Hey everyone. I can't express how thankful I am for the amount of reviews, favourites and follows I'm receiving so really, thank you. And if someone knows how to moderate reviews, could you please tell me because I would really love to make all your wonderful reviews known too everyone and not just this teenage girl behind her phone screen. Anyway, here are the replies to all the reviews.
1) Fan: Uplode the next chapther soon! :D
--Your wish is my command. Thank you so much for reviewing and I hope you enjoy these next two chapters.
2) danifan3000: with how much Maleficent is complaining about raising Mal, it amazes me that Maleficent hasn't started complaining about having to change Mal's wet or messy diapers.
--Oops! I actually forgot about that part of a babies life. I'm definitely not cut out to be a mom yet. But thank you for reminding me and you'll see some of that in this chapter. Thank you for reviewing.
3) JEN-M:
a) I can imagine Hades mocking Maleficent by mimicking her high-pitched voice. Maleficent is cruel at having Mal start walking. I kinda want Hades to lock Maleficent in the bedroom, pack both his and Mal's bags, and leave for his stress-free underground lair.
By the way, do you think you could show a flashback of Hades and Maleficent dating. Like them maybe going for a dance, or their "royal wedding", or maybe Hades proposal. Or did Maleficent propose?
Awesome chapter! Gets better each time!
b) HAHAHAHA! Maleficent is clueless on how to raise a baby! Come on, Evilness! Of course Mal's gonna spit all over you! She's a baby. And I think Hades for once is thankful for the barrier. His baby would miss 5 years of her life if Maleficent had access to magic.
Her first word is Dada! Does Maleficent resent the fact that it's not Mama?
Magic spells and wand lessons! Maleficent is delusional! Mal can't read yet! I bet Hades has a heart-attack every hour of the day! A stick! Why couldn't have been a rattle or a lollypop!
Hades is gonna lose it, if he finds out his wife considers him a henchman!
c) Almost forgot to say, I adore this chapter! It made me laugh!
--Yes, that would be funny but Hades is trying to be a mature dad and a role model for Mal, so I think he would refrain from immaturity for the time being. As for having a flashback, I'm not entirely sure yet as I'm just writing this tory as things come to mind. Not a good plan though, but I just can't help myself.
--Well, I'm assuming she didn't watch Aurora growing up since she couldn't find her so she probably would be extremely clueless on taking care of babies. And yes, the barrier is good in some ways, but definitely bad in others. I'm pretty sure Hades would absolutely hate it if he had to miss out on Mal growing up, hence the line, 'it ain't easy to neglect' in D3. Of course Maleficent resents Hades just for that single word alone, even though its something neither of them can control because that's just the way she is. And yes, she is delusional and that next line made me imagine Hades keep popping in and out of the underworld because he keeps dying again and again. I don't think Maleficent would give Mal a lollipop because giving candy to a baby would be good. I think Hades would know Maleficent considers him a henchman, he's just sticking around for Mal.
--I'm so glad you love this and keep reviewing. Thank you so much and I hope my writing continues to improve and entertain everyone. I hope you continue to read and review. Have a good weekend.
4) Chloe: I love this book! It's amazing and I can't wait to read more chapters soon.
--I'm glad you love it and thonk so highly of it. Here are more chapters and I can assure you there will be more to come so please continue to read, enjoy and review.
5) BlueKat12345: Loving the stories and can't wait for more!
I wonder how Hades would've reacted to Mal being sent to Auradon if he had raised her.
--Thank you so much and you will get to see that, just not now. It might take quite a few chapters before we get to that because we are going to see Mal growing up in the two different environments first, but be assured we will see that in the future. Thank you for reviewing.
6) Unnamed guest: More chapters please
--Thank you for the review and here you go. Please continue to enjoy this story and review.
7) SerenityxEndymion: Can't wait for more. And I can kinda, almost see Hades act like this a bit cause of what happens in the ending of the movie. Should be interesting to see more~
--Wait no more because the next two chapters are here. I'm glad you can see Hades acting this way because it means I haven't made him OOC. The movie and Mal's interactions with Hades really inspired this so it's a relief that you can see Hades acting like this as well. I hope you continue to find this interesting and enjoy it. Please continue to read and review.
8) 5SecsOfLARRYcat: I love it! :)
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Thank you everyone for the support and don't forget to follow and favourite this story so you can receive the notification each time its updated. Finally without further adieu, I give you the next two chapters.
