And I'm a day behind. Again. This is going to be the start of a 2-3 chapter long arc set in the wonderful AU of little red riding hood. I blame essays for the delays.

Also, have I mentioned that despite doing fanfiction for 13 (14) days now, I've never really touched an AU? Odd. Too bad I have just the right trash chapter to fix that. (I call all my writing trash)

Hello Mr. Wolf (1)

Ayano awoke to the birds chirping, the chick-a-bee's whistling, and the calls of nature, in more ways than one.

After rushing to the bathroom, Ayano washed her face, draping her favourite red cloak around her shoulders. It was a warm day sure, but it was always better to have more skin covered than less in the forest. Who knew what kinds of bugs could fly down and as much as Ayano enjoyed being in tune with the natural world, mosquitoes were always a bother.

"Onee-chan! Breakfast is done!" Kido, her playmate, called out. Since all the adults were busy with work-stuffs, they had to prepare their own meals.

Of course, "they" wasn't just limited to Ayano and Kido. No, there were a grand total of five kids in the area, and for safety purposes, they were all kept together.

Thus, Ayano had long since become acquainted with the only people she knew her age. Being the oldest, Ayano was like their older sister, and they were all one big happy family. That was, when they tolerated each other. Kano picked on Seto more often than she could count-

"Wah!" Seto cried out. Ayano rushed into the room, instantly assuming her role as the big sister. Her eyes scanned the room, immediately tracking down the points of interest: Kano's apologetic smile and Seto's tears.

"Seto, it's…"

"Kano," Ayano reprimanded, "you can't always pick on your brother."

"But it's… sorry Seto." Kano bowed lightly, before giving Seto a chunk of his breakfast in apology.

"T-thanks." Seto murmured, the crybaby only matched by Marry, who seemed to get upset just as often. The two made an odd pair, but together neither seemed to be as… easily excitable. Where was Marry?

"Where's Marry?" Ayano asked, voicing her thoughts.

"I think she's still asleep." Kido shrugged. "Haven't seen her all morning."

"Isn't Marry supposed to make the delivery?" Kano asked lightly, still munching on his slice of bread.

"What?"

"Your daddy wanted you to drop something off at Azami's house, but you were busy gathering berries," Kano went on, "so Marry volunteered to go for you."

Marry had volunteered to go to the graveyard? Odd. Ayano knew that Marry, although she always had good intentions, wasn't very… brave. Why did Marry agree to go?

"Kano, did you?" Ayano accused, pulling the blonde's plate away from him.

"No! Well, maybe I did do something, but I only dared her to go." Kano protested.

"Kano." She warned him. "You shouldn't-"

"It's not like I made her agree; I just dared her to do it! I'm, I'm innocent!"

"Kano."

"Yes." The boy ducked his head, resigned to his fate.

"Could you wash up today? I need to run an errand." Ayano smiled at her brother, the smile that meant you better agree or else. Being nice was so much fun!

"Yes." Kano groaned.

"I'll be back by supper." Ayano announced, before heading to Marry's room.

Ayano didn't know where Marry was per se, but her room was as good a guess as any. After all, if no one in the house had seen her, either Marry had woken up way before anyone else, or she had never left. Jumping through a window was also a possibility, but Marry wasn't the kind of person to do that. Maybe if Kano really… no, probably not.

"Marry?" Ayano knocked on her door, wondering if her friend was really in the room. A sudden crash gave Ayano her answer.

"Y-yes?"

"I'll make the delivery." Ayano declared.

"B-but…" Marry emerged from her room, with a list of directions in one hand and a closed basket in the other. As odd as it seemed, Marry seemed fully prepared to venture deep into the forest, as if her last attempt hadn't failed miserably.

Azami had once told Marry to go out and gather some berries, but Marry had ended up getting lost and being discovered by Seto, all the way over at their encampment. 'Course, without that slip-up, none of them would have ever met Marry, but Ayano still didn't trust Marry's sense of direction.

"…Kano said I had to." Marry finished, looking as if she was going to cry.

Kano was really going to be in for it. Why hadn't Seto or Kido stopped him? Maybe they were busy actually doing their chores?

"Don't worry," Ayano told her, "I'll get it. I've told off Kano once, and after I come back, I think I'm going to need to do it again."

"R-really?"

"Yeah. Pass me the basket and directions." Ayano smiled at the younger girl, taking the two objects lightly. She led Marry down the stairs, returning to the pack of children.

"I'm going to be going now." Ayano announced, unexpectedly with everyone's undivided attention. It was almost like she was going to be leaving forever just by how solemnly they listened to her.

"Behave yourself alright Kano?" Ayano

"Why only me?" Kano protested. "Kido and Seto and-"

"Because Kano, I heard about what you did from our fluffy little friend." That shut him up.

"A-anyway, be good okay? Tell dad that I went in Marry's place."

Then, with an almost teary goodbye, Ayano marched into the forest, leaving the settlement she'd spent almost her entire life in to venture off into the unknown. Or rather, into the forest Ayano was also familiar with, having spent years exploring on the whims of Kido, Kano, and Seto.

Still, Azami's house was deeper into the forest than Ayano had ever dared to go, and even crossing over into a more… dangerous area. Wolves roamed the forest, as did various other creatures.

Ayano just hoped that if anything, she wouldn't meet a wolf. Wolves were her encampment's boogeyman, the terror in the night. She would hear them howling at the moon, and lie in fear. Wolves were the stuff of folk legends, feared by many, seen by none who lived to tell the tale.

Ayano was doing pretty well on this, or she did for the first few hours of the trek. It was a long journey just to deliver a single basket's worth of goods, but apparently since the last visit, Azami insisted on a child delivering the gifts. Between whispers of "witch" and "monster", the villagers gave a general consensus to bide by Azami's wishes.

So, how exactly did Ayano's wishes break and shatter into a million tiny starbits? Of course, with her luck, she just had to meet a wolf, a big beastly animal casually glaring at the trees. In the shadows, the wolf's pelt perfectly camouflaging it. Ayano didn't even see it until she was right in front of it, a mere three metres. Still, even then, only its red eyes gave the wolf away when it opened its eyes.

"Why, hello there Mr. Wolf," Ayano called out nervously, and waved to the wolf with her free hand.

AU PROMPT – The main character is reimagined as a werewolf in a magical girl universe.

Hmm. Again, I didn't really follow the prompt. Oh well, close enough. At least I still had someone be a wolf, even if I ignored the were part of werewolf, and completely shattered the universe modifying it to that of a fairy tale. Yeah, that's close... right? Oh well.

Also, not editing these makes me too afraid to read them. It literally scares me.