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I opened my mouth for an excuse, anything, as Ari swiftly turned her back to me and put her guitar down. But as soon as she turned back to face me, she began shouting in anger. "How dare you listen in on me? Can't I have any privacy around here?! Or is that against the law?" she demanded, her voice raised. The thought fluttered through my mind to punish her, but I pushed it away. "Ari, I didn't mean to... at first. I had been... well... It is a different story. But when I heard faint music around the corner, I had to investigate. I had never heard the song before." The words easily slipped off my tongue, half of it not exactly true. I had been coming to ask her questions about her past. It intrigued me to know why she had glowed blue, including her eyes, and why my scepter had seemed to turn against me, as if wanting to protect her. I felt the surge of power from her as I stood there, and it was impossible to not notice that it felt as if she could easily overpower me. Kill me, even.
As I watched her expression, it was full of fury, and even though her eyes still glared daggers at me, I saw that she was trying to figure out whether to trust my words or not. Interesting. Her eyes were like an open diary, waiting to be read. That could indeed prove helpful. However helpful her eyes were, my words did nothing to crack the ice. Or rather steel. "I don't believe you. You aren't very trustworthy, and everyone knows that. Silvertongue. God of Mischief. Trickster. I am sure there are many others that are more personal. Brother, perhaps? Son?" she said, mocking me, it seemed. And I do not take kindly to mocking. Waving my hand in a certain way, Ari was thrown across the room. Before I could even let a smirk form my features, I was wrapped in a dark purple light. Dark magic, I thought, starting to panic. "You dare to defy me?" I demanded, trying to move, but I couldn't. "Yes. I do. Because someone has to, and apparently only I have the guts and brain to do it. I could have killed you. Left you for dead and let the poison run its course. It is slow and painful, and you remember things you'd rather not. All the bad things in your life is all that you remember. You can't move. You can't talk. Only remember. You would've remembered that fateful day--" "Do not speak of it!" I cut her off. During her speech, she had picked herself up and had begun walking towards me. Her dark brown eyes once faintly tinted amber were blood red, and her skin was taking on a bluish tint. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that I was turning into a Frost Giant as well. "I can speak of what I wish. Now, try to get out of your situation. Just try," she said, her voice low, persuasive. She would've made an interrogator for S.H.I.E.L.D. very easily, I thought, but concentrated hard, clenching my teeth in frustration as I tried my very best to get out of her spell, her bonds. But there was nothing I could do. She was stronger than me, although she hadn't eaten all day long. And I had a sinking feeling that if she had eaten, I'd be in pain.
She smirked at me, the corner of her lip curling up and a devilish glint came to her eye. She was going to kill me. I knew it. "Ari, I'm sorry," I lied, willing to try almost anything. I was losing my composure and I knew it, so she saw right through me. Her steely heart was locked and someone else had thrown away the key. But she'd apparently lived through it. Ari'd become so much more cynical and defiantly determined and untrusting. "Ari, please listen to me. Just give me five minutes to talk," I said, having halfway regained my composure now that I knew a bit about her. I couldn't get over her origin, how much similar she was to me. "Five minutes," was all she said, still so devilish and threatening. "Ari, I'm sorry for slapping you and throwing you across the room-" "Sorry doesn't cut it, but go on." I sighed very softly, but kept going. "The song you sang. What was it?" I asked. "Sound The Bugle." She was keeping her words short, but I saw that as soon as I changed the subject to music, she seemed to perk up. "Ari, I know I did wrong, but what exactly have I done? Tell me. Please." I wast acting myself. I was far too desperate to live as king to act myself. Later would be the time for that.
As I watched, a small glint of sadness came into her blood red eyes. "What have you done? Let's see... During your attack on New York, one of your aliens knocked me out cold right after killing Panda, causing me to have to figure out who had won when I came to. That you had won, that Tony, my only family, was--is--very likely dead. And before your little victory, before the battle began, you gave me headaches and stupid dreams about..." she trailed off, looking at me with hard eyes. "You've heard your answer. Keep talking," Ari said coldly, and I frowned. "Okay... So what is a Panda?" I replied slowly, and Ari waved her hand to her left, causing a circle of electric blue light to appear, and closed her eyes. She's taking memories straight from her mind, I realized, and watched as a small black and white pup pranced and raced across the blue circle of light, heard a younger Ari's happy voice naming the canine Panda and Tony's small chuckle. The memories went on and on, then Ari opened her eyes, and I noticed they were dark brown again, and the bluish tint was gone from her skin. The electric blue circle of light disappeared. Suddenly, she flicked her wrist in my direction and the dark purple light disappeared.
