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No fear, no sorrow, no flight froht

Let her folloithout despair

So she may slumber forever without care

An odious green orb appeared in the princess’s rooirl’s pale face as she rose from her vanity The lu her to follow it through an enchanted passageway Maleficent had conjured in the fireplace The spellbound princess followed the orb up a cold, dark stairith an archway that eerily reseood fairies calling their Rose’s naeway, leaving the good fairies behind

Higher and higher Aurora climbed, until she reached the tallest tower in the castle The Dark Fairy transfor wheel At last her curse would be complete

As the wheel spins, so does time,

Unstoppable and divine

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In dreamscape she shall keep

The princess reached for the spindle but hesitated A force within her seeainst Maleficent’s evil spell

“Touch the spindle! Touch it, I say!” Maleficent coic prevailed over the poor princess, who reached out and lightly touched the spindle’s point The sharp needle pierced her skin, sending a sickening feeling through her entire body She felt all the life draining from her as her world went black The princess fell to the floor at Maleficent’s feet, hidden beneath the Dark Fairy’s long robes

At that ood fairies burst into the room, their little faces filled with fear and worry

Maleficent s you could defeat me! Me! The mistress of all evil!”

Finally, she had the princess Aurora

After all those years, her curse had put their beloved princess to sleep, just as she’d decreed Their attempts to keep her safe had failed With a flourish, Maleficent swept her cloak to one side “Well, here’s your precious princess!” she added, cackling triumphantly

The three good fairies gasped at the ghastly scene Their beautiful Rose’s lifeless body lay on the cold stone floor Her tiara lay beside her, like an omen that she would never become queen

Black crows circled overhead, following the Dark Fairy as she led forest With each step she took, the trees grew increasingly dense The forest was a living thing,Its vines curled the a deep, penetrating darkness as they ensnared the treetops and obscured the sky In the shadows, the Dark Fairy could keep the grasping trees and vines at bay Even though she didn’t understand that aspect of her e Contrary to the tales surrounding the Dark Fairy, the vines weren’t entirely subject to her will She had heard stories about how she could control nature How she could direct terrible forests to destroy her eneiven the truth Nature had cursed her for a past transgression Nature was her enemy, and this forest was no different

Though Maleficent could keep the forest in check in the shadows, she wasn’t entirely sure ould happen once she left the protection of the darkness provided by the canopy She wondered if she would be able to fight off the forest when she wandered into the full blaze of the sun