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Red arrived at her grandmother's house. She knocked at the door. "Grandma! Grandma!?" Her grandmother owned a nice wooden house in the woods.

Her Grandma then opened the door. There was a sweet lady with wispy hair. Her age was etched on her face, she seemed tired and worried but her face lit up when she saw Red.

"Oh! Red you're here. You're just in time for lunch. I've made some sandwiches." Red quickly stepped inside and closed the door, locking it.

Her grandmother looked at her anxiously because it was unusual of Red to step inside without hugging her at least first.

"Granny! A Wolf was following me!" Red looked pleadingly at her, desperate for help and scared.

Grandma stopped in her tracks toward the kitchen and turned to look at Red.

"A Wolf?!" repeated her grandmother surprised. Her grandmother then started laughing. "Oh Red that's preposterous. God you had me worried."

"Granny! It was a demon Wolf!" Red insisted "He was my age had wolf ears and a swishy tail, his shoulders were broad and wide and his hair was a dark blue!"

Red's Grandmother looked at Red, her face showed concern. "Red you probably just met a handsome boy." She said "Wolf demons have become extinct since I was a young girl."

Her grandmother was thrown out of the village since she was accused of things like witchcraft and collaborating with demons. They were just rumors but then a girl died and her grandmother was accused. Her grandfather managed to save her by convincing the villagers to sentence her to exile.

Her grandmother glanced out and noticed it was getting late. "You should go out with him. Hurry up or some other girl will take her. Thank you for the apples, take one and hurry on back before it gets dark." She handed Red some sandwiches. "Tell your mother I say thanks! I'll see you tomorrow!" She waved goodbye.

Red walked back into the forest, confused. –She's never sent me home like that before….usually she tries to keep me for as long as she can. Well whatever I'd better get going before it gets dark.-

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"Huff! Huff!" Red was sprinting and panting. "G-go away!" She hurried through the woods, running past trees and branches.

She turned to see a demon fox chasing her. "Come back here you look delicious! You can't go very far anyways you weak human." It snickered. Red could see it licking its razor sharp teeth. The demon fox seemed pleased with itself that it had found food.

"P-please!" tears began to form at the edge of Red's eyes as she began feeling more and more threatened. She kept panting as she sprinted; her chest starting to hurt with each breath. She was running out of energy. She dashed through the trees looking around desperately for any kind of help or any kind of way to escape.

"H-help! Slice! Anyone! Please! Please stop!" Red yelled in terror as she kept running. She let out a shriek of terror as the fox sunk its teeth into her arm.

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Far away in the trees, the Wolf was relaxing in the trees. His ears twitched slightly at the sound of activity.

-Sounds like the fox demons are at it again.- He lazily turned to look in the direction the sound was coming from. The fox demons were well known for hunting humans. They loved the taste of human flesh and enjoyed licking the blood of humans.

The Wolfs eyes widened in surprised as he got the glimpse of a red riding hood fleeing through the woods and heard her shriek in a way that only a frightened and cornered animal would. He quickly got up and dashed in that direction.

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*crunch*

Red crouched in terror as she saw the fox withdraw its fangs from the tree. He had lunged for her, but missed since Red's knees gave out causing her to slip onto the ground. She whimpered and shivered in fear as the demons foxs eyes met hers. It licked its lips that still had some of her blood on them. The fox demon put its hands on her chin and began opening its mouth, getting ready to eat her.

*crunch* the fox turned towards that direction, taking in a whiff at the air. He gave a sigh as he recognized the scent.

"Impisi." The demon fox muttered and glared, growling toward that direction. Red whimpered and attempted to back away from the demon fox. "Have you come to watch or take my prey?" the demon fox said quietly

-No, tell me there isn't anymore. If there's more foxes I won't be able to escape.- thought Red horrified as her eyes could only look on in fear at her attacker.

*Thud*

Red was shaking in horror as another demon tackled the demon fox. The other demon was tall with broad shoulders; he walked over to Red and picked her up. Red stayed as still as she could. Her hand was bleeding where the fox had bitten her. The figure glanced at her wound and then glared at the fox..

"Didn't your mother teach you not to take what isn't yours. Not to mention not to pick on those weaker than you? " He leaned down to lick her wounds and she simply whimpered in pain.

The demon fox angrily stood up. "Impisi, that village girl is my meal! Stop treating to her wounds!"

The figure laughed mockingly at him. "Keep your hands off her, you touch her and I'll kill you. Don't you dare ever frighten her again." He then walked away carrying Red.

Red wouldn't meet his eyes; she was full of fear, she struggled to breathe properly. He ripped off some of his clothes and tied it to her wound. "There that should stop the bleeding." He said

-He's nice…- she looked at him with wide eyes confused –but demons aren't nice…-

Her eyes drifted toward the shadow of a tail. Its fur was rough and dark.

-Is that not the Wolfs tail that I saw before?- Unthinkingly she reached out and grabbed it.

"!" The figure stopped. "Can you not-" His tail twitched.

Red glanced at his face, still grabbing his tail. He wasn't looking at her but his ears were twitching. He seemed embarrassed.

"Oh!" she quickly let go of his tail. "I-I'm sorry!" she blushed and tried to look away but was impressed by the ears. –but he really is a wolf demon…..grandma said they don't exist anymore…-

Red put her hands together, stroking them to calm herself down, she kept looking at his tail and ears. Silence grew between them only broken by the crunch of the leaves as he walked.

-I feel like I just found something forbidden…..i thought all demons were bad. He can't really be a wolf demon.- she thought trying to convince herself

"I'm sorry but-" she started saying

"?"

-Is she going to ask me to put her down? Or why I rescued her? Or maybe her wound hurts—

"Can I feel your ears!?" she asked a she held up her hands, already reaching for them.

The wolf stopped walking.

-She wants to feel my ears?- he thought confused. "You don't want to know why-?"

"I honestly don't think you're going to eat me," she replied, quietly feeling his ears. "You wouldn't carry me this gently if you were and I really want to know if you're a wolf demon or not."

She stroked his ears gently, tugging on them slightly. They seemed very much like wolf ears to her.

"H-Hey!" He put his hands over hers. "Stop pulling my ears! I am a wolf demon now stop!"

"Who are you?" she asked. "I've never seen a demon save a human. They told me that all the wolf demons were dead!" She looked at him demanding for an answer.

The wolf kept on walking. "They call me Impisi which is another name for Wolf. I don't know what happened to the my clan, all I know is that…" He paused and began growling

"the humans betrayed us." He said

"I see." She stole a glance at his face. He seemed confused.

"Ummm." she fumbled around with her basket and took out the sandwiches and an apple. "You can have these as a thank you for helping me, and in case you're hungry and my blood is tempting you." She offered them to him feeling grateful to him.

He put her down gently and took them quietly, surprised. It was the first time he was ever offered anything.

"I'm not a vampire!" he said as he looked at her. "Thanks anyways." He took a bite into the sandwich, they were near the village. Red looked at him concerned, if she stayed any longer it would be dark and she sure didn't want to take a chance on knowing whether other demons where kind or not.

"I have to go."

-Does she really have to?- he wondered, hoping she'd stay for awhile more. "Fine but I'll be here waiting for you."

"Eh?! Why! Please don't enter the village, they'll try to kill you."

He looked away. "Just because I want to make sure that your wound heals." He said gruffly

-because I want to see you again.-

"….sure …. Thank you for everything." She thanked him, looking at him a bit unsure

She waved at him and hurried along into the village.