#sorry everyone who liked the short cape i like the big triangle

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The Journey of a Forgotten Soldier (Levi x OC)

This is a story I’m in the process of posting on both AO3 and Wattpad, though I decided to add it to Tumblr as well. However, since I’ll be behind on Tumblr comparing to AO3 and Wattpad, this may remain behind or I might bulk post.

Relationships:

Alana Frey (OC)Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin)/Original Female Character(s)Levi Ackerman/Alana FreyFurlan Church/Original Character(s)Furlan Church/Alana Frey

Characters:

Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin)Furlan ChurchIsabel MagnoliaAlana Frey (OC) - CharacterErwin SmithHange ZoëPetra RalGunther SchultzEld JinnOluo BozadoKeith ShadisSpecial Operations Squad | Squad Levi

Additional Tags:

Graphic Description of CorpsesBlood and InjuryViolenceMurder

Summary:

Alana Frey, a girl born in the Underground City, longed to see the true sunlight every morning that she would wake up. Alongside her comrades: Furlan Church, Isabel Magnolia, and Levi, Alana’s life as a thug continued with no way around it; until the sudden day she and her companions were offered the deal of a lifetime.

“Once you complete this job, not only will you be generously compensated for your work,

but you will also earn the right to live above ground.”

Word Count: 2.7k

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CHAPTER 4: Fateful Encounters

Levi fiddled with the trigger on the handle of his ODM Gear. As he inspected each operating part, he made sure everything was in place for what was about to happen. 

“Levi, we’re ready to roll.” Furlan called out, with his own ODM Gear already attached to him. 

Alana had helped Isabel with her belts that strapped around the smaller girl’s body before working on her own. Quietly, the raven haired girl fiddled with her beaten ring, the last gift from her mother, nervously. 

With that announcement, they were off. Making their way through the alleys of the Underground, everyone was completely on guard. Scanning each person, place, and thing, none of them left anything out of their sight. 

“I’ve verified Jan’s status. He’s definitely been admitted to a top class hospital. The man in the carriage’s identity is legit, too.” The blond stated, “This job is the real deal. We’re doing this, aren’t we, Levi?”

Three pairs of eyes laid heavily on their leader’s shoulders. 

“Let me say one thing…” The mysterious man stopped the four from leaving down the stairs. “Whether you accept this job or not, the target will come into contact with you. In other words, there’s no getting around it. 

Turning the sharp corner, Levi finally responded. “Just act natural. It’s only when we come face-to-face with them like that bald geezer said, that our job begins.”

[~]

Down the road from them, a merchant called out to one of the stray dogs. “Hey, hey.” Crouching down to make himself seem more approachable, he tried again. “Hey there, boy. Huh?”

The dog turned away with no interest, heading in the opposite direction. 

“What are you doing?” His co-worker called out to the slacking man. Currently, he was working with several large wooden crates filled with food. 

“I’m sorry.”

Their conversation was cut short as a wire zipped past their head. In a flash, four bodies zoomed by quickly, the last knocking down the neatly stacked pile of wood. This drew the hungry bystanders on the road to immediately run and snatch an apple, or even a bag of rations that were emptied.

“Hey! Hold it right there!” The shaken worker yelled. “Those damn thieves are back! They’ve hit us again!”

“Somebody call the Military Police!”

The four armed bodies continued their race along the buildings. Levi did his occasional flip in the air to keep accelerating. Alana and Furlan were also rushing, but then there was Isabel who seemed to be enjoying every moment. 

“Yahoo!” She yelled out, enjoying the ride. 

“Levi, they’re here.” Alana called out to her leader, as she listened behind her. “Fifty metres behind. There’s eight of them.”

Behind them, three soldiers dressed in a military uniform chased the group with their own ODM Gear, but with two silver boxes strapped to their sides, which held spare blades for their handles. Brown, cropped jackets, white, button down shirt, white pants, and knee high, brown boots. However, behind the police, there were five more pursuers holding out blades that were attached to their handles. They were dressed in a similar outfit, but on top, they wore a green cape with hoods covering their faces. 

“Military Police, huh?” Isabel questioned with a smug look. “When will they learn?” Turning to face back forwards, the happy girl looked to Levi for approval. “Yo, Big Bro! Was that line sweet or what?”

“Are you dense?” He replied in a stern voice, resulting in a pout from Isabel.

