This story is like the movies Ever After, A Cinderella Story, and, well, Cinderella. Oh, and don't forget that everyone's Human! (NOT ham-human!)R&R ASAP!
Chapter 1: Enslaved
There was once a kingdom called White Plains. It was a beautiful kingdom, flowers and sakura trees blooming everywhere. Almost everyone wanted and loved to live there. Everyone except Bijou Kemina.
Bijou was about 16. She lived in White Plains. It's not that she didn't like the kingdom; it was someone who lived there. Bijou lived with her stepmother and her stepsister, two cruel people. They treated her like dirt, a pebble in their shoes.
Bijou grabbed the broom and began to sweep the front porch of her beautiful mansion. Too bad such a beautiful place was owned by two cruel people.
"If only life were different..." Bijou sighed. She remembered how it all started.
-----Beginning of Flashback-----
"Daddy!" yelled five- year old Bijou, as she ran up to her father. He had just arrived from a trip. He was a traveler. Suddenly, a woman and a girl walked out of the carriage. The woman looked like she was hiding something. The girl seemed to show what she was hiding: unloving cruelness.
"Who are they?" Bijou asked her father.
"Well, ever since your mother died, I've been looking for someone to marry. Someone to be your mother, and now, I think I've found her. This is my fiancée, your new mother. This is your new sister." He explained. The girl gave Bijou a nasty, bratty look. The woman smiled at the father.
"B-but Daddy! I don't want a new momma! They look mean!" yelled Bijou, rudely. He gave Bijou a mad look.
"Don't mind her. I'm sure we'll make a great family." The father said.
"Why thank you. Shall we take our stuff and go in?" the woman asked. The father nodded.
A few weeks after, they got married. A few days after that, Bijou's father was about to go on another trip when suddenly, he fell down.
"Daddy! What happened?" Bijou screamed. There was no reply. He had passed away. Bijou started to cry. Surprisingly enough, Bijou's new stepmother was crying, too. She gave Bijou a cruel look.
-----End of Flashback-----
Bijou sighed. Ever since then, she had been treated like a slave. Though it wasn't fair, she allowed it to happen. She hated to admit it, but her stepmother (whose name is Corwella) had complete control over her.
Suddenly, the stepsister walked out. Bijou sighed, knowing something bad was bound to happen.
"Hello, Sparkle." Bijou said. Sparkle was very cruel. She loved to look pretty and dress up.
"Oh, it's you. What are you doing here?" asked Sparkle, disgusted at the sight of Bijou.
"Stepmother ordered me to sweep the porch. I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you." Bijou said. Sparkle glared at her, then walked away.
Suddenly, Pashmina walked to the porch from the backyard. Bijou smiled at her friend.
"Hi, Pashmina!" Bijou greeted her. Pashmina was another servant at the Kemina mansion. There was one other servant. It was Penelope, Pashmina's younger sister.
"What are you doing here? I thought that you and Penelope had to clean up the backyard.
"Oh, don't worry. Penelope is just finishing watering the garden. She'll be done soon." Pashmina said. Suddenly, there was a scream coming from the backyard.
"That's Penelope!" yelled Pashmina. They both ran to the back. Pashmina gasped. Corwella was slapping Penelope.
"I told you not to cut the hedges! It's ruined!" yelled Corwella. Penelope started to cry.
"Ookwee!" she yelled. Corwella finally stopped slapping her.
"You'd better find a way to fix those hedges!" she yelled. Penelope wiped away her tears.
"And you! Go back to work!" she yelled at Bijou and Pashmina. Bijou quickly ran back to the front to sweep.
"I don't have any more chores." Pashmina said. Corwella walked to her.
"Go wash the dishes!" she yelled, as she walked back inside. As soon as she was gone, Bijou came back. Pashmina ran to Penelope.
"Are you okay?" Pashmina asked. Penelope's face was all red from the slapping.
"Ookwee." She said. Bijou patted her on the back.
"It'll be okay. I'll get you some ice later." Bijou said.
"Come on. Let's get back to work before Corwella comes back." Pashmina said. The other two nodded and went back to work.
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how was that? sry it was kinda short. R&R ASAP!