Cinderella: Once Upon a Voice

Prologue

Once upon a time, in the city of New York, there lived a little girl named Mikayla Cresp. She lived a wonderful life with her mother Alicia, her father Bob and her dog Percy. The happy family lived in a large apartment on top of one of New York's biggest towers, holding their record label, 'Cresp productions'. They were the happiest people you would ever meet because they had everything they ever wanted, each other. The four of them traveled the world together since Mikayla could walk, always looking out for new talent and making memories in the process. Everything was perfect, as you could imagine, until August 2nd 2007. The day a drunk driver ran a red light, ramming into the limo mom, dad and I were in. They both died instantly as they were on the side the intoxicated idiot hit, however I was not so lucky and survived the brutal accident. Our driver Lenny, my best friends dad, had also lost his life at the hands of that drunken imbocile who also died at the scene. I spent the next few days in the hospital, recovering from the accident, then the next few months going to therapy as I was too young to fully grasp what had happened and needed time to process everything. We held a grand funeral in their wake, but I only knew a few of them.

Mom's parents didn't want her so she was put in an orphanage at 6 months of age. She was soon adopted by one of those families that take in lots of children but they never felt like her parents as they were in their sixties and were only doing it so they could look good and get money from the government. She went to a semi-sophisticated public school alongside her three sisters and two brothers. She was only close to her brother Mike who was the same age as her, but while she was working part-time jobs, he was going out and taking drugs. She quickly began singing in the streets, trying to earn as much money as she could so she could finally leave Melbourne, Australia. She had always dreamed of going to New York so when a handsome young man, my dad, offered to fly her to New York to produce songs because he liked her voice, she couldn't help but accept his offer. My dad grew up in a loving household with his sister Keira, his mom Margaret and his dad Tony. Tony ran a multi-million law firm 'Cresp and co.' so when his son found his passion in music, Tony helped his son kick off his business. Bob had always been his parents favourite as he exceeded academically and in his sports, where Keira, was just the opposite. She hated school and didn't want to do anything other than hang out with her friends. That's why when Tony passed away, he left majority of his earnings to his son so he could pursue his dream. He went around New York trying to find local artists he could help but none of them stood out to him. That was when he decided to go abroad to Australia, especially interested in its two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. That was when he met twenty-three year old Alicia Tisdale from Melbourne, inspired by her voice, as well as her story. The two hit it off and the rest is history. That is why I only knew my best friend Timothy, a few people that worked there, my aunty Keira and her two daughters Emma and Amanda. There were heaps of other people there who I didn't know, but I guessed my dad had worked with them or they were friends with grandpa that also knew dad.

My parents will said that everything they owned would go to each other and if something were to happen to both of them at the same time, then it would all go to me. But because I was six at the time, everything was to be monitored by my aunt until I turned eighteen which is in 5 months on April 5th. However, ever since my aunt had taken over the business, everyone had left as soon as their contracts ended because Keira had no idea whatsoever about music. She has always envied my dad and mom, and everything they had achieved, saying that it was because grandpa had left almost everything with dad. The terms in the will was that the business could not be sold under any circumstances so my aunt decided to drive my family business into the ground so that there would be nothing left for me. Keira soon realized that she could make Emma and Amanda famous by producing albums of their own. This only brought more shame to the company but it did mean that Keira wanted to keep the place alive so her daughters could become famous and they become rich off of that.

During school, I always had Tim above everyone else. Emma and Amanda, though terrible singers and people, ran the school as most were afraid of Keira's power. I focused on my studies because Kiera wouldn't let me do any out of school activities because that would cost money and she needed me to do everything around the house. Keira had never picked up any cleaning equipment in her house because her mum would do everything for her but now that she was gone, I had to do it all. In school, I'd never been necessarily popular but was generally friends with everyone except for the cool kids. I was smart so I'd fit in with the other smart kids, I also loved my sports because I was never able to do them outside of school so I was friends with the athletically inclined people. Because I was generally friends with everyone, I made school captain, much to Keira's dismay, as I was no longer obeying her every need at the click of her finger. I did extremely well in my SAT's and got accepted into the college of my choice, however, as I'm not eighteen till April, I can't afford the funds so I'll have to differ for a year. However, this I don't actually mind because then I'd be able to have some time while I'm eighteen to catch up on all the things I've missed out on. Like being a casual worker at Walmart or going to parties with my friends.

Now that you're all caught to present day, let's go on the rest of this journey together.