Chapter 30
A/N: THIS IS IT! My last chapter for this story, guys! It's been a good run and I'd like to thank you all for reading, for reviewing, for being your epic selves and just being epic. I'm so grateful that you guys read this until the very end. At least now I get to mark it complete. It has truly been an honor writing for you guys. Review, or PM me or something to let me know what you thought about the story in general, as an overview and what I can do next time I write for you guys. If you don't end up reading any more of my stories, and therefore don't read any more of my final Author Notes, then have a great life! I wish you all the very best!
***Darcy's P.O.V***
Wow. All I could think was wow. Loki and I were married, and it was like a fairy tale. We ran out and everyone cheered and well the ball was a HUGE ball and it was so amazing. I felt like a princes… I am a princess… kind of weird. I was still getting used to the idea of me marrying a mythical person… someone who didn't even exist or wasn't supposed to.
It was getting hot and stuffy and fights were beginning to break out from the drunken men, so Loki took my hand and led me outside to a balcony. Me and my princess dress followed him out and we stood in the balcony, looking out on all of Asgard.
"Darcy…" Loki began.
He was blushing. It was cute, and I smiled at him. He turned down and continued looking out at Asgard.
"So… We're married," I said to break the awkward silence.
"That we are," Loki nodded.
"I'm glad," I smiled.
"Me too," Loki said.
Fine, if he wasn't going to kiss me I'd do it myself. I tugged on his arm, and he turned to me, and pulled him down. His head came down and his lips came to mines. My arms went around his neck and he pulled me up, to sit on the balcony rail. Ordinarily, I would have been terrified. If I fell back, it would be like a twenty gazillion foot drop, but he was here and I knew that I would be safe. When we finished our kiss, he gazed into my eyes and I got lost in his.
"Are we ever going to go home?" I asked.
"This is home… or do you mean to Migard?" Loki asked.
I nodded.
"We shall return to Migard someday. Perhaps in a decade, or a century," Loki said as if he told me we'd be going in a week or a month.
"I'm not going to be alive in a century," I whispered.
"You insolent Migardian. You think I'd marry you, pledge my eternal love to you and not give you a bite from the apple of immortality so that you could live with me forever?" Loki teased.
"Well, you arrogant Asgardian, perhaps I did," I huffed.
"Do you wish to eat from the apple?" Loki asked.
"I don't care. As long as I'm with you," I said.
"Come with me, then," Loki said.
He took my hand and we walked back into the hot ball room. Thor was laughing and punching a few men as he retold a battle tale. When he saw Loki and me, he waved enthusiastically. I waved back, but Loki pulled me through another door. We began running when we entered the door; we were now in another hall.
"Are we late again?" I asked as we ran.
"Yes," he groaned.
Giggling, I ran with him and we reached a golden door at the end. He opened it and let me in first. Inside, Frigga awaited us, her hands on her hips. Odin was there too, awkwardly standing next to Frigga. There was a basket of apples on a nice table in the center of the room. There was nothing else in the room.
"Darcy, now that you are wed to my son I shall trust you to get him to where he should be on time. He's still a little boy, and he obviously has no idea how to tell time," Frigga said.
"Of course," I nodded.
"I know how to tell time mother!" Loki groaned.
"Darcy, come forward," Odin boomed.
Obediently, I stepped forward, Frigga and Loki stepped back and Odin walked to the table. He picked up an apple and whispered to it, and then he handed it to me.
"I give you the name of my father, and his father before him. You are now an Asgardian and by taking a bite of the apple, you shall become immortal and a part of our family line," Odin said, "Eat from the apple."
"I feel like Snow White," I chuckled.
No one laughed. Embarrassed, I took a bite of the apple. To be honest, I half expected to fall back, dead, but I didn't. For a second nothing happened, then the world became bright and I realized it was me who was bright! My arms stretched and so did my legs, and then the light inside me switched off. When I stood up, I could feel my back stand up straight. I walked to Loki and noticed that now; I was only a few inches shorter than him. Loki wrapped his arms around me.
