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Chapter One: Judgment Day
“Bring in the prisoner!”
The Allfather's voice was loud, demanding, and brokered no hesitation. Thor couldn't help but internally wince.. He'd been on the receiving end of that fury before, and he hadn't done anything near as bad as Loki had. Whatever judgment Odin was about to hand down on the one he'd once called “son” was not going to be pleasant, and Thor knew that if it hadn't been for the intervention of his mother, Loki likely would have been executed already. Indeed, he shuddered to think what would happen to the one he'd once called “brother” after all. Death wasn't the only punishment that the ruler of Asgard could hand down on a prisoner, and many of them would be unpleasant enough that he or she would be begging for death after a few seconds of enduring it.
The great doors to the opulent throne room opened, and Thor watched the prisoner being led in, constricted with magic-binding chains and under heavy guard. Thor could hear his mother choke back a sob- even after everything he had done, it was clear that Frigga still cared very much for her adopted son. Even he, too, had a very faint hope that somewhere, underneath the raving lunacy, some semblance of the Loki he'd grown up with was still in there somewhere.
Loki, for his part, just looked incredibly bored. “Really, not that I don't enjoy these little talks... oh wait, that's right. I lied. I don't enjoy these little talks. Can you make it quick? I'd really like to return to my cell. I was counting the specks of dust, you see. I had gotten up to three thousand and twenty-two, and now I'm going to have to start all over again.”
“Loki, please,” Frigga breathed, so softly that Thor, who was standing right next to her, had to strain to hear. Loki didn't give any indication that he'd heard her, except that his eyes did flicker briefly towards the woman he'd called “mother.”
“You would do well to hold your tongue,” Odin growled. “The only reason you are still alive is because of Frigga's intervention.”
“Mmm, yes, the guards you've assigned to my cell remind me of that daily,” Loki replied lazily, as though he really couldn't care less whether he lived or died. “Personally, I don't get the fuss. I didn't do anything that bad, really.”
“You tried to take over Midgard! You killed thousands of mortals!” Thor exploded, suddenly bursting with anger towards Loki. Such nonchalance from the man who'd attempted to enslave all of humanity!
“Only because your 'friends' insisted on fighting me!” Loki retorted. “I went to Midgard as a benevolent god, to free the mortals from the current drudgery. You cannot deny I would have been a better ruler than any of the halfwits they currently have governing them. I would make sure they were fed and well cared for, I would stop drafting their children to commit atrocities, and I wouldn't force the women into sexual congress with me. That's better than half of the so-called leaders they have now!”
“We are not gods,” Odin boomed, scowling at Loki. “We are born, and we die, like the mortals.”
“Give or take a few thousand years,” Loki replied dryly.
“ENOUGH. The reason I have called you here is because I have finally decided on your punishment. Through your actions, you have shown that you are lacking in empathy, kindness, loyalty, honesty, generosity, and most of all, you lack the ability to care for anyone except for yourself. I could give examples, but I think you know what I am talking about. As such, I have decided that you will be exiled to the realm of Equestria, to live in the house of your granddaughters until such time as they decide that you have learned those traits.”
Huh. That wasn't... that bad. Loki hadn't been expecting exile. He'd honestly thought he would have been executed, or at least tossed in the dungeon until he died of old age several thousand years later. But exile? It definitely wasn't the worst thing that could happen to him.
Then, Odin's other statements caught up with his brain. Then, he parsed the announcement of who he would be living with.
His GRANDDAUGHTERS?
He chanced a look at Thor, and the expression on the larger man's face was, pardon the pun, thunderstruck. Clearly he hadn't known anything about Loki's supposed grandchildren, either. And how was that even possible? By Aesir standards, Loki was barely out of adolescence! How could he have grandchildren already? He looked back to Odin, who had a grim little smile on his face.
“Surely you have't forgotten your own son? You do remember Sleipnir, don't you?”
Ah, Equestria.
