Not so happy family reunion

Christmas was fast approaching, and you know what that means right? That right, christmas shopping. Hoo-rah.

"Are you sure Vali should come along?" Loki worried. Vali was standing on the other side of the elevator as we rode it down. We had all somehow managed to squeeze in, Jayfeather and Bowtie were being left behind. (much to their protesting)

"If it's as dangerous as you say it is then I don't want my son there at all." Loki continued.

"Oh relax reindeer games, kids going to be fine. He is with Earths Mightiest Heroes you know." Stark bantered.

"More like Midgards Most Arrogant." Loki grumbled, but when he looked over at me, Ember, Peter, and Vali he back off the subject. It was the day after Loki's failed attempt at sneaking up on me, when I confronted him about it he claimed ignorance, I didn't believe him because who else could had tried something like that?

"I can't believe you're giving us ten thousand dollars to spend Tony." Bruce said shaking his head and smiling, he had wanted to stay behind saying that crowds made him nervous, we managed to convince him to come along anyway though.

"No biggie." Stark said, "Besides, what's a christmas without an obscene budget?"

"Normal." Muttered Clint. I didn't really care either way, but hey if Stark was going to give me ten thousand, I was not about to start complaining.

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Nari woke up in the same tree he had fallen asleep in. He felt for the magic trail of Traitor Loki, he felt it some ways off mixed with that of three others. One he could identify as that of the girl he had seen the other day, one felt so faint that he doubted if the owner of the trail could use magic at all, and the other, well the other felt weird. Like he had felt it before but it had changed somehow. But that was impossible considering that Nari had not felt any magic users other than Loki and that girl, he could not know the third magic trail. Anyway, Nari focused on the girl's magic tail, and teleported.

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I was walking around with Peter in the mall. We had decided to go in pairs so we could go shopping for the others without them seeing their present, we planned on switching off later so you could go shopping for your first partner. So besides me and Peter is was,

Natasha and Clint. (Surprise surprise)

Thor and Tony.

Steve and Bruce.

And finally Loki, Vali, and Ember. (Me and Ember decided that Vali needed to spend more time with Loki so they went as the group of three and would be staying the same for the whole trip.)

"What do you think Tony would like?" Peter asked as we were in a tool store. (As insisted on by Peter)

"He probably has every tool imaginable and then some, I don't think you'll find anything in here for Stark." Peter frowned.

"Good point, I guess we should go somewhere else then."

It was when we were in a bookstore that I felt something was off, I ignored it though. It wasn't like something bad was going to happen just because I didn't rush to figure out what felt slightly off.

I mean it's christmas time and theres a lot of people about, it was probably just a draft.

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Nari peered out from behind a bookshelf. He watched as the girl with white and blue hair shuffled through books. Nari had to steal more clothes to blend in with the humans, he now stood silently observing the girl that wasn't apart of his training on the avengers. Nari stiffened when the girl called,

"Hey Peter! What do you think about this for Bruce?" A boy walked towards her and nodded,

"Yeah I think he'll like it, we should move on though, before you blow your whole budget on books," Peter gestured to the basket she was carrying. Peter looked at his watch before saying.

"We should hurry Chilly, it's almost time to switch off." He waggled his eyebrows at her. "Make sure you get me something good okay?" They laughed and went over to check out. Nari growled in frustration, now there was this mortal who of which he had no information on except for his name. The only thing he had really learned was that the girl's name was 'Chilly'. That would have to be enough for the moment, now he had to investigate the three other magic trails.

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Vali was amazed at what he saw, it had been him that had suggested the store they were in now. Lady Ember and Loki had jumped on it as soon as he had said he wanted to take a look, clearly eager to make him happy.

They were walking through a stuffed animal shop. Floor to ceiling the shelves were lined with stuffed animals. He had seen lady Ember disappear into the ladies room and reappear just as quickly. (She had gathered up all of the wolf stuffed animals and threw them into a stall, locking it and having to crawl out from under the door.) Vali picked up a fair sized bear doll, if was fluffy and didn't look at all threatening. It had peculiar colors of black and white but it smiled at him. Vali liked it.

