Red Lucas

Ruby "**Red Riding Hood" Lucas**, sometimes referred to as **Red**, is one of the main characters on season 2 of *Once Upon a Time* and a supporting character later in the series. She is the daughter of Anita, granddaughter of Widow Lucas and true love of Dorothy Gale.

## Early Life

Ruby was born to Anita Lucas and an unnamed man. Her mother wanted to teach Ruby the ways of the wolf, but Widow Lucas (aka Granny) thought best for Ruby and took her away from her mother for her granddaughter's safety. Granny later lied, saying that her mother, Anita, was dead. When she was thirteen years old, Ruby changed into a werewolf and to prevent her from hurting anyone, her grandmother gifts her with a red cloak, and everyone starts calling her Red Riding Hood. She later meets Snow White, who was in her henhouse and lets the former princess take shelter into their house.

Ruby and Snow are separated and she is approached by a wolf named Quinn. Ruby later learns her mother was still alive but Anita ends up being killed by Red on accident.

## Season 2

Ruby is one of the main characters of Season 2. After the curse broke, Ruby has realized that her wolf powers were returning to her. However, she forgotten how to control it. She is later blamed for the death of Billy (Gus) and almost torn apart by the town people, but it is revealed that it is David's step-father who killed them to prove that David couldn't handle the control. Ruby also acted as Henry's mother figure because Emma and Mary Margaret were gone most of the time.

### Season 3

Before the second curse took place, Ruby returned to the Enchanted Forest for a brief time as Ruby. She appeared in nearly five episodes. She gives Henry hot chocolate with cinnamon, later aware that he didn't remember anything. Later she along with the townspeople summoned by Emma Swan about who cursed them.

Red remembers what happened the past year and goes to assist Snow White in an alternate timeline unintentionally caused by Emma Swan, being the reason her parents for never have met each other.

### Season Four

After Zelena's defeat, Ruby leaves Storybrooke, in hopes to find the pack she lost. She revealed to Snow that she intended on leaving while using a magic bean. Snow wishes her the best of luck.

Ruby returns home but cannot find her pack. Before the fifth series, she goes to the Witch of DunBroch for help, but the witch turns her into her wolf form and forces her to be a Guard dog.

### Season Five

In "The Bear King," Zelena and Arthur head to the witch's house, but Ruby senses them and goes to attack them, but the wicked Witch knocks her out with her magic. Mulan later went to the Witch's house while helping Merida, she found Ruby and saw that Ruby wasn't an ordinary wolf. The warrior woman kicked over a nearby cauldron that turns Ruby back into a human. The young woman thanks her for returning her back to her normal self. Ruby reveals who she is and her relationship to Emma and Mary Margaret, who Mulan remembers from her adventures with them when they were stuck in the Enchanted Forest. Later, Ruby and Mulan go to join Merida, where Ruby tells the princess that she knows how to track King Fergus' by using the piece of the killer's cloak. She can track that the killer is Arthur. During this confrontation, Ruby knocks Zelena out with the same sleeping potion she used on her. The trio are able to defeat Arthur and Zelena, who return to Camelot. Ruby and Mulan join Merida at her father's gravesite, where Mulan admits she is still feeling lost after losing her first love.  Ruby invites Mulan to help her find her pack before they give Merida farewell.

At the very end, Mulan and Ruby go to Oz after not finding anything about Ruby's pack, where they meet Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto.  Somehow, they end up in Oz and befriend Dorothy. However, Ruby ends up falling in love with her and then uses a locator spell that sends her into the Underworld where her friends are at. She later acquires the silver slippers from Zelena  and leaves with Mary Margaret. She gives Dorothy true love's kiss, where Ruby earns from Dorothy that she faced Zelena alone because she was worried that she might lose Ruby. Both finally find their happy ending and live happily ever after.

## Powers and abilities

**Shape shifting:** Ruby has the ability to shape shift into a wolf whenever the full moon is out. She used to be fearful of her power, and always was out of control, because she killed her first true love. However, her mother helped her overcome her fear and Ruby ygot in control of it. Ruby seems to have gotten into more control of her wolf form, seeing that she carried Dorothy within ease to carry them back to their camp

### Weaknesses

**Silver:** Like all werewolves, Ruby is immune to any weapon except things made of silver.

### Family

* Granny

Granny has raised Red since she was a young child, and protected her from the truth. She is also very protective of Ruby fearing that she might turn into a wolf without her cloak. Granny later regretted not telling Ruby about her werewolf status earlier. During the curse, Red has a conflicted relationship with her grandmother, showing that she quit her job, but later went back to inherit the diner from Granny.

### Snow White's family

* Snow White
* Charming/David
* Emma Swan
 Snow White is Ruby's best friend, who seems to read Ruby like a book. They have been very close friends since Red found Snow in her hen house and offers her sanctuary. She want s Red to call her by her alias Margaret, who eventually trusts Red enough to tell her her real name.

 Red later med Snow's future husband, who also seems to get fairly along with her. They are also good allies and are considered family friends.

She also has a healthy friendship with Emma Swan, mostly because Emma is the daughter of her best friend, Snow White. Beore the curse was broken, Ruby acted as Emma's friend and also former assistant. Emma also trusts Ruby to look after Henry whenever she and her family go on dangerous missions throughout season two.

## Name

* A **ruby** is  a red gemstone, referring

to Ruby's original counterpart's nickname.

* **Lucas:** The surname, Lucas, is derived from its Latin form, Loukas

and derived from the Name Luke, meaning "from Lucania.". It could
also mean "bringer of light" in other languages.

## Trivia

* Ruby was going to appear in more episodes in season five, but Meghan Ory couldn't reprise the role due to conflicts in scheduling.
* She is completely absent from season four and isn't even mentioned.
* She is based on Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf from the book, "Little Red Riding Hood". Ruby is also based on Rose-Red because she has a sisterly relationship with Snow White.
* Unlike the original Red Riding Hood, Ruby lived with her grandmother as opposed to her mother