"Goodnight my little Angel
It is time to close your eyes
Do not let the King hear those sorrowful cries
I promise I will never leave you
And my promise will always stay true
Goodnight my small Seraphina,
the skies are no longer light blue
Even when you are terrified at night
From nightmares, noises and screams
I swear to protect you through every scheme
And now you will always know
Where ever you may go
I will always love you so
Goodnight my little Light
You will wake to a sun shinning bright."
(A/N- hope you guys like the lullaby, this took me so long to think of and write. Hope you like this chap.)
It was about two in the morning when Seraphina had sung that lullaby. She had another dream about her 'past.'. It might seem stupid for a fifteen-year-old to be singing such a lullaby but that was Seraphina's link to herself. Or to the man who would sing it to her, every word would get constantly stuck in her head and she always has a small flashback of a man with dark hair and green eyes, rocking her to sleep with that lullaby.
She was in the Stark Tower, although she hasn't met anyone there. Nick Fury put her there because they arrived late last night...He promised her she would meet everyone in the morning. Oh, but she was nervous. Her palms got sweaty every time she thought about it. Everything was so weird and new to her. Did they want her there?
"Just sleep." She whispered to herself. She was nervous, scared, but hopeful, and happy. She wanted to be at home. She wanted a family, a real family that didn't hurt her like her old one. Now that she thinks about it, she is glad that she isn't related to them.
But in no time she drifted into a dreamless sleep, longing to wake to the sun shining bright tomorrow.
"Good morning Seraphina." A strong computer voice spoke, making Sera jump from her bed.
"Who is in here!?" Sera yelled, in no direction in particular.
"I am JARVIS, I am here to help you with anything you like to know."
"What are you?"
"I am a lot of things. Why don't you ask Tony who I am?" Sera stared at the ceiling, unsure of who that thing was talking about or why it was so sassy. You can say, Tony did make him in his sassiness and attitude.
"Who's Ton-"
"Sera?" Nick fury knocked on the door. She looked up at him, anticipation in her eyes "Are you ready?" He asked, taking notice of her. The bed she slept was rather messy and the sheets were inside out for some reason, her hair was tangled and huge (which he supposed happened to her on bad nights) He actually began to wonder if Loki had the same problem. On her, it looked somewhat of a cute thing but on Loki? Can you imagine the god of mischief with hair almost as big as the pillow? Her hair was greasy, her outfit was ripped and the color was faded, and she had dirt covering her as well as her clothes. "I got you something."
"What?"
He pulled out a bag of supplies. "Well good thing I remembered to get the brush.." He mumbled, putting it on the bed. "Here are your clothes." They already knew her size because she was measured yesterday. He placed a slightly oversized long sleeve green shirt, black sweatpants, underwear and bra on the bed. He would have never picked out any of this stuff so he made Agent Romanoff and Agent Hill. They only got her a few things because they thought she should be in charge of what she wanted to wear. 'Woman.' He thought with a roll of his eye.' Can they ever listen to a real order? '
"Oh thank you, but I cannot take these..I wouldn't have the money to pay you-"
"You don't need to pay me back or anyone who is trying to bring you back to where you should be. Agent Romanoff and Agent Hill got these clothes for you. You can go shopping with them for new clothes if you like." For a moment she kept her gaze on the ground but suddenly looked up and smiled.
"Thank you." She spoke in her soft voice. Nick felt as if this was all a big mistake and she was truly Thor's or some other Asgardian child but the facts were facts. Something like that can't be Loki's child. He just prayed nothing went wrong with her, he wanted her out of Loki's clutches.
"There is a shower in there. It has shampoo, conditioner, and soap...How about you take a shower, get dressed in the new clothes and I will come back.."
"When will you come back? " The young teenager asked
"About an hour and a half." He began for the door.
"Wait!" Sera called out and he turned. "Who is JARVIS?" This brought a smirk to Fury's face.
"You'll learn about everything and anything soon. I will see you in a bit." And with that Nick Fury had left. Sera alone to herself. She couldn't help but smile.
Here she was, a freak, in a huge tower with all these things from people. People who didn't look at her so different. She grabbed her new things, remembering to thank those two agents, and headed to the overly large shower.
"When will I see her?" Thor questioned, slamming his hand against the table. The table shook but the Avengers decided to ignore it and continue on with regular work.
"When she gets out of the shower, that poor child was covered in dirt!" Nick answered harshly. He grew agitated after Thor kept asking. "When I come and get her I will bring Agent Romanoff." Natasha just nodded, but Thor sat there with his mouth wide open.
"Why her?" Thor complained.
"Because she is the only woman here. Plus you might scare her."
"I am not fearful!"
