The Red Riding Hood Sisters

In the woods in the middle of the night, a little girl was running being chase by a pack of wolves. She was nearly out of breath and sadly luck wasn't on her side. She hit a dead end. She turned around and saw the 2 wolves that were after her and grew very much afraid. Then out of nowhere a small dagger came out of nowhere and hit one of the wolves. On top of the cliff, a woman with a red hood was watching them and then she leaped into the air and with her other dagger struck the other wolf dead. The little girl was still afraid of what she saw though. Then the woman in red went to her. "Little girl, are you alright? I am Teresa, leader of the Red Riding Hood Sisters. You don't have to be afraid anymore." The child smiled and nodded but then gasp as she saw something or someone struck Teresa in the back. Her last words were, "Run…" Then she went to the ground dead.

The child once again grew sacred and looked at the woman who killed Teresa. It was a tall woman dressed in black, with glowing red eyes, hair shaped as ears, and her hands and feet were of wolf paws. "Not even the hooded sister can stop the Wolf Queen. When the full moon shines brightly against the cold empty night. Legions of my wolves shall rise consuming your land in eternal darkness." Behind the woman was more wolves including a Big Bad behind her. Is it the REAL Big Bad Wolf? Who knows.

Prologue

It's been a few months since the Dark Piper, but there was no such thing as a day off when you have one case after another. Charlotte was watching Red Riding Hood made by Catherine Hardwicke on her DVD player. Yeah it was a bad movie but at least they got the werewolf right in comparison to Twilight and got the original story right here and there if you ask Grimm. But now movie time is over. There was a knock on the door and when she looked up it was Edger Caine. First time the head of Blue Tea comes down. Charlotte looked up. "First time for everything right?" she asked.

Edger said, "Guess so. Got a case for you and they're asking for you."

Charlotte got her new head set. This time it looked more like sunglasses. It's now spyglasses with camera and with a mic and ear-duds near the pad arm of the glasses. If you need a visual look it up on Amazon and you'll see what I mean. She got them on her birthday. "Who's my co-worker this time?" she asked. Also since the watch was destroyed, her co-workers are currently working on a better one that won't be destroyed easily.

Edgar said, "2 who are experts in forest and of the night life. Slenderman and Miss Jekyll."

"I can understand Slenderman but why Miss Jekyll? She and her counterpart are more into profiling and typing." said Charlotte.

Edger said, "Because while one knows the forest, the other will teach you not to judge someone by their appearance. You're 17 and out of the closet. Though you have experience, you still have a lot to learn about the world other then magic." He gave her the package. "Now go. You're expected at your destination in a few days." Charlotte nodded and ran out of the office as soon as she can.

Intro

3 days later, Charlotte arrived in the Vosges Mountains in Eastern France. She was in a small carriage being pulled be a horse. She opened the package, opened the book and played the recorder. "Welcome to the Vosges Mountains Detective. 3 days ago, local authorities rescued a missing girl hiding in this area. She reported that wolves covered in dark mist roamed the forest. More surprisingly , a woman with glowing red eyes seemed to control the beasts. Your mission is to find this mysterious figure and stop the wolves. Go seek out the fabled order of the Red Riding Hood Sister to assist you-they've protected this region for centuries." Charlotte put down the book and got a round sphere in her hand. It was blue and it had a crescent moon. "I've given you a powerful Moonstone…this relic is vital to your investigation. Good luck detective." Then the recorder finished.

Charlotte put down the stone and looked at her book again when she heard howling. She looked around but when she looked to her right, a wolf came and knocked her and the carriage off of the path and down the cliff. "Crap!" Then everything went black.

She woke up and saw her carriage was trashed and the lanterns on the trees were lit up. "The sky looks darker then before. I wonder how long I've been out." She put on her glasses and turned on the ear duds, camera, and mic. "Charlotte Boddy checking in. Can you…3 hear me?"

"Slenderman checking in."

"Miss Jekyll checking in."

"Mrs. Hyde here too. Looks like you took a glorious fall Char."

Charlotte asked jokingly, "Disappointed I'm not dead yet? I can already imagining you dancing on my grave."

"If I did we would've died by the nanos and I'm sure Jekyll wouldn't like that." said Hyde.

Jekyll said, "For not shut it and lets get to work."

Charlotte got up from the ground and dusted off the dirt from her clothes. "Can't agree more. Do you know these woods Slender?"

Slender replied, "Sorry, I only know the ones I'm assigned to. This is all new to me."

"Great." She picked up the moonstone and got a machete from the carriage. "Still sharp. VERY good." She turned left from the wreckage, and saw a red-hood arrowed to a tree, a small work desk and saw a wolf on the cliff looking at her. The wolf saw her gaze and walked away. "A ferocious wolf guards the cliff! I better tread carefully in this valley." She saw something glow in the sand near the cliff wall. She picked up a sharp stone and moved the sand to reveal a slot with a glowing scorpion. Then she saw some sparkles next to the abandon work desk, and found pieces to a misty orb. She put them together and went back to the crash site and put the orb on the statue. Once it broke into pieces, Charlotte used the machete to cut the vines and go through.

Chapter 1

At the crossroads, Charlotte saw a mist wolf on the road that leads to a lake. It charged her, but then an arrow came out of nowhere and it struck the wolf. She turned to the other road and saw a girl with boyish blond hair wearing a red hood and on her right arm was a small crossbow. The crossbow might be small but it packs a powerful punch. The wolf recovered and it charged at the girl. The girl got her knife out and the fought. When it was over, the girl was slumped against a tree holding her left arm and the wolf was dead and the body disappears. Charlotte ran to the girl making sure she was all right. She was panting and was getting sick. "Help me find a moon flower herb nearby, Detective, to stop the poisoning."

Charlotte said, "I will, just hang on." she said. She to the lake and saw something misty walking on water. "Did you guys see that?"

Slender said, "I zoomed in on the picture. It must be the Wolf Queen you're looking for."

Jekyll said, "But the Big Bad she's riding is small not full grown."

Charlotte asked, "So that wolf isn't the real Big Bad?"

Hyde said, "Not even close. From what the records showed about the Mist Wolves, the REAL Big Bad was more like a walking talking werewolf, something close to the wolf in the Van Helsing movie with Wolverine as Van. This one looks more like a second in command or maybe a grown pup."

Charlotte said, "So now I have more then one enemy if I see the Big Bad." Once the image went away, she saw sparkles at a broken fireplace. There she put together the pieces to the Red Riding Hood Figurine. Once it was put together, she saw a sign to a castle but looked forward and there's no castle. "Was there a castle here once?"

Slender said, "There was one a long time ago, but as far as the records show, it disappeared under mysterious circumstances."

Charlotte asked, "Any survivors?"

Jekyll said, "Only 2, but the youngest has a rep for lying too much."

Hyde said, "Not much to go from those 2 since all it seems like the had no idea what happened. So you're going this mystery be ear. That's why we added a new feature to the parable files in your journal."

Charlotte opened the back section of the journal and saw 5 files but instead of slots for amulets like with the Snow Queen, the file covers looked like unfinished pictures missing 4 pieces each. "Nice upgrade." On the sign, she saw a wolf figurine and used the sharp stone to free it. Then she went back to the crossroad and took the path on the left. There she saw the entrance to a temple or shrine, a statue of Snow White's son, and a puzzle at the tree roots near the entrance of the temple. On the floor of the temple, there was a yin yang symbol but was missing 2 important parts and found a green marble eye on the ground. Then she went to the statue of the snow prince and found her first parable for the first file. It was flat and it was in a shape of a grandma. Then s he went to the roots and played the puzzle. First she had to find all 4 moons, then complete the pattern on a small boat where 3 sisters with bow and arrows, and then guide the puzzle wolves to their deaths. Once it was done, the plate filled with water emptied and she found a silver moon.

Charlotte took it and continued her way inside a hollowed tree. There she found a fang, a pickaxe, and a long twig on a door inside the tree. Then Charlotte walked back and sued the long twig to get a vile from a smaller hallow tree. That's when she saw that the red riding hood sister was getting sicker. She had to hurry. She went back to the lake and used the pickaxe to bust open the fallen stone structure under the sign. Once it was opened, she found a gold moon and hurried back to the hallow tree. She out the moons on the door and the hallow tree light up. The lights hit a flower bud and it bloomed to the herb she needs. She filled the vile with the nectar and hurried back to the ill sister. After she drank it, she felt much better and her wounds healed. She stood up and said, "Thank you, Detective! I am Ruth. I know you are seeking the help of the Red Riding Sisters." She gave Charlotte a key. "Take this special key and meet me at the hallowed tree." Charlotte took it. "I have something to show you."

Then Ruth walked off. Charlotte asked, "Anything on Ruth?"

Hyde said, "All I got is that she's an orphan. All of the Red Riding Hood sisters are orphans."

