Grandma, can we help Loki?

It has been so long

...December 28th...8:10 PM...

...New York...

"My Little Princess, why do you talk about Loki as though he's real?" Elizabeth's mother, Amy Bailey, asks.

"Cause he is." Elizabeth said, in her princess bed that has Ariel the Mermaid all over.

Amy smiles.

"Grandma told me he's an imaginary friend of yours." Amy said.

"Grandma lies." Elizabeth said, with Princess Aurora tucked into bed with her. "And Grandma likes to call Daddy 'Barry' instead of Baron,like, you know the name you call him by when you think I am not listening."

"My Little Princess, maybe you should stop listening into our conversations." Amy suggests.

"Then what should I listen to?" Elizabeth asks.

"Your mind." Amy said.

"Can I tell you a story?" Elizabeth asks.

"Sure." Amy said.

"Take Tinkerbell with you." Elizabeth said, giving a small fairy doll with blue wings and a small green fairy dress to Amy. "Now sit in the chair, and, listen."

That's exactly what Amy did.

"Tell me the story." Amy said.

"It's more like what I see when I go to sleep." Elizabeth said.  "And close my eyes. Ever since Mr Blue face came into my life; I...have dreams. Visual dreams of a beautiful kingdom with gold, a fantastic lake, a castle similar to those tubes from a old type of Piano." She waves her hands in the air outlining the shapes. "Sometimes I see the forest, covered in snow, and there I see my forest friends waving at me, I even see Robert too."

"Robert who?" Amy asks.

"Robert Apanders." Elizabeth said. "He is one of my close friends in Texas. I go play with him during the summer when I'm at my grandparents house." Elizabeth dreamily sighs looking towards the window showing the dark'ish sky. "They wave at me, and then, I run right towards  them,  we have fun and adventures." Her eyes had become full of life. "I hear a faint name, and it has been becoming lower lately."

"I am interested." Amy said.

"Thor." Elizabeth said. "At first it was Erwyen, and then, it became Thor." Elizabeth puts her hands down. "The golden realm, it is very brilliant Mommy. I can hear the voice dying,I think it will be gone by next year." She rubs her fingers together. "Something doesn't make sense to me."

"Well, you aren't telling a story." Amy said, putting TinkerBell on the counter.

"Once upon a time a blue prince from  far off realm crash landed in grandma's backyard." Elizabeth said. "I came out with my Captain, and then, poked at him with a stick. I asked Grandma if we can help Loki, and,she said yes!" Her eyes shined brighter than they had ever been before. It was like the adventurous light had returned from the three month long vacation in Texas. "Loki left because it was 'in my best interest', really? come on, that's not a happy ever after!"

Amy laughs,with a light shake of her head.

"That it is not." Amy said, playing along with her daughter.

"My happy ending would be a actual goodbye." Elizabeth said, with a little yawn.

"If Loki is so real, why have I not met him?" Amy asks.

"He's hiding." Elizabeth said. "I guess, or, he's just living out his godly life to the fullest."

Elizabeth takes out a picture of a very professionally drawn picture of Loki.Elizabeth had a really good artist sketch Loki up somewhere in New York using some of her father's cash. He had been colored in using colored pencils.Amy looks impressed holding her hand up across from her chin then glances up towards Elizabeth.

"Twenty-five dollars is all it took." Elizabeth said. "Very good sketch artist around here in New York."

"My Little Princess, where did you get that cash?" Amy asks, putting the picture on the pink counter.

"Daddy's got a boot full of cash." Elizabeth said. "In the closet across from the bathroom."

Amy gets up then kisses her daughters forehead and goes to the door.

"Good night, Elizabeth." Amy said, standing at the door.

"Nighty, Mommy!" Elizabeth said.

"And don't get lost in your golden kingdom." Amy jokingly said.

"It is a realm, Mommy." Elizabeth said. "A whole different world ruled by..." Amy shuts the lights off and closes the door behind her. "Kings and Queens with loads of marvelous warriors, a big building with a single dark man standing guard watching over construction in this science teleporty building."The ceiling to Elizabeth's room has glow in the dark stickers glowing blue. "Oh, I  can see Loki is having fun messing with some thieves in Italy..."

Amy goes down the hallway as Elizabeth's voice get lower and lower until it becomes mute.

Elizabeth fell asleep.