Here is an extremely late chapter... But better late than never right? *nervous chuckle, then runs away in shame*

Please read on!


Previously

Isabella gives a wide, pleased, and honored smile to the little girls, scooping her into her arms and walking up the stairs to a guest room. Laying her down under the covers, Isa tucks her in and waits until she falls asleep to leave, spelling a silencing charm around the room and stationing Shadow at the door to keep watch over the youngling.

Time to give those people a piece of my mind, Isabella thinks with a straightening of her back and her weapons ready to strike.

They'll never know what hit them.

Chapter 21

"May I ask, first of all, what exactly you want from us? And we are an 'us', that is something you will not change no matter how much you try Ms. Sigyn." Isabella says in a calm, business-like manner, coming down from the stairs and walking to the armchair next to Loki's, crossing her legs and placing her head on her fist, elbow on the chair with the other hand on her knee, all with a graceful eloquence to her movements.

"Well, I'm just here to let you know-" Sigyn starts, prepared to spin her tricky webs of half-truths and half-lies.

"Cut the crap, I'm not in the mood to hear it after politely and graciously accepting the very people who not only tried to kill me, but came to my home uninvited and have the audacity to try and treat me like an idiot. Now, please tell me, in the quickest and least horrible way you can, tell me what you want and if it involves Kerwyn." Isabella says, cutting Sigyn off and leaning forward, all business.

Loki sends a look towards Isabella, silently asking 'Kerwyn?'

She looks back at him and nods, saying silently, 'I'll tell you later, don't worry :)'

Sleipnir and Jörmungandr sit in shock at the words and blatant disrespect from this human directed a the woman who've given them everything, (and taken things as well, but that is not the point). Sleipnir jumps up and says, completely outraged, "How dare you talk to my mother like that, you pathetic human! No one is allowed to show her disrespect and especially not you."

Isabella looks at him, giving him the once over before dismissing him, saying in an almost bored tone, "You're stance proves you're a soldier, although that I was able to tell from how you fought me. You are very traditional, at least in your values, again proved by your fighting style as you did no wish to kill me yourself through brute force even if I was perceived as the enemy and how you are protecting your mother now with words instead of force. I believe that is due to your father's training of 'women are to be protected as they are precious' as your mother's training has you killing anyone she perceives as a threat or whoever she wants to get rid of. However, you are not fighting in any wars or for any particular cause as you feel mistrustful of anyone who is not constant in your life; for this reason you don't have relationships, only one-night stands. This is partly due to the fact that you are emotionally unstable, again, family life.

"You place a great importance on family, which is commendable, yet you have no wish to start your own due to the fact that you do not wish to end up like your parents or cause anyone the amount of pain you believe your father caused your mother. By the way, not true, your mother had a more profound effect on your father's psyche. Because you believe your father to have hurt your mother in the worst ways, you protect her and ignore your own misgivings about the commands she gives you to help make up for that. Again, commendable of you even if unneeded. Now please, sit down before you embarrass or incriminate, I haven't decided yet, yourself further."

After this speech, Loki looks at his son and watches as he wilts under Isabella's words, revealing them to be true. He reflects on them and thinks to himself, I've been a horrible father. I should have fought for them far harder than I did, especially for little Narvi.

Jörmungandr looks at her brother and looks away again, knowing what the Princess says is true and knowing that she could have avoided it if she had only told him the truth long ago. That being said, she feels almost ashamed of her actions against her brother despite their pact to be faithful to each other.

Sigyn looks furiously at Isabella, knowing that her manipulations and plans will no longer work against her son or against her daughter thanks to this little girl who has no idea what she's talking about and who should be silenced immediately.

Isabella just raises an eyebrow at her in a sarcastic 'What can you do now?' with a smirk, glad to have discombobulated the family unit and bring them on equal ground. "Now, would you like to tell me what I wanted to know, and in return I'll tell you all I can, or would you wish to leave by yourself Sigyn? I'm sure your children wish to have the truth found out and reestablish their bond with their father."

Sigyn opens and closes her mouth like a fish, trying to find words but too filled with rage to speak them. She finally decides on closing her mouth and gesturing for Jörmungandr to speak, not trusting herself to not ruin herself further.

Jörmungandr gives her mother a questioning and slightly surprised look before facing an expectant Isabella, explaining, "Have you ever heard of the Light Elves?"

Isabella nods, brow furrowing as she tries to use the question to connect the dots. Loki looks at her and smiles fondly, thinking her thirst for knowledge ranging from how to make the best apple tart to the easiest, cleanest way to accomplish world domination is absolutely adorable.

"Well, thousands of years ago, they closed Alfheim, where they live, until 31 years ago where it is rumored that the King came here to Midgard in order to find a woman to birth his, again rumored, last child. He returned after a year to complete chaos as every neighboring nations of the other Kings wants to resume or create relations with them. After 29 years of refusing meetings and alliance contracts and questions, King Gylfi finally sent out a bounty hunting mission: 'Find the one who has the strength of an oak tree and is as beautiful as the sun rising on a new day, then tell them it is time to come home.'-"

"And the person who found the child would be rewarded with whatever they wanted to a certain limit." Isabella says with a slight grimace, nodding deeply as she ingests this new information, seemingly unsurprised. She leans back in her chair and sighs deeply, widening her eyes slightly and waving her hand distractedly for Jörmungandr to continue.

Jörmungandr does, sending her brother a confused look to which he shrugs and leans back, pouting slightly from his thorough proverbial spanking from Isabella. Sigyn fumes, trying to catch Loki's eye and convey how horrible his little fiancée is. Loki is trying very hard not to shift awkwardly as he knows that what his older daughter is saying is true and knowing that he'll get the third degree once Isa figures out that he knew about the mission from his time in Thanos's prisons, didn't tell her when he mentioned the Light Elves himself and was even interested in finding the child in exchange for partial freedom.

"So the search continued for close to two years before we managed to locate the child." Jörmungandr pauses, unsure if she should continue or if her father's love interest will figure it out for herself. Isabella looks up at her and stares intently for several seconds as she processes the information and put the pieces together; her eyes widening and understanding filling her as the puzzle is completed.

Jörmungandr tries again, gathering her thoughts before saying carefully as to not poke the bear, figuratively speaking, "We searched for close to two years and located the place the King's Steward last visited two years ago; where he met his child, what he told her, and who it turned out to be. We found that the Lost Child is-"

"Me. I am the last child of King Gylfi, reining royal of the Light Elves and the child of Halfdan the Old, also know as Ali, and Alvig the Wise." Isabella says in a breathless tone, closing her eyes hard at the rush of memories of a deep voice full of power blessing her before laying her down somewhere, the voice ordering someone to look after the half-conscious child, the trees and plants and birds all having the same comforting voice and healing presence as she grew up and hurt and healed.

Loki sees her tense and relax multiple times before asking the question on everyone's mind. "What are you going to do now, flora?"

It takes a moment for Isabella to manage the avalanche of memories into a more manageable state and register the question. Once she does, she opens her eyes, the gold flakes in them more pronounced and shining with her power as it floods the room and her voice.

"Like my Father said, it is time to go home."

And so it is! I apologize that this has taken so long, Life caught up with me and really kicked me to the curb. But here is the chapter, and I WILL be posting another one tomorrow. This last chapter, (and possibly the next), is pretty much the last chapter where the Winchester Clan will appear until the end.

As always, thank you for reading and reviewing. Any questions will be answered in the next chapter's Author's Note.

Next chapter: Isabella and Loki talk privately about what to do next. Isabella forms a plan and like she said, it's time to go home.

'Till next time! :)