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Thor was shocked as he read the note that his tearful Mother and silent Father gave to him
Dear Mother, Father, and Thor,
I’m sorry, but I cannot live myself knowing that all I do brings dishonor to this family. I do not wish to shame you in this way. You have all done a lot for me and it is time I was no longer a burden for you. I thought was helping and only had the best of intentions. Please believe me when I say that. But everyone has made it abundantly clear that everything I did makes things worse than they were already. I tried to be more than just my namesake of the God of Mischief and Lies but seems I have failed in that respect. I have taken advice from Thor’s friends and they tell me the best course of action is to leave. Thank you for everything you have done for me. Please don’t come looking for me.
Sincerely,
Loki
P.S. If you don’t want to keep my things please donate them to somebody in need.
Thor didn’t know what to say. Whoever told Loki shamed them? That he was a burden? Whatever the All-Father didn’t do basically Loki did. Asgard would be lost without Loki. If Thor was the golden son then Loki was the favorite. Everybody loved Loki. He always got the better end of the deal when negotiating with foreign dignitaries. He created numerous alliances and peace treaties and didn’t complain about paperwork. He charmed ambassadors and always listened to complaints. He organized music festivals and other public events. He liked to craft new spells for the betterment of Asgard and routinely fixed and upgraded the Bifrost. He created a community park, public library, and garden. In his free time, he volunteered to teach Asgardian children magic and fighting no matter the gender and loved to read. Loki absorbed knowledge like a sponge and always shared it with people who wanted to learn. He often baked loaves of bread and treats to hand out to the smaller children. Who made Loki feel unloved?
Loki put almost everyone in front of himself. Thor was proud to call Loki his brother. Thor reread the part where Loki was given advice. Thor’s friends? What kind of friends would tell his brother to leave? He looked at his Mother and Father. “Whoever did this to Loki will pay dearly.” Thor had a pretty good idea who the people were in this case. They never seemed to like Loki for some reason.
His parents both nodded, “Summon the Warriors Three and Sif to the throne room.”
Later the Warriors Three we roughly shoved into the Throne room by the royal guards, protesting.
“Hey! Watch it!”, snapped Fandral. Seeing the royal family the Warriors Three and Sif stopped and bowed.
“Where is Loki?” asked Hogun looking up.
“Don’t pretend to care!” hissed Thor.
“Thor what are you talking about?” asked Sif.
“You know quite well!” he spat.
“I’m afraid my Prince we don’t know,” said Fandral.
“Then you won’t mind a truth spell then would you Fandral?” spoke Odin.
Fandral paled. He bowed lower if as he could hide, “No my King.”
Odin smiled maliciously, “Good.” The truth spell was an invention of Loki’s so criminal cases would go by faster which helped immensely. It was one of the reasons Loki was the God of lies. He could see through them and he gifted his power to everyone. Thor missed Loki even more then. He vowed to make the Warriors Three pay. Thor carefully watched the accused as Frigga did the spellwork.
When it was done Thor asked them, “Did you all conspire against Prince Loki?”
Hogun immediately said “no” but the rest struggled as the truth spell constricted them into speaking. While they were not held in place, if they left their guilt would be confirmed, but if they said anything they were doomed.
Eventually, as the spell became too painful they spat out a “yes”. Hogun looked scandalized.
“Hogun you are free to go.” decreed Odin. Hogun bowed and threw one last look at Sif, Fandral, and Volstagg and looking disgusted as he walked out.
¨At least I know I have one friend.” commented Thor.
“Thor we are your friends!” Sif cried. “That coward you called a brother doesn’t deserve anything!” She was immediately silenced. Odin cast a spell and the remaining people were bound and kneeling.
“You are lucky I am not sentencing you or you would be begging for death. We shall let the people decide what to do with you,” said Odin.
He slammed his staff on the ground and they appeared on a stage surround by the citizens of Asgard.
“Asgardians today we have lost one of our most beloved treasures! Prince Loki has left us believing himself to worthless and unloved by us and the people of Asgard! Tell me what has he done to hurt you!”
The Asgardians were whispering. Until one brave one shouted, “The sweets he gave our children were poisoned! The food that comes from the garden too is also dangerous to eat!” The crowd nodded their agreement. Another one shouted, “He is a liar!”
“He uses dark magic!”
“He is bewitching our children!”
With each derogatory comment made at Loki’s expense, Thor became angrier by the second. “These are all lies!” he roared. “These traitors you see before you are the source of this treachery.”
Odin slammed down him staff again the words started spilling out of Sif’s mouth on their own accord. “Yes it was us that poisoned the sweets and it was us that messed with the garden.” she hissed. “We also spread the rumors which you idiots believed. You shunned him just like we planned and whispered our false words into his heart making him feel unwanted. We wrote notes and left them around the palace for him to find and to know just how much we hated him in the guise being letters from the common people.”
Then Fandral started speaking, “Loki was taking all the spotlight when Thor is so much better! He had to be put in his place! We had the staff say rude things whenever he was around and avoid him like the plague.”
Finally, Volstagg started talking, “We isolated Loki from his family until he became more and more recluse. We made it so that he would turn to us for counsel.” Thor never heard such venomous words. “We told him Asgard would be better off without him and that if he wanted to do any good he should leave forever.” The kneeling figures looked positivity furious at being forced to speak.
The crowd looked somber. A few were even weeping. There were whispers of “what have we done?’ going around.
Odin then spoke, “People like these are the lowest of the low, what should their punishment be good people?!”
“Burn them!” chorused the crowd. “Burn them for Loki!”
The accused blanched.
“Your wish is my command.” He slammed down his spear again and Sif, Volstagg, and Fandral were engulfed in flame. They writhed around and screamed until all that was left was piles of ashes and for good measure, Thor kicked them. The crowd cheered but quickly went silent as the realized the implications that Loki was gone.
The crowd started wailing, “Find him All-Father! Please!”
“We are searching for him as we speak. We shall hope to see him as soon as possible. That is all.” replied Odin. He waved his hand and they were back in the throne room where Heimdall was waiting.
“I have bad news, my King, Loki has cloaked himself from my sight. I can’t see him,” he said sadly.
Frigga started tearing up again.
“You must try my friend that's all I can ask of you,” said Odin.
Heimdall nodded. Without Loki, Asgard was going to become a much darker place.
Meanwhile, Loki traveled his way to Midgard. He popped up in the president’s office scaring the Presidents out of his wits. He politely bowed. “Mr. President I have a favor to ask you.”