When Loki woke, Madisyn was still asleep. Smiling, he caressed her face. This is better than I imagined, he thought. Not only do I get a beautiful bride, but one who likes me! Oh, what a queen she will make! He then had a fantasy of himself sitting on a throne, overlooking Ohio in its natural mischief state, a smaller throne beside him, occupied by Madisyn, dressed in a green and gold gown, a jeweled crown on her head. She would look so radiant.
Madisyn stirred as she started waking up. Loki retracted his hand and shut his eyes.
When she gained consciousness, the first thing she saw was the Frost Giant's face, supposedly asleep. She saw that his body had curled around her. She slowly tried to get off the cloud without waking him, but the Frost Giant decided to have some fun and used his arms to pull her closer.
Madisyn was trapped. She considered waking Loki, but she did not want to be rude. Besides, his body was soft against her back. So she had no other choice but to make herself comfortable. As she did this, she heard a low chuckle. She turned to the Frost Giant, who opened his eyes suddenly.
"Good morning!"
She let out a shriek and jumped out of his hold. He only laughed harder.
"Did you sleep well, my dear?"
Madisyn relaxed and replied, "Yes."
"No nightmares?"
"No...actually, I haven't slept that well in years."
She did have a dream involving the Frost Giant however, but kept this to herself.
"Splendid!"
He then summoned a plate of chocolate muffins for them to eat. As she took one, she thought of her marcher friend, Frisk.
"I was thinking," Loki said while chewing, "maybe we could do something together, like ice skating."
Madisyn choked on her muffin. "Ice skating?"
"Sure. It's fun! Or would you prefer something else?"
"N-no...ice skating would be...nice. It's just that I have to feed the animals..."
He snapped his fingers. "All taken care of."
"What's the hurry?"
"I just really want to go skating."
She did not know how to tell him. He just looked so excited at the idea that she did not want to disappoint him, as if she had not disappointed him enough already. She did not love him, but the least she could do was offer her friendship, and being his friend meant making compromises.
When they were done eating, he teleported them to the pond and froze it over. He then made a mismatched skating outfit complete with skates appear on his body and a sparkling red dress on Madisyn's. She also had skates on her two feet and her hair tied up.
"Why red?" she asked.
"I thought it would look good on you," Loki smirked. "And I was right. Now come on! This ice isn't going to skate itself!"
As he began twirling on the frozen pond, Madisyn looked down at it unsurely. She took a step onto the ice and tried to balance herself, but fell over after putting all both feet on the ice.
"Help?" she squeaked.
Seeing her plight, Loki glided over to her. He gently lifted her back onto her feet. She hung her head in shame.
"I'm sorry," she uttered.
"For what?" Loki asked, scratching his head. "Everybody trips every now and then."
