Age Manipulation

"Your insane girlfriend sped up my pregnancy."

- Zelena to Hook

The Aging Spell is a spell featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the eight episode of the fifth season.

History
After turning Killian Jones into a Dark One and returning to Storybrooke, Emma Swan plots to use Excalibur to channel both Killian's and her own darkness into Zelena and then cut her down. However, she does not wish to harm Zelena's unborn child, and to avoid this uses an Aging Spell on some onion rings that she tricks Zelena into eating. As a result of the Aging Spell, Zelena's pregnancy is drastically sped up and she gives birth not long after.

Later, Mr. Gold plots to use an Aging Spell to rush his wife Belle's pregnancy so that he can use the Shears of Destiny on their son, keeping him from hating his father. To show Belle his plan in hopes of scaring her back to him, he corners a nun in the Storybrooke power plant and ties her up before sprinkling some powder on her, turning her into an elderly woman before releasing her to return to the Convent of the Sisters of Saint Meissa. He later finds Belle in the Storybrooke Free Public Library and traps her in the elevator, planning on using the powder on her. However, Belle warns him that if he does so, he will lose her forever, and he is unwilling to take that risk.

The Evil Queen, seeking revenge on Mr. Gold for taking advantage of her, steals his Aging Spell and adds it to Belle's chamomile tea at Granny's Diner, knowing that Belle will blame Mr. Gold and take their son away from him. Her pregnancy is visibly and rapidly progressed as she panics before she is rushed to the Convent of the Sisters of Saint Meissa, where her son is born.

Ways to Break the Spell

 * Magic can reverse the effects of an Aging Spell.