Each of the ODM Gear users soared through the sky, chasing or being chased. While it was pretty easy for them to shake off the Military Police, the ones in capes were as persistent as ever. They seemed to be more trained than the police themselves were. 

In order to throw them off, Levi attached himself straight onto a building, heading towards the dead end. While he seemed to be cornering himself, the ravenette had a better idea. Pushing off against it with all of his might, he shoved himself backwards, past the caped soldiers. Unfortunately for their chasers, Levi was able to turn around before they could slow themselves down, catching up with his comrades. 

“Those movements, they’re not the Military Police!” Furlan observed, almost seeming to lose his cool.

“Yeah, there’s no mistaking it…,” Levi replied, staying as calm as ever. “It’s them. Those Wings of Freedom crests… It's the Survey Corps. I’ve got no intention of getting mixed up with these guys. But now that they’re after us, they won’t be easy to lose.”

Alana risked another chance to turn and look at the regiment behind them. Just as Levi said, the badges on their shoulders differed from the Military Police. Instead of a green unicorn—which was the Military Police badge—, they were blue and white colored wings. This badge belonged to the Survey Corps, or otherwise known as the Scouting Regiment.

A bold chuckle left Furlan’s lips as he turned to gaze at the Scouts himself. “These battle-hardened soldiers really are a cut above the rest.”

“You three! You know what to do.” Levi commanded his friends.. 

“Of course,” Isabel grinned.

“It’s showtime, right?” Furlan smirked.

“Let’s go, everyone.” Alana nodded and zipped below the stone arch Levi was heading towards. 

“Just don’t get caught.” Levi grumbled under his breath.

Furlan took the left and Isabel took the right simultaneously while Levi and Alana continued forwards. Two Scouts followed Furlan and Isabel, one for each. Alana still had one chasing her while Levi had two. Each of the runners had one goal in mind: to push the Scouts to their limits. 

Levi flew over the arch and continued his route straight, crashed through one of the taller building windows, then landed on the stone floor beneath him with ease. Keeping up his running pace, he jumped over boxed obstacles left and right masterfully. The dark hallway took a sharp right, and then he was back outside the opened window on the opposite side. Shocking enough to him, his pursuer was right outside waiting for him with a readied blade. 

Striking quickly with his blade, Levi and his wire were only barely able to dodge in time. He continued forward, flying underneath another archway. Unfortunately, it was old and easy to break through; perfect for a Scout to use it to his advantage. And they had done just that. 

The man chasing him, Mike Zacharius, plunged down through the archway and straight onto Levi’s small frame, knocking them both into another load of wooden crates. Though Mike had the advantage of not being knocked onto the ground, Levi forced himself into a backflip to secure his standing position. With a spin of his pocket knife, Levi rammed into the taller man, knocking one of the two blades out of Mike’s hand. Both had an equal ground now.

Levi once more shoved his blade towards the Scout, hoping to either disarm or injure the man. That’s when his second pursuer made his entry. Coming straight down from the air, a shorter, blond scout used his weight and gravity to his advantage, and pushed Levi back. With ease, he ruthlessly attacked Levi, who only had the chance to backflip away to create space. But even that was not enough. 

Using the chance to accelerate towards the thug, the shorter Scout was able to successfully hold Levi in place by adding pressure with the blade on the shorter’s throat. Levi had a strong hold of the blond’s left arm holding the blade, trying to hold him off. The Scout held Levi’s left as well, which had the pocket knife. Each was shaking, trying to hold out from the strength the other was providing. As Levi was about to push him off once more, the caped man cut him off. 

“Don’t even think about it. Look around you.”

[~]

Meanwhile, Alana split away from Levi right as he entered the building ahead. She yanked herself towards the left, hoping to lose her enemy by taking sharp turns. However, her luck had run thin as her attacker was right behind her. Quickly turning once more had caused the Scout to be able to catch up and cut one of the wires of the ravenette’s gear. Before falling from the lack of balance, Alana caught herself and pumped as much gas as she could to land on top of one of the brick buildings. 

Nanaba, the Scout entrusted to take care of the thug in front of her, landed next, blades in hand. Rushing the blue eyed runaway, she quickly grabbed Alana’s arm, hoping to hold it behind her back.

But Alana thrived in hand-to-hand combat. 

