So my great fans, hope you are all well and are enjoying this story so far! So I really, really hope you like this next instalment. Plus, hopefully you will kind of get an idea of the things that are going to happen (hopefully) because I do recall someone putting in a request for Thor kiddies and Loki Kiddies not getting on (but don't get too excited. It may/may not happen in sequel. Hehe, I'm feeling in a rather teasing mood. If you wish to have some input however, with some ideas or something you would like to see happen, please tell me. Please review your awesomeness.

So, just to let you know, I am not sure how many more chapters of this I will do (probably more than five, I'm not sure if it will be anymore… but maybe. I am so indecisive), but I can confirm that there is going to be a sequel that will involve some nasties, some fights and the offspring of Lokison… Avengers? Quite possibly. There you go, a little something to look forward too! Haha.

Marvel owns Loki and all remnants of Asgard. Leera, Loofney and Theyna are mine.

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"Quick Loki, you're on its tale!" Fandral shouted over the pounding of the stallion's hooves in the greenery in the furthest part of Asgard where the beasts roam freely and ready to hunt. Loki had sped up on his steed, racing towards the fierce animal, his knives at the ready. The emerald prince had been the fastest of the riders this morn and had covered good ground, dashing forward and away from the men behind him. Loki held on tightly to the reins with one hand, trying his hardest to manoeuvre the steed around the animal in pursuit. Closing in on the fur covered beast with its red eye and blackened teeth, Loki steadied himself on the reins and leant to the side of the horse, flinging a knife towards the beast with his free hand. The sound of the blade thrashing through the air scared Loki's stallion and it ran, turning sharply to the side. Loki tried to control the animal, but it was completely spooked and headed towards the dense trees. Loki let go of the reins, afraid that if he did not get off the horse, then he would go straight into the trees. Loki slid from the steed's back and fell to the ground, covered with leaves. With a thud, Loki groaned, rubbing his back. He stayed sat down until he heard a snarl creep up behind him. Opening his eyes wide, Loki slowly turned around and was faced with the hungry beast. Loki scrambled backwards and reached for a knife but the beast was too quick and pounced on the vulnerable prince. Loki was pinned to the forest floor, the beasts' claws digging in to the emerald prince's arms, and Loki screamed as he felt the sharp nails scraping through his skin and down to the muscle. Lifting his hips, Loki kicked the beasts behind, but it spurred it on even more. Loki crooked his head to one side as the beast began to salivate.

Loki could hear the approaching hooves of his brother and friends and inside wanted to warn them but feared that shouting out would not benefit him with this monster a top his thin form. Kneeing the beast in its stomach, Loki fought against the grip on his arms, but caused the wounds to deepen. Gasping in pain, Loki watched in horror as the monster lowered his jaws and clamped them tightly around the prince's shoulder. "Arghh!" Loki screamed, feeling the beast tearing through his muscles. Loki turned his head and watched as Thor came into view, rebuking the animal with his shouts of anger, but the beast buried his teeth into the gods shoulder even more, and Loki found himself drifting in an out of consciousness, the pain excruciating as the beasts teeth delved in deeper towards the bone of the shoulder. A sudden gust of wind and Fandral swung his sword in the air, bringing it down heavy onto the beasts back. Penetrating the skin, making a deep gash in its fur, the beast's grip on Loki loosened and it turned to face its attacker. Thor swung his hammer, gaining some speed and threw it full force at the beast. The beast flew into the air and crashed with a loud crack against a tree. Volstagg ran towards the beast and swung his axe into the monsters stomach, spilling its insides along the forest floor as the weapon was removed. The beast dropped into a heap on the floor and snarled loudly in his last breath, bearing its evil eyes into the eyes of the injured god on the floor.

Thor returned his hammer to his hand and rushed over to Loki. Dropping to his knees and setting aside the hammer, Thor placed a hand on Loki's face. "Brother?" Thor said, his voice full of fear.

"Is he hurt?" Fandral asked, sliding his sword back in its scabbard.

"There is blood on his garments and along his neck. It is well that we arrived when we did" Hogun said, kneeling by Thor's side, running a hand over Loki's chest to inspect it. Thor leaned his face forward, turning his cheek to Loki's mouth, waiting for a burst of breath to heat his cheek.

"He is alive" Thor said with a great sigh of relief and sat back slightly. Loki let a groan escape his lips, and his eyes opened slowly. "Brother?"

"Ughh…" Loki groaned, shifting his shoulder slightly.

"No, stay brother" Thor raised a hand to lower his brother back onto the floor. Loki shook his head and raised his hands, indicating for Thor to move away.