It had been several hundred years since Sleipnir had last stopped in to see his daughters in the peaceful, candy-colored land they ruled. Unfortunately, the last time he'd come for a visit, his younger daughter had been possessed by some ancient, creeping evil that had forced the elder daughter to banish her to this realm's moon. As far as he knew, she was back now, and Celestia and Luna were sharing the throne as sisters should. They may have had different mothers, but they were royol descendants of himself, the great war horse. They were meant to rule together as the avatars of Day and Night.
He would have loved to have returned to Equestria before now, but he couldn't get away from his duties as his own grandfather's war steed. In fact, the only reason he was here now was because the Allfather had requested that he visit his daughters and let them know what would be happening. Loki, the fallen prince of Asgard, and Sleipnir's own father (or to be more precise, mother) was in need of rehabilitation. Privately, Sleipnir thought that his parent was a lost cause, beyond help, but he wasn't about to disobey a direct order from the Allfather. Besides, he wasn't complaining about the chance to go to Equestria. Quite apart from seeing his daughters, he liked being able to actually demonstrate his sapience, instead of having to pretend to be a dumb beast like he did amongst most of the Aesir.
Of course, he mused, as he approached Canterlot Castle, there were downsides to not having visited in several centuries: none of the palace guards recognized him. And, truthfully, he couldn't blame them for their alarmed reaction- an eight-legged war horse (or what the inhabitants of this realm would term an “Earth pony”) approaching would have scared any intelligent being.
So he did what anypony in such a situation would do: he strode straight up to the palace guards and said clearly, “please tell Princesses Celestia and Luna that their father is here to speak to them.”
“Um... your majesty? I am sorry to interrupt your breakfast, but there seems to be a madstallion at the palace gate,” a junior member of the Royal Guard said nervously to Princess Celestia. “Ah... he has eight legs and claims to be your father. Should I have him taken to the Royal Canterlot Psychiatric Hospital?”
Celestia set her teacup down with a clatter. “Father?! No, no, please, let him in and bring him here immediately. I must wake my sister, she hasn't seen him in a millennium.”
The guard nodded nervously, trying to take in the new information. He'd never even really contemplated the Princesses having parents. They had always just... been. But nonetheless, he went to lead the crazy eight-legged stallion into the Royal Breakfast Nook.
Luna had not been pleased to be awoken. But once Celestia explained the situation, the Princess of the Night raced downstairs to see the stallion she hadn't seen since before her banishment, squealing like a foal on Hearth's Warming Day. Sleipnir stood in front of the table, grinning. “Luna! My, how you've grown since I last saw you! And Celestia! You're looking as lovely as ever. It warms an old stallion's heart, you know, to see his little fillies together again.”
“FATHER!” Luna cried, sounding exactly like an excitable filly. “Tia said she didn't know when you'd come see us again; when I was freed from Nightmare Moon she told me that it had been four hundred years since you last came to Equestria!”
“Indeed,” Sleipnir agreed. “I had not been able to get away from my duties before now. And if I'm being honest with the two of you, it is because of duty that I am here now. I must speak with the both of you in private about a family matter.”
“Here is private enough,” Celestia said, her horn flaring a gold hue as she cast a privacy ward. “What do you mean, Father? A 'family matter?'”
Sleipnir huffed. “How much do you know about where I come from?”
“Not very much,” Luna replied. “You told us once, when we were fillies, that you come from a place where ponies don't really exist, and that the dominant species walks on two legs like Diamond Dogs, and lives for many years, like us. You told us you were very important there because you allowed their ruler to ride on your back, and that it was an honor.”
“You also told us once that you were related to the two-legged leader, but you wouldn't say how,” Celestia added. “You never mentioned any of your other family,” she continued. “We both know about our mothers, but not about your family.”
