Before His Fall

18

I sat in my room only 5 minutes before I have to walk in the ballroom. At the end of the night, I was to be engaged. Lisa and Donna sat on my bed as Ella and Elizabeth finish fixing me up. I looked magical, even for a queen. I hear a knock at my door. Ella checks who it is. 

"M'lady, Prince Loki, Prince Thor, Jacob, Micheal, and Robert are here," she says. 

"Why the fuck is Thor here?" I say. She looks back out asking. 

"He says Lady Lisa shouldn't have to walk alone," she says. We all squeal slightly. 

"Lisa has a prince. Lisa has a prince." Donna and I chant. I slip on my shoes and Donna and Lisa walk out first. I see Loki who is sitting against the wall like every morning. I smile as he looks up and looks completely amazed. He jumps to his feet. 

"Wow..," he says and looks behind me at Ella and Elizabeth, "I owe you two so much." He locks arms with me. I know that the minute we walk in together, being who we are and the day it is, that all eyes will be on us. 

We stand at the door as everyone else enters. I hear a constant chatter and take a deep breath. I kiss Loki and then we enter. The hall falls silent as we make our way to his parents. 

"Happy Birthday, Rocky. Queen Lousia would be so proud of you," Frigga says as she hugs me and kisses my head. "When you two vanish, tell me. I'll make illusions. Be back at the end. Rocky still has to get engaged," she smiles. Odin looks around the ball as though he is unimpressed. 

"There isn't enough green and gold for it to be your birthday," he says. I smile. 

"Well, to be fair, they are more of Loki's colors," I say. Loki is smiling his ass off. He leads me away from his parents. The chatter has continued by now and we walk to where my friends and Thor and his friends are. Fandral smiles at me and shows me a flask. I give him a look saying 'hand it on over, fam!' and he passes it to me. He is 17. I am 16. I twist off the top. Loki and Thor were talking so I take a quick sip without them noticing. I pass it back to Fandral with a wink. 

"So, Rocky, you are going to be engaged after tonight. Who do you think it'll be?" Sif says. 

I smile," Well, I hope it's Loki. It could be Thor. I know Odin wants me as a strong ally. Frigga has a strong way in the choice. So most likely Loki. Or Fandral," I say. Loki glares at me when I say his name. I notice Jacob slip away without anyone noticing. I glance off and see him talking with some girl. That jerk. 

"How long is this thing?" Robert says. He is so anti-social. I am too but I am also a queen so... 

"4 hours. I get proposed to at 3 hours and we can all leave then. After I accept or a rage war," I say. 

"You are not raging a war on Asgard," Thor says. 

"I am also not marrying anyone I don't want to. I have to be married at age 18 and it will not be to someone I don't love," I say with sass. He rolls his eyes. 

Music from Volkheim starts up and I smile. I grab Lisa's and Donna's hand and pull her to the dance floor. (Volkheim is a very Irish place btw) We all start dancing along with most of the guest. We dance with no care of how stupid we look, even if we do look amazing doing it, and take pride in our home. I am pulled away by Micheal and we dance together. I'm then pulled away by Robert who dances with me. Micheal dances with the girls. Fandral pulls me away from Robert and we dance with so much fun in our step. By the end of the song, I am laughing so much. We all walk back to the princes. 

Narfi and Vali run up to us with the wolves and new kitten, still un-named. "Sissy!" they say. 

"Yes?" I ask.

They suddenly fell shy, "Well... um..." Vali says. 

Narfi is looking at his feet. I kneel down to closer to their height. "What?" I ask in my sweetest voice.

Frigga walks over, "We have talked to your future fiance, and they agree. We want you to become the mother of the boys. Not just the sister," she says. I go paler than I already am. 

"Mother? Of them? Who's my future fiance? Does he seem to like them? Is he Loki?" I say hoping for a straight answer.

"Still not telling," she says. I huff in defeat. 

The rest of the night I think about the answer while dancing occasionally. I have a few amazing dances with Loki. Donna eventually notices Jacob's absence. 

I see Jacob kissing someone. Her hood falls off. And of course, it's Princess Liliana. Donna takes Fandral's flask and swigs it all. 

Around this time, I am to be proposed to. "You know, Donna, I can find you a cute prince," I say sipping on my drink, "Thor is single. You can have Loki. Hell, you can be gay and love Lisa. I already made gay marriage legal in Volkheim so." 

She laughs. " One... and three. Thor and Lisa would be too cute to stop. Two, Loki is gross. He is a lier by nature." 

I giggle, "I cause chaos by nature. How about we find you a cute single lord?" 

She rolls her eyes.

Odin signals for everyone's attention. Loki is standing by me apparently. I hadn't noticed. Maybe he just got here. "Everyone, as you know, Queen Rocky is to be engaged tonight by Muspel traditions. She has held pride for both her realms as well as Asgard since she was only seven. She has made a wonderful Queen and a strong warrior. I am happy to say, she is a strong ally of Asgard and hopefully will continue to be, seeing as my wife and youngest son have grown attached. Now, without any longer, for her to hate me for making her wait. Will the chosen propose?" he says. 

Loki lowers himself to a knee. 

"That's right, kneel to the queen," I mumble making him laugh slightly. 

"Rocky, I have loved you since we were only seven. Since you had no title. Since you were a mere princess. And since you became a queen. I will always love you as long as will allow me. I love everything about you, including your weird brothers, our wolf children, your insane friends, your new kitten, and both your realms. I hope you will allow me to love it for the rest of our lives?" he says as he flips open the ring box. I am holding back tears at this point and can only nod. He slips the ring on my finger and stands up, instantly kissing me. 

I mumble into the kiss, "Our new kitten," making him laugh. 

Once he pulls away for air, "Did the ground get a little wobbly there?" he says. Thor puts his hand on his shoulder to keep him from falling. 

"You okay, brother?" Thor says handing him some water. I smile at them, " Congratulations," Thor says to me with a smile, "Sis," he adds. 

"I suddenly regret accepting," I say then laugh slightly. 

Frigga runs over and hugs me. "I have waited for this since you two were 7," she says. Loki is still recovering from the nervousness. I smile and hug him making him hug me. 

I look at Frigga and Odin, who had just joined us, "I think Loki might have a heart attack," I joke. 

Frigga laughs, "Why don't you and your friends head up to the mountain?" I look at her and yawn. "Why don't you and your friends head up to the mountain tomorrow night? You too head off to bed. You must be exhausted from playing proper all night." 

We agree. I say our goodbyes and we disappear. I send an illusion of me to my room. 

Loki smirks at me with a look of mischief. I look back with the same smirk and pull him into his room by his collar. 

Let's just say... I am glad we put a spell making his room soundproof. 

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