Vindictive fairy Maleficent is driven to place a curse on the human infant princess Aurora to protect the moors over which she presides. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.