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Little Red Cinderella and the Three Beanstalks
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This is a story about a girl and a book.
It is a book of fairy tales, and a girl who is rather ordinary, until she finds herself quite literally sucked into stories.
But the world of Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty is a turbulent one at the best of times, and it has been thrown into further turmoil by Rikki Collin's presence.
The paths of the stories have been disturbed, and with the Book being the only key as to how to set right what she has ruined, Rikki--with the help of two not-quite-knights-in-shining-armor--has to fix what she has broken before an ancient power awakens and can take advantage of the twisted path. Once upon a time, there were no happily ever afters.
*NOTE: To all those of you new readers checking this story out for the first time, be aware that the first chapters are over nine years old, and they are a little cheesy because I was a new writer. I've left them mostly as-is for my veteran readers, but I swear, things DO get better if you can make it past the first ten or so chapters.
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Little Red Riding Who?
In Which Our Main Character Findes Herself in A Situation -
To Grandmother's House We Go... Sort Of
In Which Rikki Learns Some More About Her Rescuer -
A Book, a Boy, and a Bug
In Which Nothing Of Great Importance Happens -
A Once Apon A Time and an Earthquake
In Which We Learn The Origins Of Ezu's House -
Jack Lost his Beanstalk and the Giants are Coming
In Which Ezu And Rikki Get A Visit From A Giant Or Two -
Little Bo Peep has lost her Giants
In Which Ezu Can't Pay A Debt -
Old Gnomes, Guessing Games, And More Blood
In Which Rikki Does Something Very, Very Bad -
Enchanted Forests and Medical Care
In Which Ezu Is Found, And Questions Are Answered -
Fairy Tales and Enchanted Mood Swings
In Which Your Author Nearly Killed Herself Writing This Chapter For You Ungrateful Little Urchins -
Philosiphy and the Frog Prince (Not Exactly...)
In Which Our Heroes Escape The Forest And Someone Fall Ill... -
If I Had A Magic Bean For Everytime...
In Which Ezu Teeters On The Brink Of Death... -
(About section)In Which Jinx Helps Out And Ezu Awa
Old Mother Hubbord, The Basin is Stubborn, And I Swear We Aren't Reproducing (this is really the title, it wouldn't fit up there but I really liked it) -
Big Jack, Little Jack, And Every Jack In Between
In Which Ezu Runs Away And Rikki Runs Into A Friend -
Do You Have Sisters or Cows, Little Green Monster?
In Which Jack Is Jealous And Ezu's Still Somewhere In His Knickers -
Fly Like Monkeys, My Pretties.
In Which We Are On A Mad Chase To Find our Little Two-Timing Friend. -
Once Upon A Time, There Was A Nasty Bruise...
In WHich We Find Ezu And Mary, And Ezu Gets A Little Present -
There Was A Little Girl Who Had A Little Curl...
In Which Rikki The Restaurant Bill Can't be Spilt -
Mary's Little Lamb Is Really A Chauvinist Pig
In Which Blood Is Shed -
There Was A Little Girl Who Had A Little Curl
In Which Rikki Proves To Be Horrid -
Heigh Ho The Derry-o Is That What's Been Going On?
In Which We Learn The Answers To Some Tantilizing Questions In A Delicious Filler Chapter -
On A Dark And Stormy Night...
In Which Rikki Learns A Startling Truth -
Mary Had A Little Beau Who Pied The Piper For Bean
What? -
The Girl Who Cried Vine
In Which Rikki Has A Breakdown And Is Attacked -
Hans and the Three Mooches
In Which They Get Some Food, Rest, And A Story -
Rock A Bye Babies, On Hans' Floor
In Which They Awaken And Prepare to Leave (And Ezu Remembers A Certain Something...) -
Six Thieves 'A Thieving
In Which The Author Realizes How Desperate For Chapater Titles She Is Getting (And Rikki Cuts A Bitch) -
All Around the Mullberry Bush, the Monkey Chased The Weasel
In Which Rikki And Ezu Reach A Climax In Their Relationship -
Something Clever About Fairy Tales
In Which We Say Goodbye To The Black Thief And Meet A Castle -
A Sheep In Wolves Clothing
Another Seemingly Meaningless Title That Actually Has A Lot To Do With The Chapter's Contents -
Armed and Dangerous
In Which Rikki And Jack Are Allowed To Handle Sharp Objects -
The Queen Of Hearts Has Lost Her Mind... To Eros
In Which The Author Delays For Yet Another Chapter, But Ezu Opens Up A Bit... -
If You Like Pina Coladas And Dancing In The Rain
In Which A Broom Closet Leaves Everyone Thoroughly Confused -
Flirting, Rescuing, And Failing
In Which Mo, Larry, And Curly Find Their Woebegotten Princess -
Ol' King Cole Was A Merry Old Soul- Well, Not Really
In Which They Meet A King, Save a Princess, And Are Doomed To A Lifetime Of Servitude -
Donkeyskin And Bad Break Ups
In Which There Is A Fight -
Tears Of Silver, Hearts Of Gold
In Which Jack Tells A Secret Or Two -
Long Long Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away
In Which, Including The Title, The Author Has Managed To Break Three Seperate Copyright Laws -
Ezu Peezu Puddin' And Pie, Kissed The Girls And Made Rikki Cry
In Which There Is An Apology And The Author Desperately Needs Support -
Three Blind Mice, See How They Run, Dressed In Drag With The Farmer's Wife, Three Blind Mice
In Which They Are Incognito -
This Little Piggy Went To The Market, This Little Piggy Stayed Home; This Little Piggy Got Some Suga
In Which Typical Gender Roles Are Thrown Out The Window -
Sing A Song Of Fortunes, Sing A Song of Lies, Four And Twenty Princesses Baked In A Pie
In Which They Agree To Disagree And A Fortune Is Told -
The Three Little Dancing Queens (And A Big Bad Wolf)
In Which There Is Terrible Singing And Convenient Plot Devices -
Once Upon A Times and Not-So-Happily-Ever-Afters
In Which The Author Begs Not To Be ***ed By Her Neglected Readers -
Sing a Song of Sixpence, Sing a Song of Rye. Rikki is Allergic To Hay.
