[IC] The Raven King ("Man With Horns" Sequel) { Jazz & Angel }

[AngelBites15]

Hearing his speech loud and clear along with the crowd answering him including Eric, Maleficent made a proud smile to him. "Tonight. We will march", Maleficent shouted slowly above them. "To Asgard we march! In the name of my son, we will conquer as his brother!", she shouted to them as they shouted in agreement.

[Jazz]

Loki had never felt so proud of himself in a long time. Not like this. Hearing his mother's shout to his call, he said nothing but agreed as many others shouted in agreement. He looked over to Eric as he felt relieved that they were not alone.

The following days once the men and Loki himself were ready and suited for battle, Loki had told the Dwarves that they would be the only ones able to go in without being spotted and so told him how to get inside the walls to raise the gate. The dwarves now in the sewer to raise the gate for loki and his army. "We're promised gold, and what do we get? Poo!" Nion complained as they walked through the sewage. Gort was he next to complain. "Wurgh! That looks like one of mine!" Some of the others rolled their eyes.

While waiting on the dwarves, the army on horse back and slowly making their way toward the castle. Loki was dressed in not only his robes but armor similar to his old armor and a horned helmet. The sword that was given to him and Maleficent enchanted and a scepter that he seemed content with and well balanced to his needs. He was worried for the dwarves but had a feeling that they would succeed.

[AngelBites15]

Eric looked at Loki with compassion as he nodded to Loki's speech after the Jotun turned to look at him.

Back in Asgard, as Loki was on a horse with Maleficent sitting behind him. In the castle, Ravenna stands in front of a mirror, looking beautiful and powerful again after sucking every last woman in the castle dry as they lay on the ground. "Where are they?", she asked the general who approached her. "Amassed on the cliffs. They're numbers have swollen. They say the king's standard flies again", he tells her. "Then let them come. Let them break their skulls on these stone walls along with my prize. I have no interest in prisoners. Kill them all", she tells him.

The Huntsman rides up next to Loki. "So you're back from the dead and instigating the army? You look very fetching in control", he tells him.

[Jazz]

Loki looked to the Eric when he complemented him. He smiled with a bit of a mischievous added to that smile. "Seems I have been holding back on you." He him. He looked back ahead as he saw the some movement at the top of the gate. Then the gate starting to rise. "There's our signal!" Loki shouted as he tapped the horse's side, getting the horse to speed up for they could get there when the gate was raised all the way. The army followed Loki as they raced to get to the castle. Making their way through the gate, Loki readied his scepter as he readied himself as Ravenna's human army came at them with everything they had, arrow, boiling oil and flame bombs. Loki had to hop off the horse for he could have a better chance at fighting off the army of the Queens.

[AngelBites15]

Maleficent held onto Loki as they rode through the army to get to the palace. She used her scepter to make make some blasts of magic hit the guards on the rooftops. Eric and some men rode through the commotion as they followed Loki. The Huntsman swung his axe at an incoming guard and tumbled him to the ground as he rode by.

[Jazz]

As the armies clashed, Loki made his way through the armies and into the castle of Asgard where men followed him and gave Loki a path through to Ravenna. Loki had of course pushed his way knocking soldiers to the side, hitting them with his scepter which he practically used as a staff of which he was fluid with. He at one point had noticed Eric had been pulled off his horse and went over to help him out. Defending the man till he helped pull him up. "You alright?" He asked, soon having to fight off a soldier or two of Ravenna's. The Dwarves helped the commotion outside for they could not help inside the castle for they were too far and could not pass. But Loki still pushed on, unknown as to where his mother, or Eric was by his side at the time they were inside the castle and probably close to Ravenna.

[AngelBites15]

Eric was then pulled up by Loki. "Yep, I'm fine", he answered as he got to his feet and followed him to the palace. Maleficent followed her son through the halls of the palace until they made it to the throne room. Ravenna just stood in the middle of the room with her hands behind her back in a casual form. She looked upon the group before glass fell from the ceiling and morphed into warriors with the glass-like bodies. They attacked Eric and the other men, leaving Maleficent and Loki against her. "Come and avenge your god-daughter, who was to weak to raise her spirit", she spat with venom at Loki as if she was taunting him.

[Jazz]

Reaching the throne room and seeing Ravenna casually standing there, Loki saw the glass soldiers as they came down and formed, attacking Eric and the men he lead here. Seeing them be attacked. He looked surprised as they suddenly them and not him or his mother. Looking to Ravenna with a glare and hearing his taunt, Loki glared daggers at her. "You have no idea what she was like, don't talk about her like you do!" He shouted, obviously angry. Controlling himself, Loki took a run at Ravenna, with a skid, Loki took a swing with his scepter toward her midsection, a swing with one end of it to her top left shoulder, and then lounged, making a thrust of the scepter to her chest.

[AngelBites15]

Ravenna noticed his charge and smirked. How pitiful. She dodged his hits of his scepter before she spun and hit him in the face with her elbow before she held his throat and threw him across the room, hitting the wall. She was about to use her sorcery to make an energy blast and launched it at him before another ball of magic hit Ravenna's own, making it disintegrate. Maleficent made a growl before she defended her son and stepping in front of him. "Never. Ever. Touch him", the fae growled at her slowly. Ravenna, with a shout, made a blast of black magic before Maleficent stood her ground in front of Loki and made a green barrier to fend off the blast.

