How could i get Mountain lion back if it came with the macbook i bought?

Hey everyone!
i bought a Macbook pro 15 mid 2012, it came with Mountain lion, could i get it back having OS X Yosemite now?
Also, and more important, how?
i heard that it's possible from Internet recovery (Restating pulsing Cmd+Option+r, i guess??), but then it would download the OS from apple (Which probably is Yosemite, i don't think their servers still have mountain lion, do they?)
it's not on the Appstore anymore (Not even Mavericks), and i really don't want to get it from a Torrent.
Thanks!

Tayel wrote:
Are you sure i will get Mountain lion after recovering from the internet?
because that sounds amazing! but i am afraid i erase the whole HD and then i get Yosemite again haha
After you restart in Internet Recovery and you get to the OS X Utilities Menu, BEFORE you erase your drive look at the OS X icon to the left of the option to Reinstall OS X. THAT will tell you what your machine came preinstalled with and if it's a Mountain Lion, you're good to go.

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