"Thank you for bringing her back home safely" Terra's mother said to Loki, the little girl however was hesitant to let go of him "Terra let go of him" her voice sounded harsh and the little girl flinched but let go of loki's leg.
He knelt down to her level "If it is of any condolence to you terra I enjoyed your company last night" she looked at him funny "What's that mean?" her mother explained it to her and she just gave Loki her famous 'oh' look.
"Loki" he had turned to walk away but her voice had stopped him "Yes terra?"
"Will you come to my bir-th-day party next week?" it was another words she had to sound out "I turn 7 years old on Monday"
He smiled "But of course, I will be there" she just smiled and watched as he left their yard.
"Terra!" it was her mothers voice she was mad at her again "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING YOU LITTLE BRAT..I KNEW YOU'D BE TROUBLE THE MOMENT WE BROUGHT YOU HOME FROM THE…" she trailed off knowing she'd said to much.
Terra had tears in her eyes now she knew what she meant and now finally saw why she didn't look like her sister or momma or papa.
Terra had run to the bathroom and shut and locked the door, Samantha fists beat on the other side "Terra! Terra, open the door" the little girl sniffled and opened the door only to have her older sister catch her in a hug.
"Terra momma doesn't know what she's saying, she's just mad that you ran away last night" Terra sniffled again "No momma knows what she said I'm not like the rest of the family…" the little girl trailed off "I…I hate momma, she's always mean to me, she acts nice when we have company but she hates me for real" Terra pushed away from her sister and ran off down the stairs.
The week had passed pretty smoothly, terra had avoided her mother and stuck close to Samantha who hid her form their mother if she got to close to her, it was now her birthday and terra wouldn't come out of the girls' room.
"Terra come on people are waiting" Samantha said from the other side of the door.
"No!" the girl was being stubborn "Terra don't make me kick this door down" it was her mothers voice now "Go ahead I'll make sure it falls on me so I die and then you'll be happy"
Her mother sighed exasperatedly "Fine whatever I'm done with this I'll just tell everyone to go home" her mother walked off down the stairs.
"Terra?" it was Loki's voice, she turned and looked at him with her big green eyes "Perhaps you shouldn't act like this today" she nodded knowing he was right "Did something happen to make you act like this?" she nodded.
"Mommy let it slip that I was adopted" Loki just looked at her with surprise in his eyes "What a cruel thing to say to one so young" he took her hand in his and smiled down at her "Terra perhaps we can work things out with your mother" she nodded "Alright but first can you give me a smile?" she nodded and gave him a big toothy grin.
"There's my girl now lets go, people are waiting for the birthday princess" he snapped his fingers and she was in a pretty green dress, her eyes went wide and she smiled again "Pretty" he opened the door for her and she scurried out to find her momma and papa, Samantha gave him a silent thank you and he just nodded in response.
"Momma, papa I'm here and momma, I wanted to say sorry I made you worry the other night. I just got sick of you fighting with papa" she looked to Loki again who just nodded.
Her mother embraced the small girl "I know sweet pea, I know, and I promise all the fighting will stop" her mother ran a hand through her daughters hair and gave a knowing look the dark haired man who stood next to her eldest daughter.
"And Loki, if I may call you as such, we have a guest room if you wish to stay here a while, I know hotels can be quite pricey" Terra and Samantha both smiled, they enjoyed the mans company "I will take you up on that offer then" they all smiled
"Alright well we have a birthday to celebrate" Samantha came up and gave her a small box "Momma helped me pick these out" terra opened the box and inside was a magnetic charm necklace in the shape of half a heart and on it read the word forever "Oh pretty, can you help me put it on momma?" her mother clasped the necklace around her daughter neck and smiled "It even matches your pretty birthday dress" Terra gave her mother a toothy grin.
Loki handed her an odd shaped gift and she just looked at it "What is it?" he just smiled at her "Open it and find out" she opened it making sure not to tear the pretty paper and inside was a small compact mirror with emeralds encircling the reflective glass "it's a looking glass, they were used in medieval times to contact each other from long distances, incase in the future I am not around." she smiled "I love it, thank you Loki"
The sound of thunder resounded outside, loki flinched "Loki, you scared of thunder?" Samantha was just teasing but he just frowned "I am not fond of what follows the thunder" Loki grimaced "I think the thunder is pretty" terra chimed in as a loud crash came form the back yard.
The family hurried to the window only to see an oddly dress blonde man rise up in the darkness.
Alright I need at least one more review before I update because in the next chapter there will be a HUGE time skip!