Oh my god guys, I was searching through my computer to clean out files when I found this chapter! I though I had lost it which was part of the reason I had writers block! I thought I wouldn't be able to update for at least a week.
Wow, I wonder what other things my computer is hiding from me...
Disclaimer: All characters involving Thor belong to Marvel, I only own the OC's present in this story.
"I still don't think marrying him is the best idea," Viveca said, watching as Luciana went through her new gowns.
Luciana sighed. "Let it go, Viveca. There's nothing you can do. I will be marrying Loki and that's final."
"But he's lied to father," Viveca informed. "If he's done that, who knows what else he could-"
"That's enough, Viveca," Luciana exclaimed, looking up from her dresses. She stared at Viveca coldly, a frown on her face. She had had enough of Viveca's complaints about Loki, and had finally reached her breaking point. "That's enough."
Viveca was taken aback by the harsh tone in her younger sister's voice, and stayed silent as she watched her go back to her dresses. "He's changed you..." She muttered after some time, forcing Luciana to look up at her.
"I think that's a matter of opinion," She said, staring at her elder sister. "I've chosen my path, Viveca. Why are you so against who I wish to become?"
Viveca didn't answer, only staring at her sister. She shook her head and walked out of the room, slamming the door behind her. She aimlessly walked down the corridor of the castle, fuming with every step.
"But Loki," She heard a female voice whine, and she stopped in her tracks.
"But nothing, Sigyn," She heard Loki say angrily, and her curiosity sparked. "You are really trying my patience. I've asked you a thousand times to leave, and this is my final warning: Leave now, before I resort to summoning the guards."
She spotted Loki turning the corner and walking towards her, a angry looking blonde girl trailing behind him. As he passed her, he sent Viveca a glare to which she returned, and he continued to walk towards Luciana's chambers.
"Loki," The blonde girl cried. "Loki, wait!" She followed him to the door, and was perfectly prepared to follow him in, when he shut the door in her face, leaving her alone with Viveca in the hall. She clenched her fists at her sides and turned around, glaring at the floor.
Viveca watched the girl with interest and cleared her throat to alert her presence. The girl's head darted up towards her and she scowled. Her eyes seemed to burn with hatred as she walked over to Viveca, her blonde locks bouncing with each step.
"You," She spat. "I know exactly who you are!"
"Oh?" Viveca asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. You're the sister of Luciana," She hissed the name. "Who does your family think they are? Thinking they can just go around placing enchantments on people. You ought to be ashamed. I wouldn't even show my face around here if I were you!
Viveca's mouth dropped open slightly as anger rushed through her. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me!"
"I'm sorry, let's try this again," Viveca said, placing her hands in front of her and raising an eyebrow. "Who exactly are you again?"
"I am Sigyn, Goddess of Fidelity," Sigyn stated.
"Right, and what gives you the right to insult my family?"
"You see, unlike you, I am actually a trustworthy citizen of Asgard! Your family's got some nerve going after the royal family, or perhaps the correct word is stupidity."
Viveca held up a finger and opened her mouth to retort, when what Sigyn had said finally clicked into her mind. A wicked smiled reached her face and she put her hand down. "Whatever you say; it is not my place to argue with the Goddess of Fidelity."
Sigyn smirked. "Good. At least you know when to stand down." She walked past her, bumping her shoulder as she did.
Viveca watched her leave and smirked at her back. "This could work."
Luciana walked to her chambers, in need of a nap after looking at dozens of flowers for the wedding. Suddenly she was taken from behind and swiftly pinned to a wall. She looked up and saw Loki smirking down at her, his hands on both sides on her head.
"I've been looking for you everywhere," He purred. "Where have you been?"
"I told you I had to pick out the flowers with your mother," She said, blushing slightly.
He chuckled. "No matter, you're mine now."
He brought his lips to her jaw and kissed the spot tenderly, moving his hands off the wall and down to her hips. He pulled her closer to him and moved his lips to hers, his kiss passionate. Luciana closed her eyes and returned the kiss, putting her hands just below his shoulders. She pulled away from the kiss when she needed air, but Loki placed his lips back onto hers before she could inhale. She moaned softly in discomfort and pulled away again, placing her fingers on Loki's lips when he went back for another kiss.
"I do need to breathe," She chuckled.
Loki rolled his eyes and took her fingers off his lips. He interlaced his fingers with hers and kissed her temple.
"Oh, Viveca told me she saw you and Sigyn fighting yesterday. Care to tell me about that?" Luciana asked.
Loki sighed as he stared into her eyes. "Sorry."
"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked.
"I thought it would upset you."
"Well it did."
"Darling, I've given her my final warning."
"And?" Luciana asked, letting go of his hand and crossing her arms. "You've given her many warnings, and she hasn't listened to any of them. She insulted Viveca, Loki. What's she going to do next? Lock me in the dungeon?"
"Viveca could be lying to you," He said. "Besides, do you really think Sigyn is going to lock you in the prison?"
"It could happen."
Loki chuckled and shook his head. "Darling, you're being dramatic. I think you're a bit jealous."
"Jealous?" Luciana asked in shock. "You think I'm jealous? I, for one, am not jealous, and I'm not being dramatic! I don't trust Sigyn, and maybe yes, I am a bit upset that you're defending her, but that doesn't make me jealous or dramatic!"
"I'm not defending her," Loki protested. "I'm simply stating that maybe Viveca's found another way to mess with your head."
Luciana huffed in annoyance. "You know what? I'm going to go take my nap now. Thanks for being supportive!" She said sarcastically, and she walked away from him quickly, silently fuming.
