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Sanctuary *part 9* (chapter 16)

"What brings you here?" Loki asked, when Gamora didn't reply, Loki continued; "Let me guess, on behalf of that psychopath you call father I assume." Gamora pulled out her sword and pressed it to Loki's chest, directly above his heart; "Don't speak again, unless you value your life." She hissed at him, fury evident in her tone, Loki chuckled, then replied; "I wouldn't dream of it."

She lowered her sword to her side, a scowl still present on her face as she stared at the Jotun. "Stand up." She ordered, Loki glared at her as he got to his feet, he swayed slightly but stood upright. She marched out the door, and he followed. After a few minutes - or so he assumed- of walking, they stopped at now-familiar black double doors. Loki paled as soon as he saw it, Gamora glanced at him, studying his reaction, before swinging the doors open.

Thanos sat on his throne, as intimidating as the first time he'd been in the room. Gamora escorted him - well, more like walked, and she shoved him harshly when he slowed - to the steps in front of Thanos. They eventually stopped, Thanos nodded to his daughter, who nodded back and left the room. Everyone knew that Gamora was Thanos' favourite child, which sickened Loki that the monster could even love someone.

"Runt," Thanos stated, Loki just stared back defiantly, Thanos continued; "I heard about your attempt to end your life." Loki didn't respond, he just continued glaring at the Titan, who once again, proceeded; "You know that we have routine guards surveying your cell, and since you pulled that little... stunt we will increase the security. You know there is no way out of here, runt. Unless you comply, that is." Loki only glared more fiercely at the Titan, who only stared back, with a slightly amused expression on his face.

"Very well, I was patient with you before. Now you leave, no choice." The Titan motioned to someone or something behind Loki. An old woman came out of the shadows, who looked, oddly normal and didn't have any mechanical replacement like everyone else in Sanctuary, save for Thanos of course. The woman could have passed for an elderly sorceress in Asgard, or just a rather ancient Midgardian.

Loki spoke up as he turned to the woman; "And who might you be?" The woman's only scowled in return, Loki added; "Madam." (Because we all know Loki is the God of politeness, that's why I put the meme) The woman responded; "I am Herfna, child. A sorceress." Loki frowned at being called a child but otherwise didn't interrupt until the woman had finished. "A sorceress? From where?" The woman replied; "Asgard, well it was where I was from, until my saviour, the Titan found me."

Thor, who had, until now, remained silent as he watched the screen with wide eyes, finally spoke up; "She is the missing sorceress? The one who disappeared eons ago?" (Assume Thor paid attention in Asgardian history class, but if you can't imagine that, assume he copied of off Loki and just remembers stuff) Illusion-Loki nodded, then spoke up when the Avengers just looked at them with confused expressions on their faces. 

"Herfna was the head sorceress in Odin's council when Asgard was formed, she helped advise Odin with any mage-related problems, she went missing a few centuries ago, and was never found since." (Just assume that she helped do conquering stuff with Odin, I just said that she was there during the *Founding of Asgard* since Loki and Thor don't know about Hela, or how Odin conquered the nine realms.) "So she's a m-magic person?" Tony stuttered, when everyone gave him a weird look, he continued; "I can't say magic, it's too unprovable and unbelievable." He said as he crossed his arms. 

Illusion-Loki shrugged, then replied; "As you wish." He snapped his fingers and the hologram continued. The Titan spoke up; "Herfna, if you be so kind," But the sorceress cut him off; "Anything for you, my liege." "He really must have screwed her up in the head, for her to be this faithful to him," Bruce muttered, Loki sighed, and resumed the memory; The Titan continued; "If you would be so kind, as to show the runt your... technique?" The Asgardian nodded her head, with an unhinged smile on her face.

She stepped towards the Jotun, quite quickly for her appearance, and grabbed him vigorously by the wrist. Loki yelped, trying to yank his arm free, but her grip was too tight, she tightened her grip slightly, making the Asgardian fall silent. She dragged him roughly out of the room, and down many hallways of twists and turns. Loki tried to block out everything, he was tired, so tired. Of torture, of pain, of everything. His brain sluggishly made the connection, that he had technically had 2 suicide attempts, by this point, both of them were unsuccessful. 

Was he doomed to live in this cursed world? The sorceress stopped walked, they had stopped in front of a pair of black double doors, not unlike the ones that lead to the throne room. The only difference being that the other doors were slightly smaller. The Asgardian yanked open the door, revealing its interior, and what was inside, made Loki's blood run cold. (Did I end this paragraph early for possible reading suspense? Yes, yes I did)

Arranged around the room, were various torture devices, but the thing about them was that they weren't ordinary torture devices. They were mage torture devices. Loki took a step back, but the sorceress pressed cold metal to his back, A knife, he thought languidly. He forcing himself to move forward, or else most likely get stabbed, which wouldn't be agreeable. The sorceress forced him ahead, until they stopped in the middle of the room, with Loki now being in the middle of a circle, painted on the floor. Loki examined the ring around him, nothing unusual about it, no runes, simply, just a white plain circle on the floor.

As if the Asgardian could sense him calming down slightly, she spoke up; "Oh, don't worry, we'll get started soon." "Well, that's not ominous at all," Tony mumbled. She paused, glanced at him, and then continued; "But first, we have to start with the basics." She created a small blast of energy in between her palms, almost identical to the one Loki had made earlier, but violet instead. "Why is her magic purple when yours is green?" Bruce questioned, Illusion-Loki replied; "She uses dark magic, which is usually drawn from other creatures, aforesaid is why her Seidr purple. My Seidr, on the other hand, represents power, magic, and intelligence, therefore it is green." 

Herfna waved her hand, and the ball of violet light split into 4 miniatures of the original. She grabbed each of them and hurled them across the room, and at the walls. The balls of light exploded, strange symbols appearing where they shattered against the surface. "What are those?" Tony asked, Illusion-Loki replied; "runes." Bruce, this time inquired. "Like the runes from before?" Illusion-Loki responded;

"No, there are 2 different types of runes, the ones from earlier, which are symbolic. And these here, which are magic barriers." "How are they different?" Steve asked, Illusion-Loki replied; "The runes Herfna is using here, are used to subjugate magic of any kind, that includes Seidr, which is what I and my mother have. Chaos magic, which is still just a myth. Asgardian magic, which is what Thor and the rest of the Asgardians have. Just any magic in general, to be honest. Even your Astral dimension magic, which you have here." 

(I have an idea, that in this fanfic  m a y b e  Loki spent some time on earth before his fall, or at least until Rowling published the first book, which was June 26, 1997, *According to google* So just assume his last trip to earth was during that year, or at least close to that year.) "There's magic on earth?!" Tony voiced, Illusion-Loki nodded, then replied; "Yes, you Midgardian do have magic, there had been for quite a few years now." Bruce spoke up; "Are their different types?" Loki continued; 

"Yes, on Midgard, there is currently, Astral Dimension Magic, Dark dimension Magic, Eldritch Magic, which I studied for a bit, mirror dimension magic. Also, do you still have the scepter? The one containing the mind stone?" Bruce nodded, Loki proceeded; "And a few infinity stones." (Also, just to clarify, Eldritch magic is the magic they use in doctor strange, the weird orange-yellow circle things.) 

Finally got this chapter done, hope you, humans, *Or hopefully, humans* like it, as always, unless I forget, have a great day/afternoon/night - just-a-random-tissue