Reaching Out
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Asgard 2011
"We need to go get Thor," Hogun said
"It is treason." Sif pointed out
"We will need Astri as well. I'm sure Thor will wonder if she does not come." Volstagg said
"And how do you propose we get her? She lives practically under Loki's thumb. I'd bet he has guards watching her 24/7, reporting to him if she even so much as breaks a nail." Fandral pointed out, "I love Astri as much as all of you but she has always been closest with Loki. Getting her to go against his orders will be impossible."
"Astri is her own woman. She can do as she pleases, Loki does not hold her back." Sif defended, knowing her friend had defied the trickster many times in the past.
"We should not speak so loudly of treason. Heimdall might be listening." Fandral said
The doors opened to a guard entering.
"Heimdall demands your presence." The guard says "He also commands you to leave Astri here."
Sif followed the Warriors Three towards the Bifrost. They passed the library as they exited the castle. Oh how easy it would be to call to her friend who was most likely buried in a book on magic or histories of the surrounding realms. She cast one more look at the doors to the library before continuing, Astri would be fine, everyone in the castle knew Loki was enamored with her. Well, everyone except Astri and Loki who had been dancing around each other for hundreds of years.
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Astri closed the book on mind linking with a heavy sigh. She was learning all sorts of new methods she hadn't been able to try since her and Loki's fight. She had reached out and tried to see what he was doing with his day but there was nothing. Sure, she could feel his presence and that he was alive but he never let her in to see exactly what he was doing or where he was.
Odin's room was quiet when Astri entered. Frigga was asleep by his side, her head resting on the golden frame of the bed. Her queen's dedication to her husband was admirable, Astri hoped to one day have someone to devote herself to the way Frigga did Odin. She sat down on the other side of Odin's bed frame. He looked rather peaceful as he lay there as still as a corpse. She was never close to Odin, he had preferred to spend more time with Thor and Loki, mainly Thor, when they were children. Still, there were moments when he had acted as her father figure and not just as her king. Astri smiled as she remembered the time he had chased her first boyfriend off after he had disrespected Astri's combat skills.
"Are you ever going to wake again? Loki sits on your throne and I fear he might just plunge us all into war." Astri softly said, her back turned to the sleeping Allfather.
The large fire on the wall behind them crackled as Astri observed the ornate door that the Allfather had. Golden flowers and vines adorned its metalwork. She would hear Frigga shifting behind her, breaking the peacefulness of the room.
"Astri." Frigga said, her voice laced with worry, "Get up. Get Loki, bring him here now."
Astri turned to Frigga, she was confused as to why they needed Loki who was on her last nerve. Frigga opened her mouth to explain but the crackle of the fire was replaced with the hiss of ice forming and taking over the beautiful door Astri had admired. Said doors nearly went flying from the frame when two huge Frost Giants stalked into the room. One of them Astri recognized from their impromptu trip to Jotunheim with Thor.
Frigga made the first move as she cut at one of the Frost Giant's legs with a sword. His large hand swooped at her before she could make her next move and she went flying across the room.
"A child guards the King of Asgard." the one Astri was sure was Laufey, Loki's birth father said.
Laufey pointed at her and his soldier came charging at her, ice sword drawn. He was quick but Astri was quicker. She let a sharp burst of power shoot from her hands, and the Frost Giant went flying into the large fire behind him. Screams of horror filled the room as he tried to get up, the fire hissed as his cool temperature began to put it out.
"I don't think so," Astri said, directing her magic so the fire would roar once more.
The frost giant screamed in pain as he burned to death, Astri's magic fueling the flames and keeping him from getting up.
"Know that your death came at the hands of Laufey."
Shit. She forgot all about Laufey. She quickly turned to see him ready to kill the Allfather. A sharp blast stopped her from making her move to burn Laufey to death like his friend.
"And your death came at the son of Odin."
Loki! Astri had never been so glad to see him and his giant helmet-clad self.
"You saved him!" Frigga exclaimed, rushing to hug her son
" I swear to you Mother, they will pay for this." Loki promised before looking at Astri, " Are you alright?"
Astri nodded glancing back at the charred body of the Frsot Giant she had killed. Loki's eyes widened at the sight, looking back and forth between the girl he hadn't factored into his plans and the freshly dead body. Astri could sense a comment coming from his mouth but the doors burst open again and Astri immediately turned, ready to burn another giant for daring to harm her family. Instead, she was met with a newly restored Thor, hammer and all.
"Thor!" She smiled as Frigga ran to her eldest, embracing him
Astri hugged him as well as he entered the room fully. He seemed distracted as he glared at Loki, not focused on reunions at all.
"Have you told them? How you sent the destroyer to kill our friends, to kill me?" Thor asked
Astri looked at Loki whose face seemed to paint the perfect picture of guilt. It couldn't be. Loki wouldn't. He had never been close with Sif and the warriors and Thor was a whole different story but he wouldn't try to kill them right? Her Loki was good, he had just saved Odin from certain doom for crying out loud.
"I must have been following Father's last command," Loki said, his spear raised, ready to defend against Thor.
Astri looked at Frigga who was distraught, looking between her two sons who were ready to tear each other apart.
