Born in the EF- part 2

justanoutlaw asked for a oneshot of a sequel to Ch2504 "Born in the EF" where, as in the real show, they return to Storybrooke a year later. Regina manages to get Henry back and give him back his memories. He reunites with Snowing and a now one-year-old Emma.

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Regina could see her wicked's sister plan before she began to enact it. She was consumed by her own hatred and jealousy. Of course she would use the same curse as Regina. She still wanted to prove she was better than her. So before Zelena could do anything, Regina made sure she was prepared. She had a small vile of memory potion. She had secured a magical bean to leave at the last possible moment. She had a funny feeling she would be needed before then. It was just as well she had waited, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to help the Charming's split their heart and little Emma would have lost her daddy. But now that her part had been played, she had a chance. She wasn't going to be disturbing Henry by getting him home, where he belonged. Everyone else was going back. She could bring her son back to Storybrooke and they could be a family again.

Even without her magic, it didn't take too long for Regina to find her son. He was still living out of Emma's old bug. He'd managed to get himself an under the table busboy position at a restaurant in New York. Regina couldn't stand seeing him like that. The first chance she got, she offered him a coke with the memory potion mixed in. It was such a hot day that Henry didn't refuse. Of course, as soon as he drank it, he remembered everything. Regina only had the heart to explain why his mom hadn't made it through the barrier with him. She couldn't tell him she was now a baby. She told him about why she was back, about her deranged half-sister, the Wicked Witch, and how she had escaped the curse to come and find him since everyone was back. Instead, as Regina drove the bug up to Storybrooke, Regina quizzed him on what he'd been doing in the past year. She couldn't believe he'd had to fend for himself. She was so proud of how strong he'd been.

Regina fully intended to tell Henry about his mom's transformation when they were in Storybrooke, but she never got the chance. As soon as they crossed the town line, Regina's memory was wiped clean. The last thing she remembered was leaving with Pan's curse. So Henry had no way of knowing about his other mother now being a baby, or who Zelena was.

"Can we go find my grandparents and my other mom?" He asked her. Regina nodded.

"But stay by me." She instructed. "Something fishy is going on." Henry did as he was told, walking with Regina up to his grandparents flat. Nobody knew what memory they would have. He knocked and waited. His grandpa came and answered the door. Henry mistook his shock for confusion.

"Don't close the door." Henry said quickly. "My name is-"

"Henry." Charming said, pulling the boy into a hug. Henry felt both relieved and shocked.

"Wait, you remember me?" He asked. Charming nodded, pulling back and looking at his grandson. He had grown by at least a foot!

"Of course I do. What are you doing here? How do you remember?"

"Mom came and found me with a memory potion. But as soon as we crossed back into Storybrooke she forgot everything that happened after you guys left." Henry told him as he and Regina came into the house. Charming grimaced.

"You're in the same boat as us then." He said to Regina. "We can't remember the missing year either."

"Year?" Regina asked. "If you can't remember, how do you know it's been a-"

"Henry? Regina?" Came a voice from the top of the stairs. Henry and Regina both looked up. Neither of them had been expecting that.

"Year." Regina finished as Snow flew down the stairs with the tot in one arm. She wrapped the free arm first around Henry, and then Regina.

"What's going on?" Henry asked. He pointed at the baby. "Who is that? Where's my mom?" Snow and Charming looked at each other, unsure how to tell him.

"Henry, this is your mom." Charming said. Henry took a couple of steps back in shock. "We don't know what happened when we went through Pan's curse. All we know is Emma is a baby now. Somewhere about a year old. That's how we know it's been a year." Charming explained.

"She was a baby when the first curse hit." Regina said quietly. "She reverted back to the form she was last in when we went to the Enchanted Forest." Regina reasoned. This didn't help Henry. He had lost his other mom?

"Henry, we're so sorry." Snow said. "We didn't have a choice. We can't even remember what happened." Henry nodded.

"I- I need some air." He said, quickly leaving the house. He wasn't angry, but it was a lot to take in.

"Henry!" Regina called behind, following quickly after him. Snow and Charming looked at each other, torn. Snow pressed her lips to the top of Emma's head. They had clearly gotten their baby back, but in the process, Henry had lost a mother.