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Once upon a time…

That is how a typical fairy tale usually begins, right? Well, this story isn't a typical fairy tale now, is it?

This story begins with heartache and pain…there is no happiness found whatsoever…but life is never straightforward…life is full of hardships, pain, and suffering…yet life also has happiness, love, friendship, and acceptance, to name a few. Life consists of both good and bad... which most learn quite early in one's life.

But that isn't important right now…now is it? So let us truly begin with our story.

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Our story begins in a magical dimension filled with wonder and beauty… where magic, both good and bad, exists in harmony.

But unfortunately not for long... There was a great feud unleashed between light and dark, destroying the wonder and peace within the beautiful realm.

But this isn't where our true story begins... no, our story begins one night before the dark curse of our resident Evil Queen decided to cast finally consumes the magical realm within.

Our story begins inside a cave… where a nest for the birth of a beautiful baby dragon to the powerful sorceress and the queen of dragons known as Maleficent could be found.

There inside the cave was a beautiful dragon's egg resting securely within the nest when two known heroes of the realm quietly sneaked into the powerful and well-known dragon's den.

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“Look… there it is,” Snow White stated as she sheathed her arrow back in her quiver. “The nest and the egg.”

“Be careful,” David Charming replied quietly as he sheathed his sword. “This is dangerous, just as she is.”

Moving slowly, the two heroes shifted slowly and quietly towards the egg. This was the only time that they could freely sneak away from the encampment to grab the egg for the safety of their unborn child.

Despite this, the mother dragon had a hunch that something wasn't right… she woke up abruptly, comprehending the risk her yet-to-be-born hatchling faced. Terrified, the mother dragon quickly moved toward the heroes and her egg… she had to protect her hatchling from the threat before her.

To the dragon's dismay, David snatched the egg just in time and tossed it to Snow, desperately wishing for his wife to escape the danger.

“Go!” David exclaimed as he dodged a stream of fire.

“Ahh,” Snow groans as she dodges the scorching heat, before screaming up towards the dragon. “Scorch us, Maleficent! Then this will burn too!”

The dragon, known to all as Maleficent, quickly transformed back into herself in hopes of saving her child from the kidnapping heroes or, in her case, the villains of her story.

“What kind of people are you? Threatening a child…” she asked, terrified.

“A child,” Snow replied in disgusted disbelief. “This isn't a child; this will become a monster just like you!”

“And what are you?” Maleficent asked, slowly walking towards the heroes and her unhatched child.

“Sorry…” Snow whispered sadly, knowing fully well that she might see this egg and the baby within as a monster. Unfortunately, she was still going to break up this family as she and her Prince turned to run off with the egg.

“No!” Maleficent explained in panic and desperation. She quickly shot a blast of magic towards the cave entrance in hopes of trapping these so-called heroes within her cave and stopping them from taking her child… but the blast came moments too late.

The last thing the Queen of Dragons saw was that her blast missed the heroes by a few inches before they ran off with her unborn little hatchling. Leaving her trapped in the cave that once was her den and haven.

At that very moment, Maleficent swore that once she found her way out of this cave, she would have her vengeance against those who chose to harm her and her baby. The dragon just hoped with everything within her being that her little one would be healthy and loved. She also hoped that no harm would ever come to her child. One day, she would have her chance to reunite with her child, so she would not lose herself in despair. Maleficent just hoped that one day all would be well and that her child would be happy.