"You're a talented liar, brother." Thor mocked
"It's good to have you home. Now I must destroy Jotunheim." Loki said
Before anyone could blink, Loki had Gungnir let out a strong blast. sending Thor through the walls and out of the castle. Astri gasped and ran to the hole Thor had left in Odin's room. Loki was moving quickly to the doors and she ran to block him.
"Tell me he's lying." She commanded, "Tell me that Thor's words of you trying to kill him was all some sick joke you dreamed up."
Loki's answer was only silence as he stared at her. Astri felt her eyes well with tears as she punched at his chest.
"How could you?" She cried angrily as Loki caught her hands in his.
"I have my reasons. I'll let you know all of them when I reach my goals, I promise." Loki said letting her go.
"And what of the Frost Giants today and on Thor's coronation? Did you have a hand in that?" She asked wiping at her eyes.
"How else would they have gotten into Asgard? Heimdall certainly didn't let them in." He said before stepping around her and walking away
Astri couldn't believe what he had just admitted. She knew Loki was one for tricks and mischief but attempting cold-blooded murder? She never dreamed he'd do all of this just for the throne. She raced after him as he moved quickly down the hall.
"You're a traitor!" She shouted "A monster!"
Loki froze when the words left her mouth and Astri couldn't tell if she regretted it. All she knew was that she couldn't let him destroy Jotunheim over a conflict he had organized all by himself. Her moral compass outweighed her guilt as her magic flew at Loki. It hit him in his back and he fell to the ground, hard. Astri walked to him as he pulled himself up.
"What are you doing?" He seethed, angry that she had knocked him down
"Saving innocent lives." She said, ready to let another blast free at any moment
"So am I. They would have rebelled eventually! Do you want to see Asgardian children frozen where they stand? Dead because of a war I can prevent?" Loki asked
"You don't know that!" Astri argued
"You're just like everyone else. You don't see the bigger picture. Don't you get it? I'm not doing this for a throne. Why do you think I saved Odin?" Loki questioned
"You do a lot of things that don't make sense to me. " Astri said, ready to knock him down again
"They will, soon," Loki said sincerely
Astri hadn't expected Loki's fist to come at her as fast as it did but by the time she had registered it, it was too late. A loud crunch of her bones was all she heard before everything went dark.
Months later, Asgard 2011
Astri had spent the past months bored. The castle she had grown up in sometimes felt like a prison rather than a home. Her face had healed up perfectly after Loki had knocked her out. The break in her nose had been clean, calculated almost and the healers that helped her said there'd be no issues with it in the future. Now, she spent her days reading, training with Sif, and talking with Thor who felt Loki's absence just as much as she did.
"So this mortal of yours, she's what Midgard calls a scientist?" Astri asked in between bites of food.
She and Thor had begun eating dinner together each night, something she used to do with Loki.
"Yes. She's quite brilliant. Heimdall says she's searching for me." Thor replied
Astri sadly smiled. Ever since Thor had destroyed the Bifrost, traveling had been completely cut and the only way to see into other worlds was through Heimdall. Sure, Loki had his secret passages but had never bothered to share them with anyone.
"And what of that fellow you've been meeting with, in the markets?" Thor asked
Astri blushed at his words. She had thought she was being more secretive about that.
"It's nothing. I think I just need to talk to someone that isn't you, Sif, or Frigga." She waved him off
"Well, you ought to tell him that. Those flowers he sent to your chambers the other day are telling a different tale." Thor laughed
"When the hell did you become so observant?" Astri groaned and covered her face with her hands.
"I've always been like this...I'm just that good." Thor explained
"How is it you go to Midgard and come back more humble yet somehow weirder?" Astri asked
"What do you mean I've always been like this." He shrugged
Gods Thor was going to actually drive Astri insane one day.
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Astri had bid Thor goodnight after they finished eating. She was feeling tired after all her training with Sif today. Her friend never pulled her punches and thanks to that Astri was sure she'd have bruised on her skin for the next century. Beyond her physical exertion, Astri had a routine each night. It would start with a warm bath, followed by letting Drifa help her oil her hair while they talked about their lives. Drifa did most of the speaking since she had met a wonderful woman recently and were seeing each other. Astri supplied the doom and gloom to the conversation by often bringing up how tired she was of the calm that had followed Loki's demise. Following all of that, Astri would sit on top of her bed and search for him. For Loki.
"Tonight, I'll find you." She whispered to herself and closed her eyes.
She always tried to remain hopeful but there was nothing but darkness as usual. Whatever was left of Loki, if he was even alive was unreachable to her.
"Please. Just a glimpse." She pleaded to her empty room
A sharp pain fluttered across her face, followed by a flash of unbearable heat. Murmured voices joined the fray as Astri tried to focus on what she was feeling and hearing. Was this Loki? Or had she accidentally ended up in someone else's mind? Darkness was all she could see but whoever was speaking, their voice grew clearer the more she focused. Pained gasps followed another hot flash of something that felt as though her mind was melting.
"Do it again. He can handle it."
And so we have reached the end of the first Thor movie. If you take a quick look at the summary for this story you will see that I have added warnings for this story. I do suggest going to the masterlist of this story to read them. I have decided to change that and it will include both smut (hehe everyone's fave ) and suicidal/self-harm scenes. Material like this will be marked and have individual warnings when it pops up.
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