This was a quick one, I hope you like it!

Chapter 11. Fairytale

Red sees her life as split into two times: the time before the kazoo, and the time after. Before the kazoo, she constantly wondered about what a fairytale life was. Was it joy? True Love? A Family? She didn't know, but she did know that she wanted it, whatever it was. She figured she would have the perfect life, her mommy and daddy would come back, her granny would be there, all of those things.

After the kazoo, Red still wanted those things, but not to the dangerous extent that she had before. She just wanted to be happy, to have a family. The Grimms didn't know it, but she had seen the way the children of the Beast, Arachnid, and Frog families were welcomed home, even though they didn't really deserve to have families. At the time, she had been furious. She hadn't tried to kill anyone, (not yet anyway) and she didn't get a family. Why should those three? When the oldest Grimm, Sabrina, had come through the portal, Red had been almost apoplectic she was so angry. The girl was just a good outlet.

But now, Red wasn't so sure that the picture perfect family, grandparents, parents, two kids, and two pets, was really a fairytale family. She knew now that having that wouldn't have made her any happier. After all, the two parents were unconscious, the kitty was extremely carnivorous, and the Granny didn't want to be there, and neither did the doggy. What was the point if no one was happy?

But now Red lived with the Grimms, with two sisters, a brother, an uncle, and a Granny. It wasn't a picture perfect family. The oldest sister and the brother were stuck between hating each other and loving each other, although lately they'd been more confused about the relationship than anyone else. The youngest sister had trust issues with the older sister, and wouldn't trust her even though she kept promising that she would. The uncle was pretty much focused on getting the girl, although he was also getting over a magic addiction, just like the oldest sister. The Granny made weird food and seemed determined not to see that the oldest sister and the brother were meant to be.

All in all, it was a pretty weird family. Red knew that. But somehow, she was happy. The oldest sister and the brother liked her pictures, probably because they helped them come up with pranks. The youngest sister would color with Red whenever she asked. The uncle would hold Red when her nightmares from the time before would wake her up and the oldest sister would get him. The Granny accepted and welcomed Red when Red was sure she'd never be welcomed anywhere.

Red, as she watched the oldest sister and brother start to take tentative steps towards each other, instead of fighting, wondered if a fairytale family wasn't about who was in it and how perfect everyone was. Maybe it was really about how they felt about each other. And Red's fairytale family loved each other very much. Red adored her new family.

And best of all?

They loved her too.

What did you think? I really wanted to do one from Red's perspective, so here it is! Please R&R,

Tam