The fog lifts

Vali and Ember fall to the ground. Ember shakes her head and stands slowly,

"Aw man what was that for?" Ember muttered rubbing her head. She looks at Vali who is motionless staring up at the sky.

"Vali, are you okay!" Ember kneels beside him and he mutely rolls his head towards her.

"He hates me." Vali mumbles, his expression blank. "He really does hate me."

"Who hates you? That guy... Nari?" Ember asks and Vali nods his head, a tear leaks out from one of his eyes and Ember don't know what to do.

"I should have killed myself along time ago." Ember was shocked when she heard him say that.

"No Vali... Why would you ever say that?" She said quietly. "Vali, what could be so terrible that you think you should end your own life?" Vali didn't answer but he stiffened and the tears came more freely.

"Is it because you feel guilty of what happened to Nari?" When Ember said that Vali gasped.

"You know?" Vali stood up and stumbled away from Ember, she looked at him confused.

"Know what exactly? That Nari was killed by accident?"
"THAT I'M A MONSTER!" Vali screeched. "THAT I KILLED MY BROTHER IN COLD BLOOD? THAT EVERYONE HATES ME AND WANTS ME DEAD?"

Ember was astonished by Vali's words. "Val, what are you talking about? Everyone knows what happened to Nari was an accident, that Odin forced you to become a wolf and kill Nari against your will. As for anyone wanting you dead? Bro, we all love you. It would be tragic if you died Vali, so why would you want to?"

While Ember was talking Vali had pushed himself up against a tree and had both hands clutching his hair.

"Because I am a monster. I'm a monster." He said, Ember walked over to him carefully, not wanting him to teleport away. She gently grabbed his wrists and pulled them away, he looked at her with tears streaming down his face. So Ember did the only thing she could think of.

She kissed him.

Ember felt him freeze and when she pulled back Vali was staring at her in utter amazement and wonder.

"No need to look so star struck dude, I know I'm a great catch." Ember said smiling and they both started to laugh.

"Lady Ember I-" Vali was cut off as he started choking, white foam gathered at the edges of his mouth and he crumbled to the ground jerking uncontrollably.

"Holy fuck! Vali what going on! Vali!" Ember yelled at him, she grabbed his wrist and felt his pulse but he was still coughing up the white stuff.

"Val I need you to listen to me okay! I don't know what to do but if you can teleport us to avengers tower then we can get help! VALI NOW!"

Suddenly they were transported away.

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Chilly and Peter had been passing s stuffed animal store when they heard screams from inside, running in they had just enough time to see Vali and Ember disappear. Then Chilly saw Nari laying on the ground.

"Loki, it that?" She reached out to touch him but Loki stopped her,

"We don't have time for this." He said, he then used magic to teleport the three of them away.

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Loki had placed Nari's unconscious body on the couch, he had used magic to send us to the living room in the tower. He had left Peter behind and now I had to call the avengers and tell them, well, shit happened.

"Hey Stark." I said to my blue and white avengers calling card. "Uh, me and Loki are at the tower and-"

"What! You left without us!" Stark said irritated, I looked at Loki and Nari.

"I think you'll understand once you get here."

"I better or else I'm going to-" I disconnected the call and stuffed the card back in my pocket. I went back over to Loki, at his time Bowtie and Jayfeather ran in. They came up to me barking and meowing happily before seeing Nari, then they growled threateningly.

"Come you guys knock it off, he's a friend. So what happened to him exactly? I mean it looked like he just freaked." I said looking at Nari on the couch. "Like he had stuck his finger in a light socket."

"I am not sure." Loki said checking over his son, Nari had on human clothes and actually looked like Vali. Well, duh. They're twins, but while Vali was thin Nari looked average if not slightly muscled.

"What do we do?" I asked.

"We find out what caused him to do that." Loki said he checked for a pulse in Nari's neck before he looked at the rest of him. Even without him awake I could tell he was tired, he also had scrapes and bruises on him. When Nari tilted his head and groaned a little I caught sight of something on his neck.

"Hey what's that?" I reached forward but Loki grabbed my wrist before I could touch it. He let go and I lowered my hand, Loki then turned Nari's head more and we could see the weird device.

"What, the, hell, is that?" I muttered. Loki shook his head before he reeled back.

"What's wrong?"

"Thanos."

"... Excuse me?" I said with wide eyes, what did he mean 'Thanos'? Jay and Bow growled.

