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Darkness.
Darkness.
Darkness.
Audrey's bare feet slipped across the marble floors of the museum. The guard was already asleep as she clicked off the security cameras silently. Making her way to the hall of artifacts, the young Princess pushed the red velvet curtains aside. Her body left a puddle of sea water on the floor, droplets of water curling down her neck and skin as she walked towards the object for which she had come. Approaching Maleficent's staff slowly, Audrey reached out a hand as the green stone illuminated brightly, and a voice echoed deep in her mind.
"Why have you come here, child?"
Dragon Eye glowed brightly in the darkness, illuminating the red velvet display around it to be a harsh, toxic green. The center gem pulsed like a living thing, flashing as Audrey's pale hand gently wove over top, close but not touching, "you are not of Maleficent. You cannot wield me, for if you do, you will be forever cursed."
"I want to make a deal," Audrey told the staff, unafraid of its might and self-awareness as she stood before it, her hand held close to the burning stone. The Princess knew her Villainology, she knew the powers held within the scepter of Maleficent.
It had been crafted by Hephaestus, ordered by Hades to be the most powerful thing on all of earth besides his ember. Only Maleficent herself, or one descended from her could ever touch the staff. But Hades was a known maker of deals, ones that normally only had negative consequences on the victim. It made sense that the staff held this same trait from its first master.
"A deal." Dragon Eye mused, "you're merely a child, what could you possibly give in return for such power?"
"Me," Audrey said simply, "my body. My soul. My very essence, if you want. You can rebuild Maleficent from my ashes, and return her to her place as Mistress of all evil."
"That is a rather large reward." Dragon Eye told Audrey carefully, obviously thinking it over, "what do you require of me in return?"
"I want to save Auradon," Audrey insisted, "I want to take King Ben off the throne and banish him to a place he can never escape."
"I do not save people," Dragon Eye growled out, "I am built for evil deeds, not heroic ones."
"Don't think of it as heroic," Audrey said smartly, dropping her hand onto the green stone as it illuminated. The glass like surface scorched her skin, but Audrey did not pull away, "feel my anger," she growled harshly to the staff, as though it were a small child, "I want Ben to suffer for what he's done to me, and to my family. I wish the greatest of harm upon those who have done me wrong, but only to thoseand no one else. I want revenge, and to make sure my parents and grandmothers murders aren't in vain."
"And...for this small penance, you will allow me to take your soul?" Dragon Eye mused aloud to her, still obviously thinking.
"Yes. But that is only if we are able to rid Auradon of the tyrant they call king. If not, and Ben and his family continues to rule, then you get nothing and Ben will kill me."
"You are in a situation as desperate as desperation can get, child." Dragon Eye laughed, "Very well. I accept your deal and it's conditions."
Flashing brightly, Audrey pulled her hand away and held it. A dragon head was burned into her skin, scorched there for all eternity until the deal's completion. Smoke swirling around the room, Dragon Eye laughed from within the confines of the gem, "wield me, Audrey. The last Queen of Auroria. Wield me and feel my powers."
Reaching out with little hesitation, Audrey gripped the wooden handle and pulled Dragon Eye from it's stand. Smacking it down against the floor, smoke engulfed her as she was transformed into her darkest self. Laughing again as Audrey's single brown eye faded into pure darkness, Dragon Eye shone brighter than ever. "My Mistress." He spoke, shattering the glass around the nearby crown of Auradon as Audrey walked towards it in a daze, "I am faithful until the end of days. I will grant you what you truly deserve." Raising the accessory up, the young Princess gently set it down upon her hair, sighing shakily as darkness spread into her veins through her fingertips, "Wield me, young Princess, born Queen, and behold my wonders!"
Clacking Dragon Eye against the tiles again, they splintered under the immense power of evil as the lights in the museum went black, casting everything into an endless void.
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A/N: Ooooooohhhhhhh...am I mean or what? XD