"So what's so important about this guy? There are other guys we could have picked up." Hermione was sitting next to Valkyrie in the Warsong, double checking that her well worn armour was still in working condition. It probably wasn't the best time to do it, she thought. Oh well. Things would work out.

"You'll see."

"Oh, cut it out, would you. I'm exhausted and don't have time for it."

"You sure?"

"Very."

"Okay, okay." Valkyrie began to angle the ship downwards, towards the familiar sight of a horde of scrappers surrounding some poor soul. "I think it may be Loki's brother, Thor."

"You're kidding."

"No, I'm not. He's huge, blonde, wearing a cape and has long hair. Plus, he fell out of the sky in a similar place to Loki, so it isn't a huge stretch."

"I guess. Let's check it out." On the outside, Hermione was as calm as a mirror flat lake. On the inside, she was a tumultuous storm, an ocean that sank cruise ships at the snap of a finger. After all of Loki's stories, was she finally going to meet the legendary, apparently oafish (though she was going to make that judgement for herself, thank you very much), Thor Odinson. Perhaps he would be nicer than Loki made him out to be. Perhaps not.

Well, she may be just about to find out.

It was Thor.

He made that much apparent as they dragged him into the Grandmasters hall. He wouldn't shut up. Guess Loki was right about that bit. For all his galavanting and preening, he didn't seem to do much. He just sat in the chair yelling. Another thing Loki was right about.

It was also kind of...cute. No, that wasn't the word. At the moment he seemed like a big teddy bear. She knew that he was a formidable fighter, but that wasn't now. Hermione found herself stifling the giggles that kept bubbling up to the surface.

Together, Valkyrie and Hermione left the room, looking forward to his first tournament.

He won.

So, Hermione was now a part of a group called the Revengers, obviously named after something else, though she didn't know what. The members were her, Valkyrie, Thor, some guy called Bruce Banner and, of course, Loki. Their aim was to fight this lady called Hela, who was apparently Thor and Loki's crazy adopted sister, on Asgard. She was finally going to get to visit, even though it was likely going to be a lot more destroyed than it was in the tales that Valkyrie regaled.

And, off they went, through the Devil's Anus.

Surtur really wasn't a very nice fellow.

At least he killed Hela. Along the way, though, he decimated Asgard, making it no more than debris floating in the vast vacuum of space. It was no more.

Beside, her, Valkyrie stood tall, her eyes shimmering slightly. Even though she ran away, Asgard was where she grew up, where she made friends, where she trained and where so many of her precious memories took place. Hermione didn't know how she would feel if Earth was destroyed.

She reached out and gently held Valkyrie's hand, rubbing comforting circles on the back of it. "I don't know where we're going, or what's going to happen next, but I'll always be here for you, okay?" It was barely more than a whisper.

Valkyrie said nothing in response, just gave a stoic nod. Hermione gave her a watery smile, before gazing out of the behemoth they were traveling in. The vastness of space lay ahead of them, twinkling stars and rugged asteroids belt, a massive void that she was traveling across. This had always been one of her dreams, to travel in a spaceship. And, sure, it wasn't how she imagined it, but this way was even better.

So, when she heard Thor, a man who she had inordinate amount of respect for, say they were going to Earth, her heart lifted even more.

A few hours later, her elation was shattered by the arrival of a huge, menacing looking ship outside their own.

Hello, I have returned, with the second shortest chapter I have ever written (the other is for a story I wrote for 'Back to the Future' called 'The Prank,' which I recommend you read if you like 'Back to the Future). The reason for it being so short, is that I wanted to get something out while I am planning the rest of the story. I know a lot of you were excited about the events of Ragnarok, but the bulk of the rest of the story takes place during Infinity War, so I needed to power through this. It was fun to write, though, so there was that. I was also inundated by the new Tomb Raider game, which I received as a Christmas gift. I recommend checking it out.

The normal schedule should resume in a week, though that will only be going on for about a month, as I am planning a massive project around Doctor Who that is going to require a lot of my attention. Due to this, I will only be posting once a week, though the chapters will double in length.

Hope this was a good entrance back into the story after my absence. Think of it as a gateway between the two halves of the story. An interlude, if you will.

Sincerely,
Mariadoria