Maleficent gazed dreamily at the full moon as it slowly began to disappear into the distance. It was almost dawn when Maleficent woke up from her sleep. She didn't know how long she had been unconscious for, but it seemed like for a century.
Maleficent sighed.
Even though she had just woken up, she still felt very tired, and yet felt wide awake at the same time. She didn't want to go back to sleep though, nor did she want to go outside and risk waking someone up and give herself unnecessary attention. So, Maleficent continued to watch the silver moon out of boredom, desperate for something exciting to happen. And she got her wish as she saw a figure of a raven fly across the moon and head towards the forest.
She watched the raven as it flew into forest. Was that Diablo? Why would he go to the forest at this time of day? Out of curiosity, Maleficent decided to go out into the forest. She walked slowly and quietly out of the room making sure that she didn't wake Joshua or Emily. As she walked down the stairs, she saw Calibor was sitting in one of the living room chairs asleep.
Why is he still here? Maleficent asked herself.
It didn't matter now; she would find out later. But before Maleficent could even walk out of the house, she heard Calibor groan, "Aalina? Is that you?"
Maleficent turned around quickly to see Calibor staring at her blankly. Maleficent stayed silent, hoping he would go right back to sleep.
But he didn't.
"Are you going somewhere, Aalina?" Calibor asked sleepily.
"I'm just going out for a walk," Maleficent replied softly, "I'll be back in a few minutes."
"No. No you're not," Calibor growled angrily, "Your leaving me again, aren't you, Aalina? Aren't you?"
"No, I'm not," Maleficent replied quickly.
"Yes, yes you are! I'm not letting you leave me again!"
Calibor then stood up and grabbed Maleficent's arm. She tried to tug away, but Calibor had a tight grip on her. Out of no other choice, Maleficent casted a sleeping spell on Calibor. He slowly let go of Maleficent and crashed to the ground. Maleficent stared coldly at him.
That is what you get for messing with me!
She then put Calibor back in his chair and ran off to the forest.
"Diablo, are you here?" Maleficent called out to her pet.
Maleficent walked deeper and deeper into the woods hoping she would see Diablo.
"Diablo! Diablo!"
She continued to call out to him until she came upon a familiar sword in the ground. It was the sword Prince Phillip imprisoned her in. Maleficent glared coldly at the sword. She could still remember clearly of her spirit being trapped in an eternal torture. Just then the raven that flew across the moon landed next to the cursed sword.
"Diablo, what are you doing here?" Maleficent asked as she recognized her pet raven.
"I was trying to get your attention so that I may talk to you," Diablo said in a cold, yet soothing voice, "I thought it was too risky trying to contact you at that house."
"How are you talking?" Maleficent asked surprised.
"Telepathy," Diablo answered calmly.
"How are you using telepathy? I never put a spell on you or taught how," Maleficent asked confused.
Diablo flew closer to her. "To make a long story short, let's just say that I ran into a few problems before I found you, but it's nothing to be concern about."
"'Nothing to be concern about?' How can I be not concern, when my pet magically learned how to use telepathy?" Maleficent questioned angrily.
Diablo chirped of what sounded like a sighed.
"I knew you would overreact," he said mostly to himself. "Okay, a few days before I found you, I met up with this wizard and he…well...put a curse on me."
"What kind of curse?"
"I'm not sure, but for some reason, he cast a spell on me. He never said why, but he just captured me and casted it on me for no reason! Anyway, after he set me free I found myself slowly becoming more intelligent and feeling more human emotions. In fact, I think I'm becoming more of a human then an animal. At first I didn't think much about it, that maybe he put a blessing on me. But I was wrong. I then started to feel weaker, physically. I can't fly as high or as long as I use to, I become tired very easily, heck! I can barely crow now a days!"
"So how does any of this let you use telepathy?" Maleficent asked losing her patience.
"To make another long story short, after I meet up with use yesterday learned how to use telepathy," Diablo said finishing his story.
"How did you learn how?"
"I accidentally talked to one of the villagers using it, and then after that I started to practice it on a few others, and now I can use it whenever I want!"
Maleficent stared at him. "About you getting physically weak and mentally strong, is it still continuing?" she asked suddenly.
Diablo hesitated.
"I believe so," he finally answered.
Maleficent stared at her beloved pet. If this decreasing of strength continues, Diablo would surely die of not able to hunt for food, drink water, or worst… Not being strong enough to breathe. Maleficent had just got reunited with her one and only friend in the world, and now he was going to die almost any day now... Maleficent began to feel tears run down her cheeks as she thought about it.
Oh great, now I'm being emotional…
Diablo flew up towards her shoulder and nipped her ear with affection. "It's all right, Maleficent, I'm not going anywhere for awhile," Diablo said gently.
Maleficent glared at him. "I'm perfectly fine, Diablo! I just got some dirt in my eyes," she said with a sob.
Diablo gave a small crow. "You always try to deny your feelings…"
Maleficent whipped the tears from her eyes as she looked up at the sun which was now barley up in the sky. The dawn glowed beautifully as if in a painting of red yellow and black.
"Maleficent look!" Diablo cried suddenly as he looked above him.
Maleficent looked up. She saw a dim blue light fly across the sky heading towards the Forbidden Mountains. Instantly, Maleficent knew what that light was. It was the Good Fairy Merryweather. But why would she go to the Forbidden Mountains and just by herself? She wouldn't go there unless…
"How did they find out?" Maleficent asked out loud.
"I don't know, but it doesn't matter," Diablo growled, "We need to stop her before she could attack us."
"Yes, but how?" Maleficent asked puzzled, "There is no way I could go up there and nobody noticing my absence…"
"But I can go," Diablo said darkly, "I have to settle some things with that Goody-Goody fairy anyway..."
"No! You said you can barley crow let alone fight! I won't aloud it!" Maleficent cried angrily.
Diablo stared at her, his eyes full of hatred. "Maleficent, I can fight her without physically attacking her. Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Maleficent stared at him. What if he was wrong? What if he got hurt? What would she do if she lost Diablo again?
"You promise you'll be careful?" Maleficent asked her voice cracking.
"I promise."
"Then go, my pet."
Diablo then flew off into the distant sky. Maleficent began to start to walk back to Katharine's house, hoping she wasn't missed.