Chapter 23

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

"You're going to be fine, Darcy," a voice murmured over and over again, "I love you."

I vaguely recognized it, I knew it was someone important, but I couldn't bring myself to open my eyes and see who it was. So I snoozed off again….

"She's been out for two weeks, is this normal?" the same voice asked frantically.

"She was in Joutenheim…" Everything else blurred out once again….

"We can attempt this spell, but if she does not wake up from it, it means she was not meant to wake up."

"Please Darcy, please," a voice whispered…

Someone was sobbing. Multiple someone's were. Was I dead? I opened my eyes. I was sitting lying in a giant bed, Loki was sitting on the bed right next to me, Jane was in Thor's arms sobbing, Frigga and Odin were behind Loki, not on the bed, but standing looking at the floor, Frigga was biting her lips, shaking a bit, tears streaming down her cheek. But no one looked at me. Loki was crying too, his head on my lap, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably. All at once, I recalled everything; Joutenheim, Adrianice, Loki…

"Loki?" I rasped.

My voice was incredibly raspy. And I felt like I had a bad cold with sore muscles, but other than that I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. As soon as I spoke, Loki's head popped up, his eyes were red, he looked me in the eyes, his green eyes searching my face for only a second, and then he hugged me tightly.

"Darcy, my darling, oh, Darcy it worked! The spell worked!" Loki cried.

"I'm fine, Loki… I think I just have a cold," I whispered.

"You're fine?!" Loki asked, sounding nearly insane.

He pulled away immediately and searched my face again; he looked all over me this time, his eyes resting on my arm. I looked at it; there were still blue finger prints.

"Migardians are incredibly stupid! You are most certainly not fine! You could have died, my love! You could have died and it would have been my entire fault! I should be the one sick, I wish I were dead! This was my entire fault! I am stupider than a drunken-"Loki rambled.

He was sounding like Romeo and as hot as it was, I didn't want him blaming himself, so I brought my lips to his. At first, I thought he would pull away immediately; I only wanted a short kiss because his parents were here, but he kissed me back enthusiastically. His hands went around me as they always did, and I quickly forgot my audience. Loki's hand moved to my waist, and slowly higher-

"Oh, honey, please stop! Don't take her maiden head in front of your own parents! You aren't even married," Frigga wailed.

Loki froze and pulled away, blushing heavily. I was too, so I brought my knees up, wrapped my hand around them, and closed my eyes tightly.

"Mother!" Loki roared, "I know the rules!"

"I'm sorry for embarrassing you both. I'm so happy that you are awake, Darcy, I was so heartbroken… tell me, how did they take you?" Frigga asked.

Gracefully, she came and sat next to me on the bed. Loki wouldn't budge to make room for her, so she awkwardly reached out and held my hand in hers.

"I was reading Harry Potter and someone on the door knocked. I started to go to it, when I noticed that the door was frozen solid, and I ran away from it, dropping my book and everything. The door was kicked down and I ran to the bathroom. Someone wearing a glove shoved me forward and I hit my head on the bathtub… next thing I knew I was in Joutenheim," I sniffled.

"You're alright now, my love, you're all right," Loki cooed, putting his arms around me.

"We'll leave you two alone," Frigga said, leaving.

Odin who hadn't said anything the entire time followed her out. Thor looked at me and smiled. Jane waved, but she too left with Thor after giving me a hug. Loki and I were alone, finally…

"Can you clear things up for me?" I asked Loki. He gaped at me, confused. "Could you please explain to me what happened?" I asked.

Angrily, he explained how he found out about Adrianice and how she came to him in a vision. Then he talked about how he, Thor, and the Warriors Three came to rescue me, then they found Sif in the dungeons. The Sif I had initially met wasn't Sif, in fact it was Adrianice disguised as her. I shuddered, knowing that she could have taken me then and there when we were alone in the garden.

