His Darkside

Chapter Two

~Later that Night~

Ben's POV

I noticed I was in a dark, dirty alleyway, only lit with on small streetlamp, which was flickering.

I was confused to why and how I got here.

I tried to move from my spot but I can't.

Am I frozen?

I noticed a figure walk through the shadows in the alleyway.

I felt my blood freeze as I recognised the iconic horns.

Maleficent.

Is she back like I thought?

She didn't seem to move from the stop she was standing, the light flickering more.

"I know you're there in the shadows, I can sense you" she said, her cold voice sending chills down my spine.

I originally thought she was talking about me and then I noticed another figure, a silhouette in the limited light.

I couldn't see their facial features nor details on what they were wearing, only that their body looks masculine. 

Maleficent laughed.

"Look how far you've gone" she said, chuckling "If my daughter could see you-"

"She has nothing to do with this" the male said, his voice just as cold as Maleficent's.

But why is it familiar?

Maleficent smirked.

"Loyal as ever I see" Maleficent said "You know what I want"

"And you know what I want" the voice said "And you know what I have become in the shadows of the Isle Maleficent, I'm just as feared as you. Know not to double cross me, Hook already paid that price"

I froze, no, it can't be.

"Leading that double life will kind on you Beasty Boy" Maleficent stated, making me widen my eyes.

The figure came into the light to reveal a sinister looking me, with clothes every similar to what Evie made me for the Isle a while ago. 

My clothes are darker in colour; dark navy blue, which looked almost black in the limited light, and a black top replaced the yellow one. 

I looked...different.

My eyes are cold and calculating, a small smirk placed upon my lips.

I look intimidating. 

"It's Beast to you Fairy" The other me said coldly, putting his palm out "Now give it to me"

"I might not" Maleficent said, a growing smirk appearing on her face "I might not even have it here-"

Suddenly the other me lunged at Maleficent, pinning her to the wall, making me jump.

I noticed the other me was growling.

"Not mess with me fairy!" He snapped.

"Oh, I'm so scar-"

The other me pulled out a knife and sliced her cheek, putting the knife against her neck.

I was speechless.

What would make me turn into this...monster?

"Don't push me~" the other me sung, laughing "Or this knife will slice your neck open and I'll make it look like a mistake like the many others who messed with me"

I notice fear flicker across Maleficent's face.

"Fine, I'll give you what you want" she said, spitting on the other me.

"Bad choice fairy" the other me snapped and raised his arm with the knife at hand.

"BEN!!!"

I gasped bolting up in a familiar surrounding. 

"Are you okay Ben? You were thrashing in your sleep" Mal said, appearing next to me in my vision.

I caught my breath, breathing in and out. 

"Yeah, I'm fine, just a dream, that's all" I replied after a few moments of silence "Don't worry love"

"Ben" Mal said sternly.

I sighed, turning myself towards my pregnant wife, holding her hands as she looked at me worried in the lamp light.

"I would tell you if something was wrong" I said softly as I put her purple hair behind her ears "Just the dream startled me, thats all"

She sighed.

"Okay" she said, smiling softly.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"3 in the morning" she replied "I normally awake up at this time cause you know, devil's hour or something like that"

I chuckled.

I kissed her on the forehead.

"Relax love, you need your sleep" I said "Close your eyes"

Mal smiled and laid down as I turned off the lamp.

"Night love" I whispered.

"Night" she said and then she was out like a lamp.

The one thing you need to know about Mal, is that as soon as she closes her eyes on a bed, she falls into a deep sleep, which is kinda ironic since her mother put a deep sleeping spell on Aurora.

Knowing I won't get back to sleep that easily, I slowly and quietly slipped out the quilt covers.

I tip-toed to the balcony glass door.

I silently opened it, the slight cool breeze coming in.

Mal shivered but didn't wake up, making me breath easy as I closed the door, sitting at the chair I sat at this morning.

That dream has defiantly startled me. 

What was that about?

It seemed quiet odd, out of no where.

I pray its not the future.

I hope its the the thing Fairy Godmother sensed.

What made me like that?

Is it something to do with Mal?

Why am I like that?

I can't even recognise myself.

I look...like a villain.

I looked towards the Isle.

Why do I always look towards it?

I have always been interested in the Isle my whole life, curious of it.

But why am I still feeling that curiosity...that pull?

The barrier is down, my wife and many of my close friends are from there.

That's what I wanted...

...right?