Change The Tides

Unwanted Thoughts

Arlette POV

The crowd gasped and stepped back in unison as the large swirling cloud of green smoke flew from the window at the top of the cathedral and landed right in front of us, and from the smoke sprouted quite possibly the most terrifying being on the entire planet. The black-robed woman with a witchy cackle that could send shivers down any spine, the one with two impressive horns atop her head... the one we've feared since we were kids was now standing right in front of us with her mystical scepter in hand,

"I'm back!"

She called out, making Mal simply hold up the wand which she had just taken from Jane and simply hold it up like she was trying to keep it up and away from her mother as she groaned,

"Go away mother"

The simple unimpressed groan simply made the wicked fae laugh... all while I clung onto Audrey for dear life as we've heard the tale so many times... and I think we both began to wonder at the moment if Maleficent was alright with carrying grudges from our mom over to us simply to be spiteful. Maleficent cackled and snorted at Mal's comment before peering over naturally to look at the crowd before her, but her eyes caught something more. She paused, looking right at me... staring for a moment as if she knew me... making me more than uncomfortable as Audrey slowly tried to shift herself to be in front of me. Slowly her maniacal grin seemed to twist a bit, smirking as she began sauntering over as I simply felt my knees lock up in fear,

"Well... how the hell have you not aged? How unfair is that?"

Maleficent snarled with that smirk, not being able to move from the sheer panic that was hitting my system right now! I didn't even know what she meant, I was simply frozen in place! I couldn't move, and... I'm trying to and I can't! Maleficent got closer and hummed,

"Nothing hm? No pesky Phillip to save you this time or?"

Petrified, I realized what she was talking about. I still couldn't move... but I'm not my mother and she doesn't know that! Even if she knew I bet she'd still do whatever she's gonna do to me! Suddenly I was grabbed from behind and pulled back with someone's entire might,

"She's not Aurora, leave her alone!"

Audrey shouted right at Maleficent, suddenly shielding me from the wicked fae as she paused and analyzed what Audrey had just said, only for her to slowly lean to the side and look around Audrey to keep looking at me,

"Only Aurora has purple eyes, can't fool me"

Maleficent said with the tone from before, but this time Mal decided to step forward,

"She's not lying mom, that's... those are her daughters. Aurora is-"

Mal paused, making Maleficent furrow her brow and look back at her with a confused sort of glare,

"Is what?"

Audrey tensed up a bit as I knew what had to be said, but she knew it would bother me so she was reluctant and hesitated. But seeing as Maleficent had asked, Audrey knew she had to speak,

"Dead... she's d-dead"

Audrey blurred out and stammered, suddenly I began feeling my eyes beginning to burn as my head shook back and forth in denial... the more my eyes burned the closer to the ground I looked, and soon my vision was blurring more and more... only for it all to be worsened by Maleficent pausing... then suddenly she broke out into laughter.... maniacal, awful, vengeful laughter... and she laughed and laughed for what felt like forever... and soon I completely sank behind Audrey and leaned my head forward onto her back, looking straight down I watched a waterfall of silent tears fall onto the floor as she cackled and cackled on.....