Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-199.89.60.92-20130506231633/@comment-5655661-20130914232635

Maybe Maleficent is a dragon that can take human form, or she is just an ordinary human who was turned into dragon. That just gave me an idea : Aurora's father, young prince at the time, was sent to slay a dragon who was, unbeknown to him, cursed princess (Maleficent). Somehow he found that out and saved her so she fell in love with him. But he was promised to another girl so he left Maleficent with a broken heart.

She started using black magic (with Rumple's help) and in the end, she cursed Aurora's mother with Sleeping Curse. Since evrey magic comes with a price, she was turned into dragon again. But because she was already very powerful sorceress, she was able to mantain her human form as long as there was magic to use it for that. That would explain why she was kept in her dragon form during the Curse - no magic, no way for her to take back her human form.