"Alright. I-I'll do it." I could feel my stomach churn as I said that. "What happens now?"

"Now we find my brother. He'll fix this. All of it. " If the tight grip around my waist wasn't enough, he lowered his head on my neck and lifted the cube in front of us. "Close your eyes, darling, and count to three."

"Okay." I shook my head and complied. The smell of his cologne was the only thing I could focus on, so enchanting and soothing.

Little did I know, his eyes were tracing my body and his hands felt like they never wanted to let go. He took a deep breath and I started to count.

"One, Two-" I felt a sudden jolt around me as if we had jumped. It was a weird sensation that knocked me off my balance, but I wasn't in the arms of this stranger anymore. I ran my hair back in deep pants. "Woah, what just happened?" I didn't hear his response since the moment I opened my eyes, I could see a village of people.

It was a village at the seaside, and a good amount of old buildings rested there.

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"Where are we?" I asked.

"Home." He answered, putting the cube away. We still had some walking to do, so he stretched his hand out towards me. "Or the next best thing."

I gazed in confusion and folded my arms in a nod. "Are we still-"

"On earth? Yes. Unfortunately. New Asgard." He squinted his eyes in thought and began walking beside me as he said. "You really don't know, do you?" Loki was worried about what I'd find out, I really didn't remember him or the things he had done.

"Should I?"

"I believe you have the right to."

It ached me to hear that something so precious had been taken away from me, my identity gone. Was I really living a lie all this time? Before meeting Loki, I wouldn't have questioned it. I grew up in a small town, married my high school sweetheart, and have never left that town before. Then why do I feel like a piece of the puzzle is missing? I pulled the cardigan around me, trying to get warm from the ocean breeze. I watched as Loki walked beside me, so sure of himself. Did I really love someone like this? How could I?

We walked for a few more moments through the streets of whispering people, strange-looking people. "Am I supposed to be here?" I said, swallowing.

"Not looking like that." He grinned and then stopped at a door of a building that was the biggest one there. He walked me up the steps and knocked on the door.

It was a second before someone opened and peeped. "What do you want? I told you already, you've been long gone in my eyes, You're but a ghost now and I can't bear to see you like this." I could hear a deep raspy voice, smothered with another thick accent.

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Loki looked down then at me then back at the door. "She's here and she wants to know, Thor. She needs to."

I could hear a loud growl from the other side before it came ajar. Loki waited for me to enter and when I did, I was greeted by a bearded man with long blonde locks. I recognized him instantly. "Y-you're Thor. The Avenger."

"A God." He corrected as his eyes plastered onto me from head to toe. He realized that I still wouldn't remember and so he said. "Why did you bring her here, Loki?" The man closed the door behind us and walked over to a window.

"I want you to give her memories back," Loki demanded. "If you're worthy of that title, you'll have mercy on your own kind."

"Have you told her... what happens to you?" Thor glanced over at him and cursed as he rubbed his temples. "I don't have it in me to look at you for more than a second, brother."

"No." He bit his lip.

"What happens to you?" I asked, taking a step back. My head suddenly began to burn up as I felt I remembered Loki. "I, I, I know." My lips quivered. I shot stares at them both. "I know what you did. Y-you killed those people, in New York. I-I saw it, on the news. I remember."

Thor looked at him, almost as if to say 'I told you so'.

"They were only human, Freya."

"I'm human!" I yelled, holding my chest. My focus had been blurred with tears. "You're going to kill me- you're going to..." I felt the air in my lungs vanish as I try to get my words out. I couldn't do this. If it weren't for Thor's fast hands I would've fallen flat on my back. He caught me just in time.

Loki swallowed as he didn't know what to say. He took deep breaths, standing there. He was ashamed of the things he had done and having the one person who would forgive for it, scold him was even worse.

"I'm sorry." I said, gazing up at Thor. He took me upstairs and into a room, laying me down on the bed.

"It's okay." He replied with a soft smile, fixing some hair from my face.

Loki followed behind. "Thank you." He said, wanting to get closer.

"Don't," I said weakly. "Stay there. Don't come near me."

"Are you sure?" He asked, his eyes welling up like a lost puppy but his stance still held him in place.

I nodded at him then went back to his brother. "Thor... Am I really who I think I am? Are there really memories?"

He was hesitant to say anything at first then he shook his head. He left the room and returned right after with a black box, lined in gold designs. He then said. "Taking away your memories, it was your decision. You said no matter what happens, I should never allow you to access them."

I listened to the silence of the room, the ocean sounds were calming to my heart but there was something else that I wanted. "Will I forget all that I have done now? What about my son?"

"No." He assured me, then opened it to reveal a gold bottle. "But there will be some side effects. You'll certainly be different when you're back."

"When I'm back? Am I going somewhere?" I asked but to no avail, neither one answered.

Loki looked at Thor and then at me. "I'll be here waiting." He took me by the hands and rubbed the back of it. "Your destiny awaits you, Freya. I'll see you soon."

I looked at our hands, my heart softened, and I felt like nothing could hurt me. And I knew I had to do this. I looked at Thor but unlike Loki, his eyes told a different story. He didn't want me to do it.

Thor gave me opened the bottle and handed it to me, I took a deep breath then drank it slowly. I felt my eyes getting heavier as I looked at them again. I could hear the fading voices. "Come back to me, darling. Come back to me."