Ágnostos

Chapter 17

Peter

"What just happened?" Thor asked, looking around the area for Althea or Tony or Thanos. "Nona?!"

"Is it over...?" Captain America asked as he tentatively stepped closer to the scene.

I stared numbly where Althea and Thanos had previously faced off no more than a few seconds ago — above Tony's body. Where their feet should have been was ash and a destroyed gauntlet. The stones glistened in the sunlight as starlord picked one up.

"Is he — is he dead?" he asked. "Is the girl —"

"No," I said. "No... she — they can't —"

I let out a shaky breath, falling to my knees in the pile of ash where the Starks had previously been. My mind was at a loss — I was at a loss. She couldn't be dead — I would feel it. The way I felt it when Tony —

Shaking my head I stood up. "She can't be. Althea isn't dead — she's just.... somewhere else. We can find her!"

"Kid —"

"No! She isn't dead!"

"Peter." Harley came up to me, putting his hand on my shoulder. "I don't want her to be... but... we have to face the facts..."

I pushed Harley's hand away from me. "She can't be — she can't be dead.... I can't loose her again...."

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Althea

Looking in the mirror, I felt more like myself than I ever had before.

It was quite odd, seeing as I wore a spectacular dress and a golden crown. Of course I never expected to be a princess — or even a goddess. But it felt right. I finally felt like that part of me I couldn't ever explain had been found.

"I always knew you were a queen."

I shot my head back, smiling as I saw my father. Quickly, I ran to him, embracing him in a tight hug.

"You're alive," I breathed out. "I thought I lost you.."

He wrapped his arms around me, hugging back tightly.

"I'm right here Thee," he said.

"Did Bia fill you in?" I asked as we parted from the hug.

My father nodded. "She did. She said I am the most powerful avenger," he said cockily.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't let that go to your head dad, it's already too big for our home."

He laughed, pulling me into his side and kissing my head.

"You look magnificent Althea," he said.

"I feel magnificent..."

"Bia says you have the potential to be Queen one day..."

"But Nona is older. Shouldn't she get the thrown?"

"She said you have the powers of the past titans and that, if you want it, the thrown belongs to you."

"If I do decide to become queen... I'd have to stay here, wouldn't I?"

My dad nodded, looking out the window. "It's rather beautiful here..."

"I don't want to leave home... I don't want to be without you.... or Peter...."

"She said you'll have the next two years to decide."

"The next two years?! I can't stay here for two years! Peter — Harley — the others! They must be worried sick and —"

"It'll only be a day on Midgard," Bia said from the doorway. "24 months here is 24 hours on Midgard."

"Why must I stay?" I asked, turning to face her.

"You need to train — become what you have been called to be. To do what the prophecy fortold eighteen years ago."

I looked to my father with a raised eyebrow, but he was checking his reflection in some gold bowl.

"What exactly did this prophecy for... tell?" I asked, looking back to Bia — my mother. "What am I suppose to do?"

"You, daughter, are destined to connect the nine realms with our four realms and defeat Thanos."

Clattering sounded behind me, drawing my eyes onto my dad who had dropped the bowl.

"I'm sorry what?" He asked. "My daughter isn't going anywhere near that purple dinosaur."

"Our daughter," Bia corrected, her voice booming along my chambers. "Was born for the purpose of ending Thanos."

"No disrespect, majesty, but you may have birthed her, yes, but I raised her — and she is more than a means to an end and I'm not allowing her to risk her life for —"

"For the greater good?" Bia finished. "I think Althea can decide for herself what she is and isn't capable of."

"I'm willing to rid the universe of Thanos," I said. "But I am not capable of ruling the... 9, 10, 11, 12, thirteen realms. I hadn't even left the comforts of the avenger tower until a few months ago."

"You have the two years to decide whether or not you will rule," Bia said. "But until then — you will be acting as Queen of Fraygard so the citizens may come to know you — tonight we will introduce you to the people as their new queen."

With that, Bia left the chambers, leaving me to process the events that had just gone down. I knew I would never be fit for queen. But it seemed Bia would never listen.

A/N

Incredibly short chapter and I'm very sorry for that but this felt like a good way to end the chapter (also I'm too lazy to write the ball and it's not like she's there with Peter so nothing cute can happen or anything so)

I have a few ideas on how to continue from here so I'm putting a small vote.

Do you guys want me to write the whole two years of her being in Fraygard (like snippets of her training and whatnot) or would you rather me skip two years (or 24 hours) later to when her and Peter are reunited??

Also!! Nona is going to be a main character in a Thor fanfic I'm writing (obviously connected to this story) so keep an eye out for that if your interested :).

And thank you SO MUCH for the kind words and votes!!! They mean the world to me and keep me writing bc I crave validation Haha!!!

One more thing — if you're into Harry Potter/The Marauders, I have a Sirius Black fanfic called Written in the Stars that I've been focusing a lot of time and energy on. There's going to be a whole series connected and weaved into each other with written in the Stars and it's my baby so yeah check it out! :)