Chapter 1. A sister?

Nurse Sprat and Mr. Canis were helping Red Riding Hood to recover her memories. It was hard for her, but she continued taking magical mixtures and meditating. Canis believed that Red could reveal the weak points of the Scarlet Hand, since she used to be a member.

That day was no different. Nurse Sprat gave Red some glowing yellow tablets, and Red sat and searched for faint flashes of memory in her mind. Mr. Canis was patiently sitting nearby, trying to recover the memory of his own. Sprat was terribly worried about them both; she wandered around impatiently. When Red suddenly screamed, Sprat prepared for the worst.

"What's the matter?" she cried, rushing to the girl's side.

"I r-remember something," Red sobbed. "I… I think…"

"Calm down," Mr. Canis said.

"I remember the d-d-days wh-when I had m-my fake f-family w-with m-m-me," Red stammered. "Mr. and Mrs. Grimm, l-little Basil and…" Red looked terrified, "and I've j-just rem-membered someth-thing about having a little sister."

"A SISTER?" Mr. Canis and Nurse Sprat exclaimed in unison. Then Mr. Canis tried to get over his excitement and shock.

"A human or an Everafter?" he asked Red.

"It s-sounds strange, but I believe… both. I mean, the girl was both human and Everafter. I can't explain. That's all I recall."

"Can you describe her?"

"She was a baby about… several months old, I think. She had green eyes and… and… pale skin… round face… and brown hair… and… that's all I see…" Red burst into tears.

"Call the Grimms," Nurse said to Mr. Canis then turned her attention back to Red. "It's all right, we'll find her."

"I kidnapped another little girl!" Red cried. "What will her parents say?"

"Now, now… First, you weren't yourself back then. Second, we don't even know if your 'little sister' was kidnapped. The Grimms will find everything out. It wasn't your fault anyway," Nurse Sprat handed a handkerchief to the girl.

The door of the new wooden hospital building opened and the sisters Grimm ran inside, followed by Henry, Veronica with Basil in her arms, Jake, Puck, Mr. Canis, and Elvis.

"Red, could you please repeat everything once more?" Mr. Canis said. Red sighed and told the Grimms about the newly restored memories.

"A little sister!" Sabrina exclaimed. "Mom, is it possible that little Basil had a twin sister?"

"I think not," Veronica said as if uncertain. "Green eyes, pale skin, round face, and brown hair – hmmm… this girl doesn't resemble anyone in our family. And Red mentioned that she was half-Everafter. So, I am sure the 'little sister' wasn't the actual sister of Basil's."

"And you can't remember where the girl is now?" Daphne asked Red.

"A dark forest… a shack… nothing more…" Red whispered.

"We'll have to find it out by ourselves," Henry said hopelessly. Daphne was more self-convinced.

"Does the shack you remember look like Baba Yaga's house?" she wanted to know.

"No chicken legs," Red said simply.

"Well, thank you, Red." Veronica said. "C'mon, let's go look through the family journals."

"To find anything about a girl like Red's 'sister'?" Sabrina said with sarcasm. "Duh! There are many green-eyed, brown-haired baby girls with pale round faces in this world."

"We are going to find something about shacks in the forests around our town," Veronica ignored Sabrina's comment. "There aren't many shacks in there, you know. Don't worry, Red! We'll solve this case."

"We are Grimms, and that's what we do!" Daphne sang.

A short entry in Sabrina's journal

We have another case to investigate. Today Red remembered she had had a "little sister" (when she was mad). Now this little sister is somewhere in "a shack in a dark forest". The shack is not Baba Yaga's, to my relief. Anyway, we have to find the mysterious girl.

I don't like it! We must solve another freaky mystery instead of trying to return poor Granny. She's still possessed by Mirror.

Nobody listens to me, as usual. Mom and Dad took the case. We are now going to look through… (sigh)… the family journals. Maybe there are some mentions of a shack in the forests around Ferryport Landing.

I think the first chapters of my stories are ALWAYS short. The next ones will be longer and (I hope) more interesting, as usual! I'm waiting for the reviews!