Hey! So here is the next chapter for you all. I am sorry I have not updated in a little while but with Christmas coming up things have been quite hectic and I have not had as much time to write as I would have liked.
So yes as you have all seen I have wiped Regina's memories once more. This fits in with my plans and there is (in my mind) a great outlaw queen scene to fix it all, which will come in due time. I don't plan to carry on the whole lost memory thing for too long so don't worry I will have happy outlaw queen times soon.
Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter :-)
After a little while of talking to Regina more Mary-Margaret and Emma decided to leave and let her sleep. They figured she was probably tired and still very confused. Emma was dreading leaving the hospital and she was now having to go and get Henry from David and let him know what had happened to his mom and tell him that at this moment she had no idea who he was. She really did not want to have this conversation.
She thought back to when she had mentioned Henry in Regina's hospital room and the look of confusion that swiped over Regina's face when Emma mentioned she had a son. She knew telling Henry this was going to hurt him but she needed to let him know. This was not something she could keep a secret from him. She really wanted to hurt Cora for what she had done to Regina. She didn't understand why Cora could not just leave Regina alone to be happy with Robin. It just didn't make sense.
She sighed as she reached David and Mary-Margaret's apartment. She looked over at Mary-Margaret who gave her a comforting smile. "It is going to be okay Emma. We will fix this."
"It's not that I am worried about right now. It's telling Henry. How do I tell him that his mother doesn't remember who he is right now?" Emma asked in a sad tone. "It's going to crush him."
"I won't lie it will devastate him…"Mary-Margaret started.
Emma rolled her eyes and interrupted her. "Great thanks for that. That is a great help." Emma huffed a little.
"But he is a strong kid Emma. Regina raised him and believe me she is such a strong person. He will get through this and Regina will get through this. Everything will be alright." Mary-Margaret said.
Emma nodded and took a deep breath before she opened the door to the apartment and walked in. She gave a weak smile to David who stood up as soon as the door opened and looked over at the two women silently asking for answers. Henry stood up and walked over to Emma.
"How is my mom? Where is she?" Henry asked looking behind Emma and Mary-Margaret.
"Henry I…" Emma started but stopped herself. This was going to be one of the hardest conversations she would ever have had with Henry. She had no idea what to say to him. How could she tell him that his mother no longer remembers him. She looked back to Mary-Margaret who motioned for her to continue and then looked back at Henry. "Henry there is something I need to tell you. Come on lets go sit down." Emma said motioning over to the sofa.
Henry nodded and he let Emma guide him over to the sofa. They both sat down and Henry looked up at Emma with a questioning look. "Emma what is going on? Where is my mom?"
"Henry…I don't know how to tell you this…"
"She's okay isn't she? She's not dead?" Henry interrupted, worry written on his face.
"No no she's not dead Henry." Emma said placing a hand on top of his. "You see Henry something happened this morning. Something that made Regina…your mom…forget things." Emma said wincing a little at how bad she was doing at this.
"Forget things? What things?" Henry asked.
Emma sighed and looked over to Mary-Margaret silently asking for help. Mary-Margaret came over and she crouched down and placed her hands on Henry's knee. "Henry you see Cora done something to your mother. She cast some kind of spell and this spell has wiped a lot of her memories. The last memories she has are of some time ago, long before we all came here." Mary-Margaret explained.
"She…she doesn't remember anything from here, not even me?" Henry asked with a sad look on his face.
"No, I'm sorry Henry. But we will find a way for your mother to get her memories back. I promise you." Emma said.
Henry looked down at his lap, a sad frown on his face. Biting his lip he looked back up. He then stood up and went over to his back pack and got his once upon a time book. He walked back over to the two women and opened the book. "What is the last thing she remembers?" He asked holding the book out to them. "I would like to know."
Mary-Margaret sighed a little and she took the book from Henry. "I will see if I can find something." She opened the book and began to flick through it, she smiled a little as she seen things she remembered, her past and everyone else's in this book. She flipped another page over and then stopped. There was herself and Regina, her father and Regina's mother along with Zelena all sat round a huge table and having a royal dinner. She remembered this dinner. It hadn't been long since Regina had saved her and since her father had proposed to Zelena. She herself had always preferred Regina and had warmed to her so quickly. She held the book out to Henry. "I think this is perhaps the last memory Regina has."
Henry looked down and then flicked to another couple of pages. They all looked down to see a picture of Regina and Robin looking quite lovingly at one another. "Cora wiped all memories my mom has of Robin. She tried to break them up again."
"It seems so." Mary-Margaret replied.
"It's simple then. All we have to do is make my mom fall in love with Robin again and then true loves kiss will break the spell." Henry suggested.
Mary-Margaret smiled a little. "I wish it was as simple as you think Henry but it could take your mother a long time to fall in love with Robin again. Love is complicated."
"No but my mom and Robin are soul mates, true loves. Their first meeting it was like love at first sight. I know she will fall in love with him again." Henry said.
"Well we can try it Henry. We are going to do anything we can to help your mom remember." Emma said. "But in the mean time we need to help your mom settle in here and I need to try and find Cora and Zelena. We need to figure out a way to stop them before they do anything else."
It was the next day and Regina had been released from the hospital. Emma and Mary-Margaret had come to take her to her home. Robin had wanted to come along but Emma thought perhaps it would be to overwhelming for Regina so he agreed to stay away for today even though it killed him to do so.
Once they had got Regina settled into her home Emma went off to continue her search for Cora and Zelena and Mary-Margaret went to go and tend to Henry. They had not mentioned Henry to Regina yet as they knew how much information she was already trying to take in. They had made sure to hide whatever pictures they could find of Regina and Henry so as not to cause any confusion for Regina and decided to try and tell her in a few days time when her mind had perhaps settled.
So Regina was alone in the big empty house and she had no idea what to do. Her mind was fuzzy. She was confused and trying to piece things together. From what Emma and Mary-Margaret had told her she was married but the last she remembered her sister was getting married. She sighed and she sat down on the sofa in the living room and put her head in her hands. She was beginning to get a headache from it all.
"Hello Regina dear." Cora said startling Regina making her jump up from the sofa.
"Mother?" Regina asked. She stepped backwards a little. "Why are you here?"
"To see you of course dear." Cora replied.
"To see me? Why so you could put me under some other kind of spell? Yes I have been told what you have done to me, that you wiped my memories." Regina snapped.
"Regina dear I have done no such thing." Cora said as she stepped towards Regina but Regina stepped backwards. "Regina I would not do such a thing to you."
"You always used your magic on me when I was younger. To punish me in some way when I did not please you. Why should I believe you did not use it this time?" Regina asked.
"Because I am your mother Regina." Cora replied.
Regina just shook her head. After everything, she couldn't trust her mother not completely. She trusted Mary-Margaret and Emma more than she trusted her mother right now. "No…that is not a reason for me to believe you." Regina said as she walked around the sofa and over to the door of the living room. "After everything I cannot trust you. I will not trust you." She said and then she turned on her heel quickly and ran from the house. She needed to get away from her mother and to someone she could trust. So with that thought in mind she made her way into town to try and find Mary-Margaret.