Hi, a shy Ghost here *waves*. Okay well first of all, I want to say that I normally don't write stories in English, especially not longer ones, so I am sorry if there are some misspelling and grammatical problems with the text. Hopefully it will not ruin the story.

Secondly I will say that Cara is my own character. I use her in different stories where she travels around different worlds. She started in the universe of Harry Potter, and after that she has been in a lot of other stories. And well she cunning in magic and some other things too, things she has learned on her travels.

And thirdly, there is a part one to this, I have just started to translate it from Swedish to English, so it's not finished, but it's name is; "If death isn't an option, neither is freedom". Cara get's to know Loki in that one, which takes place around Thor 1. They fall in love, yet Loki does let go in the end and falls down into the abyss and Cara thinks he dies. That is the rare basic of that story, and I am trying to find time to finish it, but there is no need for you to read that one before this one, since I will explain everything that is needed, as this story progresses.

Fourthly, Thor 2 never happens in this universe, neither does any of the other movies after the first Avengers movie. Loki has still met Thanos, but ignore everything with him, because he is not important and will not have any roles in the story.

Fifthly, is that I will mix the story between the comic, movies and Norse mythology. So a bit of all. And I will try to keep the characters somewhat to themselves, but I can't promise anything.

That was all (I think), I hope you read the story and enjoy it :)

Thor was frustrated, to put it mildly. If he was be honest, he was furious, and the weather outside showed it. The lighting and thunder was chasing each other over the sky. He rarely got angry at his father, but he had this time, Odin had forbid him from seeing his brother.
"Adopted brother," Thor could hear Loki's mocking voice in his head, as he was there with him, but of course he wasn't. No, he was in the special cell his father made for him, a cell where no one was around, not even other prisoners.

Odin had sentenced Loki to be alone forever, without contact with anyone, that was his punishment. And at first Thor had understood that, for what Loki had done was unforgivable, and he deserved to be punished, not even Thor could deny that. But lately Thor had figured out that Loki wasn't alone all the time, and that was why he was angry!

He had seen people walk in and out from the door leading to Loki's cell. And Thor couldn't understand why all the guards, and in his opinion shady looking people had access. Especially not when he didn't have access! Odin had told him that no one ever needed to see Loki, he would get his food and other things he may need by magic, therefore being no need for anyone to visit him, but Odin had been lying. What Thor couldn't understand was why? And why he couldn't see his brother?
"Adopted brother," he ones heard his brothers voice.

Thor glanced at the door that shield Loki from the rest of the world, it was well guarded and he knew that he couldn't get in there, but Thor wanted, he wanted to talk to Loki. He needed to talk to Loki! Thor wished to understand what had gone so wrong, why Loki hated them all? What had happened to him while he was gone from Asgard? And why Loki didn't come back to them? Thor needed answers, but he couldn't get them. And he wanted just to see Loki and tell him that he, at least didn't hate him, that he was still his family, his brother, and that he loved him. He wanted to say he was sorry for failing him, but his father had forbidden it.

Thor clenched his fist before he signed, this was a problem he couldn't face head on, he needed to be smart about this, which wasn't his strongest side, he knew that, he would have needed Loki here. He was in desperate need of Loki's advice on how he would be able to see him, but that was of course impossible. But then Thor smiled, he didn't have Loki's help, but he could always ask their mother, the greatest queen of them all.

Thor founded his mother in her chambers, not that he had looked elsewhere. As he entered after her given permission, she turned around to look at him with a bright smile, a smile she only had for him. He knew that he had one special for him, and another for Loki.

"Thor," she said and walked over to him, and he took her hands and kissed them.
"Mother," he answered and her out to the balcony where she had been standing.

"What gives me the honour?"
"Can't a child visit his mother without a reason?" Thor said with a laugh.
"Yes he can, but you rarely ever do. And judging by tonight's weather, I think you have a reason," Frigga said and looked at the thunderstorm outside. Thor rubbed his neck and stood silent for a while. He wasn't sure what he should say to her, or rather how he would say it. Frigga stood patiently next to him, waiting for him to speak up. After a few minutes Thor figured that he should simply be straight with her, he was no good with fancy words like Loki or his mother.

"Have you seen Loki since his trial?" He asked and Frigga showed some surprise by the question.
"No I haven't. Your father forbade it."
"I know he did, I simply thought or rather hoped that he would have made an exception for you," Thor said. "You are after all Loki's mother."
Frigga looked out in the storm.

"That matters very little to Odin, he simply allows no one to visit Loki," her voice was sadden and Thor understood her. "Why are you asking me this?"
"I want to see him. I want to tell him that he isn't alone," Thor said and Frigga smiled brightly at him.
"I am so proud of you my son," she took his hands and squeezed them before she got that look she always got when she had an idea, a look that resembled Loki's.

"There may be a way." Thor looked at her, very hopeful. "But it won't give you much time. Around fifteen minutes."
Thor nodded, he would take whatever he could get, he just needed to talk to Loki, even if Loki didn't wish to listen to him.
"That's all I need," Thor answered and his mother smiled.
"I will need two days to prepare. This is magic I normally don't use," she said and he was about to ask her about it. "No need to fret, I will inform you when I am ready."

