Who was she - a pawn or a queen? Aurora’s eyes, suddenly so full of color, were locked upon the black plume at her feet. Almost as if it held the whole weight of her life. Her shaky fists gripped tight around the bouquet, nearly breaking the stems of golden roses. If anyone could’ve been able to see through her mind, they could only find one person, one face in there.
Oni. No one else had ever known the Queen’s heart so perfectly, accepting not only her light but her very darkest moments as well. To think she had found him by such accident, to think the demon had helped her see so many magnificent things she didn’t even know could exist. Aurora felt her heart flicker like a candlelight. Oh, what a lucky little girl she was.
HE HAD MADE HER COMPLETE.
Was she really going to let him go - just like that? Once again, tears filled her ocean blue hues. How many people in this world were blessed with such fortune she’d experienced? And she loved him so much, would love him to death and back, even if she would have to marry…
‘Aurora? My dear, are you alright?’
Slowly, the young monarch’s enlightened features turned to face Maleficent. Neither of them said anything; however, the unspoken contact between the Fae woman and her goddaughter held more meaning than anyone in the room could possibly realize. There was a long silence, during which Maleficent’s slightly nervous expression finally relaxed, turning into a gentle, maternal smile. She had understood.
Phillip, who was utterly confused by his fiancée’s behavior, laid a firm hand on the girl’s shoulder and turned her around. They stared at each other, both with a mountain of feelings inside. Aurora hesitated for a while, fully aware she could never apologize to the prince as much as he’d probably deserve. But this was it.
The Queen of the Moors, with everybody’s eyes concentrated on her, inhaled deeply.
She did not stay to watch his face turn from bafflement to shock.
At eleven o’clock on the day of the Sun, as witnessed by Prince Phillip, Maleficent, Diaval and all the ceremony guests, Sleeping Beauty dashed across the chapel’s aisle in her white wedding dress. And there was no denying - soon as she pushed open the heavy front doors - that no Sun or Moon could’ve compared to the light that shone from the Queen as she disappeared into the rainy Faerieland.
Aurora was free. Running towards her happy ever after.
The hurt doesn't show
But the pain still grows
It's no stranger to you or me
The dark grey skies burned with thunder, as he was drowning
in his dismal thoughts. At the moment he had no strength even
for hate that he always was so generous and willing to spread.
He tried to focuse on something else, raising his eyes and
watching how the wind rustled the leaves, but nothing could
overbear the image of Aurora inside of his head.
He never had a desire to change his nature into something else.
His being a demon was his own choice of freedom, the price
that he paid for it was incommensurable with anything on Earth.
How much he suffered, how much of pain had he endured, how
much of abuse and humiliation he had been fed with, when he
was just a miserable little human. He was born as a slave. He
was about to die as one too, yet his anger became the power
he managed to seek from Hell itself for the salvation. He was
given a new life as a bringer of chaos, a demon who would
delude people just for fun. He thought it was everything that
he ever needed... seeing people suffer just the way he himself
did before. But now... the suffering of Aurora caused a
nausea. How much did he really love her if he wished this
nightmare to stop? He was no nobleman, no prince, no king.
And the biggest treasure he could ever offer her was his
love.
The next second Oni realized that he still was this miserable
little human, because now it was this love what made him
feel like a slave again. Moreover, he wished to be that slave
so badly. Even this chain smelted out of infernal agony was
the one he desired to keep on his neck.
The wind has risen, disheveling his dark raven hair, whispering
something alarming to his ears. Oni opened his eyes, expecting
to see the same picture of Moors before the storm. However
just when he dared to look into the distance — his heart sank.
Through the shadows of murky day, through the gloomy glades
a beautiful ghost of white was rushing to his side. Struck by this
sight, he couldn't force himself to move. He froze, seeing it
clearly with his own two eyes. It must be an illusion, he probably
has gone completely insane... could it be possible? Was it real?
The princess of thriving kingdom, who had to take an oath of
fidelity in the temple of Lord this day, she was running to him,
not even noticing how the whiteness of her wedding gown
becomes stained with the dirt. She, the bride, the ghost, the
dream... she was running to him.
❝ ━ Aurora?,❞ his voice uttered in sheer disbelief
and his black eyes widened. Without a second
thought, he dashed forward.