superior to their kind, but once I was one of them, I loved them. And I do, I love them and I miss them so very much," I replied, Thor stroking my cheek as he sighed.

My husband pinched my chin between his thumb and forefinger, tilting my head up.

"They must understand that we could not return- especially when we promised them we would," Thor said thoughtfully, kissing me. He pulled away when I smiled, taking in my fit of laughter, "Does something amuse you?"

"Yes it does. I think Yggdrasil was a symbol of what is to come- they know we cannot get there on our own and so they are using the Tree, Thor."

We exchanged a look before staring out at the moon, Thor smiling as he finally understood, "They are helping us find our way back."

In front of us was a superhuman task- a collaboration between two worlds on a way to bring them together once more- and a future that held more than we could imagine. We had a universe to protect, for we had sworn our allegiance and one day, soon, we would be called upon to defend that precious universe.

But until then, we were parents, leaders, man and wife.

And we were forever warriors.