I do not own the characters from Howl's Moving Castle. This is a mix of Howl's Moving Castle and my favorite movie of all time, Ever After. I don't own anything from that either,though I wish I did. Sophie stars as the real Cinderella, with a magical twist.
Once upon a time, there lived a little girl who loved her father very much. Her name was Sophie de Angeline, she was the daughter of the Countess Natalie de Longcree and the Baron Fredrick de Angeline. The Countess died when Sophie was a baby leaving her father to raise her by himself.
They lived on a large estate in a grand mansion with many servants to help tend to the grounds. Although she seemed very happy growing up, her father thought she needed a womanly figure in her life.
So when Sophie was 5 years old her father remarried, to the Barroness Wilma de Gent who came to live with them bringing her two daughters Martha and Lettie. A few weeks later the Baron mysteriously died, no one knew how or why but he did. After the funeral the Baroness dismissed all the servants so as to have more money to spend on things for herself and her daughters.
With them gone she forced little Sophie to do all the work on the estate. Sophie was tormented by her new so called family who made sure that her had absolutely no happiness in her life, no bed, no new clothes or toys, and no friends at all.
This continued until Sophie was 8 years old, the once thriving lively little girl who would climb trees, play Kings with the local boy, and tell all manner of grand stories had become nothing more than a rag doll. To be trashed and starved if she did the tiniest thing wrong in the eyes of her step family.
Sophie felt like her heart would be broken forever. Until one night...