The Impostor

Maleficent sighed deeply as she stretched a thin hand towards her minions who were wriggling behind her, talking all at the same time, hoping to get their dear Mistress' attention.

She slowly turned her head towards her most faithful servant. The black bird was flying around her horns in circles and croaking loudly in her ears without stopping, probably trying to bring the wicked fairy back to her senses.

All of a sudden, Maleficent turned away from the window of stone and faced all her slaves.

''SILENCE!'' She yelled senselessly at both Diablo and the little ugly monsters.

They shut their mouth all together. The raven flew away and shielded himself behind a prominent stone of the wall while Maleficent's minions either threw themselves to the floor, or hid in different dark corners of the throne room, terrified.

She didn't know what they all wanted from her. They wanted to go after the princess Aurora and bring her back to the Forbidden Mountains. They could not understand why she had let her go.

Poor simple fools, you don't understand a thing, Maleficent thought with disdain.

Then she focused her attention on what aroused so much her servants' thrill, she grasped her staff with a firm hand.

The yellow ball revealed in a greenish smoke the princess' body, kicking around between brambles and bushes. The girl was running without thinking, lead by an inexplicable force. Tears were soiling her pink cheeks. But she didn't seem to feel the pain.

The wicked fairy gritted her teeth.

''Very well! Let her leave! I won't stop her!'' She snapped angrily.

She heard hesitant footsteps coming towards her. A shaking, husky voice raised in her back.

''But, uh... Mistress, you— Uh, I mean... Maybe you shoudn't let her go. She's your prisoner, she belongs to you. And, uh... I-I think the little girl likes you, so uh...'' Hector stuttered miserably.

Maleficent abruptly turned around in a harsh and theatrical move.

''Shut up, you idiot!'' She cut him off sharply. ''Who do you think you are to tell me what I must do?! I let the princess Aurora go in order to serve my own interests. I acted that way to allow my curse to fulfill, as I always wanted. And nothing nor nobody could ever stop me from getting what I want!'' She lifted her scepter above the imp's head as she threw a death glare at him.

Hector ducked his head shamefully and stepped backwards carefully before he joined his comrades, far away from the Mistress' fearsome fury.

Maleficent turned away from her servants, causing her cloak to fly in her wake. She groaned as she hit the rocky ground with her staff.

''GET OUT! IMBECILES! WORTHLESS FOOLS! GET OUT! ALL OF YOU!'' She shouted madly, the powerful sound of her uncontrollable voice echoing against all the fortress' walls.

One second later, the throne hall was deserted, except from the fairy's presence who walked to her throne in which she sat with nonchalance and weariness.

Aurora must pay for defying her. She deserved what was happening to her. She could not win. No. No one could ever defeat the Mistresss of all Evil.

She shall triumph, at any cost, even if that lead Aurora straight to her death.

This child had caused too much damage already. Maleficent couldn't suffer her influence anymore. She needed nothing nor no one, she listened to nobody and she acted in nobody's interests but her own.

The wicked fairy made the princess' vision disappear with a wave of her hand above the gleaming ball.

The girl's fate was none of her concern. She was a danger to her power, and therefore a danger to her freedom. If her power weakened, then she would be unable to ensure her independence over the monarchs, not to mention her fairy rivals. That was why she had to protect and preserve her magical abilities.