Heyyo, new chapter for you. I will try to start updating once a month again.

Some Vampire lore: Noble vampires are capable of mind control or 'persuasion.' They can use it on anything but they mainly do it to their vampire underlings. Pure blood vampires are capable of this as well except their power is stronger and trumps a noble's persuasive control. They also have some other tricks like Sabo's sleep trick and how Doflamingo controlled Luffy. It takes a lot of energy and the stronger they are the more effective it is. The king Vampire is awarded many other powers as well as part of his tittle. Nobility is proved by fighting each other over mental control. Law surprised Sabo by being a noble and Sabo took Law by surprise revealing he is actually a pure blood.

***Blood Whore (If you read vampire academy): A human that lets their blood be drunk, or is used for their blood. Often with inappropriate connotations.

How did my red ridinghood AU turn so twilight?

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"You good?" Marco asked as he pulled his truck alongside Sanji and a small crowed of chiefs from the Baratie.

"Peachy," Sanji told him sarcastically as he took a long drag of his cigarette.

"Sanji, maybe you should wait for the paramedics," Zeff told him.

"No need," Sanji said as he gestured to the gauze around his leg where a few dots of blood were slowly beginning to seep through. "This is fine." The injury was only skin deep.

"What happened?" Marco asked as he stared at Sanji's ankle.

"A wolf," one of the chefs answered. "The hunter idiots are currently chasing it."

"So you called me because?"

"I'll tell you on the way," Sanji told him crushing the cigarette between his fingers as he opened to car door.

"Sanji…"

"Go back to work you old geezers," Sanji told them. "I'm fine."

"Have it your way brat," Zeff said as he turned away.

Satisfied they would stay out of it, Sanji turned back to Marco and did a double take.

"Why did you bring them?" Thatch waved at him from the backseat while Zoro looked bored.

"I thought we might need help." Marco told him.

"Not from him!" Sanji said incredulously.

"Just tell us what's going on dart brow."

"It's Ace, he needs help." Sanji told them. "In fact I think the whole town might need help."

"Is he doing something self-sacrificing and stupid?"

"Yep," Sanji sighed.

"Where are Tweedledee and Tweedledum?"

"I don't know, they're not with him."

"Their probably in separate but equally deadly trouble." Zoro said begrudgingly.

"We should probably help huh?" Thatch said.

"Well I know which way Ace went," Sanji said. "He probably needs help the most right now, he has a mob on his ass and he already got shot a few times."

"Just point out the way," Marco said putting his foot hard down on the gas. Despite not knowing Ace very long he rather liked the wolf boy. He didn't want to see something bad happen to him. Especially seeing as he got the feeling that Ace had seen his fair share of horror in his young lifetime.

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"This is chaos," Whitebeard told his friend.

"Tell me about it." Garp sighed. "Alarms are going off people are panicking and apparently wolves are invading."

"Do we believe it?"

Garp shrugged. "We have to treat every threat like its real. Inform the hunters to move in. Tell the townspeople to evacuate to the shelter."

Newgate nodded as he made his way towards the phone lines only to jump back a few seconds later as a rock came smashing into the glass shattering it to pieces.

Garp opened his mouth to swear but he was interrupted when a red blur came crashing after it.

"What the HELL!" He yelled enraged. Seriously who just went around breaking peoples windows?

The small bundle of red was in fact a boy wrapped in a large red hoodie to protect himself from the glass. He coughed harshly, trying to regain his breath after the harsh landing on the floor. Garp could see his chest inhaling madly as he pushed himself up on unsteady arms.

"What exactly do you think you doing!" Garp all but yelled as he marched over grabbing the boys hood and yanking it harshly off so he could scold him properly. Except the words never came.

The two of them locked eyes and Garp felt like all the air had been sucked out of his lungs. He was staring into the fiery eyes of his grandson.

A sharp cut ran down his face leaving blood to stream down from his forehead. His cheeks were red and wet with tear tracks down them. Shards of glass littered his hair and clothes.

Garp felt tears well up in his eyes as he caught sight of the scar under the child's eye.

Besides him Newgate swore under his breath as he too recognized the boy.

