Chapter 6- Of scars and stolen moments

How about another flashback in this chapter, where you find out more about Daya's past? It's also full of cute fluffiness around her's and Loki's relationship. I got excited before because iTunes UK is advertising wallander, woohoo, cute little Magnus. Anyway, enjoy chapter six guys, love to you all. Oh, and once more I don't own any marvel characters or basically anything in this story other than Daya and Laynria.

Loki's secrets grew greater every day. Daya was afraid to follow him in when he disappeared off without her, scared of what she may have found. Instead she tried to make Loki feel guilty for keeping her in the dark, telling him of what a great king he made, and how much she loved him. Her attempts were in vain. Instead of being tricked into giving her the truth of what he had planned he answered her by telling her of his devotion to her or left his wife with kisses before she could ask more questions.

One evening as Daya stood out on the balcony she watched Loki ride down to the Bifrost and thought back to a memory she had of her and Loki the night after they had first kissed.

"Lady Daya, would you join me?"

Daya turned to see Loki stood behind her as she wondered around the gardens of the palace.

"Where are we going? What if people catch us together?" Daya asked, her heart already beating faster since seeing Loki. They were careful to avoid each other through the day, ensuring nobody would see them and suspect anything.

"Everyone is in the halls, Thor is having yet another feast. Besides, where we are going, nobody visits at night, the All father doesn't allow it, but I know a secret way there".

He held out his hand for her and nothing in the world could have stopped Daya from following him. When Loki held her, she felt there wasn't a force on earth that could have hurt her, or penetrated the happiness she felt around him. She took hold of his hand and he took her through the narrow paths of the gardens, the roses and lilies brushing past her face as he led her further into the secluded parts of the gardens.

Once he was sure they had reached a place where they were entirely hidden he turned to face Daya, pushing her up against one of the firm hedges gently. He kissed her lips and weaved his tongue in and out of her mouth like he knew every part of her anatomy as well as he knew the back of his own hand already. She giggled as the hedge tickled the back of her neck, and because she felt like a little girl once more, breaking the rules for the first time. Loki had a great talent for bringing out the innocence of her inner child, as well as the desires a young woman who had just met her first crush.

"Where are we going?" she asked again as he finally broke the kiss.

"On an adventure" he replied, with a smile that could win over even the most vicious girls.

"Wait, I have a present for you. A message I believe you should hear. It's on a ribbon, somewhere on my body, you must find it my dearest prince."

Loki smirked and ran a hand over one of her breasts and he tugged gently at the fabric that covered her chest. "Is it down here?" he asked peering down the fabric in between her breasts. She shook her head.

He moved to run his hand over her stomach and then down to her hips. "Here?"

She shook her head once more. "Even lower my prince".

He grinned before running his hand over her mound softly earning a small gasp from Daya. She had never been touched so intimately by another before. She closed her eyes and bit her lip. "Alas my prince, sadly it is even further down than that".

Loki frowned playfully and moved his hand to Daya's dismay further down to the top of one of her thighs. He looked at her questioningly. "Here?"

She nodded.

He leant down to move her robes aside slightly to reveal a long green ribbon tied around her thigh. He untied it before planting a chaste kiss on her leg and stood up to face her again. Turning the ribbon over, he saw the following writing in bold, neat writing.

"Our love now written in stars, until tomorrow, we are eternal".

He looked at her. "Tomorrow? That doesn't give our love long" he frowned.

She smiled. "Of course it does, tomorrow never arrives Loki."

He paused, realising the beauty in the sentiment she had created. He kissed her again softly. "What a wonderful present my love. I shall sew it into my armour, so that I may always have it close to me."

She nodded and allowed Loki to take her to the entrance of the rainbow bridge. He checked to see if there were any guards on duty. When he was sure they were in the clear he led her to bridge.

"The rainbow bridge? This is your idea of an adventure?"

"You only got a chance to merely glance at it when you arrived at Asgard. It really is the most wonderful thing in Asgard; at least I believe it to be anyway. Come, lie with me" Loki smiled before lying down on the bridge. Daya hesitated, not sure if she was as excited about the "adventure" Loki had said they were going on as she felt she should have been. He held out a hand for her to join him and Daya was not as foolish as to pass up an opportunity of lying close to Loki. Loki placed an arm around her as she lay next to him. Daya nestled her head against his neck.

