The Tale of Two Kingdoms

Chapter 5

Inside her office in Fairytale dating service Maleficent is pacing back and forth. Thinking about the green fog and knowing what it is and who is causing it. She talks to the mirror on her wall. Not just any mirror but one that is made of gold, the one she brought from her castle long ago. It’s an oval frame very large and the engravings around the mirror are of spells that enchant the mirror keeping the Djinn locked inside. He can only do her commands for she is the one that locked him in it before the Kingdom was at war with the human Kingdom.

Mirror, Mirror on my wall show me Aurora in the castle. The mirror fills with smoke and a green light emerges growing larger till it fills the mirror. Smoke rolls out of the mirror and down to the floor a deep voice emerges from within the mirror as so does a face of a handsome man.

“As you wish my dark Queen.” The man moves aside, and an image fades through the smoke of a window with the sunlight shining in over a bed with a young girl lying on it with her hands across her stomach. Three small pixies flying around watching her every move.

Maleficent eyes fill with water then in a blink of an eye she swisher her hand flipping her black cape around storming off away from the mirror.

She walks out the door slamming it behind her. Shaking the whole floor. You can hear people yelling from the rooms. “What the hell is going on out there?” She keeps walking to the elevator.

“Maleficent you have an appointment he is waiting in the room.” Anastasia says as Maleficent walks past glaring at her with an evil look. Maleficent walks to the room folds her arms and taps her foot. “Who is it that wants to see me?” She says rudely.

“That would be me.” A man gets up and walks towards her. She unfolds her arms as she watches him walk closer towards her. Her face changes looking at this beautiful man. Shoulder length dark hair, with a small beard that lines his wide check bones attaching to a small mustache, tan skin, pale blue eyes wearing a pale blue dress shirt unbuttoned halfway down exposing his muscles of his chest with dark blue dress pants on fitting his body well.

He reaches out his hand towards her. “Hi, my name is Diablo it is my pleasure to meet you.” She raises her hand to shake his, but he grabs it softly and kisses her hand. Taking by surprise this guy is the second one that has ever made her heart skip beats.

She blushes when he kisses her hand. “Ah, what can I help you with?” Stroking her hair draped down her chest. “I would like a date if you aren’t busy?” “Oh, no I am not busy at all.” She says with a big grin. She grabs his hand and walks with him back through the lobby passing Drizella she too is staring at the guy.

“Drizella dear hold any appointments till I call you. Thank you hun.” Maleficent says as she passes.

In the elevator, she looks him up and down. “So, can I ask where you are from?” “I am from the human kingdom.” “Nice, and how did you hear about me?” “Well, I was walking down the street and seen the sign Kiss and Tale Dating Service and came in to investigate a little about the place very nice place. The red-haired girl at the desk answered my questions and handed me this booklet of the people hear on duty, I read your bio looked at the beautiful pictures and made my decision to meet you.” “I do have to tell you I can be rough, nasty and get a little crazy.” “Oh, no you are misunderstanding what I mean about a date, I wanted to have dinner, relax maybe watch a movie and talk.”

Maleficent looks at him strangely.

“You don’t want to have s*x?” “No ma’am, I mean yes, but no not now not till maybe later. I wanted to go on a nice date with a beautiful woman. Is that all right or am I misunderstanding the rules of the dating service?”

“No sir that is perfect I would love to go on a date, but I have to warn you I cannot walk the streets right now because of the green fog. I can only go out for short periods.” “That is fine I believe this place has a restaurant and a small theater in it?” “Yes, sir it does and a lounge, pool hall, bowling alley we have everything here to keep the customers occupied during and as they wait for service.”

“Great, how about dinner and a movie maybe hitting the lounge afterwards for some drinks? And please call me Diablo instead of sir I feel like an old man when you say that.” He smiles slightly at her and winks.

The two have dinner and go to the lounge to talk getting to know each other. She feels so comfortable with Diablo like she has known him for many years, but she has never meet him before. He talks about the human kingdom and the news about people falling into deep comas from something or someone here. Maleficent hasn’t heard this new yet and catches her by surprise. “What are you talking about? The guy they found dead by the wicked range forest?” “No, he wasn’t dead he was in a deep coma from a spell. Some poison was in his blood used in like voodoo spells.”