Sweeping her boot backwards underneath Nanaba’s in order to throw her off balance, the smaller girl grabbed a hold of the dirty-blonde haired Scout’s arm and neck, successfully putting her in an arm triangle choke hold on the ground. This forced Nanaba to drop one of her blades. Unfortunately, it was obvious neither of them was going down without a fight. With the help of her remaining blade—and a strong punch to her opposer’s jaw—, Nanaba was able to push the stronger girl off, and end up sitting on top of her stomach. Holding Alana’s arms down with her knees, the Scout held the one blade left in her hand to her throat. 

“Don’t fight against me. You’ve lost.” Nanaba threatened, closing in the gap between the throat and blade. 

Alana’s mind raced as she thought of a way to get the Scout to release her. Knowing she couldn’t throw her off physically, words were going to be her best option. “If you kill me, you’ll be going against your orders.” Alana had thrown the idea up from out of the dark, but that hadn’t meant she wasn’t going down without trying.

Luckily for the black haired girl, Nanaba eased up. With all the strength she could muster, Alana threw off the blonde. With a swift move, her pocket knife was already in her hand. She rammed her blade into the blonde’s arm as blood began pouring out. After that distraction, she began running across the building. The ravenette was about to soar off, but had remembered the wire had been severed. Those mere seconds of hesitation was her downfall. 

Nanaba had been quick enough to hit the back of the braided haired girl’s neck and knock her out. Grabbing her swiftly, she went to meet up with her Leader. 

[~]

Levi glanced around to his right, only to witness two of his friends in the arms of Scouts. 

“Let me go, asshole!” Isabel yelled as she fought against her captivators. “Goddammit!”

Furlan, however, remained quiet and complied to the Scout’s needs, not wanting to stir up more trouble for himself. That was, until he saw his closest friend held up in the tough position he was in. “Levi!”

Still debating on abiding to their will, his silver eyes gazed to his left as he saw his remaining friend regaining consciousness in the hands of a blonde woman. That had been the turning point. Levi’s left hand slowly eased up as the knife dropped from his grip with a clank on the hard floor.

“You’re quick on your feet.” The blond, assumingly Leader’s, face was completely uncovered by his hood, as he looked to Levi. He had bright blue eyes, large eyebrows, and a stern face. Even so, as of right now, his smug smile had been evident.

But that meant nothing to Levi. Now that he was at their mercy, a signature scowl was painted on the black haired man’s face, eyebrows furrowed as always. 

Before they knew it, each of the four had been handcuffed and kneeled onto the hard, dirty ground beneath them. Levi being on the left, then Isabel, Furlan, and finally Alana on the right.

“I will ask you a few questions.” The blond leader spoke up. “Where did you obtain these?” Holding up the handle of an ODM Gear, his face turned stern. 

There was no answer from any of the group. Each of their eyes drifted away, towards anything else they could focus on.

Knowing he wouldn’t get an answer, the leader continued. “You’re all very skilled in ODM Gears. Who was your instructor?”

Once more, he was met with silence.

With heavy footsteps, he walked over to Levi, stopping not many steps away from the scowling man. “I’m guessing you are their leader. Have you undertaken squad training before?” Witnessing the ravenette’s death stare, a smile made its way onto his face. “That is the face of a man who wants to kill me and escape.”

Levi’s head raised up, annoyed greatly by the situation. It was easy to feel the burning hatred rising in the air. Upset by the silence, Mike grabbed a handful of Levi’s silky hair from behind and shoved him straight down, face first, into the mud puddle below. 

“Asshole!” Isabel called out, burning her own green eyed glare into the side of Mike’s head. She, Furlan, and Alana had all been caught off guard by the sudden attack.

Levi forcefully tilted his head to the side. One reason was to breathe, and the second was to look at Mike with hateful eyes.  

“I’ll ask once more.” The man with giant eyebrows stated. “Where did you learn how to use the ODM Gear?”

At this point, Alana’s motherly side couldn’t take the pain Levi was in. Looking up at their leader, she yelled eagerly. “No one taught us! We taught ourselves!” A small wince made its way on her face as she felt the area where she had been punched starting to bruise. 

“You taught yourselves? That’s hard to believe.”

Next, Furlan spoke up, backing up his female companion. “We did so to escape from this hellhole. Anyone who doesn’t know what sewage tastes like couldn’t understand!”

“Either way, take your filthy hands off my Big Bro!” Isabel chimed in, her voice low as she did her best to threaten. “Stop acting stuck up just because you’re soldiers!”

