Hey so I use to be on FF a few years ago and made a new account, so I'm not new to by any means, but it's been a hot ass minute since I've uploaded a story on here. I had this idea in my head after seeing the second movie and decided to write it out and I was like bitch why not upload it to FanFiction and show the world my horrible, cringey and shitty story? So here it is I sincerely hope you enjoy.
~Gryffindor
Aurora looked out to the beautiful forest that was the Moors, dangling her legs off of the castle balcony. The sun set over the horizon in the distance, rays of light shinning onto the red and yellow leaves. It was truly a sight to behold. Fall was one of Aurora's favorite seasons because of how pretty the trees all looked when their leaves changed color. She sometimes wondered about what color her leaves would change if she was a tree. 'Being a tree would be wonderful!' thought Aurora. She would stand tall and proud in the sky and be a home for birds to nest in and and raise their fletchings. That would be a far better life than the one she had. Being Queen was the worst job in the world and Aurora simply couldn't understand why people would want to be a monarch. She was forced to reside in the castle and only allowed to set foot outside in the gardens, and even then Aurora was escorted by her personal guards.
Every day, the Kingdom's people presented new problems to Aurora and most of them wouldn't get resolved in the first day as it would take weeks, some of them months, for requests to be processed in the castle. Then, there was The Council that would call for meetings at least three times a week. The Council to Aurora seemed like a waste of time since they never got anything done and argued amongst themselves for hours back and forth. If you asked Aurora what the worst part about being royal was, she would tell you that it was the amount of rules she had to follow and was expected to know. Being as she was now Queen, Aurora was expected to have only the most elegant and proper of manners; however, Aurora grew up in a small cottage outside the kingdom being raised by her three aunties who turned out to be fairies. It also didn't help the fact that Aurora didn't meet another human until she was sixteen years old when she had met Prince didn't understand human customs and manners that people inside the kingdom did. She practiced walking "with grace, as a Queen would," so her etiquette teacher would tell her. Aurora practiced her table manners which had gotten better over time, but the amount of silverware on the table didn't make any sense to her. There were far too many forks, spoons and knives to remember what each and every piece of silverware was used for.
Aurora absolutely hated and despised life inside the castle. She couldn't be herself, couldn't live like this for much longer as this style was pushing her to her breaking point. Aurora longed to be back in the Moors with her godmother and fairy friends, longed to run through the forest barefoot and play in the river throwing mud at the wallerbogs. Aurora was of course allowed to visit her former home, but these visits were rare due to the kingdom's issues. The citizens needed her attention at once as soon as their was a problem presented to the castle. Indeed, it had been quite some time since Aurora had last seen Maleficent and spent time in the Moors. That's why Aurora spent as much of her time as she could outside on her bedroom balcony over looking the magnificent forest. If she closed her eyes in complete silence and listened to only the wind blowing against the the trees, she felt like she was back at home ion the Moors where she belonged.
Aurora opened her blue eyes and and sighed again, feeling a cold Fall breeze chill her some. As always. Aurora was back at the castle making her remember how alone she felt inside the castle's stone walls. She had only Prince Philip for comfort and it made the young Queen's ruling easier as Philip could guide her through royal life life since he had lived it his whole life. Aurora found herself in love with Philip even more after every one of his visits, and when he was gone Aurora would Aurora would dread being inside the castle. She had tried making friends with some of her servants, but they were forbidden from having any relationship with the royal family and Aurora had soon come to realize that the one's who dared to overstep their boundaries were not seen anywhere in the castle. Aurora surmised that the servants who accepted her friendship and acted friendly with her had most likely been relived of their duties. and after a good amount of servants had been fired the ones who remained grew to understand their place and only spoke to their queen when it was necessary. In fact, the servants had grown almost as quiet as the knights that roamed through the hallways and stood guarding important was away at his home kingdom taking care of his people and aiding his father in any way he could as the King asked for him personally. It had meant a great deal to him that his father asked for his help and she knew how important this matter was to him.