Jekyll said, "Yet they fight like we see on Robin Hood or Zorro."

Slender said, "Just with out the horse."

Charlotte made her way back to the hallowed tree and saw a platform with a small house on it. Ruth must of gotten it to work and made it go down. Inside the small house, it was a bedroom. The grandmother was already in bed and there were 2 slots for 2 figurines. She put the wolf one in place, which was closer to the bed, and then put Red's in her spot, which was near the door. Very clear what happened to granny. Then the door opened for the key to go in, but before she could, she saw spackles at the area where there were stray hiking gear was. 'I wonder who's doing these pieces. The first time was Sleepy Beauty, the second time was Ivy, and the third time probably another ghost I didn't get to see. Wonder who or what is doing it this time.' she thought. At the area, she put together the pieces to the bronze eagle.

Then both Ruth and Charlotte got on the platform and used to key to go up the tree. Ruth said, "At the top of this hallowed tree is our hideout. The sisterhood has been training here for generations, protecting the forest from evils such as the Mist Wolves. I've been scouting the forest for the last few days. It is wonderful to finally come back home." When they reached the top of the tree, the home base was ransacked and nearly destroyed. "Oh no! Our hideout has been attacked!" Yelled Ruth. "I'll go look in the observatory. Detective, search the hideout for clues." Then she ran off.

Charlotte looked around the area. On the main platform on top of the tree was a statue of the very first Red Riding Hood sister, and above the state, carved in the tree was the crest and their motto. The sign on the statue says, 'Isabella, the first Red Ridding Hood.' Charlotte asked, "Any record on Isabella?"

Jekyll said, "All I got is that she knew Snow White. You won't find out more until you open the parable file."

Hyde said, "Can't spoil everything you know. There's not fun when it comes to surprises."

Slender said, "Even though Hyde is talking about murder, she does have a point. You have to find out for yourself."

Charlotte said, "Had a feeling you were going to say that." She walked up to the crest, luckily it wasn't too high for Charlotte and the description under the emblem says, 'To Train, to Protect, and to Honor.' Then she found a new parable piece for one of her files. She got it and put it in place. She took the bridge on the right and saw a mall waterfall, a headstone with a wolf's head on it, and a locked door. One the headstone, Charlotte found another parable for the first file. This time it was in a shape of a wolf. Then she saw sparkles on a pale of stone figures in the middle of the small lake of the waterfall and went to it. There she put the pieces of the Hunter Statue Head together and saw it was missing 2 eyes. "This explains the green gem."

Then she walked up the staircase and saw a building to a meeting hall, and an unfinished statue. There was also a memorial grave for Isabella's grandmother. First she paid her respects, like she did for the 4 fallen princesses, then she got the 3rd parable for the first file, which looked like a little girl, and then found some silver wings on top of a stone wreath and took them. As she walked down the stairs, she saw an orb handing on a branch. She took it just incase. Once back at the door near the waterfall, she put the bronze eagle and the silver wings on the door and it opened.

When Charlotte went inside, it was basically a weapons/training room. Wasn't very big, but it basic and simple for the girls. Charlotte asked, "Do we have a training room?"

Slender said, "We used too, but then we went overboard with the training and now it's just a meeting room."

Jekyll said, "A minor reason why some of us has nanos."

Hyde said, "Got so bad the roof nearly fell apart. Good thing we made it earthquake proof now."

Charlotte said, "That's explains why it was closed cause of instillation issues." She moved a target wolf on wheels and found a clock face. Once it was in her bag, she went to the weapon cabinet and found a handle for something, but it was for the wolf stone head. Once that was in her bag, she went to the display and saw a puzzle. The puzzle was match each weapon to the correct user. There were 3 girls, and 6 weapons. From left to right: bow and arrow, a pair of claws similar to Wolverine, and a sword and shield. Once the cover was gone, there was another puzzle, a match memory puzzle. What surprises Charlotte is that the list on the left was actually the ranking on some of the girls. From top to bottom: Teresa, Elda, Ruth, Jessica, and Rose. Next to their names were symbols of their ranks too. Teresa was blue crown; Elda's was shield green; Ruth was gold; Jessica silver; and Rose bronze. Pretty simple to keep track on who is advancing and which isn't. Once the last puzzle was solved, she got the statue body.

Since her bag was getting heavy, she went back up the stairs to the broken statue, and but the 2 pieces on place but saved the eyes for last since Charlotte hasn't found the other eye yet. Then the door opened and she went inside. In the room, there was a strategy table, bookshelves of books, and a mirror on top of the wall with a face on it. She walked up to it and saw it clear as day. It was a young woman with blonde hair, a braided crown and handing from the braid was a line of jewel that rested on her forehead. "Detective, I am the Truth Mirror." said the figure. "I was bestowed to Isabella, the first Red Riding Hood sister, for saving Snow White's son from a vicious wolf attack. An hour ago, Mist Wolves entered through a hidden portal and overwhelmed the sisters. The wolves are commanded by the fearsome Wolf Queen. She has taken the sisters into the fabled Mist Kingdom where they await their doom. There is a way to stop the Wolf Queen, but you cannot do it without help – talk to Ruth. You must venture into the Mist Kingdom and save the sisters." Then she went away into the mirror.

Charlotte took a breath. "This is going to be a tuff one."

Slender says, "I have a feeling you're going to say that on all your cases." Charlotte rolled her eyes.

Hyde said, "So far I like the Wolf Queen. A bit nutty but not a bad villain."

Jekyll said, "Of course you'll relate to her, you're my evil half."

Charlotte said, "For the time being, I'm turning the ear piece part off. I don't want a headache." And she did. On the bulletin board, there was a slot that had a picture of 2 girls looking at each other. She didn't have that piece yet, but she did found some clock hands. Then she found a polished arrow and found the second fang for the wolf head in the weapons room. She made it back outside and went down airs and stopped at the wolf headstone and used the handle so the mouth opened and she got a ravenwood stick, a rare wood in mountains of Eastern France. Once inside the training room, she put the 2 fangs on the wolf head and a model of a wolf appeared on small platform with a spotlight. She walked up to the model and found a red riding hood parable and a elegant sword.

Then she made back to the statue at the entrance area and used the lock face and the clock hands on a box next to it and it opened. Inside were a cabinet key and a small hammer. Then she went to the observatory gate door and out the 2 weapons on the door and then she went inside the observatory.

Chapter 2

Inside the observatory, there were 2 walls of books, 2 portraits; one of the moon goddess, and the other a recorder of the moon fazes of the area, and in the center of the room was Ruth, and something glowing in the center of a circle. Ruth says, "Detective the only way we can save the sisters is to venture into the Mist Kingdom. The Kingdom will only appear, beyond the lake, on the night with a full moon. With your Moonstone, this ancient device can trigger one such night. Find the magical orbs need to complete this device, Detective. I'll wait for you. It is also seas that when all seven Moonstones are joined, the world will fall into eternal darkness. The Mist Wolves would then run rampant if this were to happen."

Charlotte walked up to the device and played the moonstone in the center. "Keep and eye on it until I get the pieces." Ruth nodded. Then Charlotte found the sister medallion on rails and then went to the orbit portrait. She found a new parable for a new file labeled the Moon Goddess and in the center of the portrait, was a red marble eye. She soon left for the training room and used the key in the cabinet and got a crescent plate. It has 3 holes for orbs and she only has one at the moment. As she walked out, she saw sparkles at the base of the waterfall but before she walked to it, she saw a shadow on the waterfall in the shape of the Wolf Queen. Once it went away Charlotte got chills. She turned on her headset and can still hear the argument. "Guess I'm on my own." She turned the ear-buds off but left the camera for records sake. She saw sparkles at the base of the waterfall and put together the pieces of a water orb.

Then Charlotte went up the stairs and finally put the hunter's statue together and put the eyes on the statues and a story puzzle appear. 'The hunter attacked the wolf and saved Isabella, the original Red Riding Hood.' After she found the right combination, she heard more. 'He built a secret hideout high up in the trees, where he trained the orphaned Isabella.' After she solved that section, she heard the final part. 'Isabella trained other orphaned girls to be adept fighters just like her. They became the Red Riding Hood Sisters.'

As a reward, she got a miniature castle. Then Charlotte went back to the meeting room and put the sister medallion on the hole frame and a compartment opened and it revealed a record book, an anchor, and the last parable shaped as a hunter. Once that last piece was in place the file opened and now she can read it. The First Red Riding Hood Sister: A long, long time ago, a young girl named Isabella set off for the forest to visit her grandma. Wearing her favorite red riding hood while humming a happy tune, she skipped down the forest path. As she entered her grandma's house, a wolf suddenly sprang out, slaying her grandmother. Shocked, she tried to escape, only to find that the wolf was too fast for her. As death loomed over Isabella, a hunter miraculously appeared, defeating the wolf and saving the girl's life. Feeling pity for Isabella, who had just lost the last of her family, the hunter adopted her. Desiring to become stronger to prevent future tragedies, Isabella asked the hunter for training. She soon became a skillful and powerful warrior and spent many happy days patrolling with the hunter. Years passed, until one day, the hunter was slain by a pack of voracious wolves. Devastated, Isabella vowed to carry the hunter's legacy, to keep the forest safe and to protect the weak from harm.

