Authors Note: Hey guys and Gals! :) This is one of my latest Fanfics on here. I've recently fell in love with the film A Cinderella Story and wanted to create my own version of it including two different characters, not Sam and Austin. It's my own take on it so i hope you like it! :) Feedback is always appreciated and if you like it, i'll post the next chapter :)

Just letting you know that one of the characters is my own personal made up one and the other is the wonderfully talented Seth MacFarlane :)

Anyway Enjoy! xxx

"Once upon a time there was a beautiful little girl and her widowed father who lived happily in downtown Los Angeles. It wasn't exactly a fairytale kingdom but to me, it had everything a girl needed. My dad and me hung out everyday; we were best friends.

I wasn't exactly up to date on the latest fashion or make-up trends but I was never bothered, I never missed out on anything important. My dad taught me everything I knew and always supported me through everything.

Our favourite hang out place was the Diner, my dad owned it and hired the most amazing staff, and I loved every one of them. It was the most popular diner in downtown LA; I loved everything about it.

Every year I had a birthday party down there that my dad threw for me, but this year's one I'll never forget. I turned 12 and my dad told me to blow out the candles on my cake and make a special wish, but why did I need a wish? I already had everything I wanted, the coolest dad and the best friends a girl could ask for.

Well I suppose wishing for a new bike wouldn't be a bad thing, but instead of the bike… I got Rachel. She came into my life and had soon got my dad hooked around her finger, next thing I know… I'm getting a new stepmom... lucky me.

At first I was happy that I had somebody to share my girl problems with, but it didn't turn out the way I wanted it too. But she made my dad happy, so I was happy too.

Along with my new stepmom though came my new stepsisters Gail and Abi, not your typical sisters but I was happy to welcome them to the family. But as the months past, I knew something was wrong by the way Rachel was treating me, but my dad couldn't see it. He was still treating me like a princess and telling me everyday that he loved me, my dad was my rock and I never wanted anything to happen to spoil it.

One night though, my whole world changed; we were reading one of my fairytale stories when all of a sudden Rachel shouted "Fire! Help!" so dad took off running to go and help everybody out of the house. Knowing that fire caused devastation, I packed some of my most valuable things and then ran out the house to safety.

By the time we got outside, the fire had spread but Gail's pet rabbit was trapped inside so dad being brave, ran inside to go and rescue it. But that's when something terrible happened, the fire caught the fuse box and then the next thing I knew, I was watching my kingdom crumble before my feet with my dad trapped inside.

I lost my best friend that night, everything changed and my life felt empty. The only fairytales that were in my life were the ones I read in my books. Nothing was the same after that, I blame Gail entirely, if it wasn't for her stupid rabbit I'd still have my best friend, my rock, my everything.

The most devastating thing though, was that my dad didn't leave a Will, so Rachel got everything; the diner, the cars, all the money to buy a new house and sadly… she got me.

Rachel went on a spending spree to rebuild the house and she changed it completely, it wasn't the same house I remembered… partly because she'd painted it pink and the furniture had to match. But she didn't care what I did with my room, which was the attic. I could do whatever I wanted with it; with the little furniture she gave me, a bed, a chair, a few boxes of books, some second hand clothes and the box of memories I'd managed to save from the house fire. I'd grabbed everything I could, luckily saving the Fairytail book my dad read to me every night before bed. It was the start of my new life without dad and I was dreading every minute of it"

10 years later…

Lily awoke suddenly to somebody shouting "Lily! Lily why isn't my breakfast on the table!" Lily rubbed her forehead and peeled the paper off her face, which she had slept on. Another night without sleeping in a proper bed, too busy on her computer getting another story finished.

She was currently in her final year of University in downtown LA and couldn't wait to graduate. As much as she enjoyed it though, she just wanted freedom to get out and explore.

Studying so many classes was slowly getting difficult for Lily, especially controlling the work pile. Her English classes were the worst, she was hoping to be a published writer soon but her tutor kept her working hard by making her write short stories every week to help train her brain so she would be a quick thinker.

