A year passed and the twins are now two years old. They are walking and mostly talking. Tony helped them with their magic and they have good control over it, but he knows that he needs to find them a teacher sooner rather than later.
The twins were very smart for their age, asking for longer books to read before they went to bed. They especially liked hearing about Tony's adventures and even those about their father.
"Where Daddy Mommy?" Aurora asked as she held the picture of Loki and Tony in his Jotunn form.
"He's in prison Princess. He was forced to do a bad thing and was punished for it."
"No fair" Galen pouted.
"No, it's not. Someday you will meet him. I promise." He said.
"Why blue?" Galen asked.
"He is a Jotunn. A Frost Giant from a place called Jotunheim. It's one of the nine realms." Tony pointed to it on the larger mobile that now hung in the corner of the room when he bought new beds for the twins.
"Pretty blue" Aurora smiled.
"Very pretty" Tony said.
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Tony was working on a new invention for the company while the twins played ring toss with Dummy.
"Mommy, I hungry" Galen complained.
"Hold on kiddo, I'm almost done." Tony said.
"But Mommy, I hungry now!" Galen whined.
"Galen, enough. You need to wait."
"Please Mommy" Aurora pouted, tugging on his shirt.
"Just wait another five minutes and I will make you some lunch okay?"
Aurora nodded, but Galen didn't accept it. He used his magic to make the wrench in Tony's hand slip.
"Galen NO!" He screamed. The wrench hit the power supply and caused it to explode. Tony quickly grabbed the twins and protected them from the small explosion. The sound scared the twins, causing their magic to flare and teleport the three of them somewhere else.
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Tony felt his stomach twist and they landed on a cold floor. The temperature had dropped significantly. He groaned and opened his eyes to find the three of them in a large room made of, what looked like, ice. He wrapped his arms around himself, trying to figure out where they were. He whirled around when he heard Aurora scream, what he saw made him gasp. His children were blue. They were both staring, red eyes wide in shock, at their blue hands. "Mommy!" Aurora cried.
"Hey, it's okay. You're half Jotunn remember? Blue is good." Tony brought Galen and Aurora close to him. "You're fine, just fine." Tony assured.
"Blue like Daddy?" Galen asked.
"Yes, blue like Daddy." Tony smiled.
Galen looked down, "Sorry Mommy. I mean."
"Yes, what you did was very wrong and very dangerous. You will be punished later, make no mistake. But for now, we need to figure out where we are."
Right then a blue skinned giant entered the room and stared at them in shock.
"Well, that answers that." Tony muttered to himself.
The giant roared and pointed his spear at them. Tony gathered his trembling children closer to him.
"Woah buddy, watch where you point that thing!"
The giant started talking in another language that Tony assumed was the native tongue. "Yeah, I can't understand a word you're saying."
The giant said something again, brandishing his spear. After another moment the giant glared at them and stalked towards them. Tony attempted to get away, but the floor was slippery so the giant easily caught him. The giant grabbed the back of Tony's shirt and carried him out of the room.
"Mommy, scared" Aurora cried into his shoulder.
"It's going to be okay Princess. I'm going to keep you safe, no matter what." Tony whispered as he held his children tightly.
The Jotunn brought them to another large room. It looked like a throne room; one Jotunn, Tony assumed he was the king, sat on a large chair made of ice. There was another tall Jotunn standing beside the throne, probably an advisor. The Jotunn dropped Tony on the ground in front of the throne. Their carrier then started shouting in the native language, pointing his spear at the trio. The king was silent, examining the newcomers, Tony was starting to lose feeling in his fingers.
"C-can we h-hurry this u-up p-please? I, I can't f-feel my f-f-fingers." Tony's teeth chattered loudly. Aurora looked at him with concern. Grabbing his hands and rubbing them.
"Why do you have two Jotunn children with you Midgardian?" The King asked.
"T-they are m-mine." Tony replied.
The King raised a non-existent brow, "Oh really?"
Tony nodded, trembling from the cold. "They a-are half J-Jot-Jotunn. Their f-father is Jotunn."
"Hmm, what are your names children?" The King asked.
Aurora stepped forward, leaving her brother the task at keeping Tony's hands warm. "I Aurora Frigg Stark." She pointed to Galen, "That Galen Loptr Stark" She pointed to Tony, "Mommy"
The King and the Jotunn standing next to him stared in shock at Galen. "How do you know that name mortal?" The king glared icily.
