You woke to the feel of magic in the air. You were terrified for a moment that this was a nightmare since you didn't remember Loki spelling you to sleep. You had fallen asleep in a pile of bodies, pillows, and blankets. You sat up, earning a grumble from Pepper when she was moved. You sighed in relief. Pepper and your super friends wouldn't be in a nightmare from Balder. You made your way to your feet, still looking for where the feel of magic was coming from. You shook Loki awake, surprised he was sleeping through it. His eyes snapped open when you shook him. He jumped to his feet too once he felt the magic. You stepped around the bodies of your friends to the other end of the common room where the feel of magic was coming from.

An instant later a portal opened in front of you. You drew a dagger and a fireThor in an instant. Loki had a dagger and a bolt of magic ready too. A figure stepped through the portal. It was Thor. You and Loki both vanished your weapons the moment you realized it was him. You hugged Thor the second the portal snapped shut behind him. /Thor! What are you doing here?/ Thor swung you around, like he hadn't seen you in ages, even though it had only been a day.

"Mother sent me to spend the day with you. She said today is your actual birthday, and sent you with a gift," Thor explained, setting you back on your feet. He then hugged Loki and swung him around too. Loki's curses and your laughter woke your friends.

Most of them groggily greeted Thor and filed off to their own beds to finish out the night there. It was only around 3am. Tony and Pepper stayed with us, though. "Pepper, you can go up to bed," Tony told Pepper, who was being carried by Tony. Pepper's tail was dragging almost to the floor. Pepper just made a small mewing noise and shifted more comfortably in Tony's arms. Tony just sighed.

"What gift did Mother send you with?" Loki asked Thor, curious. Neither of you asked how Frigga had known. She could see the future after all, and always seemed to find the exact thing people needed at any given moment.

"A spell that I am not allowed to share with you, Brother," Thor answered, though hesitantly. It was rare for Loki not to be allowed to learn new magic. "It has been cast, it just needs one final thing to activate. It is also only for today," he explained. "Sister, may I have a dagger?" Thor asked pleasantly. You handed yours to him without a thought. It was Thor after all.

"Blood magic?" Loki demanded indignantly. Blood magic was not allowed. It was outlawed on Asgard and Loki wasn't even allowed to learn it.

Thor shrugged. "I do not presume to understand such things," Thor hedged. He looked to me. "Mother's gift is for your voice. For the day. She is close to finding a proper cure. I volunteered to help. I wish to spend your birthday with you, little sister," you nodded and gave him a hug. "Please do not deny Mother's gift. She would be quite disappointed." You nodded again, but knew that there was a price to it, if he was telling you not to deny it. He was wisely not telling you what it was. He knew you too well.

"Brother, no. Blood magic is forbidden," Loki protested firmly.

"Mother has insisted," Thor replied. Before Loki could protest again, Thor grabbed your wrist, flipping your hand over to see your palm. You bit back a noise of pain when he dragged the dagger across the skin of your palm. Tony and Loki both hissed in anger and took a step forward. Thor quickly sliced his own palm open, then placed his bleeding hand on top of yours so your blood mixed. He murmured one word, softly enough that Loki wouldn't be able to hear it. You felt and saw the magic flare. Thor nodded when the magic faded.

"It's...done?" you asked hesitantly, your voice cracking slightly with disuse. No one passed out. None of them were bleeding from their ears. You leapt for Thor and wrapped your arms around his neck. "Thank you!" you exclaimed.

Loki came over to the pair of you. "That was stupid, Thor," he commented. "Children, let me see your hands," he ordered. You both held out your still bleeding palms. It wasn't like Loki to call you children. He must've been really upset.

You saw Thor's glare and caught his thoughts. You're one to talk, little brother. Thor didn't have telepathy, but he grew up with at least two telepaths, and had learned to communicate with them, the same was you had when you didn't have powers of your own.

Loki healed your palms, while you looked at Thor confused. "Why-?"

"He took the power himself for the day," Loki explained grumpily.

"Thor!" you yelled. "You shouldn't have done that!"

We wanted to give you a happy birthday, little sister. Just accept the gift and say 'thank you'. It is just for one day. Thor replied with a grin.

You bit back your emotions and nodded. You stood up on your toes to kiss him on the cheek. "Thank you," you told him softly.

"How do you get her to do that?" Tony demanded. You all looked at him confused. "She's so...compliant," you glared at him for that.

"Thor has some bad habits that make arguing with him unwise," you replied grumpily.

"You will have to enlighten me before you go home," Tony told Thor with respect in his voice.