As much as it was a pain, she owed everything to her tutors, as they were the ones that encouraged her to send off her first written book to a professional writing academy. They had sent her a confirmation letter saying they'd received her book, and then they'd let her know whether it would be published once they'd read through it.

If she got accepted, she'd be able to move away from home and buy a house of her own living happy and free. Instead of working double shifts at the diner and being a slave to her stepmom and sisters. They'd been nothing but a pain for the past 10 years, but Lily just bit her tongue and rolled with the punches. But she couldn't put up with much more, if her book got rejected she'd be devastated, so right now it was all or nothing.

"Lily! I want my breakfast!" Lily shook her head from her thoughts and sighed out of tiredness and frustration.

Every morning Lily had to wake up at 6:00am, make everybody breakfast and then work down at the diner until 9:00am, then go to Uni, come home at 3:00pm and then work at the diner again, whilst trying to squeeze in time to have a social life and do her Uni assignments. It was a tough life but Lily had coped so far. But now she needed to get herself moving to make breakfast for everybody.

"What took you so long!" Lily sighed as she entered the kitchen; Rachel was already sitting at the table reading another one of her diet books. She could have easily got up and made her own breakfast, or starved herself… then she'd lose weight.

"Just couldn't get moving this morning" Lily replied as she rummaged around the kitchen to get breakfast going.

"Another late night on that silly computer, I regret buying you that thing" Lily again just bit her tongue from replying with a nasty comment, whenever she said something out of line, Rachel cut her paycheque at work.

"I only use it to study Rachel, I've got another big assignment coming up"

"Instead of giving me excuses, make my breakfast and then get down to the diner"

"Rachel I really can't go to work this morning, this assignment needs my full attention"

"Lily how many times do we need to go through this? You don't need to go to Uni, you have a job so you don't need all this University garbage"

Lily finished making Rachel's porridge and gently put it on the table, "This better be better than yesterdays batch" Rachel replied taking the spoon and shoving a mouthful in her mouth.

"Yes very nice, your services aren't needed now. Get to work" Lily just sighed as she left the kitchen to grab her stuff to head off to the diner for another pointless shift. It was only a 2 hour shift and Rachel always tried to cut her paycheque for the silliest things.

Lily left the house with her bag full of textbooks and jumped into her car, it had been her dads and she'd managed to rescue it from the evil hands of Rachel. It was her pride and joy so she rode it everywhere, not caring how old it was. She backed out of the drive and slowly made her way to work, wondering how slow her day was going to be.

"Lily what are you doing here again?" Jackie asked as Lily came through the back door and dumped her book bag down. "Another pointless morning shift" Lily replied as she started to change into her work gear.

Since Rachel took over the diner, she'd had everything covered over and all of Lily's childhood memories erased completely. The diner was now a bland pink and everybody had to wear roller-skates with their pink and black uniforms. It was ridiculous but Rachel cut paycheques and fired people if someone complained.

"Lily this has got to stop" Jackie said as she folded her arms, Jackie basically ran the diner whilst Rachel just spent all of the takings.

"She's got you waking up at stupid hours just to work pointless shifts, then you have to work long evening shifts, plus squeeze in your Uni assignments"

"I know"

"It's ridiculous Lily"

"But-"

"You can't continue like this"

"But-"

"No more buts okay? Take your books and get off to Uni, your assignments are more important"

"What about Rachel?"

"You just leave her to me okay? Now get" Lily smiled as she looked at Jackie, she'd taken care of her since she was a baby and 22 years later she was still the only one who truly believed in Lily.

"Thank you Jackie"

"No problem, I'll see you later anyway" Lily smiled as she left the diner and headed back to her car to head off to pick Josh up and then travel to Uni.

Josh was Lily's only real friend, they'd met during high school and stayed best friends ever since. Josh loved drama and theatre groups and was training to be an actor, so he was always coming up with crazy ideas and wearing some ridiculous clothes. It made him happy though, so Lily just accepted it.

