Hello dear readers! You get this chapter courtesy of Angelicsailor, who made a lovely wager with me and delivered, so thank her ;)
Resuming this chapter: The plot slightly thickens (pay attention to everything cause I be playing games, everything is important ;) I just warned you), Alexandra meets our favorite trickster god and things get destroyed.
- Alex.
Ps. to the lovely guest reviewer who left the lengthy review, you pointed out a few things, but I fear that I can't answer you fully cause I'd probably end up giving the story away, have a little faith and read on, good things come for those who wait.
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Ps. 3. QUESTION STILL STANDS, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN TO ALEXANDRA ON ASGARD?! (I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, DON'T BE GHOSTS)
She hadn't made it far in the hallway when Thor caught up to her holding her arm and turning her around.
"Was that the truth?" he asked a bit roughly, she looked at him confused "About Loki, were you speaking the truth?"
"Yes, why would I lie? I gain nothing from lying, I told you before and I tell you now, I just want to help, I saw your mother die in my dreams Thor, she died at the hands of the dark elves, her death is the catalyst" she told him, Thor let go of her arm as surprise took the best of him.
"How do I save her? How do I get my brother back?" he asked, Alexandra smiled at him.
"Is there any chance that I can speak to Loki?" she asked.
Thor nodded and grabbed her arm as he led her to the dungeons underneath the castle. Asgard had elevators too. When they reached the dungeons Thor spoke to the guard and the guard let them in, Loki was in the first cell, looking bored.
"Brother" Thor said getting his attention, Loki looked at him, then at Alexandra.
"Not your brother" Loki said not minding Thor, but looking at Alexandra "Who might you be?"
"Alexandra Stark" she said, Loki raised an eyebrow.
"Midgardian, I didn't know that Stark had a daughter" Loki said; Alexandra smiled.
"Dad didn't know either, at least he didn't when you tried to take earth" she explained, Loki raised an eyebrow.
"Why are you here?" Loki asked.
"She's a seer" Thor answered for her, Loki looked interested for a moment "She has seen Ragnarok, she has seen Asgard falling, she saw you being tortured by the Mad Titan" at the mention of Thanos, Loki looked slightly alarmed and it was all that Thor needed "She was right then, you didn't try to take Midgard to spurn me, you were under someone's control"
"And what if I was? The All Father likes to have me locked down here" Loki said venomously.
"Asgard now knows that it was not your fault, Lady Alexandra told them, amongst other things" Thor said, Loki glared at her.
"And why would you help me little girl?" Loki asked, Alexandra glared back and crossed her arms.
"Because I'm a good person and because your dad's a dick" she said, Loki raised an eyebrow.
"He's not my father" Loki said, she rolled her eyes.
"Bullshit, let me tell you a little something that we like to say on earth, mothers, fathers, families are not the ones that you're born to, anyone can spawn a child, it takes real balls to raise one and yes your father is the biggest douche in the galaxy, but he raised you, your mother and your brother love you, they are your family, if not by blood then by choice, I mean Queen Frigga might have birthed Thor, but she chose to love you too, she chose to be your mother and you don't get to walk away from that, nor from Thor being your brother, even your father, you're Loki Odinson because they chose you, they were stuck with Thor anyways"
"Yeah, hey!" Thor said glaring at Alexandra, she smiled innocently at him and Loki laughed.
"You have a fire within you little girl, I'll give you that" Loki said still smiling, "But what would you expect me to do?"
"To give your mother and brother a chance" she said, Loki raised an eyebrow.
"And the All Father?" Loki asked, she grinned at him.
"He's a dick, its up to you, he hasn't been a good dad to you or Thor, but more to you, so its up to you, hell if you want to go and call yourself Loki Friggason, I'll be your first supporter, also you should leave all the bad blood behind and help us save your mother from dying by the hands of the dark elves and then help us ensure that Ragnarok won't happen and then maybe give us insight on that purple douche named Thanos, it would be appreciated" she said, Loki looked at her as if she had grown another head.
"When will the elves attack?" Loki asked.
"By the time the convergence is happening, so in a couple of months maybe? I don't know how you Asgardians measure time" she admitted sheepishly, Loki nodded at her then looked at Thor.