Thor was on edge, and he complained that the time moved to slowly, for his friends. His friends was unable to understood why, and they became even more puzzled when he didn't informed them. Thor shared everything with them, but this time he only said he couldn't. This only led to them to wishing to know even more, but for once Thor didn't budge, he knew that he had to keep it a secret, for Frigga and his sake.

So when a guard called him to his mother's chamber, he just stopped in the middle of his sparring contest with Sif, which made her very confused. He left her at the training grounds without a word and almost run to his mother's side. He heard his friends shout after him, but he ignored their calls.

Frigga looked far calmer then Thor, but then she was a queen and she was very careful with showing her feelings.
"Thor," she said when she let him in. "Everything is ready. The spell will put everyone, in the castle to sleep for fifteen minutes, with the exception of you and Loki. They will not remember or notice what happened to them. But you must hurry and leave Loki's cell before the spell wears off."
Thor nodded and smiled at his mother.
"Thank you for this," he said.
"Tell him that I love him too, and that he will always be my darling," Frigga with a voice revealing how much she missed her youngest.
"I will," Thor said before he left to get closer to Loki's cell.

Thor had thought of what to say to Loki the past days, but he was still unsure, leaving him hoping that he would know when he saw him. The God of Thunder walked passed the sleeping guards, and ran down the stairs that was behind. He felt the cold rise from below. But he guessed that wouldn't be a problem for Loki since he was a frost giant. Thor had a big smile when he took the last step, he would finally see his brother again, after more than a year.

But when he walked around the corner, he stopped. In front of him was a prison cell, and in it was Loki or what he thought was Loki. Thor couldn't fully grasp what he saw in front of him. The cell was covered in what could be nothing else than blood, Loki's blood. More than should be possible, but Thor guessed it had gotten there over time, not all at once, because then Loki would have been dead, and he wasn't, even if Thor thought it would have been better.

In the middle of the cell was Loki, even if Thor didn't recognised him, but he knew it couldn't be anyone else. Loki was covered in blood as well, but beneath all the blood Thor could see the bruises, the broken bones, his ribs due to the lack of food, scars and what Thor rather not think off, but couldn't stop thinking off, sperm. His eyes landed on the collar around Loki's, and the cuffs around his hands and ankles. His brother was naked, and he seemed cold, even if that shouldn't be possible, due to his origin.

Thor stepped closer and Loki flinched right away. He didn't seem to recognise him.
"Loki it's me," Thor said and took another step, but Loki just tried to get as far away as the chains would let him. Thor didn't know what to do, he was not prepared for this, not at all, and his time was almost up.

He didn't wish to leave Loki here, he couldn't. He had to do something! Thor stepped forward again, ignoring Loki's try to get away. Thor took a hold of the chain and tried to pull it free from the wall, when Loki started to scream, whatever Thor did seem to hurt him even more. Thor needed a plan and help, but that meant that he needed to leave Loki, and no matter how much he hated it, he didn't have a choice.
"Loki I will be back," he said but Loki didn't even seemed to hear him. Thor walked away, furious, before he started to run, he couldn't stand seeing Loki like that, he didn't want to see him like that!

Frigga sat on the bed with her hands in her knee, pail as a ghost while Thor walked around, angrily throwing stuff around him. Both unprepared for the situation, and unaware of how to handle it. Thor had gotten back almost six hours ago and first he couldn't even talk about what he had seen. And when he finally did he just got angry, shooting, while his mother was overtaken by sadness. He had barely ever seen Frigga cry, but she did nothing to hide the tears this time. Neither couldn't understand how anyone could such a thing.

They both thought about Odin, neither of them uttering the words, but they understood that he must have known that happened, he must have been the one that let the people inside the cell. Because without his permission, no one would be able to walk through the door. Yet neither of them understood the reason for this. Thor wanted to run to his father and confront him but Frigga had stopped him.

"If you do that, he will know that we know, and we may be unable to help Loki. Odin will lock him up somewhere else, somewhere were we can't find him," she said and Thor had given her an angry look, knowing that she was right.
"But we have to do something!"
"We will, but we need help," Frigga said.
"From whom? Everyone in Asguard hates Loki!" Thor said and Frigga was remained silent for some time.

"Then we get help from outside Asguard," she said and Thor gave her a glare, he didn't follow.
"Everyone in the other realms hate Loki too!" Thor said, almost cursing his brother making everyone his enemy, but then he remembered how his brother looked and he felt guilty.
"Not everyone," Frigga said.

"You mean?" Thor asked and she nodded. "But she hates us, or rather me, she even thinks Loki is dead! I don't think she want to come here and help us."
"She may not want to help you, that is correct, but hopefully she will help Loki, and that all that matters," Frigga said. Thor stopped in his step, unsure what to do.

The woman was dangerous and she had threatened to kill him if she ever saw him again. But then again she didn't know that Loki was alive, and maybe that would be enough for her to forget about the last time. And whatever she thought of him, he knew that she had loved Loki, and maybe she could help him somehow.
"I need to talk to Heimdall," Thor said and left the room.