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?

9. Seize the Day

Rella's POV

The next morning, all of us—Jack, Crutchie, Davey, Les, Henry, Romeo, Kid Blink, Specs, Buttons, Tommy Boy, Racetrack, Finch, Elmer, Albert, Race, Mush, Jo Jo and I—gathered outside the distribution office. I was going to try to convince the female newsies to join us. I held out my hand to Jack and he nodded and we began singing and antagonizing the scabbers.

"Now is the time to seize the day. Stare down the odds and seize the day. Minute by minute—that's how you win it. We will find a way but let us seize the day. Courage cannot erase our fear. Courage is when we face our fear. Tell those with power—safe in their tower—we will not obey. Behold the brave battalion that stands side by side—too few in number and too proud to hide. Then say to the others who did not follow through, 'You're still our brothers and we will fight for you.' Now is the time to seize the day. Stare down the odds and seize the day. Once we've begun, if we stand as one, someday becomes somehow, and a prayer becomes a vow, and the strike starts right damn now! Now is the time to seize the day! Now is the time to seize the day! Answer the call and don't delay! Answer the call and don't delay! Wrongs will righted if we're united! Let us seize the day! Now let 'em hear it loud and clear! Now let 'em hear it loud and clear! Like it or not, we're drawing near! Like it or not, we're drawing near! Proud and defiant, we'll slay the giant! Judgment day is here! Houston to Harlem, look what's begun! One for all and all for one! Strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike, strike! Oh—strike! Now is the time to seize the day! They're gonna see there's hell to pay! Nothing can break us—no one can make us quit before we're done! One for all and all for one for all and all for one for all and all for one!"

Thankfully, most of the male scabbers joined us and Katherine was able to get a picture for her article, but unfortunately none of the female scabbers joined us.