"Shhh!" Baldur jumped foreword clapping his hands over the small frost giant's mouth.
"Hmph?!"
Baldur looked worried. "Sorry! I thought you were my brother!"
Gang was shaking in fear. The last time he had seen one for these monster was when his Uncle was killed by one when he was just a young child. Struggling Gang looked around desperately reaching out with his bond to his Bera will him to come and save him.
"I really am sorry about that… Um, have you've seen Loki? He has long black hair, green eyes- or maybe they are red now. Anyways I really need to speak with him as soon as possible."
The Prince? What did that monster want with the Prince? Unless… he wanted to kill him! No! That could not happen! Willing the bond he could feel them coming. Slight relief filled Gang at knowing however the Aesir let go of him and stood up dropping something out of his pocket.
"I'm sorry about that intrusion. Farewell."
Baldur jumped off the bed and vanished suddenly into the a small portal that opened and was gone as if he had never been there. Gasping Gang looked down at what fell and saw it was a amulet made of lovely gold.
The name on it was 'Baldur'. "The second born Odinson…"
The doors burst open as Gang's parents came rushing in. Jumping up Gang ran to him still shaking and held on tight to his Bera. Yet for some reason Gang hit the amulet away and claimed that it was just a night terror.
Helbindi opened his eyes to something he didn't expect. Buri was leering down, her hair in disarray sticking out everywhere. Now Helbindi was wondering just how she got into his room when he was normal so alert when someone even walked down the hall. The only thing he could think of was that he must have drank way to much last night.
"Buri, what is the matter?"
"You can clearly see!" She yelled standing up and putting her hands on her hips. "Look at me! That little brat did this to me!"
"What?" Helbindi sat up rubbing his head feeling the headache hit him like a mallet.
"Loki! I went to sleep last night and woke up like this!"
"Keep your voice down…"
"No! Do something about this!" She screamed causing him to clutch his ears.
"Alright, alright… Just get me something for this headache."
"No! You go talk to him ! I'll be in my room!" Buri screamed and stormed off slamming the door on her way out.
Groaning in pain Helbindi laid back rubbing his face. The door opened again this time softly and he sat up looking to see if it was Buri. It wasn't. It was a female Jotun who had met a few times before. She was often in charge of making sure the food wasn't poisonous since he magic was able to pick up even the slightest trace of it.
"Prince Helbindi," She whispered softly. "I brought you a brew to ease that morning after."
"Ah, bring it here, Ali." Helbindi said motioning her closer.
Walking over she bowed and held out the cup with the brew in it. Taking it he sipped it before downing it all in one go before handing it back to her. A minute passed before he felt the pain from the hang over wash away.
"Thank you, Ali." Helbindi stood. "I feel much better."
"I am glad." She said. "Miss Buri wishes you to go talk to Prince Loki. However the small Prince is not in his room."
Nodding Helbindi went to wash his face and freshen up. "Loki is in our parents' room is he not?"
"No, my lord. He's right here."
"What?" Helbindi turned around.
Alie pulled back some blankets that had been over a pillow revealing Loki on the pillow curled on still a sleep. Walking over Helbindi set his hand on Loki's back and rubbed it and his small brother barely stirred before rolling over and settle back to sleep.
Smiling Helbindi walked over to the closet. "He must wanted to give Father and Bera some space."
"Indeed." Alie rearranged the blankets and pillows around the small prince. "He was up late last night, far more than anyone."
Dressing in the closet Hebindi wondered how she knew that. "Did he now? Did you see him?"
"Oh yes," She covered the small born. "I was up making the brew for the royal family when Prince Loki came into the kitchen with his wolf and they stayed there for a while, the wolf eating some meat and Prince Loki was asking about stories about the Aesir."
"The Aesir?"
"Yes. He wanted to hear the stories about them that everyone child hears about when their young."
Walking out fully dressed Helbindi looked at his brother. "How did he take the stories?"
"He said there was something about the stories that sounded familiar."
"Anything else?"
"Hm… Oh, he asked to be brought to your room and has been here ever since."
"Let him rest than. How have you've been, Ali?"
"Well, thank you." She gathered up her tray. "Is there anything else you need?"
"That is all and thank you again for the brew."
Nodding she left.
Helbindi sat on his bed looking at Loki before thinking about Buri. Why would Loki do that to her? Sure since Loki had been here his small brother had played a few pranks but nothing serious. Sighing he looked out the window hearing the sound of the festival going on. They must have had all the booths set up by now.