Hades' POV
"I can't believe you! And this isn't the first time you've done this nor is it the second!" I'm extremely frustrated because... Aargh!!! I left for less than a day and Maleficent just has to do this, just like all the other times I leave for a while.
Let me rewind a bit. This morning I left, like I do every once a month to get food as well as baby supplies for Mal because we're running low and Maleficent is sort of no help whatsoever on that. So I left and as usual take about half a day seeing as very few places sell baby things on the isle and that we're not the only ones who have had babies recently so it is quite a battle to get the best of the worst. Thankfully, I am a god, which makes things easier as people fear me, but that doesn't mean they always have supplies. The only reason we have supplies of it in the first place is because just like us, many Auradonians are having babies now.
So anyway, after I'm done with my "shopping", I hurry home because I can't wait to see my baby girl. She's the single most important thing in my life and I can't stand to be without her even for a second so I guess you can imagine how hard it is to leave her alone with her witch, because she's no fairy, of a mother every once a month.
Once I get home however, I can't believe what I'm seeing. One of Maleficent's henchmen is sitting on Mal and she's completely blue and pink in the face. I immediately push the two hundred pound man off of her and cradle her in my arms. Her small hands curl around one of my arms and I fell in love with her all over again. But the love I felt did nothing to dispel the rage I felt against that man.
"What in the isle did you think you were doing?" I tried to keep my voice low so as not to scare Mal but it's really hard seeing as my rage would have blown the roof off if I still had my powers.
"Mistress told me to babysit." He shrugged while trying to step as far away from me as possible. "So I sat on the baby." My head spins as I wonder where on the isle did Maleficent find this man and how long Mal has had to endure this torture. She's a baby for evil's sake. She can't bear the weight of a grown man on her small body.
"YOU-" I'm cut off my Mal's crying and I immediately try to calm her down. "Sorry princess. Daddy's just really mad right now, but don't worry I'm not mad at you. I'll never be mad at you." I rock her back and forth to soothe her as I try to find her pacifier. Before I could find it however, the mistress of evil herself walks out.
"BROCK! What did I tell you about keeping her quiet?!" Maleficent is enraged at Mal's crying, but my anger towards her is as deep as the underworld gets, and it only intensifies as Mal's crying goes up a few notches.
"I'm sorry ma'am, but Hades is back." She turns towards me as if she just only realised my presence, and her expression turns into one with an evil smirk.
"Ah. I see." She then sends him away. "Hades, darling, you're back early." She tries to sway my anger but it's hold on me is as strong as Mal's. I turn away from her but she continues to edge closer.
"How could you put our daughter through that trauma? She's just a baby." I am enraged and with Mal's crying, it's hard to get through to Maleficent as she's is resolute to cover her ears.
"She's almost one now, I hardly think she's a baby anymore. Why at this age, she should be at least able to perform a simple spell. I mean, most fairies like us cast our first spells before we even turn one." She tries to convince me but as the Lord of the underworld, I know the reason for that fact, and it is because they age up fairies to avoid this whole baby phase.
Before I can reply however, Mal's crying goes off again and I realise her diaper's full. "When was this last changed?!" I yell because I know it's not safe for her to be wearing a full diaper as she could get rashes or diseases from it and we don't exactly have medicines for babies on the isle, which means even the simplest of illnesses could kill my precious baby.
"Umm, what time did you leave?" If we didn't have this barrier right now, the flame on my head would have burnt the whole isle down.
"I can't believe you! And this isn't the first time you've done this nor is it the second!" I'm extremely frustrated because... Aargh!!! I left for less than a day and Maleficent just has to do this, just like all the other times I leave for a while. I'm also extremely frustrated with myself for believing that I could leave my baby girl with the worst mother in the whole world and underworld.
I just turn around and search for a 'fresh' diaper for Mal. Honestly I'm glad those Auradonians only use them once and throw them away, which means we can wash them and reuse them since their cloth. I remove the old one to be washed and Maleficent just pinches her nose. "How can you even stand to be near that putrid thing?"
It's so tempting to throw it towards her but seeing as I'm in a rush to clean her up, I just put it aside. "Because I'm her daddy and it is my responsibility to take care of her no matter how smelly or stinky she is." I put on the fresh diaper and Mal starts smiling, making my heart melt and quickly clean my hands so I can hold her and soak up all her love once again.
"Well I'll never do that. It's disgusting and something that I would never do even if it meant I could rule over the entire world. Ok, maybe if it meant I could rule over the world, but nothing less..." I turned her out as I worked on getting Mal a fresh, or as fresh as I could find on the isle, bottle because I'm pretty sure Maleficent hadn't fed Mal either.
