EXO TALES

{4} Cinderella

Once upon a time there lived an unhappy young girl.

Kim Jongdae or Chen appeared.

"I'm the first one now!"

Yeah. So you better do your best.

"Why should I?"

.... Then I'll replace you with someone else.

"NO! I'm just kidding."

Good. Her mother was dead and her father married a widow with two daughters.

Luhan, Sehun and Kai appeared with Kris.

"Chen hyung." Kai greeted Chen.

"Why am I here?" Kris asked coldy.

"Am I the stepmother?"

No, Luhan-gege. You're the father this time.

"Oh thank god! I'm now a male in this story!"

Her mother didn't like her one little bit.

"Bish please. You're ugly." Kris told Chen.

All her kind thoughts and loving touches were for her own daughters. Nothing was too good for them - dresses, shoes, delicious food, soft beds, and every home comfort. But, for the poor unhappy girl, there was nothing at all.

"Aww! You're so mean to me Kris hyung!"

"Shut up, Chenderella."

"Aren't you going to do anything about this Luhan hyung?"

"No way... you'll suffer the same way as I when I was the main character of the story."

No dresses, only her stepsisters' hand-me-downs. No lovely dishes, nothing but scraps. No rest and no comfort.

She had to work hard all day. Only when evening came was she allowed to sit for a while by the fire, near the cinders. That's why everybody called her Cinderella.

"Chenderella! Make some rice now and cook our dinner!" Kris yelled.

"Let's put ramen seasoning on her rice..." Sehun and Kai said evilly.

"Why does it felt like this has happened before? Deja vu?"

Cinderella used to spend long hours all alone talking to the cat.

"Talking to a cat?"

That's right!

"Gosh... I'm going crazy."

The cat said, "Meow", which really meant, "Cheer up! You have something neither of your stepsisters had and that is beauty." It was quite true . Chenderella, even dressed in old rags, was a lovely girl. While her stepsisters, no matter how splendid and elegant their clothes, were still clumsy, lumpy and ugly and always would be.

"Me? Ugly? Tell that to my face." Kai said while having a sexy expression on his face.

"Me? Ugly? Tell that to my bishes." Sehun said while having his 'bish I'm fab' expression.

"...stop being jealous."

One day, beautiful new dresses arrived at the house. A ball was to be held at the palace and the stepsisters were getting ready to go. Cinderella didn't even dare ask if she could go too. She knew very well what the answer would be: "You? You're staying at home to wash the dishes, scrub the floors and turn down the beds for your stepsisters." They will come home tired and very sleepy. Cinderella sighed, "Oh dear, I'm so unhappy!" and the cat murmured "Meow."