Smiling he leaned down. "Awaken, Loki. It is time to go out and see the sights."
Loki scrunched up his face but soon opened his eyes. For a moment he blinked and than sat up yawning and stretching out before standing up and letting Helbindi help him to the bathroom so he could wash up and get ready for the day.
Walking outside the hall Helbindi was Fenrir there chewing up a bone like it was the greatest thing in the wolrd.
"Good morning Fenrir."
The Wolf made a sound and Loki hopped down onto his back. "Fenrir, such a prize you have there. Did you hunt it yourself?"
The tail wagged excitedly.
"HELBINDI!"
Loki jumped slightly at the loud voice and Helbindi turned. "Buri, what is wrong?!"
"LOOK AT MY DRESS!"
The dress was all shades of colors much like the bifrost bridge and Buri had yet to mange to fix her hair and she looked to angry.
"What is the nine…"
"YOU!" Buri screamed at Loki. "You did this!"
"Well you thought me the wrong dance moves!" Loki shouted back. "So, I paid you back!"
"You danced perfectly," Helbindi pointed out.
"Only because Beil and Gang showed me the right way! She did not and so when she danced I made sure she had her own medicine. Come Fenrir let us go."
As they left Helbindi looked at her. "Is that true?"
"Of course not!" She screeched and stormed off.
"We are not done talking!" Helbindi went after her.
Loki found Beil and Gang in the guest dining room eating their food. Going over ot the table Loki hopped onto it and sat down on a pillow and took some of the food and began to eat. They greeted him with a good morning and a bow.
"How was your night, Gang?" Loki asked. "Someone said you were distressed."
"It was nothing more than a night terror." Gang said and took a rather large bite out of his fruit.
Raising an eyebrow Loki let it go. Night terrors were nothing new to him. Looking over he saw Beil drinking down a lot of water.
"A little thirsty are you not?"
Putting the cup down Beil nodded. "I was running around outside before I came in to eat. My Father and I went early into the towns to fetch a gift for Bera."
"We have yet to get one for our Bera," Gang said "However we will tonight."
"A gift?" Loki asked wondering what that meant. "What is the gift for?"
"For the beginning of winter of course!" Beil said happily and leaned. "Unlike all the other realms who celebrate spring, we celebrate winter. After all it is the perfect time to grow and plant and to have the wonderful cold!"
"And we get to help the fields!" Gang said and then realized something. "Prince Loki, do you know what makes us so special to the realms?"
"Not really… My memories have all been erased as even one knows. My family tells me as it life goes on but I do not wish to bother them since they both have court and my brothers are often busy with their own duties."
"It must be grand to be such a high and noble Prince who lingers among the palace all day."
All three turned at the voice and Loki shrugged. "Good morning, Buri."
"Loki, I want to know why you ruined my dance, dress and my hair!" She boomed.
The other two covered their eyes and Loki had to resist although his ears did twitch. Looking up at her he folded his arms.
"It was you who taught me the wrong dance and so I thought you would like to know what it would have felt like. Also please leave us we were talking about something."
"No! You need to apologize for what you did!"
"You say sorry first."
"Like I would ever."
"But he's the Prince…" Gang pointed out, and then covered his mouth when she glared at him.
"You will say you're sorry!"
Loki just looked at her and stayed really quite for a moment before…
"BERA….!"
The servants had no idea why Buri was running so fast to her room.
Back in the room three more servants busted into the room worriedly asking the Prince what was wrong and Loki requested that they bring some more drinks for them and they did, but not before asking if Loki wanted still wanted his Bera and Loki said no that he would join them soon.
"So," Loki said to them after the servants left. "What makes us so special to the realm?"
"I'll show you!" Beil shouted and jumped up to grab a fruit seed that was laying on a plate. "Pot… pot… pot!"
Beil jumped down on to the chair, to the floor and ran to the pot that was currently holding a tree in it and started to dig. Once the hole was big enough both Loki and Gang joined him, Gang looked excited about whatever was going to happened.
"Now than…" Beil took a deep breath and began to sing. "Come hear our voices sweet, the sun and water meet, the seed grown all around form our voices heard from up above the ground."
Beil than set the seed into the ground. Covering it with the dirt and summoned some water and pouring it onto the seed. Within seconds the seed began to grow sprouting fast before growing into a full stock of fresh corn. (Don't judge me it was the only thing I could think of at the moment.)
Looking in awe, Loki touched the steam. "This is our power…?"
