(Hi! Back again with another chapter, one which will hopefully blow your mind. Thanks to the ones who continued to review, and please continue, because I would love to know what yoy think about this little plot twist! Hope you enjoy!)
Before Regina could even start walking to the stairs to chase after Henry, she started hearing him run back downstairs. He stopped a few steps from her, and Regina saw he had the book in his arms, next to his chest and that he was hugging it, like he was protecting the book. Henry was breathing heavily, almost like he had just ran a marathon. "Henry, what is it?" Regina could sense that feeling of unease she was having before, that fear something was wrong, had disappeared. She wasn't sure when nor how, but she wasn't afraid anymore. She was... free.
"Mom, I think I found out how we can defeat Adda." Henry was so thrilled in that moment. What he was feeling... he couldn't really explain it, but it was like... like pure happiness. Everything made sense in his head. Literally everything that had ever happened. What the book showed him... it was definitely a lot more than he would have asked more.
Regina looked at Henry, eager to find out what was happening, how and why he seemed so excited. And what he had found of course. "Henry, what are you talking about? What did you find?"
Henry knew that was something they all needed to know about, and since he had a lot of explaining to do, he preferred to say it to everyone at the same time. "Can you take us to Zelena's cellar?" Regina nodded, and before Henry could say anything else, he found himself back in the cellar, where everyone was reunited in a small circle, like they were plotting something.
Zelena heard something behind her, and turned around instantly, seeing Henry and Regina right there. "You're back!" Zelena didn't really believe her sister's fear of how Adda could be leading Henry into a trap. She trusted the boy. But she was glad they were both okay.
"We think we may have found a way to bring back Snow." David turned to Regina and Henry, with a huge smile on his face, almost like he had found a cure for cancer. Ever since she died, what kept him in the right side, what kept him sane, was the hope of being with her again, and right then that seemed more possible than ever.
Henry smiled at David. He was so glad things were starring to working out for all of them. When he saw his grandpa was about to continue, maybe to tell them what the plan was, Henry knew he had to stop him. He just couldn't wait any longer to tell them what he had found. "Grandpa, wait. I have something go tell you all. Something more important than anything." Henry continued to pull the book closer to his chest, as everyone looked at him, all of them eager to found out what he was so excited about.
"We don't need anything else to defeat Adda." Henry smiled at their confused faces. He didn't understand it all at first, but when he finally did, all the pieces started going together, in an even better and logical way than a puzzle. "He may be very powerful, and he definitely did plan all this long ago, but we also have something really powerful on our side. Call it fate, call it destiny, but the book showed me that everything that has been happening to us, starting with the curse you casted..." Henry turned to Regina, smiling "... it all happened for a reason. And this is it. Mom, the curse made you realize that you needed something more, and that was when you adopted me. And right then, even though you didn't know about it, you opened, yourself to love and that changed you.
Our adventure to Neverland, was what started making all of us work together for a common goal. Heroes and villains. You all came together to save me. And it's because of Pan, that we found out that I have the Heart of Truest Believer.
Then came Zelena." Henry turned to her again, and watched as everyone heard him, with no intention of interrupting. "She came to Storybrooke and that started the path which lead her to join us. Not to mention that she also inspired her ultimate goal on Adda." When he saw Zelena was about to say something, Henry raised his finger, telling her to wait, that he would continue to talk about that in just a moment.
"After that, came Elsa and Ingrid, which is why she is here now, helping us. And it is also because of this, that we knew about the spell Adda casted on Robin. It's because we knew this spell, that we didn't give up on him, that we didn't think Adda had turned him evil.
Then, we met Isaac and his team mates. Together, he and Rumple created another world, which turned everything Upside Down. But it was because of this, that Isaac stopped being the Author, and that role was given to me. And we will need that for what's coming.
It is because Emma became the Dark One, that we learnt about Merlin in the first place. That we learnt the origins of magic, and how powerful it can be if it is ancient enough. And of course, it's because Emma became that Dark One, that Rumple eventually became even more powerful than he already was. And that is also power we will need.
It's because we made a trip to the Underworld, that we now know it isn't impossible to bring people back to life. It's because of that, that we know grandma will be back to us eventually." Henry made a quick pause, catching his breath, and looked at David, whose smile just kept growing. Then, Henry turned back to Regina.
"The reason why you accept yourself now, is because you had to literally fight against your other half. And now that you did, you can finally see who you really are, and your magic is lighter than it ever was.
Then came the so called 'Final Battle' which proved that no matter what, we will always find each other. No matter how crazy things look, and how powerless we feel, we will always win.
