AN: here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it. It's not been feeling too dragged out, or changing POV makes it seem weird or random.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Marvel.
Chapter 5 Finding Sirius
July 29th, 2012
Loki knocked on the door of Number Four Privet Drive, Little Whinging Surrey, England, then stepped back and crossed her arms as she glared at the average house that looked too much like the houses around it in a pathetically average neighborhood. She had been hiding in the wizarding world for over a month; the first thing Loki did after arriving was to go to Gringotts and make sure her vault was still there along with all her artifacts and gold, plus the wand bought at Ollivander's last time she was here. After that, Loki headed to her cottage in Wales, thanks to the magical enchantments; it was still standing, and all her old stuff was still inside, including all the books she had bought and the ones Sirius had gifted her.
The other thing Loki did when she set foot in Britain was to start looking for Sirius and their son; she spent weeks searching. When news broke that Sirius Black had escaped Azkaban and Loki listened to every news report and read every article she found in the paper until Loki discovered the story of why Sirius was in that awful place. Loki was pretty sure he was innocent. Why would Sirius kill twelve muggles or Peter Pettigrew? She couldn't think of any reason why he would. It didn't matter to her anyway. Loki wanted his forgiveness and him back in her life along with their son. Loki had plans, and Sirius and Harry were a part of those plans.
Sirius Black having a son wasn't mentioned in any of the news reports. At first, Loki thought maybe it was done to protect the child, but no, that was not the case. As Loki dug deeper into Sirius Black's life before going to Azkaban, there was no mention of a son anywhere. That's when Loki realized Sirius hadn't kept their child but had given him away. Loki then had to find out who Sirius gave their son to, what his name was and where he lived so that she could get him. Then Loki heard the name Harry Potter spoken at the Leaky Cauldron, and knowing James hadn't had any living relatives, Loki did some research and found out Harry Potter was the son of James and Lily Potter and was famous for taking out Voldemort at, just fifteen months old on Halloween night twelve years ago. It all seemed to fall into place the more Loki learned about Harry Potter, and she realized he was her son. For some reason, Sirius gave their child to his best friends after their deaths and Sirius's imprisonment, Harry has been living with Lily's sister's family, and Loki was here to get him back.
Loki looked down at herself and decided she looked presentable in her black jumpsuit, with a green snakeskin belt, with the gold snake belt buckle, along with her tall leather boots and green cape; she wore her long black hair loose down her back, and had the locket Sirius had given her hanging from her neck. Loki had decided if she was going to go out in the muggle world, her female form would be best to be seen in, so she wouldn't be recognized, plus this is the form Loki gave birth to her baby in, so it better to meet Harry for the first time looking like this to tell him she was his mother. Loki hoped to get Harry to trust her as Reigna Ikol before revealing she's Loki.
Loki made a face and knocked on the door again, this time harder. She was growing impatient with the Midgardians within; she didn't have time to wait around. Loki wanted her son back now, so she could go about finding his father and then go on with her plans. Finally, she heard loud footsteps stomping towards the door before it jerked open to reveal a man the size of an elephant; he must be Lily's brother-in-law Vernon Dursley.
"Hello." Loki said, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for Harry Potter." Vernon Dursley narrowed his eyes at her.
"That boy isn't here." Vernon spat, "Don't ever bring that freak up again. Like I told that weird man, I will not allow him back in my home, not after attacking us. My back will never be the same, and Marge lost her hand. The boy needs to be hung for what he did."
Loki felt nothing but anger. She wanted to hurt this fool. How dare this pathetic mortal to say these things about her son, he was half God, royalty, and he deserved respect. But she kept calm and stopped herself from pulling out her daggers or calling on her magic. Killing the man that raised her son, no matter how awful he was, wasn't going to gain Harry's approval.
"You wouldn't happen to have an address of where he went?" Loki asked.
"I don't know, and I don't care. Now, If you don't mind, my dinner is probably ruined." Vernon said he went to slam the door in Loki's face, but she stopped it and wouldn't allow Vernon to close it while she glared at him. Dursley looked at her in surprise that this much smaller woman had more strength than him, he tried to force the door closed, but even though Loki was only using one hand and barely putting any strength in it, the door wouldn't budge.
"I shall warn you if you speak ill of Harry Potter again, you'll be on the reserving end of a very sharp dagger," Loki warned.
