Hello! here is the final part of Family Tradition. It's way longer than most chapters, since this is my way of saying thank you and to make up for Wednesday's late update :) so enjoy and see you again soon!

They feed the fire as the moon raised and the sun faded away.

"I think it's time" Bad Wolf announced taking a seat next to Red, in his wolf form.

All the girls were toasting marshmallows and having a good laugh until they listen closely.

"What is going to be tonight's story?" Ramona asked eagerly.

"Tell us about your school years!" Cerise asked excited.

"Very well, we can do that" Red took Wolf's paw in her hands "Things were very different fro us when we were students. No one had ever dared to object their destinies...not publicly at least"

"So you really are the first Rebels, ever after?" Darling asked in awe.

"Well yes, but not in Headmaster Grimm's fairy book" Red said "lucky for us, he thinks Raven is the first off script student"

"Yeah, imagine if he knew" Ramona huffed.

"But...you both signed" Darling pointed confused "how could you go off script if you had already signed?"

Red blushed as her name's sake "I...did something I am not very proud of, but it was necessary"

"What?" she asked expectant.

"I was the one that...switched the books"

Even Cerise didn't know those details, she choked on her marshmallow trying to recover from the impression "It was you?"

"Yes, like I said it wasn't the fairy thing to do, but it was the right one, we needed the chance to decide our ever afters"

"So...many of the past generation signed on the fake book?" Darling asked

"I did the switch at almost the end of our studies, when we decided it was our time to take the pen and ink in our own hands"

"How did you managed to do that?" Ramona asked amused.

"Well I had a little help from my roommate"

"I can't believe you got bunked with her" Ramona shook her head at the thought.

"Wh- who was your roommate?" Darling ventured to ask

"Well..." she gazed at her husband who nodded "the...Evil Queen"

"Raven's mom?!" Darling exclaimed "She was your roommate?"

"Yes, we shared the same room for years, she kept the secret, we hid the book in our secret compartment"

"Until someone found it" Ramona added

"Wow, I never knew all that, my parents rarely ever talk about their school years"

"In all honestly, in the past... the Evil Queen and I were actually...friends. I know it's weird and a very dangerous thing to say, but nevertheless it's true"

"What changed?"

"Well...she did" she shrugged "at first destiny was just a thing to accomplish, but she got a great lust for power and her destiny didn't fulfill her desires any more, she wanted all the kingdoms" she exhaled "After graduation we never spoke again and a couple of years ago when she tried that awful thing in Wonderland well...I knew she was gone forever after" she shook her head trying to keep the thought away "I am really impressed you girls managed to take her back t the mirror"

"Very brave indeed" Wolf said winking an eye "you even got the chance to save this old canine" the sisters chuckled at this.

"And so, the person that helped the first Rebels turned out to be the mother of the most famous Rebel ever" Red finished her tale.

"And was it worth it?" Darling inquired "all the trouble, the secrecy, the danger?"

"For love, it always is" she gazed into her husband's eyes.

"Tell us again how you fell in love" Cerise pleaded.

Red chuckled so did Bad Wolf "Alright, but only because our guest haven't heard that story hundred's of times like you girls have"

"We were at the very end of the school year, the only assignment we had at the time was to play and practice our parts in the tale" Bad Wolf said "so we often found ourselves spending lot of time together"

"And every time he tried to chase me away of my path, I wanted the more to stay there with him"

"She was brave, determined, independent"

"He was carrying, kind and bold"

"She wouldn't allow any student to look down on her"

"He wouldn't let any other villain get near me, he would always protect me, using the excuse that I was his hero to molest, but he never actually opposed me, not once"

"If I skipped a class, she would ask if I was alright. She even brought me lunch once to the practice field after a training session" he laughed.

"Granny used to say the way to a man's heart was his stomach"

"She was right" he nudged his head against her forehead "and slowly but surely, we both knew we were in love with each other. And that there was no way on earth we would follow our destinies"

"Not if it meant we couldn't be together"

"So romantic" Darling mumbled to herself.

