"Ah, yes, this is after all what 'heroes' are for . . . to 'get rid' of anything that doesn't fit in with your idea of how the worlds are going to be. Very well. Songbird, I am sorry than your friends are not as willing to compromise as you are, but it appears that we are going to play a different game now." With these words Maleficent lifted her arms, calling down the green fire which suffused her body, wrapping her in its embrace. She laughed her haunting hollow laugh. "I must confess . . . long have I desired to dance with the scarred warrior."