I woke to the sunlight shining across my face. I had missed this back on Earth. Here, the sun was brighter, warmer. Already I was feeling better. I dressed and reported to the throne room. The throne was empty but Lady Frigga sat beside it.

"Odin is waiting for you in the back room," she said gently. "I have faith in you, Lady Lorainne."

"I hope to reward that faith, my lady." I did not have as much faith in myself. I put on a confident face for her sake and proceeded to the back room. There I found Odin sitting at the small table and an empty chair opposite him. He motioned for me to sit.

"Did you eat yet, Lorainne?" he asked. I shook my head. He clapped his hands twice. "Breakfast for the Lady," he said to the servants. Within minutes, tea with steaming sweet cakes were laid before me. Another thing I had missed on Earth.

"Tell me everything that has passed since I left."

"There's not a lot to tell." Odin began. "Heimdall tried searching for Loki but he has learned to hide himself. Thor's coronation was completed and I now feel completely secure in giving the throne over to him some day. His time on Earth made him a person after my own heart. he fell in love with an earth woman. He is more like Loki than he cares to admit." I blushed. "We had peace throughout the realms for sometime before Heimdall saw that an agency on Earth got a hold of the tesseract." I looked at him questioningly. "It is a source of almost unlimited power. We thought nothing of it until a fortnight ago. At that time, Loki appeared on Earth and stole it. He also enchanted two of the people who were guarding it. He must have been thinking of you; one of the two is an archer like you. Since then he has been causing havoc and trying to subjugate the humans, He believes he can rule the earth like he once ruled Asgard. A small group of humans have been trying to stop him. I sent Thor to try to bring Loki home but the humans locked him up. Two days ago he escaped. This morning he has opened a portal to another realm and brought his army through." He stopped. I set down my tea and met his gaze. "I fear it is up to you to stop this madness."

"I will do my best, sir. When do I leave?" I asked, with actual bravery this time.

"As soon as you are ready." I stood.

"I can be ready in ten minutes. Where shall I meet you?"

"Do you know the garden with the waterfall?" I nodded. "I shall meet you on the rocks at the top." I bowed and sprinted to my room. I could see now that I was really the only one who could save him. There was no way in all the realms that Loki would listen to his brother. I doubted that Loki even saw Thor as his brother anymore, now that he knew he was adopted. He probably felt very alone in the world. I strapped on my belt and dagger. Much like how I had felt until yesterday. I strapped my quiver over my shoulder. Only his family is further away, and he doesn't feel like part of the family. I jogged to the weapons room. He probably felt that if he could rule Earth he would feel wanted. Feel needed. I grabbed my long bow and extra arrows. I could give him that. I threw on my blue cloak for warmth, Odin did not mention what season it was. Fully confident in myself now, I jogged to the garden. I slowed as I approached the waterfall and carefully climbed the slippery rocks. Odin was waiting for me at the top. When I reached him, he held out a necklace with a sapphire in the shape of a circle, the exact color of my cloak.

"This is for you. Wear it and it will give you extra strength and energy. Wear this with my blessing." I lowered my head graciously and he slipped it over my head.

"Thank you, my lord." I straightened. "How do I get to Earth?"

"You jump."

"Over the waterfall?" I inched to the edge and looked over the edge. It was a long way to the rocky pool beneath.

"It is the only way. You will land on earth before you hit the bottom. Thor did it this way too." I took a deep breath.

"Count to three for me and I will jump." I backed up to give myself a running start.

"One...two...three." I ran and leaped off the edge. I couldn't help myself; I closed my eyes and screamed at the top of my lungs.