Loki sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"You know, laddie," He heard a man's voice say from behind him. He jumped and whirled around to see Garnock behind him. "You could have handled that differently."
Weeks seemed to pass in a blur, and everyone was frantically preparing for the wedding as winter drew closer. Astrid and Frigga made sure every preparation was in order and had been properly executed, whilst Odin in Cyrus served humorously as their helpers, making sure their wives didn't explode from their stress. Luciana was suffering through stress of her own, trying to mentally prepare herself for marriage and making sure everything was in order. Garnock and Thor had even taken part with the wedding plans by giving Loki unwanted lessons on being a husband, despite the latter never being married himself.
The only two people who seemed oddly unproductive were Viveca and Sigyn. The two seemed idle in their attempts to ruin the marriage, in fact Sigyn was nowhere to be seen, and Viveca had refrained from fighting with Loki. One would think this would be a giant weight lifted off of Loki and Luciana's shoulders, but instead it put them more on edge than before.
They were constantly worried that one of them would do something, anything really. A sudden, and angry, visit from Sigyn could occur, or a heated argument between Loki and Viveca could arise. The fear put strain on Loki and Luciana's relationship, most of the time they would be perfectly happy but there would be times where they would bicker about anything.
Luciana thought about this as she wandered through the walls of the castle, silent and alone.
She had just had a fight with Loki about the stupidest of things; the flavour of one of the wedding desserts. Luciana wanted fruit, Loki wanted chocolate. Needless to say, the small disagreement that could have been compromised turned into a fight that brought up their least favourite subjects; Viveca and Sigyn. It consisted of Luciana repeatedly telling him how worried she was about Sigyn, and Loki repeatedly telling her that there was nothing to worry about and that Viveca was probably lying to ruin everything.
One thing led to another, and before she knew it, Luciana had stormed off in fury.
She was honestly sick of hearing Loki complain about Viveca, when she had seemed to give up her attempts of making problems. She realized that she was doing the exact same thing with Sigyn, but she assured herself that it was different. How? She was still trying to figure that out. She felt it in her gut that Sigyn was going to do something, and she didn't follow her instincts often.
She saw Loki's point, Viveca was not the most trustworthy person to have around, but she was still her older sister, and she still cared about her greatly. But her love didn't stop her from angry at Viveca; she was part of the problem. If she hadn't tried to ruin everything with Loki then the fight wouldn't have been as great, they wouldn't constantly be on their guard, and perhaps Loki and her would even get along.
And of course Luciana was mad at Sigyn, she had tried to steal her husband-to-be and insulted her to no end. It was true that Sigyn hadn't been seen, but Luciana was still angry that she showed up in the first place. What was more, Loki seemed to be defending her. Luciana didn't know whether she was jealous or not, if she was, it wasn't a pleasant feeling. It was a horrible one.
"Luciana," She heard a female voice call, and she stopped in her tracks. She turned around and saw Sigyn running towards her, seeming panicked. She frowned and began to walk away. "No, no, no," Sigyn protested. "Wait!"
Luciana stopped and turned around again. "What do you want?"
"I've been looking for you everywhere! Your grandfather, he's gotten himself trapped in the dungeon!" Sigyn explained.
Luciana had a moment of horror before furrowing her brow. "Are you telling me the truth? Or is this some sort of trap-"
"Come on! I think he's hurt himself!" Sigyn exclaimed. She grabbed her arm and pulled her quickly through the corridors. She dragged Luciana throughout the castle before they made it to the doors to the dungeon.
"Where are the guards?" Luciana asked as they went through the unguarded door.
"Helping him! I told you he got himself trapped inside the dungeons!" Sigyn informed her.
The two went deeper and deeper into the dungeon, and Luciana's heart sped up as they went to the empty prison cells, there were no criminals in them yet, so they weren't guarded. She worried about what sort of trouble Garnock had gotten himself into, and how he managed to get trapped in the dungeon. The two raced into a cell and Luciana looked around; there was no sight of Garnock or the guards.
"There's no one..." She began to say before dropping her jaw and whirling around.
Sure enough, Sigyn was standing outside the now locked prison cell with a smirk on her face. "There," She said. "No one will ever find you here."
Luciana mentally slapped herself for being such an idiot and she glared at the blonde. "The guards will."
"How?" Sigyn asked, crossing her arms. "Look around you. There may be guards in the future, but for the time being there's no one here, except for you that is."
Luciana scowled at her. "You'll pay for this."
"I don't think so," Sigyn said, smiling. "No one's going to ever think about looking for you here, not until they need the cell."
Luciana brought up her hand and rested it on the glass separating her and Sigyn. It was supposed to shatter. It was supposed to shatter into a million pieces, and Luciana was supposed to turn in Sigyn for locking her up. But the glass didn't even crack.
"Your magic won't work here," Sigyn informed her. "You're rendered useless in this prison."
"It doesn't matter," Luciana said. "Someone will come looking for me when they realize I'm gone."
Sigyn chuckled. "We'll see."
"You're...You're despicable!" Luciana exclaimed. "How ironic is it that the Goddess of Fidelity, one of the most respectable aspects in the Nine Realms, is one of the vilest beings you'll ever cross paths with? You don't deserve your title."
"And you don't deserve Loki," Sigyn said, walking away. She stopped at the doors. "Oh don't worry. You'll have fun." She walked out of the room and the doors shut behind her, leaving Luciana alone.
Luciana shook her head as she stared at the doors. "I knew I was going to get thrown into prison."
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