It’s dark... All around him is darkness. He feels the chills running down his back. 
Janus sees through his ‘telescope’ from hell. 
He was exiled to the underworld because he lived a two faced life. Looking through the ‘telescope’, he sees a woman walking among the flowers. Janus looks at the woman once again and a sense of familiarity striked him like lightning— Riley Rambutan. 

Janus looked at Riley with his heart filled with nostalgia and loneliness; he knew in his heart that she was the only one he ever needed. She felt so warmingly familiar that he was eager to come home into her arms but he couldn’t— not now that she has found a new fortress who seemed much more deserving of her love than he will ever be. 

The images in the telescope caused a pang of pain in his heart that he never felt before, not even when he was ruining people’s lives by the words that onced escaped his mouth as they plead him to stop. 

He looked into her eyes and he saw something he had never seen before when he was still with her. Genuine happiness. He was jealous but deep inside he knew that Riley and him could never happen, as he was a sinner born to die and Riley was an angel born to reign the heavens. 

The man beside Riley seems just as familiar. He was holding her hand like the way he wished he could. It was only when he smiled at her that he realized who he is. Adam. He was the only guy Janus trusted with Riley.

 He asked Adam to protect her when he could not be around but he never thought that Adam would use that chance to replace him in her heart. 

Janus could not hear the words but his heart could feel the warmth of their voices as they speak. 

“I love you,” mouthed Riley. 
“I love you too. Always,” Adam smiled between the words, it was as if he was pouring his heart to the promise he told Riley.

“But I loved her first,” Janus cried, but Riley could never hear him.

He rubbed his hand together trying to heat himself up. The cold wind rustling his hair, and the sound of the crickets accompanying him. 

He tried walking faster but the soreness from futsal practice was catching up with him. 

From behind him, he could feel someone catching up with him. Pushing away all the tiredness he felt he fastened his pace. He chastised himself for forgetting to bring his car to practice. 

Suddenly, all the lights that was little to no help lighting his way blacked out. He felt all the hair behind his neck stand up and shivers went down his spine as he felt something cold pass through him. 

He stopped dead in his tracks trying his best to shake away the feeling. Searching for his phone to use tue flashlight only to find that the battery run out. 

Sighing out in frustration of all the things that went wrong this night. He just decided to keep on walking home, from the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a young child crying. 

Being considerate he decided to postpone going home; and walked to the young child crying on the curb. He slowly approached the child not wanting to startle her. 

"Hi there" He said gently putting his bag down and crouching infront of her

"Are you okay? What are you doing here late at night? Where are your parents?" He said trying to find his water bottle in the darkness to give to the little girl. 

She outstretched her hand, it was pale with green veins running along to the shoulder. She gingerly took it and took a small gulp. 

"What's your name?" He asked her once she had calmed down abit only little sobs came out once a while. 

"Mary" A soft smile appeared on his face, once he finally received an answer. He recalled hearing that name before but thought otherwise.

"What are you doing here late at night?" He asked once again. 

"I'm lost" She said more volume added to her voice now. 

"I'll help you" He said, not wanting the little child to be left alone 

She slowly lift her head, and pure shock and horror gilled his eyes. Her eyes were darker than the night sky and her lips blood red.

He was hoping to help her smile but this was not what he had imagined; her smile was devilish a kind of smile that showed that she was up to no good. He slowly picked up his bag and backed away, sprinting down the road trying his best to get away from the little girl. 

He ran faster than he thought he could, turning his head back to check how far he was and saw that he was already far away. He started slowing down and faced fowards again. 

There she was standing with a little doll in her hands, just a few feet away from him. Smiling like she just won a gum ball machine. She started approaching him the same smile getting bigger with each step she took. 

The moment she was in front of him, he started to go dizzy, his vision was blurred and he couldn't think straight. The last thing he heard was a childs laughter before darkness took over everything 

He walked to his favorite tree and sat down in the warm sand to eat his crackers. As he ate, some crumbs fell to the ground. He took out the magnifying glass when he noticed an ant had already found his cracker crumbs. 'Hey,' he thought, 'I'll check this out.'

One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other.

"That's a good idea," her mother said.  So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.

When the basket was ready, the little girl put on her red cloak and kissed her mother goodbye.

"Remember, go straight to Grandma's house," her mother cautioned.  "Don't dawdle along the way and please don't talk to strangers!  The woods are dangerous."

"Don't worry, mommy," said Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll be careful."

But when Little Red Riding Hood noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she forgot her promise to her mother.  She picked a few, watched the butterflies flit about for awhile, listened to the frogs croaking and then picked a few more. 

Little Red Riding Hood was enjoying the warm summer day so much, that she didn't notice a dark shadow approaching out of the forest behind her...

