Loki and I decided it was time to tell the kingdom about our little prince. It would be a relief to finally tell them about him, but I was nervous. Some people in Asgard did not do well with the news of Loki becoming king, so I could only guess what they would think of our baby. Loki kept telling me not to worry and that everything would be fine. This was surprising because he was so nervous when he was getting ready to become king.

"My darling Luna, please stop worrying yourself. Everything will go as planned today. He will be accepted with open arms, I am sure of that." Loki said sitting beside me.

"How can you be so sure?" I asked as he grabbed my hand.

"They are more than excited about the prospect of a royal baby. This will be cause for celebration for them. Also, they adore you my queen. So I have no doubt they will adore our son as well." His words calmed be a whole bunch.

"Okay. You are right." He smiled and kissed my hand. "When are we expected?"

"Not for another couple of hours. Would you like me to calm your nerves?" Loki wore a sly expression on his face.

"How do you plan to calm my nerves?" I asked knowing exactly what he would do.

Loki pulled me in for a kiss. "Well I happen to know that pleasure has a very calming effect on you, my love."

I blushed, "I am afraid you are right, my king." The kiss grew deeper. It was a bit of work to kiss, since I had this baby bump but Loki managed it quite well. He knew how to handle me in this state, and I was grateful for that because my hormones were still raging every day, making me want him. Loki made love to me, effectively calming my nerves in the process.

By the time we had to get ready for the palace event, I was feeling very relaxed. Loki helped me dress into an emerald green gown that accentuated my swollen belly in a very flattering way. I was content with my appearance.

"Are you ready, my love?" Loki asked coming up behind me and wrapping his arms around me, resting his hands on my belly.

"Yes, I believe I am. Do I look alright?" I asked as he rubbed small circles into my belly.

"You look absolutely perfect. Has our son been awake today?" I loved hearing Loki referring to the baby as 'our son'.

"No, he has been really sleepy today. He is due to wake up very shortly." As if on cue, the baby kicked where Loki had his left hand.

"Oh, it appears he was listening to us." Loki said with a smile.

"Yes he was. It seems your son has some of your traits already." I said placing a hand over his.

"I guess so. This is absolutely amazing. I love feeling him move inside of you." Loki looked so happy and the baby moved once again. "I cannot wait to see him."

I smiled, "Me neither Loki. I already know he is going to have your black hair."

"That is not for sure."

"Are you sure about that?"

He shrugged, "We should get going. The kingdom is waiting for this wonderful news we have for them."

"Let us go." I said turning around to kiss him. Once the kiss ended, he grabbed my hand and led me out of our chambers.

Loki held my hand as we walked towards the throne room. He thought that would be the best place to address Asgard. Obviously not everyone could be present, but the most important people were. We knew they would get word out to the rest of the kingdom. We stopped in front of the doors.

"Are you ready, my love?" Loki asked in a small voice.

I nodded, "Yes, I am as ready as I will ever be. It is time for us to inform the kingdom of our happy news." I answered gripping his hand a bit tighter. Our little boy moved inside of me, "Oh, it seems the little one is excited to meet the inhabitants of his future kingdom." I placed my free hand on top of my stomach.

Loki smiled, "He has the makings of a fine ruler already." We chuckled together. I knew that my baby was going to be a great ruler like his father. "Shall we go in?" I nodded my head with a smile. Loki signaled that it was time for us to enter. Someone announced our entrance from inside. Holding my hand tightly, Loki pulled me into the throne room after him.

As we walked through the room, I felt all eyes on us. A lot of them were probably staring at my protruding stomach. There were hushed whispers all around the room. I was trying to decipher whether it was good or bad. I leaned towards the good side. Of course they would be happing for an heir. Loki helped me up the stairs and we stopped in front of the throne. We turned to face the crowd, everyone looked attentive waiting for us to speak.

"Luna and I would like to thank you for coming today. As you can probably tell already, we have some very exciting news." Loki spoke causing more whispers to break out. "My queen is pregnant with the heir to my throne. It seems we will be having a little prince around here in a few months." I held my breath waiting for their reactions. The room burst into loud applause. They seemed very happy for us. I let out a sigh of relief.

"I told you everything would be alright." Loki whispered into my ear.

After that, Loki and I went around talking to some of the people in attendance. We got many congratulations. I found that a lot of people wanted to touch my belly, but Loki was adamant that no one touch me. He was very protective of me against and I loved it. I really did not want people I did not know touching me. By the time we had left the room, I was completely exhausted.

