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Once again this will be a dark fic!
Disclaimer: I love Maleficent but I do not own or its characters. *whiny girl's voice* "Why must the hot ones always taken?"
The fairy awoke screeching in pain. She fell out of her hammock and clenched at her legs, why does it hurt so bad? She ripped her robes from her legs and saw that the flesh was without any markings. She grabbed her calves, bringing her legs close to her as she trembled, it burns so bad. Her head snap towards the human kingdom, hearing her name being shrieked from the one she loved the most. Her eyes went round as skin drained from her face, the pain in her legs forgotten as she whispered, "Aurora."
She got to her burning feet and launched herself in the air. She never flew so fast, not even when she was fighting with King Stephan. The agony traveled up her thighs and she shrieked, "AURORA!" She flew passed the little farm her beastie loved so much, the human male looking up with fright, dropping the feed to his feet. The brunette ignored him and continued flying as fast as she could, not bothering to respond to the human's shout.
Soon, the human kingdom loomed before her and she beat her wings fast and hard, the pain was reaching her waist. She cried out as tears streamed down her face, "Please don't! I'm coming Aurora!"
She whimpered as she flew above the humans and the castle. She sped to the gardens, the fire was licking at her chest, in a minute it would reach her love's heart and she will die. "NO!" She screamed at the top of her longs as she burst into the clearing. Her eyes went immediately to her poor mate, she saw the flames burn and torture her. The dress no longer existed and much of her skin was scorched into a black husk. Her chest was aflame and she felt terror, the pain was starting to dissipate which meant her mate was close to dying.
Maleficent flew to the stake and flapped her wings hard, the strong wind generated blowing out the blaze. Aurora's cross broke under the pressure from the gust and the queen fell backwards on the stone bricks, her arms still tied to the cross. The fairy landed on her feet and grabbed her face, staring into her blank eyes, "Aurora, no. Please god no."
With a clawed hand, she ripped off the rope that bound Aurora to the state; whimpering as it cut into her love's skin and making it bleed. She touched the skin above her heart. Her eyes closed as she concentrated, the golden mist of magic began to flow out of her hand and into her mate's heart. The fairy felt exhaustion creep up on her and her wings shrugged carelessly on the floor after a minute. She felt the heart flutter softly, on the cusp of death and poured more magic into the organ.
She groaned and poured even more magic into her love's body when she felt the heart still for a moment. She knew she was beginning to reach her limit but she still pushed. Aurora can't die, she just can't. She opened the fairy's heart and forced herself into it and after awhile she grew to accept it and even wiggled her way into the blonde's own. She needed Aurora, she was her light in the darkness.
The heart stuttered again but after a moment it started to beat at a steady rate. Maleficent's brows furrowed, it was still too quiet for the brunette's liking. She pushed harder, "Aurora, my beastie, my mate, please come back to me."
A low chuckle reached her ears, "You really are foolish you winged imp."
The magic flow was cut as her concentration was severed. She turned her head to see Marcus watching her along with the rest of the treacherous advisors. He wore a sadistic grin, revealing his yellow rotted teeth, "You come here, uninvited and posed for battle, and use magic on our queen." He giggled like a schoolboy, "You just made my job so much easier. All I have to do is blame her death on you and nobody will ever question it." He tilted his head and studied the queen's charred body, "Imagine the fear and hatred those commoners will feel once we show Aurora's body to them, oh they will be so quick to blame you. Of course they won't get the chance to hunt you, I will simply lop your head off and present it to them as the rightful king of this land."
She roared, any fatigue she felt leaving her limbs as her eyes blazed in green. She swiftly got onto her feet and jumped to the man. Her right wing rushed out but missed its target, the talon burying itself into another aging man to Marcus' right, blood and brain gushing out of his head, staining the talon and her feathers. She grunted as she flung the body from her wing, the body flying ten feet away, blood splattering her and Marcus clothes.
Marcus stared with terror in his eyes at the fairy, she should have been weak! Using that much magic should have drained her. Maleficent growled, "I will kill each and every last one of you!" She reached out and grabbed Marcus' neck. She lifted the bastard off the ground and squeezed, watching with grim fascination as his face became blue. She squeezed harder, blood oozing out from where her claws punctured his neck. Only a little harder and the little nuisance would be dealt with.