"Luffy?"

The boy looked at Garp with a mixture of surprise and determinations. He got up wordlessly, letting glass shards litter the carpet.

Edward looked between the two of them, unsure of what to do or what to say.

"I have to tell you something," Luffy said his tone business like and completely serious. Nothing like the goof kid Garp used to know.

When neither of the said anything Luffy continued. "The vampires are going to invade as well, they will surround the town when the wolves strike. They all know where the shelter is. You have to tell the people not to go there."

"How do you know this?" Newgate said giving Garp a chance to recover.

Luffy didn't answer, instead he stared at Newgates hip, apparently sizing up his threat level. Whitebeard subconsciously moved his hand to his belt, where gun was stored. And that tiny movement was all it took.

Luffy dove backwards as Newgate sprung forwards trying to catch him. He knew they couldn't let him go now, not when he seemed to be the key to a whole slew of questions nobody had thought to ask yet. The Vampires and Wolves… had an alliance?

The younger teen dodged his grip as he lunged for the window.

"Luffy stop!" Garp barked, finally finding his voice. He too tried to catch his grandson but he clutched at empty air as Luffy threw himself out of the broken window.

Newgate cried out a warning, they were on the fifth floor for heaven's sake. But to their surprise Luffy did not fall. Instead his fingers found the window ledge as he fell.

When he looked up he saw the barrel of Newgates gun and the man saw the fear in his eyes.

"Now, Luffy come up here and…" but he never got a chance to finish as Luffy simply let go, apparently willing to risk falling five stories then try his luck with them. He was forced to drop the gun as his enormous hands closed around the boy's wrist before he could slip out of their grasp again. He felt a sharp sting as Luffy's teeth sunk into his hand but he didn't let it slow him as he hauled the boy back into the room, holding him up by his wrists.

As he did he was able to make out the terrifyingly familiar black specks speeding down from the hills.

"Shit!"

The wolves were here.

Luff saw this as well and he lashed out, catching Newgate in the knee causing the man to drop him in surprise. The kid once again made a dash for the window only to be stopped by the familiar echoing of a gun.

He gasped, hands flying to his side as he turned to glare at Garp, betrayal in his eyes. Garp lowered the hunting rifle and said something to Newgate who agreed.

"It's okay Luffy." He told him, "You're safe now."

Newgate, who was closer tried to grab him but he pushed his hands away as his knees gave out.

The large man caught the teen before he could tumble once more out the window.

"Tranq?" He asked his friend as he laid the sleeping boy out on the table.

Garp nodded as he came up beside them staring transfixed at his not so dead grandsons face.

"You pointed a gun at him?" Garp accused.

"There were no bullets in it." He defended. It was an intimidation tactic.

Garp nodded satisfied as he ran his fingers through Luffy's glass filled hair.

"How?" He asked finally.

Newgate only shook his head. "We can ask when he wakes up. For now my friend we have wolves to deal with."

Garp nodded finally tearing his eyes away from Luffy. The questions were burning a hole in his gut. But he knew Newgate was right. This was not the time to be getting sentimental. The job always came first. Then afterwards he would be able to finally ask his beloved grandson just what the hell was going on.

"Somebody needs to tie him up." He said as he grabbed his real gun from the locker. "And search him otherwise he will cut the ropes, make sure to check his boots." Where Luffy always stored his knife.

"Call reinforcement hunters." Newgate said as he closed the door. There was no way the hunters they had on retainer would be enough to take on that many by themselves.

Little did he know they were already on their way.

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Ace pushed forwards at full speed yelping loudly every time he landed on his sore leg. Although to be fair by this point they were all his sore legs. Since he had dropped off Sanji he had accumulated many more bullet wounds all of which slowed him down. The hunters were close, so close they had tried to run him over a few minutes ago. However he had managed to pull ahead once more at a safe enough distance to avoid the next round of bullets. It was a good thing they were drunk as their aim was even worse then usual. Luffy said they shot like stormtroopers, whatever that meant.

Even for him this plan had been unbelievably risky. He swore that Sabo better not be doing anything more dangerous than this, although he had doubts there was such a thing.

