Maleficent gave a yelp of surprise as Aurora entered the small cottage. Her sweet beastie's human arms and legs had seemed to have been replaced completely by wings - not great powerful wings like her own, nor the agile wings of their friend Diablo - but the useless down-covered wings of a baby bird.
"Aurora! What in Heaven's Name have you done to yourself? Were you hiding in my small room again?" The girl often retreated there to escape the stresses of Court life.
Aurora laughed. "No, unfortunately. This wasn't my idea. Hush Diablo, it's not THAT funny."
Diablo has been squawking with laughter from his perch by the window since she had walked in. Maleficent abruptly turned him human, and the caws turned to cackles.
"If it wasn't your idea," He said you're his snickers, "I ought to thank whoever is it was. That's the best entertainment I've had in weeks! You know your godmother isn't much for humor."
Maleficent rolled her eyes before moving to inspector Aurora's new oddity.
"That's enough, Diablo. What DID happen to you?"
"You know about the small group of fairies that refused to accept me as Queen?" Aurora asked as she tried and failed to pull out a chair so she could sit. Diablo stifled a smug grin as he moved to help her. Maleficent nodded.
"One decided to curse me, and this happened. Everyone at court panicked, and I thought you might be able to sort it out," Aurora finished explaining.
"How do you expect me to fix that? Magic is a fickle thing sometimes, and I'm not sure if my transforming spell will do the trick."
"Well, I don't want to be half bird forever."
Diablo let loose a string of indignant insults, and Maleficent turned him back into a crowd to shut him up. He continued cawing in the background. Aurora suddenly brightened as an idea came to her.
"You don't need spells! You can already cure curses as easily as you can cure my scraped knees!
"Oh?"
Aurora smiled off of her godmother. "Can I have a kiss to make it better?"