Alexandra had had a really bad day at school. She had just started High School and it wasn't going to well. Her sister Mercedes had been a bitch today again and on top of that someone threw a slushy at her, she didn't even know the guy. So, in all a really bad day.

Now she was walking home, taking a short cut through the forest. She couldn't really see where she was going because she was still crying, and she couldn't bring herself to stop. Normally she knew the way like the back of her hand but today she kept tripping over her own feet. Suddenly she tripped again and couldn't keep herself from falling. Alexandra stumbled down a hillside and came to stop at the bottom lying on her back.

Trying to catch her breath, she looked up at trees noticing unusual looking leaves. Sitting up, she looked around and found she didn't recognize anything. Everything looked different even the trees seemed slightly off colour. She got up, trying to orientate, she turned around taking everything in.

Suddenly she heard a crack of breaking wood and next thing she knew was a big shadow moving closer to her at enormous speed. Not wanting to meet whatever was coming her way, she turned around and ran as fast as she could to the opposite direction. Trying to shake the creature from her scent, she ran zigzag through the woods.

Suddenly Alexandra lost the ground under her feet. Falling, she tried to catch herself and only managed to hold on to an overhanging root. Dangling in mid-air she started to scream for help.

She knew she shouldn't look down, but she couldn't help it. Regretting it immediately she tried not to panic even more. There wasn't anything beneath her. All she could see was darkness and something that seemed to be stars on the night sky. But surely that wasn't possible, was it? Crying out for help again, she was startled when a hand reached from above heaving her up over the edge.

Exhausted she fell over, on top of her unknown saviour. Alexandra looked down to see green eyes, in a pale face surrounded by dark hair. Trying to understand what just happened she just stared at the boy who had just saved her life. He stared back at her without saying a word.

After a few moments she said: "Thank you."

"You're welcome", he answered. "And who are you?"

"I'm Alex. Who are you?"

"Loki."

"Like the god?"

"Exactly."

"So, where exactly am I?"

"You're in Asgard", he answered and gave her a puzzled look. "Have you hit your head?"

"No, I'm good", Alex replied. It took her a moment to realize what he had just said. "Wait, are you kidding me?"

She scrambled up to her feet.

"I kid you not. You are indeed in Asgard. World of the gods, most beautiful place anyone ever laid eyes on."

He got back to his feet, trying to look dignified.

"Yeah, right. Thanks for the save, but I need to go home now… I'm gonna be so late."

"And where exactly is home?"

"Ohio."

"O- what?", Loki asked looking confused.

"O-hi-o, like the state. Do you live under a stone or what?"

"I do not!", he replied affronted, "My place is probably a lot nicer than yours."

"You might have a point. But I still have to go back."

Loki had a smug look on his face. "So where is this Ohio place? I've never heard of it."

"Dude, we are in Ohio", she said exasperated.

"Don't be stupid. You must have hit your head harder than I thought."

"I told you, I did NOT hit my head!"

"Well, you're not in Ohio anymore."

"Then how do I get back?"

"Depends on where it is. Like I said, I have never heard of it before, and have been around quite a bit."

"It's in the US, North America, Earth, in the Milky Way… Ringing any bells?"

"Sorry, did you just say Earth?"

"Of course, I did. Is there any alternative?"

"Well, looks like you're far away from home then. You won't be going there by foot."

"Don't be stupid. I got here by foot; I'm going back the same way."

"That won't work because you can't go there", he said, pointing to the stars.

Alexandra gazed up to where he pointed. "Well, I'm really screwed."

It looked like she needed to find another way home because it had just turned out that she was on a whole different planet.