In the story of Cinderella, there is a magical and beautiful kingdom in which the main character Cinderella resides. She is forced to live with her stepmother and stepsisters who do not treat her very well and essentially force her to be their servant. Cinderella is constantly treated poorly, as a prisoner in her own home that is rightfully hers. But was this tale completely accurate? Absolutely not!
First of all, our tale begins in Galaxy 0111 Territory 11, a nearly abandoned world at the edge of the galaxy. Despite its beauty as a habitable world for life, it is often forgotten due to its inconvenience for transportation. It was almost abandoned because it was in the crossfire of an interplanetary war and can now only be accessed through a space tunnel. Leaving the planet was easily accomplished but returning takes great skill and knowledge to maneuver a smaller ship. This planet is inhabited by many forms of beings both normal and mystical beyond human capabilities. Born on this planet, I had access to many of the territory’s tales and secrets. The Cinderella I know, yes, lived with her stepsisters and stepmother and was treated poorly by her feared sisters, but her mother cared for Cinderella more than the sisters. Her mother was forced to treat Cinderella with a cold approach due to the violence of the stepsisters. They were demon-span cursed by the fairy godmother (who was actually her real, devilish mother driven mad when exposed to a toxic substance that latched onto her brain from territory 67). The devilish mother was bipolar as she was in a constant mental battle against the toxic substance in her brain, sometimes she had control over her thoughts and loved Cinderella, then other days she was fighting a losing mental battle. The devilish mother also cursed the stepsisters for their ignorance and lack of kindness towards others turning them into more evil creatures. Unfortunately, Cinderella’s father (a powerful sorcerer) passed away years prior, leaving Cinderella with her mother, stepmother, and demon stepsisters as her only family. All were crotchety and abused her both mentally and physically. Cinderella was forced to work hard in an attempt to meet their needs while ignoring her own.
One day she was offered the opportunity to attend an interplanetary party where she could meet royalty of many nations and the rulers of the universe including the charming price. She dreamed of having this opportunity, but she knew she probably not be able to do so due to the requests of her stepfamily since off-planet transportation and luxurious outfits were very expensive. Once her stepfamily caught wind of the event, they immediately told her that she had to take care of their outfits and do extra work for the day to help prepare. This would make it even more difficult for her to even think about going to the festivities. Therefore, Cinderella was faced with quite a dilemma. As a friend of hers, I told her that I could take her to the solar planetarium since as a pilot and inventor I had my own ship. But I had already saved her life on numerous occasions, and she would not listen when I told her to leave her family, as she wanted to save her mother from the curse of the family.
She dreamed of returning to space yet but was quickly overburdened by the work and almost accepted her fate of not going. She started to create her own outfit, but to her unfortunate luck, she was not able to finish it in time. She knew it would not be possible for her to go to such an extravagant event with the clothes she had and was not allowed to accompany her family. She cried in dismay and realized that she would never be able to get out of her situation. She decided to almost give up, but fate had a different plan for her. I advised her otherwise and helped develop her outfit and provided her with cloth I ravaged from an abandoned space station floating nearby. Soon Cinderella’s devil mother caught wind of her daughter’s attempts to leave the planet. Cinderella’s mother rather imprison Cinderella for eternity than let her leave the planet as she did not want Cinderella to end up like her subconsciously, but making her life a living hell.
This devil mother, burdened with an eternal battle against the mental battle of darkness tried to possess the animals that Cinderella interacted with and cared for daily, including mice, birds, and more in aim to prevent her from going to the event. Luckily, my fellow friend and cat: Aslon had mystical powers and was able to fight the beasts and their possession with the power of the Kitty Punch, a powerful slap from his shoulder that expelled evil darkness from the beholder.
Meanwhile, Cinderella, a lover of life, tried to take care of everything and everyone except for herself. She tried her best to take care of herself as well but seemed to always fall short of her dreams. Aided by the geomaams, a life form of small turquoise blobs in the same family as mold that was extremely intelligent, were friendly if shown kindness, and possessed excellent craftsmanship, I helped them rally with Cinderella to help her make a stunning outfit that glimmered in the moonlight. I gave her a pair of my magic socks that can provide the wearer with a resource and this pair could turn into any shoe with nanotechnologies. It was a slight shade of pale blue almost like the sea’s reflection into the moon itself as it swayed in the wind. The atmosphere’s magic was magnified due to the pure beauty of the outfit and the hard work that was put into creating it. The dress if it was to be purchased would have cost 1000s of dollars, but with hard work and dedication, anything is possible. With the garment, Cinderella had the potential of entering the ball.
