Cinderella was tossed, non to gently, into one of the dungeon cells.

She pushed herself to a sitting position and stared at the ground. Her tears rolled off her face onto the dirt floor. Jilly, Tanya, and Jonny were going to go back to that horrible place that she had rescued them from. And there was nothing she could do about it.

The next morning the town was quiet. Nobody seemed to have anything to say. Cinderella had made their day interesting. And all she had been trying to do was take care of some kids. The children sat on the sidewalks and just stared at their toys. They didn't feel like playing. Their friend was gone. The only people in the town that were actually happy, was Lady Guinevere and her two daughters.

"It worked!" Lady Guinevere snickered "I've had my revenge on that street rat, and my daughter's going to marry the prince!" she looked in the mirror contentedly "And I got three times the money from Uganda for the kids!" she laughed "Life is good!"

Lizzie nodded as she looked at her wedding dress "I'm going to be a princess!"

Lulu sighed "And I'm going to be a Lady-in-waiting!"

Lady Guinevere nodded "But the best part is, Cinderella is out of our hair, for good."

Asher looked at the clock. Two hours till the wedding. He'd tried five times to slip out of the castle and go get the kids. But every time, he was caught.

He sat down on his bed with a huff "Why? Why did that have to be Cinderella? Why did I even have to go to town?" he put his face in his hands "None of this would have ever happened if I had stayed where I belonged."

Cinderella was trying to think of a way to get out of the dungeon. She had to save the kids! She couldn't just leave them there!

An old lady, escorted by a guard, came over to her cell. She was carrying a large steaming plate of food.

"Hello, Cinderella dear." The old woman said "I brought you something to eat."

Cinderella stared at the woman confused "Why?"

"Because…" the woman cleared her throat "We were all wrong about you. We know it's too late, but we want to set things right." She slid the plate under the door "So we're going to take care of you while you're here."

Cinderella smiled "Thank you." But she wasn't hungry. She was too worried to be hungry.

She looked up at the lady for a second, and then an idea struck her "May I ask a question?"

"Of course."

Cinderella glanced at the guard. She picked up the food "What do you use to make your biscuits?" she raised one hand and flicked the side of her hair.

The old woman stared at her "Um… flour…."

"Is that all?" Cinderella interrupted, scratching where she had just flicked.

The old woman suddenly realized what she was going. So as she went through the long list of ingredients, some that didn't go in, but the guard didn't notice, she reached up and pulled one of her bobby pins from her hair and dropped it onto the floor. Then she slightly kicked it so it slid into the cell.

When Cinderella had finished the plate, she walked over to the door and slid the plate out. She placed her foot on top of the bobby pin so the guard wouldn't see it.

"Thank you for the meal"

The old lady nodded "You're welcome." Then the guard led her away.

Cinderella grabbed the bobby pin from the floor and stuck it into the key hole. After a little bit of jiggling and turning, the door popped open.

She stuck the bobby pin in her hair and ran. She knew she wasn't out of danger yet, but she had to get to the kids.

As soon as she ran outside, she heard the guards start shouting. Then she heard one shout "There she goes! After her!"

She ran faster than she ever had in her life! As she tore through the streets of the town, the people started cheering. The kids jumped to their feet "Run Cinderella! Run!"

She smiled slightly, but she kept running.

"Don't let her get to the woods!" one guard shouted "We'll lose her!"

A gun shot sounded and the bullet hit the ground half an inch away from her left foot.

"Hey!" a woman screamed "There are kids playing out here!"

Cinderella pressed ahead. She could see the trees! If she could just make it to the trees!

She ran harder, and then with a jump she climbed a tree and flattened herself against the trunk.

The guards skid to a stop "Where did she go?"

She was breathing so hard she thought they'd hear her, but they were shouting louder.

"Let's go!" the captain of the guards shouted "She might try to bust out the kids!"

Cinderella groaned. That was the plan. After they left she ran for the home of Uganda, hoping she'd get there before the guards did.