Into the Unknown

Home at Last

I wake up the next morning with a severe hangover. My head is pounding and it takes everything in me to not move. I hear my door open and I groan, thinking it's Kari coming in with my breakfast. Which the very thought of that makes me sick.

"Good morning, Pet."

I crack open an eye to see Loki looking down at me with a smirk on his face. I just groan in response.

"Bit of a hangover? Well, that's to be expected when a mortal drinks three cups of Asgardian wine."

"Ugh, I had three?" I ask.

"Here, drink this." I look at him again to see him holding out a vial with some liquid in it.

I take it and drink it. "Let me guess, Asgardian hangover cure?" I grimace.

"You could say that." He answers.

I look around my room. "I don't remember anything past our dance. What happened?"

At Loki's smirk, fear runs through me. "You know what, I don't want to know."

"Oh I bet you do." The smile grows wider. "After your third glass of wine I took it upon myself to bring you back here to your room."

Ok, so far so good.

"And on the way you began to sing about dancing all night and begging for more." Now Loki is doing what he can to not laugh.

My jaw drops open and my eyes open wide. "I sang My Fair Lady?!?" I blush and lay back down in the bed and cover my face with a pillow. "Oh God!" I groan.

"And then you looked at me, called me your "Dream Prince" and made me waltz you down the hall while you sang about meeting me in a dream."

I'm so surprised the pillow doesn't burst into flames, or even the whole bed. I went from My Fair Lady to Sleeping Beauty. I want to crawl into a hole and never come back out. I feel the bed dip as Loki sits down on my bed.

"So I must ask, what kind of dreams do you have about me?" I can hear the teasing in his voice.

I throw my pillow at him but it just goes through him.

"Freaking Magician." I mutter.

"I'm a Sorcerer." He corrects me.

Now it is my turn to smirk. "A Sorcerer is just a wizard without a hat."

Loki looks at me confused. "That doesn't even make sense."

I let out a chuckle and sit back up as Kari enters the room with my breakfast. That potion I drank has helped. The smell of food doesn't even make me sick and the pounding in my head is starting to go away.

"Oh I'm sorry Your Highness. I didn't know you were here." She says as she curtsies while balancing the tray.

Loki stands up from the bed. "No matter. I was leaving anyway." He inclines his head at me and leaves my room.

The rest of my week in Asgard passes by quickly. I have tea with Frigga everyday and I spend most of my time walking in the gardens with either Frigga or Loki. I even get to watch the Warriors 3, Sif, Loki, and Thor spar with each other. I continue to sit next to Loki at dinner. And all too soon, the day for me to return to Earth comes.

"My Lady!" Kari comes running into my room. She sounds and looks excited with a big smile on her face.

"Kari, what is it?" I ask her.

"Well, you know how Prince Loki is going back to Midgard with you?" At my nod she continues. "Well, the Allfather said that one of the Einherjar must go with him. And the one chosen is my beau!"