The faun suggests a few drops of her baby brother's blood. The faun tells Ofelia that opening the portal to the underworld requires the blood of an innocent.
The faun returns to Ofelia and tells her to bring her baby brother into the labyrinth. However, she frees herself, stabs Vidal, and rejoins the rebels. Ofelia is locked in her bedroom, and Mercedes is taken to be tortured. Soon after, Vidal discovers that his housekeeper Mercedes is a spy. This incident in the movie, shifts the tide in favor of the Resistance. Midway in the movie, The Resistance, in a stroke of brilliance, are able to overpower the men at the outpost and gain access to the rations leaving the Captain and his men dumbfounded. Mercedes (Maribel Verdu), Vidal's housekeeper, who is secretly supporting the rebels is also supported by Dr Ferreiro (Alex Angulo) in her mission. There is state control over the rations to prevent it from reaching the Resistance men hiding in the forests and amidst this he plays an evil character who is impossible to defend. He takes Ofelia's mother Carmen (Ariadna Gil) as his wife, after the death of Ofelia's father. Parallely running, is the story of Captain Vidal (Sergi Lopez), the son of a brave Commander who died in a battle in Morocco, who is posted on an Army outpost in the forest surrounded by the Resistance men. On successful completion of her tasks, Ofelia bears the chance to attain immortality by ascending the high throne of the underworld as Princess Moanna. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her story, leading her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden. Amidst this setting, the narrative of the film intertwines the real world with a mythical world centered on an overgrown abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with whom the main character, Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), interacts. The Resistance has fled into the forests, but are looking to bounce back at any opportunity. The story takes place in Spain, a few years after The Civil War, which ended in 1939 with General Franco emerging victorious and taking over as Dictator of Spain.
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