Maleficent sits back in the booth thinking of who would do this. Then it clicked. “Diablo I have to cut the night short I am sorry, but I have to take care of something.” She stands up, and he does also she reaches out to shake his hand but instead he softly grabs it and kisses it again. Then pulls her closer to him until she is face to face and he looks in her eyes slowly moving down to kiss her on the cheek.

“It would be a pleasure to have your company tomorrow night if I might be so lucky to have another chance to spend more time with such a wonderful woman.” “I would love to Diablo. How about…” He cuts her off. “Brunch tomorrow?” She is speechless for the moment. “Ah, yes that sounds good. Tomorrow about 11 ish?” “I will wait for you in the lobby.”

Maleficent rushes out of the lounge all the way back to the front lobby. “Drizella where is Tarzan?” “He is here somewhere.” “Drizella call him I need to talk to him. NOW!” “Ok, ok who got your panties in a knot?”

Drizella calls Tarzan over the intercom as Maleficent paces back and forth in front of the desk talking under her breath as if she is talking to someone else. “Hey, are you ok?” Drizella asks.

“I am fine!” She snaps at her. Maleficent sees Tarzan walking from the other side of the lobby she rushes over and grabs him by the arm leading him straight to his office and slamming the door. “What the hell Mal? What is going on with you?” “Have you heard?” “Heard what?” Tarzan pulls out of her grip and walks to the other side of his desk and sits down. “The guy from the human kingdom isn’t dead!” “You mean the one they found at the edge of town?” “Yes, that one what other one would I be talking about?” “I guess you haven’t heard either they found three more bodies just like the other one dead and these where scattered in the lower areas of the town in the alleyways.” Maleficent shakes her head. “They are not dead that is what I am trying to tell you.” Tarzan stands up quickly. “If you have something to do with this, I will personally hand you over to the kingdom authorities.” “No, you i***t I don’t have nothing to do with it, well that isn’t completely true.” Tarzan walks around his desk in anger. “You better talk and fast!” Maleficent puts her hands up and backs up. “Wait a minute damn minute so I can explain.” He stands in front of her waiting for her explanation.

“I was on a date tonight with a human and he told me that the guy they found here was in a coma a deep coma they thought he was dead, but he wasn’t he had an evil spell on him and a poison in his blood.” “This sounds like you all over it.” “Will you shut the hell up!” “Now I think I know what it is and who is doing it. See 17 years ago before this town was as big as it is now when I lived in the Moor forest with my parents I meet a human boy and he was the prince at the time I didn’t know it then two years later he told me but it never changed our love for each other. He promised to marry me and live in the castle, but one day he didn’t come around and when he did, we made love for the first time that day was the last day I ever saw him and 9 months later I had a daughter. A month after the birth of my daughter Aurora humans attacked us in the forest killing my mother and father and taking my daughter. The only clue I had was the scarf laying on the ground next to me when I came too from being hit in the back of the head. The scarf was the same scarf he wore the day we made love. That was 13 years ago and he is King Stefan married with three children one that is mine.”

“Sad story, but what does this have to do with you and the dead guys?” “They’re not dead!”

“One night two years after my daughter was taken from me by her father King Stefan I walked all the way to the castle upon my entrance they were having a birthday party for her as him and his wife raised it as it was their own child that his wife bared. Such a lie to the kingdom people, anyway that night I busted through the doors walked over to Aurora and caressed her beautiful face. Looking at her father and mother I placed a curse on her that on her thirteenth birthday she would fall into a deep sleep like a coma and never to awaken. Just like the humans are doing here. Except my spell doesn’t cross over to others if I cast it upon one.” “So how is the humans falling into the same f*****g coma you put Aurora in?”

“That is what I am not sure of I don’t know if some fairies and pixies that watch over her figured out my spell and is now casting it on humans? Or if it is King Stefan, having the castle doctor make up witch craft to cast it. I don’t know.” “Can Aurora, do it?” Maleficent laughs. “How can she do it she’s in a coma?”

“I think you better lie low because I have a feeling the King will make his way right here to Kiss and Tale Dating Service to have a few words with you if not take you with them to the castle dungeon.” “Oh, let that little prick come for me I will finally get my revenge on him for what he did to me and my family.” “I would watch who you say in front of Mal, that is grounds to be thrown in the dungeon.”

“I don’t want you to tell a soul about this. Not even the girls. No one you understand?” Tarzan says with a squinty eye. “I know I am not a complete i***t you know?” Maleficent swings her cape around and walks out. The one thing about her she was a good judge of character and she doesn’t trust Tarzan.