a/n: This is an attempt at a semi-original story based on the "Little Red Riding Hood" fairy tale. I also stole the last few lines of the prologue from the original story. As always, if you like this prologue, please review. =)
Prologue: A Happily Ever After
Whispers of a hidden story,
That lie beneath a beautiful girl's eyes.
A charge to remember the past,
A tale full of betrayal and lies…
Seraphina looked out the window of the house and let out a sigh. The day was absolutely beautiful with the sun shining high in the sky. A soft breeze swept through the area and caused the trees to sway gently back and forth. The air came in through the window, but did nothing to calm down her anger at the men in the house with her.
"What about that did you not understand?" she snapped as her blue eyes looked to the first man.
"We understood it all," Jacob grinned as he leaned forward in his seat and rested his hands on the table. "We just… have problems believing it all."
"Of course you do," she mumbled as she moved from the window. She grabbed onto an apple and showed it to the men. "You have no problems believing other stories you've heard. You discussed one earlier involving a magically positioned apple. What about this one makes you doubt me?"
"Who said we believed the other tales?" the second man, Wilhelm, retorted. "Just because we spread these stories doesn't mean we hold them as truth."
"So that's it?" Seraphina frowned as she crossed her arms over her chest. "You write me off as a joke?"
Jacob sighed. "Go through the events again. Then we'll make up our minds."
Although she knew it was useless, Seraphina returned to the table and sat down in her own seat. She looked to the two men, and forced a smile onto her face.
"Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child…"