Four year old Ruby Rose walked alone through the forests of Patch with determination. Determination to find her mommy. She was going to find her mommy because daddy and big sis were sad that mommy was gone. She had asked where her mom had gone multiple times before, but the only answer she ever got was "she's gone." So what better way to cheer them up than to bring her mom home!
Little Ruby did not just wander out with only the clothes on her back though. She had come prepared. In a small backpack she carried a change of clothes, some cookies for when she got hungry, her favorite stuffed Beowolf Mr. Snuggle Face, and although given to her quite recently, her most cherished possession. A bright red hooded cloak that was rather big on her tiny body was clipped to her shoulders. It was a gift given to her by her mom before she left on her most recent hunting mission.
Summer Rose walked into the kitchen to find her youngest daughter devouring the batch of cookies that she had maid earlier that day.
Smiling at the adorable little girl in front of her she spoke up. "Now now little rose, if you keep eating cookies that fast you will get sick." she told Ruby.
"But the're so tasty!" Was the immediate response.
"Well how about this? If you save the rest of the cookies for later, I'll give you that present I was telling you about this morning." Summer watched as Ruby's eyes lit up with joy, and started nodding her head so fast it looked like it might fall off.
"Alright then, come on." She said as she held out her hand for Ruby.
When she grabbed on, Summer lead her out into the middle of the living room. Keeling down to face Ruby at eye level. "Okay Ruby, close your eyes and wait here. I'll be right back with your gift." she spoke.
When Ruby closed her eyes, Summer got up and walked to a simple wooden box sitting on the couch. Opening the top she pulled out the red fabric, smiling at her handy work. walking back over to Ruby, she knelt down again and draped the fabric over her small shoulders using two cross shaped pins to keep it from falling off.
"You can open your eyes now little rose." she said softly.
As Ruby opened her eyes and looked over her shoulder. Summer watched as those eyes snapped back to herself wide as dinner plates, and if she didn't know any better she would have swore they were sparkling.
"It's just like the one you have!" The little girl squealed, wrapping her mom in a surprisingly strong hug. Slightly taken off guard by the strength of the hug, Summer quickly returned it with a smile that could blind someone if they looked at it for to long.
"I made this cloak myself, so where ever you go now, you can always have a piece of me with you." Summer could feel Ruby just vibrate with happiness. Hearing footsteps coming down the stairs by the front door, she looked over and saw her husband Taiyang descending the steps.
"Everything alright down here?" He asked, as Summer just gave him a smile.
"Yes everything is fine, Ruby just got exited getting the cloak I made for her. Isn't that right little ros-" She stopped mid sentence when she looked down to Ruby, only to finder her slumped against he shoulder sleeping.
"looks like she tuckered herself out." she spoke softly. Looking back up at Tai, she continued. "I'll take her up to bed, and start getting ready for my mission."
Tai adopted a thoughtful look before speaking. "That's right, your leaving for that tonight aren't you? Just remember to be safe, you've got two beautiful daughters to come home too."
"I know." she smiled. "I'll only be gone for a week. A week and a half at most." Picking up the sleeping Ruby she made her way towards the stairs. As she passed her husband he spoke up.
"I'll make some dinner before you head out."
"thank you." she responded as she made her way upstairs to tuck Ruby in.
It had been three weeks since her mom went out on her mission. Ruby had noticed a big change in the house ever since the man with grey hair and a green suit stopped by the house a few days ago to talk to her dad. Ever since then her dad had been crying almost all day everyday. When she asked what was wrong, the only words he managed to choke out were "Your mom is gone." Before breaking down again.
It started to really worry her when her sister Yang started acting the same way. Any and all attempts at cheering them up were met with failure.
She didn't really understand why they were sad that mommy was gone. Yeah she was out hunting right now, but she always came back. It was then that an amazing idea sprang into her mind.
If If daddy and big sis were sad that mommy was gone, she would just have to go out and bring her back to make them happy again. It was so simple!
So with her super mega awesome plan to make dad and Yang happy again in mind, she ran to her room to start preparing.
Realizing that she had stopped walking while lost in thought, she started walking through the forest again.
The forest was not the first place she had thought to look, but this was the last place she could think of! Everywhere else was a bust, the market, the candy shop run by the nice old man, even the fishing pier, but she couldn't find her anywhere. Even when she worked up the courage to ask someone if they had seen her, the only response she got was a sad expression on their face and them telling her to ask her dad. So here she was walking through the woods trying to find her mom.
Little silver eyes looked around for any signs of her mother, but yet again they came up empty. Letting out a small sigh, the crimson cloaked girl sat down and took off her backpack to grab her cookies. It was getting late, and she was pretty sure that she missed dinner.
She let out a triumphant "Aha!" as she pulled them out. But before she could open the bag of cookies, she heard a low menacing growl.
The rest of her body froze as her head slowly turned towards the noise.
What she saw caused her blood to run cold. Stepping out from behind a cluster of trees was a beast with fur blacker than night, a mask of bone covering its face, and soulless red eyes that seemed to boar into her very being. It was a creature of Grimm. A Beowolf to be precise.
Ruby sat there stunned for a moment. She had never seen a creature of Grimm in person before. So she sat there not quite sure what to do, until she remembered what her mom and dad had told her to do if she ever came upon one of these creatures alone.
She got up and ran.
A.n. Well that was the first chapter to "The Grimm Rose" It's rather short, but I plan to have longer chapters in the future. This is my first fanfic ever so hopefully it wasn't too bad. Feel free to tell me if you liked it so far, or perhaps you didn't. I will gladly take constructive criticism! The awesome cover art for this story belongs to Hessenerd on Tumblr. Though it was not commissioned for this fanfic, it is what inspired this story so I asked for permission to use it. The next chapter will be out within the next day or so, so keep en eye out for that. The rating may change in the future.