"No!" You and Loki exclaimed at the same time. Thor just grinned. He then swept over and the next moment, you and Loki had been thrown over his shoulders. "Thor!" You complained, pounding on his back. He didn't let us down. Tony howled with laughter.

"Don't you dare!" you ordered Tony, who you could see get the same idea. You saw Pepper taking pictures from Tony's arms and couldn't help but laughing at what an amusing sight this was. Thor carried you upstairs. Tony followed behind, at least to his floor, carrying Pepper with him. Thor had been here plenty of times before and knew where your suites were. There were still a few hours before your birthday celebrations officially began, so Thor wanted you to sleep before them. Like that was going to happen. He set you on our feet outside of your suite's door. He gestured to Loki's suite across the hall. "Yes, you can stay in Loki's suite. He'll stay with me," you answered his question. He nodded and went to get a few more hours of sleep.

You and Loki went into your sitting room and closed the door firmly behind you. You wrapped your arms around his neck and wouldn't stop whispering how much you love him for a good ten minutes at least. He held you tightly to him. "I love you too, darling," he finally answered with a smile in his voice when your whispers had paused.

"Sorry, I missed being able to say that to you,"

He chuckled. "Darling, you never have to apologize for telling me that you love me," he replied. "Should I even bother trying to convince you to get some rest?" he asked with loving exasperation.

You shook your head. "No," you replied, pleasantly.

"Then what would you like to do?" he asked instead. You stood up on your toes and kissed him. Well. "You do come up with the very best plans," he purred. You giggled and spent the next few hours between kissing and talking. You had missed this part of your relationship so much. You'd had kisses, of course, but the late night chats were a lot harder when one of you couldn't actually speak.

Tony burst into your sitting room, where Loki and you were sitting on the couch talking later that morning. It was still early, though. He had a balloon and a stuffed animal with him. He also had Pepper and Thor trailing behind him. "Happy birthday!" Tony announced, echoed by Pepper. you jumped up and hugged him.

"Thanks so much," you replied, hugging each of them in turn.

"Get dressed, imp. It's time to get going," Tony grinned. You laughed and used magic to change your clothes to jeans, a dark green sweater, and your converse because you still loved them. You made sure your jewelry was in place, the two bracelets from Loki, the necklace of your mom's that we had saved from the fire with a silent apology to Sif that you weren't wearing her necklace, and the promise ring from Loki. You also made sure your dagger sheath was securely in place. You didn't go anywhere without it. You looked over at Loki. He had conjured outfits for himself and Thor. Thor was in jeans, a t-shirt and a red flannel shirt over it. It was strange to see Thor in Earth clothes, but they looked good on him. Loki was in jeans and an elegant sweater over a button-down shirt. Pepper was wearing a hat to hide the fact that she still had cat-ears. She had at least managed to vanish her tail. She still had trouble with her powers some days. "Imp, do you mind if Pepper comes with us today?" Tony asked nervously.

You shook your head. "Not at all. She's always welcome," you replied with a smile. Both Tony and Pepper lit up. Tony wrapped his arm around your shoulders. Yours automatically went around his waist. You walked that way downstairs and out to Tony's car. Thor, Pepper, and Loki were following behind.

The five of you went to the tiny hole in the wall breakfast place that had the best pancakes. Tony took you there every year on your birthday. The people that owned the place already had a table set up for us with balloons on it. You and Tony had been famous before your parents died. They were billionaires after all and did a lot for public works and were famous for it. You only got more famous when your parents died and Tony was outed as Ironman. You got even more popular when you became a super too.

You liked the restaurant. They always kept the reporters and fans away from you whenever you came. They recognized that a lot of the supers came to eat there, but they never outed anyone and never complained about how many pancakes you ate.

They quickly rearranged the table when they realized there were more than just you and Tony today. You were patient with them and thanked them immensely for making the adjustment. You and Tony were nothing but polite. Your parents would have killed you from beyond the grave if you weren't.

"Off the record, as usual dears, but how many supers are we feeding today?" the owner asked.

You laughed. "All of us," you replied with a smile. Loki and Thor weren't technically supers, but for the purpose of her question they counted. She wanted to know exactly how many of their pancakes you were going to eat.

The answer was all of them.

The owners never got annoyed with you, no matter how many pancakes you ate. You cheered at every new round and gave them constant praise. Also this was a once-yearly event and you brought them in a lot of business. You also paid a ridiculous amount of money, though they only ever tried to charge you for one order.

