Dark Times -2 season

Little Dragon

Auradon

The famous peace is appearing. Mal is happy with the arrival of her baby and Ben is trying to stay cheerful, despite all the mess his kingdom is experiencing.

The Queen of Auradon's belly has grown too much in the last week, and it's not that she thinks it's bad, it's just uncomfortable, painful and the feeling of growing like a balloon is very bad.

"So, today was very tiring, but your grandfather came to help me and your mom worked her magic too." Ben continues his habit of talking to the baby, even though Mal finds it strange. He talks under her debauched gaze. "You'd be amazed how your mother is able to shut up the government people, in fact, shut up anyone."

"What? Hey!"

She protests, slapping the boy on the head.

"Just kidding, just kidding."

"Feel this."

She takes his hand and places it where she feels a slight movement, like a kick.

"What's that?"

He asks with a smile.

"I don't really know, it feels like a kick or  Madame Samovar's candy taking effect inside me."

Ben laughs along with her.

Gradually, she felt part of the family that was forming. She's happy, trying to enjoy every little moment.

(...)

"Good morning."

Mal wished his in-laws, sitting down with them at the table.

"Good morning Mal, good morning, son who won't get off his phone even to talk to his parents."

The woman says, glaring at Ben. Mal laughs at the scene, even though Ben is twenty-four and soon to be a father, he's still Belle's little prince.

"Forgive me, Mom."

"Everything's fine. How's the pregnancy, Mal?"

Belle asks.

"It's calm now, in a little while Rashid will show up to make sure everything's okay."

Mal replies to her mother-in-law.

"One of these days, I want to accompany her to see my grandson." Mal smiles with gratitude at the thought that this baby will have a really loving grandmother around. "What about Nanny? Have you seen her?"

"Not since that day, but I should see her sometime."

Mal's still thinking about idea of Maleficent having had a mother and her now having a grandmother. It's a lot for her to take in, everything she's learned about the past needs to be processed, and she won't be able to do it so quickly.

"She seems like a lovely woman."

Adam comments.

"And she really is, it's hard to believe that my mom was taken care of by her and yet, you know, became evil."

"I think it's a person's choices that make them, I mean, you were raised by her, and you're not a monster." Adam gives his opinion and doesn't notice that he's unintentionally called his daughter-in-law's mother a "monster". It's in Belle's eyes that he realizes he's said the wrong thing. "Mal, I didn't mean to..."

"No, it's okay, Adam."

Although, all or most would accept Mal, the ghost of Maleficent is still there. They can forgive all the villains, but their fear of her will never cease. Maleficent single-handedly destroyed entire kingdoms and had astonishing magic, but this woman is still her mother and that will never change.