As she laid there she realised small vibrations were passing through the bridge under them. They tickled her and she closed her eyes, taking in the feeling of being there with only Loki as company. The bridge seemed to pass energy through to her, like raw power itself. She felt freer than she had done in so long.

"What are you thinking about Daya?"

She turned to see Loki staring at her, his mouth curving into a small smile.

"About us and how I haven't felt this free in happy since, well, in my entire life actually" she answered him, holding his hand.

"I feel the same way my darling. You know, the best thing about this bridge, is the view. Just look above you".

Daya complied and looked up. What she saw was possibly the most breath-taking view, other than Loki, she had ever seen. Stars seemed to shoot across the skies in abundance, right before her eyes. Vanaheim was beautiful, a realm filled with a huge array of plants and creatures but the sky was ever blue. Asgard was different; its skies were made up of a multitude of colours. Fire orange would blend into pink and vivid purples would turn to midnight blue. Thousands of stars blinked and shone within the colours and planets hung effortlessly in the sky, like detailed paintings.

Loki saw her eyes sparkle at the sights before her. "Does it please you my lady?"

She beamed up at him. "It's wonderful, I mean. My realm is stunning but this is something else. It's bewitching. Its home. This, all of this, with you is home."

Loki filled with joy. He had never had anything that was his own, something Thor could never rival or steal, until now. Not only did Daya want him but she felt as if she was only whole when with him. For once, he could say he felt exactly the same way. He would make Daya his own; he would marry her and never allow Thor to take her as his wife. Even if it would destroy him or earn the highest punishment or dishonour Odin could give him. He would hold her close to him and never let her go.

"I love you Daya, and I want to say all the things that would make you happy but all I can think of right now is, I feel the same way. Now I feel completely inadequate for not seducing you with great words" he told her quietly.

"Loki's famous silver tongue stilled for words. My, my. You must love me" she grinned back at him.

He hoisted himself up on his elbows so he could stare into her eyes. "I do love you, really I do, you could never know how much. I will marry you Daya, I will. Even if it cost me banishment or imprisonment for treachery."

Daya stroked his face softly. "I do not think your father would judge you so harshly for going against his initial wishes. Thor does not want to marry me. He doesn't want to marry anybody. It's not like the plans would change at all. I will still live in the palace, I will still have power in Asgard, I could still give Asgard heirs to the throne. The only difference would be that we would be happy. I would not have been happy with Thor, and I highly doubt he would have either."

Loki nodded. "I hope your right my love. I really do. It would be nice if for once the fates would work to my advantage. That aside, if you are to be my wife, you must tell me of your past. I wish to know every part of you."

Daya's smile left her face and her heart sunk. "I'm sorry" Loki said. "I didn't mean to offend you".

She managed to give him a small smile. "No, no you are right. We should know each other entirely. I just don't tell a lot of people of my past, but if you are to be my husband, you should know everything. Scars and all."

She rolled her robes over to reveal a long thin scar running along the side of her body. Loki ran his fingertips over it as lightly as a feather may do. "I am sorry Daya. I had no idea".

"It's fine" she whispered. "It was a long time ago. You never truly forget your past though, not with the memories you have of your parents."

Loki's eyes widened. "Your parents did this?"

She shrugged. "My father did this. With a dagger he had found when travelling the realms."

"If you don't want to tell me, if you can't do it, you don't have to" Loki told her, gripping her hand tighter in his own.

"I trust you. I know you would keep it secret, and not judge me for it. I'm not the only child everyone believes me to me. I had a sister. Laynria. She was a year older than I. She was the one my mother wanted to marry to a prince. The one everyone had such high hopes for. I was always just the back-up plan when Laynria was around, but I still loved her, like she was the other half of me."

Loki smirked, understanding Daya's pain, knowing what it was like to be in another's shadow constantly. He urged her to continue her story.

"My mother had always been from royal descent, so marrying her daughters to eligible bachelors would never have been a problem. My father however, was a tyrant, he was violent and constantly out at war with other realms. We lived on the outskirts of Vanaheim, within the forests, we led quiet lives, nobody really knew of our existence. My father used to beat my sister, my mother and I. We were living in fear, every time he returned home from battle we would do everything to try and keep him calm but he still hurt us."