"Well to us you aren't but when you come barging in, hugging her like no tomorrow, you might frighten her. Your booming voice, you might even cry and don't get me started on how frightened she can act with me. She might get scared, Thor."
"Okay.." He mumbled, taking it into thought. He missed her, why must the hours be so long? He wanted to see her. He wanted to talk to her.
"Don't be so nervous." Bruce smiled at him.
"What if she does not like me?"
"She must have some memories with you, no?" Steve jumped in.
"I do not know...Her mother must have tried to suppress them in some form.." You can sense Thor's distress. "What if she does not remember?"
"Then you make new memories." Thor smiled at what Steve told him. Steve was very kind-hearted and friendly...Sometimes a little too friendly for his own good.
"Thank you, my good friend."
"Of course, now come on she will be here any minute. "
Sera took a good look at herself in the mirror. The shirt was big but Sera didn't care. She rolled up the serves and starred at the cuts that covered her wrists and all the way to her elbow. Some were fresher than others, some were scars on top of scars. They covered both arms. She was given a pair of black sweatpants. They were big but on her boney hips but her butt held it up. It didn't do the best job so she rolled it up. 'Hopefully, once I gain some weight I can actually look appealing.' She thought. She put on a pair of white socks she found in the drawers. She had brushed her wet hair a billion times to make it look as nice as possible. 'Why does it have to be so fucking thick and wavy!' Seraphina has learned to hate herself for a very long time. She had learned to be ignored and hated.
"Sera?" She heard Fury call and she put the brush down. She quickly pulled down her sleeve, glancing up and saw him with a red-headed woman at his side. "Sera, this is Natasha Romanoff also known as the Black Widow. She is apart of the Avengers-"
"You're one of the girls who got me clothes, right?"
"Yes, I am," Natasha spoke, trying to stay as formal as she possibly could. She was slightly nervous around the daughter of mischief. What if her powers are too much to control? What if she truly is evil? Thor talks of innocence but Natasha doesn't take that stuff. She must see for herself. In Natasha's eyes, she saw a small, fragile girl who has been harmed by the world. She saw this food-deprived, sad-eyed child.
"I wanted to thank you.." Sera shyly spoke, pushing a strand of her wet jet black hair behind her ear.
"It is my pleasure to help the niece of Thor." Natasha spoke, then realizing she said a little too much.
"Who is Thor?" Sera questioned, a small wondrous smile slapped on her face. Natasha could feel the daggers Fury was throwing at her. 'Oh fuck it.' Natasha thought and smiled back at Seraphina.
"Come and you will meet him...and the rest of the Avengers."
Seraphina followed down the hall with Natasha in front of her and Agent Fury in the back of her. 'Does he think I am going to run away?' Sera thought, feeling like some infant. While walking down the halls all these agents starred at her. Some whispered, some even had fear in their eyes. What was she? What was this?
Some kind of freak show?
She was lead to doors, opened by Natasha, reviling five men. One had blonde hair and an oversized hammer, the other man was polishing some shield-like thing with a star on it, the man next to him had a light brownish hair color and was counting his arrows, next man had dark brown hair with an interesting thing glowing out of his shirt while he was pouring himself some alcohol, and last was a man, with glasses, reading some kind of medical file. "Sera this is the Avengers. Okay, the one with the arrows is Hawkeye, real name is Clint Barton. The one with the big star shield is Captain America, real name is Steve Rogers. The one who is drinking when he really shouldn't be but has no life whatsoever is Ironman, real name is Tony Stark. The man reading is Bruce Banner, known as the Hulk. And last is Thor, codename Thor, real name is Thor." Natasha paused for a bit to give Sera a moment to sink it in. "You're uncle," Natasha added.
But Sera just starred, her mind elsewhere
" Uncle Or!" A small little Seraphina ran around the huge castle, barefoot and in a white dress. "Uncle Or!" She yelled once more.
"Yes, PhiPhi?" Thor called, taking a bite out of his breakfast. "Shouldn't you be out in the gardens?"
"T-Dat is not my name!" She gave an attitude but then giggled. Thor gave a smile at the child's struggle to pronounce certain words. "And I wan away. I want you to play wid me!"
"PhiPhi I am working-"
"No, we are playing!" She grabbed his hand and led it to her chambers. "Now you put on the big fairy dress and we will have a tea party!"
"No, I do not wish to put on the big pink fairy dress.." He said and Litlle Sera's face drop
"B-But Uncle Or.." She gave him the puppy eyes. Thor, or should I say, Uncle Or, tried to ignore those pleading eyes but how could he? He couldn't say no and break her heart.
"Oh fine." He said heading to the restroom to change into the big diary pink dress.
"Seraphina?" Thor spoke, snapping Sera out of her flashback. "We have missed you." He pulled her into a big hug, feeling like the happiest man in the world.