"Do not threaten me, Madam," Dursley said; Loki smirked.
"Oh, believe me, that is not a threat." Loki said, "And I hope your dinner did ruin. You and I know you could afford to miss a few meals." Loki let go of the door and allowed Vernon to slam it.
Loki teleported right into her living room and began to pace. Her owl, perched on top of a bookshelf, hooted at her. Loki had bought him to send Harry that dagger to get his address. Though that may not have gotten Loki her son, she was glad she purchased the great horned owl; he was beautiful and friendly. She named him Thor as a joke to herself, owls were a symbol of intelligence, and Thor was possibly the biggest idiot on Asgard. Loki thought it was funny. However, after a few days, she tried changing the owl's name, but that didn't go over well with it. The best Loki could do was to change it a little and call him Thori, and Loki was now stuck with an owl named after her former brother because of a moment of stupidity.
Stupidity could describe how Loki thought she would walk back into the wizarding world, get Sirius to take her back, become a family with him and Harry, and then pull off some scheme and become Minister of Magic and live like magic royalty. Loki knew it wouldn't be as easy as it sounded, but she did not figure it would be like this. It's so complicated and going to take longer than Loki wished to fulfill her goals and needed a new plan, but first, she had to find Sirius before the Ministry. But Loki has looked everywhere she knew to look, which is why she sent the owl to Harry to get his address. She figured she would go ahead and pick up her son since she couldn't find his father, but that had been a useless trip.
Loki heard the talk, what people thought about Harry, how everyone thought he looked like his father, but with his mother's eyes. That was true. People just thought of the wrong parents. She studied his picture and saw a lot of Sirius's features in Harry's face, the way Sirius looked before Azkaban robbed him of his beauty, people connected Harry's black hair with James Potter, and that tricked people into believing he looked like James. Lily had green eyes (though they were a different shade). People connect Harry's green eyes with Lily; people see what they want to see. If those who knew them opened their eyes, they would know that Harry Potter looked like Sirius Black with Loki's eyes, and his messy hair probably came from Loki, whose hair is quite untamable at times. Sirius's hair always seemed to fall perfectly in place.
It suddenly came to Loki, James, and Lily, of course, with Harry not at the Dursleys. Where else would Sirius go than to see his best friends? Loki disappeared from her cottage and reappeared in Godric's Hollow, and walked right to the cemetery. It was a little darker here since there were no street lights on, so Loki held her hand out, and green magic formed a light in her palm to see the names on the tombstones, trying to spot the name Potter. When Loki finally did find the Potter's graves, she knew it not because of the name on the stone but because of the big black dog curled up sleeping in front of it.
Loki stood there a moment, watching Sirius. It pained her to see the shape he was in, dirty and ratty looking, with tangled hair. She walked towards him, telling herself she would help him; whether Sirius wanted her to or not, there was no way she was leaving him in this shape. Loki knelt next to the dog, reached out, and began scratching the top of his head.
"Sirius, my love, wake up," Loki said; Sirius's eyes popped open at the sound of her voice, then he sat up and began growling; Loki pulled her hand away and stood, her magic light fading. "I guess I deserved that."
Sirius stopped growling, looked around, then suddenly turned human, Loki took a step towards him, reaching her hand out, and Sirius stepped back, refusing to allow her to touch him.
"No," Sirius said. "Don't touch me."
"I know you are mad," Loki replied.
"You have some nerve showing up here," Sirius said, "After all these years, after abandoning us, after what you did back in June, you might have called yourself Loki, but that was you. All over the muggle news, don't try to deny it."
"Please let me explain," Loki said.
"Damn right, you're going to explain," Sirius said, "I have questions, and you are going to give me answers."
"Alright, ask your questions," Loki said. She decided to get all these over with to get Sirius to calm down so she could talk him into going home with her.
"Why did you run off instead of letting me know you were pregnant?" Sirius demanded, "Why did you think it was a good idea to let me know I was a father by abandoning our infant in my flat? Where have you been all these years? Where were you when Voldemort went after our son? Where were you when I was locked up in Azkaban for twelve years?"
"I swear to you, Sirius, if I had known about Voldemort going after Harry, I would have been there to stop him," Loki replied, "And I swear to you, if I had known you were in that hell, I would have walked right in and got you out myself, then killed every last person who put you there."