"Godmother don't."
The words were so soft, if the other advisors weren't too shock to say or do anything she would have heard nothing. Her head slowly turned and her grip loosened slightly. Aurora was on her side, blood weeping from cracks that came about as she struggled to roll over off of her back. The only thing that was not abused by the fire was her eyes, eyes that were staring at her in concern and fear for her. After a moment, her love's body slumped against the ground as her eyes shut, the darkness reclaiming her.
Maleficent looked back at Marcus and ignored the fragile kicks to her shins as she continued to hold up the man by his neck. Her eyes began to lose their luster as her brain processed what she was about to do. She did not have any quarrel with killing the bastard who hurt her beastie so cruelly but to do it in front of her of different. She growled but threw the old man away from her, she had already stolen enough of her beastie's innocence.
Turning her back to the treacherous advisors, she walked to her mate, grunting with every step. Now that her mind was working faster than her body she felt the pain of the flames once more, however it was much duller than before. The fairy reached the queen and she kneeled to the ground, hissing in pain as more of her 'damaged' skin touched the floor. She reached down and grabbed onto her mate, holding her close to her chest as she kissed her forehead, "Let's go home."
She lifted the two into the air and much slower made her way to the Moors. She looked back to see soldiers barging their way into the gardens and tightened her hold on Aurora. They looked up and threw spears at the fairy, already deciding that she was the one who was to blame. She banked to the right and screamed as one grazed her side.
The brunette beat her wings harder as she sped away. A groan left her lips as the wind hit Aurora's body, the pain resounding back into her own. The fact that her beastie did not respond to the pain made her extremely worried.
Once again her hand touched her chest and golden magic flowed into the blonde's body, "Just hold on a little longer, we're close now." She frowned as only a few strands flowed into her love, she was so exhausted. She flew past the stone statues and entered her home. Her wings ached but she continued, maneuvering between the cliffs and rocks that stood in her way.
After a few precious minutes the Moor fields appeared. Her wings gave out and she plummeted to the ground. Before she hit the grass she turned into the air, her wings wrapping protectively around Aurora. She screamed as the ground tore into her back and wings, ripping away parts of her robe, feathers, and flesh.
When she finally stopped dragging through the ground, she opened her wings to peek inside. The blonde was safe inside, however new cracks opened up on her skin, blood coming out of them steadily.
Maleficent struggled up onto her feet, clutching her mate's body close to her. She lifted her head, "Pixies! Help me please!"
She didn't have to wait long, three small women flew to her, fear etched into their faces. When the saw Aurora, they all screamed and went close to the queen, their eyes opened wide.
Flittle was the first to recover, "Bring her to the pool quickly!"
The fairy struggled to go to where the pixies were directing her. Before her was a small pond, moss growing heavily around the sides. She dropped to her knees and gently placed Aurora into the blue waters, hissing as their connection made her feel the pain, but now it was only as if a needle pierced her side.
The three pixies flew around the blonde, the blue pixie hovering over the blonde. She placed a hand on her charred neck, "She's still alive but barely." She stared at Maleficent, "Can't you feel the agony?"
She nodded, "Only a little though." Her eyes widened as realization hit her. She whispered in horror, "The bond is being broken."
Flittle nodded and placed her hands into the waters, "Yes, but you saved her in time." Slowly the water began to glow as blue magic danced in its waters around the blonde and Maleficent hummed as the dull ache began to ebb away. Her hum was echoed by Aurora as she sank deeper into the pool.
Knotgrass touched her shoulder, frowning as she sensed how weak the fairy was, "You did well Maleficent, but you used far too much of your magic." She closed her eyes and gave the fairy some of her own, "This will make some of the pain go away but you need Flittle's help."
Thistlewit nodded in agreement and placed her own hands on the fairy, giving her some of her magic as she nodded towards the working pixie, "The waters in the pool will heal you with her magic."