Ace whined in pain as a misguided bullet ricocheted off the town limit sign and buried itself into his thigh, severing one of the tendons. Not good.

Generally bullets had less effect on wolves, but that's not to say they didn't have their limits as well. And Ace was reaching his.

He was close to town. He could see the lights from here. The wolves were already there. But the alarms had been blaring before they so much as stepped foot within the town limits. Not to mention he didn't smell even a whiff of the vampires. He smiled to himself, had his brothers ever let him down?

Another spray of bullets caught him in the haunches and his back. He yelped as he was forced to slow down even more. They were going to catch him at this rate.

The high beams were shinning directly on him now, practically blinding him. He heard them laughing from the back of the trucks and he squeezed his eyes closed as unpleasant memories came rushing back to him. God he hated hunters.

He huffed with determination. This was different he wasn't some scared kid anymore. No they had messed up and let him get away when he was a child. They should have killed him, they really should of. Because now he was strong and tough and much less forgiving and he would destroy the hunters if it was the last thing he did. Definitely not today but soon.

Kicking his bloody legs into overtime he leaped off the road and into the grass, following an old deer trail to town. The trucks relentlessly followed him. The tires ripping up plants and dirt as they turned.

He was taking them to the cliff that overlooked the town. The same spot horney teenagers liked to make out. He was putting all his hope in the fact that his body would survive the fall. Theirs would not. Humans were very weak after all.

Ace heard the yells behind him and the incessant shouts of monster but he didn't stop.

"Wolves!" The nearest hunter cried from his spot in the truck bed. "Their invading town."

"Kill this one first."

But Ace was already jumping. He reached the ledge in a matter of seconds and launched himself off.

And then he was airborne. The amazing yet nerve-wracking feeling of free falling as he plummeted to the ground. Which if he was remembering correctly was on the outskirts of town. He should be safe.

'I think I am going to be late to the meet up spot.' He thought as he collided with the rocky ground, sliding down the cliff. It felt as though pins and needles were stabbing his body.

With the last of his energy he clawed his way over to an overhang, which would hopefully keep him out of sight from the hunters. He slunk his body into a thorn bush and pressed himself to the back where nobody would accidently stumble across him.

'Sabo's going to be so mad,' He thought as he passed out.

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The battle was over before it had even began. Garp had managed to get word out to the citizens to stay in their houses, which as it turned out came in handy when the wolves directly targeted the shelter only to find it abandoned. By some miracle the backup hunters had arrived within minutes. The military had been called but they arrived too late to do much except clear the wolf bodies and make sure the townspeople were alright. Thank god Luffy had been wrong about the vampires or this could have gone a very different way.

Still the town was frantic with panic. The people were terrified. For the first time in years! No decades wolves had directly invaded. This was their town, their home and they had been attacked by a small army. And although casualties had miraculously been limited to a handful of military men and hunters an elderly man and a very unpopular math teacher Garp knew they would not forget this for a while. His phone was ringing off the hook but he knew his son could handle it. Right now his attention lay elsewhere.

He felt the intense glare the moment he and Whitebeard entered the room.

Luffy who was tied to a chair scowled up at Garp.

"You didn't have to gag him. Garp said untying the bandana around his mouth.

"He bit me," Luffy's 'guard' complained showing Garp the mark. He was positioned in Garps military force but honestly there wasn't much of a future there for him. Garp dismissed the man as the two turned their attention to the kid.

"Let me go!" Luffy spat at them clearly angry.

"Luffy!" Garp's voice was serious. "Tell us what's going on." He truly did feel remorse that this was how he reunited with his grandson. But he didn't understand, Luffy was supposed to be dead. He saw the blood. If he wasn't then where had he been all this time? Why wouldn't he come home? And why did he choose now of all times to come back, when the town was being invaded by a pack of wolves. But it wasn't like he had any intention of staying. Garp knew the second he got free Luffy would be out the window before he could blink.

He sighed wearily as his friend shot him a look. They needed answers and they didn't have time to play this nice.

"Son, we need you to tell us how you know this." Newgate said coming up from behind him.

