Shield-Maiden
Part 1
Disclaimer: This is an idea born through a chat at the Lauriver Discord that White Wolf is kindly allowing me to try my hand at so don't be surprised if you see his own take at some point. Set after Laurel's death in season 4.
Summary: After dying, Laurel's given a unique choice. But first, she has to deal with the fact she's dead before she can even be given it.
Understandably, Laurel was perplexed and worried as she hadn't expected to be standing on an endless green field filled with pieces of armor and weaponry here and there after dying in the hospital as dark clouds covered the sky. Thunder booming and Lightning arcing across the sky and looking like it might even rain at any minute. "Be at ease, Child." Came a female voice that instantly made her look in the direction of its source.
Said source coming from a rather stunningly beautiful woman dressed in a cloak made out of feathers from some sort of Bird. The other thing that was rather noticeable about this woman was the rather frighteningly large Boar at her side. "Who, who are you?"
"I am known as either Freyja or Frigg, young Dinah, Queen of the Norse Pantheon of Gods and Goddesses and wife of Odin. And I have come to you with an offer."
"Is this some trick of Damien Darhk's?" She asked suspiciously while preparing for a fight with the stranger in front of her.
Even if she was likely to lose but she would do her damnedest to fight the woman and her Boar. Laurel watched as a displeased look appeared on the woman's face at the mention of Damien Darhk. "A trick of that Abomination to Life itself? I think not, Child!" Declared Freyja.
Thunder cracking across the sky, almost as if it was reacting to her for that matter. Seconds later would see Laurel finding herself in what appeared to be a dining room of some sort and witnessing several individuals give a bow to the woman who claimed herself to be a Norse Goddess. "HAIL! THE BLACK CANARY!" Boomed a male voice from behind her.
"HAIL! THE BLACK CANARY!" Called out a great many others and forcing Laurel to cover her ears at the thunderous yells.
Yells that Freyja herself added too before speaking to her once more. "Welcome, young Dinah, to the Mead Hall of Sessrumnir in the land of Folkvangr."
"I…" Began Laurel but couldn't find the words to speak and Freyja smiled a kind yet sad smile at her.
"Though I've an offer for you, young Dinah, I see that you need time to come to grips with everything. Here, I shall take you to a room so that you may have some time to yourself to deal with what happened to your Mortal self on Midgard."
Numbly, Laurel said nothing and was gently taken to a room and there she stayed for a time. Processing everything while a young woman periodically checked on her. Eventually, though she was unsure how much time had passed, Laurel finally began to cry. Not even registering for the longest time that she was being held by Freyja herself as she did so. And when she finally did speak, Laurel again was unsure how much time had passed in this place. For it could have been days, weeks, months, or even years since she had come here after dying in that hospital room. "I… I need some water." Came her hoarse voice.
Her throat painfully dry but thankfully that was soon taken care of as she greedily drank the refreshing and cold water. "Here, some Sup for you as well as I imagine you are hungry, young Dinah."
Hesitantly, Laurel began to eat but the hesitancy didn't last as she frantically consumed what she'd been given. And once that was done, the Lawyer and Vigilante found her eyes growing heavy and it was something Freyja easily took notice of. "Rest, child. And once you've done so, we shall talk." Gently said the woman and rest Laurel did.
Author's Notes: I was going to include the offer portion but it didn't seem right to do just yet.