Nodding proudly Beil climbed up to the pot and touched the steam. "The songs we sing allow the food to grow much, much, much faster and it ensure our people do not starve."
"Yes," Gang said. "We sing for three weeks on all the seeds that have been brought to the festival from all over the realm. Once they return home with everyone the whole realm is fed for the year"
Smiling Loki looked at the plan. "So that's why were important… We bring life."
"And Family," Beil spoke.
"And love." Gang added.
After a long moment of silence the door opened. A female Joutn walked in carrying a some clothes in her arms and she was smiling.
"Alright you lot, it's time to get gong to the festival," She said. "Beil and Gang you should be with your families by now. Go on now."
"We shall see you tonight Prince Loki," Gang said and walked out the door with Beil who was had taken a few sweets with him.
The Jotun leaned down and smiled at him kindly. "I am Ali and I am a servant. I believe we met last time in the kitchen."
"Hello, Alie. I'm Loki."
Laughing softly she set the clothe out over her arm. "Yes, I know little Prince. Now than shall you ready or should your parents wait long?"
"I suppose not. I shall be ready in a moment." Loki took the clothes looking at them. "I do not wish to wear the middle piece."
Nodding she took it back. "Alright then."
Dressing quickly Loki whistled for Fenrir who showed up quickly. Climbing onto of the wolf's back Loki's thanked her and left the room as they went to the doors of the palace and was glad he was not the last of his family to show up.
"My child!" Fárbauti boomed. "There you are! When you did not come to our room I thought you had wondered off."
"He was only apart from us for eight hours," Laufey said pausing before looking up. "Now you worry about one of our children but you didn't when you lost Helbindi."
"I wish I knew a spell to make you forget that." Fárbauti grumbled out before sighing deeply. "One time… one time Laufey, please let it go."
"Two hours."
"How did you even know it was two hours?! Who told you?!"
"You did."
They continued to bicker before Byleistr came down and laughed. "Still at it are you? Should we not be out with the others?"
"You know they like arguing," Helbindi said with a smile.
"Apparently about the same time." Loki added and Fenrir nodded. "Shall we go now?"
"Yes," Laufey said. "It is time."
Thor panted as he climbed out of the water once again. This was getting harder and harder to do but he was stubborn. Turning back to the ocean Thor took a deep breath and dove back into the water using Monjir to go further than before and with the strange time Tony attached to the hammer that glowed brought under the water he saw something moving along the floor.
Going after it Thor caught a tail and began to push forward with Monjir back up to the surface and burst through. Dragging the thing he thought was his nephew back to the shore and hearing talking from his friends he pulled it all the way onto the sand.
"Damn, so that's him?" Clint asked. "He's huge!"
"And somehow Shield has no idea about him." Tony laughed.
"It's not him." Thor said frowning. "Jormunge has green skin and gold eyes."
"Than…Who is that…?"
"I believe some mortals call her the Loch of Ness."
"WHAT?!" All of them gasped.
"I am sorry about that Lady Loch." Thor threw her back into the water. "I'll try not to bother you again!"
"Tony what is the hell…?" Tony gaped.
Thor walked back over to the water and dove back in.
Steve only nodded. "He's a good brother."
Laufey was walking around with his family as they enjoyed the sights. Right away Helbindi and Byleistr tried getting Loki to eat everything that was served at this time of the year. Of course Loki took a few bites of the food but settled down on some sweets.
Games were easy enough to play. Helbindi winning something for Buri who had refused to come out for the day. Soon they announced the races. Both of the brother left to join in with Loki following to see who would win.
All kinds of Jotun lined up on a long stretch of firmly patted snow. And older Jotun was talking about the rules of the race. Suddenly a loud horn was blown and all of them took off the standby crowed cheering and Loki found himself joining in.
"Go Helbindi! Go Byleistr!"
It was over soon with Helbindi the winner. Somehow Loki knew it was because his Brother was always training. Leaving the cheering crowed Loki set off to find something else to do. As he did he noticed Gang and his family playing some games having fun.
As he and Fenrir went onward looking around. Loki was excited to see it all. Even though all his memories were currently locked away he had a feeling this was the first time he was seeing all of the things the Jotun did.
Pausing Loki looked up. Before when he woke up his parents had told him that he needed to heal. That meant no memories because it was so serious, however Loki wondered what happened to him? Was there a reason for the dreams that would invade his mind at night and then leave suddenly when sleep left him.
"Loki?"
"Hm?" Loki looked up. "Bera…"
Leaning down a little Laufey looked at him. "Is something wrong?"
