Disclaimer: I don't own such and such, which is a recurring theme among fan fictions barring originality placed dude.
Author Note: This is following the events of 'Home' and Donnie's past becomes readily apparent dude.
Author Note Extra: This is not some of my best work, so I consider this scrappily written dude.
References made so far from the previous story: Sonic the hedgehog(In passing and in this episode as well), Bucky o' hare (hard to see, but the OC Terra Ground is a glaring one and Mimi is mentioned), Animaniac's (Rita and Runt specifically), Bolt(Movie with the super dog and his hamster and cat companions and where the last episode took place), Pound Puppies (the Bone of Scone), Starfox (Miyu the humanoid lynx), Earthworm Jim(Planet Heck, is a real place in Dimension X) and of course Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(Unknown history with the four turtles, plus dimension X which is literally considered hell by Bird) dude.(What doesn't count is where a song came from dude)
Second in the Green Hearts series.
Story: Schism.
A pair unlike any other entered San Francisco on foot, leaving behind a large figure that shot off into the sky leaving behind the pair as they made their way to the city.
"Are you sure you wanted to come to San Fran Bird, I'm not very well liked here and whatever you're looking for you better find it fast because I might cause quite a stir and this time it'll be without me trying anything at all… not that I wouldn't mind stirring something up if you asked me to" The dog known as Donnie who wore a purple cloak, spiked collar and simple black vest, she followed a strange large green, dark orange and hot pink feathered bird named Bird who had no sign of apparent emotion on her face, she just turned to stare blankly at her companion before walking on without a word.
After traveling around the streets for hours they finally stopped outside an animal specific café, having avoided the sight of humans since that would have caused problems for them, Donnie was less likely to cause problems because she was mostly normal around here but the bird, yeah she was clearly more noticeable.
"You know maybe it's better I stay out here until you've taken care of whatever business you have, I'm not very well liked here and if I show up I'm certainly to be accused of dirty dealings" Bird set a wing on Donnie's back and stood there for a moment.
"Alright, but if anything bad happens to you I'll never forgive myself and I still don't for what previously happened to you even if I wasn't there to prevent it, I'll get you back to normal someday I swear if it's the next to last thing I ever do" Donnie just got a nod in response as Bird walked into the café made by dogs for dogs.
Donnie became sheepish and stayed behind Bird her nasty personality would probably rear its ugly head if anyone so much as insulted Bird in front of her, she however wouldn't mind the insults towards her as they were usually complimentary to her nature.
There were tables and dogs everywhere, however Bird made a beeline straight for the bar, information was key and nobody was more informative then a bar keeper.
"Well I heard about cats dragging things in, but look what a bird just dragged in… what are you doing here Belladonna I thought you moved your operations to Los Angeles and if your back what happened to Charlie" And thus the reason why Donnie didn't want to come to San Fran, as the dog she knew to be Sasha was already glaring at her and getting angry however Bird stared at her for a moment and motioned Donnie over to take a seat next to where she sat down.
"I've done nothing to Chucky and he should be back in your lap before too long, also you got nothing to worry about from me, no plans, no scheming and any violence from me will be either in self defense or protecting her, despite what you may think I am only here as a customer if that is in fact why she dragged me here, hard to tell what she's thinking sometimes when she's not emotionally driven" Donnie or Belladonna was talking in a rather scathing distaste of Sasha as she kept a watchful eye on her, she wasn't evil she was just dark and people didn't seem to be able to differentiate between the two, Bird however was one of the few that could and she's currently messed up in more ways than one.
"Alright but what does your friend want and how can she be so calm when she is surrounded by dogs, in fact something seems highly suspect about this and what's her name" Bird continued to look around blankly before finally she placed a wing on Belladonna whose voice went straight calm as she spoke in a flat tone.
"My name is Bird and I'm talking through her, tell me have you seen a heart shaped necklace around here…" at this Belladonna's eyes go stark wide as she remembered something important, Bird looked to Belladonna and she whimpered a bit as she put her head down on the bar and covered her muzzle with her paws.
