The Stone Raven

To my readers: this story focuses on Diaval, but it is a crossover fanfiction. only allows you to choose two to represent the crossover but this story spans many more than that. There will be important characters from: Maleficent, Harry Potter, Snow White, The Secret of Moonacre, Teen Titans, Rise of the Guardians, The Craft, Aladdin, Narnia, stardust, and Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. In reading, it will help to imagine the characters in human form not cartoon form. Please give this fanfiction a chance! Sincerely, TripC130.

He could feel it. That soft pulse of blood that he remembered so well and yet was such a distant memory. But he knew it was there, he could hear it, taste it… oh how he remembered its sweetness and how he longed for it! He did not breathe, he did not move, he wasn't even alive. But still, even made of stone, he remembered blood. Yes, he remembered blood very well and he knew that it was near. Oh how he wished he could snap his beak at it and drink his fill, tearing at the flesh of the creature that dared come so close. But he couldn't. He could only remain and remember for eternity ever since that day so long ago.

There had been a great battle in Maleficent's castle. Her idiotic goons had captured Prince Philippe and the three fairies had come to his rescue. In all the commotion, Diablo, Maleficent's most trusted companion, tried to warn her but was hit with a spell that petrified him for eternity. Now, on this day, he knew that great power was near. He could feel the blood so close yet unreachable. Suddenly, his stone wings gave way and with a tremendous crack the stone crumbled away. Diablo stretched his wings and took flight. He screeched in anger and exhilaration at finely being set free.

Diablo's sharp eyes scanned below him and he saw her. The woman who had set him free. He dove, the taste of blood fresh in his mind and he longed to have it again. He hand went up and as his beak opened to slice through her pale flesh when his wings stopped frozen. Diablo panicked! No! This couldn't be happening! Not again! He couldn't go back to a life of stone! He could feel his winged body being lowered onto the crumbling castle ledge. The woman stepped from the shadows and looked down at him.

"Pretty bird… you will serve me well." Diablo took in every inch of this woman and she looked so similar to his Maleficent except that a huge pair of regal black wings stretched from her back. She waved her fingers and black smoke engulfed him. Diablo was terrified and suddenly his fragile bird bones shattered and agonizing pain ripped through his entire bird body. He was growing into a massive creature.

By the end of it he stood before the woman, a man in her presence. The woman with black horns so like his master's, smiled.

"What is your name?" She asked.

"Diabvlo…" He hissed. He had not used his voice in years and this new tongue in which he spoke was foreign and strange. She cocked her head.

"Diaval? Is that your name raven?" He shook his head, frustrated at the strange speech that made his name so hard to pronounce.

"Diabvlol." He said again with little success. She waved her hand dismissively.

"Your old name does not matter anymore, now you will be called Diaval, is that clear?" He nodded and she smiled. "Good. I am Maleficent, will you fly with me Raven? There is much to be done." With another wave of black smoke he was transformed back into a Raven.

Maleficent spread her massive wings and launched herself from the crumbling castle wall and Diaval followed suit. She was as graceful as any raven and just as beautiful. He admired her as they flew over the overgrown wasteland that had once been a magnificent dark castle. Diaval wondered to himself how this woman had acquired his master's name? Perhaps he would learn her story with time, but for now, he would fly!

Diaval had served Maleficent for sixteen long years since she had released him from his stone imprisonment. He felt as though history were repeating itself and his master was yet again after the fair Princess Aurora. Had the Maleficent that Diaval had known so many years ago been a predecessor of this one? How long had he been encased in stone since that time? Diaval didn't understand this black magick… whatever it was, it scared him.

Upon studying Aurora or Briar Rose as she was called, he found that he was slowly falling in love. He watched her grow from a wee babe to a strong and confidant sixteen year old girl. He was stuck in a seventeen year old human form and would never age. This was Maleficent's curse so that she could keep him by her side as her pet forever. Diaval was Maleficent's trusted servant once again, after slaving for her for sixteen long years. She trusted him and he was in love with her as well.

In the sixteen years he made no move to win Aurora's heart or his master's. He merely stood back in the shadows and watched with an ever growing longing. Aurora was in love with Phillippe and Maleficent had always loved Stefan… Diaval never had a chance. So he watched and he served the both of them as friend and devoted companion.

It was seventeen years before Diaval was given the chance to show his love. Seventeen years of Aurora's life had passed and he had been with Maleficent for many more than that. And so, it began on a sunny summer's day.

"You're my most trusted companion Diaval." Maleficent said as they walked through the forest.

"Thank you Mistress. I would do anything for you." He responded. Maleficent turned to him and placed a hand on his cheek.

"When I saved you so long ago… I never imagined that we would become so close… and now…" Diaval held up his hand to silence her.

"We are companions until the end Mistress. That is all need be said." Maleficent smiled, a rare occurrence that was most welcome in Diaval's eyes.

"I love your smile." He said, forgetting his place. It disappeared as quickly as it came and he regretted his words. "Mistress, it is not such a bad thing to be happy. Do… do I not make you happy mistress?" He asked cautiously. A small smile graced her lips once more.

"Of course you make me happy Diaval. You are my only friend in this world." Diaval took her hand cautiously. Maleficent stared down at their intertwined fingers.

"Diaval…" She began but he closed the distance between them in a stride and caught his name with his lips pressed to hers. Her fingers ripped from his own and the black smoke choked him once again. His large human bones splintered and shrunk and his skin sprouted feathers. He watched with saddened eyes, as he became a raven once more.

Maleficent's eyes were hard and cold as she stared at him. "Never again Diaval. You are my trusted servant but you know that my heart is for Stefan… You know that." Diaval squawked and took to the air, flying away from her and not looking back. He would surely return, but in a day or two when the grief of rejection subsided. He would never have her love and though he stayed by her side, even after Aurora was crowned queen, he knew it was hopeless. And so, it was upon a midnight dreary, that Diaval left Maleficent's side, vowing never to return to his Mistress again.