Book One: Worlds Apart (Loki)

Chapter One

Katri likes to set up pranks while her siblings are off playing, whilst they are away, she plays. She lifts her brother, Kol's blankets and then pours the bucket of worms into it. She stopped pranking her older brothers some time ago, they have little in the way of a sense of humour. But Kol, Kol she can rely on to give back as good as she dishes out. And before they know it, it's a full blown prank war between the two. And Gods forbid anyone that gets in their way. Katri sets the bucket down and runs her hands over the worms spreading them everywhere before making the bed. She nods happy with her handy work and takes the bucket from the floor before leaving.

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Stepping out of their home she looks around, the village is always quiet this time of day, farmers are farming, the soldiers are off raiding, the children usually go off and run through the trees. Katri rather likes the quiet. Her eyes linger on a boy she knows she hasn't seen before, she would remember him. He's beautiful. And he's up to no good. Katri watches the boy as he lifts the lid of the barrel and holds his hand out, green energy of some form leaves his hand and permeates the barrel. And when he stops, he looks around before moving off. Katri cocks her head.

"Katri" Her mother states behind her, Katri looks to her over her shoulder. "Do you wish to learn today?" she asks, Katri's eyes flicker to the grimore in her mother's hands and then nods. "Come then" Esther turns and heads into the hut, Katri looks back for the boy, but he's out of sight now, she turns and follows her mother inside.

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Katri sees the boy again later, after the trick had back fired on him, the girls that had screamed when they'd opened the barrel of water to find snakes instead, well those girls have big brothers, very big brothers, who know how to wield swords and axes. She watches the boy ducking into a space between two huts and ducks back into the shadows. Katri walks towards the hut but steers left instead walking away. She ducks into the next gap between the huts and rounds the back of the house. Katri smirks and pokes her head around the corner as he leans back against the wall.

"How'd you do that?" she asks, he jumps and looks to her.

"Do what?" he asks back, she raises an eyebrow.

"With the snakes" she offers, he shrugs and pulls an indifference face.

"I do not know what you are referring too" he answers, she grabs his wrist and pulls him around to the back of the house, pushing him back against the wall with a hand to his chest as the brothers run past his hiding spot. He looks down at her hand and raises an eyebrow.

"You really should not upset them" she scolds a little turning back to him.

"I can look after myself" he argues as she looks up at him.

"Aye" she agrees. "With your....magic" she offers. "Teach me" she asks of him stepping closer to him, he looks down at her and swallows a little, those big brown eyes of hers staring up at him, warm, pale, smooth skin, there are no girls like her on Asgard.

"You have no magic" he argues, she raises her hand and looks to the lantern hanging from the corner of the house, she flicks her wrist and it lights, his eyes widen as he watches before looking to Katri. "You have magic" he corrects himself.

"Mother taught me" she tells him. "So...Teach me that trick" she repeats, he smirks and takes her hand and pulls her along into the trees. He looks to her as she lifts her eyes to his.

"Do you have a name?" he asks.

"Does not everyone" she answers, he snorts and rolls his eyes a little but is still smirking. "Katri" she answers him. "But everyone calls me Kat"

"Katri?" he asks, she nods. "That is beautiful" he whispers, almost surprised. She looks up at him, waiting, he frowns and she raises an eyebrow. "Oh" he starts. "Loki" he offers with a smirk, she snorts and smirks.

"Loki?" she asks. "Like the God?" he smirks wider.

"Exactly like the God" he answers.

"Father says I am just like Loki" She tells him, he raises an eyebrow as they start walking again.

"Oh?" he asks.

"I am always getting into trouble" she admits. "Always playing tricks on my brothers...and my sister....and the other children....and the baker" Loki smirks a little. "Butcher....farmers"

"I see" he looks to her as she walks at his side. "You would never guess" he offers. "Looking at you" she snaps her head to him.

"What is that supposed to mean?" she asks him.

"You hardly seem...." he cocks his head. "The type" she crosses her arms over her chest and shoots him a look.

"Does that not make it better" she offers. "They look at me and do not see a trickster?" he smirks and nods. There is a shout of her name from back in the village and they both turn to look. "Oh" Katri mumbles, Loki looks to her. "My brother" she admits. "He must have looked in his bed" she whispers with a smirk.

"What did you do?" Loki asks amused.

"Worms" she answers.

"Kat!!" Kol's voice yells closer, he appears at the treeline and sees Katri. "Kat" he warns pointing at her. "Do not move" he steps closer, Loki grabs her hand.

"Run!" he shouts and then he and Katri are running through the trees laughing. Kol runs behind them trying to catch them.

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Loki pulls Katri behind a tree and holds her to his chest, Kol not that far behind them now.

"Do not move" Loki warns and the rolls his wrist, his green magic enveloping them both. Kol runs past them and then stops, he looks around, even looking straight at them, Katri grabs onto Loki's shirt waiting for it. But Kol just runs off again. Loki stop his magic and Katri looks Loki amazed.

"What did you do?" she asks him. "How did you do that?" she asks taking his hands and looking down at them. "Will you teach me to do that?" he chuckles and swaps his hold on her hands and pulls her closer to him. Her eyes wide with wonder and a thirst for knowledge, how can he deny her that? Not when she is looking up at him like that. He smiles at her and nods.

"I shall teach you anything you desire to learn" he offers her, she beams up at him and almost bounces where she stands with excitement.

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Kol glances to Katri as she returns home, he sits with Klaus who is treating a cut on his lip, probably another beating from their father. Kol smirks at Katri, his up to no good smirk. She narrows her eyes a little and heads to her and Klaus' space in the next room, a room she shares with her siblings. Rebekah is already asleep in her bed. Katri moves to her bed in the corner under the window, she flips open the bedding and then sighs. Nice try Kol. She thinks seeing the snake in her bed. Katri lowers her hand towards the snake and she smiles as it slither into her hand and around her wrist. She moves into the next room where Kol's eyes widen seeing the snake around her wrist.

"Nice try, little brother" she offers. "Better luck next time" she turns and heads outside, crouching to let the snake go.