Sasha the point setter just looked at Belladonna as if something bizarre was taking place she'd never seen Belladonna act scared, she usually was full of herself and was usually up to something, the biggest thing she ever did was that hullaballoo at Christmas where Annabelle… wait that's where she's seen a heart shaped necklace before.
"I know who has it Bird, but there's something you got to know… you weren't the only one who had been messed up in that incident" Bird stared blankly at the one she called Donnie who gave a sigh after Bird placed a wing on her back again.
"If you truly want to know well you're going to find out, but the story is a long one and my… cousin… will need to be here if it's going to be explained in full I still don't see what you would want to do with that necklace anyway, even if it does belong to me…" Belladonna looked away moping slightly, while Sasha balked she didn't know what was going on but she was going to get to the bottom of this.
"What do you mean that necklace belongs to you and what is with the freaky bird, this isn't how you typically act and what does this have to do with Annabelle?" Sasha received a dour look from Belladonna.
"Well no duh princess who has a lazy prince charming in a suit of fur to her every beck and call except on business excursions… oh so that's why we're looking for it, well at least I know it's been protecting her even if she's all queen of clouds and being a whiny wimpy angel with powers over ice and stuff but I don't see why I'd need it back I'd rather she keep it… she's be safer that way… you obviously don't know what I'm talking about do you, it has to do with my…. cousin… the shy, pathetic needs some love cousin Annabelle, surprisingly I'm the only person she'll actually do something about… she has her reasons for that which will be explained when the party is all here" The conversation was quickly becoming confusing with Belladonna putting down both Sasha and Annabelle but the tone of her voice was rather too remorseful to actually sound insulting.
"What's with you, have you gone crazy" Sasha got a straight face or as much a straight face as the whippet could muster under these circumstances.
"Short and to the point I can hear what Bird is thinking; yes that's what you should call her, when we're in contact with each other and thus far she can speak through me because of some rather special talents that I have, she's lost her voice, her emotions, her ability to feel and just about her life, but I'm going to help her get back to normal I don't know if I ever could return to normal given you don't know why I am like this, sure you got Carface's story, but you've never heard mine and boy is it going to make you flip when you hear it" Belladonna smiled sweetly at Sasha who looked rather disturbed by the whippets weird friend and she didn't think Belladonna had real friends.
"I think Donnie has something to explain to me, I wish to attain this bit of knowledge, but it is important that we find that necklace and your cousin if she in fact has it… I believe there is more to it but I'll leave that up to you to decide what to tell me" Belladonna looked to bird after she said that and whined slightly sure the tone Bird used her voice in was dead flat, but every time she did that it made Belladonna miss Birds own voice all the more and it would be the first thing she'd restore if she could figure out how.
"I want to know about this too, what exactly is your story and why would you help anybody, if anything you probably did this to Bird" Belladonna slammed her left paw on the table causing every other dog there to stop talking and stare at the purple furred whippet now holding a large blue fireball in the owners face with her right paw.
Slowly the fireball dissipated as the paw was slowly clenched and Belladonna calmed down, she sat back down and looked to Bird who still had her wing sitting where it had been on Belladonna's back.
"You're logic is astoundingly great for what she just suggested and I would respectfully ask you to remove your wing from my back and let me… fine" She sat down and became quiet looking away from Sasha and Bird obviously still harboring anger but not acting on it.
Sasha just sat there seeing her life flash before her eyes and she finally blinked as she wondered what just happened.
"Did you just…" Sasha blankly states still too stunned to talk after having almost eaten a fireball and that was only thing that she could truly think about at the moment.
"Form a fireball in her paws" Sasha looked to Bird but the voice was coming from Belladonna this was going to take some getting used to and all her patrons looked spooked and weren't moving.
"Bird?" Sasha tested.
"Yes?" Bird was looking at her and she stared at the hollow eyes, it was rather creepy but she pressed on taking note that Belladonna wasn't being so uppity or excitable, but she was the one that spoke.
"Did she do this to you or put you up to this?" Sasha asked innocently enough, she was confused as to why Bird didn't seem all too expressive and the fact that she had to talk through Belladonna was just creepy.
Bird just continued to stare blankly at her and shook her head negative to the question, Belladonna sat there not rising in anger or anything and that perplexed Sasha from what she thought she knew of her, the tricky dog not having any tricks up her sleeve was just bizarre as the look of sadness crossing Belladonna's face.
