Cast:
Cinderella ~ Sango
Stepmother ~ Princess Kaguya (from the 2nd movie)
Stepsister 1 ~ Kagura
Stepsister 2 ~ Kikyo
Prince ~ Miroku
Prince's assistant ~ Shippou
King ~ Inuyasha
Queen ~ Kagome
Fairy Godmother ~ Kaede
Ch. 1
Sango scrubs the floor as hard as she can, wanting to get the floor clean before sunrise. She knows the moment Madame Kaguya wakes up she will want tea and everything clean. She sighs thankfully as she finishes, wiping her wet, weary hands on her tan apron. She knows that she needs to keep an eye on the time so that she can muffle the grandfather clock. That way, she won't have to deal with her "family" being cranky with her. She glances over at the clock and notices she only has 40 seconds before the clock strikes and the demons awake. She grabs her rags and runs over to the clock.
DONG! DONG! DONG! DONG!
Crap. She thinks as she closes the door to the clock.
As if on cue both of her stepsisters scream as loud as they can. "SANGO!"
She sighs as she walks upstairs, not ready to face her two spoiled stepsisters. Especially at 4 in the morning.
She walks down the hallway to their joined room and opens the door. Kagome and Kikyo sat, steaming with anger on their beds, glaring at her.
"YOU ARE SO ARROGANT!" Kagura rages throwing her makeup stained pillows at Sango. Suddenly, Kikyo reaches across her bed and grabs her younger sisters arm, preventing her from throwing anything else. "Kikyo!"
"I'll handle this Kagura." She says, standing up from her bed. "Kagura is right. You are a horrible person who cares about no one but yourself." She closes in on Sango, pinning her to the wall by her shirt. "You should be more grateful that we saved you from that horrible village after your family was killed." Suddenly, she reaches behind Sango and presses on her bandages on her back through her shirt. Triggering pain from the still-healing arrow wound in her back.
Sango screams in agony, thrashing against Kikyo.
"Does it still hurt, Sango?"
Sango squeezes her eyes shut, forcing away her tears. She still isn't used to Kikyo's abuse. She tortures Sango mentally and physically. Causing a deadly combination of nightmares for the young girl.
"That's enough, Kikyo." Kikyo stops and lets go of Sango, letting her fall to the floor. Sango looks up and saw her stepmother, Madame Kaguya standing there in her silk robe. "She has more important things to do. Sango, stop sitting there like a wounded animal. Go. Get. Our. Tea."
Sango quickly gets up and runs out of the room, afraid that they will see her tears. She runs down the stairs and into the kitchen, locking it behind her. She collapsed before the fire, tears spilling down her face. Memories of her brother and father rush to her, causing her to double over in sobs.
She finally pulls herself together, gets up and walks over to the cupboard and pulls out 3 cups and a tea kettle. Because all 3 of them hate Sango and want to waste as much of her life as they can, they all decided that they each like separate kinds of tea. Sango smirked to herself as she wrapped up the herbs in little bags of cloth before setting the kettle on the fire. Then she started to make their pastries for breakfast, knowing she had time on her hands.
When the pastries are done and the tea is steaming hot, she sets their breakfast on trays and walks them up the stairs. She walks up to the girl's bedroom door, balancing one tray on her head and one on both her hands. She kicks the door open lightly, not wanting to wake them again. She carefully sets their breakfasts on their night tables. On her way out the door, she hides one of each of their shoes. Not enough to get her specifically in trouble, but enough to ruin their day.
When she goes to Madame Kaguya's room however, the former Princess is sitting up in bed, wide awake and brushing her hair. Not that Sango could ever mess with her. No, Kaguya is too clever. Sango would never be able to get away with anything.
"Good morning, Madame Kaguya." Sango says, placing the tray on Kaguya's night table. "How are you today?"
"What do you want, Sango?" Kaguya says, not even bothering to look at Sango.
"Am I allowed to go to the marketplace today?" Sango asks, silently praying Kaguya would say yes. "I need to get more herbs and food to make dinner."
Kaguya sits there for a moment, thinking it over. "Fine." She finally says, looking over at Sango. "But be back in time to make us lunch."
"Thank you Madame!" Sango exclaims, leaving Kaguya's room. She runs down the stairs, walking into the kitchen and grabbing her breakfast, a basket, and her money before leaving the house.