In the meantime, Cinderella's devil mother tried to manipulate vegetation to become carnivorous to not allow Cinderella to leave. As Cinderella was getting ready for the trip and event, I went and met her mother (when she had her normal personality). She sent me a message that she needed to tell me before I decide to take her on the trip. The mother said that Cinderella would probably not survive off the planet. I inquired why and she stated that the one vegetation Cinderella had been conditioned to exist only in our planet’s atmosphere. That is the basis of how her father died, he possessed a rare disorder that he needed the molecule in the atmosphere to survive and without it, you needed to take supplements to survive in an artificial space or on another planet. I asked why I just cannot get the supplement to give to her, and the mother stated that the royal family had stolen the last of it from Cinderella’s father. His ship was blown up when he was on a quest to cure the mother of her brain trauma. The royal family had hijacked his ship and raided his resources; because it was a cover-up scheme as he was about to find the cure and the origins of the toxic material which was left from a secret project from the family.
I was surprised that Cinderella’s mother told me this, but everything started to make sense. Why her mother loved her but hated her how, how the toxic material was eating away the mind of the mother causing this duality of persona, and how she did not want Cinderella to leave the planet. I discussed the matter some more with her mother and she stated that Cinderella could only last until 12 off the planet before she would need the supplements, or she would die, and I would need to get her back before then as she knew she couldn’t keep Cinderella trapped forever, especially with the aid of Aslon and me.
Once Cinderella was prepared, I mentioned that I spoke with her mother and I filled the ship’s backup air supply with the planet’s in case of emergency, as well as a few breath packs which were in the shape of bracelets. I told Cinderella that she was required to wear one of the breath bracelets if she was sure she wanted to go, and she did. She did not know about her father’s demise by the royals, and she wanted nothing more than to go to space and meet the royalty. Her mother had me swear not to tell her based on the premonition that it would ruin the evening. Her mother and demon stepsisters decided to leave before us in a high-class, self-driving UBER ship. My ship was not as fancy as the UBER ship, but the chrome twinkled in the moonlight. It shows the potential of what wabi-sabi beauty and imperfection can be amplified and transformed into something absolutely stunning.
Gassed up, we were soon in flight, the Worm power of this vehicle was truly a site to experience. The base model of my aircraft was given to me by my mentor and grandmother SMK. She was currently somewhere in space either at a galactical casino or traversing unseen lands, working on her ultimate life goal of mapping all of space. She had given me so much life advice and raised me for most of my childhood as my parents passed in the crossfire of the wars. SMK had survived as a commander and was provided with the limited edition of fighter ship which was what she had gifted to me. It looked like a pile of rubble, to be honest, but its core was the best created. She no longer liked the ship and preferred her one-floor mobile home to explore and travel these days. Over, the years as I revived mentoring and developed craftsman and trade skills, I was able to replace the damaged parts and create a perfect flying machine. On the surface, it seemed average, but at night under the moon, through my eyes, it was absolutely magnificent.
Finally, Cinderella was able to go to the party. We took off. Once at the event, I dropped Cinderella off and parked my ship, as I do not trust the valet. Therefore, I came in the back entrance and was privy to a private conversation between the prince and the King. I overheard that they were planning on killing Cinderella as she was the last descendant of the ancient lineage that traced back to the first kings and capture her sisters since they were demon-form. Overall, the plan was to capture the sisters by gaining her trust this evening and remove them from her life since they were evil to her, then burn the bridge of their relationship as he would aim to kill her. The prince rushed out and left the king to his advisors. I stayed and followed their conversation for a bit longer. The king’s advisors did not trust the king’s son and advised him to be prepared for an attempt of contempt. The king decided that if it came to it, he would kill his son if his son could not fulfill the king’s orders then he was no son of his. He turned his sights to his younger son a splitting image of the king and as ruthless as no other. The young prince was feared by many and was determined to be one of the most notorious in the universe. Known for his short temper and violent tendencies, he told the king that he would be honored to be the executioner in killing his disloyal brother if he fails to complete the task.