Flittle continued to concentrate on her niece, pushing the water around the blonde's body, soothing and healing the burns. As the liquid touched the scorched skin it gently rubbed away the charred flesh and restored it to its original form. Sweat poured down her face and back but she still pushed magic into the pond, she had to save her niece.
The blonde moaned as the torture began to leave her body. The darkness that blanketed her started to lighten, however she still could not see anything. She heard whispers but could not understand what they were saying. She could tell they were female but anything else was a mystery.
Maleficent crawled to the pool and dipped her hand into the water. The pain in her back resided but not all the wounds healed. She made the water focus on her worst injuries, the base of her wings and the side that the soldier hit with his spear. Once they reduced to a bearable level and stopped bleeding, she lifted her hand out. She watched her love closely, slowly her skin lost its blackness from the fire and it healed back to its healthy skin, if a little pink. She looked at Flittle, her tiny body trembling with strain, "Thank you."
The blue pixie nodded, "Just make sure that the people who did this to our Aurora pays dearly." She glanced to her side when Thistlewit joined her by the pool. The older pixie sighed in relief when the other began to give her her own magic. The young queen was mostly healed now but the burns on her chest still looked nasty and covered in large blisters.
Aurora smiled in her darkness, she no longer felt any pain. The eternal night lightened into shadows and the voices were getting louder, more coherent. She knew one voice belonged to her auntie Flittle and the other came from her lover but still the words made no sense. She frowned, what was going on? A part of her feared that they were discussing the lecture they would surely give her after she woke up from death. She giggled, she was funny in death.
Maleficent jumped as the blonde's lips twitched into the beginnings of a smile. She reached out and cupped her face, "Come back to me love." Her eyes looked shamefully at the straining woman still healing the blonde and then at the other two waiting just as anxious as her. She whispered, "I'm so sorry."
The three pixies looked at one another in confusion and then back at the brunette. Knotgrass touched her shoulder again and allowed more magic to flow into the fairy's back, "Too much blood must have bled from your wounds."
The fairy shook her head, "No, I'm the cause of all of this." She looked back at her poor Aurora, "If I had never acted on my feelings, none of this would have happened." Her eyes closed so she wouldn't have to look at them, "All of you must despise me."
Thistlewit was the one who first spoke up, "What are you saying? You protected Aurora like no other and she loves you so much." She gave Flittle more of her magic as she looked at the blonde, "It was fate that you two would meet and fall in love." She smiled at Maleficent, "None of us could ever go against love." The other two pixies nodded in agreement.
Aurora struggled against the dimness surrounding her. She had to wake up! She had to tell Maleficent that she didn't regret being with her and that she loved her with all of her heart. The darkness was incomplete but it didn't tear as she pushed against it.
Maleficent moved closer to the blonde as she began to move slightly. She pulled her into her arms and kissed her forehead, "I'm right here Aurora."
The blonde's chest was mostly healed, the blisters were gone and the third-degree burns were reduced to a severe sunburn. She knew that Flittle and Thistlewit were exhausted and magically drained. Knotgrass could not help due to her magic being fire and it may do more harm than good.
She touched the pond, pouring her last reserves of magic into the waters. The pool was still glowing blue but now gold flowed through it and danced around the blonde. She ignored the three protesting pixies, "Let me do this for her." She slumped against the ground as sweat beaded across her forehead, "I love you Aurora."
The blonde screamed at the darkness, she felt the exhaustion and knew it was from her fairy. She beat against it, "Maleficent don't!"
The queen bolted upright in the pool, startling everyone. Her eyes went to her love and gasped at the unconsciousness body laying next to her, a hand still dipped into the water, "Maleficent!" She pulled her into the water and held her close, "Maleficent, open your eyes, I'm right here." She kissed her head, "I'm okay."
The brunette rubbed her head against the soft flesh underneath her. She felt her mate's discomfort but not pain. She looked up at a smiling face, "Aurora."
The blonde smiled and nodded before pressing her forehead against the others, "Yes. I love you Maleficent."
