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After Regina had hung up she turned around and faced Emma.
"I'll just get my mother you can wait here, okay?" Emma nodded and quickly Regina was engulfed in purple smoke. After the smoke had cleared Emma sat down on the couch waiting for her return.
It took Regina less than a minute to poof in her crypt; find her mother and tell her that they'd hopefully found the right item. Cora took Regina's hand and teleported them back to the mansion.
"Until your sister and Henry arrive we can already prepare the spell." Cora said and started rummaging through the drawers.
"What's there to prepare?" Emma asked.
"Miss Swan I've been told that my daughter teaches you magic. What she probably taught you up to now are pretty simple spells compared to the one we want to enact now. As I said it is not dangerous but difficult to perform because in some way we try to summon Henry's true personality he's lost by losing his memory which is quite similar to summoning creatures like demons. You need protection spells to make sure you control the creature and that it cannot escape. In our case we want to make sure that Henry's soul goes in Henry's body and not in one of us because that would be bad and hard to make undone." Cora explained while she looked through the bottom drawer of an old closet. Then she straightened up obviously having found what she was looking for. She held up a piece of white chalk.
Regina reentered the room holding a vial with a black liquid that smelled horrendous.
"What the heck is this for?" Emma asked and grimaced.
"This, Emma, is for our protection as well. Before we start every one of us has to drink a sip of that." Regina said and placed the veil on the table. With a flick of her wrist Cora removed the carpet from underneath the table and started drawing symbols on the floor around the table. Emma did not understand one bit of what she was writing. Just as the older woman drew the last symbol the doorbell rang. Regina opened the door and hugged her sister as a greeting. Then she guided Henry and Zelena into her dining room.
"What is that? You know that this is pretty creepy, don't you?" Henry said and raised an eyebrow. In that moment he bore striking resemblance to his adoptive mother.
"I know that this must looking bizarre to you, Henry, but I promise there is nothing to worry about." Regina said and put a reassuring hand on her son's shoulder.
Henry was still suspicious so Emma decided to say something reassuring as well. "Kid, everything is fine. Do you remember when you told me how much you love to experiment in school? Just look at this as an experiment as well. It will be fun."
"An experiment? This looks quite unprofessional to be an experiment." Henry said doubtfully.
"Don't worry young man; I can assure you that my daughters and I are professionals in this." Cora said and motioned for Henry to sit down on a chair at the dining room table. Reluctantly he did as he was told. He cleared his throat.
"Whatever you are doing here is not dangerous, is it? There was a boy in my class who tried to summon a demon and he told everyone that he was successful and the day after he fell down the stairs and broke his leg." Henry told them and Cora chuckled quietly.
"Don't worry, this is not dangerous and by the way I'm a hundred percent sure that your classmate did not summon a demon. He falling down the stairs was just an unlucky coincidence."
"Okay, let's begin" Zelena said and the four women sat down around the table. In the last couple of minutes the sun was covered by thick dark clouds so the room was quite dark. Regina put Henry's book of fairytales in the middle of the table. Then she took a sip from the vial and grimaced. She passed it on to her sister who gave it to their mother and last but not least it was Emma's time to drink the disgusting potion.
"Now, everybody, hold hands" Cora said and took Zelena's hand in her own and held the other out to Henry.
"Oh dear lord" He muttered before tentatively taking her hand in his own. For a couple of minutes they sat in silence eyes closed. The wind grew stronger. Just as Henry was about to state how ridiculous the situation was Cora started to recite the spell. Listening to her was captivating. Henry felt how his eyelids became heavy to the point where he could hardly keep them open. He yawned and finally surrendered to the urge to close his eyes. Hardly did he know that Cora's spell was nothing more than sleeping spell.
When the four women saw that Henry was asleep Cora stopped and started with the spell to get back the boy's memory. Slowly the book of fairytale started glowing. A strong wind gust flipped the book open.
Regina smiled relieved. The spell worked and they had found the right object. Henry would finally regain his memory and he would finally remember her. He would remember how much she loved him and how she sacrificed everything to save him and he would finally be proud of her. She loved her boy so much and she looked forward to the moment when he would look at her for the first time.
Suddenly a black cloud rose from the pages of the book. Emma frowned and suddenly she noticed that the cloud consisted of letters from the book leaving the pages of the book blank. The cloud slowly made its way over to Henry. Regina drew in a sharp breath when the cloud aimed at her son's chest. The cloud entered Henry's chest.
Suddenly everything was quiet. Cora exhaled audibly and let go of the hands she was holding.
"It worked!" Cora exclaimed happily but tiredly.
"What's wrong with him now?" Regina asked fearfully.
"Don't worry, he's only sleeping. He will wake up on his own in the next hour. I think it would be best to move him to his bed and allow him to rest." Cora said and stood. Emma stood up and went over to Henry to lift him up. She made her way upstairs closely followed by Regina.
"Don't look so worried, Regina! Everything will be fine, it worked! Just give him time to rest." Emma said. Carefully she laid Henry down in the bed and tucked him in. Now they could do nothing else than wait.