After she red it she saw sparkles on the meeting table. There, Charlotte found and put together the pieces of a fire orb. Then she went the training room, and put the miniature castle on the slot, like the wolf, and a castle appear. There she found a wind orb and a new parable of the Mist Kingdom. Then she went to the observatory, put the crescent place in place, and the fire, water, wind, and earth orb. Then the orbs light up, then a beam of light came from them and it hit the moonstone. Then time fast-forward and a full moon appeared and the Mist Kingdom appears from the lake including a bridge made of wooden branches. Ruth said, "Detective, the Mist Kingdom is a very dangerous place. It is said that those who venture into the palace are never seen again." She handed Charlotte a red riding hood robe. Charlotte took it. "Take this Red Riding Hood robe with you. Its magical properties will prevent the Mist Wolves from picking up your sent. Good luck, Detective!"

Charlotte put the hood on and tries again with the headset. There was still arguing. She turned it off again and got her moonstone back. As she walked outside she saw the statue of Isabella rise a bit and in the secret compartment, she found a skull and a telescope base. Then she left the hideout, cross the misty lake and arrived at the misty entrance. There she saw wagons being pulled by the mist wolves. Inside the wagons were the Red Riding Hood sisters tied up and were being brought to the castle. On top of one of the towers, Charlotte saw the Wolf Queen smirking at her and then turned away. "I wonder who's the Wolf Queen is?" she said to herself. She found a telescope stand on the ground and there was a box nearby. She opened it and inside was a goddess bracelet and a parable for the Red Riding Hood Sisters parable. One more to go. Then she went to a lion statue and used the hammer to break it open. Once it was smashed opened, she got an emerald gem. Then she felt eyes staring at her. She looked at the shadow at a locked gate and the shadow went away.

She walked up to the drawbridge and saw the moat was made of acid. "Acid?" Then she found a loose town hall emblem, and a gate key hanging near the acid. Luckily it was high enough for her to get it. Then Charlotte saw sparkles on a skeleton guard, just hoping it isn't a real dead body. There she found a put together the royal crown. Then she went to the gate where the shadow-man was and used the gate key to unlock it. Charlotte arrived at the town square and saw more dead bodies. "How long was this kingdom under water?" She tried the headset again and there was still arguing. Finally she had enough and yelled, "IF YOU 3 KINDLY GIVE ME TO SOMEONE ELSE, I CAN ACTUALLY GET SOME WORK DONE!"

She heard some noise and then heard a familiar voice. "Having trouble love?" It was Rebecca.

Charlotte let out a breath of relief. "Never thought I hear a kind voice under those 3."

Rebecca said, "Well when my girlfriend is in trouble, I had to step in. Right now your uncle is having a nice long talk with the 3. So what can I do for you?"

Charlotte asked, "Are there records of the Red Riding Hood Sisters?"

She heard some typing and Rebecca said, "Only the basic info. No names or anything."

"How about the Mist Kingdom?" asked Charlotte.

Rebecca said, "Other then it appear only at the full moon, that it was once ruled by a greedy king, but the rest of the info is in the parable files you have."

Charlotte said, "Alright. Stay online with me please. Need a comforting voice in this dark night." She found a Aquarius vase, found a sturdy flask, and then walked up the stairs on one of the buildings and saw a strange puzzle. She managed to solve it and when it opened the room was actually the town hall. On a display case she found a ruby gem, and on a box near the desk was a parable for the Fallen Sister file, and a diary entry. It was about someone looking for someone. Not very detailed but it was something. Then she saw sparkles at a workstation desk. There Charlotte put together the pieces of a large gear-set.

Then Charlotte went back to the moat and with a chain near by and dipped the flask and got some sulfuric acid. She went back to the town square and used it on the door that was under the newly opened one. Inside, it was a constructor's house. On the table there was a dead body and a note. "Suddenly black mist materialized. Wolves sprang out. Screams ran out. We sit and await our deaths." She sighs. "This guy was jut waiting to die."

"He must of known what was going to happened." said Rebecca.

"But how did they get here in the first place?" asked Charlotte. She saw a bust of the king and put the royal crown, the emerald gem and the ruby gem on the best and a small map and a lever appeared. It was to access something but it wasn't the drawbridge. She pulled the lever and heard it lowered. But just before she left she saw sparkles at a workbench. There she found and put together a harp. Charlotte went back to the castle gate and a mechanism arises. It wasn't there before. On the mechanism was a heart stone. Charlotte walked back to the constructor's house and put the heart on a book cover. It unlocked and inside was a fallian decryption key. "Can you translate it?" she asked.

She heard typing and a few scanning and then Rebecca said, "Got nothing. It possible a dead language or something."

Charlotte walked out and saw lights and the door was opened from the town hall above. She walked up and when she walked in, she was nearly attacked. Luckily she flashed the red cape she had. Luckily the an stopped. He had brown hair and a goatee and his clothes were brown hunting gear with one shoulder armor. "Wait! You're wearing a Red Riding Hood robe, yet you are not a sister."

"I'm not! I'm Detective Charlotte from Dark Parables." she said.

The man said, "I am Raphael, Master Hunter of the Fallian Lineage. I've seen the evil Wolf Queen take the sister down into the palace."

Charlotte asked, "Why are you here?"

"I am here to search for my long lost friend, Eldra." he said. "She was once a sister too…but has been lost in this wretched world and has never been seen since. I will do what I can to assist you, Detective."

Charlotte asked, "You said you were a Fallian?"

"I'm one of the lat survivors of the Fallian Lineage, generations of fathers and sons bound to protect the Mist Kingdom's rulers." he replied.

"What do you know of the Wolf Queen?" Charlotte asked.

"The Wolf Queen is a formidable foe. Not only is she a master in combat and magic, but she also lurks in the shadows using her shape-shifting ability." he replied.

Charlotte said, "Then she can be anyone." She got out the decryption key. "I found this and no one on my team can translate it."

Raphael got hold of it and looked at it. "Meet me at the palace entrance. I can help you decrypt the ancient tablet." He left quickly and Charlotte looked around seeing if she needs something in that room.

Charlotte asked, "What do you know of Raphael?"

Rebecca said, "All that I have is that he worked with a group but when the haste went bad, he left to find Elda. What about from both of them is that they both grew up in the same orphanage when both post their parents."

Charlotte said, "Thanks." Then she went to the gate and saw Raphael there. "A Fallian cipher. Here, it is solved now." And indeed his did. Charlotte put in the large gearset in place and the drawbridge lowered so the 2 can get across.

Chapter 3

As they walked across the bridge Raphael said, "To think my forefather once defended this palace centuries ago now it's nothing more then a living tomb!" Charlotte remained silent. "However I've tracked Eldra's sent. She may have been captured and locked up in the palace all this time." He pointed to an underground dungeon that was glowing green. "Make haste Detective, and find the other sisters. I'll join you later." Then he left.

Charlotte walked forward to the garden and saw 2 doors. One lead to the castle, the other to a ballroom. She went to the mermaid statue, in the middle of the garden, and it was holding a shell chest. She put the anchor on the chest and when it opened and inside was a stone-fish. She walked back to the hall between the bridge and the garden and saw 6 angels without instruments and 2 pedestals without 1 animal each. On one of them, it was missing said fish and when she put it in place it opened and she found a halo, the kind you find at a costume store though this one was made out of golden metal.

She went to the dungeon gate and there was a statue on top of it and was missing 2 pieces and she has them. She put the halo on the statue head and the vase in its hands and it opened. Charlotte walked down and it was a dungeon but also a torture chamber. She ran to the sisters. "Are you all alright?" They didn't answer cause they were still weakened. "I'll get you out. Ruth is safe back at the hideout and Raphael is here too. Haven't seen him yet but he'll show up." She found a glue bottle nearby and then she saw sparkles at a dead skeletal body. 'Who is sending these pieces?' she thought. There she put together the pieces of a small deer plate.

Then Charlotte walked out and she was surrounded by black mist. Then the mist went into the castle. "What was that strange, ominous black mist? I hope it's not some ill omen."

Rebecca said, "Just be careful. This Wolf Queen is more dangerous then Andreas and Abigail."

