Harry was in his room with Padfoot, Padfoot was on the floor and happily eating the large amount of food that Frigga had arranged for him. Harry on the other hand was lying down on the bed, he was thinking about what had just happened. Firstly the Aether, the fact that this supposedly powerful relic wasn't as gone as the Asgardian's liked to believe was a cause for concern, because it very much sounded like having it in the wrong hands could cause problems for not just Asgard but also Earth and likely any other planets and realms with life.
Another reason to worry was the dark elves, the ones that Odin insisted were dead. Harry would have to try and remember to bring that up the next time Odin pissed him off. The whole situation reminded him a lot of Fudge, and his refusal to admit that Voldemort was back. Though it admittedly made more sense coming from Odin, King of Asgard, when talking about a race that hadn't been seen in thousands of years than it did for Cornelius Fudge, supreme wanker, when discussing a man who was supposedly dead even though nobody alive had actually seen him die. Many Asgardians had also died during the dark elves attack, the previous day Harry had attended the funeral that was held for them. It was a beautiful yet extremely sad event.
One other thing that had Harry's interest was Odin's reaction to his armour, Odin had clearly knew more about his armour than he was willing to let on, a blind person in a dark room on a planet with no access to a sun could see that… you know… if they were still alive. Did that mean that Harry's suit was Asgardian made? Or was it made but someone else that Odin knew? Did he know who wore it before Harry?
Harry was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a knock on the door, he let a small sigh before he stood up and walked over to the door. He opened it to reveal Sif standing in front of him while holding a tray full of food.
"I thought you weren't room service." Harry joked, Sif smiled but Harry noticed an odd twitch in her eye.
"May I come in?" She asked, Harry nodded and stepped aside to let her in. His wand appeared in his hand, just in case. Sif walked past him, either not noticing or simply not commenting on the drawn wand, she placed the tray down just as Harry closed the door.
"So… you look like you're up to something." Harry idly commented.
"That would be because I am," Sif replied as she turned around and walked up to Harry. "I heard that you and your companion saved Queen Frigga." She commented.
"It was more Padfoot than me." Harry admitted, Padfoot paused while eating so he could let out a bark of agreement. "Go back to your eating buddy." Harry said to him and Padfoot did just that, Harry then turned his attention back to Sif. "Me and Thor only arrived after Padfoot had managed to save Frigga."
"Still, all of Asgard is thankful for your help." Sif replied.
"I like our conversations but for some reason I don't think that that is why you are here." Harry responded.
"It is not," Sif admitted.. "I have come back from a meeting with the Allfather."
"What did you talk about?" Harry asked in an interested voice.
"Not much," Sif sighed. "Thor interrupted the meeting, I along with everyone else left so he can talk with the Allfather. When he came out he did not look very happy."
"Odin or Thor?" Harry asked.
"Both," Sif answered, almost immediately. "Thor wants to have a meeting. I will be attending it as well, he wants you to come as well."
"Where is the meeting?"
"Instructions on when and how to get there are in your food." Sif explained. "I can't stay here long or it could attract attention, the Allfather wants you confined to your room." She said before she walked to the door. "I shall see you there." She nodded to him before leaving. Once she was gone Harry walked over to his food, he searched and after a few seconds found a piece of parchment inside a chicken.
"She could have just given it to me." Harry rolled his eyes. "Fucking dramatic people."
"Woof." Padfoot stopped eating to bark at him.
"Alright… fine… I will admit that that is a bit hypocritical."
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Harry and Padfoot had managed to sneak into the cavern where Thor wanted to meet, once they got inside they saw it was perfectly empty apart from Heimdall, Thor, Fandral, Volstagg and Sif. Harry greeted everyone before they all sat down, apart from Heimdall who had chosen to remain standing.
"Thor," Harry spoke. "what the hell is going on here? And could you perhaps explain your reason for why we are having a meeting here and not in the perfectly nice palace that we just left?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow at Thor.
"It's my father," Thor sighed. "I tried speaking to him, convincing him that we needed to do something about the dark elves, that they could attack again at any time. I tried to convince him to let me take Jane and leave Asgard, to draw the elves away from here by removing the Aether, but he has refused. I fear his anger has blinded him, he wishes to enter full scale war with them, hoping to kill them all just like my grandfather was supposed to have done."
"Oh for fuck sakes." Harry rolled his eyes as he let out a deep sigh. "I have had it with crazy ass rulers, if I ever take over the world I will insist that all rulers take monthly mental evaluations."
"You will take over the world?" Fandral raised an eyebrow.
"Even Mother could not convince him to change his mind," Thor said before anyone else could reply. "she is trying but he is stubborn and is refusing to listen. What I am about to ask of you all is treason of the highest order, success could bring us exile while failure would result in our death. Malekith knew that the Aether was here, he could sense its power. If we do nothing then he could come for it again but next time he could win, he could bring waste to all of Asgard."
"Well that does sound likely," Harry agreed. "this time I think he was simply hoping to quickly get in, kill as many as possible, take the Aether and escape. Next time he might decide it's easier to just kill everybody."
"We must move Jane off world." Thor said.
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