"W-what name?" Tony asked.
"Loptr!" The other Jotunn demanded. "No one besides the royal family knew that name."
"I s-saw it in a d-dream. It s-sounded close to m-my lover's n-name so I ch-chose it." Tony replied.
"And what is the name of your lover?" The King asked.
"Loki"
"You mean the Asgardian that destroyed us? The one who killed our king?"
"He's not A-Asgardian. He's J-Jotunn. He d-didn't mean t-t-too, he was just afraid."
"Afraid of what?"
Tony couldn't talk, he was shivering too much. The King growled, "Get this mortal a fur, I will not have him die before he explains himself." Immediately, a large fur was draped over him and he arranged it around him, feeling a lot warmer than before.
"Thank you, you're Majesty." Tony said.
"Start explaining mortal." The King glared.
Tony nodded and started explaining Loki's story. By the end, the room was silent. "So our brother lives." The King looked to the Jotunn standing beside him. "After all these years, he was alive this whole time. Taken from us and pitted against us." The King stood up and knelt in front of the trio, Aurora and Galen hid behind Tony. "Fear not children, I shall not harm you. You are, after all, my family."
Aurora was the first to come out, "You know Daddy?" She asked.
"Not as well as I would like young one, but I would like to get to know you." The King smiled.
"Who you?" Galen asked, still behind Tony.
"My name is Helblindi" He turned to the Jotunn still standing beside his throne, "And that is my younger brother, Býleistr."
Býleistr knelt next to Helblindi. "Greetings young ones."
Aurora examined the giants in front of her and held out her hand, "Blue good." She smiled.
The giants looked curiously at her hand.
Tony chuckled, "You're supposed to shake it." He demonstrated with Galen.
The giants nodded and shook Aurora's hand before turning to Galen. Tony gave him a small shove towards the giants. With an assuring nod from Tony, Galen shyly held out his hand and shook each of theirs.
"Come, we have much to discuss and you need to be warmed." Helblindi helped Tony off the floor and led them out of the throne room.
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They joined the Jotunns for dinner, Tony now dressed in a leather body suit and a fur coat. "How did you travel to Jotunehim Starkson?" Helblindi asked.
"I was working in my lab and the twins wanted to eat." He gave Galen a look, "Instead of waiting patiently, Galen used his magic to take my wrench away. It dropped on my work's power source, causing a small explosion that scared them. Whenever they get scared, they tend to do magic. Now we're here." Tony explained.
"How old are they?" Býleistr asked.
"They're two" Tony answered.
"So powerful for ones so young." Helblindi was shocked.
Tony nodded, "Loki's pretty powerful too. I assumed they would get his power. I've helped them a little with control, but I can't help them anymore."
"We could help them." Helblindi said.
"What?"
"We have many mages here that would be honored to help a child of the royal family. This would also give us an opportunity to know our niece and nephew."
Tony turned to the twins, "What do you say guys?"
Galen looked thoughtful, "If we come here with magic, go to Daddy?" He asked.
"Perhaps." Býleistr said. "It would take a lot of practice, but you should be able travel to Asgard."
"Yay!" They cheered.
"I guess they accept." Tony smiled.
Helblindi nodded and waved a servant over. He passed three goblets of wine to the family. "Oh, I don't think we should have any wine, especially the kids."
"This is not wine Starkson, this is Allspeak. Drink this and you will be able to understand our language. It will be easier for others to communicate with you." Helblindi explained.
"You can just drink a language? Man, we need something like this." Tony drank the 'wine' and motioned for the twins to do so as well.
"The servants will take you to your room. We shall see you tomorrow Starkson." Helblindi said.
Tony bowed, "Thank you your Majesty."
When they got to their rooms Tony put Galen in a short time out while Aurora examined the space.
"I sorry Mommy" Galen whispered before they went to bed.
"It's okay Galen. Now you know to be patient. You need to be careful when Mommy is working." Tony said.
Galen nodded and cuddled against Tony's side. Aurora on his other side was already asleep. Tony looked up at the ceiling where the ice seemed to glow faintly. "Goodnight Loki"
Hope you enjoyed. I got the information like how to spell Jotunn and the brother's names from looking up some Norse Mythology. There are a lot of ways to spell Jotunn so I just went with that.
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