The DuBois Pentology
Tale the First:
La Petite Rouge
(1812-1819)

Prologue: The Woods

The woods were full of dark, twisted, ancient trees, and it was said that each had a story to tell... if one were brave enough to look.

Yet no one dared.

No one dared for the deep, dark woods were said to be evil... It was said that witches and evil spirits danced among the gnarled branches; haunting the dark forest... That once inside, no one was safe... especially the children...

For many centuries, stories had been told of the beasts within... Wolves were said to roam the woods freely; seeking fresh meat in the darkness of the night... For it was said that the wolves met little girls in the forest, only to devour them in the shadows.

But all of these stories were of course complete lies; stories told to frighten children out of wandering into the wood, only to become lost.

If there were any wolves in the forest, then they were completely harmless, and only spooked nearby villages whilst they howled at the full moon.

But if all of these stories were made-up, then why did so many wander into the deep, dark wood, only to vanish, and never be heard from again...?

Maybe, because there was something waiting in the woods... Something indeed dark and deadly... And in this case, the truth was indeed much more frightening than fiction...