"It's a big honor, a privilege to be able to aid father with his Kingly duties." Philip had told her. Aurora smiled up at him as he spoke, taking his hands in hers.
"Go then. I shall be waiting for you back here eagerly." she said.
"aurora, I fear this time will be a long wait for you. Father has told me that one of the residing Kingdoms may want a war with us. I wouldn't blame you if you were to be upset with me for being gone for so long." Aurora could hear the fear and worry in his voice telling her that the words he spoke were true.
"I would have no right to be upset with you. It would be unfair of me to be mad at you for being away while your Kingdom faces possible war. Seeing as how you've waited for me as I spent hours in the Councilmen Chambers." he kissed her cheek. "
Very well then," he said said smiling at her. "I shall return to you as soon as possible and waste no time." They both kissed each other deeply feeling the love for the other. "aurora?" Philip asked.
"Yes?" they had not let go of each other's hands. "Thank you for being so understanding." he bowed.
"You're very welcome, Prince Philip." she said, bowing to him as well. "I mean it though, come back as soon as you can."
"Of course, I shall make it my highest priority." Philip said.
The two had spent some time talking to each other about this the minute the King's letter had been read by both of them. Aurora knew Philip would have to go even if he refused to do so because his father would most likely send for his men to come and collect him. She missed him so much, almost as much as she missed the Moors. Her heart was torn between Maleficent, Diaval, Philip and the Moors. She had never before in her life felt more lost and alone than now. It had been nearly four months since Philip had left and even longer since she had visited her godmother, so long in fact that Aurora had lost count of the months. She would write to Maleficent almost every day though, as well as Diaval and Philip and had been getting an immediate response from her godmother. Maleficent would Diaval in his bird form to deliver her and Aurora's letters to each other and Aurora looked forward to his visits every time he came. But, Diaval was in his Raven form and unable to converse with her, he could only caw at her or nod his head to show he was smiled as she thought of her family. All the things that made her happy helped Aurora to stay sane and not lose her temper with someone inside the castle. Even when Aurora did lose her temper with someone it was nothing more than a simple raise of her voice or eye roll which did not threaten her servants at all.
Aurora turned around and walked back inside of her bedroom. It was a humongous room with too much furniture and took way too much space than Aurora needed. To put it simple, Aurora hated everything about her new life that claimed her and she was ready to run away from the kingdom and live in the Moors once again, where she wouldn't have to worry farmers cattle being killed by wolves and the many trade routes that had bandits hiding out waiting for someone to rob. Aurora moved to her bed and laid down on the wool cover staring up at the ceiling. Not even a second later, Aurora heard a knock on the door and sighed heavily closing her eyes. "Enter." she said. Pardon me my Queen, but I was told to inform you that your dinner is ready for you." a maiden said.
"No thank you." Aurora said, rolling over to her side facing away from the door.
"Very well, your majesty. Shall I bring a plate up to you should you get hungry for later?"
"That would be lovely." Aurora replied not looking at her. She felt bad for being rude to one of her maiden's as soon as she heard the door close. Sighing for the thousandth time that day, Aurora slipped under her woolly sheets and closed her eyes.
"Now, when you go into the Councilmen Chambers remember to- walk with the grace of a queen, I remember." Aurora said interrupting Lady Agatha, her etiquette trainer.
"A lady also remember to hold her tongue and to NOT interrupt others while they speak!"
"Forgive me, Lady Agatha." Aurora resisted a strong urge to roll her eyes at the older woman's words. She had trained Aurora in the "Art of Elegance," as Agatha would call it, since Aurora had stepped foot inside the castle. The two had spent hours together going over her manners and learning how to act properly. It was overwhelming for Aurora to go over all of the rules she had to follow, she felt like her heart was going to burst out of her chest! "Remember Aurora," Agatha said, using her first name to speak to the young Queen which she only ever called Aurora by her first name when it was important. "While you may be Queen of the land, the Councilmen have been apart of ruling the Kingdom since your father was crowned, some even before then. They will not take you as seriously since you are a woman as well, but do not forget that are their Queen. Choose your words carefully, remember your words, and do not allow them to overshadow you." Agatha said. Aurora thanked her as politely as she could in her annoyance at the Council and stepped into the room as the guards opened the doors for her. All members of the Council stood up and bowed to Aurora as they greeted her. "My Queen," they said greeting her.