"And that's when we decided we wouldn't let anyone tear us apart"

"But, what is what your classmates thought?"

"Well...most people assume I got married to the Huntsman"

"As if in Hunter was your brother?!" Darling asked Cerise.

She shrunk her shoulders "We did grew up together as kids, he lives on the other side of the valley so people never asked questions. Huntsman is like an uncle to me, and a good friend of the family"

"That's right, and they all assume I married a Beta in the pack" Wolf concluded "so that's how we could keep our story a secret and have a family"

"And a firstborn with ears meant they had to keep the appearances, so I went with dad showing his legacy was still very much alive" Ramona said "And when lil' hood here was born with exact same traits, they decided she should be the Ridding heir to calm all suspicion of lacking heritage" she pulled the hood exposing her ears to tease "so I try not to show my human side, which is easy most of the times and Cerise tries not to scratch behind her ears in public" she passed her finger through her hair making her ear twitch in an adorable way.

Cerise blushed and pushed her hand away "And so that is the Bad Wolf -Hood family tradition"

"Up to today, yes" Red said "And I wouldn't change a thing"

Darling thought it over, but have they ever considered the predilection their daughter's were in? They were enemies and sisters at the same time. And perhaps they did avoided their own destinies by not following exactly as it was written, but could Cerise and Ramona be that lucky?

So they kept on telling anecdotes through the night, eating and laughing and sharing old memories and new adventures. Truth being, Darling loved it, it was at wee hours that the parents went inside the house.

"Ok, girls, you can stay outside if you want, but don't stay up too late, I expect to see you all tomorrow for another jog"

"Dad, you are forgetting the closure!" Ramona said.

"How could I forget?" he smirked gazing at the moon taking a deep breath and then howled loudly. Ramona and Cerise followed while Red rolled her eyes laying a hand on Darling's shoulder.

"They do it every year, I am really glad we don't have close by neighbors"

Darling chuckled watching the whole Wolf family salut the big bright full moon.

Once they were done their laughs was all their head.

"Good night girls" he hugged them both.

"Night"

Red gave them some covers and they laid next to the fire while the adults walked inside the cottage. They gazed at the stars.

"That one, right?" Cerise pointed and Darling nodded.

"That's the one" she affirmed, that was her star.

"Did you had a name for it?"

"No" Darling lied a bit embarrased.

Cerise couldn't help but to chuckle "Very well then"

Ramona walked past them messing Cerise's hair "I don't mean to be the Bad Wolf in this story, but you should sleep now, tomorrow we have an early start"

"Ow, again?" they complained

"Sorry, but break it's almost over, we have to make the most of it, so try rest, ok?" she turned her back "good night" she stretched cuddling like a pup.

Cerise held the smile at the sight of her sister and turned to face Darling "You liked it? the whole experience?"

"Not even at my home I felt so...welcome" she drove her hands behind her neck still observing the little sparkly dots in the sky.

"Well, that's what family is supposed to make you feel like"

"I guess I will have to keep trying"

"You know that if you ever need help..."

"I know, Cerise. Thank you" she turned to face her as well "And thank you for inviting me, I really have loved it, I can't recall when it was the last time I had this much fun at a break. It makes me sad it's almost over"

"You know, there is always next year"

Darling blushed "Do you really think...?"

"Why not?, you took part of the family tradition, I would say your initiation is over"

"I passed?"

She raised an eyebrow giving her a skeptic look, like if the question was foolish "I would say so"

Darling smiled embarrassed "Great" she mumbled.

"Welcome to the Bad Wolf-Hood tradition that just got a bit more Charming than it already was"

Darling giggled "It's good to be in it" she exhaled in a mixture of trendiness and relief.

Cerise yawned covering her mouth with a hand moving her ears back "I think I am going to sleep too"

"Good idea" Darling praised cuddling deeper in her sleeping bag. No howls were heard, no tears were shred... it was just the silence of night after the greatness of the day.

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