Little Red Warrior

By Joe

Summary: A different account of the Little Red Riding Hood story is told.

Author Notes: I do not own Little Red Riding Hood, its characters (except for the weapon salesman), or any other copyrighted material.

Chapter 1

Children have been told of the Little Red Riding Hood story. Little Red was made out to be a kind, sweet little girl who was terrorized by a vicious wolf. However, a recent discovery of a journal written by a local villager proves that many elements of the story are false. This story tells of the true events that occurred centuries ago.

Little Red Riding Hood, or Red as many called her, was a kind girl at heart. Nobody ever suspected that she would ever do anything malicious, even if she were threatened. But one event in her life proved otherwise.

One morning, Red's mother kindly asked Red to take a basket of goodies to her ailing grandmother. Red gladly accepted the quest, and she put on her red coat with a hood and ventured down the trail.

As she walked along, she saw a wolf walking in front of her. The wolf snapped its head and leapt toward Red. "Ah! No! Please leave me alone!" cried Red. The wolf was swift, and Red would have been killed if it weren't for the fact that her house were nearby. She shut herself inside and locked the door. She could hear the wolf scratching at her door.

"Red, what are you doing back so soon?" her mother asked.

"There's a wolf that chased me back home, and now, he's scratching at the door!" cried Red.

"Don't just stand there, do something to scare him off!" her mother said.

That's when Red's dark side dawned on her. "Oh…I'll do more than just scare it off…" she mumbled.

Red quietly slipped out the back door of the house and went to town. It was not a very big place, but it did have enough to serve the average person. Red looked up and down the streets, trying to find what she was looking for. It was no use, though. She just stumped into the nearby forest and sulked. That was when she heard a noise. At first, she thought it was the wolf, and she jumped.