Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141222210529/@comment-26179634-20150113201456

I think that Hook has a past with Maleficent. How else would he have known that he was fighting her when they were beneath the library? I think that during his return to the Enchanted Forest from Neverland, he asked around about Rumplestiltskin's dagger and he was probably pointed in the direction of Maleficent, who then pointed him in Belle's direction, who just happened to be being held prisoner by Regina.