"Come tomorrow, and we'll discuss this more profoundly" he said, Thor nodded then looked at Alexandra.
"It's time for us to go" Thor said offering his arm to Alexandra, she waved goodbye at Loki before taking Thor's offered arm.
Thor left her at the doors of her chambers she bided him goodnight and fell asleep wondering how it would all work out. Next morning she was awaken by Queen Frigga and a few maids, she was rushed into a bath and then into a dress, no time to apply makeup or do something with her hair, apparently Odin had summoned her and it was a very important thing… Fandral escorted her to Odin's study with the promise of a hearty breakfast from Frigga after she spoke with Odin.
Odin sat on his chair, looking imposing, Thor by his side already in his armor and cape and Alexandra briefly wondered if Thor didn't have anything else to wear around the palace, she took the empty sit in front of his desk and waited for him to talk.
"Lady Alexandra, last night at the feast you said some worrying things" started Odin, she looked at him cautiously and nodded, "Thor assures me that you are to be trusted as your father is a fellow warrior of his, also I have been researching the convergence and the Aether from my father's memoirs but I'd like to hear what can you tell us about it"
"Well, in my vision as soon as a person comes in contact with the Aether the dark elves awaken, it was Jane Foster who did in my vision, which is why I contracted her in my father's industry and sent her to a secret Stark Industries in Japan where she'll be for the next few years hopefully, but that doesn't mean that another human won't find the Aether while the convergence is happening, also once the elves awoke, Malekith did something to his second in command, it turned the guy almost indestructible, almost like cursed, he was the one who killed the Queen in my vision" she explained Odin nodded and Thor stood grimly by his father.
"The Aether was a source of power for the elves for many years until my father Bor destroyed their race and sealed the Aether" Odin said, Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"He didn't destroyed them all, Malekith managed to save part of his army when your father was distracted with the Aether, they fled and went to sleep in their ships, oh and by the way, those ships can pass by Heimdall undetected, I don't know why they do" she added, Odin nodded again and exchanged looks with Thor.
"How many ships?" Odin asked, Alexandra tried hard to remember.
"They're… the remaining ones are sleeping in one of the ships, there are many ships in Svartalfheim, those can be used, so they need to be destroyed, and the cursed guy was killed later by Loki who used a black-hole grenade looking thing to kill him" she said.
"Loki?" Odin asked; she nodded.
"After the Queen died he and Thor united in revenge to kill the elves, they managed to save both Asgard and Midgard from them" she explained.
"And what did I do?" Odin asked; Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"Nothing, you even tried to prevent Thor from leaving, which was a dick move by the way" she said crossing her arms.
"You don't like me" Odin stated, Alexandra snorted.
"You don't like me either" she said, Odin looked amused.
"Fair enough" he said, "You shall go with Thor, The Warriors Three and Lady Sif to Svartalfheim to oversee the destruction of those ships, you will report back to me afterwards, prepare for your journey"
After Odin dismissed her, Thor led her to Frigga's garden where they had breakfast with the Queen, Alexandra complained about her lack of traveling clothes saying that there was no way that she would go to Svartalfheim in a dress, luckily for her Frigga managed to get her a pair of breeches and an outfit that resembled Lady Sif's armor, but in blue and gold instead of red and silver, it was a little bit big on her but she could manage, Asgardians were taller than her five foot six frame.
She walked with Thor and the Warriors Three and Lady Sif to the bifrost observatory and was surprised to see Odin there with Loki standing next to him looking annoyed, Alexandra smiled at the sight of Loki and Odin cleared his throat.
"I have decided that Loki will accompany you to Svartalfheim as a gesture of goodwill to our people and as penance for his misguided actions" Odin said, Alexandra figured that Odin was talking about what Loki did while he had been on the Throne, Thor looked excited to have his brother back with him and the warriors three and Sif looked wary of the trickster.
Before she left for Svartalfheim, Alexandra handed Heimdall a letter and asked him to deliver the letter to Tony, she was sure that her dad wanted to hear of Asgard and how she had been doing, Heimdall smiled at her and nodded, promising that he would deliver the missive. Upon arriving to Svartalfheim Alexandra was glad that she had foregone the dress, the place was some sort of dark sand or dust that she hated on principle, not that she hated sand or beaches but something about the place didn't sit well with her.
