Ehhhhhh yay second chappie :D My first review kind had me sad since it apparently said it was too cliche -thanks to a translator friend of mine- but i think that guy was an /rude word/ and he/she needs to read on or whatever.

Redwyn

"Red, hurry up! The coronation for our new Queen is starting soon and we cannot be late!" My mother shouted from downstairs. I laughed as I put on a red ribbon in my hair.

"Coming mother!" I called out in my sing-song voice and skipped down the stairs. My mother looked at me as I emerged and smiled, "There's my little girl! C'mon, we have to hurry!"

We walked hand in hand on the way to the new castle; my mother told me that our new Queen didn't like the old castle so she burned it and rebuilt it in a day! I thought that this Queen might be a fast worker but my mother shook her head, saying that she would explain it to me when I was older.

I'm thirteen, that's old enough! The other people in my village were all wearing their nicest clothes, although the main theme that seemed to be around was red. Everyone had at least one red item, like me and my ribbon!

As we reached the castle, there was already a large crowed. My mother hoisted me up and pointed to a large balcony high up in the main tower. "That's where the Queen will emerge after receiving the crown properly." That last word seemed to have rolled off her tongue because her eyes widened and she covered her mouth.

"Properly?"

"Hush, Red my dear, the cermony is starting." My mother said. I peered and saw why everyone was wearing something red; the new Queen was drapped in a red cloak.

She had this smile on that I could immediately see was fake. But her eyes were sparkling, as if she had been crying? I frowned, why would she be crying? Was she happy to be Queen?

"-And so my citizens, on the anniversary of my son's death, I am now crowned your Queen!"

The crowed cheered. So that's why. My mother clapped and smiled. Every other adult had this plastic smile on their faces and some even hollered. I remembered that there was a "revolution" a few months before and they nominated her to be Queen. But I thought everyone loved her. Isn't that how you become Queen?

As my mother and I walked back, I looked at the wooden walls seperating us from the Dark forest. My mother told me scary things about that forest but all I wanted to do was see it for myself. Until a year ago, we were free to roam the forest.

Mother won't tell me what had happened.

I looked at the tall pine trees, expecting to see another crow but instead, I saw a figure that looked like a boy. He couldn't have been that much older than me. He stood on a branch, one arm around the trunk to support himself. I tugged at my mother's sleeve without looking away.

"Mom, there's a boy in the woods!" She looked down at me and smiled.

"There aren't any boy's in the forest, Redwyn, you're just imagining things."

I looked up at her and pouted. "There is!" I pointed to the tree, "He's right... there." He was gone. My mouth hung open and I stuttered. "B-but he was right there! I swear, mom!"

My mother laughed and ruffled my short blonde hair, "See, you were imagining him."

"Red! Hurry up, you have to make that delivery to your grandmother!" my mother called from downstairs. I sighed and got off my bed, grabbing my red cloak.

Ever since I turned sixteen, the gates to the Dark forest had been reopened for travel into the neighbouring kingdom. Something made the Red Queen change her mind about the gates.

As I reached downstairs, I combed my long hair and threw it behind me as I put my cloak on. I got my red cloak on my fifteenth birthday by my grandmother. When I first wore it, the local huntsman had laughed and called me the "Little Red Riding Hood". It had irked me then and now that he added "little" to my title. Then, the cloak had been too long, reaching the floor but now it rested comfortably by my ankles.

I tied the ribbon around my neck and left my hood around my shoulders, the front parts of my hair that were shoulder length barely scraping the hood. My mother was frantically sorting out the food in a small basket.

"Ok, my Little Red Riding Hood, take this basket, keep on the path designed for the next kingdom, don't wander off track and please, be safe!" my mother sighed, kissing my forehead.

I pouted playfully, "I told you to just call me Red Riding Hood! I'm not little anymore."

"You'll always be little to me." She sighed and ushered me out. I walked and waved to the neighbours and smiled at the gaurds and they saluted me out.

Will

Four years stuck as half an animal really does get to a person. I still had my commoner outfit on, although they were stolen over the years. It consisted of a plain white shirt and black vest with brown pants. I also stole some brown boots.

Three years the new Queen, dubbed the "Red Queen", has ruled my kingdom after killing my father and for what? Because her son had died.

I hung my head and the memory. It was accident. It's not like I wanted my bestfriend to die. I stuck my arms behind my head as I walked through the Dark forest -aka, my home- until I picked up an unsual scent.

Thanks to that Sorceress, I also got a wolf's nose in disguise with my human one. The scent wasn't a guardsman or a trader, this scent smelled . . . sweet. It smelled like the best thing in the world.

Intruiged, I followed the scent.

It took me about half an hour to track the scent to a newly paved road. I growled slightly at the new man-made product, my wolf senses angry at how the Queen destroyed a part of the forest floor.

I looked down the path and saw a flurry of red and growled, remembering the curse. I hid behind a bush and planned an execution plan. If it was that Sorceress, I'm going take every chance I can to take her down before she kills me.

I got into a pounce position and my ears perke up as they heard whistling. Whistling? I peeked over the bush and saw that it was a young girl instead. Her head was covered by her hood and she was holding a basket. As she passed me, I stood up and hid behind a tree. If she heard me, I wasn't sure.