All these villains made us know how we can fight together and prevail; how we can win no matter how awful things look. And the reason why they came one after the other, was because we needed to be prepared, to put out guard up, for this moment right now. But no matter what anyone says, we will always have something looking out for us." Henry pat the book, smiling and looking at all of them, who were speechless and still trying to absorb all that information.
"This book is the thing which always kept us on the path to belief. The book is the reason why I started believing in the first place. The book was there when grandma read to grandpa for the first time, and it used the love their share to wake you wake up from the coma. The book was what made Emma believe in everything, which allowed her to break the curse. It even made me believe again when I seemed to have forgotten it. It showed us how Emma could break the freezing spell on all of you, not long ago, and how what Emma thought was her weakness, was actually her strength."
"Wait! Are you saying the book is what made us keep believing? That it is what kept on throwing villains our way? All so we'd prepare for this? How can the book even be that powerful?" Regina thought she was understanding what Henry was saying, but she was still really confused. Mind blown even. That really seemed like the biggest con anyone had ever pulled.
"I didn't really know how much powerful the book was up until this point, but it makes so much sense that it does. Just think about it: what was the only thing powerful enough to trap an Author? The Apprentice could have locked Isaac in a cell, or a magic vault somewhere, but he didn't. He trapped him in the only place Isaac could never escape. Not without help from the outside world anyway." Henry looked at every single one of them, not taking that crazy smile off his lips, as he saw everyone's face. Some looked to be understanding, some were still lost in the middle of all those plot twists, but he could see what he said was starting to make sense in their heads.
"Henry, what did you mean when you said I based my goal on Adda? I didn't even know him until he arrived here." Those words Henry had said never left Zelena's mind. She had no idea what he was talking about, and she wanted an explanation more than anything.
Henry started realizing he couldn't continue to drop so many bombs in the middle of them, so he decided to approach this one with more care. "A time travel spell: that goes against one of the most important laws of magic. Where did you get your inspiration for it?"
Zelena thought for a second. She had gotten the idea from the witches on Oz, on how Glinda said they could do everything, and how each of them represented an element. But that wasn't all of course. That part was theory, but she needed to put it in practice. Not long before she went to the Enchanted Forest in search of Regina, Zelena had found a book in her vault, one she had never seen before. Knowing what she wanted to do, and with the book there to guide her, Zelena knew she could finally put it in practice. Thinking about it then, Zelena realized she had no idea where that book had come from. "It was a book. It... it helped me."
"And where exactly did that book come from?" Henry looked at her, with a little smirk trying to show. Right then he seemed to be quite literally the know-it-all and he loved it. When he realized Zelena wouldn't give him a conclusive answer, just like he was expecting, Henry continued. "You may have not known Adda then, but he knew you. He was watching you, and he wanted to see if your spell would work. That because I think he intends to use it."
"Adda... gave me the book? Why?" Zelena started thinking of how things would be better for Adda if she had succeeded, but she realized they wouldn't. She would still go to a time a lot after he had touched the Holy Grail, so nothing would change for him.
"I think he may be trying to perform that spell, and by helping you, he made sure it worked for when he'd be able to use it. And now he knows that it does work." Henry wasn't too sure if that was really what Adda wanted, but the book showed him Adda watching Zelena and making sure she found a book, one Henry saw she used to be successful on her spell. The book only showed him the past, but there had to be a reason why it showed him that particular moment.
"Wait, Adda wants to use her spell?" Regina almost yelled this to Henry. It really took her by surprise, because the last time Zelena tried it, she had to use something from pretty much all of them to do it.
Henry took a few steps towards Regina, already knowing what was on her mind. "I don't think he will do it the way Zelena did. What's hard about a spell is doing it for the first time. Now that you already did, I think Adda thinks he can replicate it in some other way. And I think he is using my mom and Hook to do it. After all, they are probably the only ones who traveled through time."
"Using them? What do you mean, using?" David was starting to not be so happy anymore. He knew they would break the spell. Heroes always win, and Henry's speech just proved that even more, but he did not like the Idea of Adda using his daughter.
Regina waved her hand and poofed Emma and Hook to a table. They both obviously continued sleeping, but Regina could actually feel like there was something different. It's like they were getting thinner.
Zelena just stood there, with her eyes widened. She was the one who pretty much created the spell using the ingredients Adda told her to. But when she was finished, she saw him add tongue of Newt, and that was only used for connecting spells. She thought he just wanted to keep an eye on them, to make sure the curse wasn't broken, but when she thought about it in that moment, she realized maybe he was connecting them to himself. Stealing their essence, so he could make pretend he was the one who time traveled, which would make it a lot easier to open a time portal. "We need to find a way to wake them. And we need to do it now!"