With only a look as a command, Mike released his pressure, and lifted Levi’s head back up out of the water. The boy’s head was soaked as he stared towards their leader’s direction. The leading Scout’s next action surprised everyone, even some of his companions. The blond took a knee in front of Levi, white pants getting dirtied in the mud puddle. 

“My name is Erwin Smith. What is your name?”

Instead of a reply, he received coughing from Levi. Without a word, the ravenette continued to glare at the man in front of him, seething in anger. 

“I applaud your determination,” Erwin continued, “but keep it up, and we’ll move onto your comrades.”

As if his words were commands, each Scout raised their blade to the remaining three. With a nod, they were ready for any means necessary. Levi had been completely cornered once more at this point. “You bastard…”

“What is your name?”

“Levi.”

“Levi, I’d like to make you a deal.”

“A deal?”

“We’ll let you off the hook so long as you lend us your strength.” Erwin’s large brows furrowed. “Join the Survey Corps.”

Levi’s eyebrows furrowed more, if that was even possible. Though he was taken a bit aback by the sudden command, he hid it completely. “And if I refuse?”

“You’ll be handed over to the Military Police. Considering the length of your rap sheet,” Erwin stood with a smug smile, “the Military Police will make your lives a living hell.” Turning and backing up a couple of feet to create distance, the blond’s eyes met Levi’s once more as a small smile played his lips. “Make your decision.”

“Very well.”

Isabel’s bright green eyes widened at the sudden agreement. Though she tried to keep her cool for the sake of her friends and pride, she didn’t know what to think about this current situation. Furlan, however, narrowed his eyes as he prepared for what was coming ahead. Alana watched Levi with worried eyes. Nobody had thrown him for a loop quite this badly, and she didn’t know what could be the outcome.

Levi shook the muddy water from his hair in one swift movement, spitting out some of the mud in the process. Through his wet bangs, he stared into Erwin’s crystal blue eyes. Time had seemed to move so slowly as everyone awaited for what he was to say.

“I’ll join the Survey Corps.”

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(A/N) Hello! Now with school going on, these chapters are going to update on a different schedule. They will now be added at 6 PM CT (the time it is now).

This is one of the first action scenes I have written, so bear with me if some areas do not make sense. As of recent, I've realized that ACWNR varies heavily from manga to anime, so I've decided to try and mix the two together. The first couple of chapters are more so based on the anime, but it slowly will transition to more of the manga version. Also, although Alana does not play a very big role in this (and it follows very close--or completely--to how the anime/manga is) she will eventually become a bigger characters; especially after I get past ACWNR and it turns to more of my own work. Personally, I really enjoy the backstory and I wanted it to start the story off well.

Thank you for reading! I'll see you all next week :)

Thank you Brianna for editing.

Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 

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Drawn Between Worlds - Dr Strange/Loki x Reader

(Chapter 1) Chapter 2 (Chapter 3 coming soon) Plot: After you started working for SHIELD, you got drawn into the Avengers group and helped them stop Loki and his Chitauri army from destroying New York completely. That was two years ago. However, Loki’s dangerous behaviour didn’t stop you from keeping your interested in him. Or perhaps it is his mischievous self that’s the very reason for it. But as a long-lost associate turns up, you find yourself being drawn between worlds and feelings as old emotions come back while new ones develop. 

Words: 4158

Warnings: None

It's now two weeks since the party. The day after, the team divided up and it's now just Tony and you again. Because of that, you have some trouble filling all the time without the rest of your friends. The morning jog yesterday was dull, the training workouts are simple and boring. To get the time go faster, you tried to hang out with Tony when he's working, but that soon became sitting down on the chair and observe him.

Now you're outside on the streets, walking under the warm sunlight in your own thoughts. The headphone cord dangles from your ears to the left pocket where it's connected to your phone. Listening to music helps you to get distracted from the real world. You let it take over and steer your feet so you don't really notice where you're heading. The path is soon to lead you to someone who will make your life interesting yet again.

Walking out if the busy streets, the area becomes more abandoned. Big, old, empty buildings appear around you, but you keep on the pace. It's first when sirens suddenly overwhelm your music that you bring your focus up. Several police cars coming at high speed a bit ahead and disappears around a corner.

As curious as you are, you jog in the same direction and slow down when you enter an area where the cars have stopped and the police officers are on the outside, talking to a young woman and man. Some meters away, another woman approaches them and when the first woman sees her, she runs over and hugs her. From the distance you're standing, you can't hear what they're saying and it seems like everything is fine... but then it's suddenly starting to rain heavily out of nowhere.