Sirius rolled his eyes and sat down on the ground with a sigh. The rush of energy he suddenly got in his anger drained from him, leaving him too tired even to stand.
"Still as dramatic as you have always been," Sirius mumbled.
"Well, I do try," Loki smirked, and they both fell silent for a moment. Sirius looked around the graveyard, and there was no one around since it was night. Loki watched Sirius until he turned back to her.
"Well? My answers what are they?" Sirius demanded. Loki had to stop herself from becoming angry. Sirius had a right to be upset, even if it did annoy her a little. Loki took her cape off and laid it across the ground, then sat down, facing Sirius, who snorted at her snobbish attitude of not wanting to sit directly on the grass.
"My true name is Loki," Loki said. "I'm not a witch or wizard. I am a God or goddess at the moment. I grew up on Asgard, a part of the royal family. Frigga and Odin raised me as their child, alongside my former brother Thor."
"You talk as if they aren't your family," Sirius noted.
"I recently found out I was adopted," Loki answered, "I'll get to that in a moment, but first, let me explain why I left. You see, I wasn't supposed to be down here as long as I was, I was supposed to stop Voldemort, then go straight back to Asgard, but once I got here, I became selfish. People accepted me, admired me, things no one has ever done, then I met you and... I did not want to lose you."
"Didn't want to lose me?" Sirius asked, "You have a weird way of showing that."
"I got scared when I discovered I was with child." Loki explained, "Odin already had little respect for me. He is powerful and cares a lot about his image and that of the royal family and Asgard. To have a child out of wedlock is bad enough, but to be the one carrying that child, I would have disgraced the family. Odin wouldn't have been happy, his image is the most important thing to him, and if someone in the family looks bad, he looks bad."
"You could have stayed on earth, said the hell with Asgard, the hell with Odin," Sirius said.
"If I did, Odin would likely have found out why." Loki said, "I feared staying with you and keeping our child would have put you both in danger. Who knows what he would have done if he found out I was carrying the love child of a Midgardian wizard."
"Are you telling me you left because you were trying to protect us from your father?" Sirius asked.
"Partly, yes," Loki replied. "Also, because I was still trying to earn Odin's approval, but I do not care anymore what Odin thinks. I want you back, Sirius. I want our son back. Leaving you two was a big mistake."
"If you wanted to be with us, you should have stayed thirteen years ago," Sirius said. "Our friends could still be alive, and we could have been a family with Harry."
"I know," Loki replied. "I regret not staying or taking out Voldemort when I had the chance."
Sirius sighed and ran a hand through his hair or tried to. It was too much of a mess.
"I should have realized that rat was a traitor. I should have known," Sirius mumbled more to himself than to Loki.
"Do you know what happened the night Voldemort killed Lily and James?" Loki asked. "Why he went after them? I assume being a part of the Oder had nothing to do with it."
Sirius nodded, "There was a prophecy about a child born at the end of July that would have the powers to defeat Voldemort. I don't remember the exact wording, but Voldemort decided the prophecy meant Harry, so James and Lily went into hiding with him, and Pettigrew ratted them out. Voldemort killed James and Lily, but when he tried to kill Harry, the spell rebounded. Weak and powerless, Voldemort fled and hasn't been seen since."
"So, Voldemort isn't dead?" Loki asked.
"Most believe so. I have my doubts," Sirius said, "He is alive somewhere, probably trying to gain his powers back so he can return."
"I'll have to fix that," Loki replied, "What happened after that? How did you end up in Azkaban?"
"I went after Pettigrew, and he turned it around screaming things that made it sound as if I was the one that betrayed James and Lily, then blew up the street and faked his death. I was blamed for everything and tossed in Azkaban."
"We'll have to find him to clear your name," Loki said, thinking up all kinds of pain she could infect upon Peter Pettigrew.
"I know where he is," Sirius said, "In Egypt with the Weasleys. The bastard has been living as their pet rat all these years. I was going to go to their house and wait for them to return after checking on Harry but remembered I had no idea where they lived and didn't have the strength or money to get to Egypt and Harry wasn't at the Dursleys when I returned there, so I came here."
"I'll think up a plan, and after you get your name cleared, we'll get our son back and be a family," Loki said. She wanted to teleport to Egypt at that moment, but Loki couldn't leave Sirius in the shape he was in, and teleporting him to another country was out of the question. Loki still had the tesseract but didn't want to use it too often unless it was an emergency.
