A/N: if you haven't noticed already, I made Odin that hyperactive old man that is secretly wise, I don't know if it works or not...
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Three years have passed since the battle in Tonsberg. The Asgardians have defeated the frost giants, they took their source of power, and locked it in Odin's vault. Right now, we are sitting in a hall, in front of a long table, full of food and alcohol for us to enjoy. The Asgardians were a rowdy bunch, they were talking loudly, drink was spilling everywhere, and food was wasted on the ground.
"Come drink and eat, friend!" Odin, now with only one eye, raised a glass of his own personal brew, and made a toast. "This is our thanks for helping us against the frost giants!"
Odin then continued to joke around with the others around him. I saw him talking to Gil, with a bunch of alcohol bottles in front of them. They were talking seriously, and Gil was paying attention to Odin.
I saw Kingo, trying to impress the Asgardian female warriors, he was telling his journey on earth so far, how he battled deviants, and it looked like the females were interested in him, good for him.
I looked around again, I saw Sersi and Ikaris, talking to each other in the corner of the room as they drank. They were laughing, smiling at each other, seemingly ignoring the loud voices around them.
Oh wait, those voices are in my head only… but still, the Asgardians are pretty loud…
In the other corner of the room, I saw Sprite, mourning with herself, looking at the glass of wanted in her hand.
I sighed. I took a bottle of the alcohol, and walked up to her.
"You okay Sprite?" I questioned softly as I sat beside her.
"Don't mind me." she murmured. "I'm just here by myself."
I shook my head. I grabbed her mug, making her look at me sharply, I threw away the water inside it, and pour her the alcohol that I was bringing.
"Here." I gave the mug to her. "Why are you drinking water anyway?"
"Not in the mood for drinking…" she said.
"Come on, it's a banquet, you need to drink."
Sprite just sighed, and took a sip of the alcohol. "Why are you alone?" I asked her.
"Why are you alone?" she refuted back. "Where's Thena."
"I'll find her after this." I said. "But what's with you first?"
"Oh you know, same old…" shrugged Sprite. "Can't communicate with others because they thought that I am a-"
"Child." I said. "You know, you could do that thing with your illusions… and tell them about our stories here. Go with Kingo, he'll do the communicating, you'll do the visualisation."
"Oh wow, I'm a hologram projector now?" she rolled her eyes, making me groan.
"You know I don't mean it like that Sprite." I said. "Just go to him, you need to start somewhere, right?"
Sprite sighed and stood up. "Fine."
I chuckled as I ruffled her hair. "Good girl."
She hissed at me, and gave me a middle finger. After that, she walked away from me, walking towards Kingo.
I stood up, now I want to look for Thena. I walked towards the entrance of the hall, and outside. Near the door, I saw Druig and Makkari seemingly consumed by each other. Makkari was showing Druig her collection of trinkets that she gathered so far.
I walked up to her. "What's that you got there?" I questioned.
"This?" she said, showing a rather big leather armour. "I got it from the battlefield near Tonsberg, it's a frost giant's armour."
"That's neat." I hummed and I sat down with them. "You got any of their weapons?"
"Unfortunately, No." shrugged Makkari.
"As I saw it on the battlefield, most of them used ice as their weapons." Druig added. "So really, they don't really use any weapons."
"Well, that really is a pity." I said. "Anyway, have you guys seen Thena?"
Druig and Makkari looked at each other, before pointing in a direction. "She went for a walk."
I stood up. "Well, thanks guys, enjoy the feast."
I kept walking towards Thena's direction, on the way, I heard Phastos and Ajak arguing with each other.
"Come one Ajak, I think it's time we tell them how to make steam engines right now." argued Phastos.
"It's still too soon Phastos, they would be shocked if they saw your machines!"
"Their progress is too slow right now! At this rate, they weren't going to advance at all!"
"You have to be patient Phastos." spoke Ajak calmly. "We need to guide them slowly."
Phastos just sighed, and I walked up to them. "I heard screams of disappointment with my powers, is that you Phastos?"
"Haha, really funny." scoffed Phastos, grabbing a drink and sitting again.
"She's right though." I added. "You need to be careful."
"Careful why?"
"Your technology is quite amazing Phastos. But I'm afraid they will use it for… other means…"
Phastos didn't say anything. He then looked at me. "I told you P, it's a part of their evolutionary process, to be able to think outside the box."
"True." I answered. "But… just don't hate them if it reaches that point."
I then walked away from Phastos, leaving him with his lonesome self.
After a couple of minutes of walking, I arrived at a lake. I saw Thena, sitting against a tree, looking at the view in front of her.
"You okay?" I asked suddenly, making her look at me.
"I'm fine." she said, before making space for me beside her, and patted the ground, signalling me to sit beside her.
So I sat. as I leaned against the tree, she put her head on my shoulder, and I wrapped my arms around her waist. "You're terrible at lying, Thena."
Thena rolled her eyes. "I'm not terrible at lying, it's just your damn ring that makes it easy to tell lies." she spoke, grabbing my left hand, and pointing at the grey ring at my middle finger. "How many are you wearing right now… 1, 2, 3, 4… 5 rings." She counted the rings in my left hand. "The other hand?"