After breakfast, you went to the amusement park and arcade in the mall. You all acted like children, but it was so much fun. You did this every year too. You wandered the shops and Loki had to carry your bags. Tony had to carry Pepper's. Both boys looked so put-upon. Loki vanished the bags after the shopping was over. Tony was grateful he didn't have to lug everything back to the car and actually gave Loki a smile.

The next stop was the hardest of the day, but it was also the most important. You held Tony's hand while he drove you to the cemetery. You all lugged the picnic blanket, basket of food, alcohol for dad, and flowers for mom up to their graves.

"Hey! You kids can't play around here!" A security guard yelled as you climbed up toward their graves. You passed the flowers to Loki and Tony handed the bottle of alcohol to Thor. You were the best ones to take care of this without trouble. You walked down to the security guard. You touched Tony's hand. He nodded and let you take an extra step forward, so you were the focus. This time.

"I apologize for any inconvenience, sir," you told the security guard with all of the innocent politeness you could manage. You were good and well practiced at this act. "My Uncle Tony and I just came to visit my parents, Eugene and Marilyn Stark. We promise we will not cause any trouble," you added with a radiant smile.

The guard looked you over. "Iron Man and Lady Sigyn," he finally said. Apparently 'lady' got added to your superhero name by the press. They must've been Avengers movie fans. You both nodded at his recognition. "I'm sorry for bothering you. We've been getting a lot of kids loitering here recently. I'll let security know to leave you alone," he added. You nodded again and thanked him, before walking back up to catch up with the others.

"Where did that act come from?" Tony asked.

You laughed in reply. "Just because you don't believe the innocent little girl act, doesn't mean security doesn't," you replied with a grin.

"Imp,"

"Silver tongue," you replied innocently. Tony chuckled and Loki laughed.

You took the flowers back from Loki and you finished your walk up to your parents' graves. The other three hung back when you and Tony went to greet your parents first. You used magic to clear off their graves and set the flowers in front of mom's. "Hi mom, hi dad. I'm sorry we haven't been to visit recently. Things have been busy, but we're doing such good work protecting the city," you started. You heard the ruffle of pages behind you and saw Loki with the spellbook. "Need help?" you asked. He shook his head. He had used this spell before, so you knew what he was planning. You also knew he had ended up unconscious for several hours after he held it too long on his own.

"This is a single caster spell," he answered as he distractedly flipped through the pages.

"Darling, we're soulbond, remember? I can give you power without affecting the spell," you reminded him, overly patiently. He looked up at you, shocked that you had remembered, or knew that piece of information. He gave you a small smile.

"Very well, but just a little," he relented. You went over to him and took his left hand in yours. With a bit of focus, you could donate some of your power to him through the soulbond. He smiled and recited the spell, bringing your parents back to corporeal form for the afternoon. You kissed him lightly in thanks, then ran for your parents.

You babbled at them for several minutes while Loki, Pepper, and Thor set out the picnic. Once you stepped back for air, they approached. "Mom, Dad, you remember Loki?" you asked when Loki stepped up. He bowed over your mom's hand to kiss her knuckles, then shook you dad's hand.

"It is a pleasure to see you again," he greeted them. They both replied how good it was to see him again and that they were glad the trouble back home was over.

"Loki's brother Thor has come to town for the day. He came by to say hi to you last time we were here,"

"We remember," mom cut you off before you could continue babbling. "It's nice to see you in person," Thor stepped up to kiss her knuckles too.

"Sorry, mom. Thor can't talk today..." you briefly explained about Thor and the curse. Your mom reached up to touch his cheek.

"Thank you for your sacrifice today on our daughter's behalf. It is nice to know there are others looking after her. She's always so busy looking after everyone else that you know she forgets to take time for herself,"

"Mom~" you groaned, rolling your eyes. Loki, Thor, and Tony all laughed at you.

"And the infamous Pepper Potts," your mom said as she greeted Pepper.

You enjoyed your picnic lunch. The boys all shared the bottle of alcohol with dad. We chatted all afternoon, catching your parents up on what they'd missed since you had visited last.

Is this a common tradition on Earth? To have a picnic at a gravesite? you heard Thor's question.

"No, it's not typical to have a picnic at a gravesite," you answered, speaking directly to him, but repeating his question so everyone would know what had been asked. "I'm weird. Always have been. I was just a kid when they died." Really, you had been 13, but you knew that was just a kid. That was a lot of innocence ago. "I insisted that they could hear me and from there we got to having picnics here while Uncle Tony and I talked to them. It's really unusual. Usually people just visit for a couple minutes, say a prayer, and leave," you added.

"You're chatty today," Tony commented.