The fairy pulled the younger woman closer to her, "I love you too beastie." She kissed her lips before whispering, "Don't ever scare me like that again." She placed her head against the blonde's shoulders, her eyes closing in exhaustion.
The queen nodded and rested her head against the others, "I won't, I'm sorry I scared you." She looked down at the now sleeping woman. She gazed at the three pixies, "Thank you."
The pixies all smiled as a response, they were so happy that their Aurora was alright. Flittle sat down at the edge of the pool, still panting from the task of healing her niece. She sighed when the blonde looked back at the resting fairy, "She pushed herself too far."
Aurora nodded absentmindedly and tucked a lock of hair behind her pointy ear, "What did she do?"
Thistlewit explained, "She must have felt your pain through the bond and flew to your rescue and back. She used a lot of magic to make sure you stayed alive." She trailed off, not liking the thought of Aurora burned that was now branded into her mind.
Flittle finished for her friend, "She then poured more magic into the pond to heal you faster." She nodded at the brunette, "She didn't have enough to heal her back."
The blonde sighed and lightly touched the fairy's back, frowning as she felt the injured skin and wings. She removed her hand quickly as the other groaned softly and squirmed in the pool. She glanced at the blue pixie, her eyes holding a question that she could not voice.
The older woman shook her head sadly, "I don't have enough energy to heal Maleficent. She needs to rest and replenish her magic so she can mend herself."
Aurora held her lover closer, stroking her hair soothingly, "Okay but how long will she be asleep?"
Knotgrass shrugged, "We can't know for sure." She flew over to the young woman and placed a hand on her shoulder, "She will wake up when she's ready."
The younger woman nodded, "Okay." She hated feeling so useless but there was nothing she could do but wait. She looked down at the sleeping fairy, wanting so badly to make everything go away. She kissed her forehead, "Just rest easy Maleficent, I will stay right here for you."
She leaned back into the waters and sighed, "Just please wake up soon."
Maleficent heard the words and she loved them and wanted to smile and tell her how much she appreciate Aurora's kindness, but she was simply too tired. So instead she nuzzled against the blonde's shoulder.
The queen smiled down at the action, knowing that it was her telling that she loved her instead of voicing it.
After ten minutes the pixies bowed and left the two so they could enjoy the intimate position without them creating an awkward atmosphere. As soon as they were out of sight the fairy muttered, "I thought they would never leave." She snuggled against the younger woman again, breathing in her lovely scent.
Aurora giggled, "Me neither." She rubbed at her back softly, "Are you okay?"
The brunette shrugged, "I no longer feel pain but I need to rest more." She leaned back to look at her love, "Let's go back to our bed so I can sleep properly." She cupped some water and let it spill out of her hand, "This pond is only suitable to that blue pixie."
The blonde furrowed her brows, "Can you make the walk?"
Maleficent narrowed her eyes and flicked her love's nose, "I may be injured but I am not weak." She got out of the pond without hissing in pain but she did feel some of it stab into her back. She hoped their bond was still weak so her mate did not feel the pain.
The queen followed the determined fairy, flinching when she felt a quick pang at her back, "Okay but you are a stubborn woman." A huff was her reply.
The two began their trek to the old oak but they went much slower for Maleficent's back. She did not meet Aurora's eyes as she leaned against her after a half an hour of walking. Aurora did not speak either; she only wrapped an arm around the fairy's waist, careful not to touch her wings.
When they saw the tree, Maleficent sighed heavily, "Finally." She let go of the blonde and climbed into the hammock, carefully lying down so she didn't hurt her back or wings anymore.
Aurora climbed into the bed right after and leaned against the fairy. She heard her hiss under her breathe and immediately moved off of her, "Oh I'm sorry!"
The fairy groaned, "Don't." She reached out and pulled the woman back to her, "I want you near me love." She wrapped an arm around her when she squirmed, "Stop moving Aurora."
The blonde nodded and stayed still, wanting the older woman as comfortable as she could be. She yawned and looked at her body, realizing that she was still naked. She blushed hard, "Um Maleficent, do you think you could uh."
The older woman laughed, her wings unfolding and wrapping securely around Aurora, glad that there was a distraction, "Don't worry, I have you."
