Loki was tucked away in his little hidey hole, as always. A large book was wedged between his legs and his torso. His mother gave it to him after his magic lessons that day, told him to soak up all the book had to offer before they would have lessons again. He had spent half the day already reading, his eyes never leaving the yellowed pages. He listened to the servants pass around him, they spoke softer as they past, knowing not to disturb the young prince when he was reading.
"Reading again?" A calm voice asked. Loki flicked his eyes up to see Fia,a young servant who sometimes tended to Loki and Thor. Fia had helped Loki smuggle books into and out of his room late at night.
"Yes. Mother gave me this book to read before our next lesson." Loki answered, his green eyes going back to the book. Fia smiled and left the young prince to read.
Loki was reading about basic element conjuring when he heard the loud clang of a sword being dropped. Thor is done. He thought as he flipped the page. It would be only a matter of time before Thor came running over to bother him. Sure enough a few minutes later, he heard the shouts of his brother. "Loki, where are you?" Thor shouted, his feet thumping.
"Where I always am Thor." Loki sighed, flipping hte page. Thor spun around a corner to find his brother in his hole.
"Brother! Why didn't you come to weapons practice?" Thor asked, shoving himself up onto the ledge. Loki shuffled his feet so Thor could fit on there with him. Loki then held up the giant book and continued to read. "Reading again?" Thor whined, pawing at Loki's knee. Loki sighed and ignored Thor, reading more about element conjuring. "Loki, bother, I'm bored." Thor whined, pawing Loki's knee harder. "We can do something you want to do." Thor tried, that was hard for Thor.
"Fine." Loki answered, placing the ribbon where he was. Thor's face lit up.
"Really?" Loki nodded. "Oh wonderful brother!" Thor grinned and looked to his brother. "so, what do you wish to do?" The other prince asked, cocking his head. Loki thought for a moment then decided.
"Would you like to learn magic, Thor?" Loki asked, gesturing to the book. Thor's face dropped a little.
"Reading?" Thor whined. Loki shook his head quickly.
"No, no. No reading. I would show you then you would try, easy." Loki explained, his fingers tapping the book. Thor nodded. "Perfect." Loki opened the page to most simple spell, levitation. "Okay so, you just have to think of the object floating." Loki read out of the book, sorta. He pulled a roll out of his pocket and set it on the ledge. He focused on it, willing it to float. The roll lifted up easily and he swirled it around the hallway, almost hitting a poor maid with it. Thor laughed and lunged forward.
"My turn! I want to try!" Thor cried. Loki dropped the roll onto the ledge and gestured out, to say it was all Thor. Loki watched his brother concentrate on the roll for a few minutes, his blue gaze never breaking. Finally, the roll lifted a little, barely an inch. Still, Thor was proud. "See that brother? I did it!" Thor grinned, making Loki grin. Thor tried again, the roll lifting a little higher. He kept trying till he could get the roll to fly across the hall.
"Next one is making stuff." Loki read the instructions. "Think of the thing, think of what it's made of, think about the size, shape and color. Then, will it to be." Loki instructed his brother. Loki turned and tried to imagine a quill, something simple. After a few minutes, a small quill appeared. Thor smiled at his brother.
"Good job, brother." Thor then went. He was trying to imagine an ink well into the world. He thought long and hard for ten minutes, never wavering. Finally, an ink well appeared, ink spilling everywhere. Loki shouted and yanked the book out of the way. "Sorry Loki. did the book get harmed?" Thor leaned over to see.
"It is alright, Thor. The book was undamaged." Loki assured his brother, waving a servant over. They saw the ink and quickly ran to get a cloth to clean. "Come on, let's go find something to eat." Loki stood, book hugged to his chest. Thor flicked his eyes towards the ink. "Thor don;t worry." Loki started to walk. Thor trailed after him. "maybe magic isn't for you, Thor. You can attack with weapons while I cast curses on our enemy." Loki suggested as they came to a main hallway.
"Yea. We'll be the best team in the battle." Thor grinned. Loki smiled at his brother.