hooraaaaay! i'm back with a new story! incase you didn't know, this is a combination of Cinderella and Oban Star Racers. i wasn't sure what category to put this under so i decided to put it under OSR. i won't say who's playing who just yet; i'm leaving that for you guys to guess.

ok, so you know the deal, girl gets treated like dirt by her step family, both her parents are dead, girl goes to ball and falls in love with a charming prince. but this time, there's no shoe dropping. read it to find out.

disclaimer: i don't own Cinderella or Oban Star Racers. i'd like to, but i don't.

Maiko and Sarui's Evella

It was a lovely day in the intergalactic market. Aliens of all sorts were hustling and bustling about, doing the usual shopping that was required for families and whatnot. Some were shopping just for fun at the local clothing boutiques. In fact, our story begins with a family that's at one of those boutiques.

Four beautiful—well, one of them was beautiful—women were crowded outside a hat shop. Three of them were ghastly Croggs and the other one, was a lovely human with the most beautiful red eyes and black under red dyed hair. On the left side of her face was a star birthmark and on the other cheek was a stripe.

The only thing that wasn't so beautiful about her was her clothes. Instead of a gorgeous gown, she wore raggedy old overalls and a frayed shirt that was short enough to reveal her naval. On her head was a pair of old khaki racing goggles. But these were the only thing that she didn't mind wearing; those goggles belonged to her mother, who passed away when she was only five.

The girl was the age of fifteen. She stared at a nearby show that was going on. It was a play about the prince's recent victory in a race. He was Aikka, prince of Nourasia and the fastest in the entire galaxy. She smiled and thought, 'I wish I could go to a race, maybe even be apart of one! If it weren't for my god forsaken step family that keeps me away from all the races. I'm probably too slow for them anyway.' She hung her head at the thought.

"Evella! What do you think of this hat? Does it look better on me?" her Crogg step sister, Toressa demanded.

"Or me?!" Evella's other Crogg step sister, Nastellia asked while clumsily snatching the ugly hat from her sister.

Evella looked closely, remembering what each of them looked like with it on. "Quite honestly, I don't think it makes either of you look prettier." She said bluntly.

Her step sisters gasped at what Evella said. "What did you ask her for?!" Nastellia shouted.

"I don't know why I bothered; I mean she has no sense of style like us! Just look at the rags she dresses herself in!" Toressa laughed. Evella hung her head low at the insult.

"Come along girls, we need to get home and get our beauty sleep." Evella's and step mother Krostle said as she emerged from the shop.

'It would take a trillion years of that just to make you normal.' Evella snickered at the thought. Her wicked step family walked by and gave her all their packages. (The lazy ass bums! XD) as they walked through the quaint little village, Evella got an idea. "Step mother," she spoke faintly.

"What is it Evella?" Krostle whined.

"Well, I uh, I was wondering, since you don't let me out into the village much, I was wondering if….if I….." her voice trailed off.

"If you could explore the village, right?" Krostle finished for her.

Evella nodded her head up and down. It looked like a ball with a wig on it. Her step sisters snickered at her so-called, pathetic-ness.

"Alright, you may look around. Just don't loose our packages and remember what I told you!"

"I know step mother and thank you!" Evella ran out of sight. She jogged off with glee in every step.

"Mother! What did you do that for?!" Toressa exclaimed.

"We've still got some time to kill. Besides, I know how my girls just adore shopping."

"Yeah, especially man shopping! Squeeeeeee!" Nastellia shrieked.

With Evella

Evella meandered through the busy streets, taking in every sight, sound, and smell. She gave a smile at anyone who paid her mind or just looked at her.

Evella sat down on a bench. Those packages were heavy! She watched as the people went by. There were a lot of couples out today. They would giggle at nothing and smile as they stared at each other. Evella looked the other way only to see a little girl being picked up by her father.

Her eyes started to well up with tears. Her own father had passed away not to long ago. The neighbors believed he was murdered, but there was never any evidence. Her tears rolled down her cheeks, staining them all while clearing her face of some soot.

"The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear, they're still inside my head. They're just waiting to be said and the most entrancing side of all, it's yet for me to see." Evella said to no one, "I have no one to love; my step family just treats me like I'm a slave."

Close by, with a young Nourasian

"I don't know what it is about this market, but I get a thrill every time I come here. The people are so kind and giving." The Nourasian boy said to himself as he strutted about the walk ways.

He smiled as women eyed him and giggled at the sight of him. Some flirted while others just smiled back and shied away. Little did they know—little did anyone know—that he was really the prince of Nourasia.

