A/N: I know I said I would only do one story at a time but this just popped into my head, besides I am finished. We have been reading different versions of Cinderella in my English class. So hope you enjoy this modern day of Cinderella, this is set before the economy went down hill. Hope you enjoy. Please review.

Emberella

There once was girl named, Elizabeth Burkes. But they all called her Emberella. She lived in the lower parts of Manhattan. She used to have a mother and a father both. But her mother was killed by a gang. After her mother was killed her father became a drunk. He was so pitiful that Elizabeth had to take care of him. They never paid the rent so they became homeless. Once her father could no longer afford the liquor he became sober.

All the while he was drunk, Elizabeth was using fire to stay warm. She became covered with ash and soot. She sometimes would lie in the dying embers. In the winter she huddled with her father. Once her father was sober, he got a job. Once he got that job he found another wife. The wife had two daughters, who would never have anything less than the best. Elizabeth's father soon became tired of it and left them.

"Emberella, do my laundry I need my DC shirt before tomorrow. I have a party to go to. Remember not to shrink it in the wash." Margaret the older sister yelled. Emberella did everything they asked, in return she was allowed to go to public school. Elizabeth struggled barely getting the B average, that she thankfully maintained.

"Emberella! You washed my whites with my pinks!!!! Do you know how expensive this suit is?" her step mother screeched. "I wonder why we even keep you around. It's not like you actually do anything to help us." Elizabeth tried, she really did, but she couldn't do everything herself. Sometimes she would get things wrong.

"Emberella! Go to the mall and buy me a Prada bag. A pink one!" April the younger step sister said. So Elizabeth went to the mall. She searched long and hard to find a pink Prada bag. When she was done, she thought it couldn't hurt if she went by McDonald's for some food. She stopped there and got a full meal. Once she finished she went back home.

"Emberella where have you been? Dinner needed to be cooked?!?" her step mother ordered.

"Sorry. It took a long time to find this bag for April." Emberella said quietly. The step mother grabbed up the bag.

In the morning they all got ready to go to school. Margaret and April were wearing their finest clothes, for they planned to impress Noah Aarons. Noah was the most popular kid in school. All the girls drooled over him and his money. Everyone wanted to be his girlfriend. He was having a party on Friday, and that was to decide who he should go out with.

"Look at him, if you were his girlfriend everything would change for you." Allie, Elizabeth's best friend told her.

"Yeah, I know. But I will never be invited to his party. I bet you will though." Emberella told Allie.

"Well, I can bring you. I mean they wouldn't recognize you, the theme is wear like the old time kind of masks." Allie told her.

"Oh, yeah. I forgot." Emberella told Allie. So they planned to go on Friday. Which happened to be tomorrow.

"After your stepsister's leave tomorrow you should come over and I'll drive you." Allie told Emberella. So the day went on and when school let out Elizabeth took the subway home. A drunk man on the subway gave Elizabeth a smile and tried to get closer. She inched away, setting her mind on the party tomorrow.

When she got home she was tired, but her day was not even close to over. She scrubbed the floors and dusted. Then she had to make dinner and then she had to get her stepsister's clothes ready for them. Then she did the laundry, again. They always had a lot of laundry since they changed clothes about every hour or so.

At school the next day everybody was talking about the party Noah was throwing. His parents were out of town so he was throwing a party. He had told people that everybody was invited. Emberella's stepsisters asked if Emberella was invited. He said of course. Her stepsisters grumbled the rest of the day. They had just the plan. They would give Emberella a list of impossible tasks.

A/N: Just a reminder, please review.