Inside Maleficent's castle, the evil fairy ranted and screeched to her search patrol.
"It's incredible, sixteen years and not a trace of her! She couldn't have vanished into thin air. Are you sure you searched everywhere?"
One servant nodded. "Yeah, yeah, anywhere, we all …"
"But what about the town, the forests, the mountains?!"
"We searched mountains, forests, and houses, and let me see, in all the cradles."
Maleficent smiled nastily. "Cradle?"
The servant nodded, pleased with his work. "Yeah, yeah, every cradle."
Maleficent in a flash became angry. "Cradle?"
She turned to Diablo. "Did you hear that my pet? All these years, they've been looking for a baby!"
She began laughing hysterically, clutching her sides. "Oh, oh, ha, ha, ha …"
The servants uneasily joined the laughter. "Ha, ha, ha …"
Maleficent abruptly stopped laughing and turned on them angrily. "Fools! Idiots! Imbeciles!"
After driving her search patrol away with sharp zaps of lightning, she was left alone with her pet again. She sank down into her cold throne.
"Oh, they're hopeless. A disgrace to the forces of evil. My pet, you are my last hope. Circle far and wide, search for a maid of sixteen with hair of sunshine gold and lips red as the rose. Go, and do not fail me."
Diablo obediently flew away.