Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20150316010241/@comment-24674051-20150316204031

Unless, of course, that was NOT the end of the story. Keep in mind that making people fall asleep is evidently one of Mal's trademarks. (look at what she did to the entire castle of Snow and Charming.)  Maybe what we saw was just a threat, with the promise that not only was Aurora going to be cursed, but so was Philip, then Mal just knocked her out and escaped. Giving Aurora time to contemplate the meaning of her existence before applying the coup-de-gras. The actual sacrifice and sleeping curse could be yet to come.