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Chapter 2: Research

He hugged her, he would never have seen him live without his son by his side, or even abandon him at birth. But it had to be admitted that the context was not the same, he had Marianne at that time and nothing prevented them from being together. He wanted to be protective and listen to Regina but he could not put himself in her place and no one could anyway. They continued to walk in the forest, his calm somewhat appeased the ex-Queen, who was lost. Robin looked at her gently and tried to make her understand that she should talk to Emma and Snow about it.

The brunette, being a mother and having had to abandon her daughter to protect her, would be the best able to understand how to manage the torment in which Regina was. Emma had perfect knowledge of this world and might have contacts to trace Hermione. She listened to him, somehow she knew he was right, but it was stronger than she, not being the type to confide in, she could not see her bad old enemy. Not too long ago, she would have killed Snow to take revenge for Daniel's loss so how do you talk about it with her?

"Come on, let's have a real breakfast together at Granny's, usually it's also where Emma and Snow are most often."

"Now? Do you want me to talk to them now? You saw how hard I had to confide in you then to them..."

"Except that I'm here, I'll help you and you know it. You need to know more about Hermione and you need to talk to people who can understand you, they will do it better than me."

Once again, he was right, he had one of those gifts to exasperate her sometimes, but she could not blame him after all, she had led him hard on them. On the way to the city, they talked about it, their relationship had never been simple: they had met a first time, had forgotten it and found themselves here in Storybrooke. They had to rediscover themselves and the tattoo on Robin's arm did not help matters for Regina, who was immediately disturbed by the thief.

They arrived at Granny's house and Robin was right, Emma and Snow enjoying a little time together while David was working, Killian sailing a little and Henry being in class. They invited them to sit next to them, shifting the stroller where Neal slept deeply and exchanged with them the usual banalities. Regina, encouraged by Robin, then engaged the subject, she looked more assured and felt supported. Snow and Emma had not interrupted her for one second before the end of her story.

"Regina, I'm so sorry ... Cora has ruined so many lives ..."

"You don't have to be sorry, Snow, in a way, I forced you to do the same thing with Emma. I ... Well, I wanted to know if you, Emma, you thought you could find her trace!"

"Do you think she's 14 today? Or, like me, her age could have been altered?" Asked the young woman.

"No, I have already done some personal research, she just turned fourteen. That's all I know, and also that she lives in England."

Emma seemed chagrined by this last fact, after all, she had contacts in some police in the United States, but not in England. Regina seemed unhappy with the news, she had just lost the little hope she had forged since this morning. Emma took her hand telling her that she would be able to find her trace by mixing her knowledge of this world and the magic she had. Regina immediately proposed to go to her vault to search her personal books. Robin kissed Regina on the forehead and offered to take care of Neal, while the three women would do their research, so they went to the witch's vault and began searching through all the books.

"Tell me Regina, you told us that you named her Hermione, I can ask you why?" Asked, curious, Snow.

"It happened to Daniel and I to lie under a tree after a horseback ride or more generally to talk, while my mother was not watching, we discussed the future without knowing if it would be possible. He had confessed to me one day that he would have liked to have a girl of that name, I wanted to respect his memory."

"And if the baby had been a boy?"

"No idea, that day we were interrupted by a certain princess whose horse was mad."

They laughed thinking back to the day, it was their meeting, the day when everything started or rather rocked. Snow pursued her curiosity by asking her former mother-in-law if Henry was aware of all this, which Regina said with a negative gesture of the head. Snow then smiled at gher, saying that he would be more than happy with the news, to have a sister and no longer be the only child in the family. After all, Henry was 14 years old and if what Regina was thinking was true: Hermione was 14 years too, which would perhaps create a bond between the two children. A smile appeared on the face of the witch who would really like that to be true.

However, more gloomily, Snow added that she was right not to leave her daughter in Cora's hands. If the girl had survived, she would have endured the same life as her mother and it was not enviable. Regina's thoughts were interrupted by Emma, who had apparently found a book that could already learn more about Hermione's life. By learning about her, it would be easier for them to find her. So they took the necessary ingredients and items before heading back to Granny's place to join Robin and prepare everything there was to do.

"So, how will this unfold?" Snow asked.

"If I understood what is written in the book that Emma found, Vision of the Past, we will be able to know how Hermione grew up and everything that happened to her during her life. It should go fast, at fourteen in this world, she did not have to live a lot of things."

They settled in the restaurant, using a crystal ball that projected on the wall the life of the girl.

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Walking in the grass, Hermione was far from suspecting that someone was looking for her, and even less her mother. She enjoyed her day with her friends, admiring match after match, the figures made by the pursuers. She who did not like to fly, appreciated, however, observe all this. She was not a big fan like Ron and his family or even Harry, but spending a day filled with magic just made her happy, even though she envied the Weasley's connections.

She had never had this kind of connection with her family, she had never felt it in her place and thought it was due to her being a witch, but recently her opinion had changed. Adoring to read, she had devoured books on the inheritance of genes and had clearly seen that her two parents had not transmitted anything physically to her. Part of her had thought of one thing without admitting it: she could have been adopted.