Memories

Who?

{Regina's POV}

Who was that stranger? I don't remember him from the Enchanted Forest. I don't remember him from the first or second curse. For Pete's sake I'm the mayor! I spent twenty eight years trying to ruin their lives one by one I think I would remember him!

Henry breaks my train of though, turns to me and says, "Hey mom you wanna go to the park and help me with some math homework?"

I turn to him and ask, "Depends, is it due tomorrow?"

"Why else would I just now be doing it?" Henry replies with an innocent smile.

"Only because I don't want you to end up failing," I reply trying not to smile.

"I see that."

"See what?" I ask trying harder than ever to hide my smile.

"That right there," he says pointing at my mouth, " I didn't think I would see it in a while."

"What do you mean?" I ask. Nothing terrible has happened in the past few days that would make me not smile. It's just a smile. 

"Well yeah, after the whole Robin thing you seemed really upset. I'm not complaining about the whole smiling thing. I'm glad you're taking it well."

"Wait, after the whole who thing?" I ask having no idea what he was talking about.

"Mom it's ok, you don't have to be strong in front of me. I know you are still kinda hurting over the whole thing. To be honest, I would be worried if you weren't," Henry tries to explain. Who is he talking about?

"Ok Henry, what thing are you referring to?"

"Mom, his dead wife came back. You two were together. You ran out of Granny's crying when this happened." Henry tries to explain.

"How long ago was this?"

"Mom, this all happened just a few days ago. I would have visited you sooner but Emma said you would need some time alone," he says with a puzzled look on his face.

"Henry I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about," I say trying I explain this never happened. In fact, I feel better today than I have in a long time.

"You know what, you're probably right. I probably just read it before falling asleep last night and dreamt about it, thinking it was real," he says.

"Yeah that's probably it," I say trying to understand but still curious on what event he was talking about.

"Hey mind if I meet you at the park? I left my stuff at Emma's."

"What about your surprise? Are we going to leave them?"

"Oh I borrowed those from Granny. She said to just leave them when I was done."

"Then I don't mind at all. I have to do a few things anyway. Meet you there in about half an hour?"

"Sure," he says.

I kiss his forehead and say, "Alright see you there."

"See you later mom," he says waving.

That was so unlike Henry. He talked about this situation like it really did just happen. The way he talked about it like he use to about The Curse. shake my head to get it out if my mind and head down to Gold's.

He is in his usual spot, looking at some old thing from the Enchanted Forest. 

He looks up and asks, "Madame Mayor, to what do I owe this honor?"

I walk up to the counter and say, "Gold, I'm afraid I have some bad news."

"Well what is it?" he's asks with a worried expression.

"Last night I was in my vault and I noticed something strange. I know it's not exactly the most organized vault, but I noticed a few ingredients had gone missing."

"Well, dearie, did it ever just occur to you that you had already used them up?" he says with a hint of sarcasm.

"Those ingredients were some of the rarest ones to come by. Even I wouldn't dare to use them all up."

"So what's the problem here?"

"The problem is that I safely locked those ingredients away, with magic."

After I said magic, Gold seems more interested in what I was saying.

He says, "And what kind of magic did you use to be exact?"

"Blood."

He leans back with an angered expression on his face. "And you know the person able to break your blood magic?" he asks although he already knows the answer.

I lean in and say in almost a whisper, "Looks like Greenie is back for another round."

"And are you sure you don't just have another sibling that wants revenge for some unknown reason?" Gold tries to reason. And he has a right to. We all saw Zelena wither away.

With a stern face, I assure him it had to be Zelena. But as he tries to reason, I think back to my conversation with Henry earlier. Those ingredients could be used for some very powerful spells. If Zelena did take them, that could explain what Henry was describing.

But it doesn't make sense. In the past few days, I've felt normal. In fact, better than I have in a while. I spent the past few days in my house resting from the drain that was battling Zelena. I didn't find it unusual that Henry didn't visit. I just figured he wanted to spend time with Emma to mourn Neal.

"I have to go," is all I say before I turn to leave the shop, leaving Gold midsentence.