A Helping Hand
The beginning of Sleeping Beauty takes place during Princess Aurora’s christening. However, out of nowhere, Maleficent burst onto the scene and stole the Princess’ thunder, which is a totally evil-witchy thing to do. And to make matters worse, she curses Aurora to death in the most ridiculous manner possible when she turns 16.
We also know that Queen Leah and King Stefan had trouble conceiving. Combined with the fact that Maleficent’s appearance doesn’t faze Queen Leah in the slightest, it’s pretty clear that the couple and the evil witch have a history together. So, did the Queen turn to magic to help conceive, and was Maleficent being sour for not receiving an invitation to the christening? Mayhaps.