Alice looked around one last time to confirm that nobody was in fact in the building. "I was certain I saw him go in here," she frowned while observing her surroundings. "Maybe I'm just as mad as mother claims." That was when her eyes wandered to the desk where Helen had been working moments before. Papers were scattered, the pencil holder was tipped over with its contents scattered all over the desk and the floor. That one particular area was a mess. Alice slowly walked over to figure out where her mother went. "That's odd. Mother didn't say anything about leaving anytime soon." She looked down studying some pages that were scattered. 'Perhaps she finished some and decided to call it quits for today' she thought. She didn't know what to make of the situation. Suddenly the mirror in front of her shimmered lightly. This caught Alice's attention and she snapped her head up. When she looked at it, her reflection had been distorted by waves just like the ones that manifested when she passed through the mirror at the Ascots. Her face then drained at one single thought that came to mind. "She couldn't...could she?"Alice then started frantically pacing back and forth in the room, lifting her arms to her head while trying to think. She suddenly stopped and looked back to her father's mirror, remembering what just happened seconds ago. It was still in the same state. "Well it's now or never I suppose," Alice took a deep breath. She put a foot on the chair and hopped onto the table. She let her hair loose from her hair tie recalling what happened the last two times when she had her hair styled all nice. "Please be okay, Mother," she said under her breath as she stepped into the looking glass.
When Alice stepped out of the mirror, she had expected a rough landing. Instead, she felt hard floor beneath her feet and she was greeted by all too familiar white hallways and doors. "Now that's something new," she whispered to herself. 'No sign of mother' she thought. She then walked down to the left hoping to find Mrs. Kingsleigh. "Pardon Miss, may I help you?" Alice turned around to be face to face with a smiling Tarrant. Her frown instantly turned into a huge grin. "Hatter!" she threw her arms around him in an warm embrace. She pulled away from hug and looked at him. "You startled me!" she exclaimed. "My apologies, Alice. I didn't mean to scare you. I was around that corner awaiting your arrival and I wanted to surprise you." She could tell he was as excited to see her as she was to see him. "I knew I hadn't gone completely insane when I saw you walk into that building," she said. "I was just trying to make sure you followed me into Underland," he explained, "The people up there gave me the strangest looks, by the way. Anyway..." Hatter linked arms with Alice as he led her down to the grand hall, "Come, we must meet with the White Queen. She has important matters to discuss with you."