Chapter 2.
The portal created by the Magic Hat opens in the Enchanted Forest. Rick and Derek arrive in the Enchanted Forest safely. The portal closes leaving the Magic Hat on the ground.
"Welcome to the Enchanted Forest. I haven't seen this place for decades." Derek said.
"I wasn't even here for three days according to my Mom. We left shortly after I was born." Rick replied.
"What now begs the question. Is how do we trace your father." Derek pointed out.
"I may not know as skilled or as adept with my werewolf abilities like you. But I'm pretty sure. A werewolf can use their enhanced sense of smell to track people. This belonged to my Dad." Rick says as he pulls out a small leather band with a crescent moon sewn in.
"A leather band a symbol of the pack your father belonged too," Derek spoke.
"Belonged too." Rick replied confused as to why Derek said 'belonged' instead of 'belongs'.
"Traditionally every pack has something to wear or a tattoo/birthmark a band. That's a symbol to watch pack they originate or belong too. And when a werewolf is exiled from the pack they take off their band, cover their tattoo or burn their birthmark off." Derek explained to Rick.
"Well, I have none of the three. So, I guess I don't belong to a pack." Rick says.
"Every wolf belongs to a pack you just have to find yours," Derek said.
"My Mom doesn't belong to a pack maybe I take after her," Rick responds.
"Depends on your definition of a pack," Derek spoke.
"Time to start sniffing," Rick says before lifting the band close to his nose. Rick sniffs the band.
Just as Rick starts to sniff the band over in a small cave. Lies a woman in her seventies. In the cave, the woman has a cauldron along with a small worn out wooden table where a spellbook lies and a few ingredients as well as a crystal ball. The old woman has short grey wild hair and green eyes. Behind the woman is a man the same age as Red. The man is well built, green eyes and dark brown hair and has a large scar on his left cheek.
"Have you been able to find them yet?" The man asks.
"No, not yet Xander," The woman answered.
"You should be trying harder," Xander complained in frustration.
"Whatever realm, she left for its hard to look into." The woman replies.
"If I knew where she went I would have found a way to follow her," Xander says.
"You really care about Red Riding Hood don't you." The woman said.
"I care about her bloodline and what it represents to the Werewolves," Xander replied.
"If you say so," The old woman whispered under breath.
"Just try and find her. The child too they can't remain hidden." Xander ordered. The old woman nods as she walks over to her crystal ball. The old woman waves a hand over the crystal ball. A purple mist formed in the crystal ball but fades quickly to reveal Rick and Derek who haven't left their destination in the Enchanted Forest, where the Magic Hat sent them.
"Red had a boy," Xander said.
"Quite handsome young boy." The old woman commented.
"He's has a fellow werewolf with him. The band he has it belongs to my pack." Xander points out.
"But Red is nowhere to be seen." The old woman says.
"Is it safe to assume that if Red's child is here. And you can't sense Red that's she is dead right?" Xander asks.
"I haven't been able to find him until now. So, she could still be at wherever he's just coming from." The old woman tells Xander.
"What sane parent would let their child cross into to another realm without them. She has to be dead and this is perfect orphan cub alone and confused." Xander chuckled.
"He has an adult with him, someone, that he seems to trust." The old woman points out.
"Not for long I need you to charm the band to lead them into a trap where I can kill off his fellow wolf and swoop in be his hero. And build a trust for what I need him for." Xander instructs before leaving.
"Fine." The old woman says.
End of chapter 2.