Charlotte said, "Will do." She walked up to the door and there was a fancy lock. It was an animal lock. The first one was a wolf, and the second one was bare. That's where the deer lock came into place. Once she unlocked the door using the disk, she went inside and arrived in the grand hall. It was surrounded by treasure, gold, jewel, nearly everything. But what caught her eye is that on the top of the main stairs was a mist wolf. It was guarding it, but it wasn't attacking Charlotte. She saw a stone flute for one of the angels on displace and slowly walked to it and took it. Then she saw sparkles near the same staircase, there a pile of treasure was, and slowly walked to it. At the same time, the wolf was watching her and growling at her. Once she was at the destination, she saw the pieces of prison keys and put them together. There was also a picture of a king and judging from the style of the picture, it was before the current state of the castle, before the mist wolf incident.

As Charlotte walked out, she saw something different at the prison gate. "The greenery is moving. Did someone enter the prison?"

She walked down and saw Raphael. "Detective, I can help you unlock the cell door with the right keys."

"Luckily for you, my 6th sense provided some." said Charlotte.

She gave Raphael the key and he freed the sisters. "Quick, we need to get out of this palace at once."

The leader, Jessica, the tallest and the only one with brown hair in a high ponytail, walked out and said, "We cannot, as my sisters are weakened from their capture. Leaving through the palace gate will draw too much attention, and the Mist Wolves will track us." She turned to Charlotte. "Detective, there is another way to leave the palace – through a magical portal. It is the same portal that the Wolf Queen ambushed us. We will now use it to escape." Then she pulled out a vial of red substance. "Take this relic, the Dragon Blood with you. See what use you can find while we sisters wait here."

Raphael said, "Very well then. I'll go ahead and see what I can do." Then he left.

Chapter 4

After Raphael left, Charlotte saw a parable on the ground in the cell. She took it and once it's in place, a new file opened. The Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters: One day, while on patrol, Red Riding Hood saved a young girl from a pack of ferocious wolves. The girl had no family, so Red Riding Hood adopted her and trained her to become a hunter like herself. Thus the tradition began where Red Riding Hood found and trained orphaned young girls, deep in their hideout in the forest. Donning red capes in honor of their mentor, the girls patrolled the forest and defeating evil such as Mist Wolves. Eventually, they became known as the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters. Throughout the centuries, the Order has continued to thrive, with experienced girls training younger ones to fight, and an Elder Sister who is elected to oversee the running of the Order.

"So that's where the Order came from." said Charlotte. In the same cell, she found an arrow and it was the perfect weapon for the wolf in the palace. All that was needed was a bow. Then she saw sparkles near the dead body again. "This is getting old. Why does it have to be at a dead body?" There she found and put together the pieces of a stone rabbit.

Then she left the prison and went to the grand hall and saw Raphael hiding from the mist wolf. She walked to him and he said, "Find me a poisonous arrow so I can get rid of the Mist Wolf."

Charlotte nodded and slowly left. She went back to the bridge hallway and put eh second stone animals in place and got the ballroom key. Once back in the garden, she used to key to unlock the gate to the ballroom. Inside the ballroom was a dozen dead bodies but all but one were skeletons. One was hidden behind a curtain and when she removed it, it was Teresa. "This must be the Elder Sister Teresa. She likely succumbed to the Wolf Queen's poisonous attack." She found a Fallen Sister parable, a portal orb, and instructions. To open a portal, which leads to the forest near the Sisters' hideout, the ingredients needed are: Dragon Blood, Portal Orb, Moonlight, and the Mist Fountain.

She said, "Got a request for an added feature on my glasses."

Rebecca asked, "What is it?"

"You know on movies glasses can scan things or take pictures and view them in the lends?" asked Charlotte.

"I'll put it in the suggestion box." said Rebecca.

On one of the walls in the ballroom, Charlotte found a scorpion plate with the same design as the glowing slot near the crash sight. Once in her bag, she walked to the center pedestal and inside it was a white gemstone. Getting a flashback of the moon temple, she took it. Then Charlotte saw sparkles on a table of food. There she found and put together a snake statue. Charlotte ran back into the prison and against a wall was a fountain. She put in place the statue and the skull and poison started to pour from the snake's mouth. She dipped the arrow in the pool and rushed back to the grand hall. She gave the arrow to Raphael and he shot the wolf. Once it was dead and gone, he said, "I'm going to find Eldra." Then he left.

Charlotte walked up the staircase and was now in a hallway. On one end of the hallway there was a pink magical barrier and on the other side was what it seemed like another dead body and a portal to something. But what really caught her eye was that over a bedroom door was a wolf head with glowing green eyes. "Well that's new." said Charlotte. "Do you have the blueprints of the mist kingdom castle?"

Rebecca did some typing. "Nothing. Seems like all records that we don't have, have been destroyed somehow."

"Great." muttered Charlotte. She found a telescope connector and on a small chest against the wall, was a mirror and a Mist Kingdom parable. Only 2 more for that file. She used the glue she found and fixed the mirror. She walked about to the grand hall and luckily, since there was a hole in the ceiling, it hit a suit of armor. A perfect way to open a portal. In the room, there was a fountain and in the pool, she put the portal orb on a small stand, pout the dragon blood on it, and on top was a small pink portal. not enough to get through. So Charlotte placed on the armor and aimed the light to the small portal and it grew bigger. "Jackpot!"

Just then all the sisters arrived in the room and saw the portal. Without saying a word, everyone walked through the portal. As everyone collected themselves, they heard a voice. "Wait for us!" Everyone turned to the portal and it was Raphael holding someone. It was Elda. She was in Red Riding Hood garb and had long black hair in a messing geisha style. Close the portal now!" Once the portal was gone, Eldra woke up.

Chapter 5

Thanks to Charlotte's friends, she knows medical attention. "Are you all right Elda?"

Eldra said, "I was captured and tortured by the Wolf Queen. Her power is great and her ambition limitless." As Charlotte checked out Eldra, there wasn't a mark on her. Charlotte remained silent.

Raphael said, "We must find a way to stop the Wolf Queen, or out world will be overrun by wolves!"

Ruth said, "There is a Moon Shrine hidden deep within the forest. Find it, Detective, as it may be our only clue to defeating the Wolf Queen."

Charlotte said, "Then it must be the Moon Goddess that's sending me the items."

Raphael asked, "Pardon?"

"Where I'm from, everyone is either transformed into a famous fiction character, or in my families case, born with a special power. I have 2. One I got from my grandfather, seeing into the past, when it works, and the other one is finding broken objects when I see sparkles." said Charlotte. "The first one was spirit of Sleeping Beauty though she was still asleep, the second one was the Frog Prince's first dead wife, then a ballerina ghost, still figuring out the one at the Snow White's palace, and the ghost of the real Pied Piper in Hamlet."

Ruth asked, "Then you faced danger like this before?"

"Some worst for wear." said Charlotte. "One demon made me stop breathing when it went through me after I played her music." Charlotte left the party and went to valley near the crash area. She placed the scorpion plate on the pink glowing plate, and when it opened, she found a black gemstone, and the Moon Goddess parable. Then she saw sparkles at the hut and there she found and put together the pieces of a telescope. She made her way back to the bridge to the castle and already a wolf was there waiting. But as soon as the wolf saw her, it walked away. "Wonder why it didn't attack me."

On the stand near the bridge, Charlotte put together the telescope base, the stand, the connector, and then the scope itself. Once it was together a compartment opened on the stand and there was a crystal shining star. "Wow." Then she saw sparkles at the stone fireplace again. There she found and put together an angel figurine. Once she made it back to the grove, there was sparkles at the statue of Snow White's son. There she found and put together the church key. Then, once at the shrine door, she put the 2 gems on the yin-yang, and put the star on the door slot. The door opened and Charlotte, Eldra, Ruth, Jessica, Raphael, and most of the sisters that were strong enough, entered.

Chapter 6

In the Moon Shrine there was a statue of the Moon Goddess but it was completely different then from Charlotte's vision when she read Hansel's diary. In that version, she looked like a princess with an Arabian, somewhat, top but a hoop-dress ball grown. The statue makes her look like an angel. Guess she can change her appearance. Ruth said, "Only our Elder Sister, Teresa, was allowed access to the Moon Shrine."

Charlotte said, "Explains why it was a pain to open this place."

Eldra said, "Within this shrine is a powerful relic known as the Moon Essence. It has the power to destroy the Moonstones, returning our world back to normal."

Charlotte asked, "Is this the only one she has?"

Ruth said, "Yeah. Why?"

"I read a diary entry from the first Golden Child, that he gave the Moon Essence to an imp to save his sister." said Charlotte. "Somehow she either got it back, or someone got it for her."

Eldra said, "Some secrets are best kept hidden."

