This is an edited version of the story that spatterson started (with her permission, of course). I kept a few lines in the original chapter so as to make it work with my ideas. Couldn't help imagining what could've been in this chapter. I hope this works out OK!
Sleeping Beauty Truth or Dare Chapter 46
"Welcome to... to... hmm... Chapter... 46?" Fauna greeted the audience with a smile. She furrowed her brow as if trying to remember something important.
"Chapter 46?" asked King Stefan. "Didn't we just get here?" Stefan rubbed his temples, his face wincing as if he were pain.
Everyone seemed to be rubbing their heads as if overcome by a sudden onset of a migraine.
"Where are we?" asked Aurora.
"This stage... it looks so strange, yet so familiar," Leah remarked. "And there's an audience staring at us."
"That computer..." Maleficent began, starting towards the computer located in the corner of the stage. "I believe it is our duty to read whatever is on that computer..."
"... and do whatever it says to do... or answer any questions that are directed to us," Merryweather finished.
"I believe we've all done this before," King Hubert said. "But who's in charge around here?"
"That would be me," a dark voice reverberated through the stage. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am AmusingAnomaly. I command each of your fates as I see fit."
"OK, but wasn't there another person writing the story?" Flora asked.
"I suppose we just got whisked away into another realm," reasoned Leah.
"Well I don't trust this writer one bit," Merryweather said. "I think they're up to no good."
"Now you hear me, AmusingAnomaly," Maleficent cried out. "Only I decide my fate. You have no control over me, the things that happen to me or anything else! I shall smite you if you ever show your face!"
"Fine. I'll leave myself out of this."
Maleficent rolled her eyes as she glided over to the computer to read the following guest reviews and PMs. "The first is from Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy:
"Thanks Sarah for letting us stay :)"
"What? Sarah? Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash?" Maleficent turned about to see two ponies hovering a short distance away. "Oh, I remember everything now..." Maleficent saw that the others were snapping out of their amnesia it seemed, as they were no longer rubbing their heads and were actively engaging with one another.
"Silence!" Maleficent called out to them all. Everyone stopped jabbering and looked to the imposing fairy. "Now. Let's get on with the show! Our next message comes from Mlp fan 123:
"Dear Maleficent and Aurora, I dare you to sing 'This Day Aria.'
Maleficent buried her face in her hands and Aurora smiled radiantly. "Oh I just love to sing! I'm going to find out what that song is and sing it as best I can!" Aurora said. She got up and searched for the song on the internet, gave the song a one over and then smiled at the cast sitting behind her.
"Show them what my gift can do, Aurora!" Fauna said smiling widely.
Aurora cleared her throat and looked at Maleficent.
"Well then, go on," Maleficent drawled.
Aurora twirled around and began to sing, her beautiful voice carrying through the hall. She finished the song with a curtsey to the audience as they applauded. She then sat herself back on the chair.
"Can we ask Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy questions?"
"Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were they?" Maleficent asked more to herself. "Hmm, I do wonder how you'll ask them questions when they're about to die in a fire!" Maleficent said with a wicked laugh. "Behold!" Immediately a pit of fire appeared with both ponies dangling from a rope above it. "Now, the next questions are from supersayana:
Fairies, What do you eat?
"Well, we've been eating berries for 16 years," Merryweather said. "We've had berry pies, berry pancakes, berry milkshakes; we so love our berries."
"But when we're not eating berries, we secretly hire a chef to cook all our meals," Flora replied.
"Oh he was so amazing," Fauna remarked. "He made us so many things! Vegetable stew, vegetable lasagna, and the most tasty berry and nut mix anyone has ever tasted!"
"What? You kept that from me for sixteen years? You didn't do any of your own cooking?" Aurora asked.
"Nope. Well there was this one time when I tried to make your birthday cake..." Fauna reminisced.
"And it was wonderful..." Aurora said, though her expression still spoke suspicion. "Did the chef make all those birthday confections as well?"
"Well, technically, we did make everything for your birthday. We just used magic instead," Fauna confessed.
"That's enough of that!" Flora replied. "So to answer your question we ate lots of good, healthy treats and meals courtesy of our chef!"
Phillip seemed to want to say something. Maybe it was the dangling ponies about to burn to their deaths. Or maybe... it was something else.
Leah, Go to a heavy metal concert.
Queen Leah was surprised to have a ticket appear in her hands with Megadeth printed at the top. "A heavy metal concert? Megadeth? Well OK."
Leah got up and left the stage. A limousine was waiting for her outside. She stepped into and it was taken to where Megadeth was playing just a few blocks away.
Meanwhile, back at the stage, the cast was about to hear their next command. Maleficent decided to read the next one silently.