Suddenly, the wolf appeared beside her.

"What are you doing out here, little girl?" the wolf asked in a voice as friendly as he could muster.

"I'm on my way to see my Grandma who lives through the forest, near the brook,"  Little Red Riding Hood replied.

Then she realized how late she was and quickly excused herself, rushing down the path to her Grandma's house. 

The wolf, in the meantime, took a shortcut...

The wolf, a little out of breath from running, arrived at Grandma's and knocked lightly at the door.

"Oh thank goodness dear!  Come in, come in!  I was worried sick that something had happened to you in the forest," said Grandma thinking that the knock was her granddaughter.

The wolf let himself in.  Poor Granny did not have time to say another word, before the wolf gobbled her up!

The wolf let out a satisfied burp, and then poked through Granny's wardrobe to find a nightgown that he liked.  He added a frilly sleeping cap, and for good measure, dabbed some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears.

A few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocked on the door.  The wolf jumped into bed and pulled the covers over his nose.  "Who is it?" he called in a cackly voice.

"It's me, Little Red Riding Hood."

"Oh how lovely!  Do come in, my dear," croaked the wolf.

When Little Red Riding Hood entered the little cottage, she could scarcely recognize her Grandmother.

"Grandmother!  Your voice sounds so odd.  Is something the matter?" she asked.

"Oh, I just have touch of a cold," squeaked the wolf adding a cough at the end to prove the point.

"But Grandmother!  What big ears you have," said Little Red Riding Hood as she edged closer to the bed.

"The better to hear you with, my dear," replied the wolf.

"But Grandmother!  What big eyes you have," said Little Red Riding Hood.

"The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf.

"But Grandmother!  What big teeth you have," said Little Red Riding Hood her voice quivering slightly.

"The better to eat you with, my dear," roared the wolf and he leapt out of the bed and began to chase the little girl.

Almost too late, Little Red Riding Hood realized that the person in the bed was not her Grandmother, but a hungry wolf.

She ran across the room and through the door, shouting, "Help!  Wolf!" as loudly as she could.

A woodsman who was chopping logs nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could.

He grabbed the wolf and made him spit out the poor Grandmother who was a bit frazzled by the whole experience, but still in one piece."Oh Grandma, I was so scared!"  sobbed Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."

"There, there, child.  You've learned an important lesson.  Thank goodness you shouted loud enough for this kind woodsman to hear you!"

The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest where he wouldn't bother people any longer.

Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother had a nice lunch .

 

Laura Evergreen. She was a victim of the oh so great Landon Locke, or so she thought.

It was a quiet spring break when a whiff of fresh wind rushed through Laura’s hair. She sniffled as she wrapped her arms around her body. Laura sigh as she thought of how tomorrow is the start of another hell-like school year. 

The next day she walked pass the hallways with a frown on her face. As she dragged her feet to her class, she saw the ethereal Liam Locke. He slid beside her and wrapped his arm around her petite figure.

They walked to class together when her mood drastically went down. It was Landon Locke. Yes, Landon Locke as in Liam’s brother except he is the complete opposite of Liam. A disgrace. He had tortured her for her whole life. Copying her homework and tripping her is all he can do and that is not even a quarter of the things he’s done.

Laura dashed to her friends as she was greeted with a warm embrace. “Hey, long time no see!” Nicole exclaimed. She smiled back as she catches up with them.

RING!!Laura ran up to her boyfriend as she asked him if he had plans for the day. “Sorry cant do today, i have plans with my buds and i can’t ditch,” Laura felt disappointed but she just shrugged it off. 

On her way back home, she decided to stop by a nearby café. She entered the building as she ordered her usual latte. After getting her order she turned her back and saw a familiar face. Her heart sank when she saw Liam caressing the witch Cassandra’s cheeks. Cassandra, the infamous ex looked like she was enjoying it. 

She quickly went up to him not even realizing that she dropped her coffee. Laura grabbed his collar and slapped him across the room. She was satisfied when she saw a red cheek and immediately stormed out of the café.

Once she got out, her eyes started to glisten as she ran back home. She was so emotional that she did not even realize she bumped into a hard chest, she mumbled an apology as she looked up only to find the last person she wanted to see right now.

Landon Locke.

She expected him to make fun of her red eyes and tear stained cheeks but what she saw was nothing close to that.

Every inch of his face showing concern, his hand reached up to her face and tucked her hair behind her ears. Laura observed his face, confused. She opened her mouth but Landon put a finger over her mouth. “Don’t,” Landon whispered. She gave in and began to bury her tears in his shoulder. She did not know why but she felt safe and comforted in his arms.

Badump! Badump! Her face started to flush red as she was questioning what is happening to herself. What is this weird feeling, she thought.