"From what I know of you Belladonna you don't usually get that aggressive, you only did that during last Christmas even then you weren't aiming to physically harm anyone directly, what changed" Sasha sounded sincerely worried about this, Belladonna was very dangerous to deal with and usually she would be busy trying to corrupt someone, otherwise she was a powerful being that could even sway her Charlie's mind.
"Well you could say I'm not as restrained as I used to be and I've got to get miss prissy wings down here somehow, if anything I could just follow chucky around until my cousin shows up as I doubt she's going to make an appearance just because I'm threatening you; I think she's jealous enough to not want to help you but that's just me, she never makes a personal appearance unless something drastic happens and given that she hasn't shown up already she'd avoiding me and the truth, but the Mittens is going to come out of the bag soon and she can't do anything about it" Everyone there was rather interested and looking to Belladonna like she was the most scariest thing there, when in fact Bird was probably far more frightening then she was in natural ability alone, however at the moment Belladonna was the more supernaturally powerful of the two, also her in reference was lost on anyone but Bird.
"So we are to wait then Donnie?" As the words came from her mouth Belladonna was already nodding.
"Yeah and while we're waiting I have some old haunts to visit if you don't mind, we might find something useful to help us out still in those places" Bird nodded to Belladonna who turned Sasha.
"Sasha should you see Chucky and Scratch tell them we need to speak to miss head in the clouds about the thing that tore us apart, she'll know what it means, also tell the guys I'm sorry about it being too soon, since I know what we're looking for can we get going as it'll all come together when the story is told" Bird nodded blankly and followed Belladonna out of the bar having successfully found out where the necklace was.
Bird wasn't aware of whom this Annabelle was but she had a clue as to what it had to do with Donnie as she knew for a fact Donnie had no living relatives and a cousin just can't come from nowhere, also there was the fact that she had been called Belladonna, but her full name was...
Elsewhere in a bright and cloudy place.
"Oh my, she's… she's back and my… cousin… is with her, but she's not opposing me anymore so I should feel grateful for Birds return, but I fear of what will come of my dark secret, I wonder if he'll hate me for it when he finds out I haven't been entirely truthful with him… oh the world is so different then what it used to be I really don't want to go down there… but I guess… I have too, but now I wonder if Bird will ever forgive me for not being there" The figure was wearing robes and toggled at a necklace she always had on her, she was shivering slightly feeling a cold chill down her spine.
What did her cousin mean by protected and that she was safer having it, the only thing she ever used it for was handing out and storing miracles… unless there was something else about it that she wasn't aware of.
Did her cousin still think of her, she never once mentioned the necklace despite the fact it meant a lot to the both of them, she never bothered to question it, she thought that her… cousin… was irredeemable, had she been so wrong?
Both Bird and Donnie had been to quite a few places, none of them had anything of real use though and they were left sitting together on a hillside looking at the golden gate bridge and the clouds in the sky quietly contemplating things to come.
"Sorry, but I was hoping we'd find something of worth at least I still have the bone of scone for all the good it can do me as I can already talk to everything" Belladonna started gnawing on said bone and it was her favorite one as well, it just happened to be a special artifact of dog and cat kind that might have caused multilingual problems in quite a few animals in a few rather secluded areas of the world.
"So, this is where you got to… Belladonna" A dark voice said from behind the two, Donnie was instantly on edge as she turned around and Bird just titled her head to look at the large red humanoid cat figure behind them.
"It's about time they sent someone capture me and it so happens to be you Mr. Kitty, you know how this works… or you should given they sent you to pick me up and bring me back down… you have three chances don't go wasting them now…" Donnie was being all too haughty for the cat demons taste, as she smiled cheekily at him.
"My name is Red you insufferable dog, I still don't know how you've ever managed to hold a higher position then me for so long but soon I'm getting a promotion and it'll be over your dead body and I just might add necrophilia to my list, just… for… you!" Red smiled viciously at the thought of what he could do with her when he brought her back down.