I showed my right hand, and there was no ring in any of the fingers.
"You want one?"
"Maybe later…" she hummed.
I sighed. "Anyway, tell me what's wrong."
"It's just my anxiety… you've got nothing to worry about."
"If it's you Thena, I will always worry."
She snuggled to me closer, and buried her head in my neck. "Just… let us stay like this for a while."
I kissed her forehead. "Okay."
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The next morning, I find myself still on the same stop, underneath a tree, with Thena in my arms. She and I had fallen asleep out in the open. She was quite anxious last night, but she fell asleep in my arms. Maybe when I am with her, she won't be anxious… I'll have to remember that…
Anyway, the sun's out in the open, and I woke up Thena. She quickly woke up, and we both stood up. "Let's go to the others.' she said, not wanting to talk about her anxiety episode.
I just nodded, and we went back to the long house.
When we arrived, we saw Asgardians, scattered everywhere, dead drunk because of last night.
"Looks like all of them had fun last night." said Thena, looking at a corner, he saw Kingo, sleeping with a couple of Asgardian women.
"Lucky him…" I murmured, earning a pinch and glare from Thena.
"There you are, friend!" someone shouted from the back. We turned around, and saw Odin, walking towards us.
"Pluto, I need to talk to you about something." said Odin, looking at me. He then looked at Thena, and said awkwardly. "Err lady, could I borrow him for a little bit?"
Thena just smiled at him, and nodded. She then whispered to me: "I'll see you later." before kissing my cheek, and left us alone.
"Good choice of woman Pluto." patted Odin. "I have a wife too you know, Frigga, what an amazing wife she is."
We then walked outside of the hall once again, and stood on a hill, overlooking the vast lands of Scandinavia.
"Listen Pluto, I want to ask for a favour." said Odin. "Well, two actually."
Pluto raised his eyebrow. "Why me?"
"You're a powerful man Pluto." said Odin. "You might be even more powerful than me in the future. So I wanted to ask you if you could train my sons."
"Sons?" I questioned. "You are the king of Asgard Odin, why do you want me to teach your son?"
"I will still teach my sons," said Odin. "But in the future, they will need experience, and I want you to travel with them, around earth."
"So you want me to be a babysitter." I scoffed.
Odin laughed. "Don't say that! That is not how it works!"
I sighed. "Okay, what do I get then?"
Odin was thinking, and snapped his finger. "How about I give you this?"
A glowing blue sphere then appeared on his hand, showing it to me.
"The fucking space stone?!" I exclaimed. "Yeah, no way."
Odin looked at me with confusion. "Why? It is an artefact of the universe."
"That's not a gift, that's a responsibility. Is this the second favour?" I said.
"Well, yes, I was planning to hide this on earth…" Odin massaged his beard. "I thought you would accept this…"
"Just put it in a temple or something, I don't care."
"But it would be much safer with you."
I sighed. I looked at the glowing cube on Odin's hand, and I thought.
Should I take it?
A/N: I don't know about this one...
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I stared at the cube on Odin's hand. It's quite tempting to just take it… I could put it in a temple later on… but, would Arishem notice it?
"If you're worried about the celestial caring about the stone, they won't care," said Odin nonchalantly. "Unless you have all of them or you use it to halt the development on earth, they won't care at all. They have universes to create, and much better things to do."
"Like judging planets?" I scoffed, but Odin didn't answer, I kept staring at the cube on his hand. It's really tempting now…
"If I took this responsibility, what's in it for me?"
"You can use the stone, what else?" scoffed Odin.
"It'll draw powerful beings Odin, why can't you just keep it in Asgard?"
"Earth is a relatively remote planet," said Odin truthfully. "No one's going to notice the stone being here, and my Asgard would be safe from invaders."
"They have you in Asgard."
"Earth has you." refuted Odin. "And your other comrades…"
"I am not that powerful Odin." I said in annoyance. "Not as powerful as you."
"The sorcerer supreme already has the time stone here, right?" questioned Odin "Another stone on earth shouldn't be a problem."
This fucking old man… I sighed, you know what, fuck it.
I took the cube from his hand. "Fine, I'll take it."
"Now that's a responsible man!" Laughed Odin, patting my back.
"But I want some more things." I added.
"Sure, sure, say what you want."
"Some Uru metal." I said nonchalantly, making Odin frowned.
"Just the metal?" asked Odin. "You can't forge Uru using only a normal metal, Pluto."
"But I have this." I smirked, shaking the tesseract in front of him.
Odin came to a realisation. "You're smarter than you look!" Laughed Odin, clutching his belly. "Fine, Fine! I'll give you some! But make sure you guard it properly."
"I'm not promising anything." I said cheekily.
"Fine enough for me." shrugged Odin. "I will deliver the metal when my sons come of age, that will also be the time when I will bring them to you, for their coming of age journey."
"And when is that?"
"In a couple of decades," he smiled. "When the time comes, just make sure to teach them a really good lesson."
"You mean beating them up?"
