Queery Tales; Where Rainbows Begin

The Pie
A/N: This chapter is dedicated to my favorite Disney character of them all; Maleficent.

After a few days, the forest surrounding the castle disappeared, and the people of the village were very surprised to see the castle that stood there was as good as new. The two Prince's came out in a procession to announce the return of their Prince. Following that, the two Prince's traveled back to Aaron's kingdom.
Aaron's Kingdom did join onto Altan's kingdom, but Aaron's actual home was at the far side, so the traveling from one side to another took a number of days. The kingdom that Altan ruled was not under a royal family until the Prince returned. So, until that time, the Prime Minister looked after the land. But now that Altan was back, he was able to rule once he was married.
Upon arriving at Aaron's castle some time after leaving Altan's castle, they were greeted by the many servants. Altan was looked after while Aaron went to see his Father and Step-Mother, the King and Queen of the land. The King was very pleased to hear that he had found a love, albeit another man, and that his kingdom would grow. The Queen was also pleased with this, but not for all of the reasons the king was. The Queen, Maleficent, had wanted a large amount of lands to rule under her own hand, with no king beside her. She had married him out of pity to him. He had lost his wife and needed money. Maleficent, rich and powerful, agreed. She decided that when the time came, she would kill the king, his children and rule herself. Now that the lands would be enlarged to a larger size, that time was near at hand.
In public, she acted normally, dressing in fine purple robes and wearing her crown, but in her private rooms, she showed her true self, a humanoid dragon. She was also very practiced at spells and enchantments. But her favorite thing of all, was Man Pie. All disobedient servants ended up in Man Pie.
Now that Maleficent had decided to take over the kingdom for herself, she got ready to kill her husband and her sons-in-law. She made a poison from certain herbs and mixed it all together. She then added it into a bottle of wine and said to it thus.
'Ancient herbs in a bottle of drink, take my husband and his health to sink. Take him into his bitter end, and his life shall pass to a hellish trend.' she mixed the herbs and they disappeared into the bottle.
That night, while in her human form, Maleficent poured the King a glass of wine and one for herself. While the king was drinking, Maleficent added an antidote to hers, so it was an ordinary wine. And sure enough, the King fell ill the next day, and died soon afterwards. A funeral procession was held and Aaron was crowned King, and Maleficent the Queen-Mother. Altan was later crowned King and the lands of Altan and Aaron were joined.
A few months later, a war came and Aaron had to go and fight for his Kingdom. He asked Altan to return to his castle in the next few days and to wait until he sent for him. Altan kissed his lover goodbye and Aaron went on to the crusade. Maleficent's chance had come. She went to the kitchen and talked to her chef.
'I want you to kill the charming Prince Altan and turn him into Man Pie.' she said. 'Do not try to deceive me, for if you do, I shall make you a pie.' and with that she wandered off. The chef was dismayed. He couldn't kill the Prince. He went into the dungeons and killed one of the former kings prisoners and turned him into a Pie. While he did so, he summoned Altan, packed his things and some food and sent him off home while Maleficent was in her room. At supper time, the chef served the pie to Maleficent and she ate it .
'Delicious.' she said. 'Now we shall wait for my son-in-law to return.' she said. As she was settling down with her full stomach, the chef wisely disappeared into the local village. A little while later, one of the Page's came to Maleficent to tell her of the comings and goings of the castle. He reported that Altan had left town a few minutes ago and that he was headed home. Maleficent looked at him for a moment before screaming in anger and racing to her room.
Altan would have been away quicker, had he not stopped to pack extra things he didn't need. But he had not enough learning in these things, and he had made a foolish move. He had, however, packed his sword and shield.
Maleficent had gone to her room and through a secret passage. At the back of the passage was a tunnel and a flight of steps, and it led to the tallest tower, where Maleficent saw Altan riding away. She cast some thunderbolts down at him, but Altan was too good at riding and he dodged them easily. Maleficent, in a rage, went back down into her room.
Inside, she turned to her crystal ball, and looked into it.
'Ah, yes. Altan is none other than the boy who slept for 100 years in his castle. The elementals surrounded it with forests. How about I do the same?' she asked herself. She turned to a bookshelf and took down a rather heavy black book. She flipped the pages until she found what she wanted. She cast a spell to surround Altan's castle with think bushes of thorns that no horse could pass, and that trees should wind together, that no one could get in or out of the castle. She also made sure that the vines were sticky, that no weapon could cut them.

A few days later, Altan was riding towards his castle when he saw that his castle was surrounded by forests again, but these were not friendly trees, but designed to keep people in or out. He came right up to the forest and looked in. It was dark. Many townspeople came to see him and told him what had happened.
'All of the servants escaped, but no one can pass that forest on foot or on a horse.' they all told him.
'Then we shall burn it.' he said. He ordered that many torches be brought and that the forest should burn to the ground. The townspeople did so, and soon the forest was ablaze. The castle inside shone brightly, but did not burn.
That night, no one slept. Everyone kept an eye on the forest as it burned slowly to the ground. By morning, it was a pile of ashes. Everyone except Altan returned to their homes. Altan had sent his servants away until he was sure there was no threat to them. Sure enough, there wasn't. But as he got close to the drawbridge of his castle, something wooshed through the air above him, and landed right before the drawbridge. It was Maleficent. She was enraged.
'Now shall you deal with me, young King, and all the Powers of Hell.' There was an explosion and fire started to spread again, but no sooner had it expanded to a large width and height, that it settled down again. But in its place, stood a dragon. It looked down on him with giant eyes. It growled quietly. It then shot a blast of fire from its mouth. Altan ducked behind his shield. The fire hit and reflected off it. Maleficent tried again, but still the shield repelled her blast. Maleficent leaned in and tried to bite, but Altan dodged aside. He swung his sword and struck Maleficent across the face. She growled fiercely at him, and tried to bit e him again. She managed to bite his shield and her sharp teeth sunk through the metal. The dragon roared in excitement that Altan was now defenseless. She fired another blast and Altan managed to dodge it.
'No matter what you do dragon, I will defeat you.' Altan said.
'And so it shall be.' Came a soft female voice. Both Altan and Maleficent stopped at the sound. A light shined and there was Hope. She looked at the dragon. Then she touched the sword in Altan's hand and then disappeared.
'Not even an Elemental can defeat me!' shrieked Maleficent. She reared up on her hind legs to produce a most powerful breath of fire, but it was all Altan needed. He threw the enchanted sword and it buried itself into the Dragon's heart. There was a howling shriek of pain and the dragon fell to the ground. It blazed into fire and when it settled, Maleficent was standing there, leaning on a staff and holding her chest.
'Foolish boy,' she said weakly. 'You are now helpless and... I shall finish you... with one final spell.' she said. She raised her staff, but suddenly an arrow flew out of nowhere and struck Maleficent in the head. She fell to the ground and died. Looking around, Altan saw Aaron standing nearby, his bow in an offensive position and his hand behind him where the arrow had been released. Altan ran to his lover and hugged him.
'Lets go home.' Aaron said, holding his lover close to him.