Aspen walked into common room. The Avengers had to go on a mission and left Aspen with Loki.
Aspen and Loki sat on the couch in silence. Loki read his book. Aspen sat on the couch, doing nothing. She looked at Loki. He pretended not to notice her stares.
"What could I do?" Aspen thought to herself. "I really need a hobby". Aspen looked around the room to find something.
Finally, Aspen stood up and walked into the kitchen. She looked at a recipe book.
"2 cups of sugar", Aspen reads. "That's a lot of sugar". She pours the sugar into a bowl. "One teaspoon of...van...vanile...van-"
"I believe mortals pronounce it vanilla", Loki says, startling Aspen. "You don't know how to read".
"I only know a few words. No one ever taught me", Aspen said. She looked at the recipe. "No matter where I went, I always passed a bakery. They had the finest of cakes and I wondered how they did it".
Aspen poured the vanilla extract. Then, she cracked two eggs. Loki watched as she baked a cake.
When the cake was ready and out of the oven, it sat on the table. Aspen looked at it.
After coming back from their mission, the Avengers walked into the kitchen to see Aspen looking at the cake. Loki sat at the table.
"Did you make that?" Wanda asked. Aspen nodded. Wanda, Sam, Pietro and Bucky sat at the table.
"Are you going to decorate it?" Pietro asked.
"She's spent the last hour to figure out which frosting to put on her fine pastry. I do not know why I'm still here, watching this", Loki said.
"Why not just put all 4. I mean, 1/4 of the cake could be one color. Another 1/4 can be a different color", Tony said.
"I didn't think of that", Aspen said.
Aspen grabbed the purple frosting. She added it to the cake. Pietro decided to help and grabbed the blue frosting.
"Wanna help, Loki?" Pietro asked.
"No", Loki replies.
"Please frowny face", Aspen says as she handed him the green frosting. Loki sighs deeply. He grabbed the green frosting and helped decorating the cake. Wanda grabbed the red frosting and added it to the cake.
After adding the frosting, Aspen puts sprinkles around the cake. She puts whip cream on the top of the cake.
All the Avengers had a piece of cake. "What do you think?" Aspen asked.
"This is amazing. Where'd you learn how to bake?" Wanda asked.
"Just now. Today. I taught myself. It was the first time I made a cake", Aspen said.
"Not bad for your first time", Tony said.
Pietro gave her a piece of the cake. Aspen took a bite. "I never imagined a cake would be this delicious", she said.
"You've never tried a cake before?" Rhodey asks.
"There's a lot of things I haven't tried before", Aspen said. Steve, Tony and Natasha looked at each other.
"And no one's ever taught you how to read or write?" Loki asked.
"I haven't been educated", Aspen said, feeling a little ashamed. Her eyes were purple.
"There's no need to feel ashamed, child", Loki said.
Aspen took another bite out of the cake. Pietro grabbed another piece of the cake.
"I learned one thing. Your eyes change by emotion. Red is angry, purple is embarrassed, A light green with a yellow tint is hurt".
"Oh, um, thanks, I guess", Aspen said, even more embarrassed. It didn't go unnoticed when Aspen walked out of the room.
Aspen laid in bed later that night, not able to sleep. She walked out of her room and quietly walked to the training room.
When she got to the training room, Aspen sat on the ground. A purple glow appears in her hands.
The purple glow explodes, knocking Aspen backwards. She stands up and saw a purple fire in front of her.
Aspen kicks a punching bag in anger. Her eyes turned red. The punching bag flew out it's hook.
The purple fire disappeared. A green energy was in it's place. She knew who was standing behind her.
"You doubt yourself. You're ashamed of who you are", Loki says behind her. "You can't help but wonder if the world's better off without you. You've wanted to be dead for a long time. The anger of not being dead fuels you".
"So you can read minds", Aspen said. "I've killed people whether I've wanted to or not. I don't wonder. I know the world would be better off".
"There's something about you. Something special. Something different. Unique", Loki says. "I will teach you how to control your powers. Properly". Aspen turned around to look at him.
"Friday. Same time. Don't be late", Loki said. Aspen nodded. "Now, get to bed. I'll clean this up".
Aspen walked towards the door. She looks back at Loki. "Thank you", she said. Aspen walked out of the room.
YOU ARE READING
Not as she seems
Action13 year old orphan, Aspen is all anyone has talked about. Aspen has had her powers for months and she's out of control. The only ones who can help her is the Avengers. This is the story of how Aspen became an Avenger and the badass she was meant to...
