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This is when Thor and Loki are younger, think mid-late teens (Thor doesn't have Mjolnir yet)

Loki lounged in the grand library, reading a scroll about inflictions of the mind when he heard someone bounding up to him. From over the top of the scroll he saw Thor, hurrying over to him with a grin on his face. Loki rolled his eyes and set the scroll down.

"I had hoped to find you here! Brother I have come up with a most wondrous idea!"

Loki smirked and raised an eyebrow.

"Your wonderful ideas usually get us in trouble, Thor…What is it?"

"We have not done anything together in a while, we should go on a hunting trip, just the two of us."

Loki thought about it for a moment, while Thor looked on hopefully, then shrugged.

"Sure, why not? It would be good to get out of the palace for a few days. Which realm shall we go to?"

"I am thinking, Alfheim."

"Alright, I shall go prepare myself, where should I meet you when I am finished?"

"Hmm…the training grounds, I shall wait for you there and then we shall have Heimdall transport us to Alfheim."

Loki nodded and went to put away the scroll. When he reached his room he began gathering needed items, extra daggers, his bow, an extra undershirt and leggings. He clothed himself in his new armor, he really did quite like it. Thor might favor capes and heavy metal but Loki found his leather tunic and jacket to be far lighter and easier to move quickly in.

"Ah brother, now we can go."

Thor grinned at Loki eagerly as he approached. The two brothers worked their way out of the city and towards the Bifrost.

"You are sure that Heimdall will agree to this?"

"Of course, we will be fine. And anyway, you can always convince him if needed, right?"

Loki grinned at him.

"You flatter me, although yes, of course I can."

They reached the end of the Bifrost and walked up to Heimdall, who acknowledge them with a nod.

"Hello Princes, you wish to travel somewhere?"

"Yes Gatekeeper, we desire to visit Alfheim, for a hunting trip."

Heimdall gazed at them in silence for a moment, then nodded.

"Very well, I wish you luck."

And with that the brothers went to stand in position. Heimdall summoned the Bifrost and it pulled Thor and Loki away.

The landed and waited for the noise and light of the Bifrost to disappear. Loki stood and took in their surroundings, high mountains, tallest in all the realms, flanked them from the north, the forest around them was composed of thick, towering trees that gave off a distinct smell, the air, which was crisp and cold, stung his lungs. Loki turned to Thor, who was also surveying the area.

"Good weather, remember that time during the blizzard?"

"That was most fun."

"We almost died."

Thor grinned at him.

"Exactly."

Loki returned the grin and slugged Thor lightly on the shoulder. Thor pulled him into a head lock, they struggled for a few moments more then Thor felt a stinging sensation on the back of his neck. He jerked back, Loki grinned wickedly, a shimmer of magic along his fingers.

"You learned a new trick!"

"Indeed, I have to say, the look on your face was most satisfying."

Thor frowned good naturedly, then glanced around the forest again.

"Now let's do what we came here to do. What should we start with?"

"Mmm…something that will not burden us the rest of the trip, something to eat for a meal tonight."

"Let's see what we can find, eh?"

They set out through the forest, silently searching for signs of life. At one point they noticed a herd of Bilgesnipe roaming through a clearing, the two of them made sure to steer clear. Loki could see Thor growing impatient as the day passed. Then a light breeze ruffled their hair and he heard a twig snap somewhere to the left of them.

Loki raised his bow and Thor drew his sword. Through the trees they saw a pack of some sort of antlered creatures about half their height, with long black fur. The creatures grazed unsuspectingly. Loki glanced at Thor, who motioned towards the two largest animals. Loki nodded and trained his bow on the far animal. He watched as Thor crept closer to the pack, careful not to make a sound.

Thor made another movement and Loki let the arrow fly. It struck the animal just as Thor leapt out of the underbrush, swinging his sword towards the larger animal, striking it in the neck. The rest of the pack fled through the trees. Loki leapt towards the wounded animal and put it out of its misery. He looked over to see Thor, standing over his kill. Thor turned and grinned at him, triumphantly.

"Wonderful! Now to find a good place to camp for the night."

They finally settled in a large clearing at the top of a tall waterfall. Thor began to clean their kills while Loki attempted to start a fire.

"Damn, why can I never summon fire…"

He muttered to himself while continuously opening and closing his hands over the wood. Eventually he gave up and lit it without magic. Later, as the meat cooked, the brothers sat in the fading light.

"I am going to study more magic when we get home. I am getting better but knowing how to defend myself and fight with magic instead of just creating simple illusions."

"And stinging sensations."

Loki ginned at Thor from across the crackling fire. Then they both felt the ground begin to shake, the two of them stared at each other, confused. A loud roar, they both turned.

"Bilgesnipe, run!"

They scrambled to their feet as the huge creatures rushed towards them. Loki stumbled back, then his foot slipped. He had reached the edge of the cliff. Loki tried to regain his footing but couldn't, and fell.

"Loki, no!"

The last thing Thor saw was his brother plummeting off the cliff, then an antler caught him and he was thrown into the air. He his the ground and blacked out.

"Is he alive?….Mmmm…he is, what should we do?…. Fine, but if he is trouble it was your idea. You get to carry him…Do not give me that look. Come on, let's get back to camp."

AN: Really my idea for this fic came in the middle of finishing the last chapter of another of mine, whoops. But really, I have wanted to do a young fic with them for sometime and I finally found an idea, with the help of creating new characters, that's what the last part is. What do you think so far? Honestly I've already written through part of the next chapter because I was so eager to get my characters introduced.