Loki told about how he found me, and they took me to the front. He stabbed Adrianice, he didn't know if she died or not, but hoped that she had died. Then, Odin came and rescued us and we got to Asgard. He brought me to the infermery and they healed me.

"I'm so happy you're home," Loki whispered, hugging me.

"I love you," I said.

"I love you as well," Loki whispered and he kissed me one last time before I dozed off again.

I was in the infirmary for the rest of that week, but after that I was fine. Loki had been in the infirmary every day I was. He was the first thing I saw in the morning, last thing I saw at night. Finally, things were back to normal, or as they were before I went and got kidnapped.

"Darcy?" Loki asked one afternoon when we were in the room, reading.

"Yes?" I asked, looking up.

Both Loki and I were on the sofa, my head was on his laps. He looked awkward and terrified. I sat up quickly and put Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows down. Loki put down his Asgardian book and took my hands. He stood me up and kissed me passionately once, then he lowered down… he got down on one knee; I gasped and took a step back, blushing. Loki pulled out a small box and opened it, inside was the most beautiful ring I had ever seen.

"Darcy Lewis, will you do me the honor… of marrying me?" Loki stammered nervously.

In response, I kneeled down to be at his level, and kissed him. I was lying on top of him kissing, and I pulled away for a breath, he was looking at me with sparkling, happy, green eyes.

"Yes, Loki, of course," I blushed.

Things felt perfect for that instant. We kissed again, our lips glued together, his hands on my waist and mines on his chest. Then, he put me on his laps and sat up. He opened the box again and took out the ring with shaky hands. I smiled and gave him my left hand. Our hands were a bit sweaty with nerves, but it didn't matter in that second. He put the ring on my ring finger and I looked at my fingers, then back at him.

"I love you," I whispered.

"I love you too," he whispered.

We kissed once again, and we climbed on the couch this time. Our lips were puzzle pieces that fit perfectly together. Right when we were getting comfortable, the door was knocked off its hinges once again. We froze and turned to the door, Thor stood in the door looking red.

"What brother?" Loki glared, "Shouldn't you be helping to set up for your wedding tomorrow?"

"The castle is under attack, frost giants, you need to leave now, they think you're here," Thor panted.

Loki's eyes went wide; I climbed off his laps and hurried to the door. I looked down the hall, no one; they hadn't reached here yet.

"Is she-"I started.

"Adrianice is dead. They seek vengeance," Thor said.

Stiff from the fear, I turned my head to see Loki who was actually smiling. I ran up to him and took his right hand with my left. Thor gasped from the door.

"Are you two engaged?" Thor asked.

"Yes," Loki said his smile widening.

"You little copycat, you always had to copy me brother," Thor chuckled before embracing his brother, "Congratulations."

These people were crazy. Their castle was under attack, yet they still had time to congratulate each other on getting engaged?!

"Where will you seek refuge?" Thor asked.

"Migard. Can we please go there?" Jane asked.

Thor stepped away from the door, Jane stepped into the room shyly, and her eyes searched the room for a second, and then looked back at us.

"Will you take her with you?" Thor begged.

"What?! You mean, you're not coming?" Jane cried.

"I must stay and fight," Thor said.

"Then I'm not going anywhere," Jane said.

"Jane-"

"No, you already left me once, I didn't hear from you for a year!" Jane hissed.

"Jane, I love you so much but-"

"But I'm not worth it," Jane whispered.

She ran sobbing into my arms. I was shocked, from where had she concluded this?! He was obviously head over heels for her! Was I the only sane one here?!

"Fine, I shall come with you," Thor groaned.

"If you don't want to, don't," Jane sniffled.

To prove how much he wanted to go, Thor picked Jane up, out of my arms, and kissed her. I stepped back; he was spinning her. They were practically eating each other's faces! I hoped Loki and I didn't look like that!

"All right then," Loki said. He took my hand, I took Jane's and Jane took Thor's hand. When we were all lined up, Loki added, "To Migard."