A young Alice sat beneath a tree reading from one of her many books. Over the years, they had become her companion. Nobody in London knew her secret. Many knew of her family, and rumers has spread of the old couple that lived in the large stone house and refused to let the child, assumed to be their granddaughter, take visitors. Today though, Alice was sitting and reading when she saw a poor boy trying to climb over the wall into their garden. "What are you doing!?"

"Wha- Oh! I'm very sorry, please... please don't call the police."

"No... Don't go. I don't get to speak with people my own age often."

"Really?" He sat atop the wall. "Well, I'm older than I look."

"So am I... I'm Alice. Would you like to come sit? I've got some tea and cakes."

"Um," the boy's stomach growled, "Oh. Ok."

"I'm terribly sorry, but I never asked your name."

"Baelfire, but you can call me Bae."

Present Day

Alice didn't sleep one bit during the ride to Storybrooke. Perdita lay at her feet on the floor of the car. Alice didn't really have any friends to leave her with, and she preferred to have a guard dog around anyway. "So," Alice looked out the window but spoke at Rumpelstiltskin. "Don't you think the name Gold is a bit ironic?"

"Well my dear, until this month I never had to deal with the outside world. Even before the curse was broken, nobody bothered to ask my first name."

"Right, the curse." He had told her all about it. From the sounds of it, this Evil Queen was a terrible person. Someone who can't be trusted. Someone worse than the dark one himself. "And this savior who broke the curse... you said she can't be trusted either."

"I'm afraid not. You see, she has begun consorting with the Evil Queen. It's best not to trust her."

"How do I know you're not just saying all this and you are the one I shouldn't be trusting?"

"I thought you might say that. If you ever doubt the Evil Queen's true loyalty, just ask her who her mother was."

"Who was her mot-" The car comes to an abrupt stop. Cruella puts her car in park. Alice jolts forward, nearly choking on her safety belt. "Bloody Hell! Ugh, crazy woman driver." Cruella looks into the back seat at Alice. "We are here." Rumpelstiltskin climbed out of the car and came to open Alice's door. She sat still for a moment, staring at the long road ahead of them and muttered, "Where's 'here'?" The door opened and Perdie let out a low growl at the sight of Gold who offered his hand to help Alice from the car. She got out without taking it. Gold shut the door after the dog jumped out. Alice turned with a frustrated sigh, "Now what?"

"It's quiet simple. You stand on the other side of the line, take our hands, and pull us through." Alice raised an eyebrow. "If getting in is that simple, why has nobody else offered to help you?"

"You truly don't trust me do you?"

"Not for a moment."

"Well, perhaps this can convince you." He lifted a paper with an address from his pocket. Alice immediately knew what it must be. Gold continued, "As soon as you have left us through, this address is yours. You are free to go after the ingredient you need to break your curse." Alice hesitated for a moment. She still didn't trust this man. Even if this Evil Queen Regina and her partner Emma were as evil as Gold said, what if his plans were more corrupt than theirs? He certainly had the reputation to use and trick people. Well, Alice had been alive too long to let someone like this man use her. She should have listened to the advice that was told to her years ago. Magic, is never worth what it costs you. Alice nodded, patted her side for Perdita to follow and they both walked to the area of the road Gold had pointed to. After walking about 5 meters she turned. Gold and Cruella were standing at the car, waiting. Alice shrugged, "Nothing's happening. It still looks like a normal road to me..." They didn't answer. "Hello? I said nothing is-" Curella spoke on top of her to Gold, "Do you think she ran off without us?"

"No, she's still there. She wouldn't leave this paper behind." Alice realized they couldn't see or hear her. She looked to the right and saw a large sign reading, "Storybrooke." She looked at the road ahead and then back at Rumpelstiltskin who wore the look of impatience across his face. This was her chance. She knelt down and whispered to the dalmatian, "Fetch girl." The dog ran at Rumpelstiltskin, snatched the paper from his hand and returned it to Alice. Cruella and Gold both yelled at the dog at the same moment, but they were not fast enough. Alice took the address from the dog and spoke to Gold, even though he couldn't hear her. "Sorry Gold, but an old friend told me never to trust the Dark One again." With that she ran towards Storybrooke.

Questions

- who lives at the address on the page

- Will Alice find out who Regina's mother was

- What will Alice think of Storybrooke

- Will Gold find out her relationship to his son

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