"Thank you for inviting me." Aurora said, taking a seat at the head of the table. The room was dimly lit with candles on the table and from torches over the walls where paintings of previous Kings and Queens hung. Except for the two guards that stood on either side of the door,there were six men seated at a wooden table decorated with various parchment that recorded statistics of the Kingdom, it's citizens, knights, trade routes, requests for materials from other Kingdoms, thought the room looked like a creepy cult meeting. "Queen Aurora, we're so very pleased you could join us for a last minute meeting." said one of the Council members. 'As if I had a choice,' Aurora thought. "I hope we haven't disturbed any plan you might've had for this evening." another Council member added.
"Not at all, Councilmen. I appreciate your concerns with my personal life, but I haven't any plans for the evening." Aurora responded.
"Not surprised." she heard one of the Councilmen whisper to another but she pretended as if she hadn't heard them.
"Well," another member said, clearing his throat and hoping to move past what everyone had clearly just heard, "Queen Aurora, we decided to hold a meeting tonight in hopes to resolve an issue we have had since you took the throne." Aurora felt her heart sink. 'Not again,' she thought to herself turning her attention to the man sitting on her right, the kindest of the six, Councilmen Boreman. Out of all the members, Aurora respected Boreman the most given he was not as harsh as the other five members were and was more inclined to express concern about the citizens of the Kingdom rather than their gold. "What issue might that be, Councilmen?" Aurora asked, cocking her head to the side and knowing full well that was brought here because the council was going to try and sway Aurora into taking the Moors.
"Well," another member, Windsor said looking from Aurora to Boreman then back to her again, "we believe that we have come up with a solution to our current problem regarding the Moors." Aurora cocked her head to the side with a bemused expression on her face. "Did you now? I wasn't aware that there was a problem."
"Not yet at least." Councilmen Farely said vehemently. Farely was the last man Aurora knew that would be willing to make peace with the Moors. She knew that no sooner would he shake hands with the fare folk than Maleficent would shake hands with her father had he been alive. "Yes, well as Councilmen Windsor just said Queen Aurora, we believe we have come up with an idea that would please both you and the Council." said Northcott, the eldest of the Council, leaning his elbows on the table and folding his hands together.
"Do explain." Aurora said. She couldn't wait to hear what the Council had come up with, hopeful that perhaps they may have finally let go of their prejudices against the fare folk.
"Yes, you see we realize how much you care for the creatures of the Moors," Farely said, putting emphasis on the creatures part he had said. 'Well, maybe most of the Council is ready to move past their differences with the fare folk,' Aurora thought.
"And we wouldn't want to put a damper on your relationship with the fare folk." Boreman said, quickly holding up his hand s and cutting off Farely before he could start an argument.
"You see we have decided top propose a temporary between our kingdom and the Moors." Windsor said stroking his black beard.
"What do you mean by temporary?" Aurora asked, scrunching her face up in confusion.
"Well, we cannot be certain that the Moors will prove to be an asset to us." said Northcott.
"Because of this, we will decide whether or not if the Moors can even be trusted to trade with us, given that they don't tear off our arms." Farely said, smirking lightly and brushing back his bleach blond hair,
"Mind your tongue, Councilmen Farely." Aurora said glaring her icy, blue eyes at his emerald green ones.
"Well, it is something to be aware of," Farely went on adding, "I mean if we are going to be sending our troops out the mysterious Moors, we must be aware of the beasts that lay within them."