As she feeds, I can't help but wonder how she's going to grow up with a mother like Maleficent around. I can't bear to think of the horrors and trauma she'll have to go through under her care.
At that moment, I made up my mind. We have to leave tonight. Before this gets too out of hand and Mal forms any actual attachment to her monster of her mother.
DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO
Once Mal needed her nightly feeding and Maleficent was fast asleep, completely ignorant to Mal's cries of hunger, I quickly got up and fed Mal after changing her diaper. Then I packed our bags and left the house before the sun even went up.
We wandered the streets for a while, just me and my little princess, but as the sun started to rise, I knew I needed to find a place for us to stay because being homeless is not good for a little girl. I then knew of a place that I could go, seeing as that guy owed me for all the friends he's made.
I knocked a rhythm and the door flew open, accompanied with the theatrics of the shadow man, himself. "What brings you and this little one to the other side of the isle?" He asked as he welcomed us in while tickling Mal's chin.
"Maleficent's gone out of wack and I couldn't let her be the one to raise Mal anymore." I cradled her close as Dr. Facilier gave a knowing grin.
"What on the isle made you think Maleficent would make a good mother in the first place? She's not even qualified to babysit a grown dog that doesn't need babysitting." Facilier spread out a mat on the floor for Mal to lie on seeing as she was getting tired since she barely had any sleep after we left the house.
"I'm actually not sure. Maybe it was because she seemed to want to rule the world as much as I wanted the underworld again. Maybe it's the way she spoke of villainy with so much passion it rivalled Zeus and Poseidon's power battles. But once Mal was born, that didn't matter. Being evil didn't matter because she's the only thing in my life that matters. I can't leave her with that monster. If she's with her, I'm not even sure she could make it through the night." I explained to Facilier and he seemed to understand.
"Well, you could stay here if you like. I'm unattached as you can see. However, an arcade might not be the best place for a kid to grow up, seeing as things could get violent around here." I could only nod at that, knowing how rowdy isle people could get when they're mad and upset. "There is one place you could go however and it's not too far from here. All I know is that it's been abandoned for a few years after EQ mined it out. Did you know she has a baby too?"
"No, I didn't and could you show me where it is? I really want to take Mal somewhere safe before the isle really comes to life as Maleficent doesn't know we left." I tried, hoping Facilier would agree because I know that once Maleficent finds out we left, she would be livid and probably send out her henchmen to look for us.
"Of course." He smiled. "I don't want those goons of Maleficent to come rampaging in and destroying my shop just because your here." I had to secretly laugh at that. Of course Facilier cared more about his arcade. "And don't worry, it's hidden deep in the forbidden forest so no one would ever find it there." I smiled at that, knowing Mal would truly be safe there.
"Thanks Facilier." I start to get Mal ready as he looks for locks and keys to go with them. As I hold Mal once again, I realise she feels a bit warm, but maybe it could be that Facilier's arcade is much warmer and stuffier than the castle Mal's been used to for the past 9 months of her life. As soon as Facilier found his things, we head off for the cave he was talking about.
We walk for a bit before we reach the forest, whereby he leads us through a couple of twists and turns. "The only reason I know about this place," he starts as we get closer to the cave, "is because one of EQs minions was talking about it in the arcade. So there is no way anyone else would know about this place." We finally arrive and he opens the gate before locking it in place from the outside and handing us the key.
"Safety precaution. They won't think anyone's in there if it's locked from the outside." I give him a nod of thanks. "Just follow the passage to the end or take the bike that goes straight towards it. It should be bare now but I'm sure you'll find a way to furnish it." I nod and he turns towards the sky for an estimate of the time, which is pointless seeing as the clouds over our barrier are gray and don't really indicate the time.
"Well I best be off. I've got friends waiting on the other side." I waved him off and started to walk into the cave with Mal. I would really prefer to cycle seeing that it meant we would get there faster and I could finally rest my legs, but then I would have to put Mal down and I don't think a bike is actually suitable for a baby.
Once we arrive, I get a good look at the place. It's not too bad as it is spacious and clean looking. It even has its own light fixtures which means I won't have to renovate it much, just a little spruce up here and there. I manoeuvre Mal in my arms to give her a good look of the place when I notice her temperature has risen.
I press my lips to her forehead and feel the immense heat radiating off it. My heart starts to pound and I begin to panic. My baby is sick!