Chapter 5: Changes
Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. Now many of you have asked if I'm gonna combine other MCU events in this story and I am just gonna say I am not sure at the moment so please hold off on asking. I hope you like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.
In Asgard, Odin was sleeping in the Odin Sleep where an orange field was around him and Frigga and Loki were at his side.
"I never get used to seeing him like this. I remember the first time Neo saw him like this, he thought he was dead." Loki said.
"He's put it off for so long." Frigga said grabbing her husband's hand.
"How long will it last?" Loki asks.
"I'm not sure, we were unprepared." Frigga said.
"So why did he lie?" Loki asks.
"He kept the truth from you so you would never feel different. You are our son Loki and we your family. We mustn't lose hope that your father will return to us and your brother and nephew." Frigga said.
"I always wondered why Neo and I were so similar it's because we were both found by this house. I always liked him, so full of energy, so sneaky. Neo there is hope but what hope is there for Thor?" Loki asks.
"There is always a purpose to everything your father does." Frigga said as Loki looks at Odin with a stern expression on his face.
At the Silver Dragon, Neo walked in with his Asgardian armor that he retrieved from Will's house to see Hay Lin measuring Thor.
"Uh what's going on?" Neo asks putting his armor in the closet.
"Hay Lin seems to believe our wardrobe is not fit for this realm." Thor said.
"Oh Neo perfect timing. I just finished measuring your father." Hay Lin said walking over.
"What's wrong with what we're wearing?" Neo asks.
"Look that look is fine for wherever you guys were from but here, you need to blend in." Hay Lin said measuring Neo.
A few hours later, Neo and Thor walked out in their new outfits. Thor was wearing a gray jacket with a black hood, blue jeans and a black shirt. Neo was wearing a blue shirt, a black jacket and green cargo pants.
"Wow you two look amazing." Hay Lin squeals.
"This fabric is not made for combat." Thor said trying to move around.
"Not everything is about fighting." Yan Lin said walking in.
"Still what are we to do now that we know we're trapped here?" Neo asks.
"Well lucky for you two I am in need of some more waitstaff here at the restaurant. I'll let you two stay here in exchange for work and meals." Yan Lin offers.
"Seems like a fair trade." Thor said.
"Oh and Neo I've taken the liberty of enrolling you in the same school as my granddaughter." She said surprising him.
"What?" Neo asks.
"That will not be necessary my son has received the greatest education Asgard has to offer. He has no need for any of this." Thor said.
"With all do respect Thor you two have very little knowledge of our realm and school is the perfect place to learn about that." Yan Lin said.
"Grandma you still believe they're from another realm?" Hay Lin asks as Yan Lin nods.
"Well…" Neo said still not sure.
"Come on Neo it could be fun, we'll all be together to help you out if you need any." Hay Lin pleads with big smiling eyes.
"I…guess it couldn't hurt." Neo said.
"Perfect! Come on grandma let's go get all the stuff Neo needs for his first day." Hay Lin said running out of the room.
As Yan Lin walks out Loki suddenly appears in front of Thor and Neo surprising them.
"Loki? What are you doing here?" Thor asks.
"I had to see you both." Loki said and immediately they sensed something was wrong.
"What's going on? Is it Joutenhiem?" Neo asks.
"Let me explain to father." Thor starts.
"Father is dead." Loki interrupts shocking them both.
"What?" Thor said hurt beyond words.
"Grandpa's dead?" Neo said equally hurt.
"Your banishment and the threat of a new war was too much for him to bear. You mustn't blame yourselves. I know that you both loved him. I tried to tell him so, but he wouldn't listen. So cruel to put the hammer within your reach and not be able to lift it. The burden of the throne has fallen to me." Loki said as Thor shed a tear.
"Can I come home?" Thor asks.
"The truce with Joutenheim is conditional upon your exile and mother has forbidden your return. This is goodbye brother. At the very least I can take Neo back to Asgard with me." Loki said.
"No. No Loki please not my son." Thor begged.
"Banishment is no way to properly raise a son. I will care for Neo and raise him as my own." Loki said turning to Neo. "What do you say Neo? Ready to come home?"
