MAGIC AND CROWNS ; loki

iii. coffee and alien invasion

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"I can't believe you did that, really?" said the little girl to her friend who had a baby black wolf on her lap

"I give you my word, my friend" said the other girl with one hand over her heart and the other petting the sleeping puppy "It was bleeding so much, I did what mother taught us last lesson and healed it" she finished with a wide smile, proud of her work

"Well, he got lucky, does he have magic qualities now? you know, your mother said that when they stay around even after being saved by our magic it means you have a bond with the creature..." the girl was now in front of her friend petting the cub as well "Oh! you have to give him a name!" Exclaimed the younger of the two, a little too loudly as the wolf had now opened its shining green eyes

"Fenrir" decided the dark haired girl

"Aww, Hela that's a beautiful name, I love it!" the little girl beamed and giggled with her friend when Fenrir licked his new companions' cheeks.

BONG

Cora jolted awake and her magic instantly took a grip on the source of such piercing sound, in this case it was Strange with a cong in his hands and the same group of students who just a couple of weeks ago had helped her fill the sorcerer's office of post-it notes

"Fucking traitors" grumbled the still sleepy woman pointing to the cowering sorcerers in training before snapping her head towards the doctor that had decided to so rudely wake her up "And you," she practically hissed at him "you are now condemned to spend the whole day with me." The doctor, who was still struggling with Cora's magic ties, opened his mouth to object she sent another wisp of magic that produced a muzzle over the poor man "I'm so glad you accept, my dear" With that she loosens her grip on the wizard and he leaves cursing under his breath something along the lines of 'she can always mess with us and when we try she turns it against us, i hate her'

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The two friends were taking a break in-between lessons and decided to go to the park, grab a coffee and chat a bit. It was a nice secluded spot, far from the kids running and knocking over whatever was on their path, away from the creepy old men in unflattering too-tight bike shorts, and out of sight of paparazzi and reporters who were obsessed with constantly knowing and sharing whatever anyone acquainted with the Avengers was up to.

They sat in a bench, both sipping silently their hot beverages, in peace, at least that was until the goateed man decided to speak

"Who are you, Cora?" asked the doctor, though it looked more like he was asking his cup of coffee as he wouldn't even glance at his friend while waiting for an answer.

Cora on the other hand was panicked but hardly surprised so she cleared her throat and spoke "You know who I am, Stephen" she said with a sigh, not looking at him either "I'm your friend, the one you ambushed with questions when she appeared in your world... the one you interrogated for being outer-worldly... the one you welcomed into your sanctum..." Cora continued distantly as she examined thoroughly the tree that currently covered the rays of sun from attacking her light brown skin

"Can you at least tell me something about your past that isn't absolutely vague?" Said Stephen after taking another long sip of his drink

"Alright, you get... 4 questions, but you can't ask anything too complicated, simple stuff, please" Cora negotiated, she knew there were too many questions she wasn't going to answer but she hoped Strange would think about it and ask something good, if not she hoped he didn't get too mad when she didn't answer.