The eight-legged stallion frowned. He thought he had told them more than that, but he supposed it must have slipped his mind. The Norns knew he didn't like to talk about his immediate family much. “Very well. The land I come from is called Asgard, and it is the greatest of the Nine Realms. Equestria is not part of these Nine, but it is within the sight of Heimdall, the All-Seeing. That is how I knew to come here, to meet the mares who would become my wives, and your mothers. Odin, the Allfather, is my direct superior. He has two sons, one biological, one adopted. He is also... my grandfather.” Seeing the blank looks on his daughter's faces, he continued. “His second son, Loki, has great magical ability. Loki is, well, to be blunt about it... Loki is my mother.”
“But how is that possible?!” Luna exclaimed. “You called this Loki 'he.' A stallion cannot be a mother!”
“Well, he wasn't a stallion at the time, he was a mare, and he's not usually a pony,” Sleipnir explained. “Among his many magical talents, my mother is a shapeshifter. Unfortunately, from what I understand, after my birth he became a very warped individual- something about feeling overlooked and unappreciated, then he found out he was not Aesir, but Jotunn- the Jotnar are a different kind of two-legged being. They are also the historical enemy of the Aesir. It sent him over the edge, I suppose. Recently, he tried to take over a realm called Midgard. In the process he slaughtered over a thousand of its inhabitants.”
Both Celestia and Luna looked alarmed at this news. “Why are you telling us this, Father?” Celestia finally asked.
“Because Odin Allfather is sending him to live here with the two of you. Heimdall has seen the way that Equestrian society functions, and the Allfather believes it would be beneficial for my mother. Oh, do not look so worried,” Sleipnir added, catching a glimpse of the identical distraught expressions on the faces of his daughters. “Neither you nor your subjects will come to any harm. My mother may be insane, but he is not stupid. He is aware that this will be his last chance. If he squanders it, he will not be given another one, and will likely be executed. In fact, I am fairly certain the only reason he is getting this chance is because of the intervention of his own mother, my grandmother, if you will.” He paused, and took a deep breath. “I honestly do not care that much for him. He never paid much attention to me when I was a foal. In fact, I sometimes wonder if he even realized he'd given birth to me. But he still brought me into the world, and if there is anypony who can reform him, it is my daughters. If all goes according to plan, he will be arriving here in several hours' time. I suggest you get ready.”
“Wait! Father! You cannot just do this to us!” Luna exclaimed. “You're dropping a murderous maniac of a not-stallion who can get pregnant on us, after not seeing us for four hundred years? Why?”
The stallion sighed. “Believe me, daughter, I would not do this if I had another choice. I would rather not inflict Loki on you, at least not in his current state of mind. But the Allfather's word is law. I am just his horse, I cannot go against his wishes. However, I will try to visit you within the next few weeks to check on you, as well as on him. I will see you soon.”
He hugged his daughters goodbye, then trotted out of the palace, to a field a safe distance away. A violent beam of light shone down from the heavens, enveloping the stallion and energizing him away, leaving only a complicated sigil burned into the ground.
About an hour later, that same beam of light appeared again, this time dropping an enraged alicorn stallion none-to-gently into the middle of that same sigil. The alicorn was incredibly tall, even for an alicorn, and so thin that he appeared almost spindly. His coat was a dull green color, his mane, pitch black and tightly slicked down the back of his neck His tail was much the same as his mane. On his flank was an image of a serpent eating its own tail.
“Damn you, Heimdall! Open the Bifrost! DO NOT LEAVE ME HERE! I would rather go back to the dungeon than stay here as a horse! Send me back to Asgard, kill me if you must, but DO NOT LEAVE ME HERE TO DIE OF HUMILIATION. Open the damned Bifrost, Heimdall!”
Celestia and Luna had seen the flash from the castle and had come out to meet the stallion who was their grandmother... grandfather... whatever. What they came upon was an infuriated alicorn stallion stomping around in a circle and periodically stopping to shake his hoof and swear at the sky.
The two alicorn mares looked at each other. “So, uh, any chance you want to go introduce yourself to him?” Celestia asked.
“You first,” Luna replied dryly.
To Be Continued
Lol, Jörmungandr as Loki's cutie mark.