"Yeah but in the end it always bites us in the ass." said Charlotte. On one of the display windows, particularly the one that has a ram, she found a Moon Goddess parable and a horn. Then she saw something behind some ivy in the alcove. There she found a crystal bell. Luckily it was light for it's size. Then her 6th sense told her to go back to the hollowed tree. There she saw sparkles at the gear like before. There she found and put together the pieces of a glowing mushroom. Then she felt her tracker going into HQ. So she went up the tree and made her way to the waterfall. She out the bell on a hanger and rang it. The waterfall opened and there was a small scepter for the statue. Then she went into the meeting room and saw sparkles on table. What's where she found and put together the tablet for the statue.

Quickly Charlotte ran back to the forest and saw a pedestal for the shroud. Once in place a compartment opened and there was the statue necklace. Then back in the shrine, she put the tablet on the goddess relief and a medallion popped out. Then she went back to the meeting room in the hideout and put it on a special chest. There she found the crown and the final Moon Goddess parable. The Moon Goddess: Once upon a time, men worked under the punishing heat of the sun every day, returning home at night, completely drained. Moved by the mortals' plight, the Moon Goddess created seven Moonstones. Each Moonstone held the power to lengthen the night for a short period of time. The Goddess descended from the heavens to bestow the Moonstones on select individuals. Grateful for these generous gifts, the people built a shrine to honor the Moon Goddess. Before she returned to her lunar abode, the Goddess left this warning: 'If all seven of the Moonstones are joined together, your world will be forever trapped in the night of the full moon'.

Charlotte said, "Wow. It wasn't her fault of the people who would try to use the stones for evil. She just gave them to the people cause of their work load and extra time to sleep." She held the one she got in her hand. "It's like I'm holding a ticking time bomb."

She made her way back to the shrine and out the bracelet on the statue forearm, the scepter in hand, the necklace around the neck, and the tiara and on the head. A chest opened and inside was the moon essence. She took it but it disappeared from her hand. She turned to Eldra and her grey eyes turned red as she had the Moon Essence. When with a wave of her hand, Eldra revealed the truth. Eldra IS the Wolf Queen! "The Moon Essence! With it I can bind the Moonstones and entomb this world in darkness forever."

Raphael couldn't believe what he just saw. "I trusted you!"

Ruth got her weapon out. "You will pay for your treachery!" She ran at the Wolf Queen but a Big Bad struck her and Ruth was out cold on the floor.

Wolf Queen pointed to all of them. "Slay them all."

But then someone walked into view. She had long blonde hair, in Red Riding Hood garb, and had a staff, a familiar staff. "That won't be happening." she said. She turned to Charlotte. "Detective, in your prior investigation, you and 2 others saved me from cursed eternal slumber. I'm here to repay the favor." Then she asked, "Do you remember? I'm briar Rose."

Charlotte smiled and pumped her fist. "Finally a Sleeping Beauty that can kick ass."

Wolf Queen thought of this as a joke. "An awoken maiden. So what can you possibly do to stop me?" She pointed again. "Attack her!" All the wolves charged Rose, but she slammed her staff to the ground and thorn vines appear from the ground and attack the wolves that were charging her. The vines made an attempted to attack Wolf Queen, but she easily blocked it with a magical shield. Then Big Bad got Ruth on it's back as Wolf Queen said, "This isn't over. If you want to save Ruth alive, bring me the final Moonstone." Then she and all the wolves disappeared.

Chapter 7

Raphael said, "I can't believe Eldra betrayed me!"

Charlotte said, "This is what I mean by secrets coming back to bite us in the ass."

Rose said, "Find the legendary Centaur Bow. We need it to defeat the Wolf Queen."

Charlotte said, "This explains the roster puzzle I did earlier. How long have you joined?"

Rose said, "Around a year. It wasn't easy since he can turn to stone in the morning."

"Well you picked the right place. I'm guessing you've found the underground kingdom?" asked Charlotte.

"Yes. It was also around the time the Mayor found it. I'm really sorry about that. I tried and made sure I went alone." said Rose.

Charlotte said, "Don't worry about. I had my people make sure they made an offer he couldn't refuse so there won't be any tourist and only royals related to the family can go. It also extends to the Sisters if they want to."

Rose said, "Thank you."

Charlotte walked out of the shrine and saw sparkles at the statue again. There she found and put together piece of a small violin for the cupids. Then her 6th sense told her to go back to the kingdom and go to the constructor's house. "Rebecca, how's the argument going?"

Rebecca said, "Still going somewhat. Think it'll just be you and me for the rest of the way."

"Uncle is going to have a field day with the 3's punishment." said Charlotte. She made it back to the kingdom and into town to get to the constructor's house. There was sparkles at the workbench. There she found and put together a council scroll. Then she went to the top building into the town hall. There were more sparkles at the right pillar of the room. There she found and put together half of a Palace Emblem. Then she went to the castle gate and there was the same wolf from before. But this time the dog isn't budging. She examine the guard and there was a forging mallet. "Seriously who is sending me these pieces?"

Rebecca asked, "Could it be possible the queen of the castle? If there's a king there has to be a queen."

"And judging from the amount of gold in the palace, an unhappy one." said Charlotte. "For now we'll say the ghost of an unhappy queen unless otherwise." Then she went back to the town square, or the marketplace sort of speak. She used the key on the church door and inside shocked her. Inside the church was the 4 statues of the Frog Prince's wives. From left to right was: Snow White, Little Mermaid, Ivy, and Cinderella. Swan Princess was missing. "Rebecca are you seeing this?"

Rebecca replied, "I am but I don't get why you are shocked."

"There should be a file of pictures of the area of the underground kingdom of the Frog Prince. In a certain area there was a shrine to all 5 of his wives. All but one are here." said Charlotte.

After a while, Rebecca found the picture. "You're right it's eerie. Does that mean a Swan Princess was the queen of the Mist Kingdom though that might be a hypothesis."

"Maybe. We'll just put that as a side note until I actually solve a Swan Lake case." said Charlotte. "If only James was still alive to tell me about his wives. I was so stupid to kill him before I gotten any information."

Rebecca said, "But if you did, you would be going through the same thing as Booth and Bones, in Bones with the Hoover conspiracy."

Charlotte said, "True that." On the wall of the church next to a glass-stain window, was an owl emblem. Something told her to take and she did. Then she checked the piano organ and once Charlotte removed the piano cover and found a church scroll. Then she checked another dead body, probably the priest or a deacon and in his hand was a base to music box and when Charlotte put the angel in place, she found an imbuing potion. Then she smirked. "Times like this I love the character Jack Hodgins."

Rebecca asked, "Why?"

Charlotte ran to the town hall. "Since time began there are always secrets when it comes to people in power." She put the scrolls on a work desk and a compartment opened. "Who can't say that Mist Kingdom did the same." There she found some unicorn hair. Then she went back to the church and inside was an anvil. She combined the ravenwood, unicorn hair, imbuing potion and using the forging mallet she created the centaur bow. "Now all I need are arrows. But…" As she pulled the string and a magic arrow appeared. "Just like anime." She went to the castle gate and shot the mist wolf.

Chapter 8

As Charlotte walked through the tunnel of the bridge she saw wolf tracks appear on the road. "I need to track down the Wolf Queen." She walked inside the grand hall and saw sparkles at the area near the stairs again. There she found and put together a small cello for the angels. Then her 6th sense told her to go to the ballroom and when she arrived then saw sparkles at the table again. There she found a heretic shield. Then she went to the castle entrance near the drawbridge and put all 5 instruments. From left to right: violin, flute, cello, horn, and harp. That's when a compartment opened, under the statue of the king, and there was a Mist Kingdom parable and Eldra's mask.

Charlotte made it back to the castle and went to the hallway where the door was. She put the mask on the door and it opened. Inside was a bedroom of the queen and on the bed was the queen's body. "She must have been very unhappy. with his greed." Next to the body was a note from Eldra. She read, "I've defeated the Wolf King and gained the power of the Wolf Talisman. Now the Mist Wolves are mine to command. I wonder what Raphael would think of all this. Would he be proud of me?" Charlotte said, "She planned this for a while." On the dresser she found a skeleton comb, and a Fallen Sister parable. Then she went back to the bed and found a white rose. "It's nearly the same from Rose's castle back home."

Rebecca asked, "There was a black and a white rose there? Sounds like a throw back to black and white swan, symbolism that is."

Charlotte said, "Well it would've been obvious other then a missing statue and 2 roses. There has to be some connection somewhere. But just don't know what it is." On a chair nearby, she saw some sparkles and there were pieces of a wolf emblem. Then Charlotte quickly ran to the ballroom and on one of the statues there was holding a box and it had a slot of a comb. She put the skeleton comb on the box and when it opened it was the other piece of the palace emblem. Then she went back to the hallway where the barrier was and there was a slot on the wall that has the same shape as the palace emblem. Once she put it in place, there was a portrait of the king in heavy royal garb, a fancy throne even for him, a chest of treasure, and a person on his knees begging for help but the king denied help.