Luffy stared up at him for a minute before turning his gaze back to the window. "My friend told me."

"Who's your friend?"

"I don't know." Luffy puffed out his cheeks the way he always did when he was lying and looked away from Garp's intense glare. The man sighed rubbing his face tiredly.

"Luffy why are you doing this? Who are you protecting?" What could possibly be more important to him then his home town?

"We need to know if we can trust you boy." Newgate said loudly.

"I don't care if you trust me or not." Luffy said as he began to wiggle against the ropes. "I just wanted to tell you about the wolves."

"And it would help us even more." Garp growled out, his emotions threatening to boil over. "If you started explaining." Why was Luffy acting like this? Keeping secrets, Lying, why was he trying to leave Garp again? He just got him back. Didn't he realize that losing him had been hell. Yet he was acting like he didn't even care. He just dropped inexplicably back into Garps life without batting an eye and tried to disappear again the very same way.

'Why wouldn't he tell me he was alive.' Garp thought again biting back the unpleasant thoughts that crowded to the front of his brain.

"Edward, Can I talk to my grandson alone for a minute?" His friend threw him a questioning look but Garp held strong. The large man nodded and left the room making Luffy shift his attention to his grandfather somewhat wearily.

"I'm not going to tell you. Even if you hurt me."

"Jesus Luffy I'm not going to hurt you." Garp said sinking into one of the chairs. "I just need to understand why you are doing this."

"I'm not doing anything." Luffy said confused. "You're the one who won't let me go."

"Where would you go!" Garp finally blew up, the emotion surged inside of him as he slammed his fist into the table making Luffy flinch. But he was too upset to care. "What is so important that you would put it above your town, your home and your family?"

Luffy only stared up at him, his big eyes wide with what Garp suspected was a mix of fear and anger.

"Was it…was it Ace?" Garp finally asked after a long beat of awkward silence. "Did he tell you about the wolves?"

Luffy shook his head slowly and Garp knew he was telling the truth.

"Then who?"

"Let me go!"

"Luffy," Garp sighed. "Help me understand what's going on. I can help you."

"I don't need any help." Luffy reminded him. "You guys are being attacked, I just came to warn you."

He looked down at his grandson, feeling a fresh batch of regret flood through him. Luffy had gotten so big. What happened to the wide eyed little boy whose smile could light up a room. He was acting so cold and serious to Garp, like he was the enemy. That thought made his chest hurt.

"Why didn't you come home?"

Luffy looked up at him thoughtfully, an unusual expression for him.

"You won't listen."

"I'm listening to you right now. You're the one refusing to talk to me." Garp had to fight to keep his voice level.

Luffy looked him square in the eyes with a defiant face Garp recognized as Dragons. "You made me be a hunter!"

"It was best for you." Garp responded caught off guard. That was what he was mad about?

"No," He shook his head resuming struggling against the ropes. "It was what was best for you guys not me."

"So that's what this is!" Realization dawned on him like a ton of bricks. He felt his blood boil once again with rage. "You're mad at me? Your trying to punish me by staying away is that it?"

Luffy's eyes grew wide as Garp's tone rose to a thundering pitch that shook the walls.

"DON'T YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED WE WERE? How could you do that to your own family?"

There was a second of silence after Garp finished that the two of them stared at each other before Luffy scowled in anger, glaring at Garp.

"How could I?" He screamed back, "How could you? You were supposed to help me! You told me you would look after me but you lied! You left me, you sent me away! How could you do that?"

"What are you talking about? I never sent you away." Garp answered back confused. "Are you talking about the night you disappeared?"

Garp had to stop himself from taking a step backwards. Surely Luffy couldn't blame him for what had happened, although he still didn't quite know what had happened considering Luffy was still alive. "Luffy," He started his voice softer. "I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you but I had no way of knowing."

The night he had disappeared Luffy must have been wandering the streets, as he was apt to do after his mother died and a wolf had grabbed him. At least that's what they concluded. As tragic as it was it happened occasional in the town. Small children were easy targets for the predators in the woods. Although this was the first recorded case of a missing person to return alive. Back when it happened Garp had been in denial, his relationship with his son was deteriorating and no one could claim that Dragon had been a good parent after Makino's death. He had gone as far as to accuse his son of neglect in front of an embarrassing number of people.

