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"i still don't get why he's here."
"be nice," i smacked the back of my dad's head as i walked past him.
"he tried to kill us," he argued.
"yeah, i agree with your dad on this one," natasha said.
"traitor," i muttered.
"never thought i'd say this," steve started, "but he has a point."
"oh come on!" i jumped over the back of the couch, and sat on it. "what's so bad about him anyways?"
"uh... he killed eighty people in two days, went around mind-controlling so many more, unleashed an army of aliens in manhattan... need i continue?" natasha asked.
"okay, you may have a point."
"as someone who was on the receiving end of his mind-control," clint began, "i'm just going to say that it was not fun."
"okay, i get it!" i said. "he's a bad guy. so? ethan was a bad guy but he's actually my best friend now."
"wait, what?" my dad asked.
i fished through the bowl for a gummy watermelon, "yeah. i mean he was the traitor in the prophecy about the labyrinth, and he kinda stabbed me—"
"what?!"
"why are you the 'bad guy' of this story?" my dad asked him. "what's your past?"
"my father," loki said bitterly. "gods tend to be worse than normal parents."
"there is no way your father is worse than zeus," i muttered, cracking open a redbull.
"he lied to me about my parentage," loki deadpanned. "made me believe i was meant for the throne, when i wasn't even his son."
"at least he didn't turn you into a tree."
"what?" both of the norse gods present looked at me with a bewildered expression.
i shrugged, "it was like, nine years ago or something. basically, his daughter, thalia, was on half-blood hill and she sacrificed her life for her friends. because lord thunder didn't want hades torturing his daughter's dead soul, he turned her into a tree and her spirit protected camp."
"you have a friend who is a tree?" thor asked.
"long story," i muttered, "but she was a tree. now she's artemis' lieutenant. the golden fleece bought her back to life."
"you're talking about a cheap replica, right?" loki asked, hope lacing his tone.
"nope. went to polyphemeus' island, stuck percy on the belly of a killer piranha goat, stopped grover's wedding... which also led to us stopping clarisse's wedding... but yeah. it worked out. real fleece."
"that hardly seems like a task," thor shook his head, slightly laughing.
"i mean... there was a monster cruise ship, entering the sea of monsters was a problem, percy got turned into a guinea pig on the way there, we also set some pirates loose, and let me tell you, those piranha goats are not something to overlook," i told them seriously.
loki raised his eyebrows.
"i swear," i raised my hands, "they may look nice and easy-going, but as soon as fresh-meat is nearby... well, i haven't nicknamed them the piranha goats for no reason."
"piranha goats are nothing compared to loki. there was this one time when we were children, he transformed himself into a snake," thor motioned to his brother, "and he knows i love snakes. i went to pick it up and admire it, and he transformed back into himself and he was like 'blergh! it's me!' and he stabbed me.... we were eight at the time."
i laughed a little, "you think loki's bad? wait till you hear about what apollo did with the sun last year?"
and that kids, is how i made a new friend.
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