Odin sat in his chair while Frigga stood next to him. Loki and Thor were kneeling on the ground with their heads bowed.
"Loki, my son look at me," Loki did as told but wearily. "Tell me of this magic trick that child saw you do." Loki took a deep breath, but as he was about to speak Thor spoke, "It wasn't his fault father I had," Odin silenced Thor with a wave of his hand as nodded for Loki to go on.
"It's where I can place an image of myself in one place, but in reality I'll be hiding behind a tree or in another room." Odin blinked, "Where did you learn this?" Loki shrugged, "Naturally, it just happened one day I didn't want to be found. I was suddenly looking at another me." Loki wasn't sure why his father was so upset, and he wanted to punch Thor for dragging him into this.
"I've seen him to it before, he showed me." Thor commented, Loki refused to look at him. "I don't want to hear or see you using any kind of trick like that again, am I understood?"
Loki was shocked, "How can you mean that? There was no harm done in what I did!" Odin slammed his cane on the ground making the room shake, "DO NOT SPEAK AGAINST ME!" Loki was beyond the point of being scared, now he furious, "Do not act as if I did something wrong when I haven't done a thing! You always encourage Thor to perfect the new skills he develops! How is this any different!?"
Odin stood, "Go to your room…" Loki hardly noticed his father's face suddenly looked tired and worn. "I will not-" Odin pointed his staff at him; "We will talk about this in the morning." Loki got up and left, slamming the door as he did so.
Thor wasn't sure what to make of the situation, as Loki was, he was confused. "Thor, how many times has Loki preformed that act?" Odin asked. "Around eight, he hasn't been doing it for very long." Odin nodded, "Tell him he's not to do it again. He listens to you, you may go." Thor nodded and quickly left, when he went to shut the door it would not, Loki had slammed it to the point it was dented.
Loki was staring up at his ceiling when Thor walked in. Loki wasn't in the mood for talking, but Thor clearly was. "Loki, you cannot do that trick anymore, you understand right?" Loki sat up, "Oh, but you may improve how you wish." Thor sighed, "We have to do what father says." Loki snorted, "You would say that, it's you he favors after all." Thor rolled his eyes, "Don't go back on that again." Loki laid back down and faced away from Thor, "You know it's true. But you know what's funny? You never got in trouble for our fight did you?" Thor knew Loki was right on that point, Odin hadn't mentioned anything about the arena. "Just do as father says." Thor went onto his own bed.
"Easy for you to say, he loves showing you off to anyone he can, I'm the one he hides from the people of Asguard." Thor turned around and grabbed Loki by his wrists "Quit this pity party and grow up! He has to choose which one of us will rule after him, it's not his fault you choose to ignore and go against everything he says!" Loki kicked Thor in the stomach, "I'm not the one sneaking out at night to go and play with Sif!"
"If you keep this anger against father up your no better than a monster of Jötun," Thor spat back, Loki made a pained face and ran out of their room. Loki knew Thor loved him, and when they fought that night he had wanted to drag him to the bridge and throw him off of it.