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Loki's dreamer: this is the final chapter so I hope you enjoy.

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A/N: hello everyone! Thanks to you all for every moment you have spent from your lives to join my fantasy one! I really do enjoy writing Loki fics and Cephera was my first O/C for him. I find her the easiest to write. When I write her my fingers flow smoothly over my iPads keyboard. And though some might find it repetitive this will not be my last fic with Cephera. I still have many incomplete ideas of how she meets Loki. But I am also trying new people as well. All O/C's. I hope to see you all around for my next adventure and the current one I have still going. My updates for my other fic 'something so wrong, yet so right' will continued to be longer chapter but fewer updates to give my brain time to relax, though I doubt much of that will happen. Lol. Thank you to absolutely everyone. All those who followed each and every story with continued reviews. To those who followed but didn't review and even those just joining for the first time who may not have completely loved this fic or any other I may have written but thanks for given them a chance!

Chapter 17

The physical battle was over but the emotional one was not. Now dressed and separated from Cephera, Loki stood before Odin, hours after he killed Demos. "How long have you known?" Odin asked Loki. He knew he meant Cephera.

"Months." He replied. "She did not betray your trust. I came across the information myself when you called her to you that time her father and sister were here." Loki said. It was half true. That was when he officially know the truth. "Upon seeing her again I forced from her the truth."

"And the girl? You care for her?" Odin kept his gaze firmly on Loki at all times.

"I love her." Loki replied without hesitation. Never had those words passed his lips for anyone outside his family. What he once saw as something only silly girls dreamt of he now knew he felt.

"Do you realize the damage your affair with her could have caused." Odin sounded disappointed. Loki swallowed hard. He was not so much worried for his actions in all this but for her.

"But it didn't." He said back in hopes Odin would look past the what ifs. He did not give Odin any attitude or talk with him with any disrespect. If he had any hopes to ever see her again he would not anger the king.

"Your constant dismissal of authority and your whimsy to do what you like without regard for the consequences leads me to believe you are not yet ready to be granted your magic. Your punishment still stands."

"And Cephera?" Loki asked. He didn't care about his magic or any other punishments he might face.

"Her father and sister arrive shortly. She no longer needs Asgard protection and her fate is uncertain as of this time."

Loki looked to the All father and he done something he had never done, not for any reason or anyone, before. Loki dropped to his knees before Odin. His knees hit the floor with a thud and he bowed forward his palms flat to the stone. "I beg you fa...father. Do not take her from me." He pleaded like a broken man. "I cannot express to you enough how much she means to me." Had it been any other situation Loki might have called himself a pathetic fool but not now. Not when he was so close to losing her.

"Rise my son. I would have words with your brother." Loki looked up and saw no hint on Odin's face weather his plea was heard. Feeling somewhat frantic and confused Loki did as he was told. "Loki." Loki turned to Odin's voice. "The girl is with your mother. Until I have have sent for you both to meet me here you are not to see her."

(Cephera)

Cephera sat in a chair across from the queen. She was dressed in a normal gown and no longer needed to wear her servants robes. But she felt awkward in the dress and it didn't at all feel right. She knew Loki had spoken to Odin. She didn't know what was said but she also knew her sister and father were now with Odin and Thor in the throne room. No one came to see her and her heart was pounding loudly in her chest.

"Do you love my son?" Frigga asked. Her question startled Cephera into looking at her.

"There once was a time I didn't think I could love anyone as much as I love my sister. She was once my everything, my heart, my world. But now I have another that holds those things and it is your son. Yes, I love him. More then anything I love him and I do not wish to be parted from him." Cephera said her heart aching.

"You would give up everything promised to you by your sisters family to stay with Loki? Separated from her for so long yet you no longer wish to be with her."

"I would rather stay here as his servant or mistress even, then become a princess. My sister would understand. She will always be my sister but I believe love only happens once."

"You do not seek to marry him?" Frigga sounded genuinely confused and the words confused Cephera.

"How could I. I'm nothing more then a human. The all father would not allow such a thing." Cephera looked down.

"You believe yourself to be just a human?" Frigga asked her. "In your heart I mean." Cephera only gave her that same quizzical look. "Loki is Jouten by blood. Do you see him as such?"

