Summary: A Goldilocks rewrite. Goldilocks runs away due to some...bad...treatment. Going to the three bears house could have been one of her worst mistakes, or the best.
Author's Note:Well this is really where this story goes from Goldilock and the Three Bears to Goldilocks and Little Bear on an Adventure, or something like that. All I'm trying to say is that it's a moving past what the story was...so don't be mad at me... I'm a slow writer. The only reason I had the first two chapters up so quickly was 'cause they were already written, so don't expect updates by tomorrow, and I'm starting band camp tomorrow so...yeah, might be a while (Who am I even writing this to?). Oh and thanks for the reviews!
As Goldilocks was sleeping, the three Teddy Bears came home. They were not really proper Teddy Bears, for Father Bear was very big, Mother Bear was middling in size, and only Baby Bear could be described as a Teddy Bear. They called themselves teddy bears to make everyone love them, but they all feared Father Bear's temper too much. And by they, I mean all the other animals who could also talk as the three bears could. This was an enchanted forest that Goldilocks had wandered into.
As you may have guessed the Teddy Bears did not like to see that Baby Bear's porridge had been eaten.
"Oh my poor baby is going to starve!" Mother Bear wailed.
"Whoever did this will have to speak to me!" shouted Father Bear, his temper already rising. In the next room it was very clear that Goldilocks had been sitting in Baby Bear's chair.
"Who broke my son's chair!?" Father Bear roared as he threw Baby Bear's chair against the wall.
"Oh my!" was Mother Bear's only words on this.
Baby Bear, who had remained quite unmoved by all of this said, "Father I'll go check the bedroom." Thus he raced off and locked the door behind him.
Now back to Goldilocks, who had been woken up by Father Bear's rather loud roars. She had moved the bed and was trying desperately to reach the window. She didn't even notice when Baby Bear ran in.
"Please don't scream," Baby Bear said. Goldilocks turned around abruptly, causing her to fall off the bed. She recovered quickly and hurriedly scrambled to the other side of the room.
"What do you want with me?" she all but screamed, while her eyes darted to her pack sitting on Mother Bear's bed. Even though he could not see this, Baby Bear knew what Goldilocks was thinking.
"I won't hurt you", he soothed, "as long as you take me with you."
"Why?" asked Goldilocks. She was calming down.
"Because I'm not actually their son. They put me under an enchantment so that I would always look like this, but in actuality I'm 18."
"How can they talk?" Baby Bear began to laugh.
"I see now why you wandered into this house. You're from the human world aren't you?" Goldilocks nodded dumbly.
"This is an enchanted forest. It's a gate between the human world and the mystical world. This family protects that gate. In the mystical world almost anything can talk."
"Fine, I'll take you with me as long as you take me to that other world," Goldilocks said resolutely. Baby Bear looked as though he was about to say something when someone started to pound on the door.
"Baby Bear! Oh my poor little Baby Bear!" wailed Mother Bear.
"Open this door!" roared Father Bear. Without hesitating Baby Bear and Goldilocks went back over to the window. Just as the door started to crack they were both out and running as fast as they could.
For weeks the only thing on both of their minds was to get out of the forest. They traveled most of the time, only taking brief stops to eat or sleep. Baby Bear never asked why Goldilocks was wearing a mask and Goldilocks never asked if he was actually taking her to the mystical world.
She could trust animals.
They got to know each other very well in the mad dash out of the forest and Goldilocks soon heard herself telling him about her parents. She was shocked with herself, but before she could swear him to secrecy, they reached the edge of the forest.
"Here we are," said Baby Bear with a great big dramatic wave of his furry arms. "Disappointed aren't you?"
In truth Goldilocks was a bit disappointed, but she would never admit that.
Instead she asked a question that had been bothering her since their journey's start, "How do you break the enchantment on you?"
"Oh it's just the usual thing, true love's kiss and all that what not, nothing important. Come on lets go," he said all of it in a rush as though he was embarrassed. He started walking towards the village keeping up a quick pace.
"One more thing," huffed Goldilocks, "what's your real name; it can't be Baby Bear can it?" He stopped again.
"I don't remember what my name is," he said coldly.
"Oh….Well for now on I'll call you Orson!" she said with forced cheerfulness. She grabbed, now, Orson's hand and started dragging him along. Soon they were racing towards the village their moment of sadness forgotten.
In the town, Goldilocks couldn't stop staring at all the creatures, new to her and not, walking about. Many of the residents said hello to Baby Bear and said it as though they liked him. Most didn't even give Goldilocks a second look. She was the most surprised, albeit slightly relieved, to see only a few humans among them and she asked Orson about it.
"The creatures here don't trust humans very much. It's human's fault that they were chased out in the first place and had to create this world. Only the few people dubbed 'peaceful' are allowed to come to this place, but they can never leave."
"So does that mean I can't leave either?" asked Goldilocks, there was a tinge of worry in her voice. Orson didn't answer; instead he pulled Goldilocks into an inn. He rented a room and dragged her inside.
"Okay, it's safe here," he said while climbing on the bed. "For your last question; no, you can leave at any time, since they don't even know you're here. But if you do actually want to stay you have to take the test. I don't know what exactly they do to you, but it's probably something to determine how much we can trust you."
Goldilocks started looking quite worried about this; she put her hand on the side of her head. Orson knew that when Goldilocks started playing with her bag's strap it meant that she was thinking about something. He quietly slipped out to get them something to eat.
When he got back Goldilocks was still playing with her strap, so instead of disturbing her he sat the food down and watched her. In truth, he felt as though he was falling in love with her. At first he was a little put off by her serious and aloof nature, but he soon learned why she had them.
When she had told him about her parents and the way her mother had treated her he had saw a glimpse of the part of Goldilocks that was broken. He wanted to heal that part. He wanted to protect her from anymore pain even if it meant that he had to take the heartache himself.
Goldilocks looked up and Orson's gaze was so intense that she was happy that her mask covered her face. She was blushing furiously.
"Why do you want to live in the Magical World?" he asked without thinking, still looking intently at Goldilocks.
She stood and started pacing. Orson knew this meant that she was trying to think of what to say.
"I hate humans," she said simply while grabbing the now cooled food. Orson looked shocked.
"But how could you hate humans?!" he said a little alarmed. He really hoped she had a reason and that she wasn't just crazy.
"Because all the humans I've know had had rotten personalities. They are prone to jealousy and rage. They take their temper out on anything in sight." she said this with such fervor in her voice that Orson could do nothing but be struck speechless.
"This doesn't take me out the picture though. I'm one of the worst!" she was shaking. Orson got up and went over to her.
He gave a great big bear hug, or at least as big for someone his size. Goldilocks started sobbing and she hugged him back. They sat like that for hours. Orson gently laid her down on the bed. She had fallen asleep sometime ago, but he liked the feeling of holding her.
She really is fragile. He thought as he pulled the covers over her. He felt bad because he could do nothing for Goldilocks except hold her and say flowery things. He was beginning to think that he wasn't the right one for her, because he had no clue how to heal her.
When she found out he was human she would crack even more. And he would loose her. A change came over Orson, he knew what to do but it would hurt. He went to his bed before he could change his mind about this, and fell into a fitful sleep.
I like ending chapters in sleep apparently...Yay!! Chapter two!!! Wooo!!!