Maleficent, I dare you to scare the fairies in a funny way.
"Scare the fairies in a funny way, hmm? Funny is so subjective... I suppose then I shall scare them in a way I find funny." Maleficent waved her staff and created three bowls of porridge with berries on top. They hovered over to where the fairies sat. "Fairies! Please accept these bowls of porridge as my apology for everything I've done to you."
Merryweather was suspicious. "Is this another one of your witch's tricks? I don't trust you one bit!"
"Come now, Merryweather," Fauna said as she eagerly took her bowl of porridge. "I think Maleficent just turned over a new leaf!"
"Well, thank you very much Maleficent." Flora politely took her bowl of porridge and began eating it, savouring the taste of berries, oatmeal and... was that dirt?
"Oh sweet heavens!" Flora cried as she dropped her bowl of porridge, shattering it on the floor. Worms began to squirm on the floor where the bowl had dropped.
The other two fairies screamed as they too dropped their bowl of worms onto the stage. Maleficent cackled at this and made the bowls and worms vanish.
"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you!" Merryweather spat.
"What was the message you read on the computer? Flora asked. "Did they command you to do something vile to us?"
"But of course!" Maleficent said still chuckling. "The next is from Alice1234567890
Merryweather- sorry you lost the race against Rainbow Dash.
Merryweather shrugged. "Well, I would have won if I was allowed to use magic. Stupid Rainbow Dash …"
"Speaking of which we need to save them!" Flora said. "Goodness me! They're about to be burned!"
The fairies flew over to where the ponies were dangling and cut the ropes binding them. They were safely whisked away to the back of the stage where a magical stable was conjured.
"Hey don't leave us here!" one of the ponies quipped.
"It's for your own good!" Flora replied as she followed the other two to their seats.
Maleficent cleared her throat as she read the next message. "The next is from Magikoopa981:
I dare Maleficent's goons to put sneezing powder in her drink when she's not looking
"Well, now. Not a very good dare, is it? I'm going to be expecting that to happen at any time. It won't be easy pulling the wool over my eyes." Maleficent slumped in her chair and took a sip of her cider. A tingling sensation ran down her throat and suddenly her nose began to itch. "Achoo!" she sneezed. "Achoo!" She began sneezing incessantly, covering her mouth in her long sleeves. "H-h-ACHOO! How did this happen?" Maleficent's sneezing stopped for a moment and stared at her minions with hatred. "You!" She pointed to one of her soldiers. "I always knew it would be you!"
"It wasn't me, Mistress! You have to understand -" the goblin thrusted his hands forward to try and stop his advancing Mistress. It was futile to argue though because Maleficent could clearly see one of his hands gripping a bottle with "Sneezing Powder" written upon it. "Ack! It wasn't me, I swear!"
"You will pay dearly – ACHOO – for your crime!" Maleficent aimed her staff at her follower and zapped him with a huge bolt of lightning. The soldier lay on the ground as he smoked and the smell of burned flesh filled the stage. To everyone's amazement the minion arose off the floor, his burns healed and scampered back to the crowd of soldiers. "Right... I cannot murder anyone while I'm here, it seems." Maleficent sighed as she read the next message.
I dare Princess Aurora to touch another spinning wheel (assuming she's a bit afraid of them now...)
Aurora gasped. "Touch a spinning wheel? Why, I wouldn't dare! Besides they've all been burned."
Maleficent laughed. "Foolish Aurora. You do realize I can make spinning wheels appear by magic? Observe." Maleficent whipped her staff forward, and stream of green fire shot out and landed upon the stage. When the flames dissipated a black spinning wheel stood before them.
Aurora remained seated as she stared bewildered at the spinning wheel. This looked familiar to her somehow and felt a sense of foreboding. Regardless she arose and slowly walked towards it.
"Don't do it! It's a trap!" Stefan called out.
"Relax Stefan, 'tis but a dare!" Maleficent casually replied.
Aurora neared the spinning wheel and was just about to put her hand upon it. Suddenly she stopped and turned toward Maleficent. "Do I touch the wheel or the spindle?"
"Touch the spindle," Maleficent replied, drumming her fingers together and smiling wryly. "Touch it I say!"
Aurora touched the spindle of the spinning wheel and fainted, but not before Flora conjured up a fluffy mattress to cushion her fall.
"YES I WON!" Maleficent cried.
"Maleficent!" scolded Flora. "You will bring her back – now!"
"This is a truth or dare show," reminded Maleficent, "the only way to bring her back is for someone in the audience to bring her back with a dare."
"But they didn't dare her to touch the spindle and faint!"
