Chapter 7: Sleeping Beauty
Enchanted Forest
"Who is she?" Robin Hood asked.
He, the Merry Men, and Prince Phillip had just climbed to the highest room of Maleficent's castle at night, searching for Aurora, but instead found Rose Tyler asleep on a bed.
"I don't know." Prince Phillip replied.
"Let's move on." Robin said.
"No." Phillip said. "She might know about Aurora."
Phillip then went over to the bed and gently shook Rose, but she did not awaken.
"The longer we stay here, the more likely Maleficent will wake up and attack us." Robin said.
"I've seen this before." Phillip said. "This woman was put under a sleeping curse. The same as Aurora and her mother."
"So?" Robin Hood asked. "Only true love's kiss can break a sleeping curse. None of us even know who she is. We have to go and find Aurora."
"We can't just leave her." Phillip said. "Perhaps she does know about Aurora and that's why Maleficent put her in a sleeping curse."
"We don't have time for this." Robin said.
"We're not leaving her to be Maleficent's prisoner." Phillip said.
"Fine." Robin said.
Robin Hood then instructed little John, who was in fact very large, to pick the sleeping blonde woman up from the bed and carry her. John did as he was told and held Rose Tyler in his arms.
"We've looked through the whole castle and Aurora isn't here." Phillip said. "This woman was not only here, but put in a sleeping curse. We should leave the castle and figure out a way to wake her up. Then she can tell us what happened to Aurora."
"Alright." Robin said. "Perhaps we can ask the Blue Fairy."
Prince Phillip, Robin Hood, Little John and Rose Tyler, and the rest of the Merry Men then descended the steps quietly back to the ground floor of the castle. Robin Hood was still holding the Eye of Life, a powerful object that he didn't want Maleficent to have, due to its destructive and magical capabilities. They walked through the halls of the dark, quiet castle until they came back to the front door. They then walked back outside and disappeared into the midnight forest. Unbeknownst to them, they were being watched by Maleficent.
In her bedroom chambers, the evil sorceress Maleficent was awake. She knew that people had invaded her home, but she did not attack. She wanted to know what they were looking for. So she used the magic water in her cauldron to spy on them, the same way that the Evil Queen spies on people with her magic mirror. She discovered that they were looking for Aurora and thought that Rose Tyler might hold the answers. Maleficent thought the same thing, which is why she took her in the first place. However, she also noticed that Robin Hood had stolen the Eye of Life, an object she spent years trying to acquire. She couldn't let them get away with it. Maleficent then planned to meet them in the forest and kill them.
