Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25355646-20150302022703/@comment-25926288-20150427004911

BallerinaBelle wrote: I think the original dark one made the curse and the Sorcerer stole it from him and protected it until Rumple finally got his hands on it and "doctored" it up to his liking.

Or maybe there are multiple curses that have sent the creatures to our world? After all, the Dragon was clearly magical and not from Storybrooke so where did he come from and how did he get there? The Dragon got her by jumping down the plot hole and kept his magic with a plot device. Everything is simpler when you see its true nature.