Cinderella, Part 1

Main Characters:

Valerie: Plays the Fairy Godmother and Herself.

Sally: Plays Cinderella

Other:

Rabbits, Frogs

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Sally sighed as she scrubbed at the floor. "So this is torture, mhmmmhmmm, so this is torture..." she sang. Suddenly a crash came from outside. Sally ran out and saw a girl younger than her rubbing her ankles and holding some sparkly red shoes.

"You okay?" she asked, running up to her. The girl looked up and stared at Sally for a moment, then blinked and nodded. "Oh, yeah. Just wasn't expecting that to hurt so much."
She stood up and brushed herself off, giving Sally a moment to study the girl.

She was somewhat tall, and was wearing a plain brown and orange dress. She had very brown eyes and brown hair, and was carrying a small purse. "What's your name?" Sally asked. The girl blinked at her in surprise for a moment, then frowned. "What, no 'what happened?' No 'how did you end up on my front lawn all of a sudden?'"
Sally folded her arms indignantly. "You appeared with no explanation, I deserve to know who you are."

"Fine," the girl said, dropping the sparkly heels into the purse. She reached out a hand and shook Sally's.
"The name is Valerie, but you can call me 'your majesty,' or 'your grace,' or Val. I personally like Valerie best though, so..."
She trailed off, then shook her head and looked at Sally. "So, Sally, what's going on in your life?"

Sally was speechless. First this girl shows up on her lawn suddenly, then she knows Sally's name? What was going on?!

"How do you know my name?" she demanded. Valerie thought for a moment.

"Lucky guess," she finally decided on. Sally stared at her for a moment, then shrugged. "Whatever. So what happened, Valerie?"
"I assure you, you wouldn't believe me if I told you. But according to this wand and these instructions, won't need those," she said, pulling a wand and a parchment put of the bag, throwing the parchment behind her and then spreading her arms wide, "I'm your fairy godmother!"

"Excuse me? My what?"
"Have your mother and stepsisters gone to the ball yet?" Valerie asked. Sally nodded. "They left not too long ago. Now who are you again?"

"Fairy godmother. Wish granter, dream come truer, happily ever afterer, you name it. Got any mice?"

"No," Sally said, looking around with wide eyes. "At least, I certainly hope not."
"Lizards?"
"Eww, no."
"Rats?"
"Gross!"
"Rabbits or frogs?"
"Well, we have two rabbits out back, and there might be a few frogs in the pond back there," Sally admitted, then paused. "What for?"

"Um, not really sure. Let's see, do you have any pumpkins?"
"We have apples."
"Ooh, plot twist. I like it!" Valerie exclaimed, then pointed her wand ahead. "Take me to these items!"

Her wand started to glow, then spat and fizzled out. Valerie stared at it, then shrugged. "Or we can walk. Come on," she said, grabbing flats out of her bag and slipping them on. She ran towards the back, Sally following her.

"Apples, rabbits, frogs... do you have a goose?" Valerie asked. Sally rubbed her forehead, exasperated. "No, I don't think so. Why?"

Valerie tapped her wand against her hand a few times, and it lit up again.
"Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo!" she exclaimed. Nothing happened.
"Alakazaam!" she said, pointing it at the rabbits.

"Abracadabra?"

Sally frowned. "Maybe it should rhyme," she said. Valerie turned to look at her, then shrugged. "Okay."

She pushed up her sleeves, then cracked her knuckles and continued.

"Apples, apples, on the tree; make a pretty carriage for me!"

"A pretty carriage? Was that the best you could come up with?" Sally asked. Valerie looked back at her and shrugged. "I'll improve."
She turned forward and smiled as a stream of light shot forth and hit some apples. They expanded, fell off the tree, and became a deep red carriage.

"Coolio. Now, let me think. Ah, yes; Frogs and rabbits, to horses and men; then at midnight; back again," she said. Two rabbits floated up from the cabbage patch, both becoming human. Six frogs levitated into the yard, each slowly morphing into green-ish black horses.

"Great!" Valerie exclaimed, turning back to Sally, who was still thoroughly confused.

"Why are you doing this?" she asked. Valerie stared at her dubiously. "You haven't figured it out yet?" she asked. Sally shook her head, and Valerie sighed.

"You're going to go to the ball!" she exclaimed, readying her wand.

"Rags to riches, sew up the patch, then add a pair of glass slippers to match," she said. Sally closed her eyes as light enclosed around her; when she opened them, she gasped.

Instead of her old rags, she was wearing a beautiful(and very sparkly) blue gown.

"Let's see... spell only lasts until midnight, the prince is probably really cute, nobody's perfect, and don't elope."
Valerie paused, pushing Sally into the carriage.

"Oh, and I need you to accompany me on an adventure afterward. Bye! Have fun!" she exclaimed. As soon as the carriage was out of sight she turned and slouched against a wall. "Wow. This has changed my outlook on mothers forever."