"She touched the spindle of the spinning wheel didn't she? How was anyone to know what would happen?"
"Very well," Flora said. She looked hopefully at the audience.
"Well I suppose that's all for today," Fauna said. "With Aurora incapacitated we will just have to postpone the show!"
"Aurora awakens," said AmusingAnomaly. Suddenly Aurora awakened and took her seat beside her parents.
"I thought you said you would stay out of this?!" Maleficent roared. "So stay out of it! Speak to me you anomaly!" But Maleficent's words fell on deaf ears as she went back to the computer to read the messages.
I dare Maleficent to wear pink for a whole day
A scowl appeared on Maleficent's face. To wear pink for a day is something she particularly dreaded. It disgusted her. The very thought of pink made her insides lurch. But to her dismay, Flora waved her wand and Maleficent's black and purple robes became pink. Her horns became a bright fuchsia, and her now princess-style gown was a stunning neon pink with white frills layering beneath it. Maleficent looked stunning, save for the scowl she wore upon her otherwise beautiful face.
"You can go to the ball with that dress, Maleficent!" Flora said. "You look gorgeous!"
"Yes, you look absolutely adorable!" Fauna said.
"Shut it you ninnies!"
"Yeah, people might even want to talk to you now!" Merryweather suggested.
"I'm sick of this," Maleficent growled.
"Well, we're all sick of your bad attitude," Merryweather retorted.
Maleficent glared at the three fairies before turning back to the computer. "The next is from Tree:
Fairies, I dare you to do these magical things to Aurora.
1. cover her in warts.
2. make her super fat.
3. give her mega stinky death F.A.R.T.S.
The fairies all gasped. "Uh, we can't do that."
"It was a dare you numskulls!" Maleficent growled. "Do it!"
"But we can only do nice things. It's not possible for us to do those things to her," reasoned Flora.
Instead, it was Maleficent who waved her staff and Aurora became as obese as a seal, as warty as a toad just as a loud flatulence escaped her. The cast covered their noses, waving their hands before them.
"How long do I have to be like this?" Aurora asked.
"It doesn't say." Maleficent hissed.
Aurora sighed as Maleficent read the next message.
"The next is from Amy Hobbs
Maleficent, which of the three fairies do you hate the most and why? Also, describe yourself in three words. Aurora, describe yourself in three words."
"I actually hate all of the fairies. But I'll say that I hate Merryweather the most because she's a hot-headed nuisance!
"Three words that describe me? Impatient, Compulsive, Sadistic," Maleficent replied.
"Three words that describe me? Let me see." Aurora began to think. "Beautiful, talented, and royal." Aurora said finally.
"What is royal?" Maleficent questioned. "To describe your personality as royal... what does that mean?"
"Well it means that my mind is more royally adjusted than, say, yours. You don't have the capacity to understand what it means to be royal and do royal things and whatnot."
"That I do not, princess. That I do not." Maleficent rolled her eyes. "Well at least I'm beautiful too."
"You didn't say that in the three words that describe you," Merryweather said.
"I can describe myself in more than three words you cretin!" Maleficent shouted, striking Merryweather with lightning. "I'm more than just those three words! I'm magnificent! I'm unique! Morally dubious! Impulsive! I'm the most powerful fairy in the world!"
There was an awkward silence with everyone in the room as Maleficent's anger passed. Flora and Fauna went up to Merryweather and helped her up. Everyone in the room all stared at Maleficent.
"Are we done, Maleficent?" Stefan asked.
"Yes," Maleficent replied.
"See you all in Sleeping Beauty Truth or Dare Chapter... uh..." Fauna faltered.
"Bye for now," everyone called.
"Hey, where's Maleficent?" Flora asked.
"She's over there," Aurora answered.
Maleficent was standing in the corner, looking out the window.
Merryweather walked up to the wicked fairy. "Maleficent? Can I talk to you?" she asked.
Maleficent turned her gaze to the blue fairy. "Whatever."
"Maleficent, I'm sorry for being such an overly attentive prick," Merryweather said. "I suppose you can be beautiful too."
"Yes, indeed," Maleficent sighed. "I am beautiful though, wouldn't you say? I mean look at this beautiful pink dress!" Maleficent twirled around. "I believe I can get used to this."
Merryweather cringed.
An amused chuckle escaped Maleficent. "Look at me," she placed her finger below Merryweather's chin and gently made her gaze meet her yellow eyes."We don't need to be enemies in this story. It's not like how things were back in the day. So let's work together and try to be civil," Maleficent said.
Merryweather nodded. "I love you, Maleficent."
"And I you," Maleficent answered. "But only in this story."
The two laughed as the stage lights faded out and the curtain was closed.