Maid or Princess [English]

Chapter 12

"May I come in?" asked Wanda as she knocked on the door of the room. Leila nodded without taking her eyes off the view in front of her and brushed a tear from her cheek so Wanda wouldn't see it. "Are you all right?"

"I married the man I love not twenty-four hours ago, then Loki pushed me through a magical portal so I wouldn't be sentenced to death by his asshole of a father, and then I ended up in a parallel world where he's dead, but other than that I'm fine," she replied bitterly, immediately regretting her tone. "I'm sorry, Wanda, you're just trying to help."

"It's all right. I was in a similar situation as you. Vision was also killed by Thanos and I disappeared. Five years after that, I came back and had to deal with his death." -Wanda looked at her fingernails- "I was so incredibly sad about the loss of Vision that I created my own world." -She looked back at Leila and smiled sadly- "We may not be in the same boat, but we're in the same sea, Leila. I just want you to know that I'm here for you."

"I'm sorry for what you've been through. I just wish I could be by Loki's side," she explained dejectedly.

"We'll work something out," she promised her as she sat down next to her.

"Miss Maximoff, Miss Jarldottier," F.R.I.D.A.Y began to say and the women looked up. "Mister Strange requests her presence in the living room."

Leila took a deep breath and Wanda took her hand and squeezed it reassuringly. "Come, perhaps Stephen has already found a solution." Both women stood up and walked to the room, from which several voices were already booming.

"Who exactly is this woman supposed to be?" someone asked, and suddenly she noticed whose voice it was. Thor.

"The wife of Loki," Stephen explained.

"Loki never married anyone," Thor objected, confused.

"Not in this universe, but in a parallel universe." Leila stepped into the room and saw a familiar face for the first time since she landed here. Thor noticed her and furrowed his brow as he looked questioningly at Strange.

"Yes, that's her," he confirmed and Thor stepped closer to her; she smiled slightly at him.

"Hello Thor, it's good to see you even though you don't know me," she said kindly.

He kept his cold gaze as he spoke. "I don't know who you are, but I don't believe a word you say." Without another word, he walked past her and was about to leave the room when a portal appeared in front of him. Thor called Mjolnir and everyone got ready to fight when someone stepped out of the portal.

"And you're sure this is where our variant came from?" asked Loki as he looked to a blonde haired woman wearing a similar horned helmet to the Loki Leila knew, though the left horn was broken off.

"Yeah, Mobius said a portal opened right here"-she looked from the TemPad to Loki-"Do we need to look for the variant? It's the first time he's used the TemPad in ages."

"Yeah, we also just want the TemPad back, not to kill him." Loki rolled his eyes. Finally, they both looked up and noticed several people standing around them, staring at them in confusion.

Loki raised his hand and waved as he smiled. "Hi."

"Loki?" asked Leila, confused, stepping closer to him and touching his cheek.

"I think you have me confused," he explained to her as he gently pulled her hand away from him.

"We're looking for someone who looks like that," the blond-haired woman said, pointing at Loki. "Has anyone seen him?"

"And who are you?" asked Thor.

"Sylvie Laufeydottir," she said, smiling confidently....