Chapter 1
The young Prince of Asgard had been a prisoner in the realm he used to call his for about a month. He was being kept in a see through cell, located at the one end of the two rows of parallel cells. Most of the cells around the room was occupied, since it was the highest security dungeon of Asgard, where the most dangerous criminals are being held. However, the cells closest to Loki were empty. In the darkest of the night, when he felt lonely the most, Loki wondered if it was to punish him further by giving him no company, just let him to rot in boredom and loneliness.
One afternoon, Loki was just sitting down, staring down to the one of a few books he had. He had already read all of them a couple of times and not feeling like a repeat but he didn’t have anything else to keep busy either. The movement outside his cell cought his eye. A small army of guards were bringing a prisoner, a petite girl who looked as young as Loki. The girl was handcuffed with heavy metal cuffs, which were engraved with magical words and designs. Loki knew these cuff very well, after all they used the same type on him, the type that prevents one from performing any magic. The guards guided the girl into the cell next to Loki’s while Loki kept watching. The amount of soldiers around the girl was very unusual, more than unusual honestly since the girl looked so innocent and harmless with a purple dress and thick wavy black hair floating around her face. Her dress was posh and elegant, it was made for a palace rather than a dungeon and Loki could clearly tell that she was at least royalty. Her hair was down which meant she was single in Asgardian tradition. Loki closed the book sitting on his lap and watched as the leading guard freed her hands from the cuffs after he made sure the cell was sealed. The guard looked up to the girl and spoke.
“ You are in the Dungeons Of Agard Palace, Princess [Y/N]. There is no way to escape from this cell. Your magic won’t work outside of your cell. A guard will bring your meals to you and you can ask him if you have other needs. Do you have any questions?”
The guard was being very nice to the girl, thought Loki.But after all he called her a princess so it makes sense. He wondered which part ofthe nine realms she was the princess of and what the hell she was doing here. Meanwhile she gave the guard a stern look.
“Tell Allfather or Thor or whoever is in charge they need to see me immediately. I will not tolerate this nonsense much longer and if they keep pushing their luck, the consequences will be very dark for Asgard and the peace between our realms.”
The guard didn’t answer but slightly nod and turned around and leave with the other guards. A few minutes later the hallway was empty like usual. Loki kept watching his new neighbour. She was sitting on the armchair now viewing her new surrounding. Their eyes met a couple of times none of them broke the silence. Hours past, she started reading one ofthe boks from her smile pile, the had some dinner and kept reading. Loki felt asleep at some point and when he woke up in his armchair in the middle of the night, she was peacefully sleeping in her bed. The next day she woke up very late in the morning at least compared to Loki but other than that it was uneventful. Loki wasn’t able to sleep this time and noticed she was having trouble too. Another day rolled without communication except a few glances here and there.
In another sleepless night, Loki was lying down on his bed, playing with a cup throwing it in the air and catching it. Throwing and catching, throwing and catching,… Then, he finally broke the silence.
“ I didn’t know before that someone can be this much bored.”
“Hope you are enjoying exploring new records for yourself.”
He chuckled.
“You bet ,without a doubt.”
Then Loki stood up and turned facing window he shared with her, and salute the princess like he would do if they were in a ball in the palace, before anything happened.
“ How rude of me, I didn’t even intruduced myself. I am Loki, Loki Od…” He didn’t finish his surname, since he was about to say Odinson out of habit but he now knew that the surname was wrong. However he didn’t want to use Laufeyson instead either.
“ I know who you are, The Prince of Asgard.”
“Heh, I am not that, not anymore, just Loki now”
She stood up across Loki and salute him back.
“ It was a pleasure meeting you just Loki. I am Princess [Y/N] [S/N].”
Loki’s eyes widened with recognition.
“You are the Princess of Alfheim, the one and only precious sweetheart of Light Elves. What in nean realms you are doing here?”
“You made me sound like a porcelain doll.”
“Well you can’t blame me for that, you are the Princess of the Fairyland.”
“I am also the head sorcerer and the heir to the throne.”
“Yes, it is true and it all makes one wonder more how you end up here.”
“ There was a conflict with Asgard and we came to a point where either I was going to start a war between Alfheim and Asgard or I was going to surrender.”
“Very interesting. If you don’t mind me asking, what was the conflict about?”
“ It was about your stupid brother nearly causing a war with Jotunheim. Some of my fellow sorcerer and I were coming to Asgard in a hurry, demanding the Allfather to stop this nonsense, but our existence in Asgard interpretated as a threat. Either I was going to surrender and we will solve this in a civilized manner or I will be attacking Asgardian soldiers in order to go free, as a result start a war. So, here I am.”
“If it is any consolation, Thor is not my real brother.”
“Yes, I heard about it.”
“How exactly do you heard it from the dungeons?”
“Well, I heard it from Alfheim. In my old cell, I was able to freely communicate with home. Their nonsense symbols couldn’t stop my magic.”
“What happened then?”
“ I got bored waiting, get out of the cell and demand to see Allfather.”
“Wait, what? You escaped and walked up to a guard and ask to see Odin?”
Loki started laughing and [Y/N] rolled her eyes.
“I accept it wasn’t my most intelligent move, but what else I was suppose to do?”
“I don’t know, how about just fleeing?”
[Y/N]’s voice got higher and tougher.
“There is no way I leave this place without clearing my name.”
“Okay, fierce one, if that’s what you desire then it means we will be neighbours for a long time. Asgard court is not known for it’s quickness, neither does Odin.”
“Yeah,It looks that way. I am really shocked how Asgard haven’t fallen yet if the bureaucracy is this fast.”
“Well, they tend to fight and feast, bureaucracy is more of a hobby.”
Loki and [Y/N] shared a laugh, which turned into a yawn for [Y/N].
“Sleep well, my princess. It was an honour meeting you. I would love to have your company at breakfats tomorrow morning if you don’t have any other plans.”
[Y/N] rolled her eyes again.
“Well, I can’t make any promises without checking my programme but I think I will be free.And sweet dreams, Loki.”