From Maid to Newsie

by Maleficent-darkgoodwitch2416

When Anastasia and Drizella destroy her dress, Ella doesn't go to the garden and so she never meets her Fairy Godmother. Instead, Ella runs away to New York, and joins the Manhattan Newsies. When the strike begins, she is a key leader, but when Joe remarries Lady Tremaine, how will Ella react to having the Newsies' reporter, Katherine as her new stepsister?

3. I'm Gonna Be A Newsie

I went up to the desk and, twirling the quarter until it fell, slapped it, and then demanded, "Gimme fifty papes, Wiesel."

He nodded and gave me the fifty papes to sell. He also said, "Welcome to New York, kid. Keep in line and behave and I won't send my nephews—the Delanceys—Oscar and Morris after you." I nodded silently. The instant we were given the all-clear, we darted into the city. I quickly sold my fifty papes and paid Jack back that evening.