"I am fine…Ughh…I can…Ughh…heal myself" Loki groaned, slowly rising to sit. Loki shuffled backwards and rested against a tree, closing his eyes in pain. Fandral frowned in concern as he watched the green god's face scrunched up in pain. Loki pulled his torn tunic to the side and slightly down his arm, exposing his torn shoulder. On hearing gasps at the sight of Loki's injury, Loki smiled and inspected the wound. Knowing it was no worse than previous injuries; Loki placed a hand over the open wound and began to mutter under his breath, his eyes now closed in concentration and pain. Within seconds, a blue light emanated from the gods thing hand and enveloped the injury. Loki gave a happy sign at the cooling sensation on his shoulder, but felt a slight discomfort as he could feel every torn and separated muscles join back together harshly. Removing his hand, Loki looked at the injury and was pleased to see than the skin was once more intact and now held only a slight scar. Now Loki moved to his arms and repeated the same healing action, restoring his body, although now, it ached. "See…All better" Loki said weakly, attempting to stand to his feet, but the slight blood loss made his head spin. Thor grabbed his brother and wrapped Loki's arm around his broad shoulders, walking his towards his now returned horse. "Well, I gather that is our adventures over then?" Loki said as a statement rather than a question, slightly amused that all it took to finish this sparring and hunting was an attack.

"You are glad to see an end to your celebratory activities?" Hogun asked, looking over to Loki. Thor hoisted the green god up onto his stallion and Loki grinned inwardly as Thor knelt on the ground before him, placing Loki's foot into the foothold on the saddle.

"My dear Hogun, after all these years…" Loki began, facing the armoured warrior "… You know my dislike for such activities. I would much rather spend the afternoon in the library with my son. But I thank you for this. It was a kind of you all to think of something to entertain me on the day of my birth" Loki thanked, genuinely, patting his horses neck. As the other's mounted and ran off ahead, Thor stayed by his brother's side, both riding their steeds in silence.

"Are you well, brother? Does it hurt?" Thor said, finally breaking the silence, his face worried as he watched Loki grimace after every hop of the horse, the vibrations shooting up to his shoulder.

"I am, but It will heal" Loki replied, with no emotion, looking straight ahead at the warriors disappearing into the distance, knowing that they would report the events to the All-Father and of course, his wife.

"It is your day of celebration, this should not have happened" Thor said, regretfully.

"The fault was my own. I spooked the horse." Loki confessed, still looking straight ahead.

"No matter, I am sorry brother" Thor said, looking away from the youngest son of Odin. Thor bit his lip, looking back to his brother, trying to supress his want to ask him questions, until Loki spoke.

"You're thoughts are loud and annoying Thor, just speak what you will" Loki spoke, boredom in his voice.

"Are you and Leera ok?" Thor asked, gazing back at Loki with concern.

"Yes, we are well" Loki replied.

"I envy you and your wife sometimes brother" Thor confessed and Loki finally looked at Thor.

"Why would the god of thunder envy one such as me?" The trickster asked, genuinely intrigued.

"I always imagined that I would be married to a fair maiden, have many sons and daughters… But I find that my young brother has done my dream before me. When I found out what you had done to bring your love form Midgard to Asgard, I found myself in want. I wish, well, I wished to do the same for Jane. I miss her, dear brother. I curse the very day I declined to study those arts you are so fond of. If I had listened to you, and study in such crafts, then I would be able to do for Jane, what you have done for your wife. And now, it cannot happen. Returning to Midgard often is not well advised, and I cannot expect Jane to wait forever for me. For one, she will want for the need of companionship, something I cannot give her, then she will crave for children, another thing I could not give her, and then, she would grow old in age, forever waiting for me, forever spending her days and nights, looking up at the sky, wondering when I would return. That is no life for her to leave. It would be better for her for this to end. And I did brother…."

"What?" Loki gasped.

"…When I ventured to Midgard at a request for Leera, a month back to this day to pick up your birthday gift, I made the choice to find Jane. I found her, and we spoke. She understood every word I had said, and she told me that she felt not anger or sadness towards me, because my actions were selfless and all in the best interests of her wellbeing. We parted with soft goodbyes and she told me that she would never forget me and will always have feelings for me, and I too told her that she will always hold a space in my heart. When I return to Asgard, I asked Heimdall to look on and see how she was. She cried that night Loki, her heart poured out into her pillow. I asked Heimdall once again as to how Jane was, and it made me happy to hear that Jane has recently had some male interest in her place of work. I pray that this man will make her feel loved once more…"

"That is why you're usual, loud, annoying self has been reclusive these past few weeks" Loki stated, looking across to his brother and witnessed his eyes glazing over. "You will find the one whom your soul loves soon enough Thor" Loki replied in an attempt to comfort him, and then looked up to see the palace approach.

"I do hope so, brother, for I wish to have what you have." Thor replied, lowering his gaze.

"You will, in time. It does not help that you wait though Thor. If you wish to meet such a woman, you cannot expect her to come dancing to your feet. You have to play you part and search also. Plus, you cannot be picky when love is concerned…" Loki spoke, spotting his wife standing with a worried expression on her face, next to the palace guards. Yes, the warriors had told them.

"Look at you brother, you were one a trickster whom took pride in pranking his older brother, and now, here you are, giving me advice on how to capturing women's hearts…" Thor chuckled, amused "Thank you Loki. Thank you for listening" Thor smiled.

