Banished

Chapter 2: Crop circle

Loki felt the air around him change and everything went black. The next thing he knew he was standing in a field looking at unfamiliar faces, all talking at once.

"Wher-where are we?"
"Mother, mother! I only have two legs!"
"My fangs are gone! My fur's gone!"
"I-I have legs! I can't slither!"
"I can't hear my other hal- AH! WE HAVE TWO HEADS?!"
"Who are you?"
"What are you?"

"Everyone! Calm down," Loki said, looking at his family "Váli is right. We need to figure out who everyone is."

"Well, I'm Sigyn. And we already know who the twins are," his wife's soft voice had said. She had been right, Nari and Vali had (besides now having glasses) changed the least out of all of them, which was fair, as they had already looked mostly Human. Sigyn also hadn't exactly needed to address herself, she was nearly exactly the same, though maybe she'd been doing it for the kids' sake, some of which were now getting used to new eyes.

"Everyone else, identity yourself." Loki said, looking around at his family.

"Sleipnir here!" one boy said, his hair straight, long, and blond. Loki could very much see the resemblance to the clumsy foal he had birthed.

"Jörmungandr, reporting for duty!" came another. His lanky body and dyed-looking blue tipped hair did make him look rather like a snake...

"I have no fangs nor fur," the third boy said annoyedly. His hair was short, black, and messy, and he was wearing almost entirely black. For some reason they had all appeared fully clothed in outfits that seemed to rather fit them, this was odd as not all of them had even been wearing clothes, but probably for the best.

"We know who Fenrir is." Jörmungandr smirked.

"We're Hel," Loki heard a voice say, behind him, and then another slightly different voice said, "We have two heads." As Loki turned around he learned his middle child did, in fact, have two heads. Well... This was odd... Hel had always been a creature of two souls, but two heads? Loki, of course, didn't have a problem with this. On another occasion he would have found it quite amusing! But he had thought Odin had turned them more Human...

"And doubly beautiful they are sweethearts!" Loki praised, as he has found himself quiet for a bit too long.

"She's Siamese twins!" Sigyn declared delightedly.

"What twins?" Fenrir had asked, looking at his mother.

"Siamese twins!" she said again, picking up their daughter(s).

"It's a human thing! It means when two bodies are connected, usually from twins merging while in the womb. It's very unique!" She smiled down at their two-headed beauty.

"Hmm, sounds like an Ettin with more steps, but okay," joked Jörmungandr.

"Um," Sleipnir raised his hand, looking around, "can we go back to Nari's question of where are we?"

Everyone looked around. They were standing in the middle of a crop circle, because Gods are not subtle. Everything was cornfield, as far as Loki could see.

"Look," his beloved Sigyn pointed far into the distance, "a road!" As Loki squinted his eyes he could, in fact, see a small line that seemed to be a trail.

"Well then, let's go!" Loki grinned, leading his family towards the distant sign of civilization.

After they had been walking for what seemed like hours they finally got to the road, and after walking for what felt like an eternity they finally came across a man. He was riding a horse and wearing a cowboy hat.

"Excuse me sir," Loki greeted, as the man dismounted his steed, "we seem to be a bit lost, may I ask, what country are we currently in?"

"Y'all really are lost!" the man laughed, thankfully not having seen Sleipnir, who had been whispering excitedly to the mare. "Y'all's in tha mighty US of A!"

"Oh Norns," Loki muttered, then louder, "And, uh, what state exactly?"

"Why, we in Texas, oh course!" The man used his hands to gesture to the area around them, smiling.

Loki, however, did not smile. He and his family looked at each other with differing levels of dismay, aside from Sleipnir of course, who had been distracted, excitedly whispering to his new friend.

"Odin, what have you done!" Loki ran a hand down his face, inwardly cursing his Blood brother.

"Nope. No. I'm going home!" Fenrir stated, trying to head back the way they'd come. Jörmungandr quickly grabbed his hand, stopping him from leaving.

"Y'all came from over the border, didn't y'all?" asked the increasingly more confused man. He looked around at them, finally noticing Sleipnir cooing at the man's horse.

"Sleip." Loki shook his head at his oldest, who stepped back into the group. "Uh, yes, you could say that."

"Ah well, as long as ya don' go 'round sayin' it, no one oughta know," the man said, though he didn't seem so sure. "I got some room in ma farm, if y'all's need somewhere tah stay?"

"Oh, thank you sir! We would ever grateful for the hospitality!" said Sigyn, smiling gratefully.

"Oh course! Farmer Jack!" he said, holding out his hand.

Loki took it, smiling. "Nice to meet you sir! I'm Lo-" With a warning look from his wife, he quickly corrected, "Lue! Lue Larson! And this is my wife, Susan!" he added, as Sigyn took the farmer's hand also.

"Ah pleasure ta meet'ya Mrs. an' Mr. Larson! I'll go get ma truck, then I'll take y'all to tha farm!" the farmer said, heading back to his house. "Ya adults can ride in tha front wit' ma, but tha young'ons gotta sit in tha back though."

"Thank you sir!" Loki said, as the man road off.

"I think she likes me!" Sleipnir said, looking after the mare.

"Like mother, like son." Fenrir laughed.

Loki sighed, as the rest of his kids, and his wife, joined in with his second eldest.