Up in the cottage, Aurora woke up early ready for the challenges ahead. She grabbed a royal blue coat, ankle to neck length, and slipped some ballet flats on. She flipped through books upon books containing maps and stuffed them into a concealed basket. Then a small crimpled painting of Fauna edged with burns of fire, "just in case I happen to run into anyone." Aurora disengaged her lips realizing the sound of her voice could awaken Flora. Obviously as you could have told, Aurora was settling of to venture and find Fauna, possibly Merryweather. She gripped tightly to the basket. Walking towards the door laying her hand on the doorknob, she paused and and reconized the sound Flora baking in the kitchen. Aurora cringed, "please don't hear, please don't hear."
Wooden spoon down, Flora lowered her brows opinion determination, inhaled, put a smile on and turned towards Aurora, "Are you going somewhere, dearie?"
Aurora paused and removed her hand from the doorknob "Flora, I was...I mean, would you like me to go into the forest and pick you some berries?" With a fake positive tune on Aurora smiled.
"Oh, that would be delightful! Thank you, Aurora! Would you like me to pack you some food and water for the way?" Flora reached into a wooden basket, "Silly me, I've already packed for you. I had a funny feeling you were up to good deeds," she passed by a larger then the average vial with a cork barged in tightly in the rim. Aurora packed the vial into the basket, "Afterwards I think I'll head home." Flora frowned, "It was nice seeing you again dearie."
"I'm coming back to give you the berries," Aurora waved good-bye and made her way out to the open. As soon as the cottage was out of sight, she started to pay attention to every creak of sound and every flash of color.

"Maleficent, wake up! Tell me do you have to girl?" Lady Tremaine bursted through the door, snapping her fingers. Flora vanished into a green light that swirled back into Maleficent, "I thought you had the girl!"
Tremaine rolled her eyes, "Please, the important thing is we get the..." She lowered her voice, "you know what."
"Yes, but how?"
"Oh please! I'm surrounded by idiots, you and your crow."
Maleficent lowered a brow and raised another, "do you want to play with me? Last time I checked I was ten times as powerful as you, now do not call me an idiot ever again or you can say goodbye to the magic I granted you."
Lady Tremaine opened her mouth to say something, though to frightened nothing came out.
"Here," Maleficent handed an Arabic key to Tremaine just like the one Belle, correction Chip, found covered in gold, "Don't lose this, there is a set of three. It's nearly impossible to find. You have the boy and the old woman, yes?"
"Yes, what do you need me to do?"

Aurora heard a twig crack behind her back, "Hello? Is anyone here?"
"Aurora, dear?"
Aurora couldn't make out the voice, an old dreary voice, never to have been heard before by anyone in the castle, "Excuse me, have we met before?"
The old woman came closer out of the fog she was a wreck, unstable walking, scars upon her face, hunch back and a basket with hardly any food, "Why yes, don't you remember me?"
"Oh no, I'm sorry. But that doesn't matter, are you hurt or hungry?" Aurora rested her arm over the Old Woman's back and helped her re-gain balance.
"Oh no, thank you, you're very kind. Would you like an apple?"
"Thank you, but I've already packed food, you can take whatever you'd like."
"No please, take an apple, my apples are special." The old woman dug around her basket, arm peaked under lid, out came a blood red apple, "you see, my apples are special, they can grant you wishes with just one bite."
Aurora picked the apple up without thinking twice, "just one bite? Oh but, you can't with out letting me give you anything, you look very thirsty." She reached into the basket and reached out the large vial, "here."
The old woman grabbed the vial and dripped the liquid onto a flower, watching it burn, "But Maleficent knew I was having it taken care of." She mumbled uncontrollably not letting Aurora hear a sound nor she let her see the flower, "Make a wish..."
Aurora held the apple close to her lips and closed her eyes tightly, more than anything she wanted her loved ones back. With a loud crunch, she bit into the apple.

With Aurora leaning on her back, the old hag threw her into the cottage, "Ladies, I have her now. I fed her the apple."
Maleficent narrowed her eyes down on the Old Hag, "your task was simply to bring her to the abandoned east tower, am I wrong?"
The Old Hag looked confused, she opened her mouth to speak but Maleficent hushed her, "I know, I know, did you forget? That's fine, people make mistakes. When she wakes up she'll follow by our plan."
"I'm sorry, I'll try better next time-"
"Don't worry you won't forget again."
"You're taking this really well..."
"You'll NEVER forget anything again!" With a wave of her hands a near by mirror shattered, lay there all the pieces. She charged them towards the old hag cutting into her throat and muscles, "that was just Devine, I haven't killed anyone in ages," she laid her hands on her back and stretched. "What about the girl?!" Tremaine snapped.
"Didn't you hear? When she wakes up she'll follow our plan..."