Meanwhile, Cinderella explored the festivities and socialized amongst the peoples of the universe. Greatly enjoying herself, her stepsisters thought they recognized her, but they did not believe it was Cinderella since they could not believe that she had the clothes or shoes of such luxury. Anyone with the right luck and opportunity can achieve their dreams. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, even though as the situation became more dangerous, I allowed Cinderella to enjoy herself for the time being and not worry about the burdens of the situation. I messaged her informing her of the situation and to be cautious that there might be an attempt to kidnap her or even attempt of murder. Meanwhile, Cinderella was able to meet the prince like in her dreams. Even though he was supposed to kill her he alerted her of his Father and Brother’s plans and therefore, they made a pact to look out for each other that evening.
Keeping watch from afar I meandered through the masses and observed the routes of escape and continued to lurk around the party gathering information. I started making an assessment of the king’s supporters and who disliked the king including those in the security detail. I dropped details to circulate through the party gossip to see who supported what information. I met individually with a handful of people that wanted to support Cinderella and our planet and overthrow the royal family.
Around 10:30 pm, I went and discussed with Cinderella about the situation she informed me of the pact. I told her that we will need to leave soon for her own safety back on the planet due to her medical situation as well, or I will need to get her the respirator from the ship as the last case situation. She needed to be back home before the clock strikes twelve, but we had made a few precautions to prevent her from having to be home exactly at that time.
We started to gather our belongings and plans of escape. I wanted to wait as long as possible to see what the King and his son would do as it would be easier to deal with them now than to wait for them to come knocking. At 11:00 pm, everything went to hell. The royals made their move. First, the elder prince received a message to take out Cinderella or he would be killed. So, he rushed to Cinderella and gave her the sign it was time to escape she started to run, but she fell over and someone stole her shoe (sock). The ravager recognized my designs and knew the sock could fetch a pretty penny on the market. The prince was chasing after Cinderella, but she ran and luckily made it back to the ship. Meanwhile, I caused panic at the party by pulling the fire alarm causing everyone to run around and be a cover for our escape. In the shuffle the ravager was seized by the king and the sock was taken for evidence and tracking I later found out. It contained forbidden technology that was supposedly outlawed in the universe which was just because the King feared a revolt against his power.
With Cinderella safe on the ship, I meet up with the rebels to see about dealing with the royal family. We rendezvoused at my ship as well in the process of locating the elder prince and placed him on the chair of comfort and truth (as it is so comfortable it forces the sitter to tell the truth). He stated that he had no intentions of harming Cinderella and did not care for his father nor younger brother as the elder prince was actually an illegitimate child to the current King and his mother was imprisoned a few years ago when his father found out the truth. The king still decided to raise him as his own to avoid scandal, but he ended up torturing the Queen as the prince’s father was the true King of the Universe, whom the current king murdered. She resisted and took the facts to the grave. The prince, therefore, had no love for his father and brother as they both were evil and conniving. We decided to leave together as a group and meet all back at my workshop on Territory 11. This would prevent any larger ships (royal ships) from easily accessing our location for some time.
Days passed and the prince was still mesmerized by Cinderella. He decided to propose to her and told her since he was the heir to the empire, he would make her his queen. The rebels and I readied our fleet and called for aid with the help of the prince. I also reached out to my grandmother. Word was spreading as fast as lightspeed throughout the universe of the uproar amongst the royals. We started to have more aid appear in the territory and pledge their allegiance to the elder prince.
Eventually, the royal entourage came with the sock. They went to Cinderella's family's home and had the stepsisters try on the shoe, but their feet were not fitting the sock well at all. One of the stepsister’s feet was too big while the other’s feet were too small and wide. They asked if they were the maker of the sock, but they were dumb and had no idea of the world around them. They then appeared at my estate. I had the fleet in my underground hanger, and only a few ships remained on the surface to draw less attention. I awaited my doom. The entourage came and I confessed to making the sock. They asked why I partook in treason, and I did not provide a definitive answer. The king was enraged, and the younger prince went to shoot me on the spot. Then I activated the room forcefield which caused me to be impenetrable. This captured the king and prince, trapping them. At this moment Cinderella and the elder prince came out of hiding. They questioned the royals and received a complete confession of their crimes towards the territory and universe. We decided to have them transported and imprisoned for the rest of their days. Cinderella and the elder prince are now king and queen and are just rulers of the universe where they still live happily ever after.