Chapter 5

Darcy looked out the window of her balcony watching as the rain fell softly against the pane. It had been two weeks since she had come back to
Asgard and in that two week period she found herself falling for the Fallen Prince. She now understood why he had done everything he had done.
She thought back to the conversation they had had a few days prior when he had revealed to her his lineage.

Flashback…

"Darcy, there is something I need to ask you."

"Okay, what is it?"

"Would you think better of me if you knew why it is I did what I did?" he asked hesitantly.

Darcy looked at him quizzically then nodded and waited to hear what he had to say.

"My story begins many years ago. I was born the runt son of the Frost Giant king, Laufey. Odin said that I had been abandoned in their temple
awaiting death to claim me when he found me. Taking compassion on me, he brought me back to Asgard and claimed me as his son."

"As the years went by he claimed that Thor and I were both meant to be kings but only one of us would sit on Asgard's throne. We grew up
believing this and then the day came that Odin named Thor his heir. I was in shock as Thor was a hothead and did everything before thinking it through first. At his coronation I wanted to disrupt it as Asgard was not ready, in my eyes at least, for his rule. I let in three Frost Giants from Jotunheim through an ancient passage and into the armory. I had promised them their power source that father had taken when he took me."

He heard her gasp but continued. "Needless to say they were unsuccessful but the coronation was ruined just as I had planned. I then goaded Thor into going to Jotunheim to confront the giants and just as I knew he would he went. All was going well until one of them called him a little princess. Thor being Thor reacted and nearly started a war. But it was during the fighting that one of the giants caught hold of my arm and instead of burning me as it would to a normal Aseir, my arm simple changed and then returned to normal. I was in shock by what had happened and was resolved to ask father about it when we returned."

"Father came to Jotunheim, as I had informed the Guard of our going, hoping to prove that Thor was not ready to rule. Laufey called him a murderer and a thief and I wondered why. We were returned to Asgard and Father banished Thor for his recklessness although in my defense I did try to tell Father the truth but he would not listen to me."

Darcy had always wondered what had caused Thor to just fall through the sky and into their path that night. She stayed silent though as he continued to speak.

"Later that evening I went to the armory. I was intrigued by the Casket of Winters, the Frost Giants source of power. I picked it up and when I did I changed completely into the monster I had been told about all my life. I asked father if I was cursed because I didn't understand how I could have changed from Aseir to a Frost Giant and then father revealed to me my heritage."

"I went through so many feelings at that moment. Shock and betrayal were the foremost of all my feelings. I couldn't believe that Father was
telling me that I wasn't his son but the son of a Frost Giant and that he had taken me only to use me later on to combine the kingdoms. My life
suddenly became a lie. A huge lie. Everything I had known and believed in suddenly came crashing down around me."

Darcy's heart broke for him at that moment. She wanted to hold him so badly right then and tell him that it would be alright, but she coun't seem to move. Shock at what he had just revealed to her had left her motionless.

"I yelled at father and he fell into his sleep. I became acting king and I took advantage of the title in my rage. I sent the Destroyer to kill him, so he would no longer be a threat to my right to be king. You know what happened there so I will not explain it. When he returned, he and I fought as I was trying to destroy Jotunheim and the race of monsters that reminded me of what I really was. He destroyed the Bifrost in order to stop me and when the bridge shattered we were thrown over the side. If it had not been for Odin, Thor would have been lost to Asgard."

"I, on the other hand, let go. I felt that since I was only there as a pawn they were better off without me. I fell into the Abyss and it was by some
miracle that the Chitari found me. They nursed my back to health and then gave me the staff. It wasn't until later that I found out that they had used
it on me to make me more compliant to their plan."

"I went to Midgard via the Tesseract's power, and took it as well as a few others to help with the plan. If it had not been for the Avenger's I would have won."

"When Thor retuned us to Asgard, Father imprisoned me in the dungeon where I was told I would stay for the rest of all eternity. However, that changed when he was informed of your return. He came to my cell personally to tell me that he was releasing me but I would remain with a guard until he felt that I had redeemed myself. Hence why your brother is always by my side." he said, finishing his tale.

She did manage to move by the end of his story and was embracing him tightly. nIt was no wonder that he acted the way he had. Odin saw him as a pawn to be used, Thor only saw his wayward brother, Frigga saw her son and now that she thought about it she saw him as a man who had been through too much in so short a time. Right then she decided that she would give him a chance to redeem himself and if she had to be the one to see that he did so then so be it.

End of Flashback…

Darcy still could not believe everything he had told her but after confronting the Allfather himself about it she was surprised that Loki had actually
been telling the truth. Something she found odd considering he was the God of Lies. Now as she waited out the rain, she wondered if he would ever show his true self to her.

She remembered SHIELD telling her that when Dr. Selvig and Agent Barton had both been under the influence of the tesseract their eyes had turned an eerie shade of blue. Thor had said the same about Loki, when he had come for his wayward brother. So his claim that he had been under the influence of the tesseract as well was true. She knew she was going to have to talk to Loki now that she knew the truth about his past. Everything he had done had been done to gain attention and like Thor she believed that he could be redeemed.