"Great..." you mumble annoyed. From the nice weather you went out in, you didn't bring a jacket with a hood.

From the other end of the crowd, a man in a red cape has suddenly arrived. You instantly recognize him and so does the girls. One of them runs over to him and by the looks of it, slaps him in the face. Twice. The other woman follows and once she's with them, the raining stops so she must've commented on it. There must be a reason for him to return back to Earth so you start to run up to them.

"Thor!" you call and the God looks up.

"Y/N! What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same," you reply.

"Hi, I'm Darcy," one of the women says and reaches out her hand. You shake it with a smile, not really bothering who they are right now. You're more interested in what brought Thor here. "This is my friend, Jane, and this is my intern," she continues and points at a young man beside her.

"Eh... Ian, my name is Ian."

Turning back to the scene, you see the policemen come up to the two women.

"Oh, eh, Jane. I'm pretty sure we're getting arrested," Darcy says and Janes turns her head.

"Hang on," Jane replies and meets the officers.

One of the policemen lay a hand on her shoulder, but get abruptly thrown backwards like an explosion just occurred. Many other of the men also get caught by this and all of them land on their backs, startled by what just happened. The remaining officers raise their guns, pointing at the women, ready to fire. You and Thor rush over and he kneels down, barely touches her to see if she's alright.

"What just happened?" Jane asks gently as she pushes herself up on her feet. The police officer approaches you apprehensively.

"Place your hands on your head. Step back!"

"The woman is unwell," Thor answers.

"She's dangerous." 

Thor glances warningly up at them. "So am I."

The policeman grabs a hold of his radio. "Requesting armed response officers to the scene." The rest of the men start to circle you and the rest of the group when Thor pulls both you and Jane closer.

"Hold on to me," he says to both of you.

"Thor, what are you doing?" you ask as you feel your body sort of dissolve and then are sent in an enormous speed upwards. The experience is amazing but goes incredibly fast. Your head gets dizzy and you shut your eyes while holding tight to Thor's arm.

You must've fainted for a short second because the next thing you know is that your body falls down once Thor lets you go.

"Oops, sorry," he says and helps you back up.

"We have to do that again!" Jane excitedly says and her smile drops when she sees a large man with an armour of gold, holding the shaft of a huge sword. "Hi."

"Welcome to Asgard."

Your head snatches up at the man's voice. His eyes are the same colour as is the outfit. "Asgard?" you turn your eyes on Thor. "We're at your home?" 

"Well, the men on Midgard didn't seem like they had nice intentions so I brought you both with me. Besides, we need to figure out what's happened to you," he responds, now looking at Jane.

The sight before you blow your mind. It is magnificent. Like taken straight out of a fantasy movie, only a whole lot more beautiful. The big golden, triangle shaped building that stands out reminds you of some part of a musical instrument. Like some special kind of flute or something. And the Bifrost is stunning with its rainbow colour. Never did you think you would actually be able to experience this with your own eyes. Memories from when Thor talked about it comes to your mind and you realize why he spoke so passionately about it.

"Follow me," he says and leads the two of you out on the long walk across the bridge.  

* * *

"What's that?" Jane asks while she's lying on a table surrounded by women nurses and some information that appears by some kind of magic. Kinda looks like Tony's lab with all his, almost invisible screens where he can swipe information from one screen to the other.

"Be still," Eir tells her while you and Thor watch as they examine Jane.

"What do you think it is?" you ask him, both of you standing with your arms crossed.

"I do not know. It's not of Earth."

"I have never seen anything like this, but she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her," one of the nurses tells you. Before anyone gets to say anything else, the door to the room opens and an elder man with long white hair and a patch over his right eye enters.

It turns out to be no other than Odin, Thor's father, king of Asgard and protector of the nine realms. The father and son have a bit of an argument about mortals not belonging here, but that it's the only way Jane can be helped. Odin tells the guards to escort both Jane and you out, when the guard who grabs Jane's arm, get thrown back just as the policeman.

"Don't touch her," Thor says leaning down and tenderly lays his hands on her. "Jane, are you alright?" She nods her head while Odin inspects the energy force running through her body.

"That's impossible," he mumbles shocked.

"The infection, it's defending her," the nurse says.

"Or itself," you comment, taking a shot.

