Once upon a time, Rumplestiltskin swore he would have the baby girl, no matter what. The king and queen locked him up in a magical prison so he would never hurt them.

Time passed. The queen has died and their kingdom taken over. The invading kingdom demotes the king to a baron. The king takes it gracefully, wanting to raise his daughter.

When the daughter is around 5 years old, he re-marries a woman, who had two daughters. They pick on the girl a lot. When she runs to her father, the woman says they were just playing and it was anything to serious.

2 years later, the father died. The girl cried and cried. The woman was happy. She now has control of his entire estate. She and her daughters lived the high life and treated the girl as a maid.

As time passed, the girl around 18 years old, believed that she couldn't do anything better than that. Until there was a ball. It announced that the prince was seeking for a bride. She had an inkling of hope that she could be happy. Her step-mother and step-daughters laughed at her and forbid her to attend.

The night of the ball, they gave her a long list of chores, so there was no possibility of her going. The girl was sad, her hope crushed. She went on to do the chores, crying softly. A woman appeared to her. She asked if the girl would like to go to the ball. The girl nodded.

"Yes, please." She pleaded in desperation.

"Okay, bibbity bobbity boo." The woman waved a wand over the girl.

She was so happy with the dress. The woman then turned a pumpkin into a carriage and mice into horsemen.

"Just be careful, all the magic will wear off at the stroke of midnight." The woman warned.

The girl thanked her and went off to the ball. She went in and got to dance with the prince. They hit it off great. The clock chimed midnight. She apologized to the prince and ran off. When she ran down the stairs her glass slipper fell off. She couldn't go back to get it and she ran into the carriage to go home.

She got there and the magic wore off. She was sad that she couldn't spend more time with the prince.

The next day there was an announcement for the owner of the glass slipper. The prince and his servant came and tried the shoes on the step-sisters and they couldn't fit their large feet in the dainty slipper. They asked if their were any other women in the house. The step-mother answered there wasn't anyone else. One of the step-sisters accidently mentioned the maid. Her mother looked cross at her. The prince demanded to see the maid and they reluctantly obeyed.

The girl was called for and she tried on the slipper and it fit perfectly.

She was whisked away to the castle. The girl very in love with the prince. The prince didn't seem in love but just enough. The kingdom started planning for the wedding.


Just prologue for now story is after.