Sorcha's Secret World, Part one.

Chapter 46, The adventures of Thor and Loki.

I had tried to persuade Anna to stay behind, we had no idea what we would find. Thor and Loki could handle themselves, but Anna was a civilian.

Anna refused: "This is my chance to see history in the making! A whole new chapter to the tales of Thor, god of Thunder, Sorcha, his chosen mortal, and Loki the Trickster! It's going to be fascinating! There is no way I'm staying behind!"

I looked at Loki, but he just shrugged. So off we went, a party of four.

Thor was wearing his armour as always. I was wearing my usual sweater, leather boots and jeans combination, and Loki was in a new black suit (Armani autumn collection) and a new ankle-length black woollen tailored coat. He looked amazing.

"You two don't wear armour? How absolutely fascinating!" Anna thrilled.

"I left my armour behind in Asgard centuries ago," Loki said curtly.

"If I went around wearing leather and spandex it would certainly make Loki happy, but I'd be teased endlessly in the pub once the other agents found out. We're special agents, not superheroes. We don't do the whole "cape and spandex" look," I laughed.

"Recognise anything, Thor?" Loki asked his brother.

The Agartha portal we had come through was placed in the middle of a copse of trees. We walked a bit further and could see a small town and farms in the distance.

Thor looked around with a frown on his face. "Not really..."

"Bornholm is the only Danish island with the rock formations you described, the rest of Denmark is mostly gently rolling hills," Anna said.

We turned around. Behind us were dramatic rock formations, that seemed very distinct.

"Maybe it looks familiar..." Thor scratched his head, sounding unsure.

"Oh, by Ygdrasill's gnarly roots, who forgets their own Place of Power?" Loki snapped impatiently and started stalking toward the rocky cliffs. Thor quickly followed him.

"For someone known to be a cunning plotter and planner, Loki has very little patience," Anna grinned at me. We followed the brothers at a more sedate pace, there was no way to keep up with those long legs unless we'd ran along at a rather undignified trot. We'd catch up eventually.

"Thor rubs Loki the wrong way sometimes and his temper gets the better of him," I grinned back.

"He is different from what I expected," Anna said pensively.

"I felt the same once I got to know him a bit," I admitted.

"Loki lies all the time though, and even when he isn't lying he doesn't tell the whole truth." Anna said, "He has spent most of his time here on Midgard as a conman, a charlatan. Not exactly a changed man.

Thor hopes that Loki is changing for the better, but he still does not trust him fully.

And yet here you are, engaged to be married to the god of Mischief. It's absolutely fascinating."

Sometimes I could understand why Loki found Anna to be so annoying, I suddenly thought irritably to myself.

"He has changed," I sounded almost as brusque as Loki.

Anna nodded. "I have no doubt that it seems like he has. He kept failing at everything he put his hand to, it was only after aligning himself with you he started succeeding in his endeavours.

Can he really change his stripes though? Can you trust him?"

"I trust him," I said defensively.

"But he lies to you too, doesn't he? And hides things from you?"