Dark Tales

Little Red Riding Wolf

Her name is Red, 12 years of age, a down to earth young girl. Brown hair and brown eyes.

She has a special red hood given to her by her grandmother who lives in the woods.

One day, her mother asked Red to bring some foods to her sickly grandmother. She gave Red a basket full of foods and reminded Red a very important reminder, "You must never ever talk to strangers and never step out of the path."

So Red went on her way into the woods.

On her way, she felt her tummy rumble. She's already hungry. She took a piece of cookie from the basket and ate it.

"Hey little girl." Said a voice behind the trees. The owner of the voice stepped out, revealing bearded man.

"I must not talk to strangers." Red reminded herself and walked away.

The man followed her.

"Little girl. I admire that hood you wear. Would you mind to talk to me for a moment?" He said

Red did not listen, she kept on walking.

"I know a wonderful place in this woods, it is full of beautiful flowers." He said again.

Red stopped and faced him.
"Did you say flowers? Then point the way sir." She said. Red step out off the path and followed the strange man.

When they arrived there, she saw that the place was full of flowers. Red thought of her beloved grandmother, she wants to pick some flowers for her.

"To whom you will you give those foods in your basket?" Asked the man while Red is picking up some flowers

"For my sick grandmother. But wait, how did you know that there were foods in here?" She asked suspiciously.

"I can smell them." Said the man, a strange tone on his voice.

"I should go, sir. Grandmother would be delighted with these flowers. Thank you sir" She said politely.

"You are welcome."

Then Red continued on way to her to grandmother's cabin.

It was almost dark when she got there. She opened the door and saw her mother laying down on her bed.

"Hello grandma! I brought you some foods to eat." Red said

"Oh! How kind of you, my child." She smiled fondly.

"I'll prepare dinner in the kitchen grandma."

"I wish I could help you but I can't get up because of my illness." Grandma said

"It's okay. Wait for me then."

While Red is in the kitchen, she heard footsteps and felt that it was behind her. When she turned around, she saw her grandma standing right behind her.

"There you are my child, how long does it take for my dinner to be ready?"

"It is almost done. And grandma, I thought you can't get up from bed?" Red asked

"I just can't wait for dinner, I'm so hungry." She said

"Grandma, why do you have a beard?"

"Oh, it is because of my oldness, my dear."

"What bigs eyes you have grandma?"

"The better to see you my dear."

"Why do you have big teeth grandma?"

"The better to eat you with, my dear."

Red was shocked and realized that the person in front of her was not her grandmother. It was the man she met earlier but he was dressed like her grandmother.

The man grabbed Red's arms but she fought back. When she looked at her grandma's bed, her eyes widen when she saw blood dripping on the floor. Her grandma is already dead and some parts of her body looked like it was bitten off.

"I ate your grandmother, child." He said. Turns out that the man was a cannibal or a ghoul.

"Oh look, it's full moon. How nice. You know I was starving, I didn't have a decent meal for two weeks and then, I saw you in the woods. Didn't your mother tell you not to talk to strangers? Your grandmothers is an old meat. But you are so young and delicious." The man said.

Red was trying to get away from the man but he was too strong. The man grabbed her red hood and ripped it off her.

When the hood was no longer worn by Red, she felt something strange.

She started breathing heavily and bit the man's arm that was holding her. The man let go because of he pain he felt. His arms has bitemarks and it was bleeding. He look at Red and saw that she was like out of her mind.

Hair started to spread all over her body, big paws replacing her hands and foot. Her jaws lengthened and sharp big teeths grew out. She became a wolf.

"What is going?! You're a monster!" The man cried.

The man tried to escape but the wolf blocked his way and started to attack him. The wolf ate him part by part. Blood was all over the floor.

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*Back Story

When Red was a baby, werewolves attacked their village. Her mother left her in their house because she thought it would be safer for Red.

When the wolves were gone, she came back for Red and saw that her baby had bite marks on her arms.

She was bitten and while she's growing up, every full moon she's turning into a wolf.

At first it was okay because she was like a puppy but when she is growing up she eats more and more.

Until her grandma came to a witch and asked for something to stop her from turning into a wolf. The witch gave her a red hood.
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The wolf picked up the red hood and turned into a human once more.

Red knew it all along. She don't know what to do. She knew that if she went home she will be accused that she killed her grandma.

Red came out the cabin and saw someone. A woodcutter.

"Is everything alright, child?" He asked

"I don't know, sir." She said

"Well. How do you like being a wolf my child?" He asked again.

"H-how did you know? You saw me?"

"You don't have to be scared. I won't tell anyone. I won't let anyone kill my daughter."

"Daughter? I am not."

"Yes, you are. I'm the one who saw you that day while you were alone in your house. When I saw your mother running out, I heard you cry. You were so little. And because all of us are old I decided to have an heir. I bit you when you we're a baby. I made you like that. That makes me your father. I am your father"

THE END.