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Tifa Red Riding Hood.

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Tifa Red Riding Hood.

Every day was the same for Tifa boring always having to do what her granny told her always having stay in on a night time always having to wear her red cloak because ‘it protected her’. Protected her from what? Though she didn’t understand.

How she longed though to go with the town’s folk that would come to their cottage door several times a month looking for the mysterious wolf that would often roam the forest around the village and would even have the cheek to venture into the village and take as its pray a framer’s sheep or chicken and it was time to pay for those crimes. Oh how Tifa longed to go with them especially as Cloud one of the town’s young men was often part of the group.

For a while now Cloud and Tifa had been meeting in secret. They had first meet when Tifa had managed to sneak out when sent on her chores to collect eggs from the chicken coop they had but instead of doing her chores she ran off into the woods and towards town. That was when Cloud had caught her, when she came stumbling through the woods and basically face planting the woodland floor a few feet in front of the blonde.
“Need a hand?” the blonde boy asked extending his hand to the girl that interrupted his chores
“Thanks” Tifa replied expecting his help to get back to her feet.

Her breath caught as she came face to face with the handsome young man with blonde spiky hair staring back at her as she brushed off the muck from the woods.
“So what are you doing out here then? Um?” Cloud asked breaking the silence between them
“Tifa” she replied and then paused as if asking him his name
“Cloud, you were saying Tifa”
“Had to get away my granny is doing my head in she’s far too overprotective of me” Tifa sighed
“Ah so you’re the girl then that lives in that cottage?”
“Afraid so” Tifa sighed again.

They began talking after that and Tifa found herself getting more and more intrigued by the blonde boy and since there chance encounter they had been meeting as often as they could.

Then everything changed.

Tifa was sent on her morning chores to collect eggs from the chicken coop when she spotted her. A girl with brunette hair girl hiding behind one of the chicken nests.
“Can I help you?” Tifa asked startling the poor girl.
“Sorry I didn’t mean to scare you”
“That’s okay” the girl replied “I’m Aerith by the way”
“Tifa, so what has you, hold on your her aren’t you the girl the Queen is looking for” Tifa explained recognising the girl from the wanted posters around town.
“Oh please don’t say anything it’s not what you think she wants to kill me” the girl explained looking worried.
“I promise I won’t” Tifa smiled

It took a little bit of convincing granny to allow Aerith to stay but eventually Granny allowed her to stay.

The two girls then were sent to get more water to accommodate their extra guest but when they arrived at the well the water was blood red and there was bones in the water too.
“What happened here?” Aerith asked more to herself
“The wolf come on we better get back to granny’s” Tifa said and quickly the girls ran back to the cottage.

Due to the girls not having water when they arrived back they had to tell Tifa’s granny everything. That meant though Tifa and Aerith wouldn’t be allowed to leave the cottage at all that night. Which annoyed Tifa so much especially when the town’s men including Cloud came to the door that night inviting Granny and Tifa to come along on the wolf hunt with them. Again it was a flat out no from Granny and a reply of stay safe keep windows and doors locked and that was the end of it.

Granny went back to sitting in her rocking chair her cross bow poised and aimed at the door, as Tifa and Aerith went back to Tifa’s bed room. Cloud was there by the window leaning in.
“Aerith please, please, please cover for me tonight” Tifa practically begged.
“Okay” Aerith agreed almost without thinking it through, and with that Tifa removed her red cloak that had been on her shoulders for as long as she could remember and fled through the window with Cloud.

~*~
Tifa and Cloud rushed out looking for the wolf that plagued the village. However that was when Tifa began accessing Cloud of being the wolf after something she recalled hearing. He actually believed her story and begged to be chained to a tree. Tifa helped chain him but just as the locks were secured that was when disaster struck. The moon peeked through from the clouds and Tifa was no longer Tifa. She had turned into the wolf and at that moment she was bearing her fangs at the boy she loved.

~*~

Aerith was curled up on the bed covered in Tifa’s red cloak. Hopefully Tifa’s granny wouldn’t come in and say anything but she couldn’t be sure and sadly for her luck wasn’t on her side.

And her luck ran out almost right away from the minute Granny stepped into the room.
“Aerith where’s Tifa?” Granny demanded
“Um off with Cloud” Aerith replied
“Come on then we must get to them fast there isn’t much time”

They headed off then into the woods Granny carrying her crossbow and Aerith holding the red cloak in her hand.
“So you were a wolf as was Tifa’s mother and it’s been passed to her?” Aerith asked again to in order to get her head around what she had just heard.
“Yes, I’m not longer able to transform but I can still track her” Granny replied.

~*~

Aerith and Granny just broke into the clearing where Cloud was chained to the tree as Tifa bared her fangs circling the poor boy. They had made it. Granny shot a sliver tipped arrow at Tifa making the wolf fall to the floor, and Aerith followed Granny’s orders and chucked the red cloak at the wolf.

Within seconds of the cape falling onto Tifa’s wolf form she returned back to her old self. She was shocked by what had just happened. She had been filled in on everything that had taken place and felt so bad for accusing Cloud of being the wolf when she herself was, she was just thankful that she hadn’t managed to attack the defenceless boy before help had arrived. She would never of forgiven herself if she had done anything to him.

Cloud expected Tifa for who she was and promised that he would never tell the villagers of her secret otherwise there would be an uprising in the village not that it mattered too much with Aerith being found the 3 of them decided to run for their sakes as they had fast become friends with the princess that was wanted. Cloud had been shocked that it was in fact Snow white they had been hiding all along but that didn’t matter what mattered was they find away to regain the lost kingdom and they would with the help of Tifa’s wolf side though she never took the her cloak off again and if she did, Cloud was there to remind her to wear it, but that didn’t mean she had the heightened senses of a wolf and was able to keep the trio away from the castle guard.
My entry for the :iconthesoldierspromise: AU contest. I've chosen to use the Once Upon a Time episode Red Handed (Enchanted Forest part) for my entry. I love that story and the whole surprise and shock that Red's the wolf in the end I loved it, it scared my mum and brother which is funny. Its my fave episode so far even though the UK hasn't seen all of season 2.

The only thing different is I changed the ending after all Red kills Peter and I couldn't have that so I changed it but not sure if its that good this story at all but I've done my best.

Genre probs slight mystery romance drama IDK
Characters

Tifa - Red Riding Hood/Ruby
Cloud - Peter/(the boy Red likes)
Aerith - Snow white/Mary Margret (I know she don't have the right look for snow but I didn't want to use Yuffie and she was the only other I could think off really so technically Zack though he's not in this story is Prince Charming/David)
Granny just Granny.

Well I don't think its my best fic but I still hope you enjoy it. Had thought about using Skin Deep episode instead Rumplestiltskin and Belle for a beauty and the beast type thing but although I love Rumple in Once upon a time I couldn't really cast Cloud in his part. Also look out for my upcoming Belle cosplay from the episode Skin deep.

Hope you enjoy Dearie
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BalanceLord's avatar
This a flipping Once Upon a Time story of Red just told differently.