After that secret was revealed, though in royal standards it's nothing that is new, the barrier went away. Inside the throne room, there was a magic portal right above the throne, a door that leads to the treasure room missing a few keys, a picture of the king, the king himself dead on the steps to the throne, and a suit of armor but it was mismatched. The helmet wasn't matching the suit but it did somewhat matched the shield. It was called the Eagle Helmet. Once she took it, she walked through the portal.

Chapter 9

In that dimension, it was like a floating island in space, there was trees, flowers, and a gate with a skull lock and the road was floating rocks that look like stairs that lead all the way up to a room with 2 arches. And there was also a wardrobe guarded by 2 incomplete suit of armor. Rebecca said, "Wow. This place looks amazing."

Charlotte said, "Almost like something from a story book from Grimm." She found the black rose and quickly left to go back to the bedroom. She placed both roses on the vases on the dressier and a compartment opened. It was a tablet that has 2 hands doing down trying to grab a wolf that was howling at a fool moon. The prophecy said, "Whoever defeats the Wolf King shall take his place, ruling of the fabled land of endless darkness." In front of the tablet was a skeleton key. Charlotte took it since it matched the gate in the dimension. But then she saw sparkles at the chair near the bed. There she found and put together the pieces of the skull helmet.

Then she went back to the dimension and used the key on the gate. Once it was opened, Charlotte carefully walked up the steps. On the open throne room, Ruth was in a big magic birdcage, a set of pillars of treasures, and on the throne a dead animal. It was the Wolf King or as legends known as the Big Bad Wolf, the original one not like the ones that were with the Wolf Queen. The difference is, that he was built and looked like a werewolf other then his fur was deep purple. "The slain Wolf King still sits upon the throne, pierced by Eldra's arrow." said Charlotte. She walked closer to the body and gently lift up the head. "Well better a quick and painless death then what the books depicted Big Bad." She gently closed the eyes and gently lowered the head. "Don't count him as a villain Rebecca. The main target is Eldra."

Rebecca said, "Way ahead of you. Already DP's vet is making a small funeral for the Wolf King."

"Not surprised. She's a mega-animal lover." said Charlotte. "I juts hope this isn't the same one from the 3 little pigs story." In front of the throne was the duck sword for the armor. Then she saw sparkles at the pillars and found pieces and put together the Nightingale Emblem. Then she left the dimension and examine the door to the alcove. There was scenery of a night setting and it was missing 3 animals. She put the owl, the world, and the nightingale on the picture and the door opened. Inside was what Charlotte thought. It was a treasure room. "If he was a treasure hoard, this is considerably mild to say the least when you compared it to the TV show Hoarders. On the wall, she found the Holy Shield of the suit of armor. Once she took it, she saw sparkles at a pile of treasure. There she found and put together the pieces of the King's Key.

Once back to the throne room, she examined the king and he had a box, and a book. The book was just an information manual of the dimension and when she used the key on the box, she found the Gilded Wolf Head. But she also found the last Mist Kingdom Parable. The Mist Kingdom: Once, a beautiful and prosperous kingdom flourished in the misty valley. In the center of the kingdom was an opulent palace, built by a greedy king who enjoyed a decadent lifestyle. Unsatisfied with his hoards of wealth, the king spent his days hunting for more. One day, his scholars discovered a magical Talisman that could open a portal to a magical world full of unimaginable treasures. Blinded by greed, the king had the Talisman triggered, bridging the magical world to his own. Unknown to all, the realm was guarded by the Wolf Lord and his loyal wolf companions. When the portal opened, legions of wolves and black mist sprang forth, blanketing the land. The kingdom was dragged into the portal, disappearing forever from this world. Since then, on nights of the full moon, some people have caught glimpses of a palace lying in ruins in the valley. However, whoever dares venture into the lost Mist Kingdom is never seen alive again. Rebecca saw the passage. "This is why I don't trust monarchs…other then Prince Harry and Prince William." she said.

Charlotte said, "Same here. Have no idea if any royal in the past were great people. The only one comes to mind is maybe Julius Caesar be that topic alone is a double edge sword."

She walked back to the dimension and walked up to the wolf throne and put the gilded wolf head on the cage. Ruth got out. "Thank you for rescuing me, Detective."

Then Charlotte was surrounded by black smoke and when it went away, the moonstone was gone but what was worst that it was in the Wolf's Queen's hands. "At last, the final Moonstone is mine! Once I merge the seven stones with the Moon Essence, I will plunge the world into eternal darkness." Charlotte tried to shoot her with her new bow, but she got away before there was any damage.

Chapter 10

"Damn it!" yelled Charlotte. "I need to work on my archery." She turned to Ruth. "Ruth do me a favor, and get the rest of the sisters. We need all the help we can get."

Ruth said, "You got it!" Then she ran out of there.

Rebecca asked, "Eternal Darkness? Did she watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic? That's the same motive of the first villain."

Charlotte said, "That show is for kiddies…if you don't count grown men dressing up like them. And I doubt that the hideout has TV or else it would've been very obvious where the villains find them cause of the electrical wires." She signed off to stop further distraction. She saw sparkles at the pillars where the pedestals were and found and put together the pieces of the Dawn Sword. Now she has all the pieces of the armor. She went back to the 2 suits and she pt the eagle helmet, the hole shield, and the dawn sword on the yellow suit of armor, and then put the skull helmet, the heretic shield, and the dusk sword on the black knight and the doors opened. Once through the doors, she saw a pumpkin carriage, floating stairs to a crystal palace, and am alter but it was missing something. "The round symbols that the goddesses are holding seem to have vanished."

On the ground of the alter, she found her last parable. "This is it." The Fallen Sister: Some years ago, two childhood friends, Teresa and Eldra, were nominated to be the next Elder Sister in the Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters. Calm and reliable, Teresa was widely regarded to be the favorite for the position. Seeking to prove her superiority, Eldra ventured into the fabled Mist Kingdom and defeated the Wolf Lord. Her victory gained her the White Wolf Talisman, a powerful relic which amplifies the user's negative feelings and grants the user special magical powers and command over the Mist Wolves. Sensing its imminent destruction by Eldra, the Talisman struck, magnifying Eldra's ambitious feelings by a hundredfold and tempting her with its power. Corrupted by the Talisman, Eldra plotted to use the seven Moonstones to bring eternal night, bridge the Mist Kingdom to ours forever, unleash her Mist Wolves, and rule the world as the Wolf Queen.

Charlotte saw sparkles in the carriage. There she found and put together the pieces of a glass slipper. She ran back to the treasure room in the Mist Kingdom and saw a display. It was a foot. She put the slipper in place and a compartment opened. "The queen was either a Cinderella and a Swan Princess, or the King stole this for his hoard. I pray it's the latter." In the compartment there was a plate called the Fairy Tales Land Insignia. Once she took it, she saw sparkles at the alcove of the room and found the pieces of the Earth Land Insignia. Once that was put together, she went back the alter and once the plates were in place, a magical anvil appeared. She put her Centaur bow in place and it transformed into the Mist Bow.

Charlotte walked back to the Wolf Throne room and all of the sisters were there. Ruth said, "Now I can have revenge for the loss of Teresa."

"I've been betrayed by Eldra. I will do what I can to stop the Wolf Queen." said Raphael.

Rose said, "We can't let the world fall into eternal darkness. We mist prevent the Wolf Queen from merging the stones with the Moon Essence."

Charlotte said, "Then we take no prisoner. Too bad. I had a nice comfy cell for her back at DP. We're probably going to go through some wolf guards before the battle. I need 4 of your best archers to take them on and cover us until we face the Wolf Queen."

And that what they did. 4 of the Red Riding Sister best archers stood in front of the party as they walked through the portal behind throne after Charlotte shot at it to get through. As the guard wolves walk up to the party, the 4 would shoot them down right on the stop. Finally they faced the Wolf Queen. "Kill them!" She yelled.

The wolves charged them, but they were no match for the sisters. Ruth shoot them down with her arrows, Rose with her staff, and Jessica with her Kunai with chain. Victory was near but the Wolf Queen was almost done with her spell. The stones were in an alchemy circle made by the moon essence and was about to put the final stone in place in the center of the circle. Charlotte was about to shoot her with the mist bow, but a wolf attacked her. Luckily when Charlotte woke up, Raphael who now has the bow struck it down. He took aim at the Wolf Queen. "I'm sorry it has to come to this, Eldra." He released the arrow and it went flying. But it didn't hit the Wolf Queen. Instead it hit the last Moonstone breaking it into irreparable pieces.

The shock of the hit blast into waves knocking the Wolf Queen to the ground but it was also causing the dimension to crumble. Ruth yelled, "Detective, this world is collapsing! We need to leave now!"

But Charlotte didn't leave right away. She looked around and found Raphael don the grown with Eldra weak in his arms. "I never meant for this to happen. The Talisman's control was too strong to resist. I only wanted to be the Elder Sister." she said.

