It was two weeks before Harry told Hermione that he had shown Thor the memories that Loki had given him. Thor wanted to talk to his brother soon and make sure that they hadn't been tricked. Hermione worked harder than ever to throw her image and the thought that soon Loki would be going home to see to his fathers imprisonment drove her on and on. Soon she was able to throw her image and hold it and she would use it to her advantage, the appointment to talk to his brother was set for the next day so she would have to work fast. Her challenge was set up before her and that challenge was to give Loki something to remember her by, something to make him want to come back to her...she needed to know that even if he chose to leave forever that she did everything in her power to make sure that he would at least have to stop and think about his decision before he made it.

Loki walked in to the bedroom where Hermione had called to him from. When he entered he smiled at her, she was naked, standing before him with her hands resting on her hips. He knew what she wanted and walked over to her, they kissed deeply and he was shocked to feel the dominance in her kiss. She pushed him on to the bed and straddled his lap, she eagerly pushed his clothes off making him laugh. He laid back as she kissed down his chest and when he tried to weave his fingers through her hair she shook her head with a laugh and he felt his hands suddenly and aggressively pushed against the pillows and tied the headboard by another Hermione. He groaned when he realized that she had finally learned his magic she was most certainly a little minx.

"Now, now" She said "My Loki. I think it's time for me to be in charge"

"Oh but Hermione" Loki said in a low, sexy tone that made heat pool in her core "I am your master, your god and you worship me, remember?"

"Not tonight" She told him "You will worship me tonight" She leaned forward and kissed him deeply.

"I always do" He whispered to her.

The night was long and yet moved too quickly for Hermione's liking. She had kept him tied to the headboard and had shagged him many times before he threw his image and untied himself. It was like open season then, there were two people and yet four in the room, there was banging against the walls, bruises, scratches, biting and screams. Hermione had multiple orgasms but so didn't he and by the time they fell asleep (out of exhaustion) it was already daylight out again. After four hours of sleep Loki got up, showered, dressed and left, but Hermione didn't know any of this until he came home that afternoon and woke her up with a smile on his face.

"You look happy" Hermione commented, patting her hair back trying to make it be a little tamer than it was "What time is it?"

"Three" He told her "I had my meeting with my brother"

"How'd it go?" She asked, sitting up more and looking at him standing before her in a black suit.

"I'm going back to Asguard today" He said "I'm just packing up now"

"Oh" She said looking at her hands "That was fast"

"Well" He said throwing some stuff in a bag "We have to move quickly, my father is a smart man and he has many followers that will spy for him"

"And you can't have him knowing that Thor is on your side" Hermione finished for him "I understand. Will you..." She stopped "Will you be careful?"

"Of course" He smiled "Don't worry about me"

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Hermione made her way with Harry and Loki to where Thor stood in the middle of a field. It was cold out as it was nearly Christmas, there was a light dusting of snow on the ground and while Loki walked over to his brother to say something Hermione kept her eyes trained on the whiteness to keep from crying. After speaking to Loki, Thor watched him walk back to the witch that had sacrificed so much to catch his mischievous brothers heart. She was holding her head up high but her tear-filled eyes were downcast, she was trying to remain strong so he wouldn't see how hurt she was that he was leaving. Just like Jane had been strong for him. With that last thought Thor let out a soft sigh and ran his hand down his face, it had been five years since he had broken things off with Jane, that didn't mean that he forgot about her. He constantly checked up on her and had learned that last year she had gotten married and they were now expecting their first child. The decision to leave Jane behind had been a hard one but he needed to go home and learn to be king so he could take over for his father. She couldn't be in his world...didn't belong.

Loki didn't have such expectations to hold him to Asguard and could have stayed in England. He, however, was seeing it as a personal war that he had to see to the end and then said he would come back. Thor worried though, no one other than Hermione and their mother, had ever really treated Loki like he was anything special. Hermione listened to him intently, hung on his every word, taught him to make potions and had even taught him some of her own magic. If the way his brother actually blushed and stumbled over his words was anything to go by Thor imagined that the sex was better than anything even Loki could have imagined. That morning when they had their meeting Thor noted bruises on his wrists from being restrained and bite marks along his neck and when he leaned over to get something off the floor his shirt had lifted up Thor distinctly saw scratch marks down his back. It was the first time that he had ever felt true jealousy towards his brother and he couldn't help but wonder if she was overacting or if Loki really was just that good in bed, he never assumed he would ever be interested in anything remotely sexual. Wow he had a lot to learn.

"Loki" Thor called as he watched him cradle Hermione's face and kiss her with a surprising amount of gentleness "It's time to go"

"Okay" He called then looked back at his witch "I'll remember you" He promised.

"And come back?" She asked with her eyes still downcast.

"I'll have a lot to do" He told her "I will try"

"Good" She said "I don't want to have to owe you a spanking"

"With promises like that I may not leave" He whispered against the top of her head.

"Then I'll make more of them" She said, trying to not let him know that she was crying.

"Loki" Thor called again "Really, we need to go"

"Okay" He said again and smiled at Hermione "Wish me luck"

"Good luck" She whispered as he walked to his brother.

"You don't have to go, you know" Thor told him "I can do this myself"

"He killed mother" Loki said through clenched teeth "I need to see him die..."

"I told you we weren't going to kill him!" Thor said angrily.