Instead of the angry retort he was expecting Luffy's face crumpled into confusion. "You didn't know?"

Now it was Garps turn to be confused. "Luffy, how could I know a wolf would grab you."

Luffy shook his head, still confused. "A wolf didn't grab me."

"What are you talking about?"

"He didn't tell you?" Luffy still sounded confused.

"Who?"

"Dragon," Luffy said impatiently. "He didn't tell you he was the one who took me into the woods"

Garp breathed in a deep breath. "What?" Had he heard that wrong? "Why would he do that?"

"The hunter exam," Luffy reminded him impatiently.

"He would never do that." Garp told him. "You were too young."

Luffy threw him an angry look. "He did do it! And everyone let him because he was the leader." At least the ones who knew. Dragon had told Luffy that Garp knew about the exam and was fine with it. He dug his fingernails into his palm in anger. His father had lied to him again. All this time he had been careful to stay away from Garp, assuming his grandfather would immediately side with Dragon.

Garp was silent for a long while, when he finally spoke he sounded much older.

"My god, are you alright"

"Yea I'm fine now," Luffy told him obviously.

"You passed then?"

"No I failed, a wolf tried to kill me" He told him annoyed. There was a lot of blood after all.

"How are you alive?" Garp breathed.

"I was saved," Luffy told him once again stating the obvious.

"By who?"

"…I don't want to tell you."

"Why not!" Garp snapped before catching himself and lowering his voice. "Luffy I already told you I just want to help."

"Then let me go." Luffy said once more. How was he expected to trust Garp if his grandfather didn't even trust him.

A flicker of fear passed through Garp's face as he seemed to contemplate the situation he was in.

"Are you really saying you will stick around if I do?" Luffy could hear the disbelief in his voice.

"It doesn't matter," Luffy told him honestly. "You aren't going to let me go no matter what I say."

They both knew he was right. This wasn't about Garp it was about the town, Garp couldn't afford to risk his job on Luffy's morals.

"You were wrong about one thing."

"Huh?"

"The vampires, they never came."

Luffy's face broke out into a triumphant smile. No doubt he knew why. But fat chance he would share any of this with Garp. Not anymore. Probably not ever again. It was clear Luffy's mind had been made up and Garp was now grouped with the enemies.

He felt like crying, something he very rarely did. He had been too hard on Luffy as a kid, he knew that. But it was only to make him tough and strong. After Makino's death Garp pushed Luffy wholeheartedly into his training. He had loved that girl like a daughter and it was the only way to ensure the same thing wouldn't happen to Luffy. He had been closer to this kid then his own son. A piece of his heart died that day in the woods when they found his blood stained clothes.

He wondered briefly if Luffy had been brainwashed, mind controlled or even lied to.

He put his hand on Luffy's shoulder and watched in horror as Luffy wiggled back.

"Do you honestly think I am going to hurt you?"

He felt a weigh lift when Luffy slowly shook his head.

"You won't be the one." Luffy said slowly.

"What does that mean?" The weight was back.

"You won't hurt me." Luffy explained. "But I won't tell you what you want to know so you won't let me go and others will come. They will want to ask me questions that I won't answer and eventually they will get mean."

Garp realized with horror what Luffy as talking about. The military, the hunters, the town council hell even Dragon himself will not tolerate treason, which is what they will call this especially considering Luffy's hunter background. Under the hunter patriot act Luffy had defected meaning his human rights were gone. They would not be satisfied by his silence. And eventually, if he did not cave they would torture him to get the information they wanted. He only now realized how much danger his grandson was in.

His fingers dug into Luffy's shoulders, "Luffy, please you can end all of this just tell us what we need to know and I can help you. Whoever your protecting it's not worth it."

Luffy smiled at that. "It is." He argued softly.

And Garp knew at that moment that he wasn't ready to see his grandson broken. Even if that meant losing him again.

