POP PRINCESS

AUTHOR'S NOTES: This story is about Princess, & how she became who she is.

All characters belong to me. I would really appreciate it if you asked me before using them in your stories or roleplays. Thanks in advance.

Enjoy the story!

Being a pop star does have its perks. You get tons of money, you have privileges no one else has, & you're constantly signing autographs for your fans. Plus you have a big house with expensive knickknacks in it.

However, it isn't always this way for people like me. Even celebrities have a life story of their own to share.

Long before "Raspberry Furvette", before "Little Hansom Cab"...there was a time when I had a life just like yours'.

I was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 7, 1870. My mother says I was born in her father's house, but I know better. I was born in the dressing room at First Avenue & 7th Entry Club—the launching pad of the stars.

(The reason I was born in such an unusual place is because my mother didn't have enough time to go to the hospital.)

And as soon as I came into the world, I knew that God had something special planned for me...

I grew up in Minneapolis with my father & mother, & my siblings Ally & Jack (who were both younger than me). My dad, Roger, worked as a steel mill worker. During the daytime, that is...

At night, my father would play the trumpet in the Princess Stanford Band, one of the hottest jazz trios in the city. My mom, Maddie, was a singer in the group.

During my early childhood, my mother would often sneak me into the biggest nightclubs to give me the ultimate experience—seeing my own parents perform in their band.

I loved to see my father play & hear my mother sing. Watching my parents perform made me realize that music was a wonderful thing! A blessing in disguise, I would also discover...

When I was 5 years old, I remember my mother taking me & my siblings to First Avenue for my birthday. After seeing my father & mother perform a special birthday show for me, I knew that I wanted to be a mousician when I grew up, too.

So I began practicing. I tried all kinds of instruments—ranging from things that were difficult to master, like the saxophone, to ones that were easy to play, like the piano.

My dad & mom also taught me how to make music of my own. I was a very good learner, & by the time I was 8, I was writing compositions like crazy!

Sometimes I wrote for fun, other times I wrote songs seriously. It's a little-known fact that I wrote & composed the mouse version of the state song for Minnesota.

When I became a teenager, I asked my parents to take me to a prestigious school for music. I was immediately enrolled in the Minneapolis School Of Mousicianship.

Once I joined the school, I yearned to become one of the top students. I practiced my playing, I worked on my writing, & I applied myself to my composing.

It wasn't long before I graduated—& met a new friend, the mouse who was to become my future back-up dancer & rapper, "Jimmy Jam" Peterson.

After convincing my family to move to London & getting a record deal with Whisker Bros., I decided to go out & find members for my band.

Within just a few weeks, I had found the perfect group: "Doctor" Ratt Fink (a keyboard-player), Minnie Brisbane (a drummer), & her twin brother Mickey (a guitarist). I also decided to use Jimmy Jam as a rapper (but back then, we called it a "speak-singer").

It was Doctor's idea to call our band The American Revolution.

With the help of the band, I went on to make my first album, "4 All My Fans". That record included some of my best hits: "1899", "Every Girl's Gotta Have A Dream", & "Lane Of The Letters", just to name a few.

(Of course, the songs would not get put on CD until the Great Month Of Change—perhaps you've heard of that...)

Soon, more albums followed: "My Name Is Princess", "U Got The Look", "Color My World", & much more...We started doing concerts, tours, & guest performances at special events.

In 1897, when the Month Of Change came around, my popularity grew even higher. It reached its peak 2 years later, when I had decided to perform for kids at the Rat Trap Family Restaurant, one of Mouse London's most popular hot spots.

And that, friends, is the story of how I came to be where I am today.

FINI