"He killed her" Loki snapped "He was going to kill me and possibly you, we don't know. He deserves to die and I'm going to be the one to do it"

"Loki" Hermione said, having caught the words that just fell from his lips, she stood on the outside of the circle they were standing inside "Every life you take can rip your soul and even your heart apart...think before you act, please"

"She loves you" Thor told him when she backed away "Are you sure you want to leave?"

"That's why I need to leave" Loki growled "Let's go"

Hermione watched the two brothers talk for a few more minutes before Loki turned and looked at her. She could see fear in his eyes as well as something else that made her heart speed up and her breath get shaky. The look she saw on his face wasn't just the lust she had grown used to but something more, something that she was afraid to put a name to. She felt sick to her stomach at the thought of his leaving but she understood why he was doing it, he needed to know what was going to happen to the man that should have loved him. She smiled weakly at him and waved, she was losing a battle with the tears that burned her eyes so she lowered her head and when she raised it back up a minute or so after the circle that had held the two gods was empty.

~~(( ))~~One Month Later~~(( ))~~

Hermione wore a dove colored suit that consisted of a skirt and silk blouse. Her hair was in a side braid and she was hard at work in her office, in the last month she had spent much time with Harry and a now pregnant Ginny but had also gone on a few dates. None of them ever got to come home with her though, because when she started to have too much fun she would suddenly start to think about Loki and then the date was over. Now, however she was sitting in her chair leaning back listening to Snape complain about the way Minerva was allowing the Gryffindors to run the school.

"They dyed the Slytherins ties, scarf and everything else they have two different shades of pink" He complained "PINK!" He flopped down his chair "Can you believe it?"

"What was the punishment?" Hermione asked because she knew that was what was expected of her.

"One night cleaning trophies with Filch!" He raged "They should have been thrown in detention for a week and made to do the most disgusting chores there are without magic!"

"You say that because they are picking on Slytherins, sir" She said "If it were Hufflepuffs or Ravenclaws how would you have punished them?"

"Same way, of course" He sniffed.

"And if it were the Slytherins dying the Gryffindor robes and what not?" She asked, he looked around but refused to answer only setting his jaw firmly "That's what I thought"

"What does that imply?" He snapped.

"You only like those from your own house" She answered.

"That's not true, Miss Granger" He said "I like you just fine"

"Only because you're hoping to see me naked" Hermione laughed.

"And there are plenty of Slytherins that I hate" He assured her. She opened her mouth to say something but stopped and paled considerably before putting her hand over her mouth and running from the room.

"I'm so sorry, Professor" She said as she walked back in "I felt sick"

"I noticed" Snape stated dryly "You know there is a wonderful little red potion for this kind of situation"

"What kind of situation?" She asked looking at him while he stood.

"Look it up" He smirked "I am needed back at the castle"

She rolled her eyes and went back to work. She had only studied for another hour before she was up and looking in to one of the many books she kept in her office but couldn't find a reference to the potion Snape had mentioned. She sat back down and called her secretary telling her to send Luna in as soon as she could. With that done she started munching on the cookies she had brought with her and went back to her paperwork. To her surprise Luna entered not that long after she had requested her presence in her office, the blond stood before her with a bright smile that only got brighter as Hermione stood up.

"I need you to handle the early morning meeting tomorrow" Hermione said "Will that be a problem?"

"Of course not" She said "Sick?"

"How'd you know?" Hermione asked "Do I look like a pile of dragon dung?"

"No" She smiled and then smiled at Hermione's middle "My mum always said saltine crackers in the morning would help with morning sickness" With that she walked out of the office leaving a surprised Hermione behind her.

"Miss Granger" The secretary said popping her head in the office "I have that information you asked me to get"

"And?" She led.

"A red potion" She read from a paper "Is either a strong sleeping draught or an abortion potion"

"Okay" Hermione whispered "Thank you"

Once the office was cleared she sat back down in her recently vacated chair but leaned back. Snape suggested an abortion potion and Luna, Luna who saw things others didn't, basically told her that she was experiencing morning sickness. She put one hand on her belly and the other over her mouth and thought hard, could she really be pregnant? She counted back in her mind and then ran to her calendar and then fell back to her chair, yes she could be pregnant she was a month late and the last time she had sex was the night she took advantage of Loki. The night before he had left her behind without a letter, without any contact at all, she took a deep breath and left her office.

Saint Mungo's hospital was her stop, she was seen right away by a Healer who patiently listened to her go on about being late, the father not being in the country (or planet not that she mentioned it) and that she wasn't ready and she couldn't be. The healer than gave her a potion and told her to lay on her back for the next five minutes, which she did however she was by no means calm. She thought about all the things she would have to do, what her friends would say and if she would ever find someone who would want her knowing that she had a baby with another man. Then she wondered if Loki would ever come back to her, somehow she thought that she would never see him again.

"Miss Granger" The Healer said as she walked in "You may sit up"

"Thank you" Hermione said "So, was I just going insane?"

"You are pregnant, Miss Granger" She said "However, I realized that you don't seem to want to be so I have signed your paperwork and I will leave you with this" She put a potions phial down that was filled with the red potion "It's your choice" with that she walked away.

"Oh my god" Hermione said looking in the mirror and then down at the potion "I'm pregnant"

A/N: That ladies and gentlemen is the end of the story.