Luffy tensed as Garp walked over to the desk where Luffy's weapons had been confiscated. He inspected the pocket knife with disbelief. He looked at Luffy questioningly but the kid just shrugged looking down at his feet.

Maybe Garp hadn't lost Luffy comepletly. He squeezed the knife reassuringly before turning back to his grandson who was watching him nervously. He tried to ignore the way Luffy tensed as he unzipped his hoodie.

The garment wasn't even half unzipped when Garp froze. Luffy wasn't wearing a shirt underneath, who knows why, he probably shredded it for some dangerous reason. But down his chest were ugly and somewhat faded scares. Some recent but most much older. He saw a cigarette burn on his collar bone and his stomach turned.

"God." He whispered unable to tare his eyes away.

"Luffy? Who did this to you?"

Luffy didn't answer him. He didn't expect him too. His grandson was alive, he had kept the knife. For now that would have to be enough.

"Take care of this?" Garp said tucking it into the top of his sleeve next to his bicep where it would stay for about an hour or maybe two, depending on how tight the ropes were, before Luffy would be able to dislodge it and maneuver it into his hand. Garp had been in these types of situations more times than he cared to admit, he had it down to a science by now. By then blame would be off both him and Newgate and he would finally have an excuse to fire that useless military man who checked Luffy for weapons.

"Sir, you need to address the town." Someone knocked on the door.

Garp hastily zipped up Luffy's hoodie and ruffled his unruly hair before he got up and opened the door without looking back.

"Watch him closely." Garp told the man impassively. "If you let him escape we are all in trouble."

The man nodded terrified. "Yes sir."

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Smart wolves know when to abandon ship.

The lone wolf made it out before the first wave of hunters came. And he got a leg for his troubles. Thanks to that dumb blonde vampire maniac (who he hated) the vampire army wasn't going to back them up. In fact thanks to the three of them this little buffet was turning into a wolf slaughter. Although it wasn't Luffy's fault. He had no doubt tripped the alarm but it was only because he was misguided by that hell spawn cross breed and the heartless parasite who used Luffy as a blood whore. Weren't they supposed to be protecting him instead of feeding on him? And now they had just let him run into danger and where were they? Probably slacking off.

Luffy was the first human EVER to side with the forest dwellers. He empathized with their point of view. He knew he did, he had seen Luffy saving wolves from traps on numerous occasions. He spoke their language for heaven's sake.

And what do the two monsters do? Brainwash him into helping the humans. What their motives were he did not know but they must be purely evil. He would save Luffy no matter what.

He would wait here for him until he safely made his way out of town, no matter how long it took. The wolf settled down on his haunches to wait.

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A while back I wrote a glossary for this story where each character is assigned a role from the original legend and it talks about the main red riding hood themes and where they are I this AU. I know that's a little over the top for a fanfic but I need to reassure myself this is indeed not a twilight fic because if it was I would have to reevaluate my life choices.

Long chapter this mini arc is wrapping up but it will give way to another serious mini arc before shit goes down and the army's start massing. I will hopefully update again next week or the one after that I am trying to get lots of writing done before school starts up again. Poor Garp so many feels and from his POV none of them are Luffy's. I should get to it next chapter but Law called off the vampires because Sabo took out too many of their guys. But now Sabo is in a lot of trouble, so is Ace. And once Dragon is introduced he will stop at nothing to take Ace down. This will cause tension between the two of them since so many wolves died.

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Lostdoggy (to answer your questions) : Thank you Unfortunately we won't see much of this battle. Ace, Luffy and Sabo kind of diffuse the fight before it even starts. The real fight will start soon. No, Sanji just works at a bar that's always full of hunters. Zeff is an ex-hunter so Sanji's learned a lot from him but he's not actively trying to become one. Zoro's training is largely off screen and its with his dojo and some of the fellow hunters. He just started though. Mihawk (if I remember) is going to be mentioned later. I think some warlords are going to appear but I can't guarantee which ones yet. I usually just write as plot bunnies strike me so some of my old ideas get scrapped. I can promise Dragon is going to making an appearance really soon though. Thank you for your lovely reviews they always make me smile.