Silhouette // LokixOC

CHAPTER IX

another chapter today

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"BROKEN WE AIN'T BEATEN, THERE'S NO GLORY IN DEFEAT" ~ "BROKEN PEOPLE" BY LOGIC AND RAG'N'BONE MAN

"Ekhem... thanks." She cleared her throat awkwardly as she stood up from the bed.

Loki chuckled and followed her as she walked out of the room. Khione raised her eyebrow at him.

"Bored, are we?"

"Well, I guess I could ask for a sightseeing tour? We're on Niflheim, right?"

She rolled her eyes.

"Yes."

They entered a large room, which was something between a library and a living room. He also noticed an open kitchen attached to it. There were mattresses, sofas and armchairs everywhere, with multiple books laying on them. One of the walls was almost entirely a window, looking out on a beautiful valley made from ice.

"And this is my kingdom. This room is the main one, you'll find here books from all around the universe, sofas, bean bags-" she kicked one of them, and Loki rolled his eyes. Then he scolded himself internally. He literally knew nothing about Khione. The Ice Queen continued, " and there's the kitchen." She pointed in one direction and then turned around in a completely different one and pointed at one of the doors in the walls. It was big and silver, what he supposed was one of Khione's favourite colours. "There is the training room, we'll spend quite a lot of time there, you have a lot to catch up."

Loki frowned slightly. She was going to teach him?

Khione rolled her eyes.

"Of course, you dumb-o. I promised, didn't I? I never break my promises."

Oh, he forgot she was a telepath.

"Could you please stop reading my mind?"

Khione looked away from his emerald eyes.

"Actually... I can't. It's automatic, I can't turn it off. But I promise you, the first thing I'll teach you is to shield yourself."

Loki shrugged.

"Okay."

Khione looked at him again and grinned. It reminded him a but of a wolf.

"So, back to sightseeing?"

He smirked.

"Always."

•••

She showed him the training room, a second library, a library that had every spell ever known (he fanboyed a bit but wouldn't ever admit it), his room, the Astronomy Tower and now they went outside, because she claimed to leave "the best for the last". They took a narrow path through a forest that was covered in snow so completely that there was no splash of green in sight. Thank Saints that this part of the Realm had an eternal night or they'd might have gone blind.

Finally, Khione stopped. Loki looked around, but didn't see anything. They were still in the white forest. He frowned and felt something tickling his senses. Wards? Khione looked at him and smirked.

"Yep. You're the only person beside me who had and will ever see what's behind them."

Dramatic much?

She closed her eyes and straightened her arms. It looked as if she was touching an invisible wall before them. Her brows furrowed in concentration. At first nothing happened, but then, slowly, a few weak violet light tendrils started to get out of the sorceress' hands and began trailing... sigils? Yeah, sigils and warding symbols. Loki noticed that they were forming a dome. Khione's frown deepened.

How powerful these wards have to be to be a problem for a person who put them there in the first place? The young god wondered in awe.

The Ice Queen smirked weakly and pushed her hands apart, creating a portal going through the dome. She stumbled a bit and Loki grabbed her arm to steady her, but quickly moved his hand away and looked at it with a bit of disgust. Khione, though panting a bit, noticed the look right away and shot him a worried glance. He ignored it and she acknowledged it and straightened herself.

"This, honey, is the Last Sanctuary."

They stepped through the portal.

•••

Loki couldn't believe his eyes. The dome was actually a little pocket dimension, about ten kilometres in radius. And full of dragons. FUCKING DRAGONS. Yes, THESE dragons, the extinct species from Alfheim. What the fuck? He slowly turned to look at Khione.

"What the actual fuck?"

She started laughing. And laughing. Loki stared at her in confusion as she giggled.

"Oh, you should have seen your face!"

Loki crossed his arms. She calmed down slowly.

"Yes, these are dragons. And other small species for them to pray on. Yes, they are technically extinct, these are the last ones. Yes, it was almost impossible to find them, yes, that's why the place is so warded, yes, it's a pocket dimension, yes, making this portal took so long 'cause you had to go through too, yes, you can go to them just let them get used to you."

Loki stared with eyes wide open. His brain was a bit shocked, because he only registered the last sentence after a good few seconds.

"I can... go to them?"

Khione raised her eyebrow.

"Well, yes? That's what I said. They don't get much company these days."

He scoffed but immediately proceeded to walk among the majestic creatures, many of which ran or flied up to them to see the new guy and were currently sniffing him. There were a lot of dragons, different types and colours, which Khione was explaining to him while petting her magical friends.

"There are five main types of dragons, each for an element. Fire, water, air, earth and light. But, as the species evolved, many... sub-types were created. Dragons of darkness, ice, hurricanes, lava and others. Dragons can control their element on a fundamental level - to attack, to defend and to build..."

They walked around the pocket dimension as long as Loki could, but soon Khione stated that it's getting late and even if they're actual gods they have a busy day tomorrow, and they can't be sleepy. Loki wondered a bit at how did she figure out the time but dropped the question as it only brought him a headache. They left the dimension, closed the portal behind them and went back to the manor.