"What? No, it was Maleficent's magic!" The fairy said quickly keeping the wand.
"The glow of your magic is equal to what I saw that day!"
"But the Maleficent's glow is also green and..." lie has never been her strong and the fairy stuttered too much, arousing further suspicion Aurora.
"Fauna, please! Tell me the truth!"
"I can't say! I can't!" Cried the fairy flying from one side to another. "I took an oath, please do not make me talk!"
"An oath?"
"We swore you'd never know what Maleficent gave you that day. Sorry, dear, but that decision isn't mine alone!"
"But I need to know!"
"I'm sorry!" She said crying. "I'm so sorry!" the Fairy flew away quickly before Aurora did many questions.

The young woman remained where she was. That mystery was becoming increasingly confused.


Another day of exhaustive researches without any results. Despite so much efforts, Maleficent couldn't understand what strange power was the one who protected her heart. She always was proud to having one of the most complete libraries of the world and yet couldn't find just the information which needed most.

Again and again she recalled the events of that day to see if had any clue. Nothing. She didn't remember to have evoked any spell when the sword had been thrown at her direction. She only planned to hold it with the paws and nothing else.

"At least my plan worked." She muttered trying to comfort herself. The prince was totally humiliated and was kicked of from the country. His father also had to leave, both with tail between legs. Everyone had seen how she was powerful and the king and queen were learning to give her proper respect. They vowed to never interfere in her actions again and she was planning on releasing them in a few days, since had no interest in killing or keep them there. Her goal was achieved.

She left the library and decided to walk through the garden of the castle. Unlike the finely worked gardens of the king's palace, her gardens had a rustic look full of rocks, wild plants and flowers that grew as the nature ordered. The gardeners were servicing only for the plants continued healthy and didn't grow inordinately. Other than that, it could freely take on the shapes and colors it wanted.

"I think everything ended well. So why the hell I'm not happy?" She felt incomplete, as she had been felt for many years. Was missing a part of her. One half. But regret was futile. Her other half was lost forever and there was no way to retrieve. The balance was damaged and would take a long time before things returned to normal. The solution was to try to live with it for now.

Even so it was hard. That dissatisfaction never stopped. Maleficent sat on a rustic stone bench and began to observe the flowers. Some were quite red, like the lips of that useless little princess. She remembered when they exchanged glances, even for a few seconds. And when the princess distracted her to the point that she wasn't able to grab the sword.

"She has beautiful eyes... wait! What am I saying? What ridiculous!" She went away with a frown and stomped trying to forget those ridiculous thoughts.


Aurora entered the fairies' bedroom and saw Merryweather resting on the bed. The fairy was back to normal thanks to the relentless work of the other two. There was only recover her energy.

"Are you feeling better?"
"Yes, dear. Thanks for asking. Answer me: is it true you'll attempt to rescue your parents? What ministers say about it?"

She shrugged.

"Some laughed, others chided. They think I'm crazy or weak head. No one believes I'm capable. Maybe even you!"

Flora put a hand on her shoulder and said maternally.

"We care you all life and you're the daughter we never had. We don't want you to get hurt!"
"But I need to do something! I've never done anything in my life, never took any action by myself and always waited for someone to do something for me. Now its time for me to do something for others."

They take a deep breath, talked a little to each other and Flora said.

"We can't go with you. Merryweather is still weak and we can't do much without her."
"I understand and am willing to go alone."

Merryweather doesn't conform.

"We won't let our girl without help because of small annoyances! Fauna, give me my jewelry box, please."

The box was quickly placed in her hands and after searching a bit, Merryweather found three small blue stones.

"It can take you anywhere you want, but can only be used once and by one person. Two are for your parents, the third is for you. So you'll come back safely."
"I don't know how to thank you!"
(Flora) "Don't thank yet, darling. You still have to go through a thick forest to reach the forbidden lands. Take this:" the fairy gave her a piece of stick. "With it, you can cross without problems because the plants will give passage. Otherwise, you would be trapped there forever!"

Finally, fauna came near the young woman and put a finger to her lips.

"When I gave you the gift of song, it wasn't just a beautiful voice. You are also able to tame the most ferocious beasts with your voice. There are many dragons in the forbidden land. If any of them attacking you, do not hesitate: sing!"
"Thank you for everything! I know you just want the my good... but still have so much I don't understand and would like to understand before I leave..."

They gave a long sigh. The situation had reached a dead end and they knew it. Fairies talked again and finally took a major decision. Everything went wrong because they tried to stop the destiny. Maybe it was time to let things go naturally. Flora made something appeared in the air and Aurora's eyes widened.

"The half Moon!" actually it wasn't exactly a half moon. One side was rounded, like a warped drop and was tied to a beautiful stream of white metal, possibly silver.
"That's what Maleficent gave you the day of your baptism."

Aurora took the jewel, which was totally white with only a black stone studded on the rounded end. It was beautiful and in no way looked like a bad thing.

"What does it mean?"

Flora decided to speak the truth. At least the part they could talk.

"The truth is that when giving you this pendant, Maleficent also gave a part of herself."

Aurora had to sit down to avoid falling. Her legs had turned to jelly and her heart beat racing.

"There is a part of Maleficent inside me?"
"Yes, dear. For this reason everyone was terrified. So Merryweather, which hadn't yet given her gift, tried to do something to undo what Maleficent had done."
"To do this, I needed you to fall into a deep sleep." Spring explained in turn. "But I wanted it to be done safely, then determined that you should hurt your finger on the spindle of the spinning wheel."
(Fauna) "You needed to fall into a deep sleep only to be awakened by a prince. The Maleficent's magic doesn't tolerate weakness, so we believed turn you fragile and delicate could make it disappear inside you!"
"Why did you take me to the forest?"
(Flora) "Besides hiding you from Maleficent, who wanted to stop our work, it was for you to grow pure, naive and dreamy. Today we see that was a mistake!"

Aurora paused to process so many new information. Everything made sense and she understood why they had hidden the truth about her life. She had to keep innocent, pure, delicate and helpless.

"But it seems that we couldn't undo Maleficent's magic." Flora spoke again. "I think there's still a part of her inside you."
"Why Maleficent did it?"
"She explained, but we were not able to understand and thought you would become evil like her."
"You were very desired and expected not only by your parents, but for all kingdom too. Then everyone were afraid that you became someone as evil as Maleficent. I know we went wrong, but we just wanted to protect you." Fauna explained too.

She looked fairies in tears. In the end, they only want her good. It was never their intention to harm her.

"I don't know why Maleficent did it, but I intend to find out. It'll be okay, trust me."
"We trust dear. We Trust." All three spoke at once.

Aurora goodbye to each with a hug and ran into her bedroom to prepare for the journey that was going to be the first great adventure of her life.