"We don't know how to thank you!" Johanna spoke very grateful. Her husband agreed.

"With what you have taught us, we can take care of children much better."

"You're welcome. Now I'll see how Mally is dealing with children. Funny... it's so quiet!"

"Really!" Emma also realized.

"She must be very good to deal with the kids!"

Aurora had doubts, but decided to take a look to see how Maleficent was taking care of children. She was sitting in a chair, with all the children sitting on the floor listening intently.

"After that the princess fell into a deep sleep, the only way to wake her was one kiss of a prince, but if it happened the princess would become a dull and without personality girl. The fairy couldn't let it happen."

"The kiss of a prince shouldn't be a good thing?" a girl asked.

"Only if there's true love, which didn't exist between them. The prince was just a selfish bastard who only wanted to marry the princess because her father was very wealthy and powerful."

Without Maleficent realizes, Aurora entered the beroom and listened the story. It was her story.

"To prevent the prince kissed the princess, the fairy locked him in her castle. So she'd have more time to find a way to break the curse. But then three meddlesome fairies interfered and freed the prince."

"Meddlesome fairies! "One child said, accompanied by the other.

"Ugly fairies!"

"They're silly!"

"You are right. They were a foolish. The prince fled the castle and went to the princess. The fairy still tried stop him and even turned herself into a dragon to fight. But all was in vain. In the end, he struck her heart with a sword."

"What a sad!"

"She died?"

"Well... fairies don't die. She disappeared for a while, but rose again stronger than ever."

"And the princess?"

"She married the prince?"

Maleficent smiled and replied.

"That was going to happen, but the fairy avoided this stupid marriage showing everyone that the prince was a coward. After a while, the princess went to live in her castle, ceased to be a foolish and became a strong, intelligent and fearless woman. But still is skinny as if is starving all the time!"

The children gave laughter and Maleficent laughed too, mainly to see Aurora's frown.

"Well, children, dinner time!" Johanna announced and all left the room in disarray.
"'skinny as if is starving all the time'? You're thinner than me!"

"Next time you leave me locked with those goblins..." the woman spoke threateningly, but Aurora just laughed.

"Don't complain, you were great! Let's eat. Johana and Thomas invited us for dinner. Today has vegetable soup."

After dinner, the couple invited the three women to spend the night in the orphanage because it was too late for them to go away. Emma was in a small room that had been arranged for them. Aurora and Maleficent were outside, in the backyard, looking the sky.

"You never told details about my story."

"The fairies wrote a book about you."

"With many things that aren't true. So Felipe really crossed the forest of thorns made by you?"

"With fairies's help. Alone, he wouldn't have even tried."

"What an idiot! Good thing I didn't marry him. When I fell asleep, all the castle slept as well?"

"No. They knew you as going to be awake soon. Everything was planned."

"So he knew I'm a princess?"

"Yes, he knew. That idiot never loved you."

Aurora was glad to Maleficent changed her life. Despite the difficulties, she was happy. With Felipe, her life would just being a submissive and subservient wife, no right to own will.

They looked at the stars for a while and Aurora laid the head on the Maleficent's shoulder, who had an arm around her.

"When the fairies took me to the forest, you looked for to me?"

"Uninterruptedly for sixteen years. They managed to trick me because I always thought your parents would have hidden you in a castle or maybe a convent."

"What would you have done if had found me?"

"I'd have taken you to my castle to live with me. What are you laughing?"

"Sorry, I imagined you changing my diaper."

The former fairy made one of her grimaces.

"Not even if my life depended on it! I'd have appointed the best babysitters to take care of you and also taken good care of your education. With me, you wouldn't have grown foolish and naive."

While listening Maleficent talk about how she'd care for her education, Aurora wondered how things could have been if she had found her. Well... she may not have learned Greek, Latin and mathematics, but had a good childhood walking barefoot through the woods, playing with her animal friends, picking berries and living in touch with nature.

And most importantly: the fairies gave her care and love, treating her like the daughter they never had. She didn't know if Maleficent would have given the same affection. Even being able to love and have feelings, she had difficulty in express herself and wouldn't have been able to be the mother she needed. And it wouldn't have been good, since their relationship took another turn. In the end, it was better to have lived with the fairies. It was a very good period of her life. But of course she wasn't going to speak such a thing for the woman.

"It's late, better go to sleep because we have to wake up early tomorrow." Aurora said closing the subject, because discovered everything she needed to know.

"I'm exhausted. Take care of those human goblins isn't easy!"

They snuggled together over a cloth lying on the ground. Maleficent quickly fell asleep while Aurora remained awake for a while thinking about what had happened that day. She was happy to see the former fairy was slowly learning to have empathy for people. Maleficent was stubborn and proud, but able to learn.

"Who could imagine the powerful Maleficent telling story to children? Well... she was forced to do this, but did very well." Aurora thought gently stroking that black hair. Her face was human, but still had the main traits and was still beautiful to her. And she had many qualities too, despite everything.

For a long time Aurora focused only on her faults, which were many. Maleficent was arrogant, proud, stubborn, domineering, possessive, severe, insensitive, did not know be romantic or demonstrate the feelings and was the most perverted creature that Aurora had known in his life. On second thought... this last one wasn't exactly a fault. Anyway, she focused too much on Maleficent's defects and forgotten her qualities.

That needed to change and Aurora decided to focus more on her qualities, not the defects. Instead of criticism and reprimands, she was willing to give words of support and encouragement. The woman needed affection and patience, needed someone to accept her how she was and help to improve, but still respecting her essence and way of being.

"Things will change, I promise." She murmured very low after giving a kiss on her forehead and then fell asleep too.