"Let us get you to bed." Loki whispered taking me by surprise when he lifted me up bridal style.

"How in the world can you carry me?" I questioned nestling my head into his neck.

"Oh my darling, you are not heavy." I rolled my eyes and allowed him to continue. I nearly fell asleep in his arms. I woke up briefly when he laid me in bed, I made sure he snuggled next to me. I found it hard to sleep without him by my side and he knew that.

Being seven months pregnant was a lot of work. I felt constantly tired and I was awfully moody. I do not know how Loki was able to handle me. If I were him, I would have left me already.

There were only two more months until we saw our little prince, so that made the pregnancy worthwhile. Despite some of the drawbacks, I actually enjoyed being pregnant. I loved when the little one moved inside of me. Often I found myself talking to my bump, connecting with him in some odd way. Loki loved catching me talking to my bump. Sometimes he would just sit there while I talked, I would be completely unaware of his presence until he would chuckle at something I said.

Today I was relaxing in the library, reading, staying away from any chaos outside of this room. Not that there was any chaos, but people were making a big deal about my pregnancy, constantly asking if I was okay. Anyway I was in the library, reading and occasionally reading small passages to the baby. I knew he was listening because he would move whenever I spoke directly to him. He was already a very smart baby. I had just read him a little passage when I heard someone enter the room.

"There you are, my queen. I was looking all over for you. Are you reading to our son again?" Loki asked stopping in front of me.

I smiled, "Yes I am. He quite likes it when I read to him. He is more and more like you every day, Loki." I told him making him smile.

"Oh no, there is going to me a mini-me running around. How are we going to deal with that?" He asked with a smirk.

I rolled my eyes, "Oh I do not know. He better not be completely like you. One Loki is enough to deal with." I joked.

"Hey!"

"I am kidding, my love."

"I know you are." Loki bent down to capture my lips in a sweet kiss. Then he sank to his knees in front of me, putting a hand on my belly. "Hello little guy." He said to my belly. I loved it when he did this. "Your mother and I are so excited to see you in a few months. You are going to have a wonderful life. You have a whole kingdom supporting you."

The baby kicked the spot where Loki's hand rested. "Oh my little boy. It is so beautiful out here. Mommy and daddy are going to teach you so much about the world. You will never be lonely in this world. Never." I spoke thinking about my childhood and Loki's as well. We had both had to deal with being lonely and cast aside, and I would never let that happen to my baby. Tears formed in my eyes.

"Oh darling, please do not cry." Loki said wiping the tears that had fallen from my eyes.

"I am sorry. I was just thinking about how lonely my childhood was after my mother died. I do not want him to go through that."

"He will not go through that. We have both experienced it first-hand. This baby is going to be loved by many people." I knew he was right. We stayed quiet for the next few minutes, just rubbing my belly and willing any sadness away.

"I have realized something, my queen. We need to name our little prince." Until now, I had not thought about that.

"You are right. I seemed to have forgot about that. Do you have any names in mind?" I asked my husband.

"I have one in mind, but I do not know if you will like it." I was intrigued.

"What is it?"

"Asmund. It means divine protection. I think it would be the perfect name for his, for he is to be the protector of the realms one day."

I smiled, "I love that name. Asmund." I spoke to my belly. The baby moved inside of me once again, "It seems he likes the name as well, is that right Asmund?" He kicked when he heard the name.

"Oh dear, he is so smart." Loki had tears in his eyes. I wiped them away and pulled him up into a kiss.

"He has two very smart parents, so of course he is smart." Loki nodded and kissed me again. We spent the rest of the afternoon in the library, talking to Asmund and talking about his arrival. I wished the remaining two months would pass by quickly.

Lucky for Loki and I, the next two months did pass by very quickly. We prepared a room for Asmund, but decided he would stay in our room for the first couple months of his life. Jane threw me a feast or party preparing for the arrival of my baby. Many women of the kingdom attended, giving Loki and me gifts for our baby. Jane said they call this a baby shower on Midgard. I vaguely remembered them from my times on Midgard but I was too young to actually know what they were.

Everything was ready for Asmund's arrival, now we were just waiting for the day he would decide to come. The healers were a little apprehensive about how the birth would go for me, since I was half-Midgardian. I believed it would be just like any other Asgardian pregnancy, especially since my Asgardian side was more dominant. Loki still wanted me to take precautions.

"How are you feeling today, Luna?" Frigga asked as I sat down at the dining table. Loki was by my side. He refused to leave my side, just in case the baby decided it was time to come.