Raphael said calmly, "Your desire for power brought you to this fate. But it pains me to lose you, Eldra."

Eldra smiled. "I'm glad you're here with me."

Charlotte ran to them, trying to save them, but a meteor blocked her path. She has no choice but to leave them behind and get out of there. "The mist portal has closed, and this world is crumbling. I must leave immediately, or I'll be trapped here forever." She ran down the steps but saw the room where the pumpkin carriage was has a brighter green glow. She quickly went through the doors and saw a woman running up the steps to the crystal palace. "I see someone running up the stairs to the glass palace! Who is that?" But there was no time for answers. Charlotte ran out of that place and went through the portal back to the Mist Kingdom just in time for the portal to close.

Everyone was on the ground and was kneeling down as they catch their breath. Ruth said, "Thank you, detective, you saved us all. Since the Moon Essence was destroyed, our world is no longer threatened with eternal darkness."

Then Jessica went to her. "Ruth, the sisters and I have decided to elect you, our bravest member, to be the new Elder Sister."

Ruth was delighted. "Thank you, sisters, for this honor."

Then a couple of girls walked up holding some wolf puppies. They were so cute that Charlotte couldn't help but pet one. "We found some wolf pups. Why don't we raise them to work with us rather then against us?"

Ruth couldn't agree more. "Let this herald in the dawn of a new era between our sisterhood and the wolves." That's when Charlotte got a vision. 4 years from now, Ruth and a full grown wolf would be on a cliff looking over the Mist Kingdom, now permanently in place never to be under the waters again. But then Charlotte had another vision of what happened before the final battle with the Wolf Queen. In the pumpkin carriage, blue small lights flew into the carriage causing something inside to glow. then the door opened and a gloved hand came into view then a tattered pink dress, and finally a foot came out to the ground and it was wearing the a glass slipper then everything went black.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

A long, long time ago, there was a mischievous little boy who lived in the Mist Kingdom. He loved playing pranks, especially on unsuspecting merchants in the marketplace. One day, he cried wolf one too many times and got into trouble with his father…after the boy was caught from his prank, his father had enough and took him to the basement. "This is the third time you have tricked the villagers. You have given them a lot of trouble. This time I will not let you out until you promise never to tell lies again!" Then he locked his son in the basement.

In the basement, it was more of an office with a bookshelf, a work desk, a glowing suitcase….Wait! A glowing suitcase? This he had to see. But he couldn't opened it yet. So to pass the time, he found a toy model of a money skeleton. Once he was done the skull shook a bit and then a compartment opened. He found a key. He used the key on the dressier, and when he opened it he found cloves, a mop handle, and a parable in a shape of a tear. He used the mop handle to unlock the basement and got the sock of his life. The King including some of his guards were harassing his father and knocked him to the ground. "Where is the Talisman?"

His father whispered weakly. "Run! Go get help!"

Luckily the basement door was under a desk so the king or his knight wouldn't see him. On the ground, right in front of the opening was a starfish and a key. The boy took it and then he started to examine a pile of stuff under the desk. There he found a storybook that matches one of the collections on the bookshelf in the basement. Once he got it, he went back down and used the key to opened the glowing box. Inside was a quill and a talisman with a wolf head on it. She took the quill and the talisman. Then he went to the bookcase and there was a set of books with the same spine design. There was a gap for a 3rd book and when he put it in place, the bookcase an unfinished globe. Then he went back up the latter and saw a small secret compartment under the table and used the quill to open it. He found the globe and a ruby eye. He put the globe on the case and the bookcase moved to revealed a secret tunnel. Luckily no one above felt the vibrations.

The boy walked through the tunnel and arrived at a crossroad. One road lead to the palace, the other road into the woods. On the road to the palace there was a river and on the other side of the river was a house. Probably part of farm. Near some mining stuff he found a military insignia. The guards probably dropped it there. The boy took the road to the palace and there, the road ended at the marketplace, but guarded by guards, a palace in the distance, and a rock stair to a cliff where a cannon was. On a tree nearby he found a gear and took it. "It looks like those guards aren't letting anyone in or out of the village. Are they looking for me?" He walked up the ladder near the stone stairs and got a cannon ball just in case. Then he walked down the ladder and walked up the stone stairs and saw a griffin. "Wow, what a magnificent creature! I've never seen a griffin up close before."

The griffin was scared, hungry, and locked up. No doubt the king wanted a pet griffin then neglected him. Near the griffin but at a safe distance away from the animal was a box with a slot shaped as the military insignia he found earlier. Once in place it opened and inside was gunpowder, a bat, and skull for a door. The boy walked back to the crossroad and took the path to the woods. At the end of the road, it was the domain of a witch. Luckily the witch wasn't home. But there was a small late and there was a 3-branch barrier and something was swimming in the water. There was also a gate on a fence near the house in a shape of a spider's web. close to the late was a branch were a locket was hanging there and it as missing a pearl. There was also a gear that seemed to match, in teeth, with the other gear he found.

At a pile of witch stuff under a tree in the area, the boy found an eagle plate. Now in order to lighten his load since now it was getting heavy, he checked the witch's door and saw it was missing a certain piece. The door had a lock and part of it was the lower jaw of a skull. He put the skull and the ruby eye in place but was missing another eye. Then the boy went back to the crossroad and saw a box on the ground and it was missing 2 gears. Least now he knows what it was supposed to do. Once the gears are in place, the box opened and found a hammer and a fishing hook. Also against the tree behind the box he found a long hook. He quickly went back to the cliff were the cannon was and used it to get a vase that was tied and hanging on a branch. He used the hammer to break it and found a witch handle.

The boy quickly ran back to the witch's house and put the handle on the window next to its partner. The window opened and manage to steal a lit candle. Once back at the cliff, he set up the cannon with the ball and powder and aimed it at the palace. He it up the cannon and it fired at the palace. Thanks to that, the guards that were guarding the village quickly ran to the palace. "The nights are all rushing back to the damaged palace. My prank was amazing magnificent!"

He quickly ran into the village and tried to convince someone to help him. But luck wasn't on his side. "The King's men captured your father? You liar! I won't fall for your tricks anymore. I lost all my goods because of your childish lies. You think it was very funny Huh? Get away form my stall!"

It was obvious that he was getting no help from anyone. He found a shovelhead in one of the stalls and put the mop handle in the slot and got a functioning shovel. Then he noticed the posted board and saw a wanted poster for the talisman. The same one in his house, the same one in the chest, and the same one that is now in his hand. This is not good. The poster reads: Bring the 'Wolf Talisman' to the King and you will be richly rewarded.

The boy quickly hide it away in his pants pockets incase the villagers saw it. Then he saw in a crack in the wall he found a pearl. Then he noticed under one of the stalls, something glowing. It was the matching eye to the door but of a different color. He also took a bucket incase he needs it. It was under a cabinet door without handles. Obviously there's something in there. Then he checked at a pile of junk nearby for something good and he found a seahorse for a lock. It was small and beautifully designed. Just don't know why something so fancy be in a pile of junk.

Then the boy went back to the crossroad and used the shovel to dig up a worm that was next to the gearbox he opened. He went back to the witch's house and put the other eye on the door. It opened and he went inside. It was a typical witch's house that you read or see on TV. Nothing different that hasn't been seen or read before. The boy went on the table and saw a book, an incomplete crystal ball, a spider for the gate, and a ginger bread-man…a clue to Hansel and Gretel. The boy took the spider and opened the book and inside was instructions for a special poison. He just had to take it and use it. Then he saw a birdcage and used the bat to unlock it and got drawer handles. Apparently the witch stole it for some reason. Then he saw a bust of the witches face and was missing some accessories. He also found a rope and took it.

Once back in the village, she put the drawer handle on the matching holes and opened it. inside was a fishing pole and a crystal ball. The boy rushed back to the house to check on his father. He was still out and the guard was still there but the king wasn't. "The Greedy King's not here anymore. He must have returned to his palace." Then he rushed to the witch's house and put the crystal ball together. A compartment opened and got a small sea wave in the same style as the seahorse he found.

Once back at the witch's place, he placed the pearl in the locket and a hand got it. Then the creature sat on the rock in the middle of the lake and it as a mermaid. "I was captured by an evil witch. She wants to create potions by using my tears. Free me, and in return, I will help you rescue your father. Hurry up, boy! You ill be captured if the witch sees you."

Once back at the crossroads, he put together the fishing pole with the items he got and caught a fish. Then he made it back to the griffin and gave it the fish to calm it down. It worked. Then he used the eagle plate to unlock the griffin from its chains. Now he's free. In return, the griffin gave him a turtle in the same design as the seahorse. Then the boy made it back to witch's place and used the starfish, the turtle, and the seahorse in place of the rocks that created the barrier around the lake. He got a parable as a reward and freed the mermaid. "Thank you, child. I shall be abide by my promise. Take this orb. It will help you defeat the guards." Then the mermaid went away. There must have been a secret tunnel under the lake to get back home.

