Look, I know you've heard my whole story before- I'm evil, I'm vain, the whole 'snakes for hair' deal and the turning people into stone thing. Yadda yadda yadda. Hear me out, okay? I've had thousands of years to think about this, and I'm going to say my piece. Cover kindly made by @author_shagun

A Twist Fate Challenge Finalist "Cinderella" never did housework. She never cleaned the fireplace or helped her stepsisters. In fact, she was never even called Cinderella; she was just Elle. You think you know your fairy tales. You don't. How could you, when one major issue impacted the point of view you saw, when you never heard the other side of the story, when the main character l i e d. Beware, dear reader, you might never think of your favorite characters in the same way again. A short story on the fabrication of Cinderella's tale.

What if Lord Voldemort had never become Lord Voldemort. What if he found the love of his life before everything started.