A Changed Man (A Loki fan fiction)

Loki's POV

I opened my eyes and found myself back in the room Danielle provided me. I walk to the door and put my ear to it, trying hard to hear the conversation.

"Who were you talking to?" A man's voice came. 

"Just talking to Jarvis..." I heard Danielle. 

"Danny, I heard about the turndown of Grace's offer."

"She was asking me for an offer, dad.." She sounded tired. "I learnt from you that its best working on your own!"

"See, I was wrong! When your mother came along, i realised I was wrong! You can do so much more when you have somebody! I really do think you should allow Grace..."

"Dad, have you made up your mind to complain about everything I do!?"

"Danny, im just giving you.."

"You know what dad, I'm done trying to prove myself to you...!" I heard her begin to cry. "I dont care any longer if I dissapoint you, I've tried hard enough trying to make you proud of me!"

"Danny.."

"You cant even call me Danielle!!"  I heard her shout. "You can't even be proud that i wanted to do something on my own, you will always stick to hating me for not wanting to continue Stark Industries!" 

"Danny, listen to me..."

"Dad, please leave." 

There was silence for a while, then I heard the door close. I turned from my door and sat on the bed. I was angry. She hadn't told me about her parentage, I lived under the roof of the daughter of my enemy. I felt my armor come on, my helmet on my head and the scepter appeared in my hand. I hadn't willed it, it came on its own. 

The door of my room opened. Danielle stood there with red eyes. She saw my attire and widened her eyes. I stood up. "You will tell me the truth."

"Loki..."

"Do you plan on turning me over to The Avengers?"

"No." she said simply. She was saying the truth. 

"What happened?" I ask her. She looked at me as if she wasnt going to say a word, then sighed and sat down. 

"You heard, didn't you? Why do you ask?"

"I do not know fully."

She laughed. "Well... my dad is a rich guy who is really mad I dont want to join his company. He hates me, mother gives up and that is why I live all alone in a big empty house." she says everything that painful so quickly, and sounds like she is laughing at herself. 

I lose the armor and come back into my old clothes... the dark blue pants and a shirt. I sit next to her. "Talk to me...."

She suddenly burst out crying. I had not the faintest idea how to help her, but I really wanted to. I put my arms around her and willed her silently to stop. She did. 

"When you attacked earth..." she started. "I ran away from home. My father wanted me to follow in his footsteps and make weapons of mass destruction. He spoke to me about the Tessaract, its power, and what Stark Industries could accomplish if we had posession of it. But I did not want to make something that would kill thousands of people."

I looked down at her lap. She had her hands clasped tightly together. 

"But i still wanted him to be proud. So I paid for myself whatever I could, and Im sure this house was given as a gift because of my mother. I doubt dad would do that." she laughed softly. "I started my own company, so I could show him I was capable. And I was, the first year was a great success, the second even more! But I could never make him proud of me." 

I hear you, Danielle.....I somehow found out I could talk to her. Connect with her. I wanted her to know who I was. 

"Danielle...." I took her face in my hands. "I need to show you something."

She smiled through her tears. "Yeah?"

I closed my eyes and brought my hands down to my side. I willed myself to show her ME. The Jotun. 

"Wow..." I heard. I opened my eyes and looked at my hands. They were blue, with the markings. I looked up at her, expecting her to fear me or run away. She only looked at me with childish curiosity. 

"I am Jotun, Danielle. I was adopted by the Asgardian ruler, Odin All Father."

She picked up her hand to touch my face, and I let her. She ran her fingers down my cheek, a single tear escaping her eye. 

"I have tried to prove myself to Father too..." I continued. "So many times. I wanted to be the son he was proud of. Always overshadowed by Thor, I lived in darkness, ignored by Father." as I recollected all those painful memories, and my reason for leaving Asgard, I felt my self start to cry. 

"My attack on earth was to prove I was equally as powerful as Thor. That I was capable of being king. That I could....." I finally allowed myself to be embraced by Danielle.

"Hey..." she said. "I get it. I know it sucks when you try and succeed and people still want that ONE thing...." she stood up with my hand in hers and knelt down on the ground in front of me. "But we dont have to do it anymore. We can be what we are."

"Its easier said that done, Danielle. Even four years after my return from New York, I was ignored and un-forgiven. I was shut to the rest of Asgard and the only conversation I could ever hope to have was with Thor about Midgard. I had to leave. Leave being the outcast in my own palace..."

She bowed her head and sighed heavily. She looked up again and I saw her beautiful black eyes. I pushed back a lock of her hair and slowly bent down to kiss her cheek. "Danielle, I'll save you.." I whispered into her ear. "If you save me."