Next, Odin takes the three of you to another room. "There are relics that predate the universe itself. What lies within her appears to be one of them. The Nine Realms are not eternal. They had a dawn as they will have a dusk." Odin shows you, Thor and Jane an ancient book. "But before that dawn, the dark forces, the Dark Elves, reigned absolute and unchallenged." 

Thor leans over a book in front of them and reads out loud. "'Born of eternal night, the Dark Elves comes to steal away your light.' They were these stories mother told us as children."

"Their leader, Malekith made a weapon out of that darkness, it was called the Aether. While the other relics often appeared as stones, the Aether is fluid and ever-changing. It changes matter into dark matter and seeks out to host bodies, drawing strength from their life force. Malekith sought to use the Aether's power to return the universe to one of darkness. But after eternities of bloodshed, my father Bor, finally triumphed, ushering in the peace that lasted thousands of years."

"What happened?" you ask, getting really interested in these Asgardians stories.

"He killed them all," Odin responds.

"Are you certain? The Aether was said to have been destroyed with them and yet here it is," Thor says, clearly worried.

"The Dark Elves are dead."

Jane takes a glance down at the book. "Does your book happen to mention how to get it out of me?"

Odin's reply is not near reassuring. "No, it does not."

The king leaves and the rest of you stay silent for some seconds.

"Thor, can I speak to you for a moment?" you ask.

"Of course," he replies.

"I'll- eh, be out here," Jane says, pointing at the doors leading out to a porch. When she's out, you turn to your friend. Since you got here, everything has happened so fast but by the little 'break' you just got, you came to think of his brother.

"Maybe it's not the right time to ask this, but... where's that brother of yours?"

"What, Loki?"

"Do you have any other brothers hidden up somewhere?" you lift an eyebrow.

"You don't have to worry. Loki has spent his days in the prison down below since we got back from Earth and that's where he'll be. He can't harm you or anyone else."

For some reason, you feel a bit sorry for him that he's been in a cell for so long and will be for the rest of his life. Just the thought of Loki wakens something in you and you suddenly get the urge to visit him. On the other hand, Thor would possibly not accept that. But if he's safe from everyone, it can't hurt to go down there.

"Y/N?" 

Having been in your own thoughts, you drop out of them and see Thor's wondering look staring down at you.

"Great," you say as a comment to his answer about Loki. Moving your eyes to the double doors, you see Jane gazing out over the railing. "You should go out to her. Must be a shock finding out you have a powerful weapon of darkness floating inside of you."

Giving you a little smile, Thor tells you the direction to some food and bathroom if you'll be needing it, and that he and Jane will find you shortly.

Taking his advice, you leave the room and head down the hall. Everything is so well done decorated: sculptures, paintings, colours... Most of it in gold.

"Shit!" you quickly take out your phone to look at the time. It's been hours since you left this noon. Tony must be worried sick about where you are. However, your phone says "out of area". Sighing, you put it back into your pocket.

This is going well, what's next on the list? 

On the way, you meet Sif, the greatest of the warrior women and one of Thor's closest friends. She gladly escorts you to the food as you seem to have lost the way. You ask her about life here on Asgard and how the two prince brothers were as children.

"As any brothers. Fighting and playing. Loki is the master of tricks. Always has been. He used to play tricks on Thor, on all of us really. At first, it was fun, but after a while, it got repetitive and dangerous. Odin tried to have a strict talk with him but he wouldn't take words to wisdom."

"Sounds about right," you say and take a glass of water.

"You know him?" Sif asks surprised.

"Sort of. We stopped him when he brought his army to New York."

"Yes, of course! I must thank you for participating in that. Asgard is a better place without Loki. And Midgard must be too."

More boring if you ask me.

But you didn't say that out loud. You don't even know why you think that.

"You don't miss him at all? Surely, he must be somewhat good. I mean, according to your stories, before he found out he was adopted."

Continuing your walk, Sif shakes her head. "That side of him faded a long time ago."

You don't understand why you think about Loki so much but there's something about him that's caught your attention ever since he smiled at you for the first time. After that, you had visited him in the cage he was put in for a little chat where you figured out that his plan was to use the Hulk so he could escape. And his plan worked. Next time you got face to face again was on top of Stark's Tower in the middle of the battle.

Flashback 

Steve helped you with a push of his shield so you could jump higher and grab a hold of one of those flying space things that Loki's army used to bring death and destruction to the city. You climbed up and knocked over one of the Chitauries and jumped on the shoulders of the other while pushing two knives in both of his shoulders. This way, you could control the little flying float.