"Now your mines forever," Loki whispered in my ear.
"I wouldn't be too excited about that," I grinned.
"Why not?" Loki asked.
"I'm not perfect. That's what you deserve, perfect," I said.
"Neither am I. And you deserve that, yet you settled for me… thank you," Loki said.
"Loki… if we're going to have a modesty contest it will easily turn into a fight," I warned.
"Fine," Loki sighed. He pulled away from me and held my hand and looked to his mother, "Mother, could I take Darcy to our new room?" Loki asked.
"Yes," Frigga nodded excitedly.
Loki started for the door, but when he heard Frigga following us, he spun around quickly and glared at her.
"Alone," Loki said.
"But Loki! I want to take my new daughter to her new room!" Frigga stomped.
"I want to take my bride to our room alone!" Loki objected.
"Darcy, do you mind if I come too?" Frigga asked, turning to me desperately.
"Do not get her involved. Of course she'll let you come along; you're her mother in law now!" Loki growled.
"Frigga, shall we go attend the guests?" Odin asked from behind her.
"The guests!" Frigga shrieked.
She ran to the door then stopped and ran back to me. She pulled me into a bone-crushing hug and then hugged Loki.
"I'll see you in the morning, or later to bid you goodnight! Farwell, my children!" Frigga cried.
And she ran out of the room faster than I would have thought possible. Odin came forward and shook my hand, then held it in his while he told me something.
"Thank you for marrying my son. If you ever need anything, ask me as if you were asking your father, I am your father," Odin said.
Smiling stupidly, I nodded. I… am… your… father… DARTH VADER! I was struggling not to laugh, so I just nodded like an idiot. When I realized how stupid I looked, I began blushing. Great. The return of the Cheshire Tomato. Odin went and hugged Loki and told him to respect and to take good care of me and then he too left.
"Why are you smiling like that?" Loki asked.
"Have you ever… seen star wars?" I giggled.
"No…" Loki muttered.
Laughing, I shook my head as he led me out the door muttering that he had just married an insane woman. He led us up the stairs, but we passed the level that Thor's room was in… Curiously, I made us go faster, and he led us to the level just above it. There was only one door on that level, and we went in.
"Oh my gosh," I gasped.
It looked like Migard. There was a flat screen T.V. a bunch of movies, a sofa… it was like an epic mini apartment. There wasn't a bed though. Still holding my hand, he led me through one door. The bedroom. There was one big, round bed in the middle, and another T.V.
"This entire level is our room?" I asked.
"Our chambers, yes," Loki nodded.
"Wow," I gasped.
I felt an itch on my back, and reached back to scratch it… I couldn't reach it and angrily, I started tugging at my dress.
"Can I take off this dress?" I growled.
Loki looked at me with an eyebrow raised and I blushed immediately.
"Not like that!" I said.
Smiling, Loki came over and helped to untie the back of my giant dress. When we finally had it off, I was wearing the small dress underneath it. I picked up the dress and followed Loki to a closet where he took it from me and carelessly threw it in. Then, he picked me up and carried me to the bed.
"This is so typical!" I groaned, laughing.
"Of course it is… I learned these traditions ahead of time," Loki shrugged.
He put his hands on my waist and pulled me to him. Closing my eyes, I kissed him full on the lips and everything felt perfect. And as horribly cheesy as these sounds, in that instant, I knew that everything would be perfect, forever.
LAST A/N: And as a last author's note, I would like to just thank you once again for reading. I wish I could write a thank you note to each and every one of you, but I have other fan fics to write… Eventually, if I write a story that you guys might be interested in I'll post a BONUS CHAPTER with another A/N telling you what story it is… I'll post another BONUS CHAPTER again when I'm going to get started on Captured! I LOVE YOU MIGARDIANS! So long, farewell, abientot, I'll miss you!