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After the battle of New York, Loki was brought to trial on Asgard. Followed by his brother Thor Odinsson and five guards of Asgard, he came to a halt in front of the Allfather Odin himself. His face was unreadable, but his sons could see through his facade and they saw great disappointment in his eyes. He stared at his adopted son and didn’t break eye contact, even as he rose from his throne.
„Loki Laufeyson, you are standing in court today for all the horrible things you have done on Midgard.“ Odin took a threatening step towards Loki and came to a stop mere inches in front of him. Loki was aware of Odin’s choice of words. He called him Laufeyson, not Odinson.
„Multiple human lives were brought to death by your hand or those of your Chitauri army. A behavior like this will not be tolerated and is a disgrace to our kingdom! Wherever you are, there is death and mischief.“ the Allfather screamed and Loki flinched ever so slightly, as the king brought his scepter with a deafening sound to the ground. Thor was standing next to Loki but hasn’t even once looked at him. The disappointment of his brother’s deeds was still to painful. He looked towards his father sadly, as his expression turned from disappointment to anger.
„The usual sentence for such horrid acts is death, Loki Laufeyson. But this wouldn’t be a fair punishment for you, you don’t care much about death. Apparently, you seem to have mastered eluding it perfectly.“ Loki grinned, knowing that it would make his adopetivefather even angrier.
„For this reason, I banish you from Asgard and send you to Midgard. You seem to have made enough enemies there, who would be more than glad to harm you in any way possible.“ again, Loki grinned. If this was his father’s punishment, then he’d truly gone soft. Even Thor frowned and looked to his brother for the first time.
„Father, this is…“ he began, but was interrupted by Odin’s outstretched arm towards him, his gaze still fixed on Loki.
„I wasn’t finished, yet.“ Odin let his arm fall again and instead grabbed his scepter to point it at Lokis chest. This time, Loki flinched visible and looked in his father’s last remaining eye with dread. He knew what Odin was trying to do.
„Father, you can’t do this!“ he tried to get away from the scepter desperately, but the shackles on his neck, wrists and ankles made it impossible as two guards pulled harshly on them.
„I will repeat your words, as they seem to be of great importance to you. I am not your father.“ Loki didn’t know what to respond to that. He was both speechless and horrified. Yes, he did say those words to Odin, but he was extremely angry at this point. At that time, he meant it, but that changed long ago. He looked at Odin with wet eyes, whose expression turned furious.
„I hereby banish you from Asgard and release you from all your magic. May there be a horrible fate waiting for you on Midgard, one that will equal your deeds.“ Odin said those words and closed his eyes. A golden shimmer appeared around the scepter and then wrapped around Loki. It passed through his body until it was turning green. A clear sign that Lokis magic, his Seidr, was being pulled out of him. It seemed to weaken Loki immensely. Wouldn’t it be for the power of the scepter, he would surely fall to the ground. Thor could just watch helplessly, as all color drained from Lokis face as his magic was absorbed by the scepter completely. Now, without the power of it, Loki fell to the floor and breathed heavily. He propped himself up on his forearms as best as he could and looked to Odin.
„If you only would have given me a chance to explain…“ the God of Lies whispered before his arms gave out and he fell to the ground, unmoving. Thor couldn’t hold back anymore and rushed to his side.
„Don’t!“ Odin warned, as the God of Thunder was about to lay a trembling hand on his brother’s back.
With an invisible magic from his scepter, he picked Loki off the ground, his arms, legs und his head were hanging lifeless from his body. Odin whispered a few incomprehensible words into his scepter and Loki disappeared from Asgard, surrounded by a golden glimmer. Where he once laid on the ground, there were now just the shackles left.
„Father, what have you done?“ Thor muttered, while a single tear ran down his cheek. He knew of the horrible things Loki did, but he still loved him. He didn’t believe that his brother was so full of hatered, that it would drive him to do such deeds. Yes, he was the God of Mischief und Lies, but he wasn’t thoroughly evil.
„You, my son, will go to Midgard as well. You shall keep an eye on Loki, so that he won’t bring more harm to that realm. Though I doubt, that he could achieve anything without his Seidr.“ Thor stood up from the ground, where he was still sitting on his knees und nodded. He knew, that this was also meant to be a punishment for him. He always saw hope in Loki, he still was and that’s why his father sent him. He hoped that it would change Thor’s mind.
Without looking back, Thor swung his hammer and flew with it towards the Bifrost so that Heimdall could bring him to Midgard.
„My Prince.“ The Gatekeeper bowed before Thor and grabbed his sword.
„Heimdall. Take me to Midgard.“ he nodded to the Aesir as a greeting and waited until he twisted his sword to open the bridge.
„Make it right again.“ he said and Thor nodded. He knew what Heimdall meant. He was allseeing and much wiser than most. Of course he wasn’t as wise as Odin, but the king’s mind was clouded by anger and disappointment. The Gatekeeper could feel, that there was more to it und trusted Thor to find the truth behind it all.