Aikka saw a poor man sitting on the street. He had his hand out to those who walked by. 'Well, he's obviously not waiting for someone to take his hand and help him up.' Aikka walked over to him and gave a warm smile that would melt the coldest of hearts. "I see you're in desperate need of some money."

The man shook his head vigorously. Aikka chuckled, "here, take this, I'm sure it'll help you with a few vital needs." Aikka placed something in his hand and closed the man's palm. The man reopened it to reveal three gold coins. He looked up to Aikka in surprise but grinned a near toothless smile.

Aikka waved goodbye and moved on to the center of the town. He spread his arms out wide, like and eagle preparing to lift off for a great journey. He closed his eyes and took in everything he heard. What he heard that was rather unusual was the sound of a royal carriage flying by and the sound of someone dropping boxes of all sorts. Aikka turned to the sounds. It was just as he had heard.

A young woman had dropped some packages just before dodging a royal Nourasian carriage that trampled them. She bent over trying to pick them all up at once. They flopped out of her hands. Aikka decided to walk over and help. No one had recognized him so far, he might as well try it.

"Are you alright miss?" he said in his usual kind and polite voice. Aikka started helping the girl with her load.

"Yes I'm fine, thank you." She thanked him for both helping her and making sure she was alright. 'What a gentleman.' She thought.

"Just like those royals, isn't it? Not caring if they're in anybody's way?" he asked her.

"Well, I'm sure they were going somewhere very important." The young woman replied. She finally looked up to Aikka's face. He stared into her eyes, studying every feature.

"What did you say your name was again?" he asked.

"I-I didn't, it's Evella." She told him, being very wary of him.

"Evella," he repeated, "I like it."

"I-i-it grows on you, I guess; e-excuse me." Evella turned to leave but Aikka followed her.

"Tell me Evella, what would a man have to do to find you in his good graces?"

"That depends on who wants to know." She said with caution in her voice.

"Let us just say…a kind stranger."

"Well, I doubt he has any idea how a girl should be treated."

"Like a princess I suppose." He said.

Evella turned to him; that busted a nerve. "No! Like a person with kindness and respect."

Aikka grinned, that was exactly what he wanted to hear. Someone who sees something more than just being treated like royalty and being a snobby little bitch. "You're not like most girls are you."

Evella cocked a brow. 'What's he talking about?' she wondered. "Besides, this kind stranger would have to get to know me better than some woman he just met on the street."

"Oh, but he'd like to, very much." Aikka walked in front of Evella trying to keep up with her fast pace. 'This girl could make an excellent foot racer.' He thought to himself. He finally got in front of her, but bumping butt first into a flower cart.

"Oh my" Evella said backing away a little.

"I-I'm sorry if I offended you in anyway miss." Apologized Aikka.

It was silent for quite some time. The silence was comfortable yet awkward at the same time.

Evella finally spoke up and accepted Aikka's apology. "It's alright I guess. It's just that, I've lead a pretty sheltered life."

Aikka gasped, "So have I!"

"So you just wanna pack up your things..." Evella assumed

"And run away and…" he continued

"Never come back!" they finished together. Evella stared at him with sincere eyes; she had found the person she had longed to be with all her life.

Aikka studied her again, this time placing in the details he had just learned about her. She was everything he had dreamed in a singular human form.

They stared lovingly into each other's eyes. Aikka was about to say something when…. "EVELLA! COME HERE!" Krostle shouted.

"I-I have to go, my step mother is calling me." Evella turned away from the boy whose name she did not know.

"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NEVER TO TALK TO STRANGERS!" Evella's wicked step mother fumed, "that's two lashes and five extra hours on chores young lady."

"Yes step mother, I understand." Evella sighed sadly. She looked back to the boy she had just met. He smiled at her and she smiled back.

"I hope to see you again……Evella" he said to her as she walked off with her family.

"Evella, hurry up with those packages! What are you doing!?" Krostle demanded.

"Have you ever seen such a lazy girl in your life?!" Nastellia exclaimed to her sister.

"Who are you calling lazy!?" Toressa answered back with her own question.

"Not you stupid! Evella!" Nastellia told.

"Ooooooohhhhhhh," Toressa realized, "who're you calling stupid?!"

Nastellia rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Just shut up and walk." And with that, the ladies walked all the way home.

how'd ya like that? was it any good? click the little blue go button and tell me! (fyi, Sarui is my last name in japanese.)

in the next chapter we see the prince's castle and meet his parents who apparently seem to have something planned. (y'all should at least have an idea what's gonna happen next.)