Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25345262-20150307235126

I think Autumn might be Aurora's mother. And Agnes Bruckner is the older Lily.

Here is my theory....

Aurora's mom and Maleficent are friends from two very different worlds. When we first meet them they are very close often playing together in the forest. Whereas Maleficent starts off as being safe and earnest but has knowledge of magic and curses, Aurora's mom is a passionate rebel/daredevil. But then one day Prince Stefan comes traveling through the land. He saves Aurora's mom, from being run over by a passing horse. Maleficent enters the scene to see if her friend is all right and meets Stefan and falls in love at first sight. But Stefan has eyes for Aurora's mom and she's hot for him too. But that's when Maleficent's love for Stefan starts to border on dangerous obsession, making her willing to get rid of her friend/rival with the sleeping curse for a man she hardly knows. However Stefan finds out what Maleficent did and awakens his love. That's when the friendship between Maleficent and Aurora's mom has to end as she and Stefan deem Maleficent a monster and cut ties with her. From that day on Maleficent's heart turned to stone and was at the bottom of a hole for a while until she met Regina and became the fiery character that we know.

Meanwhile Stefan and his wife welcome baby Aurora and arrange for her to marry Phillip. When Maleficent hears about the christening she crashes the party and curses Aurora with the sleeping curse. That when we see the golden thread that is Aurora's mom start to unravel and deteriorate. She dies soon after that leaving Stefan to raise Aurora by himself with the help of the blue fairy. 