"I did not have much choice in the matter, you could talk the nine realms into a deep sleep" Loki said playfully, lightening the mood. Thor laughed and began to slow down his steed by pulling the reins as they approached the palace gates. Loki stopped first and jumped down from the horse, hissing in pain, but as soon as it subsided, Loki was hit with another spurt of pain. His wife. Leera pounced on Loki and wrapped her arms around his back tightly.

"Loki! Fandral told us everything! Are you ok? I feared for you" Leera said hurriedly.

"Yes, yes, dear, I am well" Loki replied and Leera buried her face into Loki's neck. The god of mischief looked up and watched Thor cast a look of want towards him and Leera then walked quickly into the palace. Although Loki still had issues with Thor and still found it hard to speak to him on most occasions, he knew how much Jane meant to him, how much Jane changed him, from the pompous, reckless god of thunder, to the now generous and sensitive god of thunder. Loki remembered his gift given to him this morning from Thor and felt a pang of guilt rise in his stomach. No matter what Loki had done since Laufey and New York, Thor never stopped loving him. Instead, he loved him even more, so at that moment, Loki had a thought and he grinned. Pulling away, Loki looked down into the face of his wife. "My dear, I do believe I am in need of your assistance…" Leera looked up at her husband, an expression of curiosity on her face.

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"Hello Theyna, are you well?" Leera said mischievously, walking into the dress makers linen room in the far end of the palace, and gazed upon the golden headed maiden sitting at a table, sewing delicate flowers onto a crimson piece of cloth. Theyna looked up, startled and placed down her needle, standing to her feet and curtsied.

"My lady Loki, what a pleasure it is to see you grace my presence with your being. Pray tell me, is all well? Can I possibly do something for you…" Theyna trailed her gaze down to Leera's growing stomach "…Are you in need of maternal clothing?" Leera chuckled and strode over to the table, sitting down on a spare chair.

"All is well, dear. Can I not just spend time with you in a friendly manner?" Leera said playfully and Theyna blushed.

"Of course, forgive me my lady. Can I get you a drink? Or food perhaps?" Theyna flustered, attempting to tidy the table.

"I am fine thank you. Please, come, sit down and talk. These are beautiful fabrics, my dear" Leera complimented, regarding the strips of linen, satin and silk. Theyna blushed and thanked Leera, sitting down once more.

"Thank you my lady." She replied.

"You are rather talented my dear. Was it you whom made my wedding clothes and child baring clothes for my son Loofney?" Leera enquired, reclining in her chair.

"It was my lady"

"I very much thought they were beautiful. Do you only cloth the women of Asgard?" Leera enquired.

"No my lady, I also dress the Lords of Asgard. I have made several garments for masters Fandral and Volstagg." Theyna answered.

"And what of princes? Have you clothed my husband or prince Thor?" Leera said and noticed Theyna blush at the name of the eldest son of Odin.

"I have not had the pleasure of doing so my lady. Only the head dress maker is allowed to cloth the princes" Theyna said, her cheeks now rosy pink.

"I see, well, my husband and Prince Thor were out hunting this afternoon, and unfortunately stumbled upon some trouble, and their clothing, damaged. I am impressed with your work. I would very much like, as a request by the Lady Loki, if you could measure my Husband and Prince Thor for some new garments to replace the ones lost. You see, Prince Thor was quite partial to his tunic, and was rather upset at its ruin. He would very much like a new replacement" Leera said, mischief gleaming in her eyes, but Theyna did not detect it.

"I would very much like to do so, my lady. Though, you may need to speak with the head dress maker, I fear I will not be allowed to do so without her permission" Theyna answered, excitedly.

"You have my assurance that you will be granted such a request. Now, be ready in the morn, for we shall arrive early and ready for measurements" Leera replied smiling and stood to her feet. "It has been a pleasure my dear"

"Indeed it has my lady. I pray your night will be pleasant" Theyna replied, standing to her feet as Leera left the room. Closing the door behind her, Leera walked up the open corridor and was suddenly pulled behind a pillar and pinned to the wall playfully. Leera gasped and looked up into the eyes of her husband.

"Did it work?" Loki enquired, his voice low and luscious.

"Yes, tomorrow morning. I have informed her that you will both attend tomorrow morning. What did you tell Thor?"

"I told him that I wished to spend a night out with him to experience his social life as part of one of my studies, but only on the deal that we would both get measured for new clothes to wear for the night out" Loki said, grinning, his trickster eyes sparkling.

"And did he agree?"

"Oh yes, he is quite eager. Though what he does not know is that I will not be staying for said measurements. It will just be the young Theyna and my brother alone"

"Oh you are wicked Loki"

"They do not call me the god of mischief for no reason, my love"

"Indeed, they do not" Leera giggled and kissed her husband on the mouth.

"Come, lets us spend the remaining hours of my birthday celebrations alone…" Loki replied, his eyes deep with love and Leera blushed, nodding. And Loki took his wife's hand and led her away from the pillar…