I can not explain how great if felt to be back in the fabrics of time and space. Even better is that Darcy is holding my hand! Well, more like I grabbed her hand right before we entered because Jane shouted "everyone hold hands so we don't get separated!" Then said something that completely went over my head. This mortal knows more than she should. Darcy had a frightened cornered animal look right before we slipped into the fabrics of time and space, but the second I grabbed her hand I thought I saw her relax a little.
The next second we were out of the fabrics of time and space. We ended up some where strange. With things every where. There were also shadows. The shadows would whisper our darkest secrets, so I think to confined herself Darcy took out her iPod and started singing to the song that was playing. It was something about burning a picture.
"Well, I think we should get out of this place." said Jane.
"No, wait. Why don't we look around." I said. I was mesmerized by the swirls and whispers of darkness and trickery. No wonder Darcy put in her headphones. Something in my voice must have startled them. They started yelling at me to come back. Where had I gone? Suddenly I couldn't hear them.
I was wrapped with the voices. They were telling me to come away to stay here, forever. My mind drifted to Darcy for a minute. The shadows knew this would draw me back. They started whispering furiously.
"She is nothing. She never gives you a second glance. She isn't even pretty. If you would fall for a lowlife like her, you shouldn't even be allowed into royalty. We have a place that is meant for you. No one else. Even if you trick yourself you like her, she would never ever love you. You deserve better." they said so many things, all at once. He heard them all. He heard them as shadow creature. He was a shadow creature, they were right. I was starting to think of myself as someone else. No, I deserved better, I was royalty, she was lowlife scum. I took another step forward, a memory tugged at the back of his mind. A memory that wasn't so long ago, but seemed eons away.
Darcy, her laugh when we had toppled over the couch, so beautiful, so full of joy, so contagious that I started laughing. It was a wonderful feeling, laughing. Then another memory, this one of Thor, his stricken look when I let go. Suddenly Darcy was in front of me. She scattered the shadows, then shoved the headphones in my ears. The song that had gone on when Jane had burst in the room was playing. She shoved me back to where Jane was. She grabbed my hand then Jane' s. She had a worried sick look on her face when we went back into the fabric of time and space.
The second we were there my mind cleared. My first thought was that Darcy had been worried for me, then I thought how she saved me, then lastly where had the shadows been taking me? Then I thought how stupid I had been and how lucky that Darcy saved me. Now I am in debt to her. How could I have been so stupid? I have never in my life been tricked by anyone, I have tricked many other people. This new dimension scares me, nothing before in my life has scared me. Just then we landed, thankfully we landed in Asgard. During this time of day, no one is out. Also, it isn't taken nicely to people who are out at this time.
"We need to be silent. No one is supposed to be out at this time." I said in hushed whisper, to Darcy I said "So, no iPod till we are in the castle."
"Yeah, I know what silent means." she said with a glare.
"Wait, why isn't anyone allowed outside at this time?" asked Jane.
"Well, it is more of… well…um…" I let my voice fade, "My father sort have made it so that I could sulk around town during this time of day because he wanted me to get around town, but I didn't connect well with the towns people and they didn't really like it when I was walking around. They seemed to feel an aura of coldness when I walked by."
"Oh."
Oh! Oh, that is all she has to say. I just admitted one of my darkest secrets to these people, one that only my father knew about, and all she has to say is oh?
"Then why do we have to be quiet?" asked Darcy.
"It has become a tradition, not law, that the people go into their homes at this time. Any disturbance is considered against tradition, here in Asgard going against tradition is like being a traitor to the king."
"Ok." Darcy said.
So then without another sound from any of us we slowly made it through Asgard to the castle. We were almost there when Darcy kicked a bottle. It went across the street to hit a garbage can, the sound echoed throughout the whole city.
"I'm… I am… I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that." Darcy started to stutter.
"Shhhhhh." I hissed at her, cutting her sorry off.
The drapes on the farthest houses started to open.
"Run." I said, I think I said it to casually because everyone looked confused. I grabbed Darcy's hand and dragged her along, I could only hope Jane was following. When we reached the castle the doors were closed which in itself is odd. So we banged on the doors, till someone came. He was one of the servants, oddly he held his head down only looking at our shoes.
"We are not accepting visitors. This is the time of mourning for the lost brother Loki."
"The brother is not lost. If you would look up you would see that he is standing right here." said Jane, you apparently was running. For she was out of breath.
The servant looked up and we saw his eyes grow 3 sizes to big. "I'll… I'll open the gate right away your highness." he stuttered.
He ran to the gate house that was up many stairs. I question the design often. Since it would take awhile for the gate to open I decided to thank Darcy for saving me.
"Um, Darcy? I would like to… to thank you for saving me, in the other dimension." I said, my voice came out shaky much to my displeasure.
"Oh, it was nothing. I acted mostly on impulse." she said.
I acted mostly on impulse! That pretty much ripped out my heart and shredded into a million pieces. Why? Because it shows she doesn't care, she just acted on impulse and that told her to save the idiot who fell into the shadows trap.
"but I was really worried it wouldn't have worked and you would have walked away from me." she continued. "With my iPod. Yeah I wouldn't be able to live without my iPod." she said suddenly, "Yeah."
Well that put the pieces back together, sort of. At least I wasn't completely crushed anymore. It looked like she wanted to say more, but just then the doors opened.