AN: A huge thank you to everyone who favorite, followed, and reviewed the story so far. I am hoping to be able to update this story twice weekly if time permits. Thank you once again and without further ado…

Chapter 2:

It had been a few days since the fateful night of Orion's vision and he knew that things had changed between himself and the rest of his family. He could tell, even as he sat upon the battlements of his grandfather's castle, that things would never again be the same.

Flashback:

Making his way to his parents study Orion pondered the dream again. He had been remembering the dream over and over ever since the conversation with his grandfather.

"How could she be Maleficent's daughter?" he kept repeating. "Maleficent cursed our family, she tried to kill mom and dad, and she even went as far as putting Queen Leah into an enchanted sleep." Orion chuckled despite himself over the last statement. He had to agree that if he had the power he too would put her to sleep as well.

She had always been hateful in her treatment of him. Which was the polar opposite of her constant dotting behavior of his sister Audrey.

Finally making it to the door of his parents' study Orion raised his had, steeling himself, knocked on the door and patiently awaited admittance.

"Enter." Commanded his father, Prince Philip.

Making his way into the study Orion, for what seemed the hundredth time, marveled at the beautiful study that his grandfather meticulously built during his reign as the king of Ulstead before its unification with the kingdom of his old friend King Stefan. Sitting down on the chair in front of the fire Orion readied himself to ask the questions that he needed to know.

"Orion, what's troubling you?" asked Aurora. Looking worried that he may have overheard what was being discussed prior to his arrival.

"Mother, why do we hate Maleficent?" Orion asked in a voice that he hoped didn't betray any of his true feelings.

Startled, Philip shared a look with his wife before turning to his son. " She cursed us, she tried to kill us and she almost succeeded." Said Philip in a tone that clearly showed his hate for the subject.

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes at his father's lack of an answer. "But why, why did she curse you and tried to kill you?" Orion asked. "Normal people don't just do things like that without reason."

"Because she's evil" spat Philip without remorse "she didn't need a reason she just did it. She appeared at your mothers christening and laid a curse upon her. I can still recall my father telling me the wording of the cures "Before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel, and fall into a sleep like death! A sleep from which she will never awaken." "Luckily the fairy Merryweather allowed for your mother to be able to be awakened by true love's kiss."

"But father" asked Orion "why would someone attend a christening and cure the one who they are there for?" "It just doesn't make sense."

"She wasn't invited, she gate crashed and cursed your mother for no reason." "She is evil Orion there is no logical reason for what she does," stated Philip.

Confused Orion asked, "Why wasn't she invited, from what I understand everyone was invited. Why was she the exception?" pondered Orion out loud.

Clearly upset by the question Aurora responded. "She's evil Orion, my parents didn't need a reason to not invite her. It was better that they didn't invite her at all."

"I think your wrong," said Orion. "It was through the slight against her by Grandfather Stefan and Queen Leah that your problems with maleficent started."

"How can you say that Orion" spat Philip. "She's evil and deserved everything that she got."

"If anything she did this family a great service" replied Orion, his temper rising along with his voice. "Between her and Merryweather she made sure that you two were truly in love and that you two were perfect for each other."

"What's this about Orion" screamed Philip "are you turning evil, is that why you're defending her. Are you hoping that she'll take you on, teach you everything she knows, that she'll give you everything that you've ever wanted? God why cant you be a good child like your sister, she is what we need for a ruler not some spoiled recluse who no one knows or loves" spat Philip almost foaming at the mouth.

Orion who took the verbal beating without reaction leans in to his parents and says in a voice almost too low for any to hear states "it's because I love her daughter that I say that you're both at fault. You're both too proud and vain to accept that the universe doesn't revolve around you."

A pregnant silence hangs over the family while Orion catches his breath. In a voice that sounded more confident than how Orion really felt he started explaining his dream. " She was standing there in this massive and beautiful cathedral and she was radiant. With magenta hair and glowing green eyes with these little golden flecks that shined brighter than the sun and all the stars in the night sky. I felt such love and protectiveness when I looked at her I knew that she was the one. She even had grandma Clarisse's ring on."

In a voice so low that most would have missed it Aurora asked, "how do you know that she was Maleficent's daughter?" Hoping beyond hope that he was wrong she waited for the answer.

"When I described her to grandfather Hubert he told me," said Orion defiantly.

"You will never be with her," snapped Philip feeling in his heart of hearts that his worst fears were confirmed.

"I love her and nothing will ever change that," yelled Orion as he left his parents study. Slamming the door in anger as stomped off.

End Flashback:

So engrossed in his memory that he didn't even realize that he had made his way to the one place in the entire castle that he felt comfortable and safe. However, as he stood just outside the doors to his grandfather's chambers he was able to hear the distinct sounds of an argument on the other side of the door. If the yelling was any indication to Orion as to just how bad the argument truly was he would defiantly say something was very wrong.

AN: So ends chapter two. I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope to have the next one up by Wednesday evening at the latest. Again thank you to all who have reviewed, favorited, and followed this story. For those asking when Mal and the other kids will make their appearance the answer is either late next chapter or the start of the chapter after that.