A Child of Two Worlds [Marvel | Loki]

Odin

A/N: I will only post a single disclaimer, and it is this: This is based solely on the MCU live-action films. Nothing from comics, animated films or animated shows though I may draw some inspiration from them periodically. 

Oh, and the MCU is not mine...sadly... I only own my tweaks and my characters. If they weren't in the movies I made them up.

It has also been posted on fanfiction.net and AO3 under the same title and penname.

Well, we have TAngel96, XxTheAvengerXxX, lucidhalos and peppermiintmocha  over on the Marvel Fanfictioners thread to thank for this one... they are a terrible influence... XD Conversation turned to Thor and Loki and one thing led to another and a theory I read back when Ragnarok came out and hit the muse like a slap in the face.

So here we are! A lovely new one-shot with the potential to eventually turn into a four-shot! And while it is easily stand-alone, I will be considering this 'canon' in my MCU Story-verse.

Remember I am going by movie canon only as gospel! Not comic and not source myths. And in MCU canon, there is quite a lot that hasn't been explicitly clarified (like the identity of Hela's mother) or even expanded upon, especially in regard to Asgard and the Nine Realms. For instance, next to nothing is said about the culture of the Frost Giants...so I have taken liberties and expanded with ideas and assumptions that make sense to me. C:

Oh, and I'm ignoring the ridiculous tidbit from Infinity War that suggests Thor is ~500 years older than Loki.....

...also, just for clarity's sake: in Ragnarok, Hela's mention of the length of her imprisonment is ambiguous—the way she says it, she could arguably mean she was imprisoned for multiple millennia or a single one... and the fall of Jotunheim was—gasp—a millennia before the events of the MCU... ;) So guess which one I'm using in this story...

Enjoy, lovelies!

Odin

The Insurrection of Jotunheim has been definitively put down, and Odin Allfather victorious. But the Great Jotunheim Temple holds more than just the Casket... 

It holds painful truths, the end of a way of life...and the start of a new one.

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Odin Allfather was weary. More so than the demands of battle could account for. His footsteps were heavy as he made his way into the Great Temple of Jotunheim, intent on his purpose to collect the Casket of Ancient Winters. Mere days after it had begun with the Jotunns attacking Midgard, the forces of Asgard had emerged the clear victor at Tønsberg. The Frost Giants were subdued and, as part of the terms of King Laufey's surrender, the right to their great relic forfeit.

All thanks to their hubris in challenging Asgard.

The Frost Giants had gone too far in attacking a world under the protection of Asgard. They would never forget their folly. They would lose with they held dear to it. Odin would make them see. Make them understand. To challenge Asgard was to fall. To challenge Asgard was to forfeit their most sacred relics. The Casket would reside in Asgard from now on to prevent the Frost Giants from wielding it against another world ever again. And Jotunheim would remember their folly as their world fell to ruin.

As he stepped into the Temple, Odin's steps and those of his Einherjar companions echoed with a peculiar muffled quality, as though the sanctity of the Temple meant to stifle any disturbance to its imposing silence.