Odin just smirked at me, and walked away. Before he truly disappears, he said one last thing. "It's been a short few years, but I am glad that I got to meet you, Eternal."
I smiled at him softly. "It's an honour to fight alongside you too, All-father."
He then walked away, entering the long house once again, leaving me alone.
I looked at the little cube on my palm… An actual infinity stone, on the palm of my hand… It could probably hurt Arishem a little, but I doubt it'll kill him…
When I thought about the energy that could be generated from this thing, I– wait… Energy?
Is the infinity stone's energy the same as cosmic energy? I mean, the stones are singularities right? They existed when the universe was first created… So does space energy connect with cosmic energy?
Welp, only one way to find out.
So I tried to absorb the energy that was radiating from the space stone, and I suddenly felt immense pain from my body, like my skin was being peeled slowly but surely.
"ARRRGGHHH!!!!"
My insides were shining blue, like a blue sun had just descended from the stars. I dropped the tesseract, but the pain didn't stop. I saw men running towards me, even Odin himself came back to see what was going on. I saw Thena, her face pale when she saw me screaming and glowing blue, and she rushed to me, panicking.
Eventually, I couldn't hold the pain anymore, and my consciousness was slowly fading.
And then, darkness.
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I was now standing on a black dimension, there was nothing in here, only darkness, only void. I looked around again, and still nothing, it kind of feels familiar…
I walked around, and still nothing, there was no sound, no movement, no light. One thing that I noticed though, is that the space around us seemed to not move at all, like I was standing still, even though I was walking.
A couple of minutes later, I eventually gave up. I sat down on the ground below me, and sighed. "Well, that was anticlimactic… Seems I died…"
I layed on the ground, looking at the darkness above me… or is it below me? This place feels weird…
I closed my eyes, looking for rest, but then, a voice sounded. The voice of a little girl.
"Who… are you?"
I opened my eyes instantly, and I saw a blue construct, in the shape of a little girl. She looked at me with curiosity, tilting her head to the side.
"Wow…" I exclaimed, then coughed. I stood up, and greeted the entity. "I am Pluto. An Eternal."
"Oh." she said casually. "Celestials?"
"Uhm… yes. They're my makers… I guess…"
She hummed. "You wanted to absorb me?"
"Uhm… who are you?"
"Oops, sorry, I am space.." she said casually.
"Oh…" shit, did the Space stone have sentience? "Um… I was just experimenting… sorry if I hurt you or anything…"
"It's… strange…" she murmured. "I never talked to another being before… Can I come with you?"
"What?" I was surprised.
"Your powers…" she said. "You could bring me with you, right?"
"T-Then, what about the stone?"
"What do you mean?" she questioned again.
"If you come with me… will the stone be useless?"
She was confused. "You only absorbed a tiny fraction of me… how come the stone became useless?"
"Oh…" I sighed in relief, then tensed again. "Wait, is this?"
"This is your domain." said the little girl, looking around. "I met your friends over there." she said, pointing at a corner of the place. And I saw Idemnon, walking towards us.
"Wait, why can't I sense you?" I asked Idemnon.
"This one blocks our communication my lord." said Idemnon, pointing at the little girl. "What did you do now?"
I chuckled nervously. "It's honestly nothing…"
"You didn't answer my question…" said the little girl suddenly. "Can I join you in your travels? It seems like fun…"
I don't know what to say… a part of the space stone? In me? "Why would you want to join me? You're the embodiment of space itself…"
"I can't go anywhere…" said the little girl sadly. "I am a stone after all…"
Oh yeah… that makes sense. "Um… sure, if you want to…"
The little girl's eyes shine more brightly. "Really?!"
"Sure." I shrugged. "From now on, you are me, and I am you."
The little girl nodded vigorously. "You are me, and I am you." she then stretched her hand, making a fist bumping gesture.
"Uh… what are you doing?"
"I want a fist bump." she said. "I saw it in your memories."
"Oh, okay." I said, fistbumping the girl. "Then what should I call you?"
"Call me space." she said.
"Uh… I don't know… could I call you something else?"
The little girl was confused. "Is that not good?"
"Well, it's just a bit awkward calling you Space…"
"Then, do you have a suggestion?' she questioned.
I then went to deep thinking, caressing my nonexistent beard. Then, I snapped my finger. "How about Juno?"
The little girl's eyes shine more brightly. "That's a great name! Call me Juno from now on!"
I nodded. "Then welcome to the team, Juno."
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A/N: I based this because in the wiki, the space stone had limited sentience.
"Remarks by Erik Selvig refer to the Tesseract as a "she", even before his domination by the Mind Stone. He frequently describes the Stone as exhibiting and performing sentient emotion and acts, such as "misbehaving", and wanting to "show [Earth] something.""
-Wiki
because he said the stone likes to misbehave, I don't know, I just thought of a little girl...
As you know, Pluto's power is to absorb a living being and made them his construct... this is just what he is doing now... albeit unintentionally... What he absorbed is just a small amount of the Space Stone's power, not even a tenth of it.
Anyway, let me know what you think... When I read that part of the space stone's entry in the wiki, I just had to somehow implement it in this story... I don't know if it's good or not.
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