Sorry I took so long to upload. But the next chapters up now! I feel that this one isn't as good as the other two but here you go. Enjoy :D

Thor ran as fast as he ever had in his life. He stormed into the healing room and placed his brother on one of the beds 'Eir!' he shouted. A young girl ran out from the door at the other end of the room. She bowed immediately when she saw Thor.

'My prince' she said softly

'Where is Eir?' Thor demanded. The girl looked a bit shaky,

'Well he's not here my lord. He received an urgent message from Vanaheim and he left immediately'

'When will he be back?' Thor asked walking towards her.

'I don't know my lord but I could retrieve the matron' Thor nodded and she bowed and exited the room through the door she had entered. Thor turned and walked over to Loki who to him was getting paler.

'Thor?' Thor jumped as Sif walked over to him. He had completely forgotten his friends were with him. Thor didn't reply and didn't move his gaze away from Loki. 'Thor?' she said again putting her hand on his shoulder.

'How could I have let this happen?' he said firmly making Sif take her hand off him.

'It wasn't your fault Thor' said Fandral

'I'm meant to be his brother! I should have protected him! I should…' Thor stopped as he heard the door open at the other end of the room and turned to see an old woman come striding towards them.

'My prince' she said bowing 'What do you require?'

'My brother' he moved out of the way and pointed at Loki. The matron walked past him and put her hand on Loki's forehead.

'He's burning up. Amelia go fetch me a cloth and some water please' the young girl nodded and rushed off through the door 'What happened?' she looked directly at Thor.

'I.. err.. I don't really know' he said. She sighed

'How am I meant to treat him without knowing what has happened to him?' she said taking Loki's wrist and measuring his pulse. Amelia ran back through the door holding a piece of cloth and bowl of cold water, she dipped the cloth in the water then placed it on Loki's forehead.

'His temperature isn't coming down ma'am' she said putting her hand on his forehead.

'Keep dabbing his forehead with the cloth Amelia, it's the only thing we can do for the time being' the matron said looking at her. She nodded and went back to placing the wet cloth on his head.

'Are you injured?' the matron said turning to Thor. Thor shook his head and still didn't keep his eyes of Loki. She then turned to Sif and the warriors three. Hogan just shook his head.

'I'm fine thank-you' said Fandral.

'Same' said Volstagg.

'Lady Sif?' she said

'Oh it's nothing' Sif said rubbing her arm.

'Ok then' the matron was about to turn back to Loki but was cut off by Sif,

'Although if you have something for the pain I would be grateful' she said quickly. The matron looked at her a moment

'Hermione!' she shouted. Another young looking girl came out of the door at the other end.

'Yes matron?' she said softly

'Will you attend to the Lady Sif please?' she asked.

'Of course' she bowed 'Would you like to come with me' she said the softness in her voice disappearing as she looked at Sif. Sif nodded and walked over to her and they both disappeared through another set of doors in the corner.

'Is..is he going to be alright?' asked Thor looking up at the matron who looked straight back.

'I don't know yet my lord. I do not know what the youngest prince has or what has caused these symptoms. If you would just tell me what actually happened then I might be able to figure it out'

'Well he… I don't really know' said Thor looking away.

'He was possessed' said Odin walking into the room.

'Father' said Thor running up to him 'Are you alright?'

'Yes yes I'm fine Thor. I'm more concerned for your brother at the moment then my own well being' he walked over to Loki's side.

'Allfather' the matron said and she and Amelia bowed as he looked over at them 'you say he was possessed. By what if I may ask?'

'A spirit' he said looking back at Loki.

'A.. a spirit?'

'Can you make him well?' asked Odin

'Well yes but..'

'But?' said Odin looking up at her.

'I feel that Eir would be more use to you my king. He is more trained in things related to this' she said looking down.

'Do not discourage yourself matron. You are very qualified to look after my son and heal him back to health. You have attended to him and Thor since they were young and have kept looking after them. I trust you that you will do your best to tend to my son' Odin said. The matron nodded and felt Loki's pulse again.

'His pulse seems to be coming back to normal' she smiled at Odin who looked relieved 'we'll keep him in for a few days for observations just in case there are any side effects'

'Thank you' said Odin taking Loki's hand and holding it tight in both of his.

'We didn't do anything my lord. He seems to be getting better on his own' she smiled then left towards her office. Amelia dabbed his head one more time then left the cloth on his forehead, bowed then quickly followed the matron. Thor went to the opposite side of Loki and sat down in the chair next to the bed

'Has that thing. That shadow who attacked us and possessed Loki has it…'

'Yes' said Odin looking up at his eldest son 'I made sure this time'

'This time?' asked Thor. Odin sighed

'Yes. I think you are old enough to know the truth. The shadow as you call it, is a spirit of a being called Alexander. Back before any of you were born I was close friends with him, I grew up with him in fact. When I was crown prince I fell in love with a woman, Frigga. Turned out so had Alexander. In the end she chose me and of course he was jealous. When he found out I was to be wed to her he thought that I had betrayed him and he turned against me and everyone else he knew. After the wedding he disappeared and then we were getting reports of him around the nine realms. Apparently he had become power hungry. In the end he came after me and I defeated him, killed him in fact. I thought that was the end until he came back as a spirit. He started possessing guards, anyone he thought was powerful so he could get his revenge. I imprisoned him using an imprisonment spell. Now you know why I made the runes forbidden' Odin looked back down at Loki and felt tears prick in his eyes.

'I'm sorry father. If only I had listened to your wishes. Loki wouldn't be here, like this' Thor looked away from his father who was looking at him again.

'Don't blame yourself. If I had told you in the first place why they were forbidden you wouldn't have ventured out to explore' Odin smiled at Thor who smiled weakly back. 'Now why don't you and your friends go clean yourself up. Don't worry I'll keep my eye on your brother' he laughed softly then looked back down to Loki who was starting to get colour back in his cheeks.

Hope you liked it! They'll be like a twist in events in the next chapter. Can I call it a twist? Ah well, hope you liked and if you can review then please do and the next chapter should be up at the weekend :)