Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25491743-20150810231432/@comment-5817180-20160328030951

I thnk what happened was, when Rumple "killed" her, because she was still connected to the pendant, she was able to transfer her life force to it. As a result, since she no longer had a physical form, she was then able  to   escape   and sever her connection to pendant, use her magic stored in the pendant to open the time portal, and then go back, restore her physical form, and now free of the pendant (essentially, her connection to it was "reset" in a way), was able to use her magic at will, without it.