Evelyn's p.o.v.

"Miss Stark, nice to see you.", Edgar the gate keeper, as we like to call him, greets me with a big smile as I enter the building.

I smile back, "Nice to see you you too."

"Your business trip is over?", he asks, handing me the keys to my penthouse.

"No, I'm here just for this night.", I say.

"Oh. Well, everything went as we agreed. I checked your place two times a day. After you leave we continue?", he asks and I nod, "Thank you.", I say entering the elevator and he nods with a smile.

432 Park Avenue is the most elite boulevard in the city. I prefer a more peaceful environment but since I am who I am, living isolated wasn't the best choice ...Tony convinced me of that. And it's close to Stark Industries so that's a plus. Opening the door, I'm greeted by a flowery scent filling my nostrils. Looking around, everything seems to be in it's place, exact as I left it. Before nostalgia and all the useless emotional crap can get to me, I enter my room, pull out a suitcase and start stuffing clothes into it. I love Hogwarts but the clothing is fucking awful. Going around the apartment, I take some personal stuff and pack it with the clothes. God knows how long am I going to stay there. As the thought pops in my mind, I start to wonder what will happen to Severus and I if we stay together when my mission ends. I highly doubt that he's willing to quit his job as a teacher, as much as he kinda hates it, and come live with me in New York. And I can't leave the Avengers. I never liked long distance relationships. Worry starts to cloud my mind, even though I know thinking about it now is useless. I shake my head and continue packing, deciding that I will discuss this matter with him when I return.

Walking back to my room, I see my parents picture on the black piano in the living room, and stop. I hated piano lessons but my mom was so happy when I learned something new that I continued to go. She told me that her grandma played it and she always wanted to follow her steps but just wasn't cut for it. Opening the keys, I sit down and run my fingers trough them. After my parents died, I continued my lessons and got pretty good but since I've joined the Avengers, I didn't play it that much. I start playing Moonlight sonata, just to see if I'm still in the game but am interrupted by my watch ringing. My phone is dead so Tony told me he would call on the S.H.I.E.L.D. watch.

"Yes?"

"Reservation is at six.", he informs me.

"Okay."

"Steve and Clint are also coming."

"And Pepper?", I ask.

"She is, don't worry."

"Okay, see you there."

I take the picture and pack it in, making sure it's on a safe place and won't be damaged. After packing I decide to get some rest, since I have a few hours before dinner time.

X X X

"Oh my God, it's so nice to see you Evie!", Pepper jumps of her seat when she sees me, giving me a big hug.

"It's nice to see you too.", I say as we sit down.

"How are you? How's everything going?"

"I'm fine and ...well, it's going."

"Yea, Tony told me you have a few problems with the mission."

"Nothing we can't handle.", Clint tells her with a smile.

"So, tell me about the place? How is it?", she asks and I smile, "I love it. It's so beautiful. The castle is magnificent, surroundings are gorgeous, there's this lake in the woods where I and- I, where I take walks ...sometimes.", I say, scratching the back of my neck as I realize I made a mistake.

"You and?", Tony asks.

"Me and Thor. Thor. We take walks.", I say, picking up the menu.

"You hooked up, didn't you?", Clint asks and I make a face, "With Thor? Are you insane?"

He smiles, "I don't know but I'm sure you hooked up with someone."

Tony frowns, "Are you dating someone? Evie, you're on a mission."

"I'm not dating anyone, calm down and let's order.", I say, flipping the pages.

The subject changes and we talk about random stuff, not related to work. After an hour I get up and go to the bathroom. After finishing, I walk out of the compartment and see Pepper standing in front of the sink, a smile painted on her face.

"I need to was my hands.", I say, pointing out that she's blocking the sink.

"Who is he?", he asks, moving aside.

"I don't understand.", I say, playing dumb.

"The person you're involved with."

"I told you I'm not dating anyone.", I say, letting the water run.

"You're such a bad liar.", she states and I roll my eyes, "Glad that everyone is pointing that out."

"Come on, you know you can trust me. I won't tell Tony.", she begs as I finish washing my hands.

I sigh, "It's ...complicated.", I say, drying my hands and looking at her.

"What is?"

"First of, he's a wizard and I'm not. He's a teacher at Hogwarts and I'm an Avenger in America, and he lives in England."

"I'm sure you can work things out.", she tells me.

"Can we ...just drop the subject. Please? And enjoy the dinner?"

She nods, "Sure, I'm sorry if the subject made you feel uncomfortable."

"It's okay. Let's go."

The rest of the evening went great. We talked, joked and had fun ...and drank quite a lot so I had to leave my car there, give Pepper the keys and take a cab. Before I went home, Pepper handed me a ton of paperwork I had to check for Stark Industries. When I left, I asked her to take care of everything in the company but there are stuff that only I can do so now not only do I have to finish my mission, I also have to be a part time CEO from Hogwarts. Can't wait how's that going to end.

I stumbled into my apartment and went straight to bed, falling asleep almost immediately.

I was up before the sun rises, rushing to S.H.I.E.L.D. so I can be on my way to Hogwarts as soon as possible. I thought this trip would be vacation like but it turned out to be more stressful.

