Enchanted, Part 3

In order to break Sif’s spirit, Loki and Amora the Enchantress tricked her into obtaining the Mirror of Mycha. It is a mystical object that makes whoever looks into it fall in love with the person holding it. Sif intended to use it on Thor, only to have the Enchantress steal it from her and use it instead. As Thor kisses the Enchantress, Sif can only tearfully watch as she has been incapacitated by one of Amora’s spells. Loki then appears and gloats over pulling off such a cruel trick before freeing Sif from the immobility spell and teleporting away.

By this point, Amora and Thor have finished kissing. Unaware that he is under a spell, he professes his love to the Enchantress. Amora pretends to be humble about his “revelation” until Sif tackles her to the ground. However, before Sif can pummel Amora, Thor stops her. When Sif attempts to accuse the Enchantress of using magic against Thor, she is reminded how she instigated this situation. If it came down to punishment, Sif herself would find herself in the hot seat as well. This is enough to force Sif to remain silent for a moment.[1] She then admits that Amora won this round and walks away without another word. When Thor asks what that was all about, the Enchantress tells him not to worry about it.

Observing everything that transpired is Brunnhilda who finds Thor’s sudden reactions to the Enchantress totally suspicious. She also finds something interesting about some cloth that Amora dropped on the ground while making out with Thor. She brings it to Sif who is crying by a fountain and shows it to her. Sif tells her that it was what the pouch used to cover the Mirror of Micha. She then fills Brunnhilda in on how she was tricked into obtaining the mirror on the hopes of using it on Thor herself before being betrayed by Loki and Amora. She admits that she let her emotions get the better of her and that’s how she got tricked. Brunnhilda can empathize, saying love is a powerful thing that even the greatest warriors cannot conquer. She also thinks that while Sif lost the initial battle, the war is not over, and promises to help her break Amora’s spell over Thor. Thinking over their next move, Sif figures Loki and Amora will need to return the mirror before Odin discovers it is missing, and that they’ll need the pouch they carelessly discarded to do that. Now they have a bargaining chip to use, and also begin thinking of ideas of how to leverage that for some retribution as well.

Elsewhere, Amora is having Thor profess his undying devotion to her. However, despite the fact that he is under the spell of the Mirror of Mycha, he hesitates when asked if he still feels anything for Sif. That’s when Amora sees a written message on the wall, reminding her that they still have work to do and she quickly departs, telling Thor that she’ll be right back.

When Amora returns to Loki, they realize that the pouch for the mirror was dropped and they need to find it. That’s when Sif and Brunnhilda enter the room and reveal that they have it. Sif offers to return it in exchange for undoing the spell on Thor. Both Loki and Amora refuse to do so and soon a fight breaks out between the two sides. Although Loki and Amora are skilled sorcerers, their magic is no match for the battle training both Sif and Brunnhilda have undergone and they are quickly incapacitated and the mirror recovered. The commotion of their battle attracts the attention of Thor who comes in to find out what all the ruckus is all about. Thor is annoyed to see Sif fighting again and wonders if he should call upon his father, Odin, to deal with this. That’s when Brunnhilda smashes the Mirror of Mycha. In doing so, the spell over Thor is immediately broken as well. Thor isn’t surprised that Amora used magic to try and enthrall him but he is deeply disappointed to learn that Sif was willing to use the mirror on him as well. Furious, he storms off, telling both women to leave him alone.

A few days later, Sif is looking at her hair in the mirror when there is a knock at the door.[2] It is Queen Frigga, wife of Odin and mother to Thor. She had come in the hopes of speaking with Sif before she went to school for the day. She starts by saying that all is forgiven about the Mirror of Mycha incident and she understands how upset Sif is that Amora had stolen Thor’s first kiss. She has come to tell Sif that a kiss taken or given under magic doesn’t really count because once the spell is broken all memory of that experience are quickly forgotten.

Later that day she meets with Thor to apologize for her foolishness. She also takes the opportunity to kiss him. It is a small peck on the lips but Thor then pulls her in for a hug, the two happy and relieved that they can finally express their emotions for one another.

Recurring Characters

Thor, Sif, Valkyrie, Loki, Enchantress, Frigga

Continuity Notes

1. It is mentioned here that Sif had an earlier brawl with Brunnhilda, that happened last issue. That was also the same issue where Sif obtained the Mirror of Mycha.

2. Sif’s fixation on her hair stems from the fact that she used to have blonde hair (like Brunnhilda and Amora) until it was cut off by Loki. While the trickster replaces the hair he cut, it turned black as night and Sif has felt like an outcast ever since. This was explained last issue, and has been told elsewhere. The first time Sif’s change in hair colour was told was back in Thor Annual #11 (albeit in a number of contradicting ways).