The blonde touched the wings around her, "Thank you." A horrified look appeared on her face as she whispered, "What if Diaval saw me?"
Again Maleficent laughed, "If he saw you, those fucking humans would be ripped to shreds by now." She sobered and brushed her fingertip across her love's back, "I'm sorry about this." She buried her head into blonde tresses, "It's my fault."
Aurora shook her head, "Don't ever say that again." She pressed her lips against the others, "I love you and I knew this was always a possibility." A hand caressed the fairy's wings where many of the feathers were ripped off, "I'm just sorry you got hurt."
It was the fairy's turn to shake her head, "No, you were burned so badly and I was simply protecting my mate." She kissed her cheek, "This pain is nothing compared the agony that I would have felt if you had died."
The blonde sighed, "Let's not talk about that please." She looked down and saw the pink skin, "I need to thank Flittle for this." She brushed her fingers against her arm, "It's amazing, it's like I simply stayed out in the sun for a little too long."
The brunette tightened her hold on her, the wings pulling Aurora closer. She ignored the pain in her wings as they moved, "Yes." She whispered, "I will never get the thought of you hurt out of my mind." She growled, "I will make those fuckers pay for what they did."
The younger woman nodded and wrapped her arms around the fairy, "Thank you." She felt tears come unbidden to her eyes as she realized how her lover must have felt seeing her in pain, "Thank you!" She sobbed into Maleficent's chest, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
The older woman just held onto her mate, feeling the pain and shock radiating from her. She kissed away all the tears that fell from her eyes, whispering, "I love you" for every thank you. She hated seeing the blonde like this and vowed to make the advisors pay for every tear that leaked onto her chest.
After awhile the brunette felt the young woman slump against her chest. She leaned back and sighed, there's nothing she can do now. Nothing that could stop the storm that was brewing in the human kingdom.
She frowned, the fight will come and there was nothing that could undo what has been done. She would have to kill again and looked at her wing that pierced the old advisor. There was still some dried blood on the talon and moved it so she wouldn't have to see it anymore.
Maleficent tensed, she would have to fight against the dreadful humans with iron swords and iron shields. If she ever got hurt, Aurora would feel it. The brunette sighed, she would have to be very careful and perhaps wear armor on her arms and back.
She closed her eyes and let slumber take over so she would no longer have to think about the upcoming fight. She felt her magic reserves slowly replenish.
A Few Hours Later
Aurora snuggled against the older woman and felt the other shift slightly so she could be more comfortable. She still felt a dull ache on her back and frowned, Maleficent was still hurt.
She heard strange dialogue coming from outside the hammock. She realized after a few minutes that the voice belonged to the anthropomorphic tree creature, Balthazar. She frowned in her sleep; he was the leader of the Moor's protectors. If he was speaking to Maleficent, then it meant that something very bad and very big was about to happen.
The blonde heard her lover sigh and tense underneath her, "We can't, I can't." She had to wait a moment until the other continued, "We have to go and ask for peace, ask for their forgiveness." Maleficent hesitated and she felt the brunette's pain, "Even if it means that we have to give them some of our land."
She did not make a reaction, she was too shocked. She was willing to give so much for her and it was all the old advisors' fault. The thought made her angry; she would not reward the monsters who hurt her and Maleficent. Aurora opened her eyes and looked at the two, anger at Maleficent and sadness at the tree man. She shook her head, "No, I won't allow this!"
She poked at the brunette's chest but did not leave the embrace, she didn't want Balthazar to see her naked, "As the queen of this realm I forbid you from giving up any land to the greedy humans."
The brunette cupped her love's cheek, "If we do not try to appease them then another war will surely occur."
Aurora shook her head again, "I do not care. This is our home Maleficent and I will not let anyone harm it." She covered the hand that was touching her face, "You are the Protector of the Moors so protect it."
She saw the reluctance in the other's eyes and she knew that she was afraid of getting hurt and having her feel it. Still, the brunette nodded and turned her head towards Balthazar, determination replacing the fear, "You heard our queen give her orders." She took a deep breath, "Prepare for war."
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