Considering Marvel plays fast and loose with Norse Mythology, you are forgiven. (Thor really should be a redhead)
This has potential, tracking.
ah family, can't live with them, can't throw them on and train and sell them to a mexican circus.
Love the idea of Celestia and Luna are Loki's granddauters.
Can't wait to see how Loki's first meeting with his granddaughters will go. Will the mane six be helping the princesses with Loki? How will Equestria react when they find out about Loki? Will Thor or any other marvel character show up to check on Loki?
Is anyone else absolutely terrified by this?
This concept intrigues me so much, I look forward to future chapters.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Norse mythology. Among Loki's other brats are-
1. A giant serpent large enough to encircle the entire planet, and with toxic breathe powerful enough to instantly slay a god, Jormungandr
2. The half-dead ruler of the Norse underworld, Hel
3. Most disturbingly to Celestia and Luna, the monster wolf that will devour the sun and moon at the end of the world, Fenrir.
Really, Sleipnir is one of the most benevolent members of this family.
I`m intrigued, please continu
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Yes, the mane six will be making appearances, but the focus of the story will be largely on Celestia and Luna (and of course, Loki). Also, Thor will be coming to Equestria somewhere down the line.
Thanks for reading!
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Well, as Karna said already, in the original mythology, Loki has a whole brood of monster children. Compared to a giant serpent, a giant wolf, and a half-dead, half-alive woman, an eight-legged horse is pretty benign. And indeed, in the myths, Loki is Sleipnir's mother, not his father, since he turned himself into a mare in order to distract a giant's stallion from a task. He got pregnant as a result of that incident, and a year later he gave birth to Sleipnir.
Loki's other offspring won't be appearing in this story. Since it's based on the MCU, there's no indication that Loki has his other kids at all. Even Sleipnir is a bit of a stretch, but we do see him in the first Thor movie, so I just went with it.
Thank you for reading!
I have to follow this for shits and giggiles.
I will definitely be keeping an eye on this.
Now let's be a bit fair to Loki... If YOU turned yourself into a mare, screwed a stallion, got pregnant and gave birth, would you WANT to remember that? Heck, he probably got so drunk trying to forget he gave himself brain damage...which would explain things.
Oh this is going to be good.
Yes! I haven't even read this yet, but I have been keeping an eye out for a Thor/Loki MLP fic!
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Perhaps Loki just hasn't gotten around to popping them out yet?
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True that. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually some of his other offspring show up. It would make for an interesting movie. At least, I'd watch the hell out of it.
If I hadn't already read this story, I probably wouldn't even have noticed this one. I'll be sticking this one on my read later list so I can keep an eye on it.
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Well I don't know if they ever showed up in any movies, but I do know that both Hel and Fenrir (and probably Jörmungandr as well) showed up plenty of times in the Marvel Universe, but that's mostly in the old comics. But I do know that Fenrir and Hel made an appearance in "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" which are the most resent ones I think
Even if Hel really doesn't look half-dead/half-alive
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But Fenrir is still Fenrir
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(I actually had to upload that Fenrir pic to the internet myself )
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Boom! Surprise butt sex!
This:
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And I've never been Royal, Royal...
... Apparently neither Loki nor Odin are property of marvel... Huh.
(Sorry to nitpick, but. Yeah.)
Hulk? As an Avenger, do you have something to say?
Hulk: Not race. Hulk need glasses. Hulk ready now. *cough* Hulk read puny words. Hulk no like walls. Hulk smash puny walls. But Hulk no smash puny wall of words.
What do you mean Hulk?
Hulk: Papa talks to daughters. Many words boring.
You mean like it was all just an exposition dump to get it out of the way?
Hulk: Kinda. 8 leggy pony talks to daughters, and no treat them like adults. Talks like teacher, expecting them to take it. No give time to ask questions. No time to share stories, no time to even introduce face to face.
Kinda sounds like a douche father.
Hulk: Hulk speak from experience.
Well I've learned some interesting things today...
1 the avengers film will never be the same again.
