The Black Riding Hood

Chapter I "The Beginning"

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far, aw….. Far, far, very, very far away, lives a planet, a planet called ….. "PLANET", this planet is somewhat like earth but it is very colorful, their night is red and there is no sign of the color black…..

In this planet comes the story of a girl, this girl is very beautiful, she has golden locks, very white skin and has grey eyes…. You would not find any flaw to this girl since she's close to perfect but there's one thing that makes her the outcast of them all… because of her family heritage, she was always forced to wear black, she doesn't question why, and she doesn't even mind why, but everyone else did, for a planet that hates the color black and treats it as a curse comes a beautiful maiden who wears the dreaded color…. Let's call her Black…..

We start the story when she visits her grandmother… just another regular day… her grandmother is really old and is very ill she only has a few days left (about a year or so). While she was visiting her grandmother, Black heard a loud thud coming from upstairs…

"What was that?" Black asks

"What was what my dear?" her grandmother asks back with a large grin

"May I go up grandmother?" she asks curiously

"No! You mustn't! Now is not the right time… it's still asleep… oh look! It's already getting late. You must go home now… it's dangerous staying here in the forest especially when you're alone like me..." her grandmother exclaims…

this made Black really curious since she was always allowed to stay in her grandmother's house until morning but she was already tired to ask so she left…

The next day, her mother said that there would be an eclipse.

For some time, her mother was just staring out and acted like she has remembered something

"um… dear? May I ask you a favor? You see… I think your grandmother is in dan… is sick… yes… she's very sick and needs some nutrition here I prepared this for her, now put on your black coat and be on your way… now hurry!" her mother says as she shoves Black her black basket and coat and pusher her out the door…

"Hurry or you won't make it in time!" her mother said as she shuts the door

Black doesn't question anything but still she runs… she runs very fast worried about her grandmother…. The eclipse is high in the sky and for the first time in years the planet is in total darkness…

She finally got to her grandmother's house and when she enters, she sees an ugly wolf in her grandmother's clothing and even lying down on her bed… Black notices a big hump next to the wolf and is very curious but is scared to ask

"gra… grandmother, what big eyes you have?" she asks instead

"to see you better with my dear" the wolf replies with a deep voice turned high pitch

"grandmother, what big ears you have?" she asks

"to hear you better with, my dear" he replies

"grandmother, what big teeth you have?" she asks with worries

"to eat you better with my dear…" his voice returns to what seems to be the normal sound and is ready to attack

"wait! Before you stand grandmother… wha… what's next to you grandmother?" she asks nervously and is ready to run

"oh this? Well it's your dead little grandmother my dear…" he says as he uncovers the blanket and shows the bloody body of what seemed to be her grandmother Black started to scream, fear ran inside her, the wolf scratched her on the right cheek, her face burning with pain, all bloody, but she managed to get out of the house, she ran as fast as she could with the wolf chasing after her, her face burning with pain, her vision started to fade but she held on… when she was almost out of the woods her vision and body gave up…. The last thing she saw was the beautiful sun being covered by the beautiful moon….

To be continued…