Thank you guys for the positive support. I really enjoy writing this story. And did anyone see last night's episode, pretty twisted. Hope to see more of the Evil Queen soon.

Maleficent had just returned from flying around the forest. For the two decades that she was powerless, Maleficent missed her ability to turn into a dragon tremendously. So now, with every chance she got, she would fly around the forest. It was the best feeling in the world, she felt free.

As she transformed back into her human form, she felt something was different. Someone was in her home. Maleficent closed her eyes and was engulfed in a cloud of black smoke. She reappeared in the dark corner of the main hall, where she felt the presence. It was a girl. Maleficent couldn't see her well from where she was at, but from the looks of it she was still a child, barely in her teens. And she was a noble. Although the girl did not wear an eloquent gown, she did wear brown leather boots and riding pants only a nobleman could afford. She wore a dark blue riding jacket and her brown wavy hair was in a side low ponytail. Maleficent wished the girl would turn around so she could see her face.

"Hello!" The girl yelled out. "Maleficent," she finally turned around. Maleficent could see the girl was gripping something in her hands near her chest. Perhaps it was a necklace Maleficent thought. "I. I need your help. I want to learn how to do magic. I know that you are one of the most powerful sorceress in the land. And I thought maybe you can teach me."

"Why don't you show me what you know and light the fireplace?" Maleficent did not want to teach anyone, especially some little girl who thought she could brown nose her way into doing so. Perhaps she would through a fit since she was used to mommy and daddy giving her anything she wanted. This should be entertaining.

"Well you see, I can't," Maleficent raised an eyebrow. "I don't know how to use magic," the girl confessed.

"Then why should I teach you?"

"Well my mother can use magic and so can my grandmother. Or so my grandfather has told me. I just want to know how to use magic," this was interesting. A girl with a magical heritage and yet still knows nothing. When Maleficent was her age, she would already know how to shift and make potions. Whoever this girl's family was did not want to teach her.

"Again, why should I teach you? You have a mother and a grandmother that knows magic. How come they cannot teach you?" Maleficent asked, wanting to know the girl's story.

"My grandmother is no longer with us. I've never even met her. And mother, well she is busy. Ever since my father died, she's been under a lot of stress, some that I think that may have affected her judgement," this sounded like, no it couldn't be could it. Maleficent stepped closer to the girl to get a better look, but still hid in the shadows. Her eyes widen in shock. The girl looked like Regina, only younger and had blue eyes. Maleficent had only met Evie a few times, but that was when she was a baby. Never would she imagine that one day Regina's daughter would come to her for help as her mother did so many years ago. No longer was she the curly hair child, but Maleficent could tell the girl was not yet a woman and had a long way to go. "Listen, I understand you might not want to teach me, but I know I have magic, just call it a feeling. My mother once told me that if you want to achieve greatness you have to learn from the best. And that's you," sounds like something Regina would say.

"There are other great sorcerers and sorceress in the land, why not ask them?"

"Because I told my grandfather that I would not make any dealings with the Dark One," smart girl. "And you have lived for many centuries. I know I can learn more from you than any book in the kingdom. Please give me a chance. Just one chance," Maleficent chuckled at this. Surely this girl was Regina's daughter. Not only they looked alike, but they both came to her for help. But Maleficent had to be sure it was Evie. She wouldn't teach just anyone.

Maleficent, with her head held high, slowly crept out of the shadows. The girl couldn't stop staring at the sorceress and neither could Mal. This was the first time in over a decade that Maleficent was in the same room as the child. Slowly, the girl loosened her grip and Maleficent could see that she was holding on to a necklace. She knew that piece of jewelry anywhere, Regina showed it to her before she gave it to Evie for her eighth birthday. This girl was Evie. Maleficent cleared her throat to get the girl's attention.

"Who is your mother?" Maleficent asked. Even though the girl looked like Regina's daughter, she had to know. The girl remained silent. Maleficent could only guess that the girl didn't think she would have a chance to talk, let alone meet Maleficent, so this may have been a shock. "Fine," Maleficent turned and started to walk away, "if you will not tell me then I will not consider training you."

"Regina," the girl yelled out. Maleficent turned to the girl and raised her eyebrow. "Queen Regina is my mother," that was exactly what she wanted to hear. Maleficent glided towards the girl until she was a few feet from her.

"You do look like her."