You glared at him and stuck your tongue out. "I haven't had a voice in weeks. Let me enjoy it," you grumbled at him.

He laughed at me.

"Children," you mom said in a warning tone. You laughed, but it was nostalgia of hearing that word in that tone again. Your mom turned to you and Loki. "So, when are you two getting married?" she asked.

You blushed and looked away. "Mom! He hasn't even asked yet!" you protested. "Don't put him on the spot," you grumbled. Loki would ask when he was ready. You were sure he would be planning some extremely romantic gesture for it too. "Besides, by his world's standards, we're already married," you reminded her, showing her the soulbond marks on your arm.

"Yes, but by our world's you're not. I would like to be able to see my daughter happily married," your mom replied.

You sighed and rolled your eyes.

"It will happen, Lady Stark," Loki replied formally, pulling you closer to him long enough for him to kiss the top of your head.

"Bother Uncle Tony and Pepper about getting married then," you grumbled.

"We will when we're ready," Tony protested while Pepper turned red and hid her face in Tony's shoulder.

You had another hour before you noticed Loki getting too pale, felt that his power levels were too low. He nodded when he caught that you were looking. "Apologies, darling, but I cannot hold the spell any longer. It is time to say your goodbyes," he confirmed. You gave him a kiss before you and Tony stood so you could say your goodbyes properly. There were tears all around, but everyone said goodbye and Loki's spell ended.

"Thor, make sure Loki stays on his feet. That spell packs more of a punch than he likes to admit," you called to Thor. You used magic to clean up your picnic, and you and Tony made sure the flowers on your mom's grave were neat and you dad had one last drink poured out for him. You and Tony said one last goodbye before you turned to leave with the others.

"I'm fine, Thor!" Loki kept grumbling at Thor, who did not take your orders as they were said, but instead had thrown Loki over his shoulder. At least Loki hadn't passed out this time.

Tony drove you to ice cream after the cemetery in an attempt to cheer everyone up. Loki was asleep, using Thor's shoulder as a pillow before you had even left the cemetery. You turned around from the front seat, smiled, and took a picture. Your soulbond was absolutely adorable.

Your ice cream was subdued. It was always hard after you visited your parents. Loki pretended not to be as asleep on his feet as he was. That spell was really draining. You grinned at him and lifted his left hand. He wasn't paying attention to what you was doing, which was typical, as long as it was you messing with him. You placed your lips to the soulbond marks on the back of his hand and felt the pulse of magic and energy in the soulbond. Loki gave you a look, but it turned quickly into an exasperated smile when he realized you'd fed him magic. You enjoyed your ice cream, and by the end everyone was joking and laughing again.

You returned to the compound for more ice cream and cake with our super family. Tom and Kelly met us at the door. "Fury said your party was being held here tonight," Tom greeted you.

"It is. I'm glad you guys could come," you told them. You reached out a hand. "Sorry, Fury said I have to hold your phones until you leave. He's very particular about what pictures can be taken inside the tower." They both handed over their phones to you without complaint. You had to explain quickly how Thor was taking the curse for you for today so you could enjoy your birthday. You and Loki gave them a tour of the tower, including places the cameras had never been allowed, like your suite, Loki's suite, and the infirmary. Thor came with you. Tony and Pepper went to go do...something. You weren't sure you wanted to know what it was.

"Kat? Can you spare a second for a healing?" Julia asked when you entered the infirmary. "I know it's your birthday..." she hedged. "But this kid's in bad shape,"

You looked over at Tom and Kelly. "You guys don't mind, right? You can watch," you added. They shook their heads. You had the feeling they were both excited to see magic up close. You rolled up your sleeves. "Where is he?" you asked Julia.

"Bay 1. Claire is with him," you nodded, your back straightening automatically. This was your zone and you were used to being in charge here. You led the way to the emergency bay where the battered preteen lay in the bed. "Thor, don't let Loki try to help," you called over your shoulder. "What happened?" you demanded of Claire.

"He jumped from the Metropolis building. Second one today. Fantasia caught the first one, this kid wasn't so lucky," Claire answered. You nodded and called up the healing magic. Both of your hands glowed blue when you did. You took a breath and placed both hands on the kid. He was in awful shape and should have been very very dead.

"Kat, let me help," Loki ordered, struggling against Thor who was holding him away from the bedside. Tom and Kelly were both watching in awe as the kid's bones healed, his wounds sealing shut as they did. "Thor, get off me," Loki grumbled. You tuned him out. He was already drained from earlier. Besides, you could handle this. You healed the kid completely.

