I saw myself in the garden running around a tree I was wearing a long white dress with a gold crown. It looked almost like an Asgardian wedding dress. Chasing me was Loki in his armor, but I wasn't afraid. I was laughing and smiling, just like him. He wrapped his arm around my waist and picked me up. He lied down on the grass with me next to him, his other hand pulled a strand of hair behind my ear.
"I love you Kida"
"I love you too Loki" I replied before he kissed me, what the hell was happening?
The vision in front of me changed to me and Loki standing by a fireplace, I was holding a small child in my arms. Loki and I smiled down at the child as the child reached up and grabbed Loki's hand. Suddenly I was standing in a cemetery, in front of me was a large grave.
Anthony Howard Stark
1970-2004
Beloved Son and Inventor
Before another horrific image could appear in front of my eyes, a sudden splash of cold water hit me like a ton of bricks. My eyes opened suddenly and I saw myself in an old cabin, and elderly woman stood above me.
"Good you're finally awake" She said before walking away
"Who the hell are you?" I pushed myself up and saw my right shoulder covered in white bandages. "What the hell happened to me?"
"I think the bandages make it clear Kida, you were shot with an arrow filled with dark magic." She explained "The dark magic has poisoned your blood, but it will leave your system in a few hours, maybe two days."
"How do you know my name?" I asked as I sat over the edge of the stone slab
"I knew your parents, I was the one who sent you and your mother to Midgard centuries ago."
"You sent me and my mom to Earth? Why didn't you tell anyone where we were? Everyone was looking for us."
"If they did find you, things would be drastically different, that's what I just showed you."
"You caused the visions?" I asked and she laughed
"Now you're finally putting the pieces together" She said
"But they don't make any sense" The woman sighed in annoyance and turned to face me.
"Look if you were discovered long ago you would have lived your life in the palace. Odin takes you in and you develop your friendship with Thor. However, on your eighteenth birthday you are put in an arranged marriage with Thor to become the next queen. Of course Loki had true, strong feelings for you and challenged Thor to a fight to the death. Loki manages to kill Thor and you two are happily married and have a baby girl. Centuries later with Loki on the throne Frost Giants attack the palace killing you, your child, and your unborn second child. Meanwhile on Earth Tony Stark falls into a deep depression after discovering his chances of having children are low. Since he never adopted you, no child was right for him. He fell into multiple drunken rages until he jumped over his balcony into the sea."
I stood at the wall ahead of me, shocked at how different it would have been if I lived in Asgard.
"I knew what would happen if they discovered you, so I hid you from the Gatekeeper with my magic."
"If you can see my fate in an alternate life…then what is my fate in this life?" I asked curious
"It's whatever you want, I can only see what could have happened if things were different. I cannot see the future." She grabbed a small green bottle and handed it to me. "Drink this, it will heal the wound."
I threw my head back and almost gagged on the foul toxin. I coughed as it moved down my throat to my stomach.
"What the hell did you give me?!"
"Just some medicine…now go to the prison, he needs to see you." She said as she walked to another room.
"You mean Loki…why should I go see him first?" I looked down the hall but she disappeared
"Because you need to make it clear to him how you two feel about each other." I jumped when she suddenly appeared behind me. "He still loves you, and you need to bury the hatchet…tell him to move on."
"You do understand this man is psychotic." She suddenly started to push me to the door.
"Yes but trust me, it is very important." The door opened on its own and she pushed me into the bright world.
"Wait why?" I turned around to face her, but there was no cabin. Only trees and bushes. I turned back around to see Gunnar.
I climbed onto Gunnar's back and started to ride back to the palace. I walked through the throne room as people stared at me in shock. I saw Odin and Thor fighting. When Odin walked away Thor turned around and saw me.
"Kida…" He slowly walked towards me, steadily increasing his pace into a sprint. "Kida!"
He picked me up and spun me around, while holding me in a tight hug. He pulled his head away and I could see tears in his eyes.
"Thor where's Jane…or Frigga?" When I mentioned Frigga his face turned white. "What happened?'
"We need to talk alone"
I fallowed him upstairs to my room, there he explained it to me gently what happened to Frigga. I sat on the edge of my bed shocked, he sat down next to me and pulled me into a hug. I rested my head on his chest, feeling numb. First I've lost Phil and now Frigga, the only good thing I've heard was Jane was alive and well. Some new handmaidens walked in giving me a red dress with gold pattern on the waist, to wear while they washed and repaired my armor. I brushed the dirt off my mother's locket and looked at the ground to see my picture frame. I picked it up and saw the glass was completely cracked. I slid the paper out and folded it into a small square, before placing it in my locket.
Thor brought me some food but I lost my appetite, while everyone went to eat dinner I decided to see Loki. The crazy woman did say it was important, and what was the harm to see if he was ok. I grabbed a long black cloak and walked to the stables where Thor saw me.
"Kida where are you going?" He asked
"I need to speak with Loki" I replied
"Kida…" He walked towards me and placed his hand on my shoulder. "you and I know he still holds feelings for you, although he is no longer the Loki we knew before. Be careful,"
"I will"
I hopped onto Gunnar and rode towards the prison, as I walked through the halls I saw all the empty dark cells. But there was only one cell untouched, there I looked inside to see Loki with his back turned to me
"After all this time you've finally decided to visit me, brother." He turned around to face me. "Why? To gloat to mock?"
I raised my head and pulled my hood down to reveal my face. He suddenly looked at me shocked and relieved.
"Kida…"
"I expected you to be less…calm." I said as he pressed his hand against the glass.
"You're alive…how?"
"An old friend of my parent's found me in the river." I looked around the room, I could sense the strong magic that masked the room. "Loki…drop the illusion."
He stepped back as green light traveled around the room revealing its true form. The furniture was broken into pieces, books were scattered across the floor. He was on the floor leaning his head against the back wall, his left foot was covered in blood. His hair was messy and there was no light in his eyes. I walked around and picked the lock until it opened, there I ripped a piece of his blanket and poured some water on it.
"What happened?" I asked
"It was my fault Kida" He answered as I cleaned his wounded foot.
"What are you talking about?"
"I told the man who killed Frigga how to escape, if I knew what he was going to do. I would've never said anything." He looked down then to me. "And I couldn't stop Malekith from harming you, I had the chance and I missed it."
"Loki…" I ripped another piece from his blanket and wrapped it around his foot. "We cannot control the fate of others."
When I finished wrapping his foot he reached down and grabbed my hand.
"Loki, I've come here to make something clear, I need you to let me go." I said "I know you still have feelings for me. But after all that's happened, I can never take you back."
"If things were different, would you come back?"
"A lot of things would have to be different Loki, maybe in another life." I shrugged my shoulders, without thinking I leaned over and kissed him on the lips. "Goodbye Loki"
"Will I ever see you again?" He asked as I opened the door
"I don't know, once the dark elves are taken care of, I'm going home."
Chapter Song
Oh it's so sad to
Think about the good times
You and I
Cause baby now we got bad blood.
-Bad Blood by Taylor Swift, 1989
