AN: As cool as Marvel is, none of it belongs to me and the only profit I gain is your enjoyment. Constructive criticism is welcome but hate mail will just feed my chimney. Thank you!
Love of a Mother
I sat there trying to appear nonchalant when in reality I could feel my heart speeding up in apprehension. I only had one shot at this, and everything depended on Thor's gullibility. I could see the doubt on his face, he knew that my mother had always been the only one I cared for but now was not the time for me to falter. "I don't think your mother has that much time for you to make up your mind so I would hurry up."
The glare he presented me with would've made Tyr himself back away but all I did was give him a mocking grin. Suddenly the barrier that was separating us fell away as he started walking away.
"Let's go."
I followed, knowing that that was as much consent Thor's pride would allow. Once again we were walking side by side just like in the old times and yet I knew that nothing would ever be like back then.
'This same hallway used to be where I would chase after Thor hoping that he would take me with him.'
*
A scrawny looking boy with jet black hair ran as fast as his legs could carry as he tried to catch up to a blond boy that was running ahead of him.
"Wait for me brother! I want to go play with you guys too!" The smaller boy sounded out of breath as he started falling behind before he finally tripped and lost track of the blond boy.
*
I was brought out of my musings as we reached the healer's wing. I could see the All-Father pacing ahead of us before he looked up at our approach. He narrowed his eyes as they focused on me, "I take it Thor has told you what has happened."
I gave him a curt nod. "Yes he has but before I do anything I have asked for some conditions." I felt Thor tense up beside me as I pressed forward. "In exchange for Frigga's life, I shall be granted a full pardon and my magic will be restored to me without any binds of myself or it to Asgard and its King." My nails dug into my hands as I tried to control my expression and give nothing away. The All-Father turned a rather amusing shade of red as my request processed through his head.
"You would dare use your mother's precarious situation for your own gain?! She, who is the only reason you were not sentenced to death?!" That last accusation struck closer to home than either of them will know but I managed to grace Odin with a grin before replying.
"You can scream until you are blue in the face All-Father but as amusing as it is, I hardly think that your beloved wife has that much time left. So do we have a deal?"
Odin's face went through a myriad of expressions before it settled on grim resignation and I smiled in triumph. "Very well. If you can save Frigga you will be pardoned and your magic fully restored."
I gave him a curt nod and strode past him. Into a room where they held my mother. The healers stepped aside as I approached her bedside. I held her hand in my own as I let my seidr flow through her body trying to reveal what kind poison was killing her.
*
It was several hours before all the poison had been cleaned out. I looked down at my arm as the poison I had taken into my own body burned through my veins. I gritted my teeth as I watched my Aesir glamour fall away to reveal my Jotun heritage. The poison that Frigga had been injured was very fatal to the Vanir, while an Aesir could probably walk away alive from such a wound, there away nothing that could be done for the Vanir. Only by cleaning out her blood with mine would she stand a chance, since frost giants were much more resilient to poisons. Such practice had been banned many years ago however due to the level magic required to perform such a feat, many have died in the attempt, but for Frigga I would do anything, because no matter how much I tried to deny it, she was my mother.