"The device, I can feel Thanos's power on it... My son has been in the presence of Thanos..." Loki whispered. Oh, so that's what he meant.

"I'm going to pull it off." Loki said fire in his eyes, he grasped the device and pulled, only Nari screamed and Loki stopped immediately.

"Alright, so any other idea's?" I said slowly.

"I am not sure, but we must get it off." Loki said, I opened my mouth to say something when there was a pop behind us.

"GUYS HELP!" We whirled around to see Vali on the floor and Ember panicking. Some weird mist was coming out of Vali's mouth and nose.

"What happened?" Loki said running over, Vali was spasming and I wasn't sure if he could breath.

"I don't know! One second we're fine and the next this happens!" Ember yells, after another second Loki said,

"I know what this is." Loki looked angry as he grabbed Vali's shoulders, and yelled at Vali's face, "COME OUT AT ONCE!"

"Wha-" But I was cut off as more and more white mist poured out of Vali, it swirled around before solidifying into the shape of a person. Or rather a person with pointed ears. Bowtie and Jayfeather morphed, Bowtie barked and Jayfeather hissed at it.

"Ah Loki," It said. "I was wondering when you were going to find out. I will say you certainly took your time." It laughed.

"Eniar," Loki growled standing up.

"You two know each other?" Ember asked backing up with me, looking between the two.

"Unforchantly," Loki said, "Eniar and I have had a few run ins in the past. They never end pleasantly."

"No, they haven't." Said Eniar, the white mist cleared and now I could see that he had black skin, and I mean black. The dude was a dark elf.

"Oh shit." Ember whispered and she looked at Vali who was unconscious, then something occurred to me.

"Wait a minute, THAT GUY WAS IN VALI!" I yelled shocked, that was so wrong. Eniar smirked at me,

"Indeed I was, he was the perfect target. So lonely and sad after he killed his brother." Eniar said with mock sadness.

"But why were you inside his body?" Ember demanded, Loki answered though not taking his eyes off Eniar.

"That's what dark elves do, they take control of lost and desperate people. They invade the body and make the victim so paranoid and fearful of everyone around them. That way the dark elf can feed off their despair, that's how they survive." Loki growled, "And the only way they can be expelled from the body is by a powerful spell of the victim finds something more powerful than the dark elf."

"Which is?" I prompted,

"Hope." And with that, Loki basted magic straight at Eniar, but the dark elf dissolved into mist. Me and Ember nodded to one another, we summoned our weapons. We swung at the mist but Jayfeather was the first to move when he tackled the forming figure of Eniar, Bowtie was next as he bit Eniar's arm. Eniar screamed and Loki blasted him with a blinding light, Eniar disintegrated right before our eyes.

"This explains a lot." Loki said after a moment of silence. We all went over to Vali's body, Bowtie wined and licked his hand, Jayfeather nudged his cheek.

"What now?" Ember asked, a voice answered from behind us.

"My master will destroy you." We turned and saw Nari standing, hate clear in his eyes. "Master Thanos will kill you all!" Nari then disappeared, he must have teleported away.

"Master Thanos? You mean that crazy titan dude?" Ember said, what did Nari mean 'master Thanos'? What was going on? I looked to Loki for answers but he looked as lost as we did.

"Father? Is that you father?" Vali said waking up, Loki smiled at him and helped him stand.

"It's alright Vali, you're safe now." Loki reassured him.

"Father, I'm- I'm sorry! I'm sorry I didn't fight Eniar! That I have caused you so much pain father I am truly sorry." Vali looked crestfallen, Loki held him tight.
"You have nothing to be sorry for my son. What matters is that you are safe now."

"So Vali's okay now because that elf that was possessing him is gone?" I said, "But wait, you said that either a spell had to be used or Vali had to have hope. And I'm guessing that a spell wasn't used, soooo, he must have had hope. But hope about what?" I was surprised when Vali answered.

"I had hope for a better future, a hope that lady Ember gave me." I looked at Ember, she was blushing.

Don't worry! Nari will show up in the next chapter! But... Not in a good way...

SHIT IS GOING DOWN NEXT CHAPTER! I have discussed this with my friend Witlee and we have agreed that this is the way to go, though a lot of you will probably disagree.

So next up, CHRISTMAS!

along with COMPLETE AND UTTER CHAOS

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