Chapter 2 The Nine realms
Thor, was wondering how to break this to them, when he decided to start explaining about the nine realms first.
" My friends, when we return to the tower, I have something to tell you." Thor said quietly which was quite unlike him. Now the team was really confused, usually Steve or Tony called the team meetings, on some occasions when doing S.H.I.E.L.D. work Clint or Natasha did. The only time Thor had called one was when some Dark Elves came to Earth and he was notified by Heimdal. Was there another Asgardian emergency? What exactly was going on?
The team arrived home and sat down, except Thor who remained standing.
" Ok, Point Break, what's going on? First you demanded we go see a kiddie movie," Tony stated but was interrupted by Clint.
"I can swear I saw you crying during said Kiddie Movie!" Tony waved that aside.
"That's beside the point, Thor is being serious, He's called a meeting, what exactly is happening?"
"Friends, you have questioned me about my home many times, it is time I told you a little bit about my family," Thor stated sitting down.
"My father is Odin, the ruler of Asgard, My mother was Frigga, Queen of the realm," Thor got sad at the mention of his Mother.
Almost everything had changed for the team, Tony had destroyed his suits, but was in the process of rebuilding his army of suits. Thor's Mother had died during the convergence when the Aether, an Infinity Gem, which had possessed Jane so to stay. Loki had also died in the fight against the Dark Elves, (or so Thor thought) and Thor refused to take the throne so he could be with Jane. The couple lived in London for a bit, but when Steve and Natasha destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D., the Avengers reassembled and Jane and Thor now lived in the Tower. But Jane was away, visiting Darcy and Ian who had chosen to stay in London.
" During the war of the Frost Giants, when I was about a few decades old, my father had destroyed half of their nation, but before he started home he heard the cry of a child. He was a runt, my father brought him home and named him Loki and we were raised as brothers. I did not remember this but had heard the story after our fight when Loki had fallen into space. He must have met the chitauri after this. But the point is Loki and I were from different realms. There are Nine realms." He stopped at this point to give the Avengers time to grasp this information.
" The realms are Asgard, my home, Midgard, which you call earth, Svartelheim, home of the Dark Elves, Muspelheim, home of the fire demons, Alfheim, home of the Light Elves, Jotunheim, home of the frost giants, Helheim, the realm of the dead, Niflheim, home of the frost trolls, and last but not least Norseheim, home to Dragons and Heroes. The movie we just saw it interested me because the tale is familiar, it is a tale of the hero of Norseheim."
"Wait, your expecting us to believe this real?" Tony asked flabbergasted.
"I should know, Hiccup is part of my family," Thor said calmly.
"Wait, what, how are you related to this kid? You two are nothing alike!" Clint said disbelieving.
"I knew there was a reason the kid was familiar," Natasha said, facepalming.
"He's not really related to you, he's your,"
"Adopted brothers son!" Bruce finished finally getting it.
"Wait, Loki, has a kid?" Clint asked shocked, "Why is the kid not evil?"
"My brother was never evil, he was under the influence of Thanos, the evil overlord of space."
"Point Break, get back to the point, how does Reindeer games have a kid?"
"Me and my brother led Sif and The Warriors Three throughout the realms making peace. On a journey to Norseheim, Loki fell in love with a woman named Valka. The people of Norseheim are much like humans as you saw in the movie, they are just stuck in the middle ages as you call those dark times. Valka was married to the ruler of the Village, Stoick, one day when Stoick was out during a dragon raid Loki disguised himself as the chief and went home with his wife. Around six months later a baby was born, the chief thought the baby was his own. The boy was named Hiccup, he was a runt just like his real father. One day when the boy was still a babe, a dragon raid happened. Valka was taken, only Heimdall knows what happened to her, she might be dead. The boy grew up ignored by his father, he was smart and curious, not something accepted in his village. At around six he became the blacksmiths apprentice, he got stronger, though he didn't look it. He kept going through life that way, until at around the age of 14 he hit a dragon using one of his contraptions. This special dragon was a creation of my father and Hel, goddess of death. It was called the nightfury."
"So this is just like in the movie," Bruce said, voicing everyone's thoughts.
"Yes, but what the movie didn't show is how much more powerful Hiccup and Toothless's bond really is, Loki's sacred animal is a dragon, he can understand them."
"So Hiccup can understand Toothless, Cool!" Clint exclaimed voicing almost everyone's thoughts.
"Yes, Hiccup is a powerful young lad, he is smart and cunning like Loki, he is skilled with dragons like my brother as well. The boy will develop magic later on and will learn to handle a sword. He may be a runt now but in 5 or so years at the age of twenty he will become one of the strongest men in his village. Hiccup is a force for his enemies too reckon with. "
" Wait, does the kid know he is part Norse god?" Bruce asked.
"Hiccup is now 16 and is growing quickly, the boy is a natural leader. He is courting the Lady Astrid and running a dragon training school. He recently learnt of his heritage, but has kept it a secret. He may not have been treated well by his foster father, but the two care for each other just the same. Hiccup doesn't want hurt Stoick, who is proud of him, so he doesn't tell him. Astrid is suspicious though, as Hiccup and Stoick only have their hair in common. The only reason Hiccup's hair is auburn is because Loki magically changed it, Hiccup's hair should be a dark chestnut color like Loki's."
"So, how do the people who made this movie know Hiccup's story?" Natasha asked, she was really curious now.
"Lady Natasha, this is where I must ask you for help, I do not know the answer, are you ready for a rainbow bridge ride to Norseheim?"
"Um, what's the rainbow bridge?" Tony asked, he didn't know anything about Norse mythology.
"The rainbow," Thor started, but Bruce interrupted, "I got this, the rainbow bridge is a magical way of transportation between realms."
"How do you know that?" Clint asked curiously.
"Oh, after the Battle of New York, I started researching Norse mythology because I wanted to know more about Thor and Loki," Bruce turned to the Norse deity, " By the way is it true that Loki is the father of Hel, Fenrir and Slepnir?"
"No, as far as I am aware my brothers only child is Hiccup, Hel is my father's half sister and Fenrir and Slepnir are magical accidents."
"Oh, guess the text books got it wrong," Bruce said confused.
"After this journey, we will look at the "text books" and see what in there is true," Thor then looked up at the sky, "Now, Heimdal."
The Avengers were shrouded in a rainbow of light and slowly disappeared into the rainbow bridge, beginning their journey.