A/N: So this is kind of a House/Alice in Wonderland Crossover Parody whatever… Anyways kind of based on the concept of Hook… the main character returning to their story as an adult to save their child blah blah blah… anyways add in a little of the snark from American McGee's Alice and voila! The first chapter isn't the greatest, but bear with me I have high hopes for the story overall. For those of you following my other stories, please don't kill me updates are on their way. Thanks! And as always, please let me know what ya'll think :)

It was the rare occasion Cuddy let herself go out, since she had adopted Rachel. She spent so much time at work already, that she usually rushed home to be with her daughter. However once in a while, usually at House's request, she would call the babysitter and spend an evening out with him.

Their friendship was still shaky, both parties still worried about getting hurt. So far, they had kept it at nothing more than friendship. After the hooker/desk incident, she swore she wouldn't let him hurt her again. She never brought it up to him. Throughout the past year and a half, he had been there for she and Rachel more times than Cuddy could count. It warmed her heart to see the small subtle changes in him, he was trying.

So when he had asked her to go out with him on Friday night, she had agreed. They went to dinner, he even let her take him shopping, and ended up seeing a movie after that. It was a great night overall. They were both relaxed and slowly starting to open up to each other. It had happened more than once that night, that she had caught him slipping his hand to her back to steer her.

The minute they pulled up to Cuddy's house, she knew something was wrong. If she had thought about it, she would have told House to leave right away. But, she was too worried about Rachel to process the, all too familiar, unease in the air.

The couple made their way to her door. Her hands were trembling as she fumbled with the lock. House notice and reached over to steady her, guiding her smaller hand. She could feel her heart pounding, and prayed that Rachel was safe.

As they walked inside, they were plunged into complete darkness. House yelled out to the babysitter, but was met with only silence. "Greg?" Cuddy whimpered, softly. He let her lead him to Rachel's room.

Instead of finding her precious baby, there was an unfamiliar object lying under the covers. Standing behind Cuddy, House placed both hands on her arms and watched over her shoulder. She lifted the covers and pulled up the object to see it better, it was a single red rose with sharp jagged roses.

"Oh god," she whispered, realization washing over her.

Slowly her house faded away and they were left standing in a rather dense patch of woods. Cuddy had her eyes closed tight; something happening to Rachel was bad enough, but she really didn't want to see the absence of her home surrounding them. She could already smell it, knowing far too well where they were.

"Lisa," House stuttered, "Where are we?"

She laughed bitterly and turned to face him, "The Tulgey Woods."