Guess who's baaaaaaaaaaaaaack

Hi everyone! So, short story; school caught up to me. Long Story; A week after writing the first half of the first draft of this I completely lost Thor's voice, had a melt down over that, decided to focus on school, finished the semester, saw the Thor 2 trailer (had a melt down over that, too) wrote a bunch of other stuff, completely scrapped the first draft, and then wrote this!

I've started on the next chapter, so don't worry; with summer break I'll be writing more.

One of the main problems with this chapter is that it's a "bridge" chapter (badum tsss), nothing HUGE happens but it's necessary for the plot. I promise the next chapter will be more entertaining.

Read, Review, and Enjoy. (Sorry about the wait)

"Are you sure about this?" Jane asked looking up at him.

"Yes." Thor lied right through his teeth. In truth, he wasn't sure at all on anything. He had returned to Asgard for a short time, only staying long enough to ask Heimdall if Midgardians could survive in Asgard and to assure his father he would be returning shortly. He had failed to let his father know he would not be alone the next time he returned.

"My head won't explode, I won't suffocate, I'll be okay?" Jane asked her eyes never straying from his. Honestly, she was worried about a lot more than her head exploding or lack of oxygen. This was technically, in all sense of the trip, a visit home to meet his parents. She didn't even know what her relationship to Thor was and already she was meeting his parents. In the few times she had done this type of trip before she had never been good. She talked too much and ended up putting her foot in her mouth. Considering all those times were with other Midgardians, she was dreading a meeting like it with Asgardians.

Thor chuckled, wrapping his arms tighter around her, "You will be okay, Jane Foster, I am here." He assured her with a nod. Jane took a deep breath and gave him a small smile before looking back to the group.

It was raining and the group had assembled on the roof of Stark Tower. Darcy and Pepper were under one umbrella, Bruce and Tony under another after Tony kicked Steve out to stand in the rain in his hoodie after saying if he could survive seventy years in an icicle he could stand in the rain without catching a cold. They had said their goodbyes earlier; Darcy had started her goodbyes around dinner the previous day and hadn't stopped. Jane looked over her shoulder giving them one last reassuring smile before looking back up at Thor.

"Alright," She told him with a nod. Thor smiled down at her and shifted how he was standing, tightening his grip around her as she moved to hold onto his cape; the only thing she could grip. It wasn't two beats after Thor pulled Mjolnir out of his belt that an echoing boom echoed from somewhere in the city. There was a pause of silence before a wave of screaming flooded the air.

"There!" Steve shouted pointing off in the direction the noise was coming from. Smoke was filling the air, billowing out of a large building towards the west.

"Oscorp!" Tony shouted, "Pepper get Darcy inside!" He added dropping the umbrella in his hand and striding out further onto the roof. Steve had turned and ran through the roof entrance, Pepper and Darcy followed after him. Bruce was yanking his shirt off as one of Tony's suits flew to surround him.

Jane jerked to make her way back to the roof entrance when Thor pulled her back. "Thor, you have to go and I have to…" Before she could finish Thor had raised Mjolnir and there was a light so blinding she had to close her eyes. Her last memory of the roof was Darcy shouting her name from the doorway.

She wanted to open her eyes. She wanted to watch, to see what it looked like. It felt like someone had lassoed her, attached the other end to a rocket, and launched it. She clung to Thor tighter than she had ever before. It was more jarring than the first time he took her flying and she was sure as soon as her feet touched ground she'd be sick. She could feel his armor digging into her arms as she wrapped them around him to hold onto his cape, it was all she could do to not give into the tension and let go.

Jane was sure they had landed because the movement stopped, but her feet didn't touch the ground. Thor kept her held up against him as he walked, she didn't trust her stomach enough to open her eyes yet. Fortunately, she was able to take a deep breath from wherever they were. "Jane." He heard Thor say before she felt herself being lowered down. She was placed on a wooded ground, her back against a rock. She took a deep breath and then opened her eyes, expecting to see the whole of Asgard before her. Instead, Thor was blocking her view and all she could see were his eyes.

"I must return to Midgard and aid my brothers. I will return to you, I swear. Stay here. I will return." Thor told her, kissing her forehead. He rose and then turned striding a few paces away and raising Mjolnir again. There was another blinding light and where he had been moments ago was now empty.

Jane let out a gasping breath and looked around. She was in a wooded area near a lake. It was dark, somewhere a bug was chirping. She took another deep breath just to assure herself she could and continued to look around, until her stomach caught up to her and she had to lean over to retch up the contents of her stomach. She was down for a few minutes before she straightened up again, brushing the back of her hand over her mouth.

