A/N: Sequal to "healing alice" takes place in the year time jump from the last chapter of that story.

but first! A response to a nice review from a guest: ["I love all of your fanfics and how you explore Alice's dynamics with other characters. Just caught up to the most recent chapter btw. This sequel is phenomenal and I'm glad Alice is finally understanding that she can do basic things without asking. Zelena is such a sweetheart for being understanding and patience. Wanted to comment even though I have no idea what your username should be. "Abetternameneeded" made me laugh and get confused as I'm so used to your old one. Great work and I look forward to reading more of your writing on literally anything."(Guest) ]

Awwwwww! Thank-you!. I enjoy writing them. And no not actually looking for a username. It was a joke when I started writing fanfic for OUAT I finally went over to tumblr and needed an account but couldn't come up with a good name. And so I used "Abetternameneeded" and then it grew on me and I kinda just decided to keep it. Wish you had an account. I do take prompts, though. Feel free to drop those in the comments.

Zelena had finally made a decision. The New Enchanted Forrest's inhabiants had often been far from understanding. Alice had been yelled at for having Luna with her or for refusing to speak to complete strangers in more than quiet on worded answers enough times. Storybrooke felt like a safer place. And now that Zelena had thought on it she thought Archie might be able to help Alice a bit more. There was only so far Zelena could get her on her own. And Regina and Henry and his wife had moved back already. Alice had asked about Henry's whereabouts and explaining that no he wasn't angry at her had been pretty difficult. So they were going to move back to Storybrooke.

Alice was sitting at the table drawing.

"Hey, can we talk?" Zelena lowered herself down to a little below Alice's level, trying still not to look threatening even though Alice had become gradually less frightened of her. "It's okay if you don't want to right now."

Zelena did need to talk to Alice but she didn't want to force her into anything. And it was so easy to accidnetally force Alice into things she wouldn't always say she didn't want to do.

Alice nodded and looked at her. Luna came ver and stuck her head iin Alice's lap begging her to pet her.

"Okay, we're going to move."

Alice stared at her.

"Do you know what that means?"

Alice shook her head. No.

"Okay, we're going to go live in a different house than this one. Is that okay with you?"

Alice wasn't sure. This one felt safe now. She'd finally gotten into a routine that didn't scare her. Where would they go? Would it be scary? She remebered coming from the tower to here and being terrafied.

"Nothing else will have to change. Unless you want it to. And Henry will be living nearby."

Alice liked Henry. He was nice to her. And he helped her when she asked for help with drawing. Well, really when she stared at him until he'd offered. Okay. It'd be fine.

"Are you okay with moving, tell me if you're not?"

Alice nodded. "Okwithit."

Zelena mentally cheered. Good.

It took a few days to pack. Zelena took some of their stuff into the house in Storybrooke. There was just a the matter of getting everyone through a portal.

"Okay, do we need to vest Luna? Will we see anyone that she needs that for?" Zelena was running around the house making sure everything was in order.

"Yeah, just in case?" Robin suggested.

Zelena put the vest on Luna, Alice hadn't quite learned how to do that herself yet.

"Okay, there's going to be a pretty bright flash. It'll be kinda colorful and then you just have to jump through it," Zelena explained how the portal worked.

Alice blinked. Jump? No. No jumping. Alice started breathe heavier and reached down to pet Luna and averted her eyes towards the ground. She noticed her onsetting panic and sat down, letting Luna lay in her lap as she stroked her fur and started muttering mostly to Luna. " Nojumpin. Don'tjump." Her words still rarely had space between them but Zelena had learned how to understand her.

Luna calmed Alice down enough that she could look at Zelena again. Zelena didn't know what she'd expected. Walking with Luna's help was one thing. But jumping was likely very high on the list of things Alice had been told she wasn't allowed to do.

"It's okay, you don't have to be ready for it. We can wait," Zelena was glad she'd left a few essentials in the house. She hadn't been entirely certain Alice would go through the portal.

Alice nodded. They went back into the house and Alice and Luna went into the corner of the living room, the couch was still there.

Zelena sighed. There had to be a way to make it less scary. Zelena thought about it was it really jumping? Did it have to be? Was there a way to make the portal low enough to the gorund Alice could just walk through it with Luna guiding her?

Zelena found a way to lower the portal and they left the next day.

"Okay, now we're ready. All you have to do is follow me. Luna can guide you. Okay?"

Alice agreed. "follow?" she pointed to Zelena and walked through the portal. Luna's leash fell off of Alice's waist once she stepped into Strybrooke. Alice had frequently had to adjust the leash to make sure she and Luna were still connected in the past.

Zelena thought about it. Maybe there was a better option. She'd ask Regina later.

Alice picked up the leash and tied it back around her waist again. "Follow?" Luna folllowed Zelena but the leash fell again.

"Here, I can fix it," Robin offered. "Is that okay with you? I won't touch you unless you're okay with it." Robin knew Alice had a hard time with people being in her space and tried to make sure she knew it was okay if she preffered Robin not touch her at the moment. Alice agreed and Robin tied the leash tight enough it wouldn't fall. Alice flinched as she did it but was mostly okay with it. This worked when Alice was in a state where Robin could be close to her but that wasn't all the time. Sometimes the leash fell while Luna was bringng Alice out of how frightened she was by something going on and anyone besides Luna touching her would only make it worse. Human hands had meant pain for so long that she couldn't always handle it. And if Robin wasn't there it wasn't going to work. She was the only person Alice allowed to touch her.

They walked up to the front door and Zelena inserted the key into the door and opened it, hoping Alice would react well to the new enviorment.