She turned from me, walking toward a balcony I hadn't noticed before. Ari opened the double doors and stepped out onto it, leaning against the railing. I said nothing, just watched her until she began speaking again. "Panda was my only truly loyal companion. My only true friend. She was always there for me and understood me. Panda guided me in the right direction... Just like the stars," she said quietly, and I began slowly walking toward her. "The stars were always there for me, Loki. I remember running out of the house I was adopted into back in Georgia when I was so naive and just looking up at the stars, and feeling better. It wasn't until later that they reminded me of my mother when..." she trailed off again, obviously thinking she had said too much already. "Ari... I know now why you're so hard-set against me... And I am thoroughly grateful for that knowledge." At this, Ari turned to me, her dark brown curls seeming to glow red against the light of the setting sun as the first stars began appearing. "For now I can begin to understand you... Like Panda did. I am sorry my army ended her life." I meant every word, and a sort of peace settled in my heart as I realized it.
Ari seemed to notice as well, for she seemed to slightly relax against the railing. "You mean that," she replied quietly, looking at me as if for the first time. "You know, Loki, you aren't half as bad when you mean what you say and don't try throwing me half across the room or slapping me or-" "Interrupting you?" I said, perking an eyebrow. I saw her eyes narrow and swallowed a chuckle. "Yes, that," she said, the edge back in her voice. "Well, then. I suppose I will have to try to not do those things," I replied, a smirk tugging at the corner of my mouth. Ari didn't reply, just kept her intense gaze locked on me, studying me carefully. I wondered suddenly exactly what she saw. Did she see a war criminal, a murderer? Or did she see someone not half bad? Or did she still see what she had said before, that innocent child I once was? Perhaps she saw a monster? But no, Ari was also a Frost Giant. I sighed inwardly. Ari was a puzzlement of completely different sorts, like a book in a language unknown and about something completely abstract and mind-blowing. But I loved books, especially the ones that were hard to crack. And it seemed whatever tool I had just used had made the first indent on the steel, so perhaps I was on the way to showing Ari that I wasn't half as bad, as she had said. Maybe, just maybe, I could show her I was someone to trust.... But the question was, would I find myself a companion or have a little fun and betray her?
Looking at Ari now, so quiet and distant, I knew that only time would tell. And who knew if I would even get to the point of gaining her trust and having to make such a decision? I grinned inwardly. At least I would not be bored for a while.
I opened my mouth for an excuse, anything, as Ari swiftly turned her back to me and put her guitar down. But as soon as she turned back to face me, she began shouting in anger. "How dare you listen in on me? Can't I have any privacy around here?! Or is that against the law?" she demanded, her voice raised. The thought fluttered through my mind to punish her, but I pushed it away. "Ari, I didn't mean to... at first. I had been... well... It is a different story. But when I heard faint music around the corner, I had to investigate. I had never heard the song before." The words easily slipped off my tongue, half of it not exactly true. I had been coming to ask her questions about her past. It intrigued me to know why she had glowed blue, including her eyes, and why my scepter had seemed to turn against me, as if wanting to protect her. I felt the surge of power from her as I stood there, and it was impossible to not notice that it felt as if she could easily overpower me. Kill me, even.
As I watched her expression, it was full of fury, and even though her eyes still glared daggers at me, I saw that she was trying to figure out whether to trust my words or not. Interesting. Her eyes were like an open diary, waiting to be read. That could indeed prove helpful. However helpful her eyes were, my words did nothing to crack the ice. Or rather steel. "I don't believe you. You aren't very trustworthy, and everyone knows that. Silvertongue. God of Mischief. Trickster. I am sure there are many others that are more personal. Brother, perhaps? Son?" she said, mocking me, it seemed. And I do not take kindly to mocking. Waving my hand in a certain way, Ari was thrown across the room. Before I could even let a smirk form my features, I was wrapped in a dark purple light. Dark magic, I thought, starting to panic. "You dare to defy me?" I demanded, trying to move, but I couldn't. "Yes. I do. Because someone has to, and apparently only I have the guts and brain to do it. I could have killed you. Left you for dead and let the poison run its course. It is slow and painful, and you remember things you'd rather not. All the bad things in your life is all that you remember. You can't move. You can't talk. Only remember. You would've remembered that fateful day--" "Do not speak of it!" I cut her off. During her speech, she had picked herself up and had begun walking towards me. Her dark brown eyes once faintly tinted amber were blood red, and her skin was taking on a bluish tint. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that I was turning into a Frost Giant as well. "I can speak of what I wish. Now, try to get out of your situation. Just try," she said, her voice low, persuasive. She would've made an interrogator for S.H.I.E.L.D. very easily, I thought, but concentrated hard, clenching my teeth in frustration as I tried my very best to get out of her spell, her bonds. But there was nothing I could do. She was stronger than me, although she hadn't eaten all day long. And I had a sinking feeling that if she had eaten, I'd be in pain.
