"Come here my little rose," called Summer to her three-year-old daughter, Ruby rose.
"What is it mama?" asked the little girl as she ran over to her mother, her way to large cloak trailing meters behind her.
"I have something for you, something very important. It's a letter,"
"From who?" asked the curious little girl.
"From me," answered her mother, "It has many different letters inside it as well. It has the recipe for your special Ruby cookies, tips and tricks in how to be the best huntress ever and some special information about yourself and your magic silver eyes that allow you to kill Grimm just by looking at them, you may even develop certain other abilities if you train hard enough, though more about that will be in the letter. It also explains what those two black lines on your back are. It even has information on your family tree,"
"But why give this to me now mama? I can't even read yet," Ruby asked, giggling.
"I am going to give this to you now because in a few days, I am going on a mission which I might not return from. I know you don't fully understand my words, but one day I hope you will. You must keep this letter with you all the time, never let it out of your sight. Once you learn to read I want you to read it every day until you memorise it. And one more thing, your middle name, is Morrigan after your grandmother. Remember, you must never tell anyone about the letter and that you know all this. I hope you will one day figure all of this out but for now, go and play,"
And so, she did.
And three days later, just as she promised, Summer rose was sent on a mission, one she never returned from. Strangely, when Taiyang tried to explain this to little Ruby, she replied, "I know daddy, mama went on an important mission and she is not coming back, that's why we said goodbye, right?"
To this Taiyang only nodded as they headed back inside.
A few weeks later Ruby woke up to find herself in a cart in the middle of the woods. Looking around she noticed a strange old barn and her exhausted sister standing in front of her. Suddenly red eyes appeared from the darkness and little Ruby knew what to do. She stood in front of her nearly unconscious sister and said in a high pitched and childish voice, "You can't hurt me or my sister, for I am a silver eyed warrior and I will kill you if you do,"
And so, one by one, the Grimm around her started to kneel and lower their heads. Pointing to one of the Beowolves, she spoke once more, "Take me and my sister home please," and so the Beowolf carefully nudged Yang and Ruby back into the little cart and tugged them to the edge of the forest before running off with Ruby calling out a tired, "Thank you" before falling asleep with her sister.
Little did they know; a dusty old crow had been watching this ordeal transpire from a high tree branch. He had been about to interfere when he saw Ruby command the Grimm and thought to himself 'like mother, like daughter, still, how did she know how to do that? Summer…'
Two years later, Ruby could finally read. She raced upstairs to her room and pulled the letter from her mother out from her skirt and started to read. After three hours, she had finally finished deciphering the letter in its squiggly handwriting. There were still many things she did not understand about the letter, but now she knew this; one day, she would be the only one able to save the world from the dwelling darkness, and when that evil arises, it will not expect her to be ready.
'Well then,' she thought, 'we'll just have to see about that, won't we?'