Here is the next chapter!
This chapter is short, but I have to work on the two chapters that I'm posting Thursday for the story called 'Kore'. Besides, with the birth of baby Mal, what else would you want for this chapter?
To address some of the reviews: it is not stated how many children Drizella or Anastasia have. We only know the names of two of their children, Anthony and Dizzy, however Anthony is technically not cannon since he does not appear in the movies. In this story, Anastasia only has Anthony while Drizella has nine daughters total.
And in this chapter, you will discover who actually gives Mal her middle name.
Enjoy!
Time passed slowly for the parents to be.
The married couple waited anxiously for the arrival of their baby girl every single day. Maleficent couldn't wait to get her daughter out of her. Not that she wanted to complain, but Maleficent couldn't stand those painful kicks little Mal gives her every now and then. Each kick was stronger than the one before.
Many things happened while waiting for baby Mal.
Jafar's mistress gave birth to a healthy baby boy about two months after the married couple discovered the gender of their baby. The newborn boy—Jayden—had his father's dark skin and dark hair. Sadly, Jafar's mistress passed away in her sleep just a few minutes after giving birth her son.
A week or so later, James Hook found himself with a new son named Harry while Gaston gained a third son that he named Gil, since the mother was a pirate. Another week later, Drizella gave birth to a trio of girls again, giving her eight daughters.
As Maleficent grew farther long in her pregnancy, she opted to stay home instead of traveling around the Isle like she usually did with her husband. Hades usually made quick trips to the marketplace while Cruella or Jafar—with his son Jayden—would keep the pregnant woman company just in case she suddenly went into labor while Hades was away.
On Hades and Maleficent's one-year anniversary of being married, their three-year anniversary of being in a relationship, and their four-year friendiversary, it became something else that they would never forget.
Despite it being their anniversary, they had no big plans since Maleficent could go into labor at any moment. The day started off normally with them enjoying brunch together since they somehow slept in. As they finished washing dishes, Cruella came barging through the door in a massive hurry.
"I'm so sorry I'm late," she apologized sincerely. "I didn't get any rest last night because Ursula went into labor at my place around one this morning. I had to wake Lady Tremaine so she could deliver the baby since no one else could. I finally went to bed at around six, so I'm running on about three hours of sleep."
"Don't worry about it," Maleficent insisted with a careless shrug. "We woke up late anyways. What did Ursula have?"
"A very small girl," Cruella answered before sighing softly. "I can't believe that baby was able to breath on her own. I tossed and turned for a good hour worrying about that child. Uma had to be at least three pounds. She looked so . . . shrimpy."
" 'Uma'?" Hades repeated curiously. "What a strange name."
"It matches with her strange hair," Cruella claimed. "For some odd reason, her hair is a teal or turquoise color. We won't be able to identify her definite hair color until Uma's older. Maybe when she's a toddler?"
Hades chuckled, not noticing his wife moving to the couch; sitting with some difficulty and labor breathing. "I have a feeling a lot of the children on this Isle will have abnormal hair color. Our baby girl will either have my blue hair or Maleficent's brown hair."
Cruella snarled her nose. "If little Mal's hair color is a mixture between yours and Malef's, it's going to be a hideous color."
Hades shook his head in amusement at Cruella's carelessness on speaking her opinion. "Well I'll be back in about thirty minutes. If you want, you can stay for dinner and take a nap in Mali's room while I'm cooking. Even though there's a crib in there, we kept a bed in there just in cas—"
"Hades," Maleficent gasped, taking in some air to control her breathing, "stay. Cruella . . ." The fairy trailed off as she released a painful groan. "Please go get Lady Tremaine."
Hades immediately surged to his wife, kneeling beside her as he took her hand in his. "What's wrong?"
Maleficent smiled despite the pain she was experiencing. "Turns out I do have an anniversary present for you," she teased cheerily. "Our baby girl is coming."
Three hours.
That's how long it took for Cruella to pick up Lady Tremaine at her mansion, for Maleficent to become fully dilated, and for little Mal to make her grand entrance.
Somehow, Maleficent did not scream or shout in pain when she gave birth to her daughter. She claimed it was not as painful as when her wings were ripped from her body.
Speaking of wings, Hades's prayers worked. Baby Mal did not have a set of wings of her own—
But she had purple hair?
No one could figure out why the newborn had such strange color hair. It was even more unusual than baby Uma's. Then it suddenly clicked.
"Mali inherited her bizarre hair from me," Hades realized with amusement. "As you can tell, my hair is blue, but when I lose my temper, my hair turns red."
Maleficent tilted her head curiously, who cradled their daughter in her arms as she laid comfortably on their bed, though she was completely drenched with sweat. "It does?" She questioned. "I didn't know that."
"Because I never lost my temper in your presence," Hades joked before kissing his beloved's forehead. "Anyways, blue and red mixed together makes purple. My blue and red hair mixed together made Mali's purple hair."
Cruella, who was leaning against the doorway of the couple's bedroom, snickered at the revelation. "Poor Bertha is going to be teased so much for her hair when she gets older."
"Bertha?" Maleficent repeated incredulously. "Where'd you get that name from?"
"Well at eight pounds, your baby girl is twice the size of Uma," Cruella insisted with a careless shrug. "Bertha just sounded like a name for a larger girl, though she'll probably have her mother's voluptuous figure."
Hades groaned as he tilted his head back in annoyance. "Great, just another thing I have to worry about with her growing up."
Maleficent chuckled at her husband's over-protectiveness with their daughter already. "Since you've helped us so much, we'll have her middle name be 'Bertha'."
"She's definitely going to be bullied then," Cruella teased. "But she will have amazing parents to make sure that doesn't happen."
Cruella let out a yawn, completely exhausted from stressing over the birth of two births. "I'm gonna go tell Ursula the good news and check on my Shrimpy, aka Uma. Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl."
After their friend left, the married couple shared a kiss before gazing lovingly at their daughter, who slept with a small smile gracing her lips.
Now all the parents have to do is raise their daughter to be a queen.
Though they didn't realize it would be much easier said than done.