Hero Council

Leader: Snow White

Snow slammed her fist on the table. "Will everyone please calm down!"

"How can we?" Cinderella said angrily. "That Guardian of yours is tag-teaming with a Villain, and she's helping their side!"

"Jack is not a Villain!" Elsa said. "He's clearly an antihero!"

"Just like you're not." Moana said. "Even though you almost killed your sister."

"Alright that is enough!" Florian said. "Elaine's actions were all Good."

"That's right." Snow said. "She refused to kill the prince, she aided the innocent Drizella in finding a happy ending, and she even converted Lady Tremaine and saved Anastasia."

"Well now she's headed to Dornia." Stefan said. "Why don't we test her. See which side she is truly on."

Xxx

Jack and Elaine were yanked into the throne room of King Stefan and Queen Leah.

"You are aware of why you have been called here today." Stefan said.

Jack quickly played along. "Of course your majesty. We are at your service."

"The Royal Sorcerer is in need of one thing to finish the fertility serum." Stefan said. "A Dragon Egg."

"That is right." Leah said. "You must steal the egg from the Dragon in the Forbidden Mountain."

Xxx

"I can't believe you got us roped into this!" Elaine shouted at Jack. "Saying we were at their service!"

"Would you rather we end up in the dungeons?" Jack said wryly.

"Well I'd prefer that to burned to a crisp!" Elaine said irritably. "Now be quiet. At least the thing is sleeping."

She opened the heart shaped box and pulled out a sword.

"Do you know how to use that?" Jack gave her a look.

"I think when I'm being chomped at I'll learn quickly enough." Elaine snapped back.

The two descended in to the dragons lair.

Maleficent the dragon lay curled and warm around a small purple egg.

Elaine crawled over the dragons coils, motioning Jack to stay back. She tried her new empathy power on the dragon, and it worked marvelously, keeping the large creature relaxed and sleepy.

Elaine returned to the mouth of the cave clutching the Egg.

No sooner had the two reached the edge of the forest then there was a howl of sorrow so painful that Elaine almost collapsed.

"Well what did you think?" Jack snapped. "It's a dragon baby after all."

"Look I don't like this any more than you do!" Elaine yelled at him. "But it's us or the Egg!"

They barely made it away from the fire and brimstone and presented the Egg to King Stefan and Queen Leah.

The Queen stepped down and placed a soft pale hand on the warm shell.

Elaine suddenly had an awful feeling. Was the Queen going to eat the baby dragon?

Cracks appeared on the surface of the shell, and something began to hatch out.

"Waaaaah!" It was the cry of an infant.

A human infant.

Queen Leah lifted the baby out from the shell.

Looking closely, the baby appeared to actually be a fairy child, but it had camouflaged to protect itself.

"Her name shall be Aurora." Queen Leah said.

"You have done well." King Stefan said. "I just knew you were a wonderful Guardian."

The colors began to bleed as Elaine looked helplessly at Jack, wanting to scream, wanting to take the child back to the fairy dragon mother.

The cry of Maleficent echoing in her ears as tears fell, her body transported to the next realm.