The Blessings

And so a young girl was born, and while many of the white women lay small charms to her, the strongest 3 which had been called brought gifts of a different sort. The first blessed the child Aurora with unnatural beauty and charm that fills every man's heart with desire. Unable to see the dark side that bless could take she thought it a fitting gift. The second blessed the child Aurora with grace and intelligence that would aid her at all times. This second white woman also was blind to the dark side of her blessing.

Before the third white woman could make her blessing, a wind of a thousand gusts blew open the doors, rattled the windows, tossed the guards about, and heralded the entrance of Maleficent. "Good and kind king, such a subject as I would make a gift too, reminding us all of the importance of our past, and our continued future."

The king shuddered inwardly, but knew he had no tools with which to extract her yet, and must accept whatever blame fell to the babe, for he had never forgotten Maleficent or his misdeed in the forest for which he both felt regret and pleasure.

"Child of kings, your beauty will surely be fair and desired by all, and so will you always remain intelligent and graceful. But I name all spirits to witness my words, this child will at the age of 12, on her nameday, prick her finger on a spinning wheel and fall asleep as **** never to wake!" Laughing maniacally she grew unaware of the rousing soldiers and was struck and knocked ****.

The king quieted everyone and ordered the guards to tie her in the dungeon with hands bound, and mouth gagged. Then turned to his only hope the convening faeries. "What can be done for my daughter, the kingdom's jewel?" He pleaded.

"Maleficent's magic is far too strong even combined for us to stop her" spoke the last white woman "But perhaps we can turn her curse slightly. The third woman blessed Aurora with the ability to wake from this **** like sleep if she has truly joined with her hero whom loves her fully, and she would join them only until ****. The third woman was not blind to the dark side of her blessing but was unable to move anything more in the curse. Hoping for the best the fairies wished well of their king.

Trapped in this curse mentally the king ordered the 3 white women to take Aurora to a secret location and protect her until the day after her 12th nameday. And so they took her.

The king unable to stop the curse, began to obsess over Maleficent. Ways of hurting her, and getting her to reverse the curse vying in his head. Day and night he pondered with Maleficent saying she could not reverse the curse, and soon his queen fell ill. The strongest magics were unable to revive her, and the king lay her **** at the feet of Maleficent, however unfairly.