"Make sure Fury gives him hell for jumping off the building," you told Claire.

"We always do," she replied. "Thanks, Kat. Go enjoy your birthday," she and Julia both shooed you from the infirmary before another emergency could come in. Loki had gotten free of Thor and wrapped an arm around your waist.

"I'm fine, Lo," you told him, smiling up at him.

"You should have let me help," he replied grumpily.

"You drained too much of your power already today," you countered. He sighed and kissed the top of your head as you walked back to the common room.

You had cake, ice cream, and pizza with your friends and family. Then came presents. As per usual, you received mostly books from your friends. Tony gave you a signed copy of the first Harry Potter book. It even had a personalized note from the author in them. "How did you get this?" you asked as you fangirled over the book.

"Made a few calls. Being a famous superhero opens some doors," he shrugged, but was pleased by your reaction.

"It doesn't compare," Tom said apologetically as he pulled out his wrapped present. You opened it to find a DVD, one of those recordable ones.

You grinned at him. "Is this what I think it is?" you asked. He nodded. Your grin only grew. It was the next Avenger's movie, the one they had been shooting at the tower. "How'd you get this so fast?"

"They've been working on it for months. We just came back to film a couple additional scenes they threw in at the last minute," he explained.

"I have a feeling you're going to like the rest of tonight's activities," you told him with a mischievous grin.

"I am sure I will," he replied. Thor and Loki had already given you their gifts. There was only one left.

You picked it up and opened it and turned about ten different shades of red when you had to pull the item out of the box. It was lingerie. A whole shit-ton of lingerie. "Who-?" you managed to get out. Nat was the one laughing her head off. "Nat!" you yelled indignantly.

"Your boyfriend deserves for you to have nice things!" she protested innocently, while Tony pretended he was going to throttle her. You couldn't help laughing, but vanished the box quickly up to your bedroom.

"C'mon, Kat! Time for movies!" the kids called once the laughter had died down.

"Have you seen Superhero Musical?" you asked Tom and Kelly as you all made your way over to the TV. You and Loki got the loveseat of honor. There was another loveseat moved over for Tom and Kelly, since they were guests. Everyone else settled on couches, pillows and beanbags in front of the TV.

"No, we haven't," Tom replied.

"You're in for a treat," you replied with a grin. The movie started and both Tom and Kelly were laughing about five minutes in when the entire crowd of supers around them started singing along.

"I never knew the Avengers were like this," Tom said after the movie, when he had listened to you all evening hanging out like normal teens and young adults.

"Not everyone sees this side of us, but we're people too," you replied, while Clint swapped out the movies. "I apologize in advance for this," you told Tom. You knew what movie was next. Tom laughed when he realized what it was.

About thirty minutes into the movie Nat paused the movie and the entire crowd stared at Loki and Tom. "Why are they staring at me?" Tom asked you nervously.

You sighed. "They want you to say the line,"

"Both of them!" the crowd called.

"Have it be a contest!"

"Sig! Make them do it!"

You laughed and got to your feet. "C'mon boys, you heard them," you hauled Loki to his feet. "You first, you're prepared for this." you told him. You shoved him toward the table that was always his stage. He used magic to change his clothes to the Loki costume, including the golden horned helmet and stepped up on the table to deliver the line.

"I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose. Kneel before me," he hesitated for a moment. "I said KNEEL!" he bellowed. The crowd roared in approval and applause. Loki stepped down from the table and bowed to Tom. You pulled Tom to his feet next, Kelly shoved him up too.

"Would you like the costume too?" you asked, offering Tom a hand. He hesitated, but fun won out. He nodded. You used magic to summon the costume on him. He stepped up on the table to deliver the line for the crowd as well. You took plenty of pictures of both Lokis, especially when your Loki stepped back up on the table so they could deliver the line at the same time. It was hilarious.

The crowd determined it was a tie on who performed better. Both Loki and Tom took a bow and returned to their seats, the magic fading from their clothes as they did so they were back in normal clothes.

You walked Tom and Kelly out of the tower after the Avenger's movie and gave them their phones back. You sent them the pictures from your phone that they were allowed to have and thanked them again for coming.

The second they were gone, you put in the new DVD Tom had given you so you could all get an early viewing of the new Avengers movie. You all laughed and cheered when you and Loki were on screen during the couple of scenes you had helped out with. Including the kiss scene.

After that movie, Loki swept you up into his arms and carried you upstairs to cheers from the crowd, and a glare from Tony, so you could enjoy the last hours of Frigga's gift with kisses and conversation with Loki.