You have me wondering how Regina’s actions might have differed if she knew about the prophecy. I think she would have dispensed with the cruel game that is Lacey and would have taken more direct action. She may have just absconded with Henry and explained the prophecy to him, leaving the Charmings and Gold with a lot of questions. Perhaps then Gold would come clean about the prophecy, although it’s not like him to come forth with information unless he has to.
I can imagine that sequence of events coming to a dramatic climax where Regina lets loose some kind of magic, Gold intercepts in before it harms Henry and then loses his own magic somehow and Regina has to run away with the terrible truth that she nearly harmed the one person she loves.
I kind of like the idea of having Gold be the amnesiac for a change. Maybe he doesn’t actually lose his magic, but he forgets that he has it, and is therefore incapable of using it.
"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."