"You know my mother?" Maleficent chuckled and started to walk away. She would defiantly have to talk to Regina and tell her that her daughter was so interested in learning magic. "Wait! You said you would teach me."

"I said I would consider it," And Maleficent did, but it was a parent's job to teach their child, not hers.

"What is it that you want?" Maleficent stopped and turned to the girl, wondering what she was blubbering about. "I've always heard that magic came with a price, so tell me yours," well at least Regina had told her daughter about that rule.

"Why do you want to know magic so badly?" Maleficent remember all those years ago when Regina first wondered into her home asking for Maleficent to teach her magic so she could get her revenge on Snow White. But her daughter, from what Regina had told Maleficent Regina has given everything that she could to the girl. No one has crossed her so why in the world would she want to learn magic. The girl stayed silent, debating if she should tell her reasons. "Fine don't tell me, we can have our secrets as long as it doesn't harm one another."

"So, you will teach me," Evie said in glee.

"Yes, for a price. I need an errand girl to go to the nearby village to retrieve ingredients," Truth be told, Maleficent did not need one, but as she said they can keep their secrets as long it does not harm the other. But before Evie could go to the nearby village, Maleficent had to teach her the basics of magic and how to defend herself. If she didn't, Regina would kill them both.

"But can't you use magic to get whatever you want?"

"Magic can do many things, but one must understand the value of hard work. So do we have a deal?"

"Yes," Evie said without a second thought.

"Good, I expect to see you bright and early tomorrow," Maleficent turned to leave and prepare for tomorrow. It would be a long day for the both of them. Not to mention she had to talk to her dear friend on what her daughter was up to. Maleficent stopped when she didn't hear Evie walking away. Maleficent turned back to see the girl was nervously standing in the same spot.

"I thought we could start today."

"What's the hurry? We have time. And besides, I suspect your mother is worried that her poor baby is here with the big mean dragon," guilt crossed Evie's face as she looked away from the sorceress. Mal could tell that something wasn't right. "Evie does your mother know that you're here?"

Evie remained silent, too scared to look at Maleficent. "Does your mother know that you are here or not?" Maleficent asked louder this time.

"No," Evie finally confessed. "I was supposed to leave this morning to my grandfather's castle. She won't let me go back until my father's murder is found," Of course Regina would send away her daughter to hunt down Snow White. She wanted Evie to be oblivious to her plan. Regina may have wanted to hurt Snow, but never her daughter. Perhaps she would say there was an accident if Snow was killed. Either way, Maleficent wanted to stay out of it.

"Did you even have a plan when you came here?" If Regina didn't love the girl so much, Maleficent would strangle her.

"No, I just hoped that you would teach me. I didn't think that far ahead."

"I can see that," Maleficent took a deep breath to calm herself down. "Fine. I'll amend the deal. You can live here on two conditions. Your mother must agree to it and you have to complete your chores."

"What kind of chores?" Maleficent could see that this girl had never had to clean anything in her life. That was quickly going to change.

"Cooking, cleaning, clearing out the dungeons after my prisoners died," Evie froze in fear. "That one was a joke," Evie let out a sigh of relief. Maleficent would never let her see that part of the castle. "So what do you say? Or are you going to go back home to your mommy?"

"I'm in," Evie agreed.

"Good," Maleficent motioned the girl to follow her. the two were silent for what seemed like an eternity. The light from the windows lit up the normally dark hallway.

"Where are we going?" Evie finally gathered the strength to ask.

"You'll see," After a few twist and turns down various hallways and a few flight of stairs, the two were on the other side of the castle, the other side of Maleficent's wing of the castle. Maleficent may have not known how to raise a child, but she did know a teenager did need their privacy. At the end of a long hallway, the two stopped at the last bedroom on the right. Maleficent opened it to reveal a dusty room. Sheets cover the furniture and bed to try to keep the dust off. The air was stale from no one using it in years. Maleficent used her magic to open the doors that lead to the outdoor balcony. On the other side of the room was a door that lead to the restroom. "This is your room. Just be grateful I am not your mother now. I want this room to be clean by tomorrow morning. You can decorate it as you want, but it needs to be clean," Maleficent didn't need to see the girl's expression to know she was in shocked. Whether it was because the scary dragon offered her a luxurious room and was being kind to her or if the girl was surprised that she had to clean her own room. It didn't matter to Maleficent. Right now she needed to talk to Regina, she must be worried sick.