"What if your father finds out about Harry now and wants to kill him?" Sirius demanded. "I don't care if he comes after me, but Harry is innocent in all this."
"Let him try; l have grown a lot over the years, I'm more powerful, and I also have two very powerful objects in my possession that will help me keep you two safe," Loki said, "Besides, after everything I did, Odin has bound to have disowned me, I doubt he'll care anymore."
"Why did you do it?" Sirius demanded, "Why did you attack a Muggle city? You were acting like Voldemort."
"It's hard to explain." Loki replied, "I had gone mad. I wasn't in my right mind. What led up to what I did in June started about a year ago, possibly longer. Odin was about to go into Odinsleep, where he slept for a while to recharge himself. To do that, someone would have to take his place as King, and that someone was to be Thor."
"Is that the arrogant, idiotic brother you always complained about?" Sirius asked.
Loki nodded, then explained everything; she started with letting the Jotuns in Asgard, then took a moment to explain what the Jotuns were, then about tricking Thor into going to Jotunheim, him getting banished, but when she got to the part about being adopted she paused, wondering what Sirius would think if she admitted to being a monster.
"Reigna?" Sirius asked after a long moment of silence. Loki took a deep breath and decided to get Sirius to trust her. She would have to tell him the truth. Sirius accepted that Loki was different before, and hopefully, he would this time too.
"I discovered that not only was I adopted, but I was also a Jotun and a runt, ashamed of my size. My biological father abandoned me shortly after my birth and left me to die. Odin found me and took me to Asgard. He used magic to change my form to look Asgardian, and that's how I look as I do now, I discovered this when one touched my arm, and it turned blue." Loki explained.
"Blue?" Sirius asked.
"The color of a Jotun's skin," Loki explained. Then she explained everything that happened up to falling off the Rainbow Bridge into the void.
"What do you mean you fell into the void?" Sirius asked.
"The Rainbow Bridge was a bridge that led from Asgard to the Bifrost, the device we used to travel from realm to realm. There is nothing around it but space, and when it broke, Thor and I both fell, but Odin showed up in time to grab Thor's hand, Thor was holding onto Odin's staff, and I grabbed onto it, but I decided I did not want to live and let go," Loki explained.
"You tried to kill yourself?" Sirius asked, a bit of concern in his voice.
"I did, but as you can see, I did not die," Loki answered, then explained everything that happened after she fell, making a deal with Thanos about the scepter and tesseract, about the powerful stones in them, what they did, and then everything that happened after coming out of the tesseract, up to escaping punishment to come fine Sirius and Harry.
"I don't understand how you could do those things," Sirius said, "You have always loved Mischief and causing trouble, but the Reigna I knew thirteen years ago wouldn't have gone that far."
"I told you I was not in my right mind, I had temporarily gone mad, plus the Mind Stone influenced me, made me act out more viciously than I would have, and Thanos had his goons torture me and threaten me, but I lost on purpose anyway because I knew making a deal with Thanos was a mistake."
"Merlin," Sirius swore. "So, attacking earth isn't entirely your fault. Damn, I'd love to get my hands on those bastards or one well-aimed killing curse."
"I appreciate the sentiment, darling," Loki replied, smiling slightly. "But there's a chance the killing curse wouldn't even work on them."
"I'm still pissed at you," Sirius said, "You broke my heart and abandoned our son and me. I know you thought you had a good reason, but...I don't know if I can forgive that after everything, and it will be hard to trust you again. You weren't even honest about who you were."
"Let me show you," Loki pleaded, "Let me help you catch that rat, prove you are innocent."
"You're also a wanted criminal," Sirius replied, "Even if you did find Wormtail, no one would believe you. No one would listen; we'd both get thrown in prison."
"Loki is a wanted criminal," Loki replied. "Reigna is not. You can trust me, I swear."
"Trust you, " Sirius said, " I don't even know what to call you."
"Loki or Reigna, either one is fine," Loki replied. "Though around others, it should be Reigna."
"I'll let you help me catch Pettigrew." Sirius said, "I can use the help, and Harry might like to know his Mum, but you should know. I only agree to this for Harry, and out of desperation, don't make me regret it."
"I won't, love," Loki replied, "First thing we need to do is get you back in good health."
"We need to catch Pettigrew first, is what we need to do," Sirius answered. "My health can wait."