"Lily, wow you're earlier," Josh said leaving his house to head towards Lily,

"Yeah sorry about that Josh, Rachel again"

"What she have you do this time?"

"Get up to make her breakfast even though she was sitting at the table"

"Wow that's just low"

"Yeah"

"You not at work this morning either?"

"I did arrive but Jackie sent me away to focus on my assignment"

"That's nice of her"

"Jackie's basically raised me so she's kinda like my mom not Rachel"

"Good things will happen soon Lily just keep your head held high" Lily smiled as she pulled away from Josh's and headed off to Uni.

It wasn't exactly her favourite place but it kept her out of Rachel's reach for a few hours. Lily wasn't really a popular person… more like an outcast just making her way through life. Whilst some left her alone, others took it upon themselves to make comments and treat her like crap. Especially the head of the cheerleading squad Amy Brannings, she and her gang of followers made silly comments to Lily and really made her feel unwelcome. She was popular with everybody and bragged that she had a celebrity boyfriend, always attention seeking. It drove Lily crazy but she kept her head down and got on with her work.

"Empty space dead ahead" Josh said pointing to an empty car parking space, the Uni parking lot was ridiculous for student parking. It was a fight everyday to get a space, if you couldn't find one you had to travel miles up the road just to park without getting a ticket.

"Ok I see it" Lily replied about to turn into the space but someone else quickly drove into it. The doors opened and out stepped Amy and her gang of followers.

"Oops sorry diner girl, I took your space" Amy said in an innocent tone and then walked off laughing with her friends.

"That girl" Josh started but had to calm himself from the anger he was feeling.

"Just ignore her Josh, that's what I've been doing" Lily replied as she quickly found another space and this time managed to get it.

"She must pick on you for a reason though"

"I think she knows Abi and Gail"

"Oh… those two"

"Don't get me started Josh"

"How did they manage to even get places at this Uni anyway?"

"Rachel and a lot of money" Josh just shook his head as they exited the car and headed towards the Uni grounds to relax before classes started.

"Got ya!" Josh said sneaking up behind Lily and picking her up off the ground.

"Jeez Josh how many times do I have to say it, don't do that!" Lily said and then laughed when Josh swung her around.

"You love me really honey" Josh said setting her back on the ground so she could continue rummaging through her bag, "What are you looking for?"

"My phone, I was in such a rush this morning I can't remember whether I took it with me"

"Expecting a text message?" Josh asked slyly with a small smirk, Lily just looked at him but couldn't help but grin. "You are aren't you?" Josh laughed as Lily blushed, "Wow you're really getting close to this guy"

"We just talk that's all, we have a lot in common" Lily replied and then smiled once she'd found her phone and as predicted, she had a text message waiting from him.

"I knew it" Josh said as he leaned on Lily's shoulder to see a new text message.

"I'll see you in class" Lily said to Josh as she walked off down the corridor to go outside during her free period.

"That's right I forgot the secret admirer is more loved than me" Josh called after her and then smiled. He was happy for Lily to be talking to somebody, as he made her confident and she always smiled. Josh smiled again as he headed towards his next class.

Lily was sitting under a tree reading one of her books, her life revolved around textbooks for studying and going to work. It was a tough life, but Lily always loved the time she had to herself where she could get lost in a book without having somebody nagging down her ear.

Her phone beeped again signalling a new message, so she picked it up and saw that it was prompting her to go onto the live chatroom. So she accepted and she saw that he was online waiting.

"Where've you been, it's been ages since I spoke to you"

"We spoke this morning if you remember :)"

"I can't get you out of my head, what's on your mind?"

"Just reading through a textbook during my free period, how about you?"

"Currently reading through another script, what book you reading?"

"A fairytale one"

"Need more details than that"

"It's just a textbook exploring the definitions of fairytale stories"

"Sounds exciting"

Lily just giggled to herself, it was fun talking to this person, and he made her laugh everyday.

