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"Hang in there, you're doing a great job," Phillip said as aurora squeezed his hand so hard he could barely feel it. Aurora had been miserable ever since Mulan had left to join the merry men. She'd only smile when it was related to the baby and late at night when she thought he was asleep he would hear her crying quietly for hours on end. He was hoping with the birth of their child she would finally regain her spirits and they could get on with their happily ever after. He didn't understand why Aurora was so distraught about Mulan leaving, he had known her much longer after all and he wasn't nearly as upset about it.

Aurora screamed louder as the baby started crowning and Phillip snapped out of his thoughts. "Keep going, you're almost there," He reassured, his hand now turning slightly blue. Phillip took his hand away and gently held up the baby as it came out, cutting the umbilical cord. The baby let out a cry as he rapped a blanket around it and he gave a sigh of relief. He had been a little worried about the health of the baby because it had yet to have been 9 months since he and Aurora had first made love upon his return to the enchanted forest.

Phillip walked over to sit next to Aurora on the bed.

"It's a girl," he whispered. Aurora gently took the baby out of Phillip's arms and held her lovingly. In all the chaos Phillip hadn't gotten a very good look at his daughter and now that he was looking a little closer he noticed that some things were a little... odd. Her hair was a very dark brown, almost black even, and her skin was very slightly darker than he would expect from his and Aurora's skin colours. As he started to get a bad feeling about what these things could mean he looked around her face for any features that resembled him in the slightest but he could find none.

"She's beautiful," Aurora sighed dreamily, a bright smile adorning her face. Phillip felt something inside of him triggered by those words, the foreboding feelings he had felt up until then were replaced by anger and betrayal.

"You cheated on me?!" he accused, his hands balling up into fists. Aurora, startled by his words, looked up at him with wide eyes filled with shock.

"I what?" she asked, genuinely confused.

"She looks nothing like me! I can't believe you got pregnant with someone else's baby and just expected me never to find out!" he shouted.

"I didn't!" she defended, looking down at her baby to determine whether there was truth in his words or not. Looking closely at her daughter's features Aurora could see that she had inherited her own mouth and blue eyes but she could spot nothing of Phillip's on her beautiful daughter's face.

"Then how do you explain the fact that that baby has someone else's genes in it and none of mine?" he asked, staring her down accusingly.

"I don't know! I don't know what's going on!" Aurora shouted desperately.

"Forget it, I'm leaving and don't expect me to come back!" Phillip spat as he started walking around the room, packing his things.

"Wait! No, Phillip don't go! I can't do this on my own!" she said, starting to panic.

"Just get whoever you let knock you up to help you," he said bitterly.

The door slammed shut as Phillip stormed out leaving Aurora alone in the room to contemplate what just happened. It had all happened so quickly. Looking down at her daughter in shock she tried to understand how she didn't look anything like Phillip. She hadn't cheated on him but no matter how hard she looked she couldn't see anything that indicated this wonderful little girl could be his. There were some things about her that reminded Aurora of someone else she knew but she couldn't quite pinpoint who. Perhaps someone had used magic on her?

After a lot of thinking she came to the conclusion that nothing could be done now and tomorrow she would set out to find Mulan and the Merry Men. Hopefully they knew of a way to find out who this angel's father really was.


This is my first fan fiction so it's probably not that good, constructive criticism is appreciated. Also if anyone wants to redo this story or continue it, feel free :). I may or may not continue this story it depends on the feedback I get.