The boy checked the witch's stuff under the tree again and there was a ship emblem that matches the waves he got. Then once back at the crossroads, he checked the mining stuff again and there he found a owl emblem. Then once back at the village entrance, he saw a sign that was missing 3 things. Didn't take long to figure out what he was getting emblems. Once the owl, the waves, and the ship were in place, he got a web for the gate. He rushed back to the witch's house and used the spider and the web on the gate lock and he finally opened it.

On the other side it was another lab but for outside herbs or something. There was also a grave with a fake skeleton hand out. There was also a parable, earrings and a dried shroom. On the table, he lay out the instructions for the potion. All she was missing was honey, a death flower, and griffin hairs. He went back inside the house and put the earrings on the bust to lighten the load. Then he went back to the village and search the pile of junk and found a silver brooch. Then he used the rope to get to a second story window and got a vial for the honey.

After that the boy went back to his house to check on his father and luckily the king still hasn't come back. But he did find a hair come. He went back to the griffin, still there resting, and used the come to get the hairs and then saw a beehive nearby. He put on his gloves, broke the hive, and fill up the vile with honey. Then back at the witch's outside lab, he put 3 out of 4 items down and started to prepare the potion. He was just missing the death flower. Once back in the witch's house, he put the brooch in place and a compartment opened and inside was a wooden raven. He took it can went back to the lab and put it on the hand.

That's when he found the death flower. Once the potion was ready and completed, he rushed back home, used the orb to knock out the guards, and used the potion to wake his father. He stood up and rubbed his head. The boy got out of his hiding spot. "Hmm…Where…Where am I?" He saw his son. "Oh, Son! Where is the Talisman?"

The boy pulled it out and the king went back inside the house enraged. "How dare you, boy! You stole my treasure, and blew a hole in my palace. Give me the Talisman!" The King was about to take it from the boy's hand but the Talisman let out some energy blinding the king and protecting the boy. "Huh! The Talisman seems to have bonded with you. Help me, and I'll let your father live. Guards, take our little guest away." Then the guards took the father and the boy away.

In the palace, it took no time for the 3 to arrived in the throne room. It seems like the King's advisers set up the throne to open something using the Talisman but it was incomplete. The boy turned to his father looking for answers. "Half a year ago, I found this Talisman in an ancient archive. I discovered that this Talisman holds dangerous powers. So, I hid it from the King. I'm sorry, my song. I devoted my whole life researching this magical mystery, so I never paid any attention to you."

The King had enough. "The Talisman has bonded to you. It has accepted you as its own and only Master. Now, you are the only one who can use the Talisman. Hurry and opened the portal for me."

Boy wanted to give the King a piece of his mind but didn't want to risk his head on a pike. So he complied. On a pedestal under the King's portrait and found a mask. Then he went to the treasure room and in the King's pile of treasure he found golden wings and put the mask and the wings on an incomplete shield. A compartment opened and he found a stone angel for the throne. Then he checked the pile again and found a the King's Plate. Once back in the throne room, he put the plate on the pedestal slot a compartment opened and he found another angel and a small pumpkin carriage.

The boy walked up to the throne and found a Cinderella figurine and the last parable. Then all 4 tear-stones shine and he had a small story about a mermaid. The Mermaid's Tears: Once, there was a beautiful mermaid who spent all her waking hours gazing upon the shore, fascinated by the land-dwellers' ways. One day, she fell in love with a handsome, young prince. As the Prince was seeking a bride, the mermaid hurried to the sea-witch and begged for a magical potion to turn her into a human. The sea-witch agreed, taking the mermaid's voice as payment. The young mermaid wasted no time setting off to win the Prince's affections. However, while her beauty did draw the Prince's attention, the Prince fell in love with a more eloquent princess. Heartbroken, the mermaid cried bitterly by the shore. Everywhere her tears fell, the land was transformed into lush farmland. Ever since, people desiring immortality have chased after mermaids.

Luckily the shine wasn't bright enough for the king to notice so he stuffed the story in his shirt and hid it. He already freed one mermaid, he didn't want to be responsible for the capture of another. Once back in the treasure room, there was an incomplete display of something. On the base of the structure, it was missing 2 things. He put the pumpkin and the lady on it and it went up a bit. There he got the final angel, but when he looked up, a blue glass foot appeared. But he couldn't figure that out now. He out the 3 missing angels in place, a slot over the throne appeared and once he put the Talisman in place and a gold disk appeared over the chair. It was the final puzzle. He had to match 2 objects in a number of smaller disk in order to open it. Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Red Riding Hood, Fisherman and his Wife, Rose Red and Snow White, 3 Little Pigs, Puss in Boots, Frog Prince, and one that involves a belt and a fly. It's the only one the boy doesn't know. Once the puzzle was done, the portal opened.

The King pushed the boy to the ground and stood in front of the portal. "All this treasure is mine!" But his greed got the best of him. A wolf came out and attacked him. "Wha…What? Nooooooooooooo!"

But luck was on the boy's and his father's side. The Griffin came flying in. "Look the Griffin has come to rescue us." The 2 wasted no time and got on the Griffin's back and got out of there. The 2 looked down and saw the whole Kingdom has sunk into the waters taking everyone and everything with it. The 2 or 3 were the only survivors.

As the boy and his father looked on, the Mist Kingdom was swallowed by dense black fog. All that could be heard were savage wolf howls and agonized human screams. Then, the Mist Kingdom simply disappeared. No one knew what fate had befallen the cursed land, until one day, one brave detective and a courageous band of Red Hooded Sisters destroyed the power of the Wolf Talisman and saved this lost Kingdom.

Epilogue

Charlotte felt something licking her and thought, 'Mind, get out of the gutter.' She opened her eyes and saw a wolf puppy licking her waking her up. Once her eyes focus she saw that she was on the ground and all of the Red Riding Hood sisters were looking at her as she woke up. "What are you looking at?" she asked.

Rose said, "You. Your eyes glowed green and then went to the ground. Are you alright?"

Charlotte sat up and rubbed her head. "Had 3 visions."

Jessica asked, "What were they?"

Charlotte said, "4 years from now the sisters and the Mist Wolves worked together in harmony and the Mist Kingdom was no longer underwater, then a pumpkin carriage and a glass slipper, and I think know what happened to this kingdom when the king opened the portal to the dimension."

Ruth asked, "What do you mean?"

"I was in the point of view of the boy that cried wolf and he found the talisman that opened the portal. He was threaten by the king and when he did, the boy and his father were the only survivors thanks to a Griffin." said Charlotte. "There was also clues about an evil witch that once hunted 2 small children and the kid found a parable story."

Rose asked, "You mean this one? It was in our archives." She handed Charlotte the small book. It was tattered but was it looked like it aged very well.

Charlotte looked at the title and the flipped through the pages. "Yes this it." She gently stood up. "Told you my vision powers have a mind of their own." She felt a tugging of her pants leg and it was the same puppy that woke her up. Charlotte smiled and picked the puppy up.

Ruth said, "Seems you made a friend. Would Dark Parables mind you bringing home a Mist Wolf?"

The puppy rubbed its head against Charlotte. "It is tempting. But…I can't resist. But first thing first, boy or girl?" Charlotte showed the puppy to the girls and they went wide-eyed.

Jessica said, "You got a very healthy boy."

Charlotte giggled. "We'll get that taken care of. Now a name for you." She thought of one. "Not Wilber cause that's a pig's name." The puppy growled in agreement. "How about…Dr. Watson?" The puppy barked happily. "Dr. Watson it is. Hope you don't mind cats." She kissed the pup's head and turn to the Sister. "Come by DP sometime, I'm sure my Uncle and friends would enjoy your visit."

As the girls walked out of the kingdom, Rose walked up to Charlotte. "I told you I went to the Black Forest, but I also saw the small grave you did for James. I thank you for that. Just wish I could've meet him."

Charlotte said, "If you had meet him, he would've confused you for Ivy and it would've drove him mad. But I'm sure Snow White and her son wouldn't mind meeting you. She has no grudge against you, your sister, or any of his previous wives. It would be great for the prince to meet his cousin."

"Cousin?" asked Rose.

"Well how would you describe it?" asked Charlotte.

"Good point." said Rose.

Now that the Wolf Queen is dead and the moonstones are destroyed the world is safe from the current threat. Though her newest case won't happen for another few years, she was time to relax and reflect on her life. But the vision will haunt her mind until her case happens. For what drove a beloved fairy into grief that turned into madness and destruction? But first, a certain dream Charlotte had since she was a child has been bothering. Maybe she will have the courage she needs to finally finish it. Her journey continues…