Author's Note:

Yeah this is a one-shot and this is like memories Kari had with Loki and Thor. This only filler entertainment for when I make a sequel to this story which will include the Avengers... So yeah, I hope you like the ideas I have and the stories I make...

The Journey to Midgard

As I had said before… I was tired of being big and that I had asked Queen Frigga to shrink me. I remember when she shrunk me I was elated. I almost crushed Thor and Loki as I hugged them, forgetting that my strength was that of a Giant. My smile was wide and my heart couldn't stop skipping. We went on with our day while I still gushed about my size. My friends didn't recognize me at all… I almost slapped Fandral when he suggested that I was a citizen who tried to get in bed with the two Royal Brothers. In fact I did… his jaw dislocated and he had to be taken to the Healing Room.

After a few days of gushing about it, we decided to go to Midgard. We had heard about a beast that was terrorizing a small village. To our surprise, the village was a farming village and I could understand why the beast would want to plunder them. Their feasts and parties was delightful and the scenery there was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen! And that is coming from a woman who was living in a realm where the sky was permanently littered with stars. I could remember every sunset and every sunrise that I would watch from the small cottage that was given to us, and I would always smile with joy.

One sunset I remember was after a party where a drunk tried to smear himself all over me. Thor and Loki saw this and Thor immediately started a fight by hitting the man in the face. I didn't wish to be a part of it. So I stormed out and sat as far away from the hall as far as I could. I found myself crying that day, I didn't know that men could be so vulgar on Midgard. Fandral was somewhat alright, I didn't much care for his flirtations. But he very well knew that he if he ever makes an advancement on me, he would have to deal with either Thor or Loki sometimes both.

In conclusion, I've never had a man grope me from behind and I have never had to deal with it. And back then, I was the softest marshmallow you would ever encounter.

While I was softly crying to myself, a snake of concern slithered up my back. I quickly looked back to see Loki approaching me but I looked away when he sat down. I didn't like my brothers seeing me cry, even back in those days. I didn't want to be seen as a weakling or a mewling quim. He put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me in for a hug. I didn't protest but I didn't say anything either. His chest rose as he took a deep breath,

"If it's any consolation… that man does not have his teeth anymore and he has no mortal form anymore"

I looked up at him in suspicion when he said that the drunk didn't have a mortal form. He gave me a smirk before he responded with his mischievous tone,

"He may have been turned into a rat… and Thor may or may not have smashed him with Mjolnir"

A smile broke from my trembling lips and a laugh slipped through. Loki released me and gave me a handkerchief. I wiped the tears away and allowed another chuckle to come from my mouth. A spike of anger poked into my back. I looked back and saw Thor swagger towards us. He plopped himself next to me and gave me a hug as well.

"I am proud to say that the man will no longer bother you" He declared giving me a proud grin.

I responded to it with another weak smile. But it dropped as I realised that he had an intricate design on the handle of his sword. I learnt from a few married women in the village about the marriage rituals. In the rituals the couple had to trade swords in order to complete the marriage. This made me think about the swords design. Sometimes the design indicates the love the couple has for each other.

"Was he married?" I asked, looking back at the sun now slowly hiding behind the mountains.

"I don't know" Loki answered

I nodded and sighed. But I didn't want to go back to the party just yet… so we sat there and gazed up at the stars.

"You two didn't have to do that for me…" I started before Thor and Loki synchronized

"No one lays a hand on you and intends harm without me catching wind of it."

They both glanced at each other in confusion and shock but ignored it. They sat up and looked down at me with concern.

"We're serious Kari. No man has the right to treat you like he did" Loki assured.

Before I could answer however, a large beast knocked us away. We looked up and saw a Bilgesnipe. It was a green, muscular animal that had tusks and horns protruding from its back and head. It let out a roar before charging at us again. Thor strafed to the left, Loki to the right and I flipped over the beast. We readied our weapons and allowed the beast to turn around and charged again. I had summoned my hammer and started charging at the beast as well. I jumped up and before I landed in front of the monster, I swung my hammer into its face. The hit threw it off its feet and into Thor. He swung Mjolnir and smacked the beast upwards. Loki took his cape and swung around, causing a barrage of knives flying from it.

The Bilgesnipe let out a roar of pain as it plummeted to the ground. The knives perforated the beast and left it to bleed out. I approached the animal, crouched and put a hand on one of its tusks. Its pain and sadness punctured my heart as it looked me in the eyes. I focused on calming it down by filling it with the silence of the night. When it finally closed its eyes it let out a final breath. I sighed and stood up. I crossed my arms and frowned,

"How did a Bilgesnipe come to Midgard? As far as I know, they don't have the abilities of interdimensional travel… do they?" I asked still looking at the corpse.

"No they don't… someone brought them here" Loki answered as he neared the deceased monster.

"Who would do that?" Thor countered as he drew near to my side.

We looked back and saw the Warriors Three and Lady Sif rush towards us. Volstagg was quickly out of breath when they reached us but the others weren't affected.

"What happened?" Fandral asked when he glanced at me and then back at the beast.

"The Bilgesnipe was our crop eating monster" I answered, letting out a sigh.

"I don't remember Midgard having Bilgesnipe…" Sif objected, tilting her head in confusion.

"All we I know is that it won't bother the village again" Hogun concluded.

We all nodded but got interrupted by the cheering village folk. I let out a sigh but I didn't exactly welcome the cheers. I could only feel the animal's sadness resonate in me. The poor thing didn't have to die…

Author's Note:

Yep... that's my one-shot idea... it's a short one I know, but I just want you to realise how soft of a heart Kari has. Hopefully in the next One-shot it'll be based on a deleted scene from Thor... So yeah!

So I'll...

See you in the next one-shot... ;3