❝I did.❞ The male voiced with a soft chuckle, was it really that surprising that he was back? Did the female really think she’d never see him again? Cause kinda sounded like it. But he suppose he couldn’t blame her, after all it’s been some time since they last saw each other. ❝Kinda was messing around with a sling ring, which is a mystical object which enables the wearer to open an inter-dimensional portal to another location. Wanted to see if I could make one to wonderland and obviously I did it but may have dropped the device and now I have to retrieve it before it falls in the wrong hands and I get trouble so here I am. And uh huh, I needed to go home.❞
Which wasn’t a lie, Storm had to go home because he just couldn’t disappear on his uncle or his mother, again. He may be old enough to be on his own but still, after everything it was out of love that he checked in. Plus Storm was technically all the Thor had left of Loki so he just couldn’t just disappear on him, even if he now had Love. Teal hues flickering in the direction she was nudging her head then up towards the sky, a sigh escaped his lips before his eyes flickered back towards Shay. Well wasn’t that just lovely, what unlucky time did he manage to have. Cause even if he wasn’t a native of this realm, he knew enough to know how to survive or he hope he did. And besides even if he didn’t know, her reaction towards it spoke loud enough. Even her words did, which caused him to smile and nod. ❝See I knew you were lonely. couldn’t wait to ask me to dinner.❞ He teased before shaking his head. ❝No but in all seriousness, lead the way.❞
“A sling ring?” He had explained it before she had to ask what it was. Quietly, she had nodded, though her face had suddenly changed to an expression of concern. “If you can get here using one of those, then anybody can get here or leave here. Was there more than one created or just the one you had in your possession? This is not good, for either of us.”
Shay knew she didn’t have to explain why. He had told her about the world he had come from, about the powers and abilities the gods and these avengers he talked about had. She had known that had multi-verse had existed and Wonderland itself was surely part of it. Her own brother was a realm traveler and nothing good could come from the chaos that would surely happen if the realms started to bleed together.
It would be hard for them to find it now that the sun was setting, as it was their surrondings were getting darker and harder to see the closer they got toward the clearing that lead out of the forest and toward the Castle. All they could do was hope that nobody would find it, and if somebody did - that they wouldn’t know how to use it or even what it was. “We will look for it together at day break, I can have Layla and Alexander join us - they are both excellent trackers. Alexander can get a better view from above in the trees, and Layla can get a better view from below in the grass in her Dormouse form. We will find your ring, and get you back home before it falls into dangerous hands.”
It was strange to Shay as she walked with Storm, the young god from another realm and another place known as Asgard. He was a powerful boy, no doubt about that, a little moody and rash at times but he had a good heart that held good intentions. She had wondered, briefly, if he was happy. If perhaps he had someone else to get back to besides his uncle and his mother. She didn’t dare ask, it wasn’t any of her business anyway.
Shay had rolled her eyes when he called her out for being lonely, glancing at him. “Loneliness and wanting to make sure somebody you consider a friend is fed are two different things, Storm. I don’t want anything to happen to you while you are here - and that includes you having an empty stomach.”
He had been playing around with her, a soft sigh leaving her lips as they finally arrived at the castle, greeted by the guards and the other caretakers in the Castle Heart. Shay had led Storm into the banquet hall where a full feast had been waiting, she had gestured to an empty seat across from her as she dismissed the wait staff with a curt nod. “How is your family, Storm? How are things currently in Asgard? You have been gone for awhile, we should catch up.”