"No, it can not." Loki said, "listen, I have a plan in my head right now, but you can't keep going on, only magic. That's dangerous. You need to switch it off, let your body and magic rest, and eat some food. We need to get some vitamins and nutrition in you, and I think with the help of magic and potions, I can have you well by the first of September."
"You want to catch Pettigrew at Hogwarts?" Sirius asked, "I guess we could stay in Hogsmeade and try sneaking into the castle. I don't like waiting that long, though."
"Why sneak into Hogwarts?" Loki asked, "Didn't you once tell me that you had a new Defense Against the Darks Arts teacher every year? Well, I'm sure Hogwarts probably needs another one about now."
"You want to teach at Hogwarts?" Sirius asked.
"I think it's a good idea," Loki said, "You can come along as my pet. I can become close to Harry and get him to trust me, and don't most boys love dogs? By the end of the school year, we can have him trusting us, adoring us even, then we reveal who we are, tell him we need the rat to prove your innocents, and if he's not in the same house as Ron Weasley, then he still might be able to help us get our hands on him."
"And you don't think Harry will be mad that we lied about who we are all year? I doubt he'll find it funny that his teacher's pet dog, he grew attached to, is a wanted killer." Sirius said.
"That's why we take our time. Let Harry get to know and like us, then when he learns the truth, he shouldn't be that mad," Loki said, then frowned as doubt formed in her mind, as she remembered how mad she was when finding out she had been lied to and felt a little bit bad for wanting to lie to Harry, but she and Sirius didn't have any other choice.
"What about the bastards that tortured you?" Sirius demanded, "What if they come looking for you, and we get caught up in it? Like I said, I don't care about myself, but what about Harry?"
"I will protect you and Harry with my life if I have to. I doubt they'll find me, but if they do and target you or Harry, they'll get nothing but pain." Loki said, "You two are all I have left."
"To be truthful, you and Harry are all I have now, too," Sirius admitted as Loki stood and reached her hand down to help Sirius to stand. He just sat there looking up at Loki.
"Let me start making everything up to you by nursing you back to health. You can return to my cottage with me and have a much needed bath, and then I'll fix you something to eat." Loki said.
"A bath and food, something I can't say no to." Sirius took Loki's hand and let her pull him to his feet. She frowned at how light he felt.
"We should start with soup," Loki replied, "Make sure you can handle it, then move to solid foods."
"As long as it's food, I don't care what it is," Sirius replied.
"Do not worry; once you can handle it, I'll get you all the food you want."Loki smiled as she put her arm around Sirius's back. "I am going to teleport us to my cottage. I will appear in the bathroom just in case the teleportation makes you sick in your weakened state."
When Loki appeared in the bathroom, Sirius immediately dropped in front of the toilet and started vomiting or trying; there wasn't much to vomit. Loki rushed over and pulled his hair out of the way, held it back until Sirius stopped, then pulled away from her and leaned against the wall, watching her. His eyes had both surprise and suspicion. Loki was determined to get him to trust her again. She needs Sirius on her side.
"I'll get your bath ready," Loki told him and turned to the tub and turned it on. After getting the temperatures just right, she added some of her bath salts and oils, then Loki turned back to Sirius and helped him stand, and without a word to him, she removed the jumper he was wearing and nearly gasped as she took a good look at him.
The once-handsome wizard resembled a skeleton with skin. He was extremely pale, his face was sunken, with a long shaggy beard; his once silky hair hung to his elbows in a tangled mess, his teeth were yellow and rotting, and Sirius's once lively grey eyes, no longer held that mischief sparkle, but were now dull and haunted.
A lot of people thought Loki was cruel and heartless, and in some ways, she was, but to see her former lover, that was once such a cheerful, carefree man, in this shape, looking as if he was a living corpse filled her with not only anger but sadness. Loki reached out and felt Sirius's ribs; she could count them.
"One meal a day for twelve years isn't much," Sirius said.
Loki's eyes snapped to his, and Sirius gave her a sad smile. Loki looked away, and her eyes landed on his arm. Loki noticed a tattoo he didn't have when they were together, she gently took his arm and turned it upward, and her eyes went right to her symbol. Loki was so surprised she almost dropped Sirius's arm before taking her finger and tracing the snakes.
