Bloodstained Thorns

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(February 1st, about an hour or so after the events of Break the Haughty. Open to everyone on Critic’s side, though I’d really love it if those closest to Maleficent (namely Diablo, Jasmine, and Grimhilde) would show up at some point. Sorry for the unoriginal title.)

Almost there…

Blurry gold eyes focused with as much intensity as they could muster on the house in front of them. Her only chance at salvation.

Maleficent had long since been forced back into her natural form, unable to support the dragon’s body. The changes had amplified her injuries, making even the most minor a problem. She was covering the most serious as best as she could, but blood flowed from the others unchecked, leaving a gruesome trail in the snow.

She had reached the backyard.

There we are… yes, that’s the porch… almost there… oh, it’s so cold…

In a spectacular display of cruelty, Mother Nature had sent a fresh sheet of snow to join the already-white landscape. The tiny flakes covered whatever parts of her they could touch, adding to the weight she carried and robbing her limbs of feeling. There was a single positive side effect – the newfound numbness dulled her to the pain.

Not much further… just a few more steps… please…

But Maleficent’s battered body would be pushed no more. She fell to her knees in front of the porch steps, and her limbs refused to obey when she ordered them up again. Her blood was forming a pool on the otherwise pristine ground.

No!

Maleficent’s hand closed around the railing, and she tried to use it to pull herself back up. Her efforts had the opposite effect – she collapsed on her stomach into the snow, narrowly avoiding knocking her head on the steps. The short fall dislodged her headdress, revealing long, black hair loosely tied back with an equally-dark hair ribbon.

The air was filled with harsh, ragged breaths. Had the situation been less serious, Maleficent would have been disgusted with herself, that it cost her so much just breathe. Her eyes flickered up to the house. There were lights on inside. Why did no one come outside to see her? Had they even noticed she was missing? Maleficent opened her mouth to call out for them, but her throat was still raw from the earlier screaming, and the best she could get out was a pitiful, animal-like whimper. Her vision swam, further blurring the images in front of her, and voices echoed in her mind.

“You weren’t wanted!”

“Now, Sword of Truth, fly swift and sure, that evil die and good endure!”

At least someone was going to get what they wanted.

The snow felt good on her face, particularly the patch of angry red skin that marked where she had been burned. Her grip on the railing slackened, then broke completely. Her heart was pumping harder than ever, struggling to keep her awake and alive, but oh her eyelids were so heavy…

“You're getting soft Maleficent. First a prince beats you, then you join the heroes, and now you can't even cast your spells right. I can't believe you were once one of the greatest villains in Disney history and film history. A shame how low you've sunk.”

Cold, blood loss, and pure exhaustion at last forced Maleficent’s golden eyes shut. Her final thought before the darkness overtook her was, Yes. It is.

(OOC: Yeah… Maleficent’s going to be passed out for a while. Just thought I’d say it here so I don’t have to keep reposting it.)

[Queen Grimhilde]

Queen Grimhilde had been getting to know Jasmine and Diablo as they were Maleficent's friends and she figured they should all be friends as well. Or at least she would learn how to tolerate them if she found she had nothing in common with them for Maleficent's sake. Diablo she felt she could easily get along with. It was Jasmine as her was a princess and often reminded her of Snow White who she'd tried to kill. She paused noticing she hadn't heard from Maleficent in awhile.

"Diablo have you heard from Maleficent recently?" asked Queen Grimhilde.

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Diablo shook his head before feeling a familiar presence nearby before it started to fade as he realized who it was.

"Maleficent." said Diabo.

He then flew off to the front porch.

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Jasmine paused hearing the bird rushing after him alongside Queen Grimhilde as they flew open the back door to see Maleficent laying unconscious on the ground and she could see the snow stained red. She paled.

"Splinter, Critic, someone help! Maleficent's been hurt!" shouted Jasmine into the house.

She then rushed to the steps seeing they were icy as she made her descent down slowly followed by Queen Grimhilde while Diablo immediately flew over to her.

"Maleficent. Please wake up." thought Diablo worried.

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Grimhilde and Jasmine rushed over to her now free from the steps as Jasmine felt her pulse and sighed in relief.

"She's still alive. But she's hurt. We need help fast." said Chick.

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Marzgurl and Chick had been in the room when Diablo suddenly flew to the door and Jasmine and Grimhilde had gone out. When Jasmine shouted out for help Chick followed them while Marzgurl grabbed the first aid kit from the medical bay and followed her out hoping Splinter would join them shortly. Marzgurl & Chick were soon outside walking slowly down the steps before going to help Maleficent. The remains of the railing lay scattered on the ground next to Maleficent as she noticed it must have given way when she tried to climb the stairs.

"She must have been attacked. She's lucky she made it back here. Looks like the railing gave way and she passed out." said Marzgurl.

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Chick tapped her communicator.

"Splinter, Critic, everyone. We need help outside now. Maleficent's hurt. Try to leave the kids inside if you can. They shouldn't have to see this." said Chick.

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Marzgurl began tending to her wounds with Jasmine and Queen Grimhilde helping as much as they could. Chick just watched horrified because if someone as powerful as Maleficent could be hurt in this way they were in trouble.

[Nostalgia Critic]

Splinter heard the call and immediately panicked as he ran downstairs and been right beside Jasmine not too long after the call. The rat gently observed Maleficent's unconcious form and turned to Jasmine while Marzgurl put on some medical treatment. The rat then went over to Marzgurl and responded to her "We must get her inside carefully, it's too cold here"
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Critic nearly tripped down the stairs but ran down as soon as he could. He also was really speechless. The Critic turned to Chick and responded "It couldn't of been just a simple ask thatguy soilder. No one could do so much damage to her like this, they must of used magic or something. We may need to check the wounds a bit more"
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Cinema Snob ran down as well, getting a coat to prevent getting a cold but he was pale and shocked. He couldn't believe a powerful sorceress, and one of many powers, was lying in the snow and passed out from serious injuries. This wasn't good. The enemy was growing

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((forcing Toot to help - because I'm a cruel mistress >:D))


The chubby girl appeared downstairs, with a frown on her black-and-white face. Toot scowled for a bit before lifted a brow, wondering what the heck all the was about. There was some bloody green chick on the floor and everyone seemed to be panicing. This wasn't exactly weird to her, since she's been in plenty of other strange situations when she paticipated in the Drawn Together show. Still, the crabby little toon would like an explaination as to what everyone was throwing a fit over. Toot's been exposed to plenty of gore and death before and was pretty passive about the whole thing. She trudged over, craning her neck a bit to see.

"Hey! What's this all about?" Toot crowed, then looked over the sorceress's wounds, "Ew. There's blood everywhere!"

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Belle, on the other hand, stiffened once she saw the situation. What could have done that? How could the villains be this cruel? It looked like the most violent ones were also the most powerful. She'd hate to say it, but she was now believing that it would be better to get rid of some of them now. After a moment's histation, the brown-haired girl rushed over, one hand drawn up close to her mouth. Brown eyes quickly glanced into the house. She crouched a bit, but looked ready to run back inside at any time.

"I could help her inside," She stated.