They hadn't exactly worked out the difference in time between Asgard and Midgard. He could feel as if he was gone for a few minutes, but in Asgard it would be years; Jane wasn't sure. She dropped her backpack from her shoulder, the light weight suddenly feeling heavier, and stood up. She took another deep breath and looked up. Trees surrounded her but in the distant horizon she could see what had to be the city Thor had described to her. It was gold and glittering; the architecture looked foreign, but not exactly other worldly.

Jane was thrown into a trance staring at the city in the distance, realizing that was where Thor lived and grew up. Somewhere behind those walls were his mother and his father, his brother even deeper in the walls in some prison cell. The silence was disturbed by the crackling of leaves in the trees to Jane's right. She quickly turned and backed up against the rock Thor had sat her against before. She peered over the top, straining her eyes to see past the trees.

Moments passed and slowly a horse emerged from the trees. Jane's eyes widened as she watched the horse trot to the lake and begin to drink. His body was as golden as his mane and he was dressed in a large brown leather saddle and red blanket. She bit her lip and slowly stood up, keeping the rock between her and the horse. He obviously wasn't wild so either his rider had fallen off in the woods or someone sent him here. She watched the animal for a while before looking up at the sky, "Thor, hurry up." She said through gritted teeth and then looked back at the horse who was now looking back at her. "Hi." She added cautiously to the horse.

Jane never believed that animals could truly understand humans, but with that one word the horse walked over to the other side of the rock and leaned over towards her, "Oh, alright, hi." Jane laughed nervously, reaching up to gently pat the side of his face. "Just…stay calm and don't freak out on me or anything." She said watching the horse.

The minutes turned into an hour. The horse stayed by Jane, every so often he would stray but inevitably he would come back. She had tried to find a comfortable spot. None of the trees fit her back and the rock was no good either. Eventually she used her jacket and her backpack as a pillow and pushed it against the rock and laid down. She spent most of the time looking up at the stars, new stars, stars she had never seen before. She never thought there would be stars she had never seen, or maybe they were just the old stars she had stared at for so long from a different angle.

She traced what she thought were constellations with her finger, but after a while her arm grew tired and she settled for simply looking up at them. Eventually, her eyelids became as tired as her arm and she decided to just close them for a little bit. The little bit turned into hours and she didn't wake again until the ground shook under her and even behind closed lids she saw the flash of light, and heard the crack in the wind. She pushed her hair out of face as she sat up looking around for Thor who was a little harder to spot now that the light was gone again.

"Jane?" She heard him croak and quickly she rose to her feet.

"Thor, what happened?" She asked walking over to him. He had landed ankle deep in the lake and stumbled his way to the shore to lay down. His hair was a matted mess of rainwater, mud, and sweat. Small scratches littered his face along with a gash above his eye. His armor was dented and burnt in places, and his cape was torn around the edge.

"There was a man….a green man but of their world." Thor explained through heavy breathes. He had an army, he had allies." Thor groaned as he moved to sit up, "There was a boy fighting him when we arrived, a young man who flew." He looked over to her, pausing for a moment before giving her a smile, "I am well, we were victorious. Tony Stark allowed me to leave to return, I hope I was not long." He reached over, his hand cupping her cheek.

"I don't really know how long you were, I fell asleep." Jane smiled softly, moving her hand to cover his, "And everything's fine, you're sure?" She asked her brow creasing.

"If my brothers need me they will call for me." He assured her with a nod and slowly rose to his feet. The horse trotted over, brushing his snout against Thor's cheek as the Asgardian let out a throaty chuckle, petting the horse.

"He came out of the woods." Jane told Thor as she walked over to grab her backpack.

"Good, that is where I told Fandral to send him." Thor smiled over to her, even through the mud and the blood that splattered his face the whites of his teeth showed through brightly. Jane gave a small smile and walked back over to him.

Thor easily lifted Jane up from her waist and sat her towards the front of the saddle. He swung himself up behind her and wrapped his arm around her, the other grabbing the reigns of the horse, "And now the real battle will begin." Thor muttered as he directed the horse through the woods until they reached a path. Jane, gently as she could, gripped the mane of the horse as Thor pushed him into a trot and then as the woods faded away they were at a run heading towards the towering city that slowly grew closer and much more larger.