She smirked at me, the corner of her lip curling up and a devilish glint came to her eye. She was going to kill me. I knew it. "Ari, I'm sorry," I lied, willing to try almost anything. I was losing my composure and I knew it, so she saw right through me. Her steely heart was locked and someone else had thrown away the key. But she'd apparently lived through it. Ari'd become so much more cynical and defiantly determined and untrusting. "Ari, please listen to me. Just give me five minutes to talk," I said, having halfway regained my composure now that I knew a bit about her. I couldn't get over her origin, how much similar she was to me. "Five minutes," was all she said, still so devilish and threatening. "Ari, I'm sorry for slapping you and throwing you across the room-" "Sorry doesn't cut it, but go on." I sighed very softly, but kept going. "The song you sang. What was it?" I asked. "Sound The Bugle." She was keeping her words short, but I saw that as soon as I changed the subject to music, she seemed to perk up. "Ari, I know I did wrong, but what exactly have I done? Tell me. Please." I wast acting myself. I was far too desperate to live as king to act myself. Later would be the time for that.
As I watched, a small glint of sadness came into her blood red eyes. "What have you done? Let's see... During your attack on New York, one of your aliens knocked me out cold right after killing Panda, causing me to have to figure out who had won when I came to. That you had won, that Tony, my only family, was--is--very likely dead. And before your little victory, before the battle began, you gave me headaches and stupid dreams about..." she trailed off, looking at me with hard eyes. "You've heard your answer. Keep talking," Ari said coldly, and I frowned. "Okay... So what is a Panda?" I replied slowly, and Ari waved her hand to her left, causing a circle of electric blue light to appear, and closed her eyes. She's taking memories straight from her mind, I realized, and watched as a small black and white pup pranced and raced across the blue circle of light, heard a younger Ari's happy voice naming the canine Panda and Tony's small chuckle. The memories went on and on, then Ari opened her eyes, and I noticed they were dark brown again, and the bluish tint was gone from her skin. The electric blue circle of light disappeared. Suddenly, she flicked her wrist in my direction and the dark purple light disappeared.
She turned from me, walking toward a balcony I hadn't noticed before. Ari opened the double doors and stepped out onto it, leaning against the railing. I said nothing, just watched her until she began speaking again. "Panda was my only truly loyal companion. My only true friend. She was always there for me and understood me. Panda guided me in the right direction... Just like the stars," she said quietly, and I began slowly walking toward her. "The stars were always there for me, Loki. I remember running out of the house I was adopted into back in Georgia when I was so naive and just looking up at the stars, and feeling better. It wasn't until later that they reminded me of my mother when..." she trailed off again, obviously thinking she had said too much already. "Ari... I know now why you're so hard-set against me... And I am thoroughly grateful for that knowledge." At this, Ari turned to me, her dark brown curls seeming to glow red against the light of the setting sun as the first stars began appearing. "For now I can begin to understand you... Like Panda did. I am sorry my army ended her life." I meant every word, and a sort of peace settled in my heart as I realized it.
Ari seemed to notice as well, for she seemed to slightly relax against the railing. "You mean that," she replied quietly, looking at me as if for the first time. "You know, Loki, you aren't half as bad when you mean what you say and don't try throwing me half across the room or slapping me or-" "Interrupting you?" I said, perking an eyebrow. I saw her eyes narrow and swallowed a chuckle. "Yes, that," she said, the edge back in her voice. "Well, then. I suppose I will have to try to not do those things," I replied, a smirk tugging at the corner of my mouth. Ari didn't reply, just kept her intense gaze locked on me, studying me carefully. I wondered suddenly exactly what she saw. Did she see a war criminal, a murderer? Or did she see someone not half bad? Or did she still see what she had said before, that innocent child I once was? Perhaps she saw a monster? But no, Ari was also a Frost Giant. I sighed inwardly. Ari was a puzzlement of completely different sorts, like a book in a language unknown and about something completely abstract and mind-blowing. But I loved books, especially the ones that were hard to crack. And it seemed whatever tool I had just used had made the first indent on the steel, so perhaps I was on the way to showing Ari that I wasn't half as bad, as she had said. Maybe, just maybe, I could show her I was someone to trust.... But the question was, would I find myself a companion or have a little fun and betray her?
Looking at Ari now, so quiet and distant, I knew that only time would tell. And who knew if I would even get to the point of gaining her trust and having to make such a decision? I grinned inwardly. At least I would not be bored for a while.
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Okay, so the POV changed to Loki's, as it will be up until Chapter 11, when Ari's POV comes into play once again. (Yay!) xD
So... Looks like Ari got a bit... Angry there xD
Sorry for the crappy Loki characterization x.x It will get better, I promise!! I'll try developing him a bit more before the next chapter.
Yet again, I apologize for the horrid wait for the next part x.x
BUT IT'S HERE SO ENJOY!
So... Looks like Ari got a bit... Angry there xD
Sorry for the crappy Loki characterization x.x It will get better, I promise!! I'll try developing him a bit more before the next chapter.
Yet again, I apologize for the horrid wait for the next part x.x
BUT IT'S HERE SO ENJOY!
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