Mal paced back and forth the cell at the forbidden fortress trying to talk herself out of what she had told Maleficent she would do. However she was shaken from her thoughts by Maleficent bursting through the doors, Mal quickly at down at the edge of the single bed in the cell.

Maleficent walked into the light and sneered at Mal causing the purplette shudder "I do hope you are well rested..it will be a very long day for you indeed and I have much to do before we go through with this little plan of yours" she said with narrowed eyes as she looked at the girl again studying her once more and scoffing "since you won't tell me anything else about yourself.. can I at least know my captives name?"

"Mal..my name is Mal.." she said as she bit her lip slightly "I'm Fifteen and a half and I am not from here technically" Mal explained softly arching an eyebrow when she noticed Maleficent fiddling with something on a table "whats that?" she asked as she tried to look at the locket in the fairy's hand.

Maleficent looked at Mal with seriousness in her eyes "Nothing that concerns you.. now.. I will be back later if your good perhaps I'll feed you" she snapped before setting the locket down and walking out of the room leaving Mal alone with just diablo and the guards.

Mal sighed and slumped against the wall and looked at the setting sun and wiped a single tear from her eye missing Auradon majorly she gasped when she heard the sound of the cell door opening and looked up to see Diablo kneeling in front of her.

"Maleficent isn't truly Evil..she's just misunderstood and extremely angry" Diablo said softly "Come..with me I'd like to show you something" he said before taking Mal's hand and leading her out of the dungeons and towards the main part of the castle. "You see.. Maleficent used to live in this land known as the Moors with her mother and father and her sister..but her parents were killed and she was raised by the three good fairies" he explained softly as they walked up a spiral staircase and down another hallway. "Maleficent had her heart broken by King Stefan at the age of sixteen she met him and told her that it was true love and Maleficent believed him until one day..he stole her wings and vanished in the night Maleficent left the Moors shortly after that."

Mal stopped walking abruptly and bit her lip, a look of confusion on her face "wait.. had wings before? And King Stefan stole them? Who does that?" she asked with wide eyes before shaking her head "I didn't know this happened..but still why curse Aurora and sentence a innocent baby to a life of fear?"

Diablo sighed and looked at Mal his expression serious yet concerned as he led her to a balcony that overlooked the kingdom "A few hours before the christening, Leah and some guards came to this very castle on this very balcony and tore up the invitation that Maleficent had received and then threatened to kill her just because she was different then them then..they did something horrible" he said softly as he looked out past the forest and toward the castle "They held Maleficent while forcing her to drink a potion that would make her first born child die on her sixteenth birthday unless Maleficent left"

Mal's breath hitched and she felt an icy chill run down her spine as she looked at Diablo her face flush as she bit her lip and nodded but said nothing, she looked out at the castle in the distance before gasping as she felt the room spinning and suddenly was overcome by darkness. Mal woke up in a daze her head spinning as she took in her surroundings, strangely she wasn't in a dungeon cell but in a comfy bed decorated a lovely shade of purple. She sat up and went to get off the bed when she felt the cold feel of metal on her ankle and sighed "still a prisoner great"Mal muttered to herself before placing a hand over her head and looked around only to gasp when she saw her mothers horns in the doorway.

" " Mal said softy as she looked up at the dark fairy.

Maleficent sighed softly and walked over to Mal lifting her head with gentle hands surprisingly "Are you feeling alright? You fainted and the stone balcony is quite hard…" she said as she conjured an ice pack and handed it to Mal.

Mal took the ice pack and placed it to her head wincing and hissing at the coldness before looking at Maleficent "Yeah..I just..I don't know what happened" she said softly looking at the fairy with wide green eyes as she brushed the purple hair from her eyes. "where am I?" she asked curiously.

"your in one of the bedrooms in the castle don't worry your still my prisoner hence the shackle.. but I figured I'd at least allow you to be comfortable" Maleficent said firmly, her voice cold and emotionless though her eyes showed a slight hint of worry.

" you…Maleficent" Mal said softly as she looked at Maleficent with a small smile

Maleficent cleared her throat and stood up "Yes well..get some rest because tomorrow…you and I plan this curse out" she stated firmly before walking out of the room before looking back into the room just as Mal curled into a ball on the bed, a small smile crossing her face as she waved her hand and removed the shackle before turning and leaving only to be stopped by Diablo in the hallway who was smirking at her "You saw nothing Diablo.. I just can't have her dead yet" she said firmly.

"Mhm..sure Mal… sure" Diablo said with a small chuckle only to squawk when Maleficent turned him into a crow in which he obeideintly perched himself on Maleficent's shoulder.

"Don't call me that" Maleficent snapped slightly though she paused briefly as she glanced back at the room behind her and narrowed her eyes slightly "Mal…" she muttered before turning and walking back to her bed chambers.