Pumpkin Pasties
The next day, Loki came upstairs to be immediately hugged by Thor. "I have great news brother! The team is allowing us to explore New York for a day!"
Loki eyed everyone suspiciously. "Why?"
"What do you mean brother?"
"Why are you allowing me outside of the tower? I am supposed to be on house arrest am I not?"
Tony answered quickly, "Yeah, you still are, but it's been months now and you've been so cramped up here, and we wanted you to get some fresh air!" 'It wasn't entirely untrue' Tony thought.
"Alright then," Loki said, still a little suspicious.
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Thor led his brother out of the tower and they spent the morning in the mall. Loki immediately made a dash for the bookstore. After two hours, Thor had to practically drag Loki out of Barnes and Noble so they could get lunch. After lunch, they explored central park, where they got a few glances from passersby who recognized the brothers. At about 3, they went to an open concert which both of them enjoyed. They explored time square for a little while before ending the day with the same karaoke club they went to with the team after Loki's breakdown a month earlier.
The two got back to the tower just before midnight and the two brothers both went into Loki's room where Loki collapsed on the bed and Thor on a little black couch in the corner of the room.
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Loki got up in the morning to see Thor reading one of his books at his desk. Thor looked over at Loki and said good morning to his brother. They both got in the elevator to go upstairs with Thor being extremely perky, to Loki's confusion.
The elevator dinged and opened up to the avengers yelling at a stunned Loki, "SURPRISE!!"
The whole room was decorated with floating candles, pieces of armor, and stuffed animals of various magical creatures. It looked like the Harry Potter books had manifested into a single room. Loki was amazed. He may not like the author too much, but the books are still amazing. The whole group was dressed in Hogwarts robes, except for Pepper, who decided to come and visit and was dressed as Professor McGonagall. Thor had donned a cloak and he, along with Steve, were Gryffindors. Bruce was a Ravenclaw. Clint was a Hufflepuff. Tony and Natasha were Slytherins. Loki stepped towards the group and Tony immediately gave Loki a computer. "We all took the Pottermore quiz to see what house we were in. Now it's your turn!"
Loki answered all of the questions and to no one's surprise, he was a Slytherin. Tony gave him a Slytherin robe and told him," Guess you're stuck with me now!"
"Oh no! Woe is me!" Loki stated in the most sarcastic tone he could muster.
The group settled down on the couch and proceeded to watch the first two movies, which everyone greatly enjoyed. Loki commented on how much more annoying Lockhart was in the books than the movies, and the friends proceeded to have the whole "Books are always better than the movies" conversation. They then did a little play-dueling while they ate lunch, watched the next three movies before having dinner, and stayed up until 6 the next morning watching the rest of the movies. Everyone was happy but tired. All-in-all, a successful Harry Potter Movie Marathon.
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Loki woke up one morning about a week after the marathon and went upstairs to have breakfast. Loki walked into the kitchen and had to do a double-take. His friends had all dressed up as HIM! They all had green contacts and black wigs. They also all had on replicas of his battle armor. Clint even wore the horns.
"Ha Ha, very funny you guys." He said sarcastically.
"Wait...you're not pissed at us dressing like you?"
"No....why would I be?"
"I don't know."
Loki took out his iPhone and earbuds and started to hum a tune while making himself some cereal. Nat asked," What are you listening to?"
Loki paused the song and smiled mischievously. He then went over and closed the blinds and took out his earbuds. He said, "JARVIS, You know what to play."
"Of course, sir."
Creepy music started to play and Loki went behind Tony and started to sing:
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween
He sang as he turned the lights off.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
Loki silently stalked around the table in the shadows with ease.
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween
Loki let his Jotun blue start to creep up his skin, making the room several degrees colder than it usually is.
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
His eyes literally glowed red. He let the Jotun blue sink out of his skin.
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
He sang, tickling his fingers up Clint's neck to resemble a spider.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
He came up behind Tony and growled a little bit, making Tony jump in his seat. This is what Loki loved about this Midgardian holiday. The fright factor.
In this town, we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
He gripped Thor's shoulders suddenly making his brother jump.
Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll
Scream! This is Halloween
Red 'n' black, slimy green
Aren't you scared?
Well, That's just fine
Loki was immensely enjoying creeping out the avengers.
Say it once, say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
Everybody scream, everybody scream
Loki found the kitchen knives and casually threw one between the fingers of Nat, whose hand was splayed on the table. She fell backward out of her seat in surprise.
In our town of Halloween!
I am the clown with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
I am the who when you call, who's there?
I am the wind blowing through your hair
He whispered in Bruce's ear.
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
This was the most Loki was willing to do to the scientist, very careful not to scare him too bad. He would rather not have to meet the other guy again.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Loki looked at all of them with a smirk.
Tender lumplings everywhere
Life's no fun without a good scare
That's our job, but we're not mean
In our town of Halloween
In this town
Don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
The group started to relax a little as they realized the song was almost over.
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee
Make you jump out of your skin
He jabbed Steve's arm making his jump, and Loki's smile even larger.
This is Halloween, everyone scream
Won't ya please make way for a very special guy
Our man Jack is King of the Pumpkin patch
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now
One of the jack-o-lanterns leftover from the harry potter party turned on and was moving, seemingly, of its own accord.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town, we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
Loki turned the lights back on as the song ended. Once everyone's eyes adjusted, they found him casually eating some cereal on the couch.
"Well...That was an experience!" Tony said.
Loki just smiled at the group, clearly pleased with himself.
The rest of the day was filled with fun Halloween activities (aka many pranks by Loki) and ended with a bunch of trick-or-treaters at Stark tower.
After all of the trick-or-treaters had left, the group was thoroughly exhausted. Everyone went straight to bed to see what tomorrow's adventures would bring.