"Oh you hear that Bird, he thinks he has a chance… in hell maybe… well since we've got the time how about I cut you a deal Kitty… and you drop two of your chances and we use the last chance for a reapers fight so we can get this all over with and you'll never bother me or anyone I'm associated with again" Donnie yawned lazily putting her paws behind her head as she laid on her back closing her eyes while ignoring the big red angry demon cat staring down at her.
"Go on" Red was thoroughly intrigued by the mention of a reapers fight, but he was also interested in what could be worth two attempts at the bane of his existence as this particular dog outdid him so often it wasn't even funny, it was not only that, the pooch has screwed him over so much he was beginning to see himself from time to time and he seriously wanted to attack now and waste his first attempt should he fail but he liked games and he was willing to play all or nothing especially if it's a worthwhile venture.
"Bird to tell you now I had a job as a dark angel and it was fun for quite a while but since I recently quit and you obviously been to a comparative hell before you should be aware what this entails, then you should throw in something to use up one of his chances if you want, but if you don't I have my own ideas" Bird blankly stared at Donnie before placing a wing on her stomach.
"I will throw myself in with… BELLADONNA… should you catch her in place of one of your chances" Red stared at Belladonna being used as a puppet and had to smile it was rather amusing but he had to wonder why a bird would be worth his time, but then again it was big and juicy looking so why not he could use a rather exotic looking snack, too bad he didn't know what this bird was or that she was worth all three chances entirely plus more.
"I accept that you will be taken with Belladonna in exchange for one of my chances at her and should I get her I will get you as well, now what can you possibly think of that I would want bad enough to lose one of two chances at the mutt that has caused me so much trouble" Red asked scathingly.
"A stacked deck in a fair fight…" Donnie tested lazily while opening on eye to look at him, causing Red to look at her with a rather intense gaze.
"You can't be serious; stacking a fight against yourself especially in a reapers fight is foolhardy but I'm intrigued by what rules are to be set under these conditions" Red was grinning wickedly.
"I let you have one hundred units, ninety nine imps of any type armed in any way and a general or yourself" This was Donnie's opening bid and she was waiting for him to say it wasn't high enough, he liked things thoroughly stacked and that's what she counted on.
"I don't buy that, you have a plan for dealing with that many imps I will need more stacking before I call it worth a chance at you pathetic hide" Red eyes were focused thoroughly on Donnie, Bird just stared blankly at Red before looking back at the sky.
"Okay, if you throw in that crystal I've always wanted I'll add another hundred that's one ninety eight in armed or not imps and two generals or yourself and a general" Donnie was rather calm about the odds being set to one to one hundred.
Red considered the offer for a moment it seemed good but he had to wonder what Belladonna was hiding from him, there was no way she could take down that many imps without her powers right. Still though she was the one that suggested a reapers fight, there can be no unfair play about it when the rules are set and she probably planned this ahead of time, but didn't know it was him that she was planning against… she couldn't possibly win against that number and it was ludicrous to even think a normal dog could fight that many… but the crystal… he still didn't know why she wanted such a baseless and pointless trinket, he found nothing of importance and yet she continued to try and deal it away from him so often… maybe she was blind in her quest for such a paltry thing that she didn't know what she had just done, so in other words this isn't as well planned out as he thinks.
The red; yellow eyed, cat demon continued considering this while Donnie was silently communicating with Bird who still had a wing on Donnie's body, Donnie was explaining a few things but not much and continued to implore Bird that she would tell her everything "In due time", the most insistent thing on Birds logical mind was the name Belladonna and that made Donnie nearly give in to Bird's questioning but she held fast.
"I agree to your terms another chance is removed, now all we need is a place to set the fight and under what conditions the fight will proceed" Red was curious as Donnie could choose any number of places she's been to that might give her an edge.
"How about the one place where both our biggest plans failed, I choose the spectators and my team will let you set the ground rules for what we can and can't do, as well as the time it's to take place, the judge is always fair in a reapers fight no exception, I will call on the people to watch the battle for the rules set" Bird blankly stared at Donnie when she said that but it was unknown why, Bird moved her wing away from Donnie as her mind or what was left of it went to work with the facts at hand.