"I am feeling good today, but I really wish our baby would come already. I am getting restless of waiting around." I admitted to her.

"Ahhh yes, I remember being restless the last couple of weeks when I pregnant with Thor. He will come very shortly, my dear. Do not rush things. Just relax and wait." Frigga said with a smile.

"Yes, that is my plan. I do think he will be coming very soon though. My baby seems to be restless himself and I think he is very eager to see the world too." Asmund had been moving none-stop for at least a couple of hours now.

"I will alert the healers and tell them to be on stand-by. Because it seems he can come anytime now." Frigga answered standing up from her seat. "Take it easy today, Luna." I nodded and she left Loki and I to eat.

"I really do hope he comes soon. I want to see him just as much as he wants to see us. I have fallen in love with that child, Luna." Loki confessed looking over at my huge stomach.

"Oh Loki, that is wonderful. I am in love with him too but I suppose it is my motherly bond with my child. But I honestly did not know it was possibly to love someone you have not seen yet." I agreed with him.

After some breakfast, Loki and I went back to our chambers. I wanted to lay down and get comfortable. It was getting hard to walk around with how huge my belly had gotten. That is why he needed to come out.

"How are you doing, my love?" Loki asked laying down beside me and placing a hand on top of my stomach.

"I am doing great. I just want Asmund to come out. It is getting harder and harder to walk around with this huge stomach." I answered feeling a slight pressure in my stomach but I really did not think much about it. I had been feeling that all week.

"I know. Hopefully he decides that today is the day he wants to grace the kingdom with his presence." As he spoke the pressure increased. It was a lot more noticeable now.

"Mhmmm, I hope so." That was when the pain kicked in, it was still barely noticeable but there definitely was something different with this pain. I looked down at my stomach, wondering if this was Asmund telling me he was ready to be born.

"What is going on?" Loki asked when he noticed I was staring at my stomach in wonder.

I was quiet for a few minutes. Then the pain increased, "Oh wow. It is time. Loki, go get the healers. Asmund is coming." I said clutching my stomach. Loki was frozen in shock, "Please Loki. Go get the healers." I said snapping him out of his trance.

"Yes, I will be right back." He looked like he did not want to leave me and I could not blame him. I was about to have his child. To be faster, Loki used his magic to pop over to the healers. He was back in less than a minute. "Are you okay?" He asked running over to my side.

The pain kept increasing, "Yes, oh god. This a bit more painful than I thought it would be." I said trying to pull myself into a comfortable position. Loki saw that and helped me to get comfortable and then he took my hand in his.

"I am sorry that you have to go through this pain."

I shook my head, "I do not care. If this means we will see Asmund. I will happily go through this pain." I gripped his hand a little tighter as a contraction rolled through me. Taking a deep breath, I spoke again. "Are the healers coming?"

Just as I asked, three of them burst through the door. "We came as soon as Loki informed us you were in labor. How far apart are the contractions?" The head healer asked me.

"Six minutes or so." I answered gripping Loki's hand a bit tighter.

"Alright, your baby is well on his way here. Let us check you out, get you comfortable, and then you can have this baby." She said as her and the other two healers got to work preparing for the birth of Loki and I's son. They did their job, checking on the baby and getting me into a comfortable position. Loki did not leave my side, he held my hand through every contraction. The healers gave me a potion to help with the pain but I could still feel quite a bit of it.

"When can I have this baby?" I asked trying to hold in my groans of pain.

The head healer was right beside me, "It seems you are ready to have him now. On the next contraction, I am going to ask you to push." The healers got ready and when the next contraction hit, I began to push. It felt like no time before I had pushed him out, it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. The healer took him and immediately began to check him over. His shrill cry filled up the room, bringing tears to my eyes.

"He is perfect, my queen." Loki said kissing my forehead.

The healer came over holding my son, he was squirming and dying to see his mother. "Congratulations Loki and Luna, here is your little boy." She handed me the small bundle. I looked down at his face. More tears fell as I saw the face of my little boy for the first time. He was absolutely precious.

"Hello little Asmund. Welcome to the world." I spoke kissing my baby's forehead. Loki was now sitting beside me in bed, staring at the little child we had created.

"He is perfect." He whispered. Asmund reached out for Loki when he saw him.

"Would you like to hold your little boy?" I asked holding the baby out to him.

He nodded and carefully took our baby into his arms. Asmund was immediately captivated by him. Loki spoke soft words to him, making him coo with happiness. He already knew Loki's voice. Another rush of tears washed over me.

"Luna, we need to get you cleaned up. Do you trust your husband with the baby?" One of the healers asked me.

