Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20171018191424/@comment-31937823-20180120015819

New theory about what happens in this episode:

In the past eight years before the curse, Gothel discovers Drizella is petrified and decides that she needs more power in order to cast the curse. She begins by assembling the coven, and the first member is Madame Leota. She then asks Madame Leota to spy on Zelena’s daughter, Robin, as she wants to recruit Zelena to the coven.

After Zelena does not comply and Gothel discovers that she is Regina’s sister, she orders Leota to kill them. Leota (who could be a professor at Robin’s school, maybe one that teaches how to prophesize and see into the future, as Eskaver theorized) then attacks.

Robin and her school friends decide to try out magic on their own in a vault, when Zelena stumbles upon them. Leota then enters, and decides to use a spell that takes away magic so Zelena isn’t a threat. Zelena risks her life for her daughter by jumping in front of her (hence Robin at the end of the promo screaming) but, the spell rebounds on Leota. Since Zelena did not have magic before, this force ends up returning her magic. She then escapes with Robin and takes her out of the school. They then start working on a farm in the NEF, so Zelena can be able to help her sister if the coven becomes more dangerous. She uses a wand in order to control and manage her powers.

In present day, Henry begins to have some of his memories returned to him (due to his belief),and being a selfless person, he decides that he will try to break the curse with Jacinda to save Lucy’s life. Meanwhile, Zelena and Regina visit Storybrooke for help. They go to Regina’s vault to find a spell to cure Henry, when they stumble upon the legend of a loa who could save any mortal’s life, known as Dr. Facilier. So, they begin their search, carrying on to the next episode.