"I am not sure." Loki admitted. "I feel…Hm… I am not sure."
"Do you want to return home?"
"No." Loki stood up on Fenrir and let himself be lifted up to his Bera's shoulder. "We are you going to go Bera?"
"I was going to see where you've wondered off too. Now that I have found you shall we go see what your Father is up too?"
"Yes."
After searching for a while they found that Fárbauti wasn't in even in the festival but had gone off with other from the army to check out something along the borders of the realms near the bifrost bridge and had been gone for over an hour. Laufey sent a few more warriors to see about it and return and inform him of what was happening.
It was at that time Loki noticed just how tense his Bera was. What must it be like to have someone you love so much be in harm's way? To always know that at any time something may happen and you may never see them again? It was a horrible thought. Than he became worse as silly thoughts entered Loki's mind of his father possibly being found dead.
It frightened him. Such a thing could happen even if he willed it not too. So both of them waited for the others to return with an time ticking by much to slow.
"Fear not, Loki. Your Father is strong he will be fine."
Even though Laufey said it he was beginning to have panic rise within him making him want to run and see if his mate was fine. Just before Laufey could even start to head off the group came over the hill and into sight making him sigh in relief.
Fárbauti walked up to them and smiled. "Did I worry you?"
"Yes!" They both shouted.
Smiling Fárbauti chuckled. "It was nothing more than a pack of wild animals roaming around looking for food. We chased them back to their rightful forest."
"Next time tell me before you leave." Laufey glared at him.
"Yes, yes, of course." Rubbing his hands together Fárbauti grinned. "Now that shall began the seed growing ceremony?"
"Bera, can I sing too?" Loki asked.
"You know about that?"
"My friends told me about it."
Both Laufey and Fárbauti shared a look and Loki had a feeling that there was a reason they hadn't told him about the seed growing ceremony and the small borns. Finally they seemed to come to a silent agreement and took Loki off to the side were they could talk in private.
"Loki, you know how you are still healing?" Laufey asked.
"Yes,"
"If may be too much for you to do. It's a lot of power to do."
"You think I cannot do it?" Loki said slightly angry.
"Loki," Fárbauti said and took a out a seed and handed it to him. "Sing to it and put your power into it."
Loki did and right after he was done with was a suddenly burning heat on his lower back. Yelping in pain thinking it was fire Loki pulled off his wolf fur as Fárbauti grabbed him and placed his hand over his back and said a spell an the pain melted away leaving him slightly shocked.
"What happened?"
"If you did this with all the seeds you would have burned to death. Only once you're fully healed can you do such a thing."
"So I am useless?" Loki said hurtfully.
"No, of course not." Laufey said rubbing his back easing more of the pain away from the black markings that had yet to fade. "You just have to wait a little while longer…"
Loki said nothing more but it did hurt. Everyone seemed to be good at something, everyone had their place and job. Everyone was useful except Loki. Wondering just what was hidden in his memories Loki started to pull at them. Even one would give him at least a clue of what had happened before he had woken up.
The memory that suffered was one Loki wished he could quickly lock away again. Grabbing his head he began to fall but was caught.
"Loki? Loki what is wrong?"
"It hurts!" Loki screamed grabbing his head the images flashing back and forth.
"-Nothing to be-"
"What's wrong-"
"-To build a wall around Asg-"
"-horse and lead him-"
"No! Please don't-"
"Brother, where are yo-"
"-Eight legged-"
"-Forbidnien to see Spl-"
Loki gasped and held his stomach gasping as his eyes focused again. "I had a baby…"
The world went black.
To SETO-KAIBA-LIFE: The reason why Odin wants Loki back is going to coming up soon. I shall tell you soon ;D
To jaquelinelittle: lol they do need a door like that! They just keep walking in like they own the place.
To Blackpantherwolf: Still waiting for that PM. Yes, they did basicly pimp out Loki for treaties. Baldr is one of my favorite and I hope they show him in the marvel movies soon.
To demonablackwolf: lol It's okay I was just like "What?"
To Kaisha Shiori: I feel bad foe Gang but it had to be done.
To fan girl 666: Baldur is going to have a bigger role in this story. I know he died young but since this is AU, anything is possible, but I want to keep it somewhat along the same story lines.
To BaraKiryuHuntress: Baldur is a son of Odin and he's… second born I think. Than came Loki. I can't remember which one it was. Thank you for the wonderful review! You made me so happy you have no idea!
To vincent1875: Because he's small.
