The Witch Of The Woods ~ A Cinderella Retelling~

~Blue & Red~

Once upon a time, there was a young beautiful girl who wore a ripped and mucky blue dress and apron, her nails held dirt under them and her rosy skin was covered with mud and bruises, her eyes were as blue as the summer sky, and hair as golden as the sun, but she was no ordinary girl, okay, well, maybe she was but her hair certainly wasn't. Unlike many other human beings, her hair held a magic that brought youth to the land, crops were always fresh, the town was never ill, but only Cinderella's family knew about this, sadly, this wasn't the family people hope for, she was not even considered as family, to her stepsisters and stepmother, the only one who truly cared for, her father, died when she was only ten years old, now eight years later, she lives in a mansion as a maid, working tirelessly for her step family, bunch of pricks if you ask me. Currently Cinderella sits on the tiled ground, cleaning with a look of pure boredom on her face, when suddenly she perks up at the sound of one of her stepsister's ungodly scream, heavy footsteps rush down the large steps and Cinderella turns her head in the direction of the sound, only to see Anastasia's rage filled face, you can almost see the steam shooting out her ears

"You brat! The ball is tonight and your little rat friends ate through my dress!" Anastasia shouts angrily and holds up her hole filled dress, Cinderella pales and quickly stands up, wiping her hands on her apron

"I, uh, I'm so sorry. I'll, um, make a new one for you." Cinderella struggles to steady her breathing as she talks, praying she'll be let off easy for once even though she knows she's a fool for that hope. Cinderella goes to leave but is pulled back tightly by her hair, she shrieks in pain as Anastasia holds an unyielding grip, going into panic mode for the third time today, Cinderella reflexively steps on Anastasia's foot, who yelps and lets Cinderella go as well as the dress to grip onto her foot. As soon as Cinderella's free she rushes up the stairs and runs in the direction of her room, when suddenly she trips over something and falls flat on her face, Cinderella groans and rubs her forehead in pain

"I see you've caused trouble again, Cinderella." shivers shoot up Cinderella's body at the voice of her stepmother, she slowly looks up and her stepmother stares down at her blankly

"I, I, uh-" Cinderella's voice catches in her throat, her heartbeat quickens which causes her breath to do the same, she tries her best to seem calm as she stares back at those eyes as dead as what she expects to be soon, that's when Anastasia finds them and Drizella decided to come out of her room to see what all the commotion was about, feeling completely surrounded, Cinderella's disguise falls and she begins to have a panic attack, the stepmother, Lady Tremaine, rolls her eyes and takes a hold of Cinderella's arm, dragging her as she screams and shouts and hits trying to break free, but she's unable to do so with her mind racing so fast, her stepsisters just watch Cinderella with wide smirks upon their faces

"N-o! Please, let me go! I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry! Please! Let me go!" Cinderella shouts, voice breaking as her hope does, Lady Tremaine ignores Cinderella's pleas and opens a draw, taking out a dagger she looks at Cinderella, she looks at her abuser's eyes wide, tears streaming down her face, entire body shaking, the utter fear she feels is like nothing she's ever felt before, Lady Tremaine lets go of Cinderella's arm and grabs her hair before she can escape, she raises her dagger and Cinderella then realizes... this is it, the stepmother brings her dagger down and Cinderella braces for impact.

The dagger slices through her hair at the speed of light and suddenly, her golden blonde hair turns black as night, Lady Tremaine pauses all her movement as she watches Cinderella's change, then turns her head over to her hand which she holds the cut off hair in when she feels a strange tingling sensation. The look of shock and confusion is absolutely priceless, wish you guys could see this too, haha, anyway, back to the story.

Cinderella looks up from the ground, tears still present on her face and she gives the same look as her stepmother when she sees Lady Tremaine's hand is... turning to ash