Night Shade and the Trickster Chapter 1, an avengers fanfic

My name is Taylor Stark. No, I am not biologically Tony's sister; my story is a little more complicated than biology. Though we are siblings, I was adopted by Howard Stark when I was roughly ten years old. Tony was about 16 when he wasn't a fan of having a little sister, but it was easier for him because I didn't bother him. When Howard died, I was taken away. Tony wasn't in the right mindset to take care of a 15-year-old girl, let alone himself. But then again, Tony's name backward is Y not.

I was away for what felt like two and a half years when I was gone for 7 years in reality. I hadn't really aged much for the length of time I was away. When I returned, I was meet by a man named Nick Fury. He asked me to join an organization called S.H.I.E.L.D. and a special task force called the Avengers. I was skeptical about all of this, but I agreed to listen to what he had to say.

Flash forward 11 years, and I was standing in a room with Nick deciding if I would finally be allowed in the field. Nick knew how much I have been longing to go out and help, but the council didn't trust me because of my father. I'm not talking about Howard. My biological father was, in the nicest way of putting, a dick. I refused even to call him my father; I usually refer to him as my sperm donor. The council decided to allow me into the field on a trial start, and if they don't like what they see, I am done. I thanked them all and left the room to find Nat.

I was so happy that I wasn't paying any attention to where I was going, and I ran into someone. Whoever they were, they were well built because I fell on my ass. When I looked up, my eyes went wide. Standing in front of me was an old friend. He looked just as shocked to see me as I was to see him. Nat saw me and asked if I was approved to go into the field. The only thing I was able to do was nod. She noticed something was going on and asked the person to head in ahead of us so she could talk to me.

"Taylor, are you okay? Have you met Thor before?" She asked.

"Nat, there are many things you guys don't know about me, but yes, I do know Thor. Tony knows nothing about this, and I think that my heritage will be relieved to him. Howard never even told him." I explained.

She told me that she would stand next to me as we got debriefed. I laughed, and she hit me. We walked in, and I was faced with my new team. Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Thor, and Tony. Tony was glad to see me; he commented on how he was proud to have me as a little sister. I almost hit him. Tony has been there for me through so much that I hated that he didn't know about my past, but it was never a problem until now. Thor looked like he was ready to use Mjolnir on me. Nat noticed the tension going on with us and asked Thor what he could tell us about Loki.

"Wait, Loki? He is here?" I asked nervously.

"Why do you care? You left, or should I say died." Thor spoke coldly toward me.

"Thor, who told you I died? Odin, right? Listen, I don't expect you to forgive me, but you could at least trust me. I know what happened wasn't good, but I had no choice. Loki would be dead if I didn't leave." I spoke.

Everyone was confused by my statements but went with it. Tony gave me one of his famous: 'we will talk later' looks. I knew that my life was about to worsen when I saw that Loki was in one of the cells. Nat told me that Loki had gotten something called the Tesseract and planned on using it for something. Something felt off about this whole thing; Loki wasn't the evil type, sure he liked to play tricks on people, but that's who he was. I grabbed my phone and told Nat I needed to do something. Thor knew what I was going to do and grabbed my arm.

"Night, stay away from my brother. He has been hurt enough by you."

"Thor, listen to me for once in your life; the only reason I left the first time when we were kids is that I showed Loki anciently that he was a Frost Giant. Odin sent me away to make it seem like it was all a joke. When I returned a few years later, Loki and I got close, and you know that. You helped us. I told Odin something, and he made sure that I broke Loki's heart by forcing me to leave. I never wanted to hurt him. Let me do this to see what is going on with him." I explained.

Thor let me go, and I went to the cells. I put my earbuds in and started playing Listen to Your Heart by Roxette. As I got closer to the cell, I began to sing along with the words.

