Author's Note: This idea has been on my mind since I saw "We Could Be Royals" (one of my favorites so far this season, BTW!). Unfortunately I'm not totally sure what's going to happen next in the story, but I'm sure something will come soon. In the meantime, I'm posting what I have. Thanks for reading! :)
Melanie sighed as she sat down with her morning cup of coffee. For once, the house was quiet, because Joy and Victoria weren't up yet. It was the perfect time to read the paper. Normally, Melanie's roommates would be so busy talking to each other that Melanie could barely read a word. A quick scan of the front page of the Plain Dealertold her that Elka hadn't caused any recent scandals on the city council. That in itself was a minor miracle.
She wasn't particularly interested in world news, so Melanie continued to flip through the paper till she came to the Lifestyle section. Along with the comics and other "soft" news items, there was a small section of book reviews. To her surprise, there was a review of Victoria's new children's book. "It's really our book," Melanie muttered. She had been an uncredited ghostwriter on the project. Soap opera star Victoria Chase has decided to add something new to her résumé. She is not content to simply be the star of several dozen Lifetime Original Movies, or even have a hit HBO series. Now she has decided to add 'children's author' to her credits. It seems that Ms. Chase has watched Disney's Frozen a few too many times, and she just can't seem to 'let it go.' Her book, The Mouse Sisters, features a pair of rodents who are anxious to go to a ball with a nobleman (or, rather, noble mouse). The elder sister, Joy-mouse has always been the pretty, sophisticated one, while Jill-mouse was the shy, sweet one. Due to a rather unrealistic string of bad luck, Joy-mouse trades places with her plainer sister. Though Jill-mouse gets a perfect opportunity to win the nobleman's heart, she chooses sisterly loyalty over true love. Putting aside the ridiculous, overdone idea of talking animals, the series of events which serve to ruin poor Joy-mouse's life seems to be absurd even by cartoon standards. Perhaps Ms. Chase should stick to entertaining housewives in soaps and Lifetime tearjerkers.
As Melanie read the scathing review, her mouth hung open. She couldn't begin to imagine what Victoria's reaction would be when she saw the article. The words were rather hurtful to Melanie as well, since she'd put in the bulk of the work in writing the story.
Before Melanie could ponder the subject any further, a glance at her watch told her she couldn't sit here all day. She needed to be at the radio station very soon for her show. But suddenly, an idea struck. She often struggled for something to talk about until listeners began to call in. Perhaps the solution for today was right here in front of her. Suddenly, she could hardly wait for her show to begin.