Loki x Reader: Into the MCU

Chapter 1: The Portal

You took a deep breath.

Don't be a coward.

You reached for the handle, pausing for a second before pulling the door...only for it to not budge. "Piece of shit!" you mumbled, tugging the door harder to yank it open, momentarily forgetting about your fear of the magic floating ring of light. You were not outside more than a second before that fear returned tenfold. The circle was bigger up close than it appeared from the window. The light seemed to have a rhythm or pulse about it, and a slight humming could be heard emanating from within.

"Shit shit shit shit shit," you whispered, taking baby steps closer. The circle was about six feet in diameter, nearly touching the ground but hovering slightly above.

"What the fuck do I do?"

You had nearly reached the circle, and the ground and air around you seemed to vibrate with the energy of the light.

Do NOT touch it! you thought.

But then also DO IT.

The conflicting orders screaming in your brain were too much, and you took a minute to actually stop and think properly.

It only appeared after I thought about what I wanted. That can't be a coincidence, can it? But then, coincidences happen all the time, and you could very well be walking into a Ring of Death that aliens or the government decided to beam into your yard. I am NOT getting fried today. But what are the odds! It just so happens to appear after I wish that it was possible?! But no way...no way is that possible! What the hell am I thinking, a circle is floating in front of you, and that alone was not supposed to be possible. 'Not a normal circle, more like a freaky circle.' SHUT UP KORG. Gosh I can't even be serious when I have to be! Ok ok ok....what do I do? It has to be here because of me. What about that pain on my head?

As if to answer your thought, the pain came back, stronger than before. You gasped and grabbed the back of your head, "Shoot, ok I get it!"

The pain stopped abruptly and you were left with yet another question.

Ok, I believe it now. I did this. But do I go?

At first you couldn't believe you had just questioned that at all. It was the MCU you were potentially about to visit...of course you should go! But what if it wasn't a portal to the MCU? What if you did something by accident, and opened the gate to the UpsideDown?

I am not facing a demogorgon.

You wanted to scream out of frustration. You pressed your palms to your head and let out a pathetic moan of anger and confusion. You heard something move in the grass next to you and nearly launched out of your skin. You had been mostly frozen the whole time, lost in your thoughts and the ever-increasing hum of energy. You quickly whipped to your left, ready to hit something, when you realized it was just a frog. You sighed in relief.

"Careful, dude, don't go that wa---"

A thought popped into your head and you almost hated yourself for thinking it. But you had to try. You quickly scooped the frog into your cupped hand, using your other one to ensure that it did not escape. You turned to face the circle once again.

I can't believe I'm this terrible.

"Sorry, Kermit," you said, before chucking the frog through the light. The circle didn't seem to react at all, and the frog merely vanished. No explosion, no visible disintegration. Lord willing he was alive, and in another world.

You quickly ran back inside and grabbed a piece of paper and pen.

Dear whoever finds this...Mom, Amy, Anyone.

Please know that I am not dead, and I am certainly not kidnapped...I'm not stupid enough to let myself get taken without putting up a good fight, so you'd probably find a messy house and some blood. But apparently I am stupid enough to go somewhere on the spur of the moment, so if you are worrying please do not. Will be home soon.

Love, Wren.

You scribbled the note as fast as possible, leaving it on the counter before returning outdoors.

"Shit...here goes nothing," you muttered, as you prepared yourself to launch into the circle. It took a few tries to get your legs onboard with the idea of moving towards the light, but eventually you were jumping into the circle, screaming the whole way. The humming grew louder until your own screams were drowned in it. You felt as if you were free-falling into the abyss, as darkness had completely surrounded you. The experience only lasted a second or two, but it felt annoyingly longer. The darkness broke to reveal grass under you. Not under your feet, of course, but instead directly in front of you. You face planted into the ground, letting out a disgruntled groan before slowly propping yourself up onto your knees.

I'm alive!

"Oh thank God," you sighed, breathing deeply for the first time in a while.

A frog hopped right in front of you at that moment and you smiled slightly. It seemed to stop and look straight at you, as if trying to make a point.

"Oh shut up, you're alive," you scoffed, dazed and not wanting to deal with something as small as a frog.

You're talking to a frog, you thought as you quickly shooed it away, still not the craziest thing I've done.

The thought that you had just jumped through a portal snapped you out of your stupor, and you quickly jumped to your feet. You were standing on a nicely kept bit of grass, with a lake right in front of you. Had you not been filled with shock, fear, adrenaline, confusion, and excitement, you would have rather enjoyed the beauty. The lake looked oddly familiar, and you had the most bizarre sense of deja vu. But you knew you had never been here before. In that case, where had you seen this lake? You looked farther down the lake to a dock on the left side.

Even the dock looks familiar.

You continued to turn your gaze, eventually doing a 180 to see what was behind you. You froze, once again in shock, but couldn't help a smile from creeping onto your face. Across the lawn behind you was the Avengers compound.