@from-the-notebook, for Maleficent from Saithra
Saithra walked slowly onto the grounds, pausing to take a deep breath. This place was the first clean air she had smelled since she left her homeland. It seemed the people here preferred to take things slower than the outside world. Better for her, she supposed. But, from her experience, that meant they were more superstitious. No doubt, a woman with scales were bound to drive many to fear the worst in her. Whether or not they'd be wrong about her... she was still figuring that out.
She pulled the cloak she had on closer to her as she walked, but she paused when she heard a hiss in the grass. Kneeling down, she saw a wounded snake, scared and alone. She reached out slowly, letting the snake see some of her scales, before it wrapped itself around her wrist gently. She stood up, muttering a healing spell under her breath, pouring it into the snake as she begun walking again. How about that, the wild life seemed welcoming enough here.
She had only walked about twenty or so paces when she stopped, watching the sight of someone winged swooping in her direction.















