((A/N: Second chapter! This is dedicated to my mother, I know, weird, but it's her birthday today. So, happy birthday to her and anyone else who has survived another year!))

The Wolf Who Fell in Love with Little Red Riding Hood.

Second Trip: Tuesday Midday.

As she noticed she was able to see clearer, Erza realized it was already noon.

She sighed, last time she hadn't taken so long.

Was she getting slower?

This wasn't good, not at all.

Oh, right... She had stopped to do the meal herself, prepared the orange juice herself, since her mother was away to the market, of course, her mother didn't doubt to leave a note saying;

Don't go if you don't need to.

Be safe out there, dear Erza!

She had chuckled when she read the note.

Erza adjusted her red riding hood, that was slightly over her left shoulder, and followed her path, her grip on the basket, that wasn't as new, tight as always. As she entered deeper into the woods, she heard some branches behind her breaking. She ignored them, saying "It's probably just an animal"

She wondered whether Natsu was in the cabin today. He had been spending the night there ever since the two of them met. Lucy adored him. Erza saw it in her eyes. They were closer and closer by the day. They had met only less than half a month ago and they were almost as close as Erza and Lucy were. Erza wasn't feeling bad about this, actually, she was happy for Lucy. She seemed to find a friend she could rely on everyday, unlike her. And even though Natsu was out long hours searching for his father, Igneel, he was with her more than Erza could with her parents worrying over her.

Well, more like her mother worrying enough for both parents. Erza's father was sure she could kick anyone's butt.

Erza giggled at the thought of her mother wanting to punish her father for saying the word in front of her. She could only hear her steps and the sounds of the forest around her, branches breaking, the birds' songs, and the howling of a certain wolf.

A really familiar howl, if she might say.

She turned around with a giggle to see a flash of blue hiding behind a tree.

A grin started to grow on Erza's face. Slowly, and more carefully than the "wolf" had been the whole trip following behind her, honestly, the branchs breaking were just too loud for an animal, she walked towards the tree.

She heard his breathing. She walked around the tree, and found...

Nothing but another bitten apple.

"Hey there, Little red riding hood" Erza looked up, where the voice had come from, and a bigger smile was formed on her lips. On a branch, the same eight yeared old she had met for the first time last week and a day looked down at her, literally. He was wearing similar clothes, only these ones were a bit more roughed up, and there was more blue clothes on them.

"Hey there, Mister Wolf" she replied, looking up at the grinning boy. "Will you come down?" she said, her scarlet hair falling to a side as her head tilted to the left.

"So, Erza.." he started as he climbed down the tallest tree Erza had seen before, "What's your last name?" he suddenly asked.

"Eh?"

"I'm curious. And well, if you must know, mine's Fernandez, or at least I think it was that way... Can't remember very well" he said, a slight frown on his face as he walked around the tree, Erza following right two steps behind.

Erza's lips turned into a thin line, deep in thought. Her father had once told her she shouldn't tell her whole name to strangers. Was Jellal considered a stranger?

Oh! Her father had told her how to know whether someone was a stranger... How was it?

Right. Ask yourself the following questions. What's their full name? Well, that's easy, he just told her, Jellal Fernandez. What's their favorite colour? Eh... She looked at him and his clothes... Blue? When's their birthday? Uhm... Probably... Nope. No idea.

"I don't have a last name"

Jellal's eyebrows rised, "Oh. Ehm... Then, mind if I put you one?"

Erza smiled as she shook her head, "I don't mind"

"Hm... This is an important task!" he exclaimed and suddenly was deep in thought. After a few moments as he thought and walked along her side he shouted, "I know!"

Erza looked at him expectantly, anxious for her new last name.

"Scarlet! Like your hair. That way I'll never forget!"

The brightest grin lit up in both kids' face.

"Erza Scarlet... I like it... I like it a lot" she felt her cheeks warm up.

Before either of them realized, they were standing in front of the home where now Natsu also spent the nights in.

"W-Would you like to meet Lucy?" stuttered Erza. Why? She wasn't sure herself. She had never stuttered before, except when her father got angry because she had eaten his cake. But who could blame her? The cakes her mother baked were way too good to be true. The way the cream melted on her tongue, not long after leaving her the sweetest of tastes. When the taste of strawberry kicked in, a bit sour but not even close to not delicious, when it kicked, oh my, the remains of a sweet taste in her mouth would collide with the new taste. And then, you felt it, the crunch of the smashed cookies that held all that magnificence together.

She almost felt herself drooling when she saw Jellal nodding eagerly and she walked towards the door, he stepped in when Erza offered him to. Both of them walked towards the door to Lucy's room, and there they heard laughter. "Seems Natsu's there as well"

"Natsu?"

"Yep, Lucy's best friend"

Jellal nodded and looked as Erza opened the door and came in first. "Hi guys, I brought the suplies for the week"

"Erza! Tell Natsu and Happy to stop eating my food!" cried the blonde.

"They are doing what?" Erza said, and from the outside Jellal could hear the sound of a throat swallowing at her threatening tone.

Jellal sighed. Maybe... Maybe I should... he thought, glancing at the door behind him.

Funny how you can always leave a certain situation, but only right before it happens. It's only a matter of choice.

Whether you risk it.

You are betting on happiness yet the other chance is non other than a mystery.

Being hurt.

Being ignored.

Being recognized.

You wonder which of them all is going to happen.

But don't you want to try? Go for the slight chance of happiness?

I don't know, but wouldn't it be nice to say that it is indeed, worth risking it? Worth trusting blindly?

And right then, he heard the voice of a Little Red Riding Hood.

"Ehm, I've been thinking you might like to m-meet someone. His name is Jellal. He is a friend of mine"

A smile grew on Jellal's face when she said that last phrase. Friend. It was only that that made him just forget all thoughts of leaving the place.

"Okay! Tell him to come in!" shouted an excited loud voice from the inside. Erza walked towards Jellal, and smiled at him. So, the Wolf decided to trust Little Red Riding Hood.

She looked down at his hand as she grabbed it and lead him in the room. There, he saw a young blonde laying on a soft looking bed. She looked pale and weak, but the pink-haired boy next to her was smiling so widely you could almost see how he gave her strength.

So the eight yeared old thinks, he'd like to be Erza's strength one day.

Who knew their story would've been written so differently from Natsu and Lucy's?

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((A/N: I've decided that twwfllrrh is too long for me to remember, so i'm going with the wlrrh as a shortcut for the story (the Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood) just saying for you guys to know.

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P.D.: You might have realized I was hungry for cake as I wrote this))