Chapter Nine
"Lily?" Maleficent calls when she sees her in the back of a taxi; they are both arriving in front of the sorcerer's manor. "What are you doing here?"
"I got some kind of vision while I was at Granny's Diner." Lily answers as she gets out of the taxi and pays. "Said they could help me with the darkness the 'Charmings' put in me."
"I got the same vision." Maleficent confides as the taxi leaves. "But I was told they needed my help."
"We do need your help."
They turn towards the manor to see a woman with blonde hair in a braid resting on her shoulders; a light blue dress down to the knee, seemingly wrapped around her waist and flaring at the hip; a blue plated gemstone heart pendant and silver, sandal heels.
"And who are you?" Maleficent insists.
"My name is Elsa. The woman who sent you the vision is my cousin Mim, a powerful sorceress. And she has a plan on how to move the darkness from Lily to another object."
"But I was told that it couldn't be undone." Lily corrects.
"Yes, but what is the 'it' being referred to?" Elsa puts out into the ether, silencing the two women. "Can the darkness not be returned to Emma? Can the darkness never be removed from you? Can the darkness never be transferred again?" -both women look hopeful- "What is 'it' exactly?"
"And what is this 'object' you plan on transferring the darkness to?" Maleficent dives in. "Do you need our help to retrieve it?"
"It is already in the process," -they look, Elsa to her right, the others to their left- "of being retrieved."
"Nice outfit change, Mim!" Elsa laughs.
"Thank you!" Mim replies, spinning. "I could say the same thing to you!" -Mim is sporting a silver-black corset over a plain, black, long sleeve shirt, a bit off the shoulders; black pants and thigh high suede black boots- "But, back to the task at hand."
"Thank you." Maleficent hisses and Lily snickers.
"I'd watch your tone, my dear." -Mim's eyes change shape as the irises turn blue- "You two are not the only dragons here."
"You are an alpha?" Maleficent gasps as she backs away and plants herself between her and Lily.
"Very good." Mim commends as she walks towards the manor, eyes shifting back to normal. "Shall we? We have things to discuss."
