Hey everyone, VickyT36 with another ever after high fanfic, enjoy!

Chapter 1

In the land of Ever After there lived a young woman named Ashlynn. She was kind, beautiful, and loyal, but she had a horrible problem. She lived her cruel stepmother, Cornelia, and two selfish and spoiled stepsisters, Hillary and Melissa.

Cornelia made her wear simple, plain clothes while letting her real daughters where beautiful expensive clothes. Hillary and Melissa had big bedrooms, while Ashlynn slept in the basement.

They made her do all the cooking, cleaning, yard work, and had her wait on them hand and foot. Though her life was rough and cruel, she had her animal friends, and never gave up hope that one day her life would get better.


One morning, her alarm clock woke her up at 5:30, and she sleepily turned it off. She yawned, sat up in bed, and rubbed her eyes. She then got out of bed, and opened her window, to let in the fresh air.

Then a couple minutes later, her little animal friends came. Her friends included Bev (a bluebird), Jo, (a robin), Chippy, (a squirrel), and Runt, (a mouse). "Morning, guys." she greeted happily. They chirped and squeaked back as to say, "Good morning".

"Well I'd better get dressed, got lots of work to do today." said Ashlynn. She went to her closet, got her clothes, and went to her bathroom. She turned on the water, and started taking a shower, even though there was no hot water.

When she was done she put on her clothes, which was a simple brown t-shirt, black pants, and black slip-on shoes. Then she put her long orange hair into a ponytail, and went upstairs to get her step family's breakfast ready.

As she made hotcakes, she listened to the news on her mirror pad. She would've turned on the TV, but her step sisters said the sound from it interrupted their beauty sleep. The news said the weather would be sunny and clear, and how the daily gossip on the royal family.

By the time she finished, it was 7:00, and her step family was awake, and wanted to face time on her mirror pad. Ashlynn reluctantly answered it. "Ashlynn, is our breakfast ready yet?" asked Hillary rudely.

"Yes, it is." Ashlynn answered. "Well then get that table set, we'll be down in about five minutes, and we expect it to be done." said Cornelia. "Okay." said Ashlynn. She hung up, and set the table, putting down the plates, cups, and utensils.

Then she placed the hotcakes, sausage, and orange juice down, and by the time she finished her step sisters and stepmother came down. "Good morning, Hillary, Melissa, Cornelia." she said. "You better have made these hotcakes right." said Melissa.

The three sat down, and started eating. "Mmm, not bad." said Cornelia. As Ashlynn waited for them to finish she got a pop-tart out of the pantry and ate that for her breakfast. When they finished, it was time for her to clean the kitchen.

But before they left, they gave Ashlynn a chore to do after she finished the kitchen. "Do my laundry, iron it, and put it away." said Hillary, giving Ashlynn a basket full of clothes. "Sure thing, Hillary." said Ashlynn.

"Shine my shoes." said Melissa, giving Ashlynn a bag full of high heels. "Yes, Melissa." said Ashlynn. "And when you're done with them vacuum the living room, then do the rest of your chores." said Cornelia.

"Yes, Cornelia." said Ashlynn. When they were back upstairs, she let out a sigh. "Well better get to work." She started clearing the dishes from the table, when her animal friends came through the window.

They helped her put the dishes in the dishwasher, and tidy up the room. "Thanks, guys." she said. After putting in a detergent tablet into the dishwasher and started it, she began to wipe down the counters.

When they were done, Ashlynn asked Bev to keep an eye on the dishwasher and come get her when it finished going. Then they went to the laundry room, to get started on Hillary's laundry.

First they put one load into the washer, and as it went they got started on shining Melissa's shoes. "(Sighs), how many shoes can one girl have?" Ashlynn asked her friends as she finished shining the 7th pair of shoes.

Chippy squeaked as if to say, "I don't know." Then the buzzer to the washer went off, and Ashlynn took them out put them in the dryer, and started another load. Then Bev flew into the laundry room, alerting Ashlynn that the dishwasher was done.

"You guys think you can finish the shining?" Ashlynn asked. They all chirped and squeaked. "Great, I'll be back as soon as I can." said Ashlynn. She left the laundry and went back to the kitchen. She opened the dishwasher, dried the dishes, and put them away.

"And done." said Ashlynn, putting the last plate away. She was about to head back to the laundry room when Hillary called. "Ashlynn, the wi-fi's out again." she called. "I'll fix it." said Ashlynn. She went to the router, and rebooted it.

All day she kept busy she finished the laundry, shoe shining, vacuuming, made lunch and then cleared and washed the dishes, washed the windows, dusted the house, cooked dinner and cleaned up afterwards.

At around 11:45, she went back to the her room. "Boy I'm exhausted." she said to herself as she collapsed on her bed. Bev, Jo, Chippy, and Runt all crowded around her to comfort her. "It's all right, guys. I'm okay." she assured, smiling a little.

She picked herself up, and changed into her simple black nightgown. "One day I'll get out of this place." she said to herself as she lied down in bed. After making sure she was comfortable, her animals friends went back to the woods, and let her sleep after a hard day's work.

That's chapter 1, plz review