[Jazz]

Loki had grown a bit frustrated as Ravenna dodge his blows and thrown off guard when she hit him and grabbed his throat. Being thrown across the room, Loki hit the wall and seemed a bit disoriented from the concussion that he received. Unable to defend himself, and later slowly gaining his wits and his mind in order, Loki groaned as he touch the back of his head to feel something sticky and warm. Moving his hand to see, it was blood. Blood he noticed was his own. Looking up, and with a little of a headache, he saw a black garb that was infront of him and a green barrier. He looked up as he saw her. "M-Mother?" He got up and kneeled. Drawing the sword and picking up a shield.

[AngelBites15]

Maleficent used her strength to keep the black magic from hitting them. Once the magic soon faded, Maleficent picked up her staff and fended off Ravenna who tried to hit her. Eventually, she pushed the fae back into the wall onto her side. Ravenna then approached Loki and tugged harshly at his hair, making him look at Eric and the other men. "Go on, watch them die!", she hissed at him as the Huntsman and the other soldiers try to fend off her glass warriors. "How does it feel, knowing you were the one who led them to their deaths? You see, we're not that different, are we?", she said with venom in her voice at Loki.

[Jazz]

Seeing Maleficent's magic fade and watch her fight. He slowly stood as he still felt a headache and the world around him spinning. Of course not being able to defend himself at the moment, Loki felt his hair being grabbed and pulled around, leading him to look at Eric and the man that followed them not being able to kill the glass soldiers. He saw a some of them had been killed before his eyes and Eric and what men were left were still fighting on. He heard Ravenna's words and felt his heart fill with pain. But felt his anger when she tried to compare the two. "I am not like you!" Ignoring all the pain in his body, he grabbed her dropped the sword and shield to grab her arm that held his hair flip her over onto his back with all his might in hopes she would let go. Feeling a bit disoriented still, he tried to grab his sword and shield and gain some distance but still near his mother. The adenaline that was going through his system was helping him see straight and ignore the pain, but was still working its magic on him.

[AngelBites15]

Ravenna made a frustrated growl as Loki managed to get out of her hold. As he charges again, Ravenna grabs his sword and throws Loki away from her. A flame formed around her as she stood in her space. "You cannot defeat me!", she shouted at Loki. "I've lived, ravaged entire kingdoms! I have been given powers that you could not even fathom! I will give this retched world the queen it deserves!", she shouted in anger before she noticed the Jotun trying to reach for his sword. Ravenna then kicks it aside and raises her dagger as she walked towards him. "By fairest blood it is done!", she said as she striked down. But it never came. Just the sound of a female grunt of pain...

[Jazz]

Loki felt his pain subside but only for new pain to form as he was thrown aside again. Then trying to reach for his sword until it was kicked away. Looking up to Ravenna as she walked toward him with a dagger in her hand, Loki couldn't help but look away, expecting the pain of what the dagger would bring. However it never came but a sound of a female grunt brought him back into reality and looked up. A horrified look came across his features. "NOO!" How could this happen? Why having to relive the one thing that pained him most in the world! Why Loki. Why him?

[AngelBites15]

Maleficent gave a grunt as the knife pierced her chest, just inches away from her heart. She gave a gasp as she stumbled back from Ravenna with the knife still in Ravenna's hand until the fae fell on her back just off to the side from where Loki was, panting from her wound. Ravenna gave a growl before looking at Loki with anger. If Loki looked at Maleficent, she would give him a nod of determination as she laid on the ground with widened eyes. Ravenna raised her dagger once again to kill the Jotun.

[Jazz]

Loki watched Maleficent as she stumbled back and fall next to him. Seeing her nod to him, Loki had tears forming but was outraged. getting onto his feet as he looked around only to quickly get out of her way, then waited till she was close enough. When she went to stab him, Loki blocked her arm, then stabbed her, looking her in the eyes like Eric taught him. "By fairest blood, it is undone." He told her. Waiting to see her soul and then pulled out the sword. His eyes glowed a emerald green as he watched her.

[AngelBites15]

Ravenna gave a gasp as she felt a stab from Loki's own sword. She looked down at the sword as it was sheathed through her chest. She looked through his own eyes before she stumbled back and fell near the golden mirror, her body turning into dust as she aged quickly and faded away.

Maleficent was shaking as she laid on the ground, making small breaths rapidly.

[Jazz]

Loki watched the dying queen turn to dust before feeling his body somewhat relax only to turn to where his mother lay and rushed to her, skidding to the ground, picking her up and cradling her in his arms. "Mother, mother its okay. Its okay." Tears fell, betraying what calm he was trying to muster. "Please don't go." He wanted to be stronger, but he always was mother's son. Always loving toward their mothers and always feel sad when they are hurt, sad and dying.

[AngelBites15]

Maleficent saw him come to her side as she looked up at the ceiling before she was cradled in his arms and kept listening to his sobs. "Shhh", she said to him softly before reaching a hand to his arm. "It's gonna be okay, my son. It's okay", she said while giving a sad smile. "You saved us. You stopped the darkness from consuming it", she said between breaths. Her smile was still there before a tear from her eyes. "My throne is gone. It's yours, my son. You must take it", she told him with her voice breaking. She reached a trembling hand to his tear stained cheek.

[Jazz]

Loki shook his head, he didn't want her to go, he just got her back from death's hands and now she was being pulled there again. Loki helped his mother's hand reach for his cheek. "It will always be yours mother. I could never be as amazing of a protector you have." He told her with a smile that was too sad. "I'm so sorry. I should have heard you out. You only did what was right and took me in. Your love is all I should have cared about. I was scared." He professed his apology to her, knowing he should have apologized before the battle.