There was once a pretty girl, who lived in a quaint house on the edge of
the Dark Forest. This little girl had two siblings: Red (younger sister)
and Ruby (another younger sister). They lived with their mother and father,
who both loved them dearly.
One day, Mother said, "Scarlet, would you take this basket of pastries to
Grandmother?"
Scarlet happily nodded and replied, "Why yes, Mother-dearest. Would be
glad to take these to Grandmother." Grandmother lived over the river and
through the woods, so Scarlet was just a bit afraid to go to her, but she
decided that her fear would have to wait.
"Goodbye, Daughter!" Mother said as she waved her handkerchief in the soft
morning light. "Stick to the path, and watch out for the wolf! And don't
talk to strangers!" Scarlet just nodded and skipped along happily into the
Dark Forest.
"Wow," said Scarlet, "Look at all this food!" So once her mother was out of
sight, Scarlet sat down on a log and ate most of the pastries. "Mmm." she
said after a particularly loud belch, "That was good." Sated from her meal,
she slept.
#*#*#
When she woke up, it was almost dark, and the woods were looking kind of scary. "Wow, these woods are looking kind of scary," Scarlet said in a moment of extreme inanity. "I better get to that old woman's house soon!" Scarlet jumped up and skipped along again, this time not quite so happily.
#*#*#
The Jen watched from her cave, following the delicious morsel with her red- rimmed eyes. Her meal came closer and closer.and she waited.and waited.and growled when the morsel stopped to have a meal from the basket she was carrying. The Jen hissed in rage when her morsel slept. When her lunch woke up, The Jen smiled hungrily. "Yum." She whispered. The Jen was something that Scarlet's mother had forgotten to warn her of. The Jen was a humanoid, but that was only in body. Nobody knew when The Jen had arrived, she just always had been; she ate one of the neighbors cows every so often, carried off a princess now and then, even started a few family feuds and wars and such- petty little things like that. All in all, The Jen was dangerous.
#*#*#
Scarlet skipped along, forgetting her fears as her greedy little mind (and stomach) remembered the meal she had just eaten.
#*#*#
The Jen watched.and waited.and then..
#*#*#
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! It's a monster!!!!!" Scarlet had only time to say that much. She was gone in three bites. "Yummy." The Jen smiled, her fangs bloodied by her meal. Casually, she leaned against a tree and crunched on a femur. After she was done picking her teeth with a fibula, The Jen lumbered up the trail to Scarlet's house. The Jen knocked loudly on the door at Scarlet's house, trailing the gate to the garden behind her. "Yes?" Mother opened the door and looked up.and up.and up. "Who.what are you?" Her eyes got round and her breathing shallow. The Jen held up the basket and pointed to it. "Yummy!" She said happily, with a huge, spiky smile. Mother sighed and pointed to the empty space where the garden gate had been, "Would you put that back on your way out?" She shut the door and called for Her next daughter. "Red? Come her a moment, would you darling?" "Yes, Mother, here I am!" Red smiled happily at her Mother. "Darling, would you take this basket to Grandmother's please?" Mother kissed Red on the forehead and sent her off after The Jen had left. "Red darling, stick to the path, and watch out for the wolf! And don't talk to strangers! Watch out for The Jen!" Mother waved her handkerchief as Red left for Grandmother's.
#*#*# A/N- Red actually made it over the river and through the woods, unlike her sister; she did not stop to eat. Her story is the one we know today. And Grandmother wondered why Red was late.
#*#*#
When she woke up, it was almost dark, and the woods were looking kind of scary. "Wow, these woods are looking kind of scary," Scarlet said in a moment of extreme inanity. "I better get to that old woman's house soon!" Scarlet jumped up and skipped along again, this time not quite so happily.
#*#*#
The Jen watched from her cave, following the delicious morsel with her red- rimmed eyes. Her meal came closer and closer.and she waited.and waited.and growled when the morsel stopped to have a meal from the basket she was carrying. The Jen hissed in rage when her morsel slept. When her lunch woke up, The Jen smiled hungrily. "Yum." She whispered. The Jen was something that Scarlet's mother had forgotten to warn her of. The Jen was a humanoid, but that was only in body. Nobody knew when The Jen had arrived, she just always had been; she ate one of the neighbors cows every so often, carried off a princess now and then, even started a few family feuds and wars and such- petty little things like that. All in all, The Jen was dangerous.
#*#*#
Scarlet skipped along, forgetting her fears as her greedy little mind (and stomach) remembered the meal she had just eaten.
#*#*#
The Jen watched.and waited.and then..
#*#*#
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! It's a monster!!!!!" Scarlet had only time to say that much. She was gone in three bites. "Yummy." The Jen smiled, her fangs bloodied by her meal. Casually, she leaned against a tree and crunched on a femur. After she was done picking her teeth with a fibula, The Jen lumbered up the trail to Scarlet's house. The Jen knocked loudly on the door at Scarlet's house, trailing the gate to the garden behind her. "Yes?" Mother opened the door and looked up.and up.and up. "Who.what are you?" Her eyes got round and her breathing shallow. The Jen held up the basket and pointed to it. "Yummy!" She said happily, with a huge, spiky smile. Mother sighed and pointed to the empty space where the garden gate had been, "Would you put that back on your way out?" She shut the door and called for Her next daughter. "Red? Come her a moment, would you darling?" "Yes, Mother, here I am!" Red smiled happily at her Mother. "Darling, would you take this basket to Grandmother's please?" Mother kissed Red on the forehead and sent her off after The Jen had left. "Red darling, stick to the path, and watch out for the wolf! And don't talk to strangers! Watch out for The Jen!" Mother waved her handkerchief as Red left for Grandmother's.
#*#*# A/N- Red actually made it over the river and through the woods, unlike her sister; she did not stop to eat. Her story is the one we know today. And Grandmother wondered why Red was late.
