Bond of Stone ~ A Loki x OC Story

Chapter 3

I must be astral projecting again.

This time I find myself walking in the woods along a hiking trail. I'm not sure why, but this dream feels different than the other ones. Maybe, because Loki wasn't around.

I take in the familiar sight before me and recognize it almost immediately. This was the trail that my Mom and I use to take when we hiked outside of the city.

I continue down the trail and come to an abrupt stop when, I see a woman standing in the clearing. She's of average height, with long, wavy, platinum blond hair that goes down past her waist and wearing a long flowing white gown. A small, silver crown sits on her head.

"Um, hi." I nervously say to get her attention. The woman slowly turns around and flashes a warm smile at me.

"Mom?"

"Anna." She opens her arms and I don't hesitate to run into her warm embrace.

"Mom!" Tears start flowing down my face as I tightly hug her back.

"Shhh." She says as she lightly strokes my hair "Its going to be alright."

"Wait!" I pull away from her embrace. "I didn't go through you. Does that mean I'm not astral projecting again?"

She chuckles. "No, my sweet. You're having a vision."

"A vision?" I pause to think about everything that's been happening to me over the past few days. "What's going on?"

She walks over to a a tree that's fallen over and gestures for me to sit next to her. "Come, we have much to talk about and very little time."

I hesitantly sit next to her.

"I've...kept things from you."

"Tell me about it." I say as I think back to when I found out about Tony. Now that I'm closer to her, I notice that her ears were long and pointy.

She lets out a deep sigh. "I was not born here on Midgard, or Earth as you know it. I was born a few thousand years ago...in a place known as Alfheim."

My jaw drops and I stare at her confused with wide eyes.

"Alfheim, is the realm of the Lights Elves. I was their Queen. My real name, is Aelsa Featherwine."

"So Loki was right. I'm not...Midgardian."

She nods. "A long time ago, a dark elf, named Malekith, wanted to take over and rule the nine realms using something called, the Aether.

"He came to Alfheim and nearly destroyed the kingdom. To win favor over my people, he proposed a marriage between the two of us to unite our kingdoms.

"When I refused, he tried to have me killed by stabbing me with an iron blade and had me thrown off a cliff to my death. But despite that, I somehow managed to survive and escaped through a portal I found and found myself in a places called Sakaar.

"The Grandmaster, found me and nursed me back to health. In return, I owed him my life. I ended up having to stay on the planet, serving him for what seemed like a millennia. I wanted to get back to my people, but I knew I would never stand a chance against Malekith while he wielded the Aether.

"I then met a slave trader, who called themselves Scrapper 142 and, thanks to my magic, was able to detect that she was a Valkyrie. After telling her about my situation with Malekith, she agreed to help me escape to Midgard.

"I tried to get her to stay away from Sakaar, and to join me, but she insisted on going back."

She pauses for a moment so I can process everything she's said so far, and then continues.

"Once I got to Midgard, I cut my hair, casted an illusion over myself to hide my ears and changed my name to Allison Fairweather so I could blend in better with the midgardians.

"Eventually, I met your father, and we immediately fell head over heels for one another. 

"Then, a few months into our relationship, I found out I was pregnant with you. I wanted to tell Tony...really I did. But since taking over Stark Industries a few years prior, the company started soaring to the top and ahead of other companies. Which meant a lot of media attention.

"With the Aether, Malekith was very powerful, and I didn't know how far his reach went. I was afraid that eventually the attention Tony was receiving would cause my true identity to be discovered.

"I loved him very much, but I couldn't risk potentially putting both of your lives in danger. So, I made the decision to hide the pregnancy from him and end our relationship."

"Mom...I can't even begin to imagine how hard going through all of that must've been. But you shouldn't have kept this from me! You could've taught me magic and trained me from the start so I could've learned to protect myself."

"Keeping you in the dark, seemed like the best option at the time. I see now, that was a mistake."

I let out a deep sign. "Well there's nothing we can do about it now. Why don't I look more like an elf?"

"Ah, yes. You were born with your fathers dark hair but, you had pointy ears and I could also sense that you had some magic as well, like me. So, to make sure you stayed hidden, I did a binding spell on you to conceal both your magic and light elf heritage."

"So...when Loki tried to use the scepter on me, the energy from it must've broke the spell. Then, the energy from the spell breaking plus my magic reemerging must've caused the stone to freak out the way it did. Right?"

"Honestly, I'm not too sure." She says hesitantly. "The scepter is powered by something called the mind stone, which is a powerful and ancient cosmic energy, that rules over the fabric of the mind. When the stone freaked out, as you said, it seems as though as some of its psionic energy...attached itself to the both of you."

"What does that mean exactly?"

"It's means that your natural magical abilities have been enhanced and you have powers that are similar to the mind stone."

"That's pretty cool."

"However, it also means, that you and Loki are now tied to each other."

"What exactly does that mean?" Mom doesn't answer and only shrugs her shoulders. "Okay then, next question. Since you were a Queen...does that make me a Princess?"

"Yes, it is your birth right to rule over Alfheim."

"I think I'll pass."

I pause for a moment once again to take everything in. A few days ago, I thought I was "normal". Come to find out I'm a half elf princess with magic powers whose somehow magically tied to a man she just met.

"This..is a lot to take in." I say as I let out a deep breath and start rubbing my temples.

"I know sweetheart and I'm so sorry. My original plan was that when you were older enough to slowly introduce this information to you and teach you how to use your magic. Not, throw it all at you at once and leave you to figure it out on your own."

"Well what the hell am I supposed to do now, Mom? If the wrong people find out who I am, I'm pretty much as good as dead!"

"I know..." She looks out to the sun about to finishing setting. "But sadly, my time is up, I need to go."

"Go!? You can't leave me like this! I have more questions!" I say tears start to form in my eyes again. "Please...don't leave me again."

She places a light kiss on my forehead and starts to fade away.

"I'll always be with you."