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Regina quickly paid for the clothes her mother and her sister had chosen and then they left the boutique. Slowly they made their way over to the diner while listening closely to Cora.
"You see, often people say that material belongings are not important in contrast to immaterial things like emotion, character or simply being happy. So far so good, but the problem is that sometimes the immaterial is linked to the material meaning that everything a being is made up of can be connected to one of his possessions. So and if this person loses his identity in some way like Henry for example lost his memory and doesn't remember who he really is one of his belongings could be the key to help him regain his memory." The three younger women listened in awe. Regina had to fight the urge to get her hopes up because chances where high that this wouldn't work and she would end up being disappointed.
"On what does it depend whether someone's soul is connected to his belongings or not?" Zelena asked curiously.
"Well, firstly it depends on the person. Only a strong character is able to do that and then this person also secondly needs an object which he holds dear. It has to be something this person is very dedicated to and loves very much. Contrary to common belief not very many people possess objects that are that important to them."
"How do we find out if there's an object linked to his soul?" Emma asked. She seemed suspicious.
"It is hardly possible to find that out in advance. Either it works or it doesn't work. But don't worry if the two of you Emma and Regina find something that he could be linked to and we try to restore his memory the worst things that could possibly happen is that it doesn't work. It's not dangerous. But I guess because you two know Henry very well there will be a point when you come across one of his possessions and you suddenly know that if there is one object that can hold this much power it has to be this one." Regina nodded in her mind already going through Henry's possessions.
"Okay, I promised Henry anyway to take him on an exploring trip around town and that will give you time to go through his belongings." Zelena suggested. Emma and Regina nodded thankfully.
Meanwhile they had reached the diner and the women said good bye. Zelena went inside to join Henry, Cora went to Regina's crypt to go through the spell once more and Emma and Regina decided to go to the mansion to look for the right object. As soon as they entered the huge white house they made their way upstairs to Henry's old room. Without hesitation Emma went inside while Regina took a moment to look around as if she'd never seen this room before. It felt strange for her to enter his room knowing that at the moment it was more like an old relict from another time when her son still lived under the same roof as her.
"Come on, Regina, we have to find whatever we are looking for." Emma said urgently.
"Don't worry, I did not forget" Regina snapped out of her thoughts and stepped into the room. She went through Henry's closet where he also stored his comic books and most precious possessions. Nothing. Cora had assured them that they would know which object would be the right one if they came across it. Three hours later after the two of them had gone through Henry's room twice and after that they had searched the whole house as well they were desperate.
"There has to be something." Regina whispered tears threatening to fall.
"Hey, Regina, look at me. We are not giving up, okay? We will find a way and if it is the last thing I do, I will bring Henry's memory back. I promise." Emma said. She walked over to the brunette witch and took her hand to squeeze it gently.
"We will"
"Yes, we will"
It was in that moment that something caught Regina's attention- Henry's fairy tale book.
"Of course" She whispered and went over to get it from his rightful place on top of her desk in her study. Carefully she let her hand glide over the rough surface. Slowly she traced the letters saying "Once Upon A Time". Emma came over rolling her eyes.
"We really could have figured this out sooner, couldn't we?" Emma as well touched the book awestruck. They both took a moment to silently thank whoever was responsible for them finding the book for their discovery and then Regina quickly pulled out her mobile phone from her pocket und called her sister.
To her great surprise it wasn't Zelena who picked up but Henry.
"Henry? Is everything alright? Why are you picking up Zelena's mobile phone?"
"When the phone started ringing she panicked and was about to drown it in her cup of coffee but I was able to save it last minute." He explained and Regina chuckled. Slowly but surely Regina doubted that Zelena would ever learn how to handle the phone.
"Well, thank you Henry but could you hand the mobile phone over to my sister now? I need to talk to her." Regina said gently.
"Sure" He said and before she could even say good bye she heard her sister's voice.
"Hello? Regina? Did you find what you were looking for?" Zelena asked. She was barely audible. She probably was holding the phone upside down again, Regina figured.
"Yes, we did. Could you bring Henry over? I'll get mother."
"Of course, see you soon, sis."