One day Lily was searching through the University chatroom and came across somebody called "MacMan". He was the one to start chatting to Lily who had disguised herself as "Fairytale girl" and they soon found that they had a lot in common.

From crazy senses of humour, to wearing the same brand of sneakers, MacMan was truly perfect. Lily felt she could trust him enough to have her cell number, so from then on he sent her messages everyday to make her smile.

"So how's you day been so far?"

"Work, work, more work, raging stepmom and trying to control work assignments, ever feel like you can't go on?"

"I get like that sometimes, but to make things easier… I just close my eyes and think of you. Then it's all better" Lily felt herself blushing as she read his comment, "MacMan do you think we've ever met? Like in general passing in the streets etc.?"

"I don't know, this town isn't exactly small but I'm sure we have or maybe in the future we'll bump into each"

"I hope so"

"Which leads me to my question… When can we finally meet?"

"Soon I promise" Lily was waiting for his response but her connection disappeared when her phone started ringing and it was Rachel as usual. Another long list of chores for her to do… great… this day should be fun.

"I see you've finally returned" Lily smiled at the message flashing on her screen, even though it was after midnight and she was exhausted from work… she had to speak to MacMan just one more time before she fell asleep.

"I'm sorry about that, my stepmom rang me and disconnected the Internet, then it was back to studying and then work, now is my only free time"

"Sounds harsh, how do you cope?"

"I just about manage, I always believe good things are gonna happen :)"

"How's the new book coming along?"

"It's going okay, starting to get a little bit of writer's block though"

"You'll be fine, just like your other book will be accepted and you'll be famous" Lily smiled again at that, MacMan was always saying he believed in her and she loved it.

"Hey can I ask you something?"

"Of course you can"

"What made you decide to create your own TV show?" Lily had always wanted to know, he'd told her that he ran his own TV show but never said which one or what his real name was. He was a complete mystery just like she was to him.

"Ever since I was little I was always drawing things, it just made me happy. So when I went to college I studied animation and then made my own pilot of a cartoon show. I sent it off to different companies and next thing I know, FOX have picked it up and were asking for a full season"

"That sounds amazing"

"It is amazing yeah"

"I'm certainly proud of you, you should be proud too"

"I certainly am proud of myself, and I know that good things are gonna happen for you too with this book"

"I haven't heard from them in weeks"

"How long was your book?"

"About 400 pages"

"That might be the reason then, that'd take them weeks to read through!"

"Lol but what if they hate it?"

"If they hate it then they're stupid, you've put your heart and soul into it so it should be amazing, I'd love to read it"

"Oh man is that the time? We've been talking for over an hour!"

"Time flies when you're having fun"

"I should turn in now"

"Before you go I wanna ask you something"

"Ok shoot"

"FOX are throwing a small party in celebration of the success of my TV show tomorrow night and I was wondering whether you'd like to come?"

"Oh wow that's awesome, tomorrow is my night off so yeah I'd love to"

"Great, I sent your invitation in the post a couple days ago so it should arrive by tomorrow" Lily frowned slightly at that, Rachel was always checking the mail for her things so she'd have to really keep an eye out tomorrow.

"Okay I'll keep an eye out for it"

"Great and by the way, it's a costume party so you can come as any character you like"

"Lol I'll think of something"

"Please meet me at the party, I'll be waiting for you at 10pm in the middle of the dance floor, please come, night night :) xxx"

Lily sighed as she signed off the chatroom, now he wanted to meet her? He seemed to good to be true, kind, caring and extremely funny, what did he see in her.

"No good dwelling on it, you said yes so now you gotta do it" Lily said to herself quietly and then sighed as she looked at the time. It was going past 1am and Rachel usually woke her up at 6:00am to do chores before Uni.

So she crawled into bed and grabbed as many hours sleep as she could before another day dawned.

Author's Note: Please Review :) xx