The Girl with the Blackbird Tattoo

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I walked outside, Thor was stood outside holding Mjlonir and looking at me in surprise, yet relief, he also carried a kind of helmet on his back. "Leave me alone Thor." I pleaded turning my back to him, trying my best to hide my tear stained cheeks and puffy eyes.

"I'm not lying to you Danrelle, my brother is alive. I'm about to go see him." Thor spoke again but this time I walked straight up to him.

"Stop lying to yourself Thor! I watched him die, don't you get it! He's gone.... And he's not coming back" My voice got quieter as I shook my head.

"Please, listen to me. He's been alive this whole time." Thor started to plead.

"No! No, Thor. It's been 2 years, he would have come for me." I stated hiding the sadness in my voice.

"You...please. I need you to believe me." He continued but I walked back towards the house.

"Goodbye thunder," I said before closing the door and watching for him leaving.  Soon, the light absorbed him and I slumped down, tears pouring out. "He's gone. It's never going to go back to how it was," I told myself looking at the picture of us. He was stood behind me with his chin resting on my shoulder, whilst I held his hands which were wrapped around my torso. He wasn't coming back, but it still hurt the same as it did the day he passed. I cried a little more before walking into the small garden I had built over the years.

It had a small bench at the bottom which was surrounded by emerald roses. The light was artificial as it hung from the enchanted trees which glowed a faint black and green. As I sat down I held my necklace, I hadn't taken it off. Ever. Even when I showered I placed a waterproof spell on it as to keep it in top condition. It was the only thing I had left of Loki, that and the ring. The small box now sat on my bedside table, opened so I could see the Jewel as I fell into sleep.  I looked down at my necklace and jumped as it started to glow. It can't be.

"No. He's, the only way it could be glowing is if..." I ran inside and grabbed my ring. If the necklace was glowing, Loki was in distress, and he might have been captured. I placed the familiar metal on my finger and smiled, maybe this was all a bad dream and now I was waking up, finally going home.

I teleported to Thor, he said he was going to Loki, and I didn't want to see him first, I couldn't quite handle the pain. "Who are you?" I turned to see a man I didn't recognize stood next to Thor.

"Where is he?" I asked Thor, completely ignoring the stranger.

"Stop right there!" The stranger threatened, his hands glowing a faint orange.

"Woah. Okay. Wizard, this is Danrelle, my brother's fiancé. Danrelle, wizard." He introduced and I nodded.

"Doctor Stephen Strange." He told me.

"So? Where is he?" I asked.  Suddenly there was a light and then a thud.

"I have been falling...for thirty minutes!" Came a familiar growl. Strange stood ahead of me as Loki drew his daggers, walking towards him. Before I could show myself the two were sent through a portal to god knows where.

"Where did they go?" I asked wanting to teleport. "We both know you don't need to know that, Blackbird," was all Strange said before vanishing. I shrugged before teleporting to Loki.  They were sat a few meters away with, Odin. I didn't hear their conversation but didn't want to interrupt. Odin finished speaking with them before he vanished in a flurry of lights. The brothers stood and turned,

I quickly moved out of the way, hovering behind the brothers and casting a invisible barrier around myself as a dark portal appeared causing the pair to get their gear on. Seconds later a woman appearing, similar in looks to Loki.  "So he's gone, it's a shame I would've like to have seen that," she stated.