Maleficent's POV

"WELL IM SORRY IF I HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO THAN SPOIL AN ALREADY SPOILED BRAT!" I have to shout at my husband because it is clear that whatever I'm saying doesn't get through his thick skull.

"I'm not asking you to spoil her Maleficent, I'm just asking you to give her a little more love and attention. She's just a baby after all and she needs her mother's care." My eyes roll at that because everyone knows where love and attention gets a kid, absolutely nowhere, and soft beyond saving. My kid, with fairy and god blood, will be the farthest thing from soft because she is born of the two most powerful creatures in the world and I would lose my head if she was anything less than perfectly evil.

"ALL YOUR ATTENTION IS GOING TO MAKE HER SOFTER! AND THEN WHAT?! SHE'LL BECOME THE WEAKEST PERSON ON THE ISLE. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR PRECIOUS PRINCESS THEN HUH?! DO YOU WANT TO SUBJECT HER TO A LIFE MADE OF MISERY ALL BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO PAMPER HER AND SHOWER HER WITH LOVE?! SHE'S GOING TO SUFFER AND OTS GOING TO BE ALL! YOUR! FAULT!"

I just want Hades to see that I'm doing this for Mal's sake. Sure it would be easy to give into motherly instincts of holding her, playing with her, being with her and acting like nothing else in the world matters. But what happens when she grows up and realises real life is nothing like how we've brought her up to think it is. She would be weak and absolutely defenseless against everything the isle and the world throws at her. Then what? Would she learn how to deal with it herself? Or would she suffocate under all the pressure and end up getting hurt beyond healing in the process. I'm just trying to protect our daughter if only Hades could see that.

"Don't turn this thing around on me. How would you know love is going to make her weak? If love was weak, how did the good people defeat you? How did a true love's kiss break your so called "unbreakable" curse? How did you lose and get sent to the isle? It's all because love is stronger Maleficent, why can't you see that?"

Hades really tucked me off. How dare he bring up all my previous failures. He knows I'm not proud of them and yet he continuously throws them at me as if they're something I want to remember but forgot.

"YOU ARE GOING TO CORRUPT OUR DAUGHTER WITH YOUR STUPID THOUGHTS OF LOVE. LOVE USNT GOING TO HELP HER AT ALL. IT WON'T MAKE HER STRONGER. IT WON'T MAKE HER ABLE TO SUDDENLY BE THE MOST POWERFUL BEING IN THE WORLD OVERNIGHT! WHAT FAIRYTALE ARE YOU LIVING IN THAT MAKES YOU THINK LOVE WOULD MAKE MAL THE BEST PERSON SHE CAN BE?!"

At that moment, the devil herself starts to cry and Hades steps towards her. "DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT CONSOLING HER HADES! I DONT WANT HER TO BE CORRUPTED BY GOODNESS THAT SHOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IN AURADON. LEAVING HER ALONE WOULD TEACH HER TO FEND FOR HERSELF AND TAKE CARE OF HERSELF, FINALLY BECOME INDEPENDENT INSTEAD OF A LOUSY BABY THAT DOES NOTHING BUT CRY!" Hades steps away from Mal but I can still see the longing look in his eyes.

"AND ANOTHER THING! I DON'T WANT HER TO HAVE ANY EFFECTS OF YOUR "LOVE" FOR HER! SHE'S BETTER OFF WITHOUT IT!" I can see Hades eyes move towards his things in a part of the room. I sigh. "I don't mean you have to leave. Just stop pampering Mal and everything will be ok." I see Hades nod in agreement and I'm almost satisfied by it. However I see the faraway look in his eyes, and I know he is planning something that I wouldn't like.

Hades' POV

I can't stand it. I can't be here, so close to my baby without being able to hold her and touch her. She's the sole reason for me to wake up every morning. She's the one good thing on this isle filled with evil and I don't ever want her to change.

If I could, I would take her with me. But a life on the run is no life for a little girl. At least with Maleficent, she will have a roof over her head, a sort-off mother who can train her to be the best she can be, a whole fleet of minions at her disposal, and anything in the world she could ever want. She'd live a happier life with her mom than she ever could with me. After all, if what I do is going to make her unprepared for the real isle life, I should be with her at all.

Neglecting her wouldn't be easy at all seeing as she already has me wrapped around her finger, but Maleficent has threatened me before and I don't doubt she would do it again if I ever tried to take Mal away from her, even if it is apparent she doesn't love Mal as much.

At that moment, I decide the best course of action is to leave Mal with her mother. It will break my heart of course that I'll be missing all those moments of her life, like her birthdays, her learning to walk, her speaking and telling me about her day at Hell Hall. But if this is what's best for her, it's what's best for her. So I firmly set off on my plan.

EVIL LIKE ME EVIL LIKE ME EVIL LIKE ME

Once Maleficent was fast asleep, I grabbed my bags and went over to Mal's bassinet. Seeing her peacefully fast asleep made my heart melt and almost change my mind. But I had to do it. I couldn't stay here any longer if I didn't get to hold her or cuddle her. It would be too much for me to bear. At least if I was far away from her, so would temptation. Besides, if each time I give her affection, Maleficent counters it by doing something evil, the love would be for nothing as she might just end up hurt.

I give my baby a quick kiss on the head. It's as light as a butterfly but I put all my love into it as it might be the last one I'll ever give her. I whisper to her that I love her with all my heart and that I'm sorry I have to do this. I tell her all I wish for her: that she will grow up strong and beautiful, that nothing in this world would ever hurt her, that she will one day learn to love and that I never meant to leave her behind.

Just as I put her down once again, her eyes flutter open and capture mine. I freeze, unable to look away from their captivating hold. I almost feel my own glow with hers but it soon stops. Her small mouth utters out the words that will eventually haunt me and sing me to sleep every night. "Dada." She says it over and over again and it takes all my strength not to go over to her, hold her and tell her "Yes, I'm your Dada, and I love you." But I couldn't. And I left with tears streaming down her eyes and her constant cries of "Dada." echoing behind me.

I eventually get far away from the castle I called home, far away to not hear her cries anymore but it still echoed in my head and sent knives to my heart. I wandered for a bit before spotting Pain and Panic. At that moment I know what I had to do. I called them over and threatened then to watch over Mal, make sure she was safe with her mom and in a way, let me still feel like I was connected with my daughter.

After releasing them to their job, I wander a little until I find a cave deeper in the isle with locks and everything. I make my way inside and decide that this is the place to call my home, even though I know it will never be as my home is wherever Mal is.

Mal's POV

Dada?

Where did you go?

I need you Dada.

I'm sorry if I've been a bad girl Dada.

I promise I'll be good from now on.

Don't leave me Dada!!!

I need you!!!

I Love you Dada!!!

Please don't leave me!!!

Dada!!!

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