Chapter 1:Foregoing
The young woman silently wandered into a forest.
A dull one might I add.
Trees with barely any leaves swayed miserably with the wind.
The woman pulled her hood tighter around herself.
Her chocolate brown locks blowing breezily around her face. She walked a little further and when it became too depressing she turned to face the said forest.I wish I could...give this place...some life she thought wistfully.
With that,she turned on her heel and proceeded to walk further. It wasn't a few minutes later that the woman in the hood realised that with every step she took a blade of green grass replaced the seemingly,grey,foggy stone ground. She looked at her feet in awe.
She stepped further,playfully,wondering what would happen next.A single daisy appeared in its place and she laughed heartily and ran around the then gloomy forest. She turned to look at an oak stared somewhat sadly at ran a finger up the tree,a dark,rich colour appeared on the bark. She gripped a firm hold and climbed herself on it.
She ran a finger along the sharp,rough branch and blossoms and leaves appeared upon the branch. She stopped when she saw some tell-tale frost on the tree. She blinked up at the glowing moon and opened her mouth to speak,but only frosty air came out.
She then smiled weakly.''This it it,huh?''She asked,though it was more of a statement than anything.
''To..do this,for eternity?''.She could have sworn the moon had blinked at her. She looked down to see her companion watching her,as if asking her if something was wrong with her. She shook it off. She searched through her flashbacks to find an answer,anything,to give her a clue of what she might be.
The young woman slowly picked herself up from the cold,hard floor. Cold air came out of her mouth. The woman panted and different thoughts all coursing through her mind,but each,had the same meaning behind it.
''Where was I?''
The woman then observed her clothing. She was wearing a scarlet red cloak, one she vaguely remembered from a different time...a different life, but as mentioned,vaguely. The woman also noticed that she was wearing a mesmerizingly beautiful top, one that donned a neck line that was heart shaped,but with sharp edge. The bottom was a ballgown design,adorned with roses of the same colour.
Silvery gold.
Her chocolate brown locks defined her features perfectly.
She looked up at the full moon and shivered slightly.
She heard a distant sound,faint but still audible.
''You,are Red Riding of Life and you are also my good time you will see your past''.
The words hung in the air.
''You will see your past''
Red Riding Hood
She tested her new name, the words rolled off her tongue,but she came to love it.
She then heard padded footsteps and whipped around suspiciously. She picked up a sharp shard of rock and slowly came forward, the shard of rock tight around her hand and raised high.
She saw what seemed to be an animal and on instinct threw the shard of rock which would have pierced through the trespassers skin and possibly,fatally injured the thing.
But the creature swiftly darted out of the way...like an arrow.
The creature suddenly came into view.
The thing was a beautiful thing to say least, the fur was a snowy grey and its eyes were something you could bore your eyes into.
The outside was a sea green and creeping into its centre was a sea blue,until it came to the outside of the pupil,which was something amazing,if you observed carefully.A gold surrounded the pupil,designed in an almost lace-like way.
Red Riding Hood exhaled sharply and held her cloak tighter. Red heard a voice, a clear,gently,female voice.
''Don't be scared,Man In Moon chose me to be your companion for eternity.I will be by your side through everything we will go through,as your advisor and friend''.
The scared girl,no older than 16 stepped forward and scratched the wolf behind its ears. The wolf growled in content. Red Riding Hood smiled.''Arrow''.The wolf stared at her,as if asking her what she meant.
''Arrow,can I call you arrow?You are as swift as one,save for the fact I tried to kill you''.Red Riding Hood chuckled nervously, but the wolf seemed to smile.
''I like that name, just so you know,I am immortal''.The wolf finished with a mischievous glimmer in her eyes.
''Are you alright?'',Arrow asked her,she had been observing her companion of now 50 years.''We've been awfully quiet and you seem distant''.Arrow spoke up,snapping the girl out of her thought. Red had shut out Arrow and she had forgotten that she was even there with her.
''I-I'm fine''.Red Riding Hood breathed.''Just...why did Man In Moon,make me like this?''.Red Riding Hood asked,miserably.
She turned to face Arrow, who was eerily quiet.''You know something don't you?''.Red stated. The solemn wolf looked down,rather sheepishly.
''Man In Moon,wanted it to be a good time before-''.She was cut off by Red's accusations.''You left me all these years,pondering about my past,not knowing why I was here?You left me..you left me,all these years!''.Red exploded with hurt and anger evident in her usually sweet and harmonic wolf voice, Arrow came over and hugged her in her own animal way.''I'm sorry,but it's now or never?''.The wolf bowed is head solemnly and Red travelled through her past.
She saw herself waving goodbye to her grandmother.
''Bye Grandmother!''She called smile breaking out on her face.
''Goodbye,Little Red Cap!Goodbye my little Serenidy!Come back!''.
''Of course grandmother,now don't worry we''ll be back soon,just going out to the forest! She called,closing the door behind her.
She looked the same. Her chocolate brown hair,sparkly green eyes and her signature red cloak.
She donned a red and black plaid pleated skirt and a long sleeved plaid shirt with a pair of black,skinny jeans and black combat boots, the style was quite..suited to her taste.'
'Red,can we climb up some trees?''Her little 5 year old sister Serenidy asked sweetly. Red just chuckled softly.''We'll see''.Which in Red's terms meant a simple no. They played for hours on end,chasing each other and tickling each other. They picked apples for Grandmother's famous apple tarts.
Some blackberry too. Red was busily picking when she smelled something in the air and whipped her head up.
She smelled something faint but thought nothing of it.
But when a few minutes went by and the smell became stronger she looked up and saw black ash dangerously hanging in the air.
A strangled cry escaped her lips.'
'Red?''.Her little sister asked,concern filling her hazel brown eyes.
''Serenidy,we need to go!''.
Before her sister could answer,Red picked her up in her arms and ran to the deepest depths of the forest, for hopes of finding a way out.
She turned around and instantly regretted it. The trees were on the verge of falling over with mighty thuds and fire lapped in the fogginess of it all.
She screamed in terror,causing her sister to cry. The forest she had come to love was turning into debris in front of her.
The same oak tree she had been climbing since age 4,was covered in flames,flames racing each other up the tree until the tree was completely engulfed in flames.
The mighty tree started to creak until it slowly started to give up,the once strong bark giving way to make the tree fall. She sceamed in horror and set off running.
Flames lapped her shoulder causing her to stagger and clutch her bloody shoulder.
She turned once again to see the same tree fall over. She threw her sister on what she knew was a soft patch of grass.
Her sister didn't cry because she was thrown to the ground.
It didn't hurt.
She cried because she saw her sister die right in front of her eyes.
That was the hurt.
Red let a single tear fall down her cheek. Arrow watched in regret and came up to Red and seemingly smiled and rubbed herself against Red,to comfort her. Red didn't need to apologise. Her face said it all. She scratched Arrow behind the ears and walked further with her.
Authors note:Hey guys what do you think?Its my first Rise of the Guardians story,as I love the movie!I decided to make my own story.I hope you enjoyed!I am finally finished my project so I can now upload some chapter maybe this weekend or the next!Happy Friday!