Prince of Asgard (Loki x Reader)

Chapter 50 - Loki

It was strange, having been shut down and forced to listen to her voice in my mind instead of the other way around. This powerlessness made me uncomfortable, I wanted to do the same to her. I wasn't used to this happening to me, and now when I have had the inconveniencing pleasure of experiencing my own ways, I agree that I come of as a bastard - also why many hate me.

It is awe inspiring to me how much a being can change in the face of helplessness. Push a soul to the edge enough and they can make decisions that can suck the breath out of your lungs.

She did something like that. I never imagined her to be the one who would turn venomous, who would use hatred as strength, but maybe that's the beauty of human beings - their mortality gives them strength in unpredictable ways.

Me? I'm predictable. I will betray, I will trick, I will stab you in the back. And even if my intention isn't betrayal, it will always end up seeming like that.

I did not mean to strand her; I had every intention of helping her out but when I saw the guards, I thought it in her best interest to make it seem as if I have nothing to do with her - after all, being associated with a monster such as me would've only hurt her case.

I thought everything would be fine, but then she misunderstood my gesture and now is thinking that I have left her. It is not so. When she asked for help, I was still thinking of a way, and by the time I did come up with one, she had shut me out and then I had no means of conveying anything to her.

Only when she talked to Odin could I talk back to her, because by then she had become calm in her purpose. The inner turmoil of 'who I am?' and 'what should be my path?' had dissipated, she was absolute in what she had to accomplish.

What she charged Odin with, I was certain he would have her beheaded right here, right now, but then entered Heimdall. The most shocking was the fact that he was assisting her to bring down Odin.

Why would he do that?

Before anyone could process those events, our minds exploded in a multitude of images. The edges of my vision were bright and in a blast of colours, much like how it looks when travelling inside the Bifrost. 

It seemed as if we had landed into an image of the recent past, 1000 years, give or take. A time when I was just brought to Asgard, separated from my real Jotun family. 

In the scene, Odin could be seen sitting and discussing something with Heimdall. He didn't look much different from what he looks like now. I couldn't make out exactly but I believe the map of Yaana was spread on the table between them. 

The Odin in the scene spoke.

"Yaana is the only other planet in our realm; taking it under us would provide for more space for the future generations, and we might be able to escape to it when Ragnarok happens."

Heimdall looked at him with his all broody eyes.

"Oh you know it will happen, it's only a matter of when." Odin waved him off, "As the king, it is not in me to cover my ears and bury my face in the sand, hoping that trouble would be taken care of. I have to do that, for my people."

Heimdall looked back down to the map, "it might not survive the Ragnarok."

"It might not, it might. I can only hope to try."

Heimdall was still looking at the map, "The Queen Yaana is powerful."

Odin stared away in silence, wordlessly speaking every thought.

"It'll be hard to bring her down, she has the support of her people." Heimdall said.

Odin gave a smirk, "Have you not learnt anything from Loki? Discord is born from miscommunication. He is small, but he understands this trickery."

"It'll take some while to carry that out."

"Ragnarok is more than a while away."

"What if she overcomes our manipulation?"

"Then we'll give her a bargain."

"Who?" Heimdall had to ask to confirm, even though he can see everything that is to come.

"It'll be a bargain she would not be able to turn down, and in exchange we'd ask for her silent compliance. In time, we'd hollow out her planet, leaving none. Not even her."

"I understand. But won't it be too harsh of a fate for the exchange piece?"

"Ah, his only destiny is to die; he might as well bring a future to the coming generations of Asgard by providing for a shelter from Ragnarok."

My head ached, this has been going on for too long, I won't be able to see any further. But was my capacity to endure this mind control lacking, or was the truth of what Odin is going to say hurting me more? I know I am not wrong, I know what is heading towards us down this scene. I know what is going to happen. The hurt and the betrayal is heavy. I didn't want to believe any of this, yet the truth was about to be slapped across my face. All these years of my existence, only to know that it was disposable from the start.

Anger and hurt rose in me, Odin should've never brought me here, on Asgard. What is this gift of life and boon of being a God, when I am to be tricked and deceived and betrayed by the person who saved my life? I should've been left to die on Jotün, I don't deserve to endure this pain.

The Odin of the flashback spoke to the Heimdall who was stepping inside the Bifrost, "Kill her, and should she survive, lure her with him, and then kill them both."

Heimdall nodded and cradled the small body of a baby closer to him. The baby's skin was cold and bluish, as if he might be dying of a frostbite, but alas, the baby was simply the Prince of Asgard, Loki.