Sure enough the girl was waiting the next morning as Maleficent was heading out the door.
"Before you can even ask…Come on." She stated, watching as a smile split the girl's nervous expression.
They walked in silence for a while until they reached a small pond that was fed by a natural stream.
"I didn't think about a place like this being here!" Aurora stated as they neared the small area that was lush with plant life.
"Not a lot of people ever walk this far out anymore." Maleficent answered with a smile before adding "well except deer and some other creatures that find their way through here."
"Why did you show me this place then?" The young girl asked, catching Maleficent off guard.
"Just felt like coming here and you happened to be with me." She answered simply though she knew that wasn't true.
This is the place that her mother and I use to come to talk.
"School starts in a week." The blonde said after some time of silence.
"Is that so? Let me guess you're nervous?" she stated, earning a small nod.
"Don't be, I'm sure you'll make a lot of friends." Maleficent answered with a small smile.
'Great I sounded lamer than Diaval did when he asked me out.' She thought with a sigh.
"Mer…..I mean Maleficent….I overheard my aunties talking…They said that you didn't like anybody anymore. Is that true?"
The girl's voice wavered as she spoke, as if she was longing for the dark haired woman to actually take a liking toward her.
"Aurora…I don't trust a lot of people now because the last person I trusted hurt me greatly." Maleficent answered watching as the girl nodded before adding "but as far as liking people is concerned I have no problem with people if they do not bother me."
A pregnant silence filled the air between them then then in a timid, almost shaking voice the young blonde asked
"Do I bother you?"
The four words stunned Maleficent, did the girl bother her?
"Beastie…if you bothered me you would know it." She answered, though to her surprise the girl actually began to cry.
"You don't have to lie. My father always said I was." Aurora whispered, crystalline tears falling down her face.
"Your father is an idiot, I do not like Lairs Aurora thus would never to you." Maleficent stated as she brushed a strand of hair from the girl's face.
The girl however continued to cry, causing Maleficent to sigh and put an arm around her shoulders.
They stayed like that for a few minutes until Aurora had managed to calm down, leaning against the woman slightly as she calmed down.
"Beastie…whatever else your father has said to you isn't true." Maleficent stated, not daring to pull away in fear that she would hurt the young girl's feelings.
"But…" the girl began to argue, though a light glare cut her off.
"Aurora…If you were a bother I wouldn't invite you to walk with me and my opinion scarcely changes about anyone." She stated gently, rubbing the girl's arm a bit.
"Godmother? Was dad always so distant?" Aurora asked timidly, earning a sigh from the woman.
"No Beastie…He changed as he became a CEO." She answered simply before adding "then he turned nasty."
A comfortable silence fell over them as Aurora relaxed against the woman who shifted so that they were both more comfortable.
"Why do you call me that?" the fifteen year old asked after a while and Meredith sighed
"When I visited your mother after you were born I called you that." The woman answered with a shrug.