Chapter One ¦ I have a dream ¦ I know you….my beloved bird.

Diaval had always found it difficult changing from a raven to a man, although he was faithful to his mistress, he could not bear the constant transformations she asked of him. The transformation process itself was not painful, it was as easy as changing your coat; what hurt this raven was the surge of human emotion which seemed to come and go with each transformation. Yes, as a raven he was content to behave as nature intended him to but once his mistress saved his life he was in her debt. He knew it. What he really wanted now was the chance to stay human…permanently.

He would never abandon his mistress, she and Diaval had grown fond of each other in the time they shared, the sixteen years which they spent watching over the new queen were some of the happiest of his life. Once the curse had been broken and both kingdoms had reunited Maleficent was no longer in need of the raven's services but the two remained close friends and she granted him the powers to change his own appearance when he chose too. Granted, without Maleficent being in control of the transformation he was a little rusty to say the least; many a time he has tried to transform into a human man and ended up walking around with the torso and lower body of a man the wings of his raven self and a human face with a giant beak with a feathered tail. It took time but the raven finally got the hang of transforming as he once did with the snap of his fingers.

After rescuing Aurora and seeing that true love was possible the bird-man found himself in awe and with a new surge of hope appeared in his life. If Aurora and Maleficent had a familiar love, could it be possible there is a romantic love in the world for him? He knew that no woman would ever be able to fall in love with a raven so he decided that making his transformation semi-permanent at least would help him.

He enjoyed the company of other ravens when in his natural state, but with each transformation over the years his mind had become more and more human. He longed to feel this feeling of true love that everyone was talking about. He longed for the feeling of a woman's touch and true loves kiss. He knew what love was, he loved his friend and mistress and he loved Aurora the two women were family to him but when he saw them both being loved and loving people around him and he became lonely….he wanted his own. Ravens will mate for life, when he was in his true form he had never found his match, no other ravens were interested in him, he would do the mating rituals and the calls as all the male ravens did but no raven females would pay any notice of the poor young bird. Once he was turned into a shape-shifter the ravens exiled him completely.

The young raven man was quickly snapped out of his thoughts by his mistress. She could see the sadness in his eyes as he looked out towards the castle. She understood his pain. Once Stephan had betrayed her the heartbreak engulfed her heart and from that point had avoided the idea of romantic love. She was happy with the love of her friends in the Moor and having the love of her goddaughter Aurora but she knew her heart would never love a man again in the way she had loved Stephan. Fairies only have one romantic love in their lives.

'Come Diaval, we have a wedding to attend.' She stated coolly as she stood up and took flight across the clouds to the new Queen's castle. As the cool morning breeze hit her wings she sighed and took a glance at her old friend. Maybe he has a chance..

The pair flew off towards the castle for the wedding of their beloved Queen Aurora to Prince Phillip. Little did they know that one particular guest would rustle both of their feathers very soon.

Thankyou all for reading the first chapter of my Maleficent spin-off.

As you may have guessed it is Diaval/OC story. Please forgive any grammar errors this is the first time I have published any work on this site. Reviews are welcome and any suggestions regarding OC characterization is also welcome. I shall be updating twice a week so stay tuned.

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