"Of course I do." I turned to Loki, "Keep him out of trouble, my love." I spoke kissing Loki's cheek and leaning down to kiss Asmund's forehead again. Two of the healers led me into the bathroom, where a warm bath was waiting for me.

I did not want to stay away from my family for long, so I cut the bath short, contrary to what the healers wanted. I needed to go back to see my son. I was sure he was hungry by now. Reentering the room, I noticed Loki had moved to the chair on the other side of the room, probably so the maids could change the sheets. His eyes were trained on the little green bundle in his arms.

He looked up when he heard me enter the room, "Oh look Asmund, your mother has returned. Shall we tell her that you are hungry?" Loki whispered making you smile.

I went over to the newly made bed and settles against the pillows, "Bring me the hungry boy." I said reaching out for my little baby. Loki got up and walked over to me, placing the bundle in my arms. Asmund cooed when he saw my face.

"He is already in love with his mother. He takes after me." Loki spoke settling beside me.

I opened the top of my dressing gown, to expose a breast. It did not take long for Asmund to latch on and begin to suckle. It was an odd sensation, but I welcomed it. I knew I was helping my little baby to grow up to become a strong young man. "He is so perfect, Loki. So small and precious." I was staring down at the suckling baby.

"Yes he is. I cannot thank you enough for giving me this gift." Loki said not being able to take his eyes of Asmund.

"It would not have been possible without you, darling." I loved Loki for everything he has given me. He had treated me like a queen from the beginning. Of course we had our hard times, but for the most time we were happy and in love. I had a little family with Loki and I loved it more than anything.

"Oh yes, you are right. After Asmund is done feeding, would you feel like having a few visitors? Mother is probably dying to see her new grandson and I can imagine Thor and Jane are in the same state." He explained.

"That is perfectly fine, but I do need to get dressed before they come." I answered as Asmund finished up. "Can you burp Asmund while I find something suitable to wear?"

"Of course I can." I gently handed Asmund to Loki and pulled myself off the bed. I was in a small amount of pain but it did not bother me too much. I chose a light dress and slipped it on before joining Loki and our little bundle of joy.

"Mother is on her way with Thor and Jane." Loki told me handing me Asmund once again. I could see he was starting to get tired.

"Well it seems Asmund is already getting tired. Stay awake my baby, you are about to meet your grandmother, aunt and uncle." I whispered as he fought to keep his eyes open. A light knock sounded at the door. Loki told them to come in. When the door opened, it revealed Frigga.

"How are you three doing?" She questioned striding into the room.

"We are doing well. Luna and Asmund are both doing very well. Asmund has been fed and now he is growing tired." Loki answered not moving from beside me.

"Oh Asmund is a beautiful name. Devine protection. That is perfect for a future king." She said stopping at the edge of the bed.

I smiled at her, "Would you like to hold your grandson?"

"Yes, I would love that." She answered. She settled down at the edge of the bed and I handed Asmund to her. She was in love the moment she laid eyes on him. I could tell she was going to spoil him rotten and I was perfectly okay with that. "He looks like a perfect mixture between the two of you. He has Loki's hair and your eyes Luna." She spoke looking over his features.

"I told Loki that he was going to have his black hair but he did not believe me." I spoke causing Loki to nudge me lightly.

"It was not that I did not believe you but I was hoping he would your brunette hair." I smiled at him. We turned back to Frigga and Asmund to find that Asmund had fallen asleep in her arms.

"Would you look at that, he drifted to sleep. We should lay him down and then I am going to leave the two of you to rest. Luna my dear, you need some rest after giving birth to this handsome little boy." She stood up and walked over to his crib that we had in our chambers and carefully placed him down. We observed her in silence. "Congratulations you two. Enjoy parenthood. I am going to tell Thor and Jane they best wait until tomorrow to see him." Frigga said before leaving us alone.

Loki turned to me, "My mother is right, you need some rest. You did a lot today. You gave birth, giving me the family I have always wanted." Loki said brushing the hair from my face.

"Okay, I am feeling a bit tired." I stifled a yawn.

"I love you." Loki said pulling me into a passionate kiss. "Tomorrow we get to face the world as new parents."

"I love you too, Loki." He helped me to slip under the covers. "Please lay with me. Asmund will let us know if he needs us." I spoke grabbing onto his hand.

"Alright, my queen." He got into bed beside me, pulling me close. He kissed my forehead, "Get some sleep." I was already drifting off at that point. Dreaming of my perfect family and how perfect my son was.