"They're not beasts!" Aurora said, truing to keep as calm as a Queen could. She couldn't lose her temper and yell at the Council as she once had, it wasn't ladylike, as Agatha had told her. The Council could deem Aurora too childish too oversee Councilmen meetings and would surely report their misgivings to Agatha who would double up on Aurora's lessons until she saw Aurora fit to attend another meeting. "They're not man-killing creatures like you think they are Councilmen Farley, and I think it unfair that you could judge another race you've never interacted with." Aurora said, keeping her face as calm as she possibly could.
"Yes, well, you see- furthermore," Aurora interrupted him, "I would appreciate it in the future if you would not call the people of the Moors beasts or creatures."
"Yes, well that's just it isn't then?" Farely said, crossings his arms. "They're not people."
"Enough, Farely." came the cool, calm voice of Ainsley, the quietest of the Council. "I see no reason for us to not trust that Queen Aurora will ensure a safe trade between our Kingdom and the Moors; however, I understand your concerns for our men." he turned from Farely's cold face to look at Auroras. "We have gone to war with before, and have lost many men to the... guardians, as you call them. Can you convince the moor-folk to not attack our men?" asked Ainsley. Aurora thought the question was a little unfair to ask, given that the Moors haven't attacked any humans since before her father was King and that the kingdom had been planning to attack the Moors under Stephan's rule. Well, then again Maleficent had attacked Stephan and turned Diaval into a fire-breathing dragon a scorched nearly fifteen soldiers...
"As long as you can ensure that no harm will come to the Moors and it's people." Aurora said, anxiously. There was silence among the table for a minute as the Council members all looked at each other, some nodding and others shrugging.
"Very well, we can settle on trading with the fairies."
Windsor said. Aurora thought for a moment before saying, "W-Well, I'd have to speak with god-mother about this and make sure she would willing to trade with the Kingdom."
"Will there be an issue with Maleficent?" asked Northcott with a furrowed face.
"No! My godmother would never harm me!"
"No my Queen, you misunderstand me. What I mean to say is would your, ahem, godmother have a problem with agreeing to trade with us?"
"Oh. Uh, no she shouldn't." Aurora said, not actually sure if Maleficent would be willing trade with them.
"Very well. Tomorrow, you will go to the Moors and inform Maleficent of our proposition." said Northcott.
"Now, remind me again," Farely went on with an agitated expression on his sharp face, "why are we sending our Queen when we should be sending our knights?"
"Because no human is allowed inside the Moors." Aurora said simply.
"Really? I'm surprised, I thought your Godmother brought down her wall of thorns. "Farely said with what Aurora thought was suck a fake look of shock on his face. "Naturally, I just assumed anyone was allowed to enter the Moors. Perhaps this trade isn't such a good idea if a human can't even accompany our Queen."
"I just think that my godmother would have a better response to me if I went by myself. She knows me better and we are very close. I'm sure I'll have a much better chance of convincing my godmother if I went alone." Aurora said.
"I think we should at least accompany our Queen to the edge of the Moors to ensure her safety." Boreman said, running a large hand down his red hair.
"Yes, I second that." said Windsor folding his ancient arms across his chest. "There are still many people within the Kingdom that would see to Aurora's death given the chance."
"The safety of the Kingdom's Queen is of our highest priority. We will send the Queen to the Moors with a small army of the finest knights, along with Aurora's personal bodyguards, of course." Ainsely said tightening his black hair he put up in his ponytail.
Aurora sighed silently to herself. She knew that it was highly that the Council would allow Aurora to go out into the Kingdom by herself, but to send an army of knights with her? It wasn't as if she was going off to fight in a war; nevertheless, the Council agreed that it would be best for Aurora to go into the Moors accompanied by by her bodyguard and a few knights. Of course, they would not follow her once she made it to the forest as to not upset Maleficent and threaten her. The knights would wait for their Queen just along the outskirts of the Moors while Aurora visited with Maleficent. Aurora could barely hold her excitement when the meeting was adjourned. She ran up the sitars to her room happily laughing and smiling to herself. She was going to see her godmother and Diaval again,. For the very first time in months, Aurora felt excited for the next day.