As Loki saw Daya struggle with telling him her story, he held her close, reassuring her that he was there for her.

"Finally, it had seemed that the heavens had heard our prayers and my father went to war for what we thought was the last time. We were told he had died on the battlefield and for once we were living in peace. We were happy, finally. Unfortunately, we were wrong. My father returned six months later, he was so furious at the thought of us being happy. At the thought of us moving on without him. He began to beat my sister harder than I had ever seen and knocked my mother out when she tried to help Laynria. I filled with such rage, more angry than I had ever been in my entire life, I began to fill with this power that I didn't even know I had."

Loki stared at her intensely, fully absorbed in her tale, finding it hard to believe that such a beauty had experienced such a traumatic past.

"Some sort of energy seemed to fly out of my hands and knock my father. He threw my sister across the room; her head hit the edge of a table as she fell. As he turned to deal with me I grabbed a knife and threw it at his chest. It hit him so hard, I could see the blood pooling at his feet. I could have called someone for help easily but I thought of what life would have been like if he had survived. I couldn't bear the thought of living in fear anymore, of the pain of being beaten or watching my mother and sister hurt any longer. So I stood, and watched him fall to the floor, seeing the look on his face. Seeing how for once it was him hurting and not us. He didn't speak, he didn't apologize or feel any remorse for his actions. He smiled, as he took his final breath."

Daya's hands began to shake and she held onto Loki tighter.

"My sister. She, she died. The force her head hit the table on after my father had beaten her within an inch of her life was too much. She died almost instantly. I never got a chance to say goodbye to her. It was the day my mother realised I was in fact a goddess, because of my powers. I was trying to save my sister. I failed her. I failed her Loki" Daya cried as tears ran from her eyes.

Loki held her close, comforting her, planting gentle kisses on her forehead and cheeks softly. "You didn't fail her Daya. You did everything you could have to save her. She just, wasn't as strong as you, she wasn't a goddess. You did everything you could have."

Loki didn't let her go, he held her tightly until her crying subsided and they lay staring at the stars once more.

"After that, my mother and I moved closer to the cities in Vanaheim and we lived quiet lives until finally she thought it time for me to move on entirely and get a husband. We both thought choosing someone outside of Vanaheim would be wise. There only seemed to be bad memories there. My mother decided to stay in Vanaheim though. She believes Laynria and her soul still reside there, so she stays, to keep my sister's soul company. Nobody ever found out about my crimes. All of my father's comrades from battles had already died, so our secret was safe. Although, I can never forgive myself, in my heart, I know I am a murderer, even to this day. It will never leave me."

Loki brushed her hair back slowly. "Daya, you did what you had to. Anyone with a heart would know you killed your father in self-defence. Nobody would judge you. I know that must have been hard, to confess all that to me Daya, but I feel honoured you would tell me. You can trust me when I say I will never tell anyone what you told me but know that I will always be here for you if you need me."

She kissed his lips. "I do need you Loki, So much."

He ran his cool lips over her neck and smiled. "I need you too Daya. We found each other at exactly the right time in both our lives my love."

Aww how sweet was the flashback. Finally we got to see where Daya came from, her traumatic past explains why her and Loki love each other so much, and explains how Daya can understand Loki's actions in the future. She also experienced a serious case of sibling rivalry, but hers ended far more tragically. So, I said I would do a little playlist for you about Daya and Loki's relationship. So here is what I have so far, feel free to give suggestions my dears.

Arms- Christina perri

Home-Gabrielle Aplin (seriously one of the most beautiful, amazing songs I have ever heard, please listen to her guys, she is sooooo good!)

Maps- Yeah, yeah, yeah's (as requested by evitakrishna88, this song suits Daya and Loki so well)

Howl- Florence and the Machine

Nowhere warm- Kate Havnevik

Cosmic Love-Florence and the machine (I know it's been used before but it suits them so well)

My Love-Sia (yes it's from eclipse, those movies have amazing soundtracks though, the song is perfection and Sia is amazing)

Fix you- Coldplay

That's all I have for now. Hope you guys like the songs, good tunes, I urge all of you to listen to Gabrielle Aplin, she is one of the most magnificent singers out right now :D until next time beauties!