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I don't think it's exactly a curse that brought them back. Someone (Emma? Merlin?) teleported them back after wiping their memories. That bright flash of gold makes me think Merlin. Perhaps in Camelot, Emma succumbed to the darkness, Merlin felt the best way to help her would be to send her home, with her family.