Disclaimer: I own nothing beside my crazy mind and my computer… and sometimes it's more them owning me…

Note : Maleficent's POV

She made your pain disappeared. You cannot believe it. This woman knows how to work some magic. You're still feeling sore but the pain is gone. Well the brightest one of all at least. You're still feeling the pinching sensation of those she said she healed while you were out.

You feel better all of a sudden. Lighter. Almost happy for a second. When you feel something wet on your skin. A different kind of wet. You can tell because your skin is hypersensitive. That's a side effect of the curse you live with.

You turn your head to try and identify the source of this drop on your smaller back.

That's when your heart misses a beat. Her face. She is contorted with pain and there are tears on her cheeks. Why is this perfect woman crying? Why isn't she happy?

"Why are you crying? Did I do something to offend you? I can leave now if you want…" you start panicking a little because what if she wants you to leave? Did the healing give you enough strength to turn and fly away?

"Oh no dear no… I… I cry because I'm in so much physical pain… how did you endure this? How did you manage to fly and crawl and stand on your feet? You are the strongest woman I have ever met…"

Did she…?

"How do you know how I felt? What did you do?" you frown at her, suspecting the worst.

"That spell I used to heal your deepest and largest cut… it… I… I can't explain to you how it works but let's just say you are not in pain anymore because I took it. Every power comes with a price dear…"

"but you didn't have to pay that much for me! You don't even know me! I don't even know your name… why did you show so much kindness to me? For all you know I could be here to destroy you! That's what I do you know, I destroy people's lives! You shouldn't have helped me… I should be dead… " you turn your eyes away from her. Afraid of what she's going to say or do. You don't want her to like you. You don't even like what you are. This dragon inside you and its needs. They make you do things. Things no one would never forgive you. If she knew, she would never have helped you.

"Don't you EVER say that again. You are a dragon. You are fierce and graceful, well I guess you are, you weren't really graceful when I saw you in the sky…" she tries to make you laugh but it barely brings the shadow of a smile on your face.

"… anyway, you have no idea how you are making me feel things I thought I had lost a long time ago…"

What?! No! She can't be in love with you! No! That's not possible!

"… oh rest assured dear, I'm not talking about taking you as my lover or anything like this! Dear gods, no! I… but you can't really understand what I'm telling you if you don't know who I am, can you? Time for some presentation then…" you watch her stand up take a few steps back and introduce herself with a short bow

"I am Regina, Queen of this Kingdom. And you are?"

Queen?! You are in the bed of the Queen?! Wait a minute… which kingdom did you land in?! Oh by the Gods… she is the one they call the Evil Queen.

"You are the Evil Queen…" you say in disbelief and you see her face twitch a little… you prepare to suffer… because what is said about her is true…

"My dear, if I were so evil, don't you think I would have let you die out there? Now could you please tell me how I should call you?" she said with a smile. She has a point. She saw you crash into her garden, change back to your human form, helped you walked to the castle, healed your wound… that "evil" queen has showed you nothing but kindness. You relax in the bed and try to stand up or at least sit up. It hurts a bit but nothing in compare to how much it hurt before. Nothing in compare to how much she must be hurting. So you make a final effort, sit straight in the bed and introduce yourself. Knowing that once she'll know your name, she'll get power over you. But you trust her. Something in her eyes tells you you are safe with her and that she won't do anything to hurt you.

"My name is Maleficent. I come from a far away kingdom. King Stephan's kingdom. I fly away because I am not welcomed there anymore. You have been helping a fugitive and a horrible creature."