Loki’s children were his life’s breath; the one soul who
had ever shown the God of Mischief kindness was his own
adoptive mother. To bear Sleipnir, Fenrir, Jormungandr,
and Hela, to nurse and counsel them, and above all to protect
them regardless of the pints of blood that Loki might shed,
were all a tribute to Frigga’s loving legacy.
Decades ago, Odin had TORN the Trickster’s babies from
his breast, and exiled them while a handful of years old,
all to the tune of an obscure prophecy that they might
bring about Asgard’s ruination. Gentle Jormungandr was
said to devour golden Thor; retreating, shy Hela would
reign over the dead and damned in insurgency against
the living; and feisty, disgruntled Fenrir would consume
the Allfather himself. Loki had wept, pledged, and BEGGED
his father to reconsider; “MOTHER OF MONSTERS,” the
populace already called Asgard’s youngest prince, but
it was a disgrace he’d wear as a willing cloak if he were
only permitted to continue raising his children within
the realm.
(And when Odin issued a counter-threat–I will take
their lives in infancy, if you do not comply with their
imprisonment–Loki was forced to YIELD.
Thus was broken the HEART OF A MOTHER. )
So it was with hungry jubilation that Loki welcomed a scrying spell–conjured
the moment his children were taken away, to alarm Loki if
ever one of them broke free–telling him that his wolf pup roamed
a nearby woodland.
As he neared a dense, musty canopy of ancient oaks,
Loki assumed his female form: the first form in which
Fenrir had ever known him. A loose pale green gown
hung off her softly curved body, her black gale of hair
flying, storming, behind her in long slashes of ink. She
stopped short of her son, and demurred with folded
hands to his RAGE.
“I came,” she spoke simply, in a smoky contralto, “because
I love my pup, and have long worried after his welfare. Hello,
my Fen.”
She maintained respectful distance, permitting Fenrir
to decide what transpired next.
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