Chapter 29

A/N: It's happening! The wedding, aww. Well, one more chapter :"(. For those of you who voted A for my next story (Loki/Darcy & Darcy/Steve), it's going to be called Captured; I'm working on it, but right now my priority is NYC, aka option B(Loki/Darcy... after they stop fighting!). Thank you all for sticking with this story for so long! I'll have a better end of the story speech next week, for our last chapter D":

***Loki's P.O.V***

It was dawn. I was asleep. Then, I wasn't. First, I was comfortable in the bed in Thor's room-they were remodeling mines- when without my notice the mountain lion roar of snores Thor made stopped. An avalanche of steps followed, however I was still mostly asleep so they did not catch my attention.

"Brother!" Thor's voice roared.

Sleepily, I sat up, and looked over at my brother and saw him grinning. He was charging at me. My eyes closed and when I opened them, I was behind Thor watching him run straight at me. He went straight through the fake me and did a front flip on my bed. Hysterically I was laughing, and he sat up and glared at me.

"Are you ever not going to fall for that?" I laughed.

"Brother today is your wedding day," Thor announced.

"Is it? I hadn't noticed," I shrugged.

"Brother, your armor is ready. Shall we go and retrieve it?" Thor asked.

"Isn't the wedding at night?" I asked.

"It is," Thor nodded.

"Then why worry about it now. Mother's going to take care of everything, we'll be fine. How about we play a game of chess?" I asked.

Thor nodded, but stared at me as I got up to retrieve the board. Was there something wrong with me? Had I turned into a frost giant? As I passed by Thor's mirror I saw myself, normal as ever… I grabbed the chess set and set it up on Thor's table, his gaze still on me.

"What are you staring at?" I asked.

"You sound… Migardian," Thor said.

"Oh. I apologize brother," I grumbled.

"No, it's fine. It's good that you're taking after her," Thor said.

"Well, she's getting more and more Asgardian and I'm getting more and more Migardian," I sighed.

Rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, rook… yes I had the board set up correctly. Thor and I put the pawns on together, quietly.

"Are you upset that Lady Jane did not come with you?" I asked.

"It brings me sadness; however we will have all the time in the world together. I wish for her to fulfill her dreams before coming with me here," Thor said.

"Ah…" I nodded.

Naturally, I won. Naturally, the board was blown to pieces. Thor had good strategy, only he needed to watch what he put where. He should check to see what can take his spot and avoid stepping there.

Someone brought us breakfast-and a new chess board and we played until just before noon when Odin called us. Honestly, I still hadn't completely forgiven him, but… I see now that his intentions were pure, so perhaps one day I could.

Thor and I raced to meet Father; just like old times. He seemed thrilled when I agreed to it, less thrilled when I appeared in front of Odin's room with the blink of an eye. Anxiously, I waited for Thor, and when he came we both entered.

"Sons… Loki, I am proud of you on this most gracious day. I wish you and Darcy happiness together," Odin said.

"Thank you, father," I mumbled.

"Do not worry. Eventually you both will be able to travel the nine realms in disguise," Odin explained.

Silently, I nodded but did not reply. There was nothing to say.

"Thor, I assume you're pleased in your brother as well?" Odin asked.

"Yes," Thor nodded.

"Well then, let's hope Jane does not take too long," Odin said.

Thor nodded too. Whenever we spoke with this man there was never anything to say. He must have sensed this as well.

"Well then, get ready for your wedding, son. Thor you stay and help me with decorations… be quick. The sooner the wedding, the sooner the grandchildren," Odin chuckled.

Awkwardly, I nodded as Odin and Thor laughed. Practically running, I escaped Odin's room and returned to Thor's room to change. Silver suit of armor, green long sleeved shirt, black pants were ready for me. As I changed into them, I wondered where my helmet was and if mother would let me wear it to the wedding. I was certain that if I did, Darcy would laugh, so even more of a reason to wear it. After searching the palace for it, I found myself at the door of the room of the relics.

My hand went to the handle, but I froze recalling all the horribleness that room had caused. Eventually, I entered the room and slowly walked to the tesseract as I had many times before. Thor wouldn't try to ruin my wedding as I had tried to ruin his coronation. He wouldn't have done any of the wickedness I'd done to my family. Still, I needed to redeem myself. And so I would.

"Tesseract power, sleep for now, field of power, surround this here, and do not open nor reappear, until one whose intentions are pure, is here for it with something to cure," I said.

Not the best spell, nor the best sounding, but it was something I had come up with on the spot. Slowly, a soft blue ice surrounded it, and froze solid before becoming invisible. My hand stretched forward and I touched it; it was obviously there, but invisible and impenetrable. It would do.

"LOKI!" Frigga's voice screamed.

All at once, my blood ran cold. The wedding bells rung, it would start in about five minutes… I was late! Damn, I hated this room! I had forgotten that time stood still in this idiotic room; especially when casting spells. My lungs hurt by the time I reached the meeting hall which was now filled with people. Frigga met me outside the door and I flinched. Although she's never actually hurt me before-she's pathetically slapped at Thor and myself before when we got lost or hurt- I expected her to hit me this time

"If you're ever late again, I vow to the nine realms that I will buy you a Migardian leash and take you around everywhere with me," Frigga snarled.

She tossed me my helmet, and happily I put it on. Darcy would find it comedic, and I wanted to hear her laugh. Then, grabbing me by the horn, she dragged me into the hall- in front of everyone I've known all my life and on my wedding day- she dragged me to the front, by the horn! It was embarrassing, and I heard chuckles as I was pulled in front of everyone.

Music began, Frigga ran off, and I stood up straight. The doors opened and in came my bride, Darcy the beautiful, in such a large princessey dress. She looked magnificent, and she smiled at me shyly. When she reached me, I took her hand, and she whispered to me.

"Nice horns, reindeer," Darcy whispered.

Honestly, I was staring at Darcy the entire time and mumbled what they told me to mumble. Finally, my favorite part came; it was a bit Migardian, but mother thought Darcy would like it.

"You may kiss the bride."

Blushing, Darcy rose on her toes; I leaned down and kissed her. Wedding bells rang again, Darcy's hands intertwined with mines, and we looked at each other when we finished. We were married.