Disclaimers/Notes: Any character you recognize is not mine. I don't own Cinderella either. Sydney's stepmother is Vypra from Lightspeed Rescue, and her stepsisters are Z and Mora. Sky, of course, is Prince Charming.
Sydneyrella
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Silverhill, lived a young maiden named Sydney. She had hair the color of gold and eyes the color of the sky. Her mother had died in childbirth, and though Sydney's father was very lonely without his wife, he treasured his young daughter.
Sydney adored her father. He was smart, brave and handsome, and he did everything she asked of him. Sydney looked forward to the afternoon walks she took with her father, and so did he.
Still, Sir Carter knew his young daughter needed a mother, and shortly before Sydney's fifth birthday, he married a lady by the name of Victoria. Lady Victoria had two daughters of her own. When Carter told Sydney her new mother was going to bring sisters for her to play with, Sydney was thrilled. She had never had other children to play with before.
When the wedding was just weeks away, Victoria and her daughters came to visit the Grayson Manor. Sydney had been waiting all afternoon for her sisters to arrive, and when they did, she was terribly disappointed. The girls were cruel. Elizabeth tore Sydney's favorite pink gown and Mora pushed Sydney into a mud puddle. With a tearstained face, Sydney went off in search of her beloved father. Father would put a stop to this.
When she found her father, he was with Lady Victoria. "Father, look what Elizabeth and Mora have done to me!" Sydney cried, twirling around to show Carter the damage.
"You interrupted me," Lady Victoria said coldly. "When I am your mother you will know better. And Sydney, my daughters are perfect little girls. You must have fallen while you were playing with my lovely girls. Now go on and play."
"Victoria, I don't think Sydney-" Carter began, but Victoria reached for his hand and smiled a falsely warm smile.
"Hush now, my love. I have finished correcting your daughter now. I think she has been used to having you to herself for too long. She doesn't want to share. But this won't happen again, will it, Sydney?"
Sydney did not like this vile woman, and she decided she did not want a new mother and two new sisters. But Sydney had also been taught to obey her elders. She nodded, curtsied, and went on her way. Her heart hurt. Father had allowed that evil woman to be cruel to her. But maybe when Victoria and Father were married, she would be kinder.
After Victoria and Carter had been married for many months, it became evident that Victoria was not going to become kinder. If anything, she became worse. Every time one of her daughters was rude to Sydney, Victoria insisted that Sydney was the one at fault and what hurt Sydney more was that Father believed Victoria's lies. Lady Victoria was always quick to say Sydney was being a spoiled little girl who wanted to rid the manor of the new women in Carter's life.
"You have been a bit spoiled by me, Sydney," Carter told his daughter gently. "I did not know what else to do with you when your mother died. A father should be able to spoil his daughter a little, but as Victoria has made evident to me, I have taken it too far."
"No, Father," Sydney protested. "You have not. My governess says I am a perfect little lady. It is Victoria who-"
"You will not speak ill of your mother," Carter reprimanded.
Sydney began to spend more and more time alone. She went to her lessons with her tutor, but as Elizabeth and Mora now shared the tutor as well, Sydney found her studies far less interesting. Sometimes she would stare at the tapestry of the kingdom that hung on the castle wall, wishing she could escape from Victoria's cruelness.
Just before Sydney turned seven, her father passed away, leaving her alone with her evil stepmother.