I didn't have a hold on the whole "stealth" thing other wolves had. I took a wary step toward her and stepped on a twig. I winced and paused. The girl stopped walking but didn't turn. I held my breath, she started walking again.

I followed her for while, keeping my distance from her. I think she knew something was following her because she was unusually stiff. My ears picked up another sound from afar; scuffling and growling. But these growls weren't like wolves or any fox. It was something new.

Out of the bushes jumped a snowy mountain lion. It seemed to cackle as it pounced on the girl. The young girl dropped her basket, screamed and was knocked to the floor by the cougar.

I was on all fours and charging at the cougar, growling myself. The cougar held the girl by her hood while she was struggling. I bashed into the side of the cougar, causing it to drop the girl.

It and I wrestled; I bit it's neck and it gnawed and my ankles. We both were howling in our different "languages" and I could tell he was losing. I headbutted him in his nose and the cougar whimpered, backing away from me.

Redwyn

I was dropped from the mountain lion and caught my breath. I scrambled to my basket and looked through it, scouring for the knife. Once I found it, turned to the cougar and found it's paw caressing it's nose in pain. I squinted questionably at it and held my knife in front of me.

"Go away, cat, leave me alone. I have a knife!" I saided quickly, watching the cougar. It looked at me and rolled it's eyes. Wait, what?

"You're a stupid little human aren't you? A small knife like that can't hurt me." It sneered. My mouth fell open and my arms faltered.

"Y-you can talk!" It was more of a statement than a question, "Animals don't talk! I mean- what?" I let my bangs fall on my forehead as I stared confused at the cougar.

"Maybe your Red Queen isn't as amazing as she seems." What? What does the Red Queen have to do with this? I opened my mouth to ask this but the cougar had already scampered into the forest.

I let my arms fall to my sides as I stared at the paved road. I turned around to pick up my basket and food that I had thrown looking for my knife. I counted the fruits and pastry and realised that an apple was missing.

"This your's?" A voice came from behind. I turned around and screamed.

There was a boy. Well, he wasn't a boy, he had wolf ears and I think a tail, but he also had human features. He winced and his wolf ears folded down to his head.

"Sorry, if I scared you, but this apple is your's, right?" he seemed to be almost shy, backing away into the shadows after my scream. I tried to compose myself and nodded. He came out slowly and I put on a smile.

This wolf-boy thing had black hair and ears but his tail seemed to be a dark brown. He also had these striking, intense blue eyes that captured my breath away, being as vast as the ocean herself. He seem to wince at me observing him. He sretched an arm out and I noticed he had long fingernails- claws.

He seemed to be cautious of me, eyeing me everywhere. I slowly reached out and took the apple from him. My finger brushed his palm and I could feel him stiffen. I put the apple back in the basket and brushed my bangs out of my eyes.

"Thanks," He nodded and turned, walking away with his hands in his pockets. He seemed to slink away back to the darkness as I turned away. I continued walking along the path, although I was quite wary of the forest since the attack.

"Redwyn, dear! Oh do come in, I've missed you!" My grandmother said, her wrinkled face crinkling into a smile. She rushed around and cleared away her sowing and knitting equipment and sat down.

I smiled and placed the basket down on the table, "I've mised you too grandmother!" I took out the context of the basket and placed them on everal plates. "I love the cloack you made me, grandmother."

She laughed and waved her hand, "It was no probem my dear, red does suit you doesn't it?" she winked at me.

We talked for a few hours and soon she began her knitting. I was sitting near a window and stared out into the village. The village in this kingdom seemed so much more... happier. The Red Queen had several rumours surrounding her but my mother never let me hear them.

"Honey, would you please pass me the black yarn?" I got up and rummaged through the cupboard of yarn and pulled out a charcoal black one. It reminded me of that guy.

I passed it to her and kneeled beside her rocking chair. "Grandma, on the way here, I met somebody." she looked at me and I continued, "Well, he was more of an "it", he was- he was really a boy though..." Mmy eyebrows creased as I began to talk to myself. Gandmother laughed and took hold of my hands.

"Take a dep breath then say what you need to say, dear."

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, suddenly seeing that boy-wolf thing in my minds eye. I bit my lip and exhaled, looking at my Grandmother. "I saw this boy who was also a wolf."

She stood straight up and had this unreadable expression. She walked to her dresser and opened a drawer, revealing piles of paper. She held them and then at me, I could see he was trying to control herself. "Grandmother?" she let go of them and closeed her drawer, smiling at me.

"Dear, I think your mother will be getting worried about you. I look forward to your next visit!" She hugged me and I stared at her dumbfoundedly. What just happened to her? I looked at her warily but didn't say anything. She waved me off with that crinkled smile of hers. I waved back and walked through the village.

This village was a lot more loose than ours. It seemed that everyone was happy with each other, even the Royal family in this kingdom seemed to be much more friendly and open. The Red Queen locks herself in the castle and doesn't come out. Some people had said she's a witch and she casted spells and brewed potions using the Royal house as an excuse for ingridients. I knew it was a bunch of nonsense but when the people who talked about it dissapeared, the talks stopped.

My village now had this weird uncomfortable happiness about it, as if we were trying to fool ourselves that we were happy. I was back on the path and felt a presence. I couldn't see who it was but I could tell that it was that boy.

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