Scarlet in Black
A/N: Orphaned at a young age, Scarlet (named so for her red locks) roams the streets in search for work and a home. While searching for a job one day, a SS soldier nearly rapes her in broad daylight, but she is saved by a stranger. Having been knocked out after tussling with the soldier, she awakens, wondering who the stranger was who saved her life and goes looking for him, only to discover that he is the Bear Jew.
Chapter 1--Odd Jobs
Scarlet was a mid-aged adolescent who knew how to handle herself on the streets. She always took a bowie knife with her wherever she went and had experienced her fair share of knife fights. She taught herself Greco-Roman wrestling and knew how to keep predators away from her, and despite her size, the redhead had tons of fight in her veins and could deter anyone from having their way with her.
Germany, mid-World War 2. All hell had literally broken lose and Scarlet, an orphan, had done fairly well for herself despite the failing economy and the fact that Germany was becoming a cesspool of humanity. Every single day, Scarlet worked odd jobs to purchase basic needs like food and clothing. She would never have enough to use for rent in the local apartments and when she found shacks and shanties, they were already crowded with homeless people like herself who were scrounging for a living.
In spite of all of the horrid conditions, Scarlet did well for herself and today she felt was her lucky day. "Fortune's smiling on me.", she thought with a confident stride as she walked down the street to the shoeshine district. She had shone shoes before and often been recommended to shine shoes from Berlin to Dusseldorf. Even the Nazis enjoyed her shining innocent face and her playful blue eyes, remarking on how beautiful she was. There were some of those soldiers who wished that she were older for purposes she knew were evil in their dark, twisted hearts, but she knew how to keep their minds distracted on her talents even though she secretly hated them with every fiber of her being.