Kingdom

In the end Loki was correct in the assumption that King T’Chaka wasn’t going to enter a fight. In the end the stark Kingdom had problems soon after the anger with Wakanda ended. The royal adviser killed the Starks taking over for a tyrannical rule. He ruled for four years were of pure terror. He too was soon overthrown and then the kingdom joined together with the Wakandan Kingdom. The people began to prosper and King T’Chaka was kind to the way they had been taught. The king set up a competition for their lovers hands in marriage. It wasn’t really a competition unless multiple people were interested in one person. In this time King T’Chaka had a son and a daughter. The royal guards grew with some extremely strong people. However, it was ten years and hardly anyone saw the Mage Loki. King T’Chaka grew worried as the years continued. He decided to send his son and a few guards to go check in on the mage.

“Son I have a mission for you” The king stared “I would like you to go and see the mage Loke to see if he is alright and invite him to move closer to the kingdom. The forest around his home is dangerous so you will be taking Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Bruce Banner, and Stephen Strange” He continued.

“Father I can do this mission without all that protection” T’Challa said frowning at how many people would be going.

“Son last time I visited Loki he almost killed me for trespassing. He killed my guards in a matter of minutes. For the safety of my conscious please bring them with you, and be careful” King T’Chaka said shifting his clothes to show a scare on his left shoulder putting emphasis on him almost dying. T’Challa stared at his father for a moment before nodding his head. If it meant meeting the one and only mage that had his father on the ropes.

“I will go tell them to get ready for the journey” T’Challa said bowing and turning to the door. He knew where to find the people he needed for this trip. First he would look in the herbalist section for Banner. Then go to the sorcerer section to get Strange. Then finally he would get the warriors from the training grounds. They would set out in the morning to the forest to the north of the kingdom.

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“Is everyone ready?” T’Challa asked the group. The sun had just rose above the horizon.

“As ready as we’ll ever be your majesty” Steve Rogers said bowing a bit again.

“Good then let's set out on the road” T’Challa said hopping onto his horse. They had a long way to go before they would be at the entrance of the deeper part of the forest. T’Challa decided to break the ice a bit and speak with the others.

“So how did you find your passion in your chosen fields?” He asked looking to the other riders.

“I broke my hands beyond medical help and ended up getting a help from a sorcerer and learned that I had a real talent for it” Strange said sharing just a glance at the others.

“Bucky and I had been friends for years, We grew up in the Stark Kingdom so fighting everyday was life. By the time peace came about we didn’t know how to do much else.” Steve said smiling at his best friend. Bucky nodded in agreement but didn't say much.

“I have always been interested in being a herbalist. There wasn’t really anything that I can say stood out to me” Bruce said brom his spot in the back.

“I see. Well what do you think of your life now that there's peace?” T’Challa asked. He might as well go all out and ask what questions he had always wondered about.

“It’s nice there's not as much pain as there was. It feels like a different world” Bucky spoke. He didn’t look at the king or anyone really.

“I think it was worth it. There was pain but I would do it again if the outcome turned out to be peaceful like this again.” Steve added a smile still on his face. T’Challa started to wonder if his smile was just stuck on his face.

“What about you two?” T’Challa asked hoping to get a rounded opinion.

“To be honest I was born in a different Kingdom and only came here to heal my hands. So It’s always been peaceful for me” Strange said shrugging his shoulders.

“I was sheltered a bit from the pain. I grew up in a house close to what was the Wakandan border so we could flee across if anything to bad happened” Bruce said folding into himself. Yeah this was going to be a long trip.