Knowing and being somewhat, friends? Partners? With Rumpelstiltskin wasn't what Terra classified as being sane but Alice was never sane in the first place and she wore her heart in her sleeve. The girl always saw the positive in others which while it was something Terra admired, when it came to the Dark One, she knew her instincts weren't failing her as she knew there was something the man wasn't saying.

Terra hadn't met Rumpelstiltskin yet, but Alice would speak about him a lot that Terra felt like she knew him, enough to feel it inside herself that he was up to not good with Alice. He wants something from her, her mind would whisper, something that at one point will destroy every bit of happiness she's fought so hard for Alice to have. And he'd ruin it, with a snap of his fingers.

Yet, Terra could not do anything but watch it happen because Alice was happy helping and if Alice was happy... What other business Terra had in intervening with that?

~8~

Helping with drugging and kidnapping a random man seemed too much for the girl as she dragged the unconscious man as Alice went on and on after how their last trip was and how excited she was to see her father again.

No matter how annoyed Terra felt about Alice trusting a mad man, a little smile grew on her lips as somewhat her grip on the man's - Henry Mills - legs tightened making her feel surprised as she glanced at the slight maniac but yet happy smile on Alice's lips. Terra's heart skipped a beat because she knew that happiness was making her able to pick Henry more easily, gave her the ability to do so. She dropped him off at the wall of the cave they dragged him to with a huff as she blew a wild strand of hair that fell from her braid, taking off her hat, tucking the strand of hair behind her ear as she leaned against the entrance wall, twirling her hat on her hand as she waited for Henry to wake up.

When he did, he was really out of it. Terra watched in slight concern but more curious as Alice leaned against the opposite wall Terra was leaning on, both girls guarding the door.

Henry fluttered his eyes open, groaning. His eyes still looked disoriented as he managed to get a look at the two silhouettes but just recognizing the one who drugged him.

"What did you do?" Henry panted, his voice strained as he tried to compose himself.

Alice chuckled slightly, "You should really be more careful what you drink" Henry groaned, dizzy. "I'm Alice. This is my friend, Terra"

Both girls watched him struggle against invisible restrains, exchanging a look.

Henry managed to look at them with difficulty "Can you get me out of this, please?"

"Out of what?" Terra lifted a hand, conjuring a bit of that magic she'd tell Alice she'd have to lift the dizziness from Henry's eyes.

Henry suddenly realized nothing was holding him down, breathing down a bit better, blinking away the fog of his mind, turning to the girls - as he could tell from their voices - blinking in realization as he glanced at Alice and a vial hanging around her hands that had a tag with the words 'Drink me'.

"Wait, 'Alice'?" Henry voiced in recognition. Terra straightened her spine, giving him a warning look he did not notice. "You're the Alice? From Wonderland?"

Frustratedly, Alice threw down the hood from her cape, glaring at Henry "And other places" she sighed, turning to Terra. "You have one weird trip and it's all anyone knows about you"

Alice gestured around in frustration making Henry follow her gaze and see the other girl twirling a hat in her hands, an amused and wide grin playing on her lips as if Alice's frustration was something to laugh over but the hat it's what got his attention.

Henry realized, Alice called her friend and everyone knew if Alice had a friend who could look as calm and amused by things with a hat, then that friend was no other than the Mad Hatter, whose name in this realm apparently was Terra?

"And you must be the mad-" Henry trailed off as he noticed the warningly lift of brow coming from the Hatter herself as the hat began to slow down from its twirling. 

"Terra" the girl said with amusement as if knowing what Henry was implying.

Henry looked between the two of them, sighing "Okay, well, I don't know what this is all about, Alice and Terra from... wherever, but I got to get back now"

Henry straightened up but both girls taking a step forward, blocking the exit made him abruptly stop.

"Oh, no" Alice shook her head, a taunting hum stuck in her mouth as she eyed him with an unapologetic smile "You can't do that"

Henry frowned, "Why not?"

Terra looked at her nails in boredom, glancing at Henry, tutting slowly "Because this isn't your story, Henry Mills"

Henry suddenly didn't feel as comfortable with the two fairytale characters, no matter how every story out there made them be good, right now they didn't look that good, "How do you know who I am?"

Alice tilted her head aside, smirking "We don't..."

Terra shrugged, a small smirk playing on her lips as well, "But Rumplestiltskin does"

Henry blinked, taken aback "You know Rumple?"

Terra shrugged, lifting her hand as if to say 'meh'

Alice rolled her eyes, "Don't you know by now your grandpa knows everyone?" Henry hummed, partially agreeing with the statement, no matter how weird but truthful that sounded "He's watching out for you"

Henry sighed, "Okay, look, I don't have time for mind games"

"This isn't a game" Terra warned.

"Trust us" Alice told him darkly. Only Terra felt the way she forced that up. She pursed her lips over a slight, incredulous smile. She was really getting into her bad girl part. "When it's not your story... bad things happen"

Henry raised his eyebrows, scoffing "You two gonna stop me?"

"Oh, no" It was Terra this time who hummed, the sound so similar to each other that made a shiver past down Henry's back as he glanced at the other girl. There was something different about her but he couldn't quite tell what it was "When bad things happen... We want to be far, far away. Forget that Cinderella and go home"

No matter how much intimidating these two girls looked, Henry had faced people so much worse and that was when he was younger so he felt a little bold, shaking his head, "When someone needs help, I help them"

Terra glanced at Alice, eyebrows raised as if to ask if they were done here. They did their warning from Rumpelstiltskin but the stubborn one wouldn't have it. Their job was done there, either way.

Alice shrugged as they stepped aside to let Henry go, watching him intently until he felt uncomfortable by their staring, rushing out of the cave.

Once Henry was away, the girls couldn't help it, bursting out in laughter, holding onto each other to keep themselves standing.

"That was fun" Alice beamed, glad she was able to do this kind of stuff with her best friend.

"Definitely" Terra agreed, grinning, grabbing the hat upside down, giving a slight twitch. "We should do this more often"

They linked arms as the hat lit up before a wave of magic came out from it, forming a portal in front of them at the cave entrance, their hair blowing back slightly. They exchanged a smile, stepping inside the portal, together.