"Have you found something to your liking Vali?" Vali jumped and had to suppress a shriek when he heared the voice of Loki behind him.

Loki. Vali was not sure how he felt about him anymore, Vali knew he was no longer 'Father'. But he was certainly not 'father', so Vali settled on 'Loki'.

"Yes." Vali held out the bear, afraid that Loki would laugh and call him a child for choosing the soft and plush animal.

You are weak, you pick an infant's toy. Father will laugh and mock you, and what will lady Ember think of you? A boy in the body of a man. The voice whispered, Vali felt despair claw at his throat, was the voice right? Would lady Ember do that to him?
"Oh hey a pillow pet!" Lady Ember said walking towards them. "That's awesome Vali!... Now I want one.." She said looking through the animals she picked up one that was a weird looking animal with antlers.

"There we go, a moose, I think I'm going to name him Sam Winchester." Lady Ember said grinning like she had just said some inside joke of which Vali did not understand. He stared at his bear, he thought he should name it like lady Ember had hers. Then a name sprang into his head,

"Dagna." He whispered. Lady Ember looked at him confused,

"Sorry what was that?"

"Dagna," Loki said before Vali had the chance to explain himself. "It means 'New Day'." Loki smiled at him gently and Vali felt something within him melt somewhat away, maybe it was the cold fear of Father that the voice had build up over the years. "And I think it is a wonderful name."

"Totally, now we should hurry and pay for this before meeting the others, Vali do you want to look at more beforehand?" Lady Ember asked him, he nodded shyly. "Okay! I'll go pay and you two can go browse." Before Vali could protest lady Ember was gone and he was left with Loki.

"Alright Vali," Loki said, "How about I look down this aisle and you look down the one next to it?" Vali nodded meekly and they went down the aisle and was startled when someone bumped into him.

He and the stranger froze and stared at each other. Then they both screamed.

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It had been an accident, Nari had meant to teleport to Traitor Loki, but he didn't see him so he began backing up. That was when he bumped into someone, Nari spun around to be meet with his face.

They stared back at each other, frozen in horror and confusion. Then they screamed. Nari screamed in pain as memory after memory tore at him and the electrical shock that came with them.

The person in front of him was Vali, his brother.

Nari and Vali were best friends, they grew up close, never apart for long.

Vali and Nari helped each other through hard times and laughed together during the good.

They were twins.

They loved each other dearly.

Vali had killed him. But it was an accident.

The electrical shocks came more powerful and Nari felt his memories slip.

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Vali watched in horror as his lost twin fell to the floor and convulsed in pain. Oh gods he wouldn't stop screaming, what had he done wrong? He didn't know so Vali screamed too. That had brought Loki to the scene, he too stared in shock but only briefly. Then Loki raced to Nari's side.

"Nari! Can you hear me? NARI!" Loki yelled, finally after a bit Nari fell unconscious.

"Oh my god," Lady Ember held onto his arm, "Is that Nari?" Vali couldn't take it, he teleported away. Forgetting that lady Ember was attached to him so she teleported too.

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Nari floated in the space that was his mind. He panicked as the shocking pain burned away his memories and left only darkness. He was in so much pain and his memories were going, he had to act fast or else all his memories would be gone again. Nari knew that he wouldn't remember anything at all if he didn't hurry.

Thanos is using me. Nari thought, He will use me to kill father and brother. I refuse to let that happen, I will save them, I will protect them even if I can't remember. Nari was determined. He reached out and snagged hold of memory he hoped he could hold on to and help him remember. But immediately it began to burn in his hands.

Loki was his father, and Vali was his brother. They were happy together.

Loki his father, Vali his brother. They were happy.

Loki father, Vali brother. They happy.

Father, brother. Happy.

Ther, brother. Hap.

Er, brother. H.

Brother.

So what do you think will happen now? Where is Vali and Ember? What will happen to Nari?

FIND OUT SOME TIME IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS!

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