The Battle (part 2)

A retelling of a classic fairy tale that takes a completely different path over the river and through the Wood...

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*** In this excerpt, the names of the villains are replaced with Big Bad 1 and Big Bad 2. It is just a #sneakpeak after all. Happy Reading! 📚📖📚 

~Aspen Hite

An EXCERPT from

Ruby Hood, A Twistedly True Tale

By Aspen Hite

Ruby was ready. This was her home. With blue power orbs gathered in both of her hands, her cloak tightened around her waist. The Lycan army stood rigid, poised to attack. Mage or not, none of them were going down without a very serious fight.

The Wood flashed. Bolts of light and flames erupted everywhere. Then the wind roared, picking up leaves and blowing debris around, just as Ella, hairy and crazy eyed, entered the fray. She whirled around with golden sphere’s in her hands, lashing out as she saw fit. At last, she bound upon Big Bad 1.  “It’s time to pay you, foolish fiend…AAAAAAHHHH!”

Swept up in the kerfuffle, Ruby charged Big Bad 2. “The first time I hurt you is for my Grams. The second time is for the mess you've brought my Wood.”

“Come on then,” A smirk curved on Big Bad 2's lips as her face contorted. Her teeth grew, longer and sharper, and her fingers sprouted into spikey weapons of wood. Her tall thin frame filled out, growing bark armor, and she turned into a lethal vial Gnarly Tree right before Ruby’s eyes. Her wooden teeth jutted forward, and she screeched. Swiping her spiny fingernails, she slashed at Ruby’s flesh.

The Guardian ducked but faltered. Catching herself, she flung blue spheres from her palms. They fizzled mid-air. Ruby's chest tightened. 

“Tell me, that’s not all you’ve got, Ruby Hood. Otherwise, this might be too easy, Big Bad 2 closed in, “You know, I didn’t like you from the first moment I laid eyes on you and now, I’m going to enjoy killing you. How about death by splinter?” Big Bad 2 held up her wooden stake of an arm. “It’s going to feel so good to plunge this into your soft, delicate body.” 

To be continued...

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