Chapter 9
Princess Caitlyn stared down her father, King Thor. The two had heaving chests as the two were in a loud verbal fight, unfortunately, the sole heir to the throne had taken after her uncle. She wanted nothing and everything to do with the throne. Thor advanced on her, wanting to calm his daughter down, only for Caitlyn to strike him with a swift slap. "Do not even think of touching me!"
The guards immediately moved into attack formation, and Thor raised his hand to calm them, stilling and feeling his blood run cold at the sound of Caitlyn's gasp of fear, her hand turning blue and Thor faltered, seeing the Jotun royalty insignias donning her skin. Caitlyn stepped back. "I'm not even your child. I see you follow in your father's footsteps."
Thor looked down. "My Daughter, please, let me explain."
Caitlyn smirked. "I was left on your balcony? My real mother begged you to take an abomination? Wait, Laufey is dead and that means that really, you're my uncle and my true father is dead."
A slick voice came from a hallway. "The son of Laufey was brought back when Thanos was killed by Stark."
Caitlyn turned and tears built up in her eyes. "Prince Loki, I didn't know you had returned."
Loki walked over and grabbed her hand. "Do not call me that if you know who I am to you."
Caitlyn growled and pulled her arm back, fearing that she would hurt him. "Do not touch me!"
Loki let himself turn away and let his own Jotun form be shown. "Please, do not fear who we are. I did the same thing and look at where it took me."
Caitlyn gulped and pushed him aside, running out of the castle to where Brunhilde had kept her pegasus. She mounted the beautiful creature and took off, heading to the only place she knew as her second home. Tony Stark's house.
She had stopped only for the pegasus to get water and food on the way to the two-story wooden house. Finally, they had reached the house and Caitlyn hopped off of the creature to hurry to the chair that was sitting on the porch. She curled up in it and passed out.
Caitlyn "Thordottir" only woke up when she felt Morgan poke her legs and the feathers of the beautiful pegasus slapping on her head. She groaned as she sat up, sighing as she met Morgan and Pepper's eyes. She groaned. "Uncle Thor and I got into a fight."
Pepper sat down next to her and Caitlyn leaned on her, letting Morgan climb onto her other side. Pepper ran a hand through her hair. "Isn't Thor your dad?"
Caitlyn looked at Morgan. "Can you move your hand, please?"
Morgan moved her hand and Caitlyn closed her eyes, letting her true form show and she whimpered at the gasp from Pepper. Caitlyn hurried to get up. "I'm so sorry."
Pepper let her motherly instincts take over and she grabbed Morgan and pulled her into her lap. Caitlyn whimpered and stared at her hands. "I-I'll go s-somewhere else, I-I promise."
Caitlyn turned and bolted, running for the docks and collapsing on them, sobbing. It seemed no one wanted her, her mind running a mile a minute. She felt alone and lost and she didn't know what to do. She wanted the water to just swallow her whole, she wanted to slide into the water and not swim back to the dock. She thought for a moment, taking a moment to look at Pepper and Morgan before standing up, taking a deep breath and jumping into the water. She heard Morgan's shriek of fear at the sight and Pepper pulling her phone out to call anyone, the number she managed calling was 911 and telling them the situation as Caitlyn hadn't resurfaced. Her dress was keeping her weighed down and she was turning to her Jotun state after the shock of the water had brought her to her Aesir form.