Work To Become A Princess: Cinderella's Crushed Dreams
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In a large mansion on the peaceful Hanashoubu Island, Ayame Hotori swept the floors and the dusted the cabinets. A hard working girl with the dream to become a princess. Not the princesses who sit lazily on a chair waiting for a prince in shining armor to come sweep her off her feet, but a princess who support the dreams of hunters and work for a living and go out to the world to fight for what they believe and pursue the things they never knew.
She wanted to be a Hunter assistant, a Princess.
"Hey! Ayame! Get over here and help clean this mess!" her older step sister, Aku Yokoshima, demanded.
"On my way, Aku!" Ayame sighed back. She had light brown hair with blonde highlights that passed her shoulders slightly and the brightest emerald eyes you would ever see. She was twelve of age and was quick on her feet.
"Hey! Ayame! Get over here! I need you to press and iron my dress!" The youngest step sister, Yami Yokoshima, screamed.
Ayame groaned. "Just wait! I need to attend to Aku first!"
There was a dead silence for a short while when, "NOOO! Don't attend to that selfish brat before me! Get up here at once!" Yami screamed at the top of her lungs, that the ground slightly shook.
"No! Get here Ayame!"
"Shut up!"
"You shut up!"
The fight continued and Ayame waited for it to end. When the fight grew too intense, Ayame saw where this was going.
"MOTHER!" the sisters screamed.
Ayame shivered. A devil lady crawled out from the shadows with a devious grin. "What's wrong now?" she hissed.
Ayame felt a chill down her spine and the hairs on her back stood up. "Nothing." Ayame gulped.
All of a sudden, the two ran down the stairs and begged the mother to punish the other sister.
Ayame stood in disgust as the two continuously begged their mother.
"It's all Ayame's fault." Aku cried.
"She didn't serve us fast enough and had us squabble amongst each other." Yami complained.
"It's Ayame's fault!" the two pointed at Ayame and the mother's eyes followed.
"Go to your room." She growled.
"But-
"No excuses! When my daughters call, you reply. You serve my daughters and I. I don't want to hear another mouth load of your stupidity." She waved Ayame away and the step sisters giggled and stuck their tongues out.
Ayame wanted to walk up to them and slap them straight on their face and stroll to her room, but in this house, her step mum's the boss.
"Understand?"
"Yes step mum." Ayame strolled up to her room and lay face down on her hard bed.
The room was small and was barely enough for two. The bed was hard as it was filled with sand and the pillow was dirty and dusty. She had a small desk with chipped wood and a clothes hanger with only her sleeping clothes.
Then there was the bedside table with a picture of her previous family and her at the age 5. Her mother was beautiful and very intelligent.
A bluebird flew down to her window and perched. Ayame smiled and enticed the bird to enter.
"It's okay." She assured.
The bird hopped into the room and rested on Ayame's bedside table. The bird pecked at the photo and sang a soft melody.
"Wanna know why I'm here huh?" Ayame giggled.
The bird nodded somewhat and the story began.
In truth, Ayame never belonged with the people here. Destiny just lured her to now. Ayame's parents were kind hearted and soft. She thought that nothing could ever separate them. But something did. A powerful storm had killed her mother and left her father in distraught. Ayame's father had remarried quickly after his wife's death, hoping he would gain some happiness.
Well, his plan worked out for him. He had the best time of his life with Ayame's step mum. As for Ayame, she wasn't as pleased. Her step sisters treated her cruelly and her step mum stole Ayame's money, recognition and her father.
Ayame ran into the snow and she sobbed when her father out-casted his own daughter. And that was when the family fell to pieces. But, Ayame met someone that day. "Don't cry young one." A beautiful woman who wore a leather and colorful short dress. Her hair was blonde and plaited.
"Someday, you'll find your way to victory and will rise upon those who despise you. That day will come, when you become that of a Princess. A Princess who uses her abilities to help others and bring happiness to the ones she help, that, is what you must aim for." The woman, after speaking her words, left Ayame in the snow.
How she knew what Ayame was going through is completely unknown. Ayame took the lady's words to recognition and that's when her dream to become a Princess started. After Ayame's meeting with her idol, her father died. The death was hard on Ayame and she was under the control of her step mum.
The bird chirped and it knew what Ayame's pain was now. The bird chirped and bounced towards the wooden door. Ayame understood the bird and knew what it wanted.
"Escape?" she brightened. "Why haven't I thought of it before?" she exclaimed.
The bird chirped in excitement. "But, I'm not good at sneaking. I'm clumsy and am terrible at being stealthy." She sighed in disappointment. "Guess I won't be entering the Princess Test this year either."
"I mean, Aku and Yami are going. I want to go too." Ayame whined.
The bluebird snuggled on Ayame's shoulder. The girl smiled. "Well, I guess it won't hurt to try." She giggled.
The bird chirped alongside her and the two snuck out the room door. She crept down the stairs and tumbled painfully.
"What was that?" Aku asked, walking out of the room in a mud mask.
Ayame stood dumbfounded when Yami exited the room too.
Aku was the first to react. "Mother! Ayame's escaping!" she shouted.
Ayame panicked and quickly ran out the main entrance. "I'm sorry."
The bird chirped victoriously which made Ayame overjoyed. "I did it!"
The bird flew away and Ayame waved good bye. "I'll be a Princess someday! Just watch me! I'm on my way to the Princess Test!" and with that, Ayame made her farewells to the bird and pursued her dreams as a Princess.
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