Once again, Maleficent closed her eyes and thought of where she wanted to go. Black smoked engulfed the woman and when the smoke cleared and she opened her eye, Maleficent was no longer in her castle, but Regina's. The queen was too caught up in her worries that she didn't even noticed Maleficent's presence. Without a sound, Maleficent went behind Regina and wrapped her arms around her waist. Regina tensed at this unknown presence. Maleficent smirked and laid her head on Regina's shoulder. "Hello dear."

Regina relaxed a little when she knew it was the dragon queen. If it was anyone else, they would had been dead. Regina began to wiggle her way out of Maleficent's arms, but she wouldn't allow that. "Maleficent this isn't the time or place," she said in an angry voice.

"Did you lose something, or someone?" Regina stiffened as Mal toyed with her. "Don't worry your daughter is safe with me."

"Oh thank God," the queen let out a sigh of relief.

"No just me," Mal let go of Regina. Using her magic, Regina summoned to glasses of apple cider. "I am surprise thought that you haven't taught her magic."

"It's kind of hard when the king did not know that I had magic."

"True," Maleficent finished the drink in one gulp and place the empty cup on a nearby table. "Your daughter wants me to teach her magic, if that is all right with you."

"That depends. Will you keep her safe?" Despite Regina's rantings about hating Snow White, she did love children, especially Evie. And for that, Maleficent vowed that not harm to come to the child.

"Of course," she said nonchalantly.

"Then, it's all right with me."

"Good. She will be staying with me. You can see her whenever you want."

"Gives me more of a reason to come over," a mischievous grin crossed Regina's face as her arms went behind Mal's neck. Maleficent pulled away as Regina was about to kiss her.

"As you said Regina, not tonight," Maleficent mocked the young queen before she teleported back to her kingdom. She had to get ready for a busy day.

Storybrooke

Maleficent stared at the golden chain, sapphire teardrop necklace; the last time she laid eyes on it was a few days after the Charmings stole Lily from her. The last time she saw her. Memories stared to flood Maleficent as she remembered the good and bad times she had with her apprentice. The memory that stood out the most was the day when she came to her castle and asked for her help. Evie grew so much from that shy, unorthodox girl to a smart, and loyal young woman. Loyalty to a fault.

Maleficent guessed she was glad that she still remembered Evie. Unlike everyone else in this town, she was unaffected by the spell that made everyone forget the young princess. Maleficent blamed herself for what happened. She vowed that no harm came to Evie, but she failed. She should had known better, talked Evie out of it, protected her from-

"Mom are you all right?" Lily's voice interrupted Maleficent's thoughts. Well at least the Charming's offspring wasn't as useless as her parents and fixed their wrong. For that Maleficent was grateful.

As true to her word, Maleficent had been teaching Lily magic and how to be a dragon. Just like her mother, she was a natural. The two lived in a two story house in the middle of the wood, conjured up by Maleficent of course. They wanted to be away from the town so that they had room to practice without someone accusing them of something they didn't do.

Today, however, was different. Regina had told her that she kept Maleficent's things in a storage room. So the two were moving all of Mal's stuff in her new house and went through it. Maleficent found Evie's necklace in an old jewelry box where she had kept her most prized possessions in.

"Yes dear."

"What's that?"

"It belonged to someone who meant a lot to me in the Enchanted Forest," Maleficent handed the necklace to Lily. "She was my only apprentice," Lily observed the necklace.

"It's beautiful," she tried to hand the necklace back, but Mal wouldn't take it.

"I want you to have it."

"What? No, I couldn't. besides I already have a necklace," Lily pointed to her egg shell she had around her neck. Maleficent understood that the shell to Lily was a reminder of who she was, but to Maleficent, it mocked her. It made her remember that she never had a chance to raise her child. She would never know about the life they could had lived together; they should had lived together.

"I know, but I want you to have it. She gave it to me a long time ago and I want you to have it as a good luck charm."

"Saying I'm not good enough?" Lily asked jokingly.

"Well you did crash land in the forest last week. Lily," Mal pleaded, she wanted to give the only thing left she had to Evie to her. Reluctantly, Lily stopped and placed the necklace around her neck, where it belonged.

So I did warn you guys this might be a Dragon Queen, but we will see what happens. So what did you think? Was it good? Was it bad? Should Maleficent had given Lily Evie's necklace? How come she is the only one that Remembers her other than the Evil Queen? Write your thoughts and comments in the box below. And if you haven't, Favorite and follow this story and I will see you next time.