Preface: A Mother's Tale

Frigga loved her sons. It didn't matter that she had never carried them within her, blood had nothing to do with her love and devotion to them. They were just as much her children as any born of her womb. It was for this reason that Frigga sought to find a way to heal Loki and set him once again on the right path. The path that would lead him home.

Seeing how much Jane had changed Thor, Frigga realized that all Loki needed was the love of a good woman. She would find a young maid, and set her youngest son's sights on her. And in time Loki's heart would open and he would be much changed. The problem lie in where to find such a woman that would capture and retain her son's heart?

Seeing a trinket that her oldest, Thor, had once brought her, a thought came to her. Her husband, Odin, had sent their sons away. To the realm of Midgard, where Thor was to watch over his brother while he made amends to the mortals.

There, her oldest, had claimed a mortal woman. She was a lady of both mind and valor, a woman that would suit Asgard well. And in that mortal's midst was a young maid, strong of heart with a clever tongue that she used well. A more perfect mate for Loki she would not find in all the nine realms.

But what of her son? Loki was stubborn, she had known him to stand under the rain for no other reason than he had sworn to do so when others had bid him not to. Should he hear of her plan he would surely recoil, refuse to give the maid a chance no matter what his heart would say.

A plan would have to be devised, to circumvent any protest her son would have. A memory came to Frigga then. There was an elixir brewed, kept inside of a golden bottle. It's liquid was thick and sweet as honey, and when drank would bind the drinker's heart to whomever they first laid sight upon.

Loki had once given the potion to Sif at the Midsummer's Feast, setting the Shieldmaiden's heart upon Odin. She recalled that the sweet Honeydew had the ability to change the heart permanently should not it's antidote be given within a seven-day.

Such a brew would solve all her problems. Thankfully she knew her son well, for when she stole inside his chambers, there rested a golden bottle, hidden away behind a stack of books. The Honeydew within glimmering with captured sunlight when she raised it to the light.

With the bottle in hand, she bid her handmaiden to follow her. Once in the privacy of her boudoir, she gave the brew to the woman, directing her to travel to Midgard and place the Honeydew in the wine of the Prince and quickly return. She was not to inform anyone of her deeds, for all would be reveled in time.

With the handmaiden on her way, Frigga smiled. All that was left to do was wait. Soon both her sons would return to Asgard, and with them their brides.

Author's Note: Ok this is not going to be a very long story at all. Ten chapters including this one. Anyway, this was a plot bunny that wouldn't leave me alone. I had been watching A Midsummer Night's Dream, as I do most every day of spring and summer every year, and I had been working on OTEOM, and I had this idea, why not do a sort of Thor version of the play? So, this happened. This is not really a retelling of the play, though it is inspired of it.

Just like with OTEOM I have the entire story plotted out chapter by chapter, so it shouldn't take me all that long to get chapters out. The next one should be posted in a day or two and we will get to see our four lovers. So everyone knows and is assured, in the end it will be Loki/Darcy and Thor/Jane.

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