In Which That Chapter Title Makes Little Sense And Doesn't Even Rhyme. -
I'm Sorry
In Which The Author Begs for Forgiveness From Her Most Merciful Reader Base -
Bippity-Boppity-Boo
In Which Our Heroes Loiter In A Graveyard And Commit A Federal Crime -
The King's Ball
In Which They Go To A Ball -
Mr. Charming
In Which They Meet A Prince And The Wicked Step Mother -
The Wicked Bitch of the West
In Which a Step Mother is Soiled, Two Men Are Found In A Closet, And A Prince is Beaten -
Midnight
In Which There Is A Fight -
Happily Ever After, Number One
In Which We Attend A Ball -
Snow White and the Three Bumbling Heroes
In Which A Story Is Read And Grammar Is Discussed -
Not a real chapter
So don't get your hopes up... yet -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the Three Regular Sized People, an Evil Queen, and a Monster
In Which Much Is Said, But Little Happens -
A Knight In No Armor
In Which A Deal Is Struck -
Exposition
I'm sorry guys -
Dwarves and Damsels
In Which they Convince a Prince -
A Prince, A Plan, And Some Practice
In Which Preparations Are Made -
Monsters and Mayhem
In Which There Is A Monster, And An Accident -
...I took a Sabbatical?
In Which I'm Very Apologetic -
All the King's Horses and All the King's Men
In Which A Battle Begins -
I Took Him by His Left Leg and Threw Him Down the Stairs
In Which They Are Reunited, And Split Apart -
An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
In Which There Is A Duel And More -
Apples, Kisses, and Goodbyes
In Which Some Revelations Are Made -
Status Update
Just letting everyone know what's going on -
No Fairy Tales Endings
In Which Ways Are Parted -
A Maiden in a Tower
In Which Towers Are Climbed And The Patriarchy Is Questioned -
Like A Thief In The Night
In Which Negotiations Do Not Go Well -
Ezu's Story
In Which We Catch Up With Ezu -
The Returning Hero
In Which A Decision Is Made And A Threat Is Made Known -
Up A Tower Without A Paddle
In Which A Not So Daring Rescue Occurs -
Geography Lessons
In Which Accommodations for the Night Are Made. Literally. -
Gingerbread
In Which Someone Left The Oven On -
The Lost and the Found
In Which Our Hunters Have Some Success -
Slumber Party
In Which We Explore A Sleeping Castle -
The Nap Of The Century
In Which What Is Probably A Guinness World Record Is Broken -
Ladybird Ladybird, Fly Away Home
In Which Redemption Is Earned -
Rub a Dub Dub, a Girl in a Tub
In Which A Bath Is Had, And A Story Too -
On the Road Again
In Which Breakfast Is Had, Provisions Are Supplied, And Thanks Are Given -
Reunited And It Feels So Good
In Which Paths Are Crossed -
A Grimm Feeling
In Which Our Intrepid Heroes Arrive In The Grimm Woods -
Learning Fear
In Which Rikki and Ezu Shiver and Shake -
Three Challenges
In Which Our Intrepid Heroes Are Put To The Test -
The Final Story
In Which Our Heroes Hear A Tale -
A Meeting with A Spirit
In Which Ezu And Rikki Come Upon The Third Tower -
The Last Battle
In Which There Is Danger -
The Golden Key
In Which We Return to Where We Began -
Happily Ever After
In Which We Say Goodbye - Update