To Burn a Fairytale

Everyone knows the story: a kind girl in rags, a cruel stepmother, a magical night, and a glass slipper.

But what if we've been telling it wrong all along?

Ella was born into luxury, spoiled by a mother who taught her that beauty was everything. When her father remarried a poor, kind woman, Ella's world shifted-and she turned cold and cruel in return.

After tragedy strikes, the estate falls into Ella's hands, and she forces her stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella, into servitude