I know there's something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah
You've built a love but that love falls apart
Your little piece of Heaven turns too dark

Listen to your heart when he's calling for you
Listen to your heart, there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going and I don't know why
But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye

Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yeah
They're swept away and nothing is what is seems
The feeling of belonging to your dreams

Loki turns and looks at me at this point as I continue to sing. I can tell that something is going on in his head. He looks both scared and relieved to see me.

And there are voices that want to be heard
So much to mention but you can't find the words
The scent of magic, the beauty that's been (beauty that's been)
When love was wilder than the wind

Listen to your heart (take a listen to it) when he's calling for you
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it) there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where you're going and I don't know why
But listen to your heart before, oh

Listen to your heart
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it)
Listen to your heart
Listen to your heart (take a, take a listen to it)
Listen to your heart
Listen to your heart (oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, ooh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh)

"What a lovely song. Too bad, it didn't work. What were you trying to do, hoping that singing will save me from what I am doing." Loki taunted.

"No, just checking something."

I focused on my soul and Loki's and a different location but kept our bodies tied to the Earth. As we traveled, I could feel the control over Loki leave his soul, but not his mind. We made it to a place similar to fields on Asgard. Loki looked around when he landed; when his eyes landed on me, he was both relieved and angry to see me. Before he could say anything, I just told him that I was sorry. I showed him that I wore the ring he gave me when we last saw each other around my neck near my heart.

"Night... I don't know what to say. I thought that you were dead. What happened?"

"So much has happened, but my name is Taylor now. Night Shade is the name I use when I'm fighting because people don't need to know my actual name. Loki, I wish I had more time to explain everything, but we have to go. Do you know who is controlling you. I know you; you would never go after Midgard without just cause."

He just shook his head no. I knew that this was going to happen. I told him that we would fix this and I would help him. We returned to our bodies, and I was the first to see that Nat was trying to wake us up. I told her that we needed to leave the room. As we left the room, I looked back at Loki. He wasn't going to be stuck much longer.

Tony was the first to ask what I was doing and what happened in there. I told him that we needed to talk about my heritage now. He and everyone, but Thor, were confused by my statement. I knew that I was going to have backlash from Tony for never telling him about my past, but he needs to understand I had no choice.

"Let's start off with the fact that Thor called me Night when he saw me and not Taylor. When I was two years old, Earth years I should say, I was sent to live on Asgard for protection from my biological father. My mother was good friends with Odin and he owed her a favor. I lived there for about eight years but was forced to leave because I accidentally showed Loki that he was a Frost Giant. Odin was furious and sent me to live here on Earth. I lucked out because I ended up with Howard Stark. Howard was told who my parents were, he knew my mother because she helped him once a long time ago. He asked her what happened, and she said that Odin wasn't supposed to send me away. Odin told her and Howard that the only way he would allow me to return was if Howard died. Which did happen when I was roughly fifteen. I spent the next sevenish years on Asgard where I was close with Thor and Loki. Let's just say something happened and Odin didn't want my father's wrath threw at him and I wanted Loki to stay safe. Thor, I was pregnant. Loki and I have a kid. They are safe and they don't know anything. Loki doesn't know, I was scared for Loki so I told Odin before anyone else. He told me that I could have the child on Asgard, but I was to be far away from the city and once the child was born I was to leave and never return. I agreed to his terms as long as no harm came to Loki. I regret parts of my decision, but giving my child up wasn't one of them."

Everyone was in shock. Tony asked about my biological parents. Thor answered for me because he could tell my story was hard to tell people. He informed everyone that my mother was the Greek Goddess Nyx and my father was an idiot. I thanked him for saying that. I said that my father was Zeus. Tony was the first to say oh so Thor didn't get it wrong with the idiot comment. Nat told me that we would help save Loki if he was still in there. I told her that he was and I know that because I used my abilities. Before Tony and everyone could ask me any more questions about my powers I said that would be a conversation for another time. I told Nat that she should go talk to Loki and see what he is planning. Hopefully, we could find a way to save him before anything horrible happens.