Red riding hood: ReVamped

Chapter 1: urges

"Food", Red whispered to herself from behind a tree. About 30 feet from her was a Middle Aged man, unspectacular in looks although, quite tall. She had been studying this man for weeks, planning this moment out, she knew he had no family. Red knew this guy was far from innocent as well so she had no issues killing this man. She needed to feed after all.
He had no idea she was staring him down, her red eyes glowing slightly in the overcast day and the wind was blowing her cape elegantly into the air. Leaves fluttered around her as she stalked her prey, the man strolled around the forest a bit more seemingly admiring the fall aesthetic. Red grinned 'this is too easy' she thought, she extracted her fangs and took one more precautious look around before striking.

        Her speed was unmatched, she was on top of the defenseless soul before he could possibly react. Red began to drain him of his delicious blood. She could feel his fear as she sucked his life away, before she could finish however... "Red!! Oh my dear" Red froze and dropped the terrified mortal to the ground. "Yes grandma?" She asks a slight nervousness in her voice, Red quickly turns to face her grandmother who has a very stern look on her face. "Young lady, what exactly do you think you are doing?" Red sank, only her grandma could really get to her like that even though she was human. She had this way of just getting Red to listen. "I.....was feeding" Red stammered looking at the ground. The man had started screaming by now and it was bothering Reds enhanced hearing a lot, she turns back to the man eyes fully lit red and bares her fangs, hissing loudly. "If you don't shut up I will finish what I started!" She bit in his direction and the man fell immediately silent as not to be killed. Grandma was unimpressed "you need to work on your temper dear, this lashing out isn't healthy. Also you must remember Red not to kill when you feed, you are a good person not a monster". Red hated that word 'monster' she hated how it was used to describe vampires such as herself.

Red after some convincing by her grandma cut her hand a tiny bit to release her blood to give the man she had attacked. Red covered his wound in her blood and watched her bite marks vanish. "T..t..thank you" the man quivered. Red grinned again "I'm not finished with you yet dude" she knelt down to his level and met his gaze and immediately he was under her hypnosis. Red told the man he would forget ever meeting them and he would never return to the forest before letting him go. Just like that she had covered her tracks and didn't fall into her urge to kill, although that was mostly her grandmas doing.

Red riding hood trudged through the forest quite upset at herself after thinking everything over. 'I promised to stop killing humans and here I am nearly killing again'. The whole ordeal had shaken her a bit, she continued aimlessly walking around for awhile when she spotted someone again. She sniffed the air and quickly realized who this person was, she smiled lightly. "Shouldn't you be at a graveyard?" She asks sarcastically, the person turns around. They are a guy, Shorter than Red and with pale skin even paler than Reds, their dark green eyes meet Reds "Little Red Riding Hood, I'll be damned it's been a minute" the boy says. Red immediately takes note of his comment "I'm not little, stop saying that" her tone was stern. She glared at him as if sizing him up before her predatory instincts dissipated. "Damn ok I get it, no need to get all murder mode on me" he answers. Red sighs and shakes her head "it's ok Culter, I'm just aggravated right now at myself. I almost killed again". Red sits down on a nearby stone, dropping her face into her fists.

Culter saw Reds expression and decided he should step in "hey look, Red I'm a zombie I have control issues as well. So I understand you're anger, but at least you didn't actually kill them". He offers a half smile and Red sarcastically bares her fangs at him, she stops and ponders for a moment. "Hey are you still working with that Vortex guy?" Red asks clutching her cape, she stares intently at Culter as he answers. "Um...well..yes and listen I get it he's a criminal but, he's my only source of brains at the moment because this town is too small for the amount of zombie residents it holds". Culter states. Red tilts her head unimpressed by his response. "He's a werewolf criminal who's been wanted for decades now, aaand he's in my turf" she exclaims and Culter nods slowly "if you don't turn him in the hunters council could take away your privilege of looking over this region". His face showing a concerned expression. Red stands up and looks out "your right. I do need to alert the hunters in the area that he's here, I've avoided doing that for too long now". In a blink she's gone and Culter stands alone in the middle of the forest.