Little Miss Mischief

The King is Crowned

"Hey, hey, 'Ona wake up," a voice said as they poked me in my side. I groaned and rolled away from their prodding hand. Suddenly something cold touched the back of my neck. I bolted upright and looked over to see what it was, "Oh, hi Bucky! What can I do for you?" He grinned at my enthusiastic greeting, "I think you might be all better. Guess what that means, your highness." I flopped back against my pillows with a sigh, "School?" "School. Time to get up and get ready," he replied, patting my head before leaving the room. I swung my legs over the side of the bed ready to get up when a gentle whoosh deposited Pietro in front of me, "Good morning my love, are you feeling better today?" I gave a small nod before opening my arms which were soon occupied by him. He lifted me up off the bed and spun me around whispering things in his native tongue. I smiled at him when he put me down, "Pie, I have something for you." He gave me an expectant look as I rummaged through my nightstand. I let out a soft aha when I finally found it. It being a large crown of silver that I had worn for a short time after my arrival back on Earth. You see gold is really my metal of choice, so the typically male crown was not really for me. I pulled it out of the drawer and presented it to the boy with flushing cheeks. He took it from my hands with such caution and reverence. Then he handed it back to me before getting down on one knee and bowing his head. I took up the demeanor that I only had when taking care of Queenly duties. I placed the crown amongst his curls, it was a perfect fit. I took the ring from my necklace and asked for him to present his left hand to me; I took it into my own and pushed the ring onto his ring finger. I asked him to rise and when he did I tapped either shoulder with a dagger from my home, "I, Queen Iona Laufey of Asgard and all nine realms, crown thee, Pietro Maximoff, as King and companion to me." We smiled at each other as we held each other's hands. "Wait, don't we have to be married before I am King?" I chuckled at his confused face, "No, you have to be at least betrothed to a current King or Queen to be crowned. The title can also be taken away if the courtship or engagement falls through." He looked scared for a second before kissing my cheek and leaving in  a blue blur. I sighed as I looked around for clean clothes.

"Iona! You're back!" someone squealed as their arms wrapped around me. "I was only gone for a day," I said laughing. The whole gang was there to greet us. Jake, Naya, and Chris all there. Suddenly Naya perked up, "Hey what's on your hand?" I tried to put my left hand behind to hide my ring, but she snatched it before I could.  Pietro pretended to scratch his neck to hide his own silver band. Jake leaned over his girlfriend's shoulder, "That's pretty fancy, kinda looks like a wedding ring." Naya looked up at me so fast I thought she had whiplash, "No... No way! Iona McRoyal who gave you this?" I tried to look at her like I had no idea what she was talking about, but I clearly failed. Chris stepped forward a bit, "Pete did." "What?" everyone else in the group said at the same time. He pointed to Pietro's left hand. I sighed in defeat before holding my hand out for Pietro to grab. Once he had taken it, I looked at my friends and gave a small nod, "We're getting married." Of course my friends freaked out, but promised not to tell.

By lunch half the school knew. Apparently someone had overheard the announcement and it trickled down the pipe. We sat outside at a picnic table in the real of the school. The girl I had seen Pietro with two weeks before stomped over. We all looked at her in curiosity. I sat forward, "Can we help you? Is there something you need?" She sneered at me then turned to Pietro and slapped him. I was out of my seat and kneeling over her on the ground with a fist wound back before the sound even finished. She screamed and a bunch of her friends ran over to try to gang up on me. "Hit him again and you will have me, Queen of Asgard or the child Thor raised, to deal with. Understand?" One of her friends tried to grabbed my shoulder to pull me back. Pietro snatched her wrist and snapped it back away from me within seconds. A feral growl sounded from where Chris's face had morphed into animal-like features. The metal around the room rattled violently as Jake raised his hands. Naya buzzed a few feet off the ground with insect wings that had sprouted from her back. I stood to join my friends and let my rage out. My horns jutted out, I floated off the ground, my eyes glowed, and the blue markings of a Frost Giant appeared on my skin. The group of girls ran at us and to be fair we dropped our abilities to fight them. By the time a teacher found us the fist fight had dissolved into a brawl.

Naturally we were all called to the principal for fighting. No one but us outside knew what had happened just before. Steve and Bucky were called as well as Chris, Naya, and Jake's parents. The other group was sent to the nurse and class because we had started the fight. We all got a month's suspension. The others were picked up first leaving only Pietro and I. We grinned at each other then dissolved into laughter and high fived. Then Steve and Bucky showed up. Steve went to sign us out while Bucky stood in front of us with crossed arms and a stern expression. As soon as we were in their truck Steve lectured us about getting into fights. Bucky leaned back over his seat and slipped us both our favorite candies with a wink. Pietro kissed my forehead to avoid the most bruised and cut areas of my face.

(A.N. Say Whaaaaaaa???? Their friends are super too?! Who saw that coming? Not me lol. Anyway..... PLOT TWIST MOTHA EFFA!!!!)