Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-3393671-20141109223833/@comment-4975807-20141129220759

While Aurora was already a flying monkey prior to the casting of the second curse, it can be implied that Aurora (as well as Phillip) were taken to SB because of the curse effect. Travelling between worlds requires a lot of magic, and I doubt Zelena could just drag her pet monkeys along with her when the curse was cast, especially since she's not the one who cast it.

However, to give a different example, such as Neal being in Rumplestiltskin's body when the second curse took effect, *that* I do not see as Neal being affected by the curse. He was completely dormant in his father's body, and it was only because of this that Neal returned to SB, but Neal does not have a counterpart.

So I believe Neal's case is more clear about why he doesn't have a counterpart, but for Aurora, it's more ambigious and could be argued she was physically pulled into the curse in the sense she was transported to SB because of it, though she remained in monkey form for the curse's whole duration.