My greatest hero

chapter 19

Loki and Eira met in the same place every day for the next week. now that she knew what she had to do, she had practice doing it. He would tell her to meet him there, and then when she came he would intentionally set something up to cause her to have fear in one way or another, sometimes he would have someone else come with him so that he wasn't just getting used to the same person. And pretty soon she learned how to hold back the ice when she was afraid. "You've done very well, Eira, but there's more you need to learn" loki said to her at the end of the week "What else is there? I know how to hold it back, that was the problem" she said a bit confused "True, we've fixed the problem of control, but that's not all there is to it" he told her "What else is there, that's the only thing I've had problems with" she said again "You've learned how to hold it back. But Do you know how to manipulate it?" He asked "What do you mean?" She was confused by the question "Your Ice can be a powerful weapon, I'm sure you can from things like a sword, or even a shield with it, and I know you can strike people with it like small knives. So do you know how to do those things when you're not angry or afraid?" He clarified.
She gave a bit of a mischievous smile "Yes I do" she said as she swiped her hand upwards and four ice walls surrounded loki. "Okay, very funny, now take it down" he said smiling a little bit. She giggled mischievously again, and rather than breaking down the walls, she swiped her hand again and a chair rose from the ground, and she sat down.
"I could just fall asleep, this is so comfortable" she said jokingly, leaning back in the chair and closing her eyes
"That's pretty good" loki said from inside the ice cell "But you forgot one little thing" "And what's that?" She said with a chuckle and opening her eyes "You're not the only one in the room who can pull a good trick" loki whispered, but this time he said it right into her ear and the image of loki that was In the cell disappeared
She jumped up from her seat, she had forgotten loki could make illusions of himself and she was startled by him coming up behind her. He started laughing
"In your defense; that would've worked if it had been anyone else" loki said trying to stop laughing "Oh, it's on now" she said smiling a little bit. Her and loki started playfully fighting, she kept trying to hit him with ice, or create another cell, or pin him against the wall, but every time, he would deflect it with magic, or it would turn out to be just an illusion and the ice would go right through him. "Tell you what, if you can find the real me, we'll say you won" she didn't realize how competitive she had gotten, but loki did, he could tell that what started out as fun and games had quickly turned into a small battle between the two of them.
"Okay, deal" she said.
there were about fifteen-twenty different images of loki in the room now and she was getting sick of just randomly guessing which one was real. "The illusions, they aren't really there, their just images right?" She asked "Yes" they all said at the same time. A smirk spread across her face
"Well then you may as well call me a winner" she said as she stepped her foot in front of her and ice quickly spread across the entire floor of the room, she could easily tell who was the real loki because he was the only one who slipped on the ice and fell. "Found you" she said smiling. She waved her hands over the floor and the ice vanished. She walked over to loki and offered a hand to help him up
"Excellent" he said smiling at her and taking her hand, the images of him disappearing "So, what do i get for winning?" She said jokingly "Bragging rights" he said with laughter "what? that's it?" She was still just joking but he gave her a better answer
"Well how about a partner for the dance tomorrow night?" He said more seriously. There was going to be a dance at the palace the next night, and so far she was planing on going alone."Although, I guess that's really a reward for myself" he said smiling at her and and and holding her hand wile stroking the back of it "Are you trying to use flattery to get you what you want?" She asked pulling her hand out of his
"Yes I am" he said with the same smirk "Well, it's working" she laughed "I'd love to dance with you" she answered him "Perfect" he said "But if I'm going to dance with you I have to look nice, this is my first dance and I need you to help me find something to wear" she said "How should I know what you should wear?" He asked through laughter "Well haven't you danced before?" She said "Yes, of course" he answered "Well just tell me what other women wear. I've never done this before, so I don't know" she said a little embarrassed
"Well it might be better for you to ask another young lady, but I'd be happy to tell you what I find attractive" he said smiling and extending a hand for her, she took it and they both left the room