Hi everyone this is my first ever fanfiction story since getting an account (yay!) I'm not a very good writer so please excuse bad grammar and stuff. This storyline only came to me when I found out that the name Aldara means 'winged gift'. Please be kind when you read it because I'm only a stupid little kid! :D

Chapter 1:

Maleficent smiled as she watched the small child playing with her teddy bear. She truly felt like the luckiest woman in the world to have such a perfect little girl that she could call her own. The girl's name was Aldara and even at only two years old she was already showing signs that she had inherited her mother's fiery temper. She had short dark curly hair, pale green skin and beautiful golden eyes.

Aldara giggled with glee as she managed to grab hold of Diablo long enough to turn his dark feathers bright pink. The raven cawed angrily and flew in front of Maleficent's face demanding that she change his feathers back to their natural colour.

"Not yet" she whispered "You'll have to wait a while so she doesn't get upset...and..." she smirked and continued "You look fine in pink"

Diablo cawed in annoyance and flew out of the nearest window to sulk on the roof of the castle.

"Mummy! Mummy!" Shouted Aldara as she jumped up and down on the spot

"Yes my little princess?" Asked Maleficent

"Can you tell me that story again? The one about the dragon you found once" Pleaded Aldara

"Oh but don't you get bored of hearing the same story over and over?"

"No I like it! I really like dragons too!"

Maleficent laughed softly "Oh alright just once more" She said as she lifted the infant off the ground and sat her on her lap.

"Well when I was a little girl I always loved to explore the forest around me and play with the creatures that lived there-"

"-Just like me!" Said Aldara

Maleficent smiled "Yes just like you...The thing I loved most was finding dragons as I believed I could truly understand them. One day there was a great storm that destroyed parts of the forest that I so dearly loved. A pixie informed me that a young dragon had been trapped in an area of the forest affected by the storm and that he was injured. When I found him it was to find that his wing was trapped underneath a fallen tree and it was clearly broken. I quickly used the magic I possessed to free him from the tree and I spent the next few weeks looking after him while his wing healed and we soon became friends"

Aldara smiled and snuggled up against her mother's chest as she continued to listen to the story.

"We spoke of the forest and places we'd been and he told me of his home and far off lands that I'd only ever dreamed of but best of all we talked about flying. He told me what it was like to soar through the clouds with the wind calling your name and the soft breeze in your face and of the beautiful colours of the skies and clouds at sunset"

"Mummy" Asked Aldara in a quiet voice "What happened to the dragon? I always forget"

"He went home" Maleficent said simply

"That's sad" Said Aldara

"Not really. Yes it was sad to say goodbye to a friend but the skies were calling him and as he once told me 'Home is where the heart is' and I knew that his heart was forever in his homelands with the other dragons. One day he left after promising that he would never forget the few precious weeks that we were friends"

"That's a-"Aldara yawned "-Nice story, Mummy" she finished sleepily

Maleficent smiled at her little girl before saying quietly "I think you could use a nap, little one"

Aldara nodded "Ok mummy"

Maleficent stood up with Aldara in her arms and carried the little girl upstairs to her bedroom and put her to bed. She was just leaving the room when Aldara called after her.

"Mummy! Wait!"

"Yes my darling?"

"Sing to me" She said "Sing our song"

Maleficent smiled and seated herself next to Aldara's bed and began to softly sing to her

"I know you I walked with you once upon a dream

I know you that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam

And I know it's true yet visions are seldom all they seem

But if I know you I know what you'll do

You'll love me at once

The way you did once upon a dream"

Maleficent smiled at her sleeping daughter and gently kissed her forehead

"Sweet dreams my little Aldara"