After punishing her minions, Maleficent sends her crow, Diablo, to find the princess. Maleficent's mood is also foul in that her minions have only been searching for a baby for the last 16 years, not realizing that Aurora would grow up. At the Forbidden Mountain, the atmosphere has stayed in a constant clouded thunder, a sign of Maleficent's mood and that her own quest to find the hidden princess has not been fulfilled. The years pass by, and as Aurora's 16th birthday approaches, the people of the kingdom began to rejoice. The three then persuade the King and Queen that they will hide their daughter until she turns 16, and take her to an abandoned woodcutter's cottage. They then decide to hide their magic and change their appearances, appearing as peasant women. The Three Fairies ponder what to do to prevent Maleficent's curse from taking effect. Even so, Stefan is still fearful and orders every spinning wheel in the kingdom to be burned. Through her gift, Aurora will not die, but fall asleep, until kissed by her true love. Flora and Fauna persuade Merryweather to use her gift to weaken Maleficent's spell. An enraged Stefan orders Maleficent to be captured, but she disappears with a laugh in plume of smoke, leaving everyone horrified and worried about the princess's doomed future. Angry over not having been invited by the kingdom, Maleficent casts a spell, promising that once Aurora turns 16, she'll prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. However, before Merryweather can bestow her gift, a gale wind blows through the great hall, signifying the arrival of Maleficent, a witch from the Forbidden Mountain. Flora gives the gift of beauty, Fauna the gift of song. Each has come to bestow a gift on the Princess. Also invited to the celebration are the Three Good Fairies, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, as they're announced by the steward, Lord Duke.
Through an agreement between the two rulers, Phillip is betrothed to Aurora, and their marriage will unite the two kingdoms when they grow up. Also attending the event are King Hubert, the king and the duke of his neighboring kingdom, and his young son, Prince Phillip, who have journeyed from a neighboring kingdom. Many travel to pay their respects to the birth of the Princess.
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But the Prince soon finds himself up against Maleficent's army of brutes, and the power of Maleficent's evil spells - which include a thorn forest and a fight against Maleficent when she turns herself into a dragon. Realizing that the Prince is in trouble, the three good fairies head to Maleficent's castle at the Forbidden Mountain. Maleficent's horrible prophecy is fulfilled when she tricks Aurora into pricking her finger on the spinning wheel's spindle and falling asleep, then capturing Prince Phillip.
On her 16th birthday, Aurora meets Prince Phillip, the son of a king whose own kingdom will soon merge with King Stefan's - and falls in love. The fairies take Aurora to a cottage in the woods to keep her away from the eyes of Maleficent, and raise her as their own child, named Briar Rose. Thankfully, Merryweather turns things around by casting a spell that will allow the princess - named Aurora - to fall into a deep sleep, and awaken to a kiss from her true love. But an evil sorceress named Maleficent shows up, and because of a rude remark by Merryweather, she places a curse on the princess - that she will die before sunset on her 16th birthday after pricking her finger on a spinning wheel's spindle. At a ceremony, three good fairies - Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather - bestow gifts of magic on the child. When a new princess is born to King Stefan and his queen, the entire kingdom rejoices.