The Little Red Riding Hood That Got Lost
Mama always said to not go near the forest.
Mama said I shouldn't enter the forest.
"Lizzie!" A voice of a mother came calling in the mansion for her beloved daughter, her only child, as she held a basket full of apples and flowers, also holding a red hood in her other hand. "Yes mother..?" Elizabeth came running down the stair case to attend her mother's call. "Do you mind taking these to your dear grandmother's house?" her mother smiled down at her, handing her the basket and putting on her red hood, knotting it over her collar bone. "But mother.. I don't know where grandmother's house is.." she said with a slight of discouragement till her mother gave her a map. "Just follow this map alright..? Be careful.."
Elizabeth exited her house, unfolding the map. "W-wait..! I-I have to go through the forest..? But mother said.." she felt hesitant, the forest was large and was easy to get lost in but she encouraged herself. "W-well this is a map grandmother's house t-then.. I guess it's fine.." she smiled a little to herself and began walking through the village, a lot of kids were running through and she came upon her childhood friend. "Liz?" a boy called with a smile on his face, approaching the young brunette. "Ah Luke.." Elizabeth smiled at her long childhood friend, about a year older than her. "Haha.. What brings the Little Red Riding Hood out here, hm?" "Please stop calling me that since I wear this, Luke" she laughed a little and walked pass by him. "I'm taking these to grandmother.." she showed him the basket, it wasn't that big nor it was fully loaded, it was just a simple basket with apples and flowers. "I see.. Oh well.. Mom is calling me, I gotta go! Bye Red Riding Hood!" Luke exclaimed and ran off, waving his hand before turning his head. "Oi wait..!" she sighed. "I told him to stop calling me that..".
The young female hummed to herself, carrying the basket in front of her and looked down at the ground. She looked up and was now facing the huge forest. "Map.. Where's the map.. Here.." she opened the map once more, checking on it to where to go. "So from the start.. Just go straight huh..?" she began to walk in the forest, the map still open and her holding it. "Then about now go right..- Ah! The map!" she exclaimed as the map flew with the wind and she tried to reach for it but she couldn't. It was gone. "Ah... Where.. Am I.." she looked around, she held herself, feeling nervous and frightened. It was still morning but it looked like it was going to be dawn already. "Ah.. Well.. I-It said go right, right.. S-so.. W-wait.. Was it right really? Or l-left.." she began walking straight from where she was, she was slightly shivering.
Elizabeth came to an intersection. "Ah.. Left or.. Right..." she hesitated, she wanted to go back and she knew exactly just go straight but she was feeling uneasy going back. She might get lost even more. "L-let's go.. Left then.." she went left. The wind passed by as she did so and there was a sign there that she didn't see. It said Danger.
The lost red riding hood just kept straight from going left, she didn't know where to go anymore, she only just wanted to go back or to her grandmother but she didn't know how. If she screamed, it wouldn't help and she might attract wild animals. She was distracted by everything on her mind, most likely the story of the Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf always crossed her mind when she thought of something else. She was afraid of what if she encountered an actual wolf? In the story, there was a woodcutter there that killed the wolf but there was no human around here, she was frightened if she will get eaten by the wolf. "S-someone please save me.." Elizabeth whispered to herself, the feeling of wanting to cry.
She was only sixteen after all and she's a bit timid, all she knows that she could've asked Luke to come with her. "What should I do..? I don't have my phone.. I don't know how to get back what should I do..?" Elizabeth broke down and sat under a tree's shade, that tree was actually a bit suspicious. It didn't surround any other things and it was the biggest tree there. "What should I do..?" she kept asking herself as she cried a little. "...I-I shouldn't feel down..! T-think positive Elizabeth, c'mon..!" she sniffed and pulled herself up together. "I can do this..!" she encouraged herself, took deep breaths and continued walking.
Elizabeth looked around cautiously as she walked, seeing if there was any wild animals of some sort. She then suddenly had jolted. "H-huh..?!"
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"W-who.. or w-what's there..?" she stuttered and began trembling. She fell back onto her butt, causing some of the apples to fall down from the basket. "A-ah.. the apples!" she turned around and picked them up when she saw a hand-like human hand but then it looked like a wolf's pick up one of the apples. "Is this yours..?" a quite little low voice spoke and reached the apple out to Elizabeth. "T-thanks..?" she got the apple from the strange hand. She looked up, seeing a boy about looking two years older from her. But then she examined him, top to bottom. A tail, wolf ears and somewhat claws.. A wolf?! "Ah- ahh! Please don't eat me!" she exclaimed and hugged herself to which the human wolf chuckled to but didn't spoke another word, he went away.
Elizabeth trembled and watched the wolf boy run along, she was still alive. She sighed in relief and gathered all the apples to the basket. "Someone please help me.." she exclaimed.