You turned left, making it take you towards Stark's tower where Loki had placed his special machine with the Tesseract in the centre. From it, a powerful jet going all the way up, holding up a big hole in the sky. That's where the army come from and you were gonna try to close it.

However, that turned out to be more tricky than you hoped for. Behind you, Loki came after you, trying to shoot you down.

"Oh, you," you sighed. "Clint, some help?" 

"I have my eyes on him," Clint replied. He was standing on a rooftop, bow and arrow lifted up to his face, aiming at the God. When he was sure that he'll hit his target, he fired.

But like a piece of cake, Loki snapped the arrow right before it would run right through his skull. He looked at it, then back up at Clint with a 'seriously?' look.

Right then, the arrow exploded and sent Loki flying in the air and landing hard on the roof of Stark's building. Shortly after, you jumped and rolled down some meters away from him.

Rising up slowly, you kept your eyes on him the whole time.

"Why are you doing this?" you asked as he groaned while standing up.

"Because I can. I have the power," he growled back.

"What exactly do you want? A throne?"

"I was born to be king!"

"Is this really the kind of king you want to be?" you asked with a high voice and arm stretched out to the disaster happening below us. "Everything in ruins, everyone trembling on their knees? What pleasure could that possibly give you?"  

For several seconds, Loki just looked at you. Staring you right in the eyes and then his expression changed slightly. Like he realized something, but his action to speak got interrupted when the Chitauri Leviathan crashed its side into the building right under you. The ground started to shake, and you stumbled as your balance got unsteady. Beneath you, the edge of the roof began to crack and fall, bringing you along with it. Luckily, you got a hold with your hands so you dangled with your body in the air.

"Tony! Tony, do you copy?!" 

"I'm a bit busy at the moment!" he called back.

"What's going on?" Steve asked.

"Oh, I'm just taking a break by hanging off the roof!" you shouted back, your voice raised as the railing you're holding onto, began to fall apart. "It's gonna break!"

"Thor!" Steve called.

"I'm on it!" he responded and started to swing the hammer.

Just then, the railing fully broke and you felt your body dropping but then, you suddenly hang still again. Looking up, you see Loki's hand around your wrist. Without hesitation, you managed to wrap your hand around his own wrist as he started to use his strength to lift you back up. And with a groan, he pulled you back over the edge so both of you landed on your backs.

"Y/N? What's happening?" the team asked from the ground. 

Breathing heavily, you stared up at the sky. "I'm okay," you assure them, but turned your head to your right, seeing Loki getting up. While you kept your eyes on him, you did the same.

"Why did you do that?" you asked.

His chest raised heavily as his blue mischief eyes looked at you. Parting his lips, he didn't get to say anything as the Hulk came jumping over the edge and grabbed him as they crashed through the windows and landed inside Stark's living room.

Present

Of course, you never told anyone that Loki had saved your life. And you never learned why he did it but perhaps now, you have a chance to find out. If you only get a chance to see him.

Sif and you continue the walk as she tells stories of how they won wars, how the parties works and the day Thor got worthy of the hammer, Mjolnir. You tell her about how you ended up here and about the Aether that's taken a hold inside Jane. On your way, you spot a staircase that goes down to another floor and two guards on each side to keep people from coming down, or perhaps the other way around. 

"Down there's the prison," Sif explains when she follows your look. "God forbid any of them getting out."

"And Loki?"

Stopping, Sif eyes you questionable. "You seem awfully interested in him. Are you worried he's gonna attack your world again?"

Shaking your head, you look away from the stairs. "No, I'm sure he's well kept down there."

About an hour later, Thor and Jane find you in good company with Sif and two other soldiers, Fandral and Volstagg.

"Thor! Come, join us!" Volstagg calls with his cup raised in the air. Smiling, he and Jane sit down with you.

The six of you actually have a good couple of hours before the whole place get attacked. Everyone gets to their feet to strike back and defend their home. Then. all goes downhill from there.

Something crashes straight into the palace, causing panic to appear among all the people. You all run towards the spectacle. When you arrive, there's a giant black ship that has parked right in the centre of the great hall. Asgardian guards approach it slowly with raised spears. Then, chaos is heard coming from the stairs that you spotted earlier.

"The prisoners," a woman to our left says. You quickly understood that she must be Odin's wife. Frigga.

"Loki," Thor comments.

