Since she was sixteen and there were no more spinning needles in the kingdom, they felt it was safe to have her return.

Aurora was very sad, because that meant she could no longer see her beloved prince. The fairies told her she was already engaged to someone else, not realizing the two princes were one and the same. Yet Aurora loved her fairies so much that she went along with them back to the kingdom. She went to her room, and cried over the loss of her love. But as she cried, Maleficent used her magic to sneak into the castle, having found her and followed her back to the kingdom. She managed to save one spinning needle from the King's destruction, and placed it in Aurora's room.

Aurora had never seen one before, and she was so overwhelmed by curiosity...