2 Norse mythology is really messed up.
3 Asgard alcohol must be some killer stuff.
I find Sleipnir extremely disappointing:
- He is the father of Celestia and Luna. As a godlike being, his mere presence should inspire awe and reverence among mortals, not "look at the crazy eight-legged stallion over there".
- Is there any reason he chose not to tell his daughters about Asgard and the Nine Realms? you know, that is pretty important stuff, specially considering the possibility of intruders from other realms.
- If Sleipnir is intelligent, why must he pretend to be nothing but a beast of burden among the Aesir? No wonder he didn´t want to tell his daughters, both princesses, that his job on the Northern God Company is of Epic Mount of the President.
... You've whut? I uh.. Think I need to go check that out...
Loki gave birth to an 8 legged horse who in turn had Celestia and Luna as kids... Sounds like Loli went on a drunk binge for a couple years.
As a huge fan of Mythology, you have my full undivided attention and i might read you other story too :3
4594921 or couple hundred years
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Welp. You sparked my interest. I just went through the thor movies last night to prepare for this
Dude must be all "Oh, crap! I just called their father a madstallion."
Dammit, Sleipnir, stop constructing sentences like that! It sounds wrong no matter how you look at it!
Wait, he came in equine form? Aw.
Well, that just makes it an "alternate universe" from the Dark World movie. Just don't let the whole world convergence happen, and wham, no problems.
Remarks and corrections:
> Thor couldn't help but internally wince..
Double period at the end.
> they were royol descendants of himself
"royal"
> “please tell Princesses Celestia and Luna that their father is here to speak to them.”
That should have a capital letter at the start, since, to the speaker, it is the start of the sentence. (Yeah, the rule is different for the start as it is for the end. Yay, English! )
Why does Loki appear in a form more closely resembling his granddaughters than his son? Are we going to get an explanation on how Sleipnir wound up with eight legs? And why his progeny have only four?
But I'm in agreement with 4579429. I know Sleipnir isn't meant to play a huge role, but it feels like you only kept him on to give a small legitimate connection between MLP and Asgard. His appearance in Canterlot was just swept under the rug! Wouldn't the guards at least be freaking out over the appearance of some dude with eight legs? And what about a physical description? Is he as tall as Celestia? Taller? Shorter?
What was the point of even mentioning that he pretends to be a dumb animal while in Asgard? A talking horse would fit in there just fine! Look at any ancient God mythologies ... Aztec, Egyptian, Greek... they have the weirdest creatures having conversation (and sexual congress).
I won't be a purists and complain about you using the movie universe instead the actual comics (labelled as Universe 616). Those things are node extensive than real life religions. But I encourage you to dive into more Norse mythology, which Thor draws from, in order for this crossover to feel more authentic. Otherwise it might end up feeling like any cliche story of some popular story showing up and dicking around in Equestria.
Oh, Norse mythology. At least you're not any more or less crazy than any other mythology.
And now I'm imagining Heimdall as a brony who spends his off time watching
My Little PonyEquestria.Heimdall: *grinning widely* This is the best thing I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot.
Thor: Hail, noble Heimdall. You seem to be having a good day.
Heimdall: I have a feeling that I shall be having a good month. I cannot wait to witness Loki meeting Pinkie Pie.
Thor: What?
Heimdall: Remind me to tell you about ponies sometime.
I had assumed Loki's granddaughter was Pinkie Pie. I thought it was odd that it was missing a "great". And that her sisters would be involved.
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Actually, the sun and moon will be eat by two different wolves, Sköll and Hati. Fenrir just eats Odin.
Interesting description! Cant wait to see if Celly and Woona's mom were either of the nearby Celtic shapeshifting Goddess mares, Epona or Rihannon...
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...Different mothers? Both of the Celtic Goddess mares?...
Art least they did not drop him in Equestria as a mare.
What about ragnarok?
Oh yeah, i forgot Loki was Slepnir's mother. Looks like grandma is paying celly and lulu a visit
This is going to be fun...