X X X

The day is almost over at Hogwarts so I hurry up, walking trough the woods with my suitcase and papers, doing my best to reach the castle before dark. As I exit the Forbidden forest, I see Hagrids hut and decide to stop by.

"Hey! Anyone home?", I ask, peeking in.

"Oh hy Evie. I'm just making dinner. Wanna join me?", Hagrid asks with a smile.

"No thanks. Where's Loki?", I ask, placing my papers on the table.

"He went for a walk."

"A walk? Does he do that often?", I ask, getting suspicious.

"Yea but with Thor. Today Thor couldn't come so he decided-", Hagrid stops himself, his face turning from casual to worried.

"Did-I did something wrong didn't I? I shouldn't have let him.", he tells, panicking a little.

"I'm going to find him.", I say, running outside and into the forest again.

Since it's getting dark it's hard to see properly. I run around, searching for Loki and finally, after what seemed like eternity, I spot him on a little meadow.

"What the hell are you doing!?", I yell, running towards him.

He turns around, frowning, "Taking a walk?"

"You're not allowed to walk around unsupervised.", I inform him and he points at his collar, "I am supervised."

I'm about to argue more but a tree behind us explodes. We notice three robots flying, lasers pointed towards us.

"Run!", Loki yells, pulling me by my had into the forest.

As we run, trees explode around us, branches and pieces of dirt flying everywhere.

"Please tell me you have a gun or something like that?", Loki asks as we're running.

"Only four five.", I say, pulling the gun out.

"Five bullets, three robots. How precise are you?", he asks as I turn around.

These robots are different. They have one eye that looks like Tony's arc reactor and their arms are long silver blades. I conclude that the arc reactor is their source of energy so when the first one gets close enough, I aim and fire a shot directly at the reactor, making him fall down. I do the same thing with the second one.

"Better than I expected.", Loki comments as the only remaining one shots a few lasers at us.

I fire two shoots towards him but miss.

"This one is quicker!", I say, dodging the laser shoots.

"I can't get this damn thing off.", Loki speaks, pulling the collar on his neck.

"You can't loose your restrain!", I yell at him.

"You already missed twice. If you miss one more time, we're dead.", he tells me, freaking out.

He's right. I point my gun at him and he looks at me, "What the hell are you doing?"

"Stand still!"

"Are you insane?"

"Stand still!", I say, firing a bullet towards him.

In that moment, the laser strikes a tree between us, sending us flying at opposite direction, making me loose my gun. I look at the robot, located just a few feet away from me. His reactor glows a bright blue light and I close my eyes, instinctively covering myself with my arms. As my heart rushes, I take a deep breath, prepared for the impact but a few seconds pass and, nothing.

Realizing that I'm holding onto someone, I open my eyes and see Loki in front of me.

"What the-", I say, backing away and, since I'm not aware of my surroundings, falling down a downgrade.

"You don't need robots trying to kill you, you're perfectly capable of doing that yourself.", I hear him as he slowly walks down towards me.

"I think I sprained my ankle.", I say, covered in leaves, holding my leg.

"You can aim like a pro but can't walk properly?", he tells, kneeling down and inspecting my ankle.

"Where are we?", I ask, looking around.

"Well, you managed to take the collar off so I teleported us.", he explains.

"You saved my life.", I say, blinking a few times.

"Don't make a big deal out of it, not like I wanted to. Can you walk?", he asks.

"Can't you teleport us back?", I ask frowning.

"The robot is probably still there and we're not far from the place so the safest thing is to walk. Thor will handle him after a while ...hopefully.", he tells me.

I try to stand up but my leg fails me, "I can't, it hurts too much."

He sighs and picks me up, bridal stile.

"What the hell are you doing?", I object, pushing his away.

"Listen, my first choice is to leave you here, hopefully for you to be eaten by a wild animal but I need Asgard's pardon. Trust me, I'm not happy about this either but we are where we are.", he tells, starting to walk.

"I'm cold.", I say, shivering, after some time of walking.

Suddenly, his cloak appears around me and I hold it with one arm, "Thanks."

"Yea.", he mumbles.

"It's not that close. We've been walking for a while now.", I comments.

"I have been walking for a while now, not you.", he informs me.

I frown, "Oh my God, you're such a negative person."

"And you're a pain in the ass so we're even."

"No I'm not, you're just irritated by everything around you."

"Seriously, I'm really considering leaving you here so you better shut up.", he tells me and I sigh.

After some more walking, we hear Thor calling our names.

"We're here!", I yell and Loki tilts his head aside, "You realize my ear is near your mouth?"

"Evie! Loki!", Thor yells, running towards us.

I see Hagrid and Severus following him.

"What happened?", Thor asks, seeing Loki carrying me.

"She's stupid.", Loki answers before I can say anything.

Passing Thor, he walks in front of Severus.

"This is yours.", he comments, handing me into Severus's arms.

"I need sleep. Goodnight.", and with that, Loki walks off, leaving us in the forest.

"Are you okay?", Severus asks, looking at me.

I rest my head on his chest, closing my eyes, "I'm tired, hungry and in pain."

"We can fix that.", he tells and I smile.

We walk towards the castle, me explaining what happened and informing them that Loki is now a free man.