A/n: It's been a while. Pinkcrazyness asked me if I was ever going to update. Here we go! A Maleficent themed update.

Enjoy

There was one mistake that Maleficent would never admit to.

Her mistake was Hades.

If she was being honest with herself, the mistake was the emotion she had felt for Hades; it had been indescribable. She had never known the emotion that he had evoked in her. She had been a fool.

She had now realised his plan. He had thought he would be the undoing of her, oh how wrong he was.

When he had wormed his way into her heart, he had woken her heart, made it beat, made her feel and then he had tried to shatter her. He had tried to break the Mistress of the Universe. She amended her previous statement - what a fool he had been.

Maleficent was many things, but at the top of that list was survivor. Maleficent was a Survivor. She had toughed out a childhood that would make the devil weep, she had beaten the cloying sweetness of royal family, and she was sure that she would survive the exile. She was also chalking up 'surviving Hades' onto that list.

They had been banished to that horrible spit of land, and battles raged across the small chunk of rock for dominance, with loyalties won and bitter spats escalating. He had approached her, he had sought her out while she made her home and had offered himself to her.

His warmth was worth everything on those bitterly cold nights, and the pair would cocoon themselves together while her influence creeped across the Isle. But then he had broken her heart, dashed it like the first convoy of aid boats on the Isle rocks and Maleficent felt pain. She felt pain like she had never felt before, it tore her in two and was almost strong enough to break the barrier.

Almost. Even her luck didn't stretch that far.

Now as she stared at herself in the mirror, ignoring her tiny toddler gumming away on a toy dragon, Maleficent closed her eyes and concentrated. She poured her anger and pain into reconnecting with her magic and when she opened her eyes the thrill that ran through her to see those green irises back again made everything a little brighter.

Thought I couldn't breathe without you, I'm inhaling

She held her breath for a moment but then took a deep breath, she smelt the decay and the rot of her home around her, perfect.

You thought I couldn't see without you, perfect vision

Now she studied herself, the magic seemed to hum beneath her skin, it was making her glow while her hair loose around her horns glossier than it had in months.

Finally satisfied with what she saw, she stepped away from the mirror, sparing a glance at her offspring she threw open the doors and stepped onto the balcony. She surveyed the scene with distaste but a small smirk played at the corners of her lips. This Isle had no idea of what she was capable of.

You thought I couldn't last without you, but I'm lasting

Taking another deep breath Maleficent finally spotted the tuft of blue hair wending its way through the garbage filled streets and she let out a shriek of laughter.

It was bone chilling, it stopped every person on the streets below and they looked up in fear and surprise.

Maleficent had been missing for months, though it was common knowledge she had given birth, everyone questioned who sired the child. Only now as dissent had begun to spread amongst the inhabitants, her shriek brought everything crashing back to earth.

You thought that I would die without you, but I'm living

Maleficent's eyes roamed the people below, many of whom had started to scurry and hide away from the vicious woman above them. Nobody wanted to be in her crossfire, but her gaze was soon riveted on one figure. One man with the blue hair that was staring up at her gobsmacked. She could see the shock on his face, and she was thrilled.

Thought that I would fail without you, but I'm on top

She knew that Hades had used her emotional weakness, especially while carrying his child to his advantage. He exploited her, and she gave him credit for that but now Maleficent was back. The Mistress of the Universe was back to being the Queen of the Castle and she was never going to lose her title or her heart again.

Thought it would be over by now, but it won't stop

She could see as plain as day the look on his face, he was horrified that she had bounced back, she would tear him apart and as he dazedly walked forwards, towards the balcony she summoned every ounce of energy she had.

Thought that I would self-destruct, but I'm still here

Hades had got close enough to see the glorious woman before him and when his gaze fixed towards her eyes he shuddered. The bright green irises meant that he had failed. He had played his hand too early, and now Maleficent had a dram of magic. Not much, but more than he did and that meant he was in trouble.

Even in my years to come I'm still gonna be here

"Now what." She murmured. Her voice was quiet but the street had emptied itself, everyone else was rightly terrified of the woman before him. "I'm going nowhere Hades, so it looks like you'll have to run along." She sneered and with one last piercing shriek, she vanished inside the castle and left the cold wind blowing around Hades in her wake.

"Shit." His voice was hoarse and he darted a look either side of him.

Maleficent really was a Survivor.