Part Three: Goldilocks and The Three Bears

Vanessa was a simple person. But she also was a daring person.

Her friends had asked her truth or dare and she chose dare.

"In the middle of the Black Forest, there was this couple named Frank and Melissa Bear. When they still lived in the town, Frank was known as the 'Night Terror' because he was a rapist and a stalker. They could never catch him in his acts so he was never arrested. Rumor has it that now, any girl that turns up missing, he is the cause of it. I dare you to go meet him face-to-face and make it out alive. Try to anger him somehow so he can do it to you. If you make it out alive, I will date my crush," Genevieve, better known as Gretel, said, knowing very well that she is leading her friend to her death.

"Are ye out of yer mind? She could die out there and no one will know," Brandon, a.k.a Hansel, whispered to his sister, out of his crush on Vanessa. He had liked her for years and now that Genny was acting an ass, he knew that he could try and save her from at least this and at least be sent out of the friend-zone to a best friend, which is a rank higher to Vanessa than being in friend-zone. After Vanessa left that was when Genevieve spoke.

"What else do you think I am doing? With her out of the picture, I can finally be acknowledged by him. Most people know that I am her closest friend and I will be 'in grief' so they will try and comfort me, especially Robby. They won't even think about you. Because no one likes you."

Yes, his sister is a b*tch (and furthermore, thinks she is a bad one) but he can't do anything about it. No one would believe the runt of the entire town over the queen. So he set out to follow Vanessa and make sure she ended out well and unharmed. And unspoiled* for that matter.

But to his amusement, he saw a woman that looked much younger than Vanessa appear out of the woods. To be honest, he thought she was adorable compared to Vanessa, who had lost her touch over the years. She looked just like...

"Bella?"

Then he heard that roar from Papa Bear. Next thing he knew he was running about six yards away from her as she was riding a vehicle that looked cool. It glowed and gave off a witchy look. None-the-less, he followed her to the house. The entire time they were driving, she was talking to some unknown force. Probably her master.

( Meanwhile, Xi-xi: Why do I feel as though someone gave me more authority over this tigress than I actually have?)

As they neared the house, he saw her hop off of the bike and walk up to one of the windows. Brandon had very sensitive ears from 7 years of hunting so he knew that she walked up to the right window. He recognized that snoring from anywhere. Vanessa.

Waiting patiently for her to find a way to climb to the window, he couldn't believe his eyes at what came next. Vines that surrounded the window crawled their way to form a ladder for her to climb. 'She is a witch!' he thought, although his body didn't follow his fear of witches and kept on moving. He felt himself waiting patiently outside of the window. Then he heard screaming and a stream of curse words that he had only heard his mother and sister ever say. The yelling stopped immediately. Then a quiet voice asked what was going on. I silently went climbing the ladder when I saw this tall figure jump out of the window, carrying Vanessa in his arms.

"Save her!" he yelled behind him, causing Brandon to know he was talking about the woman that was wrenched back by Mama Bear.

As quickly as possible, he climbed up the ladder and rolled into the room. Some sort of scream reverberated off the walls as he pulled out a knife that wasn't on him before he entered the room.

He ran into the kitchen and they weren't there.

He didn't know why he was trying to save her. He didn't even know who she was. But something was making him risk his life so save her. Building up his courage, he opened the door to the basement.

…

"Let me go, you greasy-" a hot hand was clamped over Fluorescent's mouth and her words came out muffled. It was too dark for her to see anything so she tried to make the room not as dark as it is. Her efforts were pointless when the light was lit next to her. The flames were sufficient enough for her to see what had happened to her.

She was chained to a walk that was covered in dried blood and some dry white substance. She didn't want a closer look to see what it was. A voice that was lustful sounded out in front of her.

"Seems you aren't scared. I know how to make sure of that," it said, sounding awfully like Papa Bear. It was him once she made out the features. "You made me lose my last victim. You see," he said, getting up to refill a glass that was in his hand with Brandy. " You see, I have been doing this for years. Five years ago, I found out that my wife was pregnant but the child wasn't mine. So in anger, I tried to go out and a woman that was younger than her pregnant. However, come to find out, that the woman I tried it with was a bit different. She said that she would get pregnant with my child if I helped her out first. This woman that was too close to the man she loved had to go into the forest to hunt. I was asked to take her and kill her. I can do whatever I wanted first. The blood you see on the wall you are shackled to was from all of the women I f*cked then killed. The white stuff-"

"I know what it is."

"You do? Good. Because you got in the way of my mission. Today would have marked the day it would have happened. I would have finally got my revenge back on my wife. But, because you got in the way, I can continue my mission. But first," he said, standing up and blocking a knife slash aimed at his throat. "Nice try, butcher boy."

Then a battle started. A slash at the light caused it to go out and Fluorescent could no longer see what was going on. A slash there. A thud here. Snarling It went on for what seemed like forever when blood was splattered on Fluorescent's face. The torch was lit again and she saw a man that had killing intent on his face close to her face. He handed her the knife and held out his arm.

"Cut me."

"Why-"

"JUST DO IT!"

Fluorescent slid the knife across the upper part of his arm. There was no blood spilled from the wound but the look on his face became calmer. He took the knife back from her and unlocked her chains.

"Tell me why I risked my life for you."

"Hell, I don't know."

"Well, forgive me. I seemed to have lost my manners. My name is Brandon, but everyone in the village calls me Hansel. What is your name?"

"Fluorescent," Fluorescent said, surprise filling her face. Someone does have manners around here!

"So you aren't her. Sorry, I used to know a girl named Bella and you look just like her."

"Interesting. Might I ask: where is Vanessa?"

"She escaped with that tall guy, who told me to save you."

"Where is Mama Bear?"

"She went into the woods looking for them."

"Baby Bear?"

"With her."

"We need to leave."

"Yeah," he said, reaching his hand out to her. He then felt lightheaded, like this has happened before. He steadied himself then he helped her because she was weak in the legs from fighting back. They both stepped over the brutally murdered Papa Bear, whose throat was ripped out as an animal did it.

They walked up the stairs and out of the house.

When a roar sounded and was immediately stopped, he picked up Fluorescent bridal-style and took off at inhumane speed, dashing through trees and jumping over bushes. Fluorescent being small, he didn't have any difficulty holding her as they ran. And Fluorescent also being weak, she didn't complain. They reached the town in less than three minutes.

Brandon saw the man that told him to save Fluorescent and headed over in his direction. Handing her over to him, he went to ask him a question.

"I only spared Baby Bear. He is currently in a holding cell for being an accomplice for murder, rape, and arson."

"Arson?" Fluorescent mumbled questioningly, struggling to stay awake.

"He liked to set fire to things and burnt down the victim's houses. He would not tell who gave him those specific names or what the reason was for killing them. They tried to put me in there for murder, but I was defending Vanessa here so it was overruled. How is Papa Bear?"

"Dead."

"Who killed him?"

"I did," Brandon said, turning back into his timid self.

"You?" Xi-xi said in disbelief.

""Yes."

"..."

"..."

"Well, since they are done, let's-" he stopped because he saw that Fluorescent and Brandon collapsed next to each other. Before he could reach them, all three of the faded into inexistent.