Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5205908-20141226192345/@comment-5205908-20141229185412

Andrew.scott.503 wrote: Betrayed by Rumples and probably absorbed into the sorcerers hat at some point.

Alternative: Reformed by the Sorcerer and become his new apprentices, tasked with guarding the hat from all Dark Ones (Rumples).

Either way, Rumples (no longer moderated by Belle) is going to go full vengeful villain and will attempt to get the hat and get Hook's heart again after failing to persuade the Sorcerer that he should get a happier ending. The QofD are tools/cannon fodder as far as Rumples is concerned.

Well, that's one dark possibility. Villains' fates are often related the characters they target for vengence or power, and we know Aurora is in Storybrooke, so Maleficent will no doubt want to go after her and maybe fail as the result. And right now it's hard to tell what Ursula and Cruella want other than finding the Author.