"No. He is Asgardian." Cephera said to her.

"Blood does not always define what or who you are. To me you are as much an Asgardian as Loki. I say to you, fight. Fight for what you want. Tell my husband of your desires. Do not back down. I have not gotten to know you but I would give you my blessing should my son wish to marry one such as you." Cephera could find nothing to say. She stared at the queen with her lips parted and her breathing shallow. She was right. Now matter what she was born as that didn't define her. But with all that said would Odin allow her and Loki to marry.

Silence followed once more until a guard came to them and escorted her and the queen to the throne room. The silence in the room was scary. When Cephera walked in she passed by Loki who looked to her with as much worry written across his face as was on hers. She felt her palms become sweaty.

Cephera stood shaking before Odin with her father and sister next to him. "I am sorry." She said immediately before he spoke.

"Why ever for?" He asked her, her sudden declaration seemed to have confused him. Odin didn't look at her with any hate or distaste and she became hopeful.

"Because of me Demos nearly got the power he wanted. I was not strong enough to handle the situation correctly."

"My dear it is because of you Asgard is saved. You are not the reason Demos came here. He came for my son and you not only saved him you saved us all. None of this was your doing. Simply a wrong place wrong time occurrence." He smiled at her. And she let out a breath of relief. At least he didn't blame her.

"If that is how you feel may I make a request." She said a fire starting up in her. He nodded. "May I stay here. I enjoyed my time as a servant and I don't want to leave. This is the only life I ever really got to live and I'm comfortable in it." She said. Odin raised an eyebrow. And she could see her sister's strangely passive expression. She knew that look. She was hiding something.

"Why would I allow you to do that? I have other plans for you." Cephera opened her mouth to protest but he halted her raising a hand in silence. "Both of your actions as lovers could have led to a dark path but it had not. At first I was angry at the relationship the two of you had started and for taking such a risk. I have come to realize, however, that you have saved my son from both Demos and his own self destructive path. For that I will be announcing in the morning to the people that I have known all along of your hidden state here. As my sons betrothed we saw no better place to put you but at his side so we could protect you. The betrothal had not yet become public knowledge before your first encounter with Demos and so it was truly a safe place. Your adoption will be completed before this day ends." Cephera felt her jaw drop. "Have I missed anything?" Odin asked amused.

Cephera saw her sister finally smile wide and the realization of what just happened dawned on her. She was engaged. And not just to anyone but to Loki! How this came to be didn't matter she answered Odin with her whole body shaking.

"I don't think so." She said and turned to Loki. Odin gave Loki a nod and he swept her into his arms. As he spun her with a wide smile now on his own face to match hers she caught sight of the queen who was beaming with joy. Her sister was laughing and her soon to be father looked approvingly at her.

(Cephera)

Cephera was now a princess and engaged and to give people time to adjust she remained in Asgard courting Loki properly so everyone could see. It wasn't the people that had to get use to her as she really was but the servants. Since no one but her family and loki's knew the betrothal to have not actually existed until recently all the servants had been approaching her with caution. Many had apologized for their actions toward her and wished her many happy years. They all feared she would punish them for their wagging tongues and gossip but she cared little about all that. She was free of Demos and free to marry Loki. She now found herself running down the palace halls excitedly to Loki's room. She could have teleported but sometimes she enjoyed letting the other servants see her go there.

She hurried inside and Loki looked up at her from his desk and smiled. "What has you running about?" He asked her.

"I found it." She said happily.

"Found what?" Loki asked confused.

"Years ago you asked me to find you a tome remember." Loki sighed in amusement as she lay that very tome on his desk.

"And where did you find it?" He asked her.

"You'll never believe it but me and Sif were in the market and there was a sale on all these used beat up books and there it was." She danced on her feet happily. "And you promised me a reward if I found it." She told him.

"Did I? Well I can assure you the reward back then would not be the same as I would give now." He grinned mischievously.

"Well I want what you would have given me then." She insisted frowning. She knew she would get the other reward later anyway.