"When you first disappeared, I thought someone on Voldemort's side killed you," Sirius said, "I wanted to honor you in some way. "
"No one has ever.." Loki paused, not knowing what to say. No one had ever shown Loki the amount of respect and care Sirius has, except for Frigga, but that was different. "I think we should cut your hair and shave you before you get in the bath."
Loki decided to change the subject as she got in the cabinet and got everything needed to shave Sirius and cut his hair. She shaved him first since it was easiest, and when cutting his hair, she had to hold it in a ponytail and just cut the whole thing off, then fix it the best she could; after that, with permission from Sirius, Loki used magic to fix his teeth before he finished undressing and Loki helped him get into the bathtub.
"This water feels good." Sirius moaned, leaning his head back. Loki smiled at his enjoyment as she got out a washcloth and put soap on it, kneeled next to the bathtub, and started washing Sirius's chest; he jumped when the cloth touched his skin and protested. Saying he could wash himself off, Loki let him do it, then left the bathroom so she could find Sirius something to put on. By the time Loki picked him out a pair of green pajamas and walked back into the bathroom, Sirius was already out of the tub and dried off.
"I found some pajamas that should fit you well enough for now," Loki said, holding them out to him.
"Thanks," Sirius said, taking them, he slipped on the bottoms first, and when he put the top on, Loki stepped closer to button it for him. That's when Sirius finally noticed Loki was wearing the locket he had once given her; he reached up and opened it, and the inside was empty. There was no picture. That was something Sirius found sad. No one should have an empty locket. He closed it back and let go.
"Now that you are no longer disgusting, you can get in bed, and I'll fix you some soup," Loki said.
"Disgusting?" Sirius asked. Thanks a lot."
Loki said nothing as she led Sirius into her bedroom and then left him there; Sirius was sitting in the bed, leaning against the headboard, with his legs stretched out, when Loki returned carrying a tray with soup, crackers, and a drink, and sat it across Sirius's lap, then sat on the bed next to his legs.
"You taking care of me reminds me of the time Death Eaters attacked us." Sirius said, "You remember that, don't you?"
"I do; it was because of that day I decided you needed to learn to use magic without a wand," Loki replied.
"That was the first time I ever saw you lose your temper. It was a bit frightening, to be honest," Sirius said. Loki smiled a little at that.
"I love you. I could not allow anyone to hurt you like that," Loki replied, "Not then, and not now,"
"I still love you," Sirius admitted, "I have constantly thought of you since you left, but. I'm not ready for anything other than working together, and once my name is clear, co-parenting Harry. We must consider him and what's best for our son; we can't be selfish anymore."
"I know, love," Loki said, "I will not push you. I'll be patient." After all, she had time, and Sirius would want to be with her again. Loki knew that, he had to.
"Thank you," Sirius told her, "For the soup and everything else, I feel much better clean."
"There is no need to thank me, I was happy to do it," Loki replied. "If there is anything else you need, just ask."
"I want to let Remus know I'm innocent," Sirius said, "I need him to know it wasn't me."
"Okay, love, when you're up to it, we'll find Remus," Loki replied, "Eat now before it gets cold; afterward, you can lay down and rest."
When Sirius finished, Loki stood and leaned over to take the tray. That's when Sirius grabbed her arm.
"Will you stay in here while I sleep? I don't think I'll get much if I'm..I'm alone?" Sirius asked.
"Of course, love, just let me take your tray to the kitchen," Loki replied, and Sirius let go of her.
Loki took the tray and sat it on the kitchen counter, went back into the bedroom and took her boots off, then made a book appear in her hand as she sat next to Sirius, who laid down and quickly fell asleep. Loki could tell by the change in his magic that Sirius had switched it off, no longer using it to keep himself going, trusting Loki's promise. She wasn't going to break that promise. After all, when Loki was ruling the wizarding world, she'll need Sirus ruling by her side.
AN: I hope this chapter is alright. I know Loki probably seemed a little OOC, but Loki is trying to get Sirius to forgive, so Loki would be nice to him and hold back any annoyance or anger. There is one more chapter, and then Harry will be at Hogwarts; I'm sorry if it seems to be going slow; hopefully, it'll pick up once at Hogwarts. And I hope the story hasn't been too boring.
Comic Spoiler About Loki naming his owl Thori, I got that from the comics. Kid Loki gets this hellhound, I don't remember how or where from, but he calls it Thori after Thor.