CHAPTER 3
Thor was just practicing fighting with Lady Sif when he felt a presence near him. He wanted to turn, to look what was there but at that moment Sif attacked him with more strength a mortal woman would have done. So Thor had to concentrate on the fight again.
Suddenly he heard a voice saying "Really? You're wearing that cape with those shoes?"
Thor signaled Sif to stop fighting and look around him. There was no one there. "What are you look for you big oaf?" the voice sounded from his right side.
"Show yourself coward!"
"No humor. Are all Aesirs like that? Look down you big lunatic!"
Thor looked down and the only thing he saw was his hammer Mjolnir.
"Wha-" Thor wanted to say when Mjolnir hit him in the face.
"Never underestimate a hammer! Maybe that will make your face prettier or at least it will have the same color as your coat. But we still have to do something about those shoes."
"Who is talking to you, Thor?" Sif intervened in taking his hands and looking into his eyes.
"Now kiss!" the voice sounded.
"It seems like Mjolnir is criticizing me. What sorcery is this?"
Thor looked at his hammer in bewilderment and when he looked up again every soldier in the yard seemed to hold Mjolnir. There were hundred versions of his hammer and everyone was worthy enough to hold it.
"How can you all be worthy?" he cried out loud.
"Thor, what's wrong?" Sif asked concerned.
"Can't you see it Sif? Everyone is holding Mjolnir!"
Sif slapped him. "Shut up! No one was talking to you and the only one holding Mjolnir is you! What's wrong with you?"
Thor blinked a few times and realized that Sif was right. "Someone must have poisoned me!"
"Or", Sif explained, "You were a bit too drunk for this practice hour. The other possibility would be that someone put an illusion on you and there are only two people in the universe, who would be capable of doing that. Thor, you know the only one besides your mother is locked away with his magic unable to reach you through the force field!" Sif started to exclaim when she saw Thor's mood darken.
"Don't do anything stupid"
"Don't worry. Let's go and fetch something to drink."
When they finally ended their sword fight they packed their things and left the training area. The warriors three and Lady Sif made their way to the dining hall, while Thor fell behind without them noticing. He had to check something before he could rest and feast. Thor made his way straight to the dungeons. He knew only two people who could put an illusion over someone that easily: his mother and … Loki. Before he wanted to confront his mother with this awkward situation he needed to make sure that Loki was still in his place and that his magic couldn't breach the barrier, which held him in his cell.
Thor walked quietly in order to surprise his little brother, just to make sure Loki wouldn't put an illusion over himself first. When he got near the cell Thor could already see, that Loki sat in there, reading. Loki noticed him before Thor thought he would and said, "Thor Odinson, what a surprise. You wanted to make sure that it wasn't me out in the fighting yard?"
"How did you get that knowledge?"
"You really think that the story about Thor Odinson getting mad and shouting at his hammer in the training yard would go unmentioned in the guards' mouth? Are you really that naïve?"
"So do you know who did this? Was it you?"
Loki looked up from his book and threw Thor a disappointed look. "You should check if everything is alright with your brain or did you forget that my magic is concealed behind this barrier? Maybe mother thought that you haven't been tricked in a while and did so. Who knows?"
"So you say it wasn't you."
"Are you even listening to what I said? I could be as good talking to this chair and I'm sure it would understand better than you."
Thor wanted to turn away when he noticed something strange. Usually the force field made a tiny sound, hardly hearable at all, but still. But now, everything was quiet, except for Loki speaking. Thor approached the force field.
"What is it? You want to get a closer look at the imprisoned monster?"
"Shut up!"
He came closer. Yes, now he was sure, there wasn't any barrier between Loki and him. Thor looked up at Loki, reached out for him and … his hand passed right through Loki. The cell was empty; there neither was a force field nor a prisoner. Alarmed, Thor looked around, but no one was there. "I have to speak with father!"
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