Maleficent has lost track on how my years it had been....wallowing in rage and vengeance. Her own ego and pride was her down fall, if she had cursed the princess in secret....no. that was in the past and now she pays the price.

Still recovering from the battle with that damn prince. " Mother. May I take a stroll for the evening?" The voice of her son Malleus echoed through the throne room. " Have you finished your studies?", " Yes mother.", " recited your spells for today?", " Yes mother."

Her eye watched Malleus, she noticed that he has been taking more strolls around the forest lately. " do tell me what interest you in the forest so, that you frequent it daily. " she could see the hesitation in Malleus's eye but his answer did not waiver. " I simply am curious about the gargoyles outside Mother."

Maleficent roled her eyes, of course. Despite raising her boy to be the most fearsome creature known to man he still has such useless interest in human creation. " You shall return before the next sunset. Be late like last time and I will send the guards for you." Malleus nodded as he teleported away in a blinding light.

Maleficent wasn't stupid. She knows her son long enough to know what he was up to. A guard had informed her about his real whereabouts a few eves ago. Meeting with a human. The child of that cursed princess, now queen. When she first heard of this news she was beyond furious, until she decided to play along with Malleus's little game. She'll let her son enjoy his time with that human and when her plan strike he'll know how fragile humans can really be.

Malleus traversed his way out of the forest. Ever since his mother attacked the human kingdom, they had an extreme and heavy bias against magical creatures, especially fae. He luckily practiced a spell to turn him human temporary hiding his horns and tail and other fae features the time being while he entered the kingdom to meet you.