Chapter 17

A/N: TWENTY FIVE FOLLOWS! I'm so happy so many people are reading my story! I hope you guys like it! I have an idea... Read the chapter first, idea about possibility at the end... (U need to read this chapter to understand my question)

Recap: Loki had to go to the meeting about the mess he left when he left Asgard last time-war with Joutenheim- and a frost giant representative tells him how he can repay his debt-by marrying a frost giantess so that she can become queen and by helping her create a frost giant prince :o to keep the royal bloodline going.

*** Darcy's P.O.V***

Loki was right about the library in our room; it had Migardian books aplenty. I was reading one of the Harry Potter books when Loki came in. Moodily, he threw himself on his bed with his face in the pillows. I had a bad feeling as if something had gone wrong.

"Loki? Are you okay?" I said.

I doggy-ear-folded the page and got up to go to his bed. He was saying something into his pillow that I could not hear and he kept shaking his head. The closer I got to him, the more the dread would build.

"Loki?" I murmured.

Sitting on his bed, I reached for his shoulder and started rubbing it with my right hand. He groaned and sat up, looking at me with tired eyes.

"So much paperwork," he moaned.

"Loki! I thought something was terribly wrong," I laughed, pulling him into an embrace.

"It is, my hands… they hurt so much, I haven't written that much since… since ever, I've never written that much," He cried.

"You're so dramatic," I grinned.

Loki returned my smile and he took my hand. Like magnets, our lips flew together in seconds and we just sat there kissing. His lips were so soft as usual, and there was the usual roughness to our kiss, but it felt a bit different; almost sad if a kiss could be so. Pushing the dark thoughts to the back of my mind, I allowed myself to enjoy our slow kiss.

"Darcy Lewis, I love you," Loki said when we finally finished kissing.

"I love you too," I said, blushing heavily.

"Don't ever forget how much I love you, I will always love you," Loki said.

I put my head on his shoulder, and sat with my legs around him. He pulled me close so that I was flat on his chest. A loud bell began ringing, once… twice… it rang five times.

"Damn. We're late for dinner," Loki said.

Grabbing my waist, he lifted me off him as if I were weightless. I ran to my bathroom and combed my hair quickly and then put on my shoes quickly. Hoping I looked decent I ran back out to meet Loki by the door.

Picking me up once again, he ran with me to the dining hall. He dropped me down in front of the door; I straightened up my dress and mindlessly brushed back my bangs. Loki shoved open the door and we piled in as fast as possible.

"Loki, you are on a late roll today," Frigga scolded.

"Sorry mother," Loki murmured as soft and innocent as a child.

"Migard may have changed your hours, you'll adjust," Frigga said.

"Dinner is served," A servant said.

I looked in front of me to see a fourth of an entire ham on my plate with enough mashed potatoes for Jane and I, stuffing galore, and practically enough gravy to swim in. The second course was just as big… I hardly finished the first, and I didn't make it through the second- neither did Jane.

"You Migardians are so weak, it's adorable," Thor laughed, eating his turkey leg.

"Do not insult your mate like that!" Frigga shouted.

"Nor mines!" Loki growled, tackling his brother.

They rolled over on the floor several times, Jane and I stood up and started screaming at them, but Frigga put her hand on our shoulders and shook her head.

"It is how Asgardians get along here, if you look closely you'll see their smiles," Frigga said.

I looked to Loki and saw him grinning; his brother had food in his mouth with his smile. Finally, they got up, and Thor slapped his brother hard on the back before they returned to their seats. Both were grinning like children. Loki glanced up at me and I smiled gently, then Jane and I started laughing.

"I thought you were going to kill each other," Jane laughed.

"That was so scary!" I agreed laughing.

"Migardians are strange," I heard someone mutter under their breath, but I couldn't hear who- I was too busy laughing.

By the time dinner was over, Thor had dominated the 'eating competition.' He made it through all the courses, Loki stopped at the fifth, the third to last, Frigga stopped there too, but Odin made it to the seventh.

"To the gardens," Frigga said.

Frigga got up and led us to the gardens. Thor bounced to Jane's side, and Loki gracefully came to meet me as well. Loki put his arm around me and pinned me to his side, in return I wrapped my arm around his waist.

