Imagine Loki is actually Frigga's biological son. During a previous battle with the frost giants, she was abducted by Laufey, who held her captive for over a year. When she was brought back to Asgard, she begged Odin to rescue her baby, who was conceived because of Laufey's attacks upon her. Odin honored her request, but never treated Loki the same as his own son, Thor. And when it came time to tell Loki the truth about who he was, Odin could not bear to tell Loki that Frigga was his real mother.

Frigga was scared to open her eyes for a long while. The last thing she remembered was the sounds of battle and men dying. She tried to hide in the small room where she was kept, but there wasn't much of an option besides squeezing herself under the bed she slept in. It was often that she heard these noises, Frost giants have short tempers and it was common for them to fight amongst themselves; it was also common for groups to rise up and try to kill the current ruler of Jotenheim and take control for themselves.

In the year she had been held captive, Frigga counted fifteen such instances, and each time Laufey had crushed his opponent without much effort; afterward he had insisted she celebrate with him.

But this time, the sounds were different and she recognized the sounds of Aesir men and the clang of their metal swords; the sound should have been exciting but conditioning made her want to hide anyway.

There was commotion outside of her room, she delved further under the bed until her body hit the wall behind her.

"I'll get the woman and take her to the temple; you are to keep the Asgardian pigs off of our trail," Laufey commanded.

Asgardian? Frigga's heart gave a jump.

The door slid open and Laufey's heavy feet made the ice below crack under his weight, "Where are you, my little fireball?" He coaxed, amusement heavy on his voice; he knew there were only so many places she could be. He sauntered over to her bed, a bit more calmly than she expected given the situation, and flipped the bed over with ease.

"There you are." He grabbed her by the arm, any more pressure and it would have been snapped in two; he had made that mistake before; the golden band that kept her from performing magic at her wrist cut into her skin as he dragged her out of the room.

She knew better than to struggle and Laufey's cold scent filled her nostrils; she wondered if this would be the last time she would smell it.

There was commotion behind her; the sound of yelling and bodies hitting the frozen water behind her were like music, but she still didn't dare to hope that she would be rescued.

She remembered thinking of her son before everything went black.

If cold and ice were the last things she smelled before the blackness the exact opposite was what she was experiencing now. Instead of the cold, hard bed that she slept on she felt warm and comfortable; familiar smells reinvigorated her cells.

Could she actually be home?

"The Allmother needs her rest; she has been through enough of an ordeal."

"Eir…You know I respect your judgement, always, but I demand you let me through to see my wife."

Odin?

Eir sighed, "Allfather…she is not—"

"You don't need to tell me what those monsters did to her. I have thought of nothing else since she was taken, prisoner. Don't you think that it doest keep me awake knowing if I had put my foot down and not let her join me in battle that she wouldn't have been taken? It was too soon after Thor was born. I should never have allowed it. So I know she is not the woman that was taken from me. But she is home now, and I will see her."

The healer was silent for a few moments, "You need to prepare yourself, my Lord."

"What do you mean?"

"It seems," Eir cleared her throat, "It seems Queen Frigga had just recently…given birth."

Frigga's eyes flew open.

Loki…

The doors burst open and Odin's massive body filled the doorway, "Frigga." He rushed to her side and took her hand in his. It took a moment for her to get used to the warm contact.

"Where's my son?" Frigga asked, looking around him.

"Eir didn't think it would be good for Thor to be in the healing ward."

"No," She shook her head, "Not Thor."

"Frigga, Thor is your son."

"I need to go back."

"What?"

"I need to go back."

"Frigga, what are you talking about? You are home now!"

"Did you find a baby? When you and your men found me, did you find a baby?"

"No."

"I need to go back." Frigga struggled to sit up and get out of bed.

"This is why I didn't want her to have visitors." Eir bustled taking a calming potion out of her pocket.

"No! I need to go back and get my baby!"

Eir administered the potion and waited for it to kick in, but Frigga fought, refusing to close her eyes again.

"You have to go back and get my baby."

"Frigga…why? All it would serve you is to have the constant reminder of what happened to you."

Frigga refused to listen, "You can't leave Loki there with him…bring him back!"