Jane could not tell you the exact moment where they left nature and the hooves of the horse began to ride over stone. She could see the great golden building that must be where Thor was riding towards, but she could see no way to reach its entrance. However, through twists and turns and riding up stairs and going back down others eventually they reached a series of gradual stairs that were easy for the horse to climb that led to the large gold tower above them.

By this time the sun was beginning to rise, Thor must have been gone longer than Jane had thought. Despite the time there were two men standing outside the doors. Thor swung off the horse easily, although he stumbled after landing. He reached up and helped Jane off the horse, and then took her hand. The two men who appeared to be guards looked over Thor as he gave a nod and continued into the building.

The first hallway they entered was small and it felt like they were under ground at first until it widened out. Braziers filled the hall with light as they continued to walk. Jane thought it was better to not ask where they were going. The alcoves the braziers were housed in eventually turned to large archways that looked into other opened rooms. Finally, Thor turned out of the hall; Jane was expecting another hallway similar to the first but they entered an opened room with high ceilings and archways looking out to the city below them.

"Wait." Thor said and then stopped, causing Jane to stumble to a stop. Thor turned to look back at her, "We will be meeting with my father."

"What now?" Jane asked looking up at him.

"Yes, we need to as soon as possible, he won't like you staying here having not met with him." Thor explained.

"Oh…so, we're going in there right now to meet him, right now, already?" Jane asked looking past Thor to the door.

"I will do most of the talking; he might ask you questions but answer truthfully." Thor told her with a nod.

"Shouldn't you get cleaned up or something?" Jane asked looking back at him, figuring it would buy her time.

"It will not offend father half as much as your midgardian clothes." Thor reasoned with a shrug.

Jane sighed and looked out across the room. They were on the very edge of it, and it was seemingly bare from what she could see of the light flooding in from the archways. She could just make out the mosaics lining the interior walls. "Alright," She said looking back up at him.

"Thor!" The voice echoed off the walls. Thor and Jane both looked into the room, from one of the interior walls a door had opened and light footsteps were heard walking towards them. An older woman emerged into the light. She had golden hair in ringlets over her shoulder and she was clad in a gold and purple gown that trailed after her in a pool of fabric. "How long have you been back?" She asked with a small smile.

"Mother," Thor grinned, letting go of Jane to walk to the woman and wrap his arms around her.

"You are hurt." His mother said, pressing her hand to the back of his head.

"I am well, mother." Thor assured her standing up straight, "We were going to see father." Thor told her.

"We?" She asked and in response Thor stepped to the side. Jane had stayed back, shifted her backpack awkwardly as she gave the woman a small smile.

"Hello." Jane said with a small wave.

"Thor, is this that midgardian girl you spoke of?" His mother asked.

"Yes, mother." Thor replied with a nod, his courage seemed to be building the longer he was in the city.

"Well, you can't take her to meet your father wearing that." Frigga said simply and then walked to Jane, "You'll need to come with me, dear." She said kindly, touching Jane's arm before turning and walking back towards the door she had come in.

Jane looked over to Thor, not saying a word just staring at him. Thor had his puppy grin, obviously happy that his mother wasn't too upset. He simply gave her a nod and then motioned towards his mother. Jane shook her head and motioned with her hand towards herself for him to come closer to her. Thor shook his head and whispered, "Go." Jane groaned and then turned, hurrying to catch up to Frigga who was half way to the door by the time Jane started.

"Does the color blue fair well with you, dear?" Frigga asked as she led her from the empty room.

"Um…I guess, yeah." Jane told her, never actually thinking too much on the color before.

"Or perhaps purple." Frigga smiled, placing a hand on Jane's shoulder after closing the door behind them.

"I like the color purple." Jane smiled.

"You do?" Frigga smiled in return, "Purple and blue, you'll look lovely." She gave a nod and then proceeded to walk again. They were in another hallway, the ceilings had to be a hundred feet tall, the archways disappeared before Jane could see the tops of them they were so tall. They were looking out to a body of water now as Frigga led her towards another door at the end of the hallway.

Jane had not expected for Asgard to be as alive as it was so early in the morning but perhaps they had a different schedule than earth. She followed silently behind Frigga as they walked into another room, down another hall and into a final room. The walls were curved so the room was almost in a circle. Archways opened to another view of the body of water from before but they were currently covered by thin fabric that blew in the breeze. There was a large four-poster bed, a vanity, a stand up mirror and a dresser. A young woman, even younger than Jane walked towards Frigga after she motioned for her and Jane took a moment to wonder if the girl spent her days simply standing in that room until it was used for one reason or another.