Loki laughed but opened his desk draw. He pulled out a charm made from a small sea shell. "I may not have shown it back then but I knew you enjoyed your time at the beach though you didn't get to go there often. I found this and had it made to be worn as a charm perhaps on your anklet with your wings." Her mouth fell open as she accepted it. It was over forty years passed since he asked her for that tome.

"I had no idea you paid so much attention to me back then." She said accepting the gift in her open palm. Loki waited for her to close her hand over the shell before pulling her to fall into his lap. He used his thumb and forefinger to tilt her face to look at him.

"I always noticed you. From the first day I met you, you impressed me to a point that it was difficult not too. I watched you often though I knew you were oblivious to it. You proved to be the best thing to land in my lap in all my life and now for all my life thereafter." Loki kissed her and then turned her to sit in his lap. He placed his arm on either side of her and opened the tome. Cephera sat patiently as he explained what it was that it held within. It was nice being able to be with him without the fear of being caught. It was hard to believe that in a few short months she would be his wife.

Thor had approached her days after their ordeal and had inquired once more the real reason Tony and the rest could not remember her and she told him the truth. After she told him she also said that her father was planning to lift the spell and hopefully she would be allowed, by her soon to be husband, to visit them from time to time. Thor had easily accepted her as she now was. It pleased her that she was Cephera now. Being free was nice. Though she wouldn't have minded being a servant all her life as long as it had been for Loki.

"I love you." Cephera said stopping Loki in his explanation. She turned to place a kiss to his lips and her hand trailed though his hair. "From the moment I laid eyes on you I felt something and over time it grew into love. Even when I thought you didn't see me in return I always felt I would love you until the day I died with or without your feelings returned. I didn't realize it was that strong until that day when we first made love. I was on the beach crying over my sister and over everything I lost when I realized I still had you. I was going to come to you that night to offer myself to you but you had beaten me too it." She stopped and laughed at the memory. It seemed like eons ago but had actually been only months.

"What a strange story to tell our children. Unless you want to go with the one we are selling to the people." She scrunched up her nose.

"I'd rather they knew the truth." She replied.

"So you want children then?" His question his eyes sparkling.

"Of course!" She chided him.

"Then why by the fates are you still taking that damn potion?" Cephera looked stunned. She took it because she had become accustomed to it.

"Two reasons. One habit. Two I don't want a shot gun wedding. I will not be pregnant for our nuptials even if I wouldn't be showing. The night before the wedding I will stop and you'll have your chance to sow your seed on our wedding night." Loki grinned.

"I guess I'll gave to settle for simply spilling my seed for now." Loki stood with her in his arms and dropped her onto their bed. Cephera rolled and made to crawl off the bed. She was suppose to meet back up with Sif soon for a trip to the beach.

"No I need to meet up with Sif." She said but yelped when Loki pulled her back by her ankle and pulled up her skirts. He quickly cupped her sex and slid a finger inside her. She moaned without meaning too.

"I promise to be quick." He told her that devious voice making her shiver.

"Fine." She replied and enjoyed the sensation of his fingers probing her and his kisses on her hair. He didn't bother with playing with her long, he slipped his length from his pants and pushed into her now moistened sex. She moaned again and her hand wrapped tighter around the trinket shell she still held in her hand. She couldn't believe he had noticed her even back then. As he thrust inside her she found it hard to believe that this was now her life. No more running around cleaning, no more hiding, no more orders and instructions.

She sighed her face laying in the soft silk of the sheets while he took her from behind. How many times had she wondered what this would be like? How many times did she wonder what he was like as a lover only to scold herself for thinking those things. Masters didn't fall in love with their servants...or at least that's how it should be but for her she was happy it had not been that way. Loki sped up his hips grinding into her. He really was looking for a quickie. He came a short time later.

Cephera sat up her skirt covering her ass once more. Loki took hold of her from behind with one arm wrapped about her shoulders. "Go songbird, meet up with Sif and have your fun. And while you're enjoying your girl time also enjoy the feeling of my seed slipping down your thighs and know there is more waiting for you when you return." Loki licked her ear and let her go. Cephera watched him fix his pants and smiled as she walked from the room. Never in all her life did she ever dream she would be this happy.

The end