Neo looked to his father and then his uncle torn between who to stay with.
"This is Thor's mistake not yours. Come with me and you can be a prince again." Loki offers holding out his hand.
At first Neo slowly reaches out horrifying Thor, but instead he pushes Loki's hand away surprising them both.
"It was my fault that Grandpa banished father. I am just as much to blame as him, so I will share in my father's punishment." Neo said.
"I see, then farewell brother farewell nephew. I'm truly sorry." Loki said.
"No…I'm sorry. Thank you for coming here." Thor said.
"Farewell." Loki said disappearing as Yan Lin walks back in.
"Goodbye." Thor said confusing her.
"Goodbye? I just got back." She said.
Outside, Loki walks out to see Mjolnir outside in the crater. Walking up to it Loki tries to pull the hammer free, but like Thor he failed.
The next day, Neo had a black backpack on his shoulder as he entered the classroom to see Will and Taranee sitting down making him feel a little more at ease.
"Class today we have a new student. I'd like for you all to meet Neo Thorson." The teacher said as Neo stood in front of the class.
"Greetings." Neo nodded acknowledging them all.
"So Neo where are you from?" The teacher asks.
"Uh I'm from a place really far away." Neo said uncomfortably.
"Well go ahead and have a seat." He said as Neo walked down the row and sat down.
"Why didn't you tell us you were joining our school?" Will whispers.
"It all just sort of happened quickly." Neo said.
At lunch, Neo was standing in line getting food while the girls were sitting at a table talking about him.
"So your grandma just let that homeless man and his son crash at your family restaurant just like that?" Cornelia asks.
"Thor helped save Will I think the least we can do is trust them. Besides…don't you think Neo's kinda cute?" Hay Lin giggles.
"I guess…for a homeless kid." Irma said.
"Well how cute do you think he'll be when he and his father rob Hay Lin's family blind?" Cornelia asks.
"It is a but risky they're total strangers who are supposedly trying to pull a hammer out a crater." Taranee said.
"What do you think Will?" Hay Lin asks as Will watched Neo stand in line.
"I think we should give them a chance, at the very least he's gonna need some people to help him survive this place." Will said.
"You got a point there." Irma said as Neo walks over.
"Hey what are you talking about?" Neo asks.
"You and what things you shouldn't do while at this school." Irma said.
"Like what?" Neo asks curiously.
"For starters, I wouldn't eat that Meatloaf." Irma points to his tray.
"Uh why?" Neo asks.
"Just trust me on this." Irma smiles.
Back at the Silver Dragon, Thor and Yan Lin were sitting at a table sharing a drink while they waited for customers. As Thor took a sip, he tried to wrap his mind around what he was going to do now.
"I thought I had it all backwards, but I was all wrong." Thor sighs.
"So you don't have all the answers, big deal I don't have them all either and that's never brought me down. Now you start looking for the right answers." Yan Lin said.
"For the first time in my life I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. My father was trying to teach me something, but I was too stupid to see it." Thor admits.
"I'll tell you what you're supposed to do." Yan Lin said bonking him on the head with a magazine. "Stop moping around like a whiny baby and be a man, no be a father. Your son needs you to be strong so he can be strong as well."
Thor took those words to heart as he rubbed his head. "Thank you, for all that you've done."
"Meh it's what I do." Yan Lin smiles when the front door opens.
"Uh excuse me are you guys open?" Looking to the door Thor saw Jane standing there.
"Why yes, have a seat and we'll be right with you." Yan Lin smiles as she hands a menu to Thor and pushes him towards her.
"Uh hello there." Thor said greeting her.
"What are you doing here?" Jane asks surprised to see him again.
"I uh work here now along with my son." Thor said leading her to a table.
"Wow quite a change for you." Jane smiles.
"Thank you." Thor said admiring her smiling face.
"So…are you gonna ask me what I'd like to order?" Jane asks.
"Oh right." Thor said snapping out of it and dropping the menu causing Jane to giggle.
From the back Yan Lin watches Thor and Jane when Neo walks in with the girls and smiles. "I think those two are going to be just fine." Yan Lin smiles.