"Something is odd about this, as fair play is not your usual operandi mutt, but I like to think the outcome is one sided in my favor, so in fact I'll have the rules for the battle when we meet so the spectators whoever you're choosing to watch you beg for your miserable life will know you are the one who chose to let them watch you die… we will settle this in an hour, so you get your spectators as I have no need of any, I will now choose my general and I'll see you on the field of battle bitch" With that Red explodes into a plume of black fire disappearing from sight, Donnie or as some should say Belladonna smirked at that as she knew something Red didn't and there was a reason why she needed certain spectators, she needed people she could trust with her life and a very special person to be there because after this is all over she may very well kill herself even if she does win.
Bird placed a wing on Donnie and she looked at her with a smile before she explained the plan, the backup plan and the extra plan if her initial attack didn't handle everything and she already had a clue as to what rules Red would set and being that Red doesn't know the first thing about her outside what she did on the job he was going to make some big mistakes.
Elsewhere a mere fifty two minutes later a point setter was already talking to two dogs about having a recent run in with probably one of the world's most well known dark misfortune dealers of dog kind.
"And it was so strange that she threatened me violently with what looked like a blue fireball only to be stopped by the bird, in fact she was acting kind of funny around her… the fact that she was angry about being suggested of wrong doing when in context to the bird it was a rather freaky experience considering she is usually the one that tries to corrupt people" Sasha was spooked that Belladonna might actually kill her now, especially with the fact that she said she wasn't restrained and she still didn't know what Belladonna meant but it didn't sound good.
"You think that's strange you should hear what she did in Los Angeles, she went totally nuts with singing and dancing, the fact is she was even signing about having been blue and everything getting better for her and something about resting her wiles…" The dog was a germen shepherd with some coyote like features, his name was Charlie a dog known for being a hustler.
"Let's not forget the entire 'Party Party' thing… what was she celebrating exactly… this can only mean trouble Charlie we got to tell Annabelle" the smaller dog was a Dachshund with a red hat and a sleeveless green shirt whose name was ironic because he was always Itchy, a dog that's friendly, kind and a clean freak to boot.
"I think that's what she wants you to do because when she came in here she made mention of Annabelle and her necklace or I think that was Bird, but anyway they want it from Annabelle so I don't think it's a good idea… " Sasha stopped talking and Itchy looked to be taking it thoughtfully whereas Charlie was more or less taking it without thought, as expected from the dynamics of this duo, one cares too hard and the other is careless, but that didn't mean they cared in their own way or else she and Charlie wouldn't be together.
"Maybe Annabelle already knows and that's why she hasn't called on us since we got back, I could use a little relaxation" Charlie said with a yawn and Itchy got an indignant look on his face.
"Charlie, we can't just leave this alone remember what happened last time Belladonna had a plan… we've never actually seen her get so excited about anything, this could be a big problem" In the background Sasha mentally agreed with Itchy knowing something was up, she hardly ever got involved in the guardian angel business but she would like to later on.
"Don't worry Itch, Belladonna has either gone insane or just doesn't want to corrupt anyone anymore, why else would she say she quit… though I don't know what that had to do with her back exploding like it did…" Suddenly Charlie stopped talking as a strange black cloaked figure with dark glowing grey eyes floated into the area and it had a scythe across its back, Charlie, Sasha and Itchy all just looked at it feeling very cold all of the sudden, the thing reeked of death and was instilling fear by its very presence.
Its gaze swept the area and then stopped at the three dogs at the bar and floated over to them, Charlie tensed up ready to protect Itchy and Sasha should it come to it, but how he would do it even he didn't know especially considering time seemed to be frozen.
However it just raised an empty cloak sleeve and with a wave of it, the world warped and the three dogs disappeared with the cloaked figure the area was instantly silent nothing was left, the dogs that were left didn't know what happened but they all called it a day and closed down Sasha's for her hoping the owner would be back safely, they were all good dogs here.
Soon the world for the three dogs and the cloaked figure came into focus for Charlie, Sasha and Itchy as they all appeared at a location they knew very well but wish they didn't as they were brought here against their will for who knows whatever reason and the cloaked figure just left them sitting there on the high ground as it floated down to the floor below, leaving them alone with a pink furred winged whippet that had her hair in a similar ponytail to Belladonna's sitting next to them already and it was the first thing they noticed.
