Another [Insert Here] Story: Cinderella

𝒜 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈

I know what you're thinking. ANOTHER cinderella story? Really. Hey, we have to respect the OGS. Meet Cindy, a freshman, white, blonde, thin, 5'5, pretty generic at first glance, and at second.. third.. and fourth. However she's not at fault for that, she keeps up an "I'm okay" appearance at school, despite her troubled home life. You see, everyday after a boring uneventful day at school she has to come home to- well, let's just let her show you herself, shall we?

"Aaand all done!" I had just finished doing Anastasias physics assignment for her. I made sure to write with my left hand to match her sloppy handwriting so her teacher wouldn't catch on. Although, the perfect 10/10 score might just tip her off a little.

Anastasia is my step sister along with Drisela. We've never really gotten along, even when father was still around I've always felt singled out by the new people I now call my family. Father always tried to get the girls and I to bond, but our personalities just don't mesh well, I guess. He never left my side and he became my best friend and.. my only friend in this house, that's until he was gone. My father's death only made things worse, ever since he passed it's like something has shifted, you know like how those astrology girls say on Twitter. This house has been sent into total retrograde.

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"Cindy do my project!"
"Cindy clean my room"
"Aht-aht-aht"
"Cindy, go and fetch that broom"
"Cindy Feed the cat"
"Now go walk the dog"
"Are you dumb?! Like, do you not understand anything at all?"
"Cindy, you're late."
"Go lock the gate!"
"40 bucks now, for my date."
"Cindy go make dinner"
"Cindy go wash the dishes"

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Boy, my sisters really can be a couple of... of.. of witches. I've heard every little bit of that.. in the span of one hour.

On the floor of my sisters bedroom, I finish packing up my sisters backpack as I slip in Anastasias homework inside her purple color coded chemistry folder, that I organized.
"Cindy."
I felt a cold grip on my neck and i immediately tense up. It wasn't just any cold grip, it was hers.
"You haven't packed your sisters lunch yet, and your bus will be here any minute. I don't know how you'd get to school without a ride, you don't want to miss it do you?"
I could hear the slightly condescending tone in her voice that goes along with every word that she speaks. She could sing the alphabet and somehow end up making it sound patronizing.
"I-I'm sorry Mothe-"
"Step."
"Right, I'm sorry Stepmother, I was just finishing this up."
She finally removed her hold on me to allow me to get up. I could feel the red mark that she had left right on the back of my neck.
"Go on,"
I made my way to the kitchen and whipped up 2 sets of a quick fruit salad, added some protein on the side, a yogurt, and bam, the lunches are set. I looked at the clock and it was 8:18AM, my bus usually comes around 8:30 which means I have to be outside by 8:25.
I dashed to my room to grab my backpack and add on some finishing touches to my self- presentation before I head out the door. Some blush, lipgloss, a light blue headband, my cadet blue flats, and of course, my mother's glass locket. It's the only thing that makes me feel close to her, I never got to meet her but knowing she owned this before gives me a sense of comfort. When I wear it.. I feel her with me and looking at the picture of her holding me in the hospital on the day that I was born inside of it makes me feel connected to her, like I can just tell what kind of person she is just by looking in her eyes, and at her smile.
As I got lost in the eyes of my mother, her eyes started to get father away from me. "OW!" I jolted at the sudden scratch attack on my leg my stepmothers cat was the culprit of.
I swiftly caught my locket before it managed to fall to my floor by its chain. "Lucifer! Shoo!" I was in such a hurry I forgot to keep the devil himself from coming into my room. There's a reason that cats name is Lucifer and I'm convinced it's because Stepmother went to the depths of the inferno below to fetch him. My Cat From Hell, literally.