Maleficent

Chapter 3

3rd person

The moors are now asleep and so is the young fairy Iris. Dove sleeps next to the fairy while Maleficent sits on a branch. He smiles and leans down to move a piece of Iris' curly hair.

Suddenly, his ears pick up, and he takes off into the sky.

Stephanie walks through the forest with a hood on. She takes it off. "Maleficent. Maleficent!" She calls him. After getting no response she sighs and turns to walk. Maleficent lands behind Stephanie with a hard look. "So, how is life with the humans?" His tone was like ice.

Stephanie held her hands up to show she meant no harm. Maleficent, I've come to warn you. They mean to kill you." Maleficent looks unbothered, but he tensed slightly. He needed to make sure that Iris wouldn't get hurt from his actions. "King will stop at nothing. Please, you have to me."

They of many things,

and the away.

And he Stephanie

his and his ambition,

and all was as it had been long ago.

Maleficent and Stephanie sit together by the lake, under a tree. Maleficent held Spahanie to his chest, his eyes closed. The woman looks up at the fairy. "You thirsty?" She asks, offering Maleficent. Maleficent smiles and drinks, unbeknownst to him that Stephanie had doctored it with sleeping herbs. Maleficent's body slowly relaxed and his eyes closed once again.

"Maleficent?" Stephanie whispers of the fairy who was now laying down. She gets no response so she raises a dagger with shaky hands. She goes to stab him, but she can't do it. The growls and throws the dagger away in frustration.

She sat in silence for a moment before getting an idea. She runs her fingers over Maleficent's wings. She grabs a chain and gulps.

—

The next morning it was cloudy and damp.

Maleficent was waking up, but he felt an intense pain. He slowly sits up and as he holds in cries of pain. He looks over his shoulder and lets out a choked whimper. He then lets out a scream of agony while he cries. His screams echo in the forest.

Suddenly Iris appears. "Mal!" She calls out and flies down. She kneels next to him and covers her mouth in shock. "No." Tears formed in her eyes seeing his wings were gone. Maleficent lays his head in her lap, while they both cry.

—

Stephanie enters the king's chambers and tosses the wings onto the bed. The king wakes up with a gasp. "What is this?" The king's eyes narrow. Stephanie held her head high. "I have avenged you, sire." She replies. Her heart felt almost heavy, and she couldn't get Maleficent's screams out of her head. "She is vanquished?" The king wheezes out and moves to sit up more. Stephanie gave him a curt nod. "You have done well, my girl. You have done what others feared to do. You will be rewarded. Stepahnie straightens up. "I shall do my best to be a worthy successor, your majesty." She bows slightly.

—

In the Moors, snow was falling. It was cold but Iris could care less. "Let me help." Iris tries to help Maleficent. Maleficent slaps her hand away. "I do not need your help." He snapped at her. This made the girl flinch and pull her hand back.

Maleficent sighs when he rises to his knees. He grabs a twig from the ground and changes it into a scepter. Iris watched while Maleficent stood to his full height. He uses the scepter to walk while she follows close behind. He was struggling to walk and refused help from Iris.

Dove eventually joined them and sat on Iris' shoulder in bird form. They made it to an abandoned castle. Maleficent looks at the world below while Iris stands next to him. "I know your heart is broken and your life has turned upside down. But I will always love you and be with you. Always and forever." Iris whispers to Maleficent. He didn't respond, and just pulled her closer.

—

A few days passed and the raven was caught in a trap. A farmer was laughing while his dog barked.

Maleficent and Iris were standing in the tall wheatgrass. "Into a man." Maleficent waves his hand. The raven started to change and his feathers disappeared. Soon the raven was now a very naked man who was extremely dirty. The farmer and his dog run away. "Its a demon!" The farmer screams.

Maleficent and Iris walk out of the grass and the man takes notice of them. "What have you done to my beautiful self?" The man asks. "Would you rather I let them beat you to death?" Maleficent raises an eyebrow. The man looks at where his tail feathers used to be. "I'm not certain."

"Stop complaining. He saved your life from those monsters." Iris narrows her eyes. The man lowers his eyes. "Forgive me."

Maleficent stares the man down. "What do we call you?" He asks. The man held his head high. "Diaval." He answers proudly. "And in return for saving my life. I am your servant." He tells the two. "Whatever you need." He bows.

Iris felt uneasy about that, because she feels it's wrong for Diaval to serve them. Maleficent on the other hand has uses for the birdman. "Wings. I need you to be my wings." This earns a confused look from both Iris and Diaval.