This is very close to perfect. Thought Maleficent, as she stared at the pink and purple sunset. She was sitting on the overlook by her tree, the world had been at peace since King Stephan's death and Maleficent could not have been happier with the way things turned out. What would make this even more perfect, Maleficent continued, is if she had Aurora sitting here beside her. Oh well she would have to be content with her raven. Maleficent smiled at the form of Diaval, his head in her lap, the rest of his body sprawled across the grass. She ran her finger through his black hair and smiled. He looked up at her and laughed at the ridicules grin on her face.

"Why do you look so happy all of the sudden, it usually takes my best charm to get that kind of a smile out of you." Diaval joked, though in truth he was more than pleased about how happy she was. He hated it when she was sad even if it only lasted a minute.

"I was just thinking how perfect this is, you and me, the sunset. I couldn't help but to smile." Maleficent looked back at the sky, it was growing darker but it would still be some time before the sun went away completely and the stars came out.

"Mistress may I ask you a question?" Diaval asked looking at her with his obsidian eyes that made her melt.

She rolled her eyes at the use of the word mistress, she had told him to stop calling her that when she had freed him from her service and gave him the power to transform on his own whim, but he never seemed to be able to break the habit. That or he didn't want to. "Yes of course you can my pet."

"Why did you save me from the farmer? When you first meet me why didn't you just let them kill me?" His question puzzled Maleficent. She had never thought about it before. Why indeed? What was it about that raven that made her want to save him? It could have been that she knew about his life debt and just needed a servant, but no, there was something more than that.

Maleficent pondered so long on the question that Diaval was starting to think she would not answer him and yet he said nothing. He knew that if she was going to answer he would have to be patient. When she finally did speak the sun was gone and stars were coming out.

"I saved you because I saw some of me in you. We both were hurt and tricked by humans. We both were dying, albeit in different ways, you by a club and me from heartbreak. I felt pity for you, you were just trying to live your life when a farmer suddenly captures you and plans to kill you with a club. The odds were in his favor, you had no chance to survive… just like me with Stephan. If I couldn't save myself I could at least save you. At the time I was too proud to admit that, so I did use the excuse that I would get a loyal man servant out of my efforts, but that was an excuse nothing more."

"Well I'm glad you did, even if at the time you thought it was just for the life debt." Diaval chuckled trying to lighten the mood, as was his style.

"Me as well Diaval. I don't know what would have become of me if I hadn't."

For a long while both of them said nothing, just stared up at the sky. The stars made little dots of white on an otherwise inky black sky and the affect was a feeling of pure peace. The wind on the overlook picked up a little bit, but Maleficent didn't mind, she loved the feeling of the wind on her wings. It made up for the lost time when her wings were taken from her.

"Alright it's my turn now." Maleficent finally broke the silence with this statement.

"Your turn for what, love?" Diaval asked, though he already knew what. His eyes were closed, there was a look of total peace on his face and he didn't want to give that peace up with thought provoking question. But he would do whatever she asked.

"At any time did you think I was… evil?" The question surprised Diaval. Where had this come from?

The answer was almost immediate. "No."

"But after everything I did how many lives I destroyed, all the people I hurt. There had to be some time when you thought I had gone too far and was totally evil, not even worthy of saving."

"There were sometimes when I questioned what you were doing and had thought that it had gone too far, but I never thought you were evil. And no it was not because I loved you that I believed that. After you told me what Stephan had done to you I wanted to go and kill him myself, I completely understood why you were doing what you were doing. If someone had stolen my wings I don't know what I would do, and the fact that you were able to carry on showed strength and I admired that. The times I thought you had gone too far I told you, whether you wanted to hear it or not. I never thought you were evil, just broken and lost doing the only thing you could."

As he spoke Maleficent said nothing, she could not imagine how something as wonderful as Diaval could think so much of her and not hate her. Silent tears rolled down her cheek. Seeing them Diaval sat up and brushed them away. He gave her a small wonderful smile filled with love and understanding. He pressed a gentle kiss to her lips.

"I love you Maleficent."

"I love you Diaval."

He laid back down and both of them turned their heads towards the stars, hands clasped together. She was wrong before, this was perfection. Slowly they fell asleep beneath the stars and tree.

Thank You for reading this I hoped you liked it. So this is the first story in a series of one shots that are going to be about all of the characters in maleficent. So please, please review for any ideas or input you have for it. I'm honestly a sucker for feedback cant get enough of it. Sorry for any mistakes in spelling or grammar I did edit. Thanks again for your time Happy Reading!