Queen Maleficent was worried about her daughter's disappearance, but she had so many more important things to think about, and the small gap of freedom she had been enjoying for the past few years might be blinding her to possible future problems.
"Which kingdoms are missing?" She looked at the kingdoms on the map and most of them were already marked in red. "We've captured so many already." Diaval his raven pecked at the small blank space. "Mount Olympus? I think it better not." The raven looked at her in a way that only she could decipher what it meant. "Marriage arrangements. Where could that mortal worm be?" She thought for a moment about Hades. "Do you think he ran away? No, he's too cowardly for that, but it would be fun to destroy the world he loved. Magic to destroy Zeus and company I have."
Flashback, many years ago
"Pleasure."
He introduced himself. Maleficent went to that club every day and she was sure that was the first time she had seen him. Maybe he had just arrived today.
"You're not...."
If her memory wasn't failing and if the comments were right, he is the god of the Underworld.
"I was."
He replied offering a glass of the questionable drink.
"So, completely mortal?"
"And completely imprisoned." Maleficent smiled, doing no harm to anyone and no person being harmed, she smiled. "And you?"
"Provisionally imprisoned."
"Do you think you'll ever get off this Island?"
"Someday, those idiots aren't as smart as they think they are."
"If you say so."
He agreed and went back to drinking.
"I know I won't be here for long."
"And until that happens, what are your plans?"
"Nothing for now, what are your plans utterly mortal man?"
"Just Hades, lady who will one day be free."
"Maleficent."
"Pleasure. Maleficent."
"Pleasure. Hades."
"Diaval, I know what I want, I want to reign over my ex-husband's kingdom. Let's go to the Underworld."
(...)
Mal and the others woke up and talked about what the next step would be. They were missing two arrows and needed them, so they came up with a plan that could go wrong in any number of ways.
"Good morning everyone."
They heard a voice and looked in vain to see who it was.
"Chess."
Rashid recognized the cat meow.
"Hello."
The striped cat said showing its huge and scary smile.
"What do you want?"
"You judge me so wrong dear Rashid." He said flying over his longtime friend. "But, my visit is not in useless, I came to fetch the boy with the clear eyes and the girl with the blue hair."
"Ben and Evie?"
Mal asked and for some reason squeezed his boyfriend's hand.
"Why? What happened?"
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Once Upon a Dream
Fanfiction"I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you the look in your eyes is so familiar, a gleam and I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem." Ben and Mal's love was one that was being written about for several years. When t...