"Annabelle… what's going on" Annabelle froze when she heard Charlie's voice and looked at him away from the floor with a frown.
"Something terrible Charles... you have been called to watch a reapers fight and I wish you and the others weren't here, but it can't be helped as we must be witness to it" To Charlie, Annabelle didn't seem to particularly happy at this moment and in fact looked entirely worried, looking down to the main floor below he saw a strange large bird at Belladonna's side with a empty look on her face, Belladonna herself looked incredibly determined and was silent, no smirk to be found, she seemed so serious now unlike his previous encounters with the dangerous dog who had made him see the consequences of his actions on more than one occasion, what was weird was that Donnie was wearing a purple cloak which she pulled off along with her vest and her spiked collar, the stuff he'd almost never seen Belladonna without.
The bird taking her things leapt up to them and deposited the items on the ground carefully before dropping down to Belladonna's side without a word or sound.
Moving his head slightly to the right after the bird came up and dropped off Belladonna's stuff he saw the floating figure whose gray eyes stared at nothing and nothing else was visible under that tattered floating cloak except a sea of writhing shadow and staring at it sent shivers down his spine.
Moving his head to the right having spotting a blotch of red suddenly appearing in his vision, it was Red the cat in his large muscular form like when Charlie faced him while holding Gabriel's horn and this place was the same place that both Belladonna and Red had failed in a major plot before, this place was on Alcatraz Island and he didn't like being back here not after the previous few times he's been to this place which was a prison that spawns its own unique darkness.
"What's a reapers fight, Annabelle what's going on" Sasha seemed to be slightly worried for Belladonna as she was facing a being she found to be more frightening then the dog that kept trying to corrupt Charlie out from under her.
"Stay quiet Ms. Le Fur and watch… that goes for you to Charles at least I don't have to tell Itchiford that as he understands that silence is golden in situations like this" Itchy looked to Annabelle wonder why she seemed so despondent and considering how things look this was going to get ugly or bleak… maybe even both considering two of their biggest foes were locking heads, Carface was smart and might have done Charlie in once but after that Carface really didn't seem to hit the level of intensity in evil like these two who did things on a far grander scale. (Sasha's 'Le Fur' name will come up again in another story dude)
"So the spectators are set then, I guess it's time to lay the rules of what we can and can't do after I've decided my team… one hundred and fifty normal imps, forty eight spirit imps, myself and a Slasher Demon…" Annabelle gasped softly getting her looks from the other three dogs on the upper floor, but Belladonna didn't raise an eye at that and Bird just stood there, if her mind was working on what they were to deal with there was no movement to give away her thoughts.
The grey eyed robed figure held out its left arm to Red, then waited.
"Very well then all of me and Bird will be all of our team" A questioning look cross Annabelle's face for a moment but she quickly schooled her emotions when Belladonna said that, the reaper raised its other arm locking the team setups for this reapers fight and all there was now was the rules and setup by Red, this it would get underway once Red got his team on his side of the field.
"You were very stupid to allow me to set the rules, first rule no projectile attacks, second rule no outside interference by the spectators…" Before Red could state anything else he was broken off by his opposition's voice.
"Counter-rule the spectators may not be attacked, harmed or otherwise involved in the fight" Belladonna stated quickly surprising Annabelle even further, not to mention Charlie, Sasha and Itchy who wondered why she cared if they were safe.
The black robed figure nodded accepting the counter-rule should Red choose to keep his rule of no outside interference and Red grit his teeth as he thought he might be able to get away with a hostage, but then again why would Belladonna want these fools here if anything and untouched? She has done nothing but screw them over a few times and they owed her nothing.
So Red couldn't understand why Belladonna insisted the counter rule, but it was a law of a reapers fight that counter rules can come into play if it was called on a rule that was made that could be made unfair in some way, in fact a counter rule could itself be unfair if one was not aware of why the counter rule was made as you can't veto it without knowing a good reason why it should be, but he knew he didn't want Charlie or even that sweet prissy angel of a cousin of Belladonna's involved, which led Red to thinking what did Belladonna know that he didn't, what was she planning to pull here?