From the dusty archives of 'The Weather Prophet' I found some old stories that you all might remember from your childhood. Or do you remember them the way this story was written? Well you'll soon find out as you read 'Tsubasa: Grimm Chronicles'.

A long time ago in a village there was a girl named Sakura but everyone called her 'Red Riding Hood' because of the bright red hood she always wore wherever she went. One day she was told to visit her grandfather whom lived deep in the woods and give him a basket of treats.

As Sakura wandered through the forest with the treats in a basket she soon came across a wolf with brown eyes whom muttered "Good day little Red,"

"Good day Wolf," the sweet girl replied as she waved and went on her way

Little did young Sakura know that the wolf was a sly creature who had been cursed by a witch when the wolf was a boy with a selfish and violent nature so when she left the wolf followed her hoping to feast on the treats in her basket and maybe Little Red Riding Hood as well.

As Sakura wandered through the woods she came across a blind beggar woman asking for money. Many would ignore the beggar and try to sneak past her but Sakura reached into her hood's pocket and pulled out three shillings and gave them to the beggar woman who thanked her kindly. The wolf noticed this and once he saw it he thought differently about devouring her but he still wanted to feast on the sweet treats in her basket so he continued following her.

Later 'Little Red Riding Hood' came across a leper child who was begging for food. Now in this day and age people would avoid all lepers believing that the reason they were impure was due to deals with demonic beings. However Sakura took pity on the young leper and reached into the basket and pulled out the two muffins her mother had baked for her should she get hungry on her journey.

The leper thanked Sakura as he took both muffins gratefully and devoured them both and went on his way after thanking Red Riding Hood a second time. The Wolf, who had still been watching her, began to feel a deep feeling in his heart for Red Riding Hood but his empty stomach soon reminded him why he was really following Sakura in the first place and continued to follow her.

Soon Sakura began to move towards a bridge that she had crossed regularly during her travels to her grandfather's however unknown to her the bridge had become a place for a troll who delighted in devouring those who tried to pass without paying the toll of three pennies. The wolf had remembered this as Sakura began to cross the bridge as the large hideous troll appeared out from under the bridge and asked for the toll. Young Sakura refused saying she gave her money to a beggar woman in the woods but the troll didn't care as he reached out to grab Red Riding Hood and devour her only to be stopped by the brown eyed wolf who bit the troll on his wrist causing him to scream in pain.

"Run little Red!" shouted the Wolf as he snarled at the troll

Sakura nodded and ran across the bridge and when the troll tried to grab her, the Wolf jumped on the behemoth's back and bit down on its neck causing it to roar in pain as it tried to throw the Wolf off as it stumbled closer and closer to the bridge's edge until it finally succeeded but fell off the bridge into the river down below.

The Wolf then noticed that Red Riding Hood had ran deep into the woods and thought about following her but then realized where she was going so the Wolf ran off past Red Riding Hood and made his way to Sakura's Grandfather's house. Once he was there he knocked on the door but their was no reply so the wolf opened the door being as quiet as possible only to find the house empty for unknown to him or Red Riding Hood that her grandfather a wise man named Fai had left to visit a friend of his in the woods.

The wolf looked around the house and then looked in the mirror and realized that his curse had become half-way cured he was no longer a snarling dog creature but a half-human half-wolf creature. His body had become human-like allowing him to stand on his hind legs, he had hands though they were still hairy and had claws, his tail also remained though now hung limp at his backside and his face had the slight appearance of a human but still had large fangs, large ears and a large wolf-like nose.

The Wolf ignored this and disguised himself in Fai's clothing and lied in the bed pretending to be Sakura's grandfather as she opened the door and asked "Grandfather? Are you ill?"

"Yes, please come closer my child," replied the Wolf

"Oh Grandfather, what big ears you have," Sakura said as she began to walk towards the bed

"The better to hear you with my dear," the wolf said

"Grandfather what big hands you have," Sakura said as she neared the bed

"The better to h-hug you with my sweet," the Wolf said though he stuttered at the mention of hugging the sweet girl

"Grandfather what big teeth you have," Sakura replied nervously

"The better to eat you with!" replied the wolf as he jumped out of the bed landing on his hind legs

Sakura screamed as the wolf came closer to her but when he was finally close enough… he couldn't do it. The girl had been so kind to others he could bear the thought of eating her or anything in her basket and made his way to the door which was knocked down by the troll from the bridge who had followed them hoping to devour them both.

Nearby Sakura's grandfather Fai and his friend a woodsman named Kurogane were walking towards his house with loads of wood until they heard the troll's roar fill the woods along with the scream of 'Red Riding Hood'. The two dropped the wood they were carrying and Kurogane grabbed hold of his ax and ran towards the house where they saw the Wolf attacking the troll while protecting Sakura.

The woodsman Kurogane attacked the troll with his Ax while Fai picked up the timid girl and carried her inside until the troll had grabbed hold the wolf and devoured him. It was then that Sakura pleaded for the woodsman to save the Wolf from the troll and Kurogane agreed as he used his ax to cut open the troll's stomach causing it to fall down dead as the Wolf crawled out of the trolls stomach still dressed in the old man's clothing but no longer a wolf nor a monster in between but a human once again.

"Wolf?" questioned Sakura "Is that you?"

"I was once a boy cursed by a witch to turn into a wolf because of my selfish and horrible nature but now the curse appears to have been lifted… why?" stated the boy

"It was your heart. You have changed young beast when you tried to save my granddaughter," stated Fai

"Why did you want to save her anyway?" questioned the woodsman Kurogane

The Wolf explained his reasoning behind his protecting of Sakura and when he reached the end Sakura asked "What is your name then? So I may know the one who saved me."

"My name is Syaoran," replied the boy

Afterwards Syaoran, Sakura, Fai and Kuroagane feasted on the treats in Red Riding Hood's basket and when it was time for Sakura to return home Syaoran asked if he could escort her there. She agreed and took the boy's hand in her hand and they walked towards Sakura's home together.

They would make many trips to Sakura's grandfather's house and when he died shortly after Syaoran and Sakura's marriage they lived together in his house and lived happily ever after.

So what do you think of the first chapter of my Tsubasa tales of the brothers Grimm? Their will be more stories to come with my little twist on them so I hope you enjoy them all

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