"Go, I'll look after them," Frigga tells her son. Thor doesn't hesitate to take off with his hammer.

Next, Odin comes up to you. "Send a squadron to the weapons vault, defend it at all costs. Seal the dungeon," he tells a group of guards who immediately leave.

"Odin."

"Frigga. It's a skirmish, nothing to fear."

"You've never been a very good liar."

"Take them to your chambers, I'll come for you when it's safe."

"You take care."

"Despite all I have survived, my queen still worries over me." Odin puts a hand on Frigga's cheek that he quickly removes.

"It's only because I worry about you that you have survived."

Odin goes off and Frigga leads you and Jane away. She takes a sword from one of the guards. "Listen to me now, I need you to do everything I ask and no questions."

You and Jane look at each other, then back forward.

"Yes, ma'am."

By the Dark Elves' ship, it now opens and dozens of elves and Asgardians start to fight. The elves seem to have the advantage.

Frigga, Jane and you arrive inside a chamber. She hands you another sword.

"I can go back out there and fight," you tell her, but she seems to have her own opinions on that.

"I told Thor I would watch over you. These are not Midargians."

"It's not my first time, fighting species from space," you tell her and she turns to look at me.

"You were there when Loki attacked Earth?"

"Yes." 

"Can't have been easy. Coming here where he is after what he did. I apologize for his actions. I wish he was still the innocent little boy when we brought him in." She turns to Jane. "Now, I need you to come with me." She brings Jane around a corner in the room, and when they come back, Frigga explains to you that the Jane following is just a hologram as the real Jane is hiding.

"Ma'am. Let me go and help Thor," you practically beg her. When it seems like she's about to accept your wish, the doors burst open, revealing one of the dark elves. Frigga goes in front of you with a raised sword.

"Stand down creature. You may still survive this."

With strict steps, he comes into the room.

God, he's huge!

"I've survived worse, woman."

You're following his movements, not letting your eyes leave him.

"Who are you?" Frigga asks.

"I am Malekith, and I would have what it is mine." As he walks closer to Frigga she strikes him in the face with her sword. He takes out his blade and starts fighting with her and you try to find a chance to help her, but don't get one. Frigga puts up a good fight but another elf, Algrim, comes to his master's aid and subdues her. You rush forward and swing the sword. The sharp blade almost makes contact with Malekith but he foresees it and swings his own sword into a fight.

The two of you go on for a short moment until he uses his sword to block your hit while his other hand goes right in your face, sending you across the room so you land unconscious on the floor.

Malekith then walks towards Jane. "You have taken something, child. Give it back." He stands in front of Jane and as he goes to grab her, she disappears and he realizes that she's a hologram, he turns to Frigga. "Witch! Where is the Aether?"

"I'll never tell."

"I believe you."

You slowly begin to wake and open your eyes. But it's too late. Algrim stabs Frigga in the back. "No!" you scream, but she falls dead to the floor.

At the same time, Thor rushes in with a scream and shoots a lightning bolt at Malekith's face, severely scarring it. He and Algrim escape and jump onto their ship before Thor can catch them. After, Odin arrives to find Frigga dead. He holds her body in his arms as Thor, Jane and you stand silently around them.

* * * 

Right after all the elves are gone, everyone gets ready for Frigga's funeral. You and Jane were lent a pair of long dresses which some maids help you put on. Once you're done, you meet Thor outside the room. His eyes are sad so you give him a sympathetic smile. You had put out the thought of bringing Loki too, but Odin would not have it which stung in you because she was his mother too. But he still has to be inside the cell while all of you attend.

And it sure was a sight! It's the most beautiful memorial you've ever seen, including in movies. You could feel the strength of it and the sorrow everyone carried. Even though you didn't know Frigga, you started to cry on behalf of Thor and Odin's grief. And Loki, though you don't know if he knows about it yet. But she loved him, and you know he loved her too.

After the funeral is over, you, Thor, and Jane walk silently back inside.

"How're you holding up?" Jane asks him, holding onto his arm with both hands.

"Her death was not in vain. She protected you. She died honourably."

You walk silently on Thor's other side, your face down as you do. "I'm sorry, I tried to stop him-"

"Hey," Thor stops and puts his hand on your shoulder. "Do not blame yourself for this. It's Malekith. And I'm gonna find him and stop him." He takes his hand off you and continues to walk.

"Wait," you say after him and he turns. "Shouldn't Loki at least get to know about this?"

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