"Eira, please find Knutr and tell him to please hurry here. I'm in need of him." Frigga told the girl who gave a nod and left the room quickly. Jane hadn't dared to move yet, she stayed where Frigga had left her, looking about the room. "Jane." Frigga spoke up catching her attention.

"Yes?" Jane asked looking over to her.

Frigga smiled and walked to her, taking her bag from her. She gave it an odd look and walked over to the dresser to sit it on top of it, "Thor has mentioned you often, and it appears he's very fond of you." Frigga explained turning to look back at her.

"Oh…well I'm very fond of him as well." Jane told her with a small smile. "And….thank you, thank you for being so understanding and helping."

"It is my pleasure, dear. I am not a trial, that would be Odin." Frigga smiled and walked back to her, "We will put you in proper dress and with luck we will not offend Odin. I presume Thor is speaking with him now. It was just like him to think he could trot you in here and his insolence would be forgiven by his confidence." Frigga shook her head and then stopped a ways from the girl and looked her over. "Well, you are small, even by Asgardian women's standards. That'll be a challenge for Knutr, it'll be like dressing a child and an even smaller one at that." She laughed lightly, Jane let out a small laugh mainly out of nerves. "Small hips though…those will be a nuisance later." Frigga gave her a small smile, which Jane desperately tried to return.

The dressmaker did not take long; he appeared to hurry just as Frigga insisted. He stood Jane in front of the mirrors and began to measure her while Frigga and his helpers looked through dresses already made. Jane had never been measured for a dress before; it felt like a scene out of a Disney movie she watched as a child but with less singing animals. She moved the way he instructed her to, holding her arms out and spreading her legs when need be. Eventually, Jane was ushered behind a standing panel the dressmaker's helpers had brought in.

They stripped her out of her jeans and tshirt and took a moment to question her on the functionality of her underwear. When she insisted that it and her bra stay on, they relented and yanked the blue gown over her head. It was too large for her, that was obvious but she walked back out to the mirrors where the dressmaker attacked her again. He pinned in spots and cut in others. The hem of the dress was pulled up a good six inches before she was pushed back behind the panel again and stripped of the gown so the dressmaker could tailor it. They pulled a plain white cotton dress on her, and she was pushed back out from behind the panel.

The dress was thinner than she would normally wear, or anyone should for that matter, so she assumed she wasn't expected to leave the room. It was long, just as the gown had been and the sleeve kept falling off her shoulder. "The dress will be ready shortly, until then stay here I'll have Eira bring you something to eat." Frigga told her with a kind smile as the dressmaker and his helpers packed and left.

"Thank you." Jane told her with a smile, which Frigga returned before leaving the room. Jane rubbed her arms and looked around the room. There was a breeze from the open archways with no way of stopping it. She supposed everyone here must be in a constant state of warmth like Thor and she'd need to get used to it. She brought her knees up to her chest, her feet resting on the wood panel at the foot of the bed, and brushed her hair out of her face behind her ear as she looked down.

The door to the room opened again and Jane looked up to see Thor. He had bathed since the last time she saw him. His hair was cleaned, and brushed and pulled back out of his face. It was the first time she had seen him in Asgardian clothes that wasn't armor. He was in brown trousers and a loose fitting long-sleeved shirt. His heavy boots echoed in the room as he walked to the bed and sat beside her. For once, they were on a bed that did not creak under his weight. Thor simply looked at her, not saying anything but he wore a content smile. Jane looked up at him and after a moment, she leaned up and pressed her lips to his.

"You are well?" Thor asked as the kiss broke.

"Yes." Jane told him softly with a smile. "Are you?" She asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yes." Thor chuckled and then asked, "And my mother?"

"She was nice. She had a dress made for me, it's being tailored." Jane explained, keeping her arms crossed and her body leaned forward towards her knees. Thor reached up, pushing her sleeve up over her shoulder again.

"Come with me." He took her hand and rose from the bed. Jane stood up and followed him, keeping her other arm across her stomach. He walked through one of the curtained archways out onto the balcony that laid on the other side. He walked her to the railing and pulled her in front of him. His arms wrapped around her from behind, shielding her from the breeze that made goosebumps rise along her arms. The sun had rose higher in the sky since they had arrived, the light reflecting off the buildings almost brighter than the reflection from the water in the distance. "This is Asgard." Thor spoke softly. "It welcomes you." He added with a smile Jane could not see.