After walking for a pretty short while, we were outside and before us was a grand gold gate with a plant growing up it not allowing us to see the inside very well. A guard opened the door for us and we entered the royal garden.

Flowers dominated the place, it looked so colorful here! Some shades of colors that I had never seen before were here. Frigga was telling us the names of different types of flowers, but I didn't pay attention. Loki was my main focus; he stared forward, worried and afraid. Something was wrong I knew it, but I wasn't sure what… had something happened back on Earth?

"Feel free to roam around alone, just be back soon darlings so we can walk home together," Frigga announced.

Frigga seemed very caring however also very controlling. Already, she seemed adapted to the idea of Jane and I being her new daughters. She touched us so delicately as if we were flowers and she would hug us practically every time we touched her sons.

"I want to show you my favorite spot," Loki said to me.

I smiled and he took my hand. Giggling, we ran down the paths away from his family and the gold castle. All traces of worry left his face and now he seemed happy and carefree. There was a small wall of shrubs with another gold gate. Loki opened it and led me through.

There was green everywhere. We went to the center where there was a bench and a bonfire pit. I turned, green flowers were sprouting from green bushes and it looked beautiful. There was a tree behind the bench that was very tall and majestic.

"Look," Loki said pointing behind me, behind the tree.

I jumped over the bench and walked behind the tree. A small path was there that I followed. The green flowers turned purple and I reached a small fountain in the center. Water from the fountain made a beautiful noise as it hit the rest of the water in the small fountain. There were purple flowers around me and they looked beautiful.

"It's beautiful," I sighed.

"I had the purple flowers put in for you. I used to come here a lot to escape," Loki said.

I sat down on the edge of the fountain. Cool to the touch was the water; I discovered this as I cautiously touched it. Loki sat next to me, facing me and he too splashed the water. We began spraying each other with the water, laughing loudly.

"Hello Sif," Loki said suddenly.

Quickly, I turned to see someone trying to hide, but angrily she walked over to us. Long black hair reached her waist, I recognized her immediately.

"Hello Loki, Hello Lady Darcy," Sif frowned.

"What are you doing here?" Loki asked, reaching for a piece of my hair to play with.

"I'm patrolling the area," Sif muttered.

"Do not worry, it is safe here so you can go," Loki said.

"I'd like to speak to Darcy if you don't mind," Sif said.

Loki looked to me, and I nodded slightly. Sif scared me, so I did not want to say no to her at all. I sat up straight as Loki got up and walked up to her. He countered her, and her eyes followed him, glaring.

"I'll be back at the big tree, Darcy," Loki said to me.

"Okay," I whispered as he disappeared.

Sif smiled to me, but her eyes kept on glaring. She sat down right next to me and an awkward silence followed for a moment.

"Do you know what Loki did?" Sif asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Loki… He sent the destroyer to Migard to destroy his brother and all of you people," Sif explained.

"Oh, I know," I murmured.

"And you still love him?" Sif scoffed.

"I do," I nodded.

"I admire you for looking past his flaws as the rest of us Asgardians could not, but I feel it would be selfish if I did not warn you that he is evil. He hasn't changed, no amount of love could change a hate that burns deep. He seeks revenge on his father and you're just his ticket home and his safety blanket," Sif said.

"No, Loki is really sorry for what he did. He tried to kill his brother and he's sorry, he told me and-"

"God of lies, Darcy. Do not forget who he is," Sif said.

"You guys hurt him! You took him from his home; you treated him like the black sheep! He never had any friends because you all thought you were too good for him," I snapped.

"We never knew what he was until after he was presumed dead. We gave him equal chances, but all he wanted to do was cause havoc and mischief," Sif said.

"I think I should go back to Loki," I said, standing up.

"I see that Loki has already manipulated you into thinking he is right. If you ever need help to escape, because I know you will need to escape from him feel free to ask," Sif said. I rushed back down the path, but I heard her yell, "I'm your friend Darcy!"

I highly doubted that.

A/N: Should Sif and Loki have once gone out? I don't really ship them, but Sif is really acting like it... I don't see her with him, but maybe it's a thing of the past? What do you guys think? Please tell me, PM me, or leave it in the reviews -I don't know how to set up a poll XP-