"oh come on, I just said that I think it was sweet of him!"
"and I think you talk too much. "
Aurora had to hide her grin as she tried to match her godmother's stride, although that proved difficult since she hadn't been to such a rocky area of the moor.
"Oh so you're done ignoring me now? then where are we going?" she asked, only to nearly trip before she could get an answer, grabbing onto the fairy to keep from falling.
The whole of the moor seemed to grow silent suddenly, as if everything was waiting with baited breath for Maleficent's reaction.
"Are you alright?"
Aurora felt her face flush as she tried to right herself.
" yeah, I'm fine. sorry about that."
She knew that the fairy wasn't angry but the apology came out of habit.
"I'd rather not have you hurting yourself. Come on, there is no hurry. "
she was surprised when the fairy held her arm out to her, her expression unreadable but her eyes practically sparkling.
"thanks."
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Diaval couldn't help but chuckle when the returned later that afternoon, Maleficent looking amused and Aurora pouting behind her.
"What happened?"
he questioned, only to earn what could have been called a grin from his mistress.
"She was being insufferable." Maleficent retorted, earning a look from Aurora.
" I was not and you're going to have to teach me how to do something with magic so we're on even grounds!"
"How about you learn to use your wits and outsmart me instead? Magic or not you should have been able to dodge that, Beastie."
Diaval wasn't surprised that Maleficent had been playing some sort of game with the girl (or rather at the girl's expense) but the fact that she didn't seem to care if anyone had seen.
"Besides I helped you clean off, did I not?"
Aurora glared at Maleficent as she walked past them, the smug look still on the fae's face.
"Whatever those plants were smelled horrible! I swear I'm getting you back!"
Diaval could hear the laughter in Maleficent's voice as she retorted
"Be my guest and try. You will fail."
"You know, say what you want but you do care about her."
He dared say that night as they returned from seeing her home.
"Do you wish to crawl back to the moors as a snake?"
He just rolled his eyes at that.
"You can be stubborn and deny it as much as you want. Not going to change the facts. "