"So you're the All Father's new pet?" asked Loki falling onto step with her as they walked through the dark wasteland, she scoffed at him.
"Excuse me? I'm nobody's pet thank you very much," she said; Loki smirked.
"Are you sure about that, youngling?"
"Very sure, and its Alex or Alexandra if you must, not youngling" she said glaring at him, Loki was smiling but nodded anyways.
"Very well Alexandra, how did you come by Stark?" he asked; she shrugged.
"My mother and my adoptive father we're killed in the invasion, I am a minor by American standards so I needed to stay with a guardian, Dad's really cool and he's really trying so I really don't mind, I could have ended up worse" she said, Loki seemed pensive by her revelation.
"And you don't hate me?" he asked after a while, she looked at him.
"Why would I? You were being controlled by Thanos, when someone fires a gun to kill someone you love you don't hate the gun, you hate the son of a bitch who fires the damn thing, so no Loki, I don't hate you" she said, Loki nodded at her they looked forward and Thor and the warriors three were already destroying one of the ships while Sif watched closely "Shouldn't you be burning something or helping them?" she asked, Loki shrugged.
"They seem to be doing a fine job" he said; she snorted.
"Aren't you the god of fire, chaos and mischief? I figured that destroying stuff was right up your alley" she said, Loki had an amused expression on his face when he looked at her.
"Fire and chaos?" Loki asked; Alexandra nodded.
"That's what the lore says, although I find it weird that a frost giant can be god of fire, doesn't make sense" she said, and Loki suddenly glared at her, she raised her hands in a peace motion "Hey nothing against it, I personally think its cool you have ice powers that's wicked"
"They are nothing but monsters" Loki said, Alexandra smirked at him.
"Are you calling your grandmother a monster then?" she asked; Loki looked at her confused.
"Pardon me?" he asked.
"Odin's mother was a frost giantess, I thought that was common knowledge," she said, Loki was shocked by that little tidbit of information.
"You're saying that the King of Asgard is half a Jotun?" Loki asked; Alexandra nodded.
"Guess nobody talks about grandmamma then, but I don't know what the deal is, my dad Tony, he's American, but his mom was Italian, my mom was from France and her mother was Portuguese, so being from mixed race is really cool, it allows you to know more than one culture, my stepdad was from Spain and his mum was a Brit who had a Mexican grandfather" she explained, Loki listened attentive "So I'm a proud cultural clash of titanic proportions"
"That's supposed to make me like my being a frost giant?" Loki asked venomously, Alexandra shrugged.
"Not really, besides you might have been born a frost giant, but you're Asgardian, those are your people, you've never been to Jouthenheim for longer than a week, you don't know their ways nor their culture, you only know Asgard and that's your home, so embrace it, with your added bonus of wicked ice powers" she said, Loki nodded at her.
"You sound very wise for a youngling as yourself" Loki pointed out, Alexandra stuck her tongue out at him and he smiled.
"Us young people can be insightful, you oldies think that you hold all the answers when sometimes all you need is a younger perspective, besides according to my IQ test I am a genius" she said with a grin.
"Stark's daughter through and through" Loki said, Alexandra raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.
Loki stood with her while the others destroyed all the ships, he eventually told her that his mission was to protect her in case their team found danger, something Thor had asked of him once he had been released from his cell and since she seemed interesting enough he had agreed. They returned to Asgard by nightfall having destroyed all the ships, Alexandra was starving by the time they made it to the palace, Loki offered some sort of weird looking fruit that she ate without much fuzz while they waited for the feast.
Alexandra changed into a dress for the feast, not wanting to offend someone while wearing her armor, Thor fetched her and they walked to the dining hall in silence, Loki joining them looking amused by something, Alexandra didn't feel comfortable enough with him to ask. This time around Alexandra felt a little bolder and instead of Thor filling her plate she chose the most familiar looking foods, an assortment of cheeses and something that looked like baked ham with what the Asgardians called elven wine, the wine was really good.