The Shapeshifter | Loki Fanfic

Part 4

Cassie was curled up in her bed in the room she was given, when she started hearing screaming. She looked out her window to see it pitch black, probably somewhere near midnight. She tried ignoring the screams, but it was hard to relax, so she sighed, getting up and going into the hallway. She realized the screaming came from a room across from hers. She vaguely remembered someone telling her that was Loki's room.

She walked over to the door and wined, trying to get his attention. When he didn't move, she huffed, and opened the door herself, finding Loki twisting and turning on his bed. She closed the door and walked over, realizing he was in a nightmare.

Cassie nudged him with her wet nose, "Loki. Loki! Wake up!" He didn't wake up, just continued to whimper. She jumped onto the bed, then licked his face, causing him to jump, waking up. Loki let out a breath, noticing you.

"Cassie?" He asked, still half-asleep.

She almost rolled her eyes. Who else would it be? Some random white wolf who happened to also have red eyes that made it into his room? Her instincts, created from years of helping others, told her he needed comfort, so she nudged him, and curled up next to him. Loki hesitated, but soon layed back down, slowly petting her fur.

"Go to sleep," she murmured. She knew he fell asleep when she could hear his breathing even out. A few minutes later, she too fell asleep.

When Cassie next woke, Loki was still asleep. She crawled out from under his arm, then shook her fur to get it to go the right direction once more. Her movement caused Loki to wake up, who groaned, turning over.

Cassie turned her head to the side, and started licking her fur, trying to get it to smoothen out. She huffed when it did nothing. Loki sat up, and rubbed his eyes, opening them.

"Cassie?" He asked.

She just watched him, then went back to struggling to fixing her fur. Loki let out a small laugh, "Would you like some help with that?"

Cassie turned to look at him and gave him a confused look. Loki summoned a hair brush, and after a moments hesitation, she nodded. Loki moved on the bed to get closer to her, and started grooming her fur.

He appeared to be in a much better mood than any other days she had seen him. You still remembered his insulting words, but there was no point in keeping grudges for something so juvenile.

"Was that you last night?" He asked.

Cassie turned her head to look at him, and tilted it, as if asking, 'What?'

"I heard someone," he clarified, then murmured. "It must have been my imagination."

Cassie's eyes widened and she looked away, Shit I thought he was too asleep to hear me.

Loki paused grooming, and she turned her head once more to look at him in confusion, "It was you!"

Mother f— Cassie backed up, and whined, "Why do you not want anyone to know?"

She looked down. There was no use hiding it now. "If they think I can't talk, they'll leave me alone."

"They meaning Fury?"

Cassie looked up at Loki and nodded sadly.

"I will not tell them," he assured her, though she didn't believe a word that came out of his mouth.

"How did you get in my room anyway?" Loki then asked. "My shielding should have kept you out." She didn't bring up the fact that he wasn't supposed to have enough magic for that.

"You know my...friend who helped me all those years ago on the news?"

"The dead one?" She cringed at the casual way it was said—like asking for a cup of tea—but nodded.

"The world thinks I can only shapeshift. In reality, we had very similar abilities," she explained.

"And no one has figured it out?"

He almost looked impressed when she shook her head. "Mischievous."

It was. She was actually surprised she pulled it off all this time.

The corners of his lip turned up and she narrowed her eyes, realizing something. You're reading my mind, aren't you?

He shrugged, "Your thoughts are not exactly quiet."

Determined to show him she wasn't a novice, she focused on his mind but didn't even get a glimpse before being pushed out. She stumbled back, almost falling off the bed.

What the hell?

"My mind is not so easily accessible."

"How?" Her head tilted to one side.

"It is a simple force field around your mind," he explained. "Try imagining something surrounding your mind, keeping everything inside safe."

Cassie scrunched her nose, concentrating on what he was saying, "How do I know if it works?"

"I'll let you know."

Cassie nodded, concentrating on it once more. Over the next hour, she tried again and again, Loki telling her over and over again, that it wasn't working, until she tried again, and something just clicked. She opened her eyes and looked at Loki who gave her a smile.

Cassie twisted her head around as she heard a knock on Loki's door, "Loki it's breakfast, I-"

"Leave," He called, slamming the door with his magic, then muttered to himself. "Blundering oaf."