Similar, Yet Different (Loki fanfic)

Pranked

I wake up before the sun rises. I put on my training armor while I remember my dream last night. Its not a dream though. Its a memory. I have so many nice memories thanks to the princes. I can't believe that took me in over 10 years ago. The allfather and allmother treat me like their own child. Frigga even helped me control and advance my magic. After I finish up my armor I put my curly, brown hair into a braid. I rub my brown eyes to makes sure I'm awake and ready for the day.

All set! I go to open the door to leave when my stomach growls. But first...FOOD. I leave my room and head straight to the kitchen. I try to be as quiet as possible, since most of the castle is still asleep. I walk past Loki's room and pause. Hmmm. I smirk to myself. I run to the kitchen and quickly grab some food. I then grab a bucket and full it with water. I carefully carry it to Loki's room and then I set it down. I open the door and gaze inside. I look toward the bed and see a rough outline of the prince. Still asleep...good. I use my magic to lift the bucket ontop of the cracked door. I make sure it's angled in just the right way, and I run away to the training grounds.

"You're late."
I rush onto the grounds after hearing Sif. She stands in the middle of the circle that marks our usual training spot with her arms crossed and a stern look on her face.
"Sorry. I lost track of time."
She smiles and shakes her head. "Another prank?"
"What makes you say that?"
"Just a hunch." Sif un-crosses her arms and moves backwards. I move forward and enter the circle. The training begins. "Who is it this time?" Sif starts to move towards me around the perimeter to the right of me. I move towards the left.
"Take a wild guess."
"You are so going to get punished for it."
"Only if he can catch me." I sprint to Lady Sif and start attacking. She blocks most of them and manages to land a few on me. She surprises me with a leg sweep and I fall to the ground. I feel my nails get sharper and my hair get shorter. "Ah an ah. No magic." My body returns to its normal state and I pick myself up off of the ground. We spar for another 10 minutes. During our break we hear a crash and a loud yell. Mission success! I smirk with pride and Sif just shakes her head. We hear someone running, each footstep getting louder. I gotta go! I turn to ask Sif, but she's already waving her hand to let me go. "Thanks!"

I run as fast as I can to get away from the mad Prince. I make it to the garden. I don't hear any footsteps, but I don't let my guard down. I find the nearest tree and climb up. The leaves are lush this time of year. Perfect for hiding me. I change my skin color to green to camouflage better. I hear more footsteps. Loki stops right under the tree I'm in. His raven locks are still wet, but it appears that he changed out of the clothes that got wet. I stay as quiet as possible. The princes head dashes from left to right, searching for me. After a minute, he continues on his way. I laugh quietly. I got away!

"Not that easily." A silky voice responds to my thoughts from behind me. The sudden voice makes me jump and I loose my balance. Oh no! I flail and grab on to something. It doesn't save me, and it follows me down. I land on a surface softer than I thought I would. I look at it and see I landed on someone. "Oh my, I'm so sorry!" I apologise.
"You weren't that sympathetic this morning." I look at the face from which the words flowed and I'm met with the God of mischief himself.
"Shit!" I try to get up and run, but a pair of strong arms pull me back down. "Let me go!" I blush as I struggle against Loki.
"No. You need to be punished for what you did."
"Can't I just apologise?"
"That's not good enough."
"Then what's my punishment?" I stop struggling and stare into his eyes, waiting for an answer. He doesn't say anything for a moment. Then, he smirks. Oh no! He teleports us somewhere and pulls me to my feet. "I think it's only fair that you have a bath too."
I look around to see that we are in the middle of the woods, and behind me is a lake. No! I try to run, but Loki pushes me into the water.

I take a deep breath right before I am completely submerged. I look around and see all the fish swimming around. I give myself some gills so I can breath. I look up and see Loki looking down with a confused look. I don't think he sees me. I change my skin to blue just to make sure he doesn't. I swim up slowly, but don't emerge. I find a rock on the bank and I throw it through the water to make waves. Loki sees them and follows it. I take this opportunity to sneak my hand up and grab his leg.
"What the-?"
"Surprise!" I pull with all my might and drag the Prince into the water. I emerge, laughing really hard. Loki emerges in front of me, clearly angry.
"How nice of you to join me." I joke.
"I just changed into dry clothes!" He yells at me. I laugh even harder. "Now you are going to get it." He reaches out to grab me but I swim out of the way. He chases me around and around before hitting the water in frustration. I laugh at his misery.

Next thing I know is my mouth gets filled with water at my while face gets wet. I spit the water out and look to see Loki laughing. I splash him back and his smile disappears. The battle has begun! We have a full on water battle. We splash each other and dunking each other while we laugh and have fun.

"What is going on here?" A deep voice cuts through the air. Loki and I freeze knowing exactly who the voice comes from. We both turn towards the bank and see Odin standing there with Frigga at his side. "Father, let m-" Loki starts to explain but is cut off by the Allfather, "Get out of there! Both of you!" We hang our heads and get out of the water. This is bad...
Lets hope for the best. Loki's thoughts enter my head. I look up a little at Lady Frigga. She gives me a small smile and I give one back. "What were you two doing?" Odin demands.
I speak up, "Sir, we were just having a little fun. Taking a small break from our usual stresses."
"Today is not a good day for 'breaks'. Tomorrow is the ceremony of Thor becoming king. Tonight is the Crown Ball. This is simply not the time. You should know better Loki." Odin explains and puts the blame on Loki. I interject, "Allfather, this isn't his fault, it-"
"That's enough!" Odin yells, making everyone jump. "Astana, go back to the palace and clean yourself up. Then help the servants with setting up for the ball. Loki come with me." He starts walking into the woods. I look at Loki who is tense and looking at the ground. I raise my hand to place it on his shoulder. "Now!" Odin bellows, summoning Loki to his side. I stare at the men as they walk away. "Come on darling. Lets get you cleaned up." Frigga takes my hand and leads me into the opposite direction of the men. We remain silent until we make it to my chambers back in the castle. As Frigga starts to pick out my clothes, I ask, "Why is Odin always so hard on Loki?"
"He means well. He's trying to teach him how to act."
"Odin does not 'mean well'. It wasn't Loki's fault for today. It was mine! And you know just as well as I do that Loki knows how to act."
Frigga looks at me and sighs, "You are partially right. But you two are not children anymore. You have to-"
"Act proper and have good manners. I know!" I walk over to my bed and plop down. Frigga shakes her head and grabs the pile of clothes she's been putting together. She moves to me and sets the pile on my bed.  She grabs my hair brush and motions me to turn around. I obey. She starts to brush through my hair, getting all the tangles out. "Yes, You and Loki do have your manners and know how to be proper, but you both still need to learn the best times for messing around."
"I didn't mean for it to go on for so long. It was supposed to be a short prank. I-" I start to explain but Lady Frigga cuts me off, " I know how it started, I was there when the bucket fell." I hear her muffle a laugh. "He was furious."
I laugh too, "Yea."
"What happened after that?"
I explain everything, from the chase to the tree, and the lake. We laugh at the end of the story.

She finishes my hair and hands me my clothes. "Get changed and report to the kitchen. Last thing I heard was that they were having some trouble with something."
I mod and start to get changed as Frigga leaves. "And Astana?"
"Yes ma'am?"
"Remember what I said." After that, she leaves. I change into the simple, dark brown dress she picked for me and look in the mirror. She put my hair and a braided bun. Nice. I walk out the door and head to the kitchen.