She decided to take a hot bath before she went to bed, and sunk deeper into the the water relaxing even more as she fantasized of what she would do in the Moors tomorrow. Aurora thought about all that she had been through and done since she had last saw Maleficent, thinking about all of the changes within the Kingdom since Aurora had taken the throne. She had created new laws that protected the Moors from humans overthrowing it and had also made it illegal to place bets against animal fights, sought to expose the black market and illegal trade within the kingdom.
Most of the people were pleased with Aurora's new laws that the Kingdom less corrupted and safer for the citizens; however, a large group of people within the kingdom were not. Aurora had made sure that living the life of a criminal was impossible. Under King Stephan's rule, criminal activity was at an all-time high and in fact, Stefan had made it easy for people to commit crimes. Since he was so focused on killing Maleficent, taking over the Moors and making all available guards blacksmith's and iron workers, the people had found it quite easy commit crimes. There were hardly ever any enough guards to stop crimes and the ones that were around were bribed to forget what they saw and turn away. King Stefan himself even encouraged corruption, allowing illegal trades to take place within the Kingdom and sending his men out to guard the bandits and thugs, provided that they would pay him to protect them. Stefan even sold to the black market and bought various materials for his personal army and his own selfish gain.
But now, Aurora had cracked down on the illegal trades and had corrupted officials and guards sent to prison serving a time for their crimes. Most of the illegal traders and bandit gangs had been disbanded and Aurora had imprisoned corrupted guards, criminals, thugs, etc. There were hundreds of people that had gotten caught committing illegal activities and something had to be done about it. "The black market trade has never been this low before. We're barely making enough to get by now, even with our combined gold! It's still not enough!"
"We need to do something about this girl, and tonight is the perfect to do so!"The traders have left with their armies of knights with them and they won't be back for days, I reckon a week."
"WE need to overthrow the Queen and take the castle. We cannot allow this peasant girl to continue on with her ruling! She's going to put an end to us all, you mark my word!"
"I've been saying this since day one, and I'll say it again! We this girl is going to be the reason that we're all forced to go into hiding,and look where we are!"
"If we don't do this now, then we will never be able 'ter run away should we fail. I'm not saying that I want the girl as Queen, all's I'm saying is that I don't know if it's such a great idea to attack her royal asses army. Most of us are gonna die from this fight."
"I'd rather die than be forced to live underground with the rats another day! I hope I die if we don't overthrow the Queen!" There was silence amongst the dirty crowd as everyone took in all the comments. One of them spoke up. "I can get into the the prison cells and get most of the prisoners free. We can take the castle with their help."
"Yeah, we know Thomas, your brother's a prison guard, he'll help us, he hates the Queen as much as we do, whatever. But what if the other prison guards end up killing you and your brother before you free our brothers and sisters?" interrupted another much taller and stronger man.
"Well, then that's a risk I'll have to take." Thomas said, a determined look on his boyish face.
"Just make sure you get out the right people and not a bunch of crazy lunatics." the bigger man replied.
As Aurora lay back inside her bed, she sighed and felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Tomorrow she would be seeing her godmother and she couldn't wait! Aurora grew weary as she thought of her friends in the Moors, her aunties, Maleficent and Diaval and she allowed her mind to drift off into sleep.
And there we have it! Obviously, the next chapter will be a lot more exciting and I already have it all written out, I just have to type it and then post that. I'm not sure how often I'll be updating the story and posting new chapters, but expect chapter 2 in the next day or so.
This chapter took me days to write and I finished with 4,510 words. I know that everyone on here would rather follow and favorite, but some feedback would be greatly appreciated. Do you like how the story is going so far? Please let me know in the comments so that I can change something should I have to.