Dislaimer: Maleficent and its characters belong to Disney.

This my first story published in English, I hope you will not find too many mistakes in it!

Originally posted on my tumblr.

It is the third time this week, Diaval notices, perched on a branch. This time, it is a flower crown, made of colorful roses, he is sure he can see thorns. Are these lilies?

It is the third time this week that Aurora brings a present to Maleficent. And still nothing for him, how rude of the girl to ignore him like that. He watches as his mistress bows her head lightly for the young queen to put the crown on it. Diaval croaks loudly at the hesitation on Aurora's face who had not thought about the fairy's horns. God, he would be laughing and clapping like an idiotic human if he could. Maleficent lets out a small groan of protest when the small blonde beastie places the flowers around one of her horns, giggling rather than paying attention to the fairy's reaction.

The raven croaks louder than previously and his mistress flicks her hand in his direction. Ha, awkward human body. Aurora runs to him and hugs him without any warning. Maleficent sits by the tree.

"May I ask you a question, my Queen?"

Aurora nods, her smile even brighter than before.

"Why do you offer all these flowers and human food to her?" his mind goes to the time the girl brought what she called chocolate, its glorious taste and his mistress' scrunched up nose when Aurora tried to make her take a bite.

Aurora seems to be thinking about the question, she is looking at Diaval with her big blue eyes wide open. She is adorable, no wonder even Maleficent and her darken heart love her. She is biting down her lip now.

"I will give you something too, next time!" she exclaims suddenly, surprising the raven. Adorable, Diaval thinks, smiling. He shakes his head and tries to explain what he actually asked.

"I heard a guard at the castle, telling his friend that if he wanted for the woman he loved to love him back, he had to give her presents! And I love Godmother!"

There is a silence during which Diaval stares blankly at his young friend. He glances at his mistress, who has her eyes closed. He has to be ready whenever she needs him but if he needs a little help she is never there.

"I… I don't think this… guard was talking about the love you have for your Godmother…" he gives a distressed look at Maleficent, who is still ignoring him even though she is smirking now. Aurora's insisting and curious stare makes him keep talking. "When a raven wants to find a mate… to live with… to…"

"To have hatchlings with?" Maleficent asks as a wicked smile spreads on her dark lips.

"Hatchlings, yes…" Diaval growls, Maleficent might be his savior and mistress but it does not mean he can't wish some little troll would throw mud at her. "When a raven wants a mate… he gives her food… to please her…"

Aurora stays silent and nods, still smiling. So this is how Maleficent feels like…

"A mate is different from a godmother." This is where his explanation end, Diaval does not feel like he could say more without making things really awkward. Telling the Queen about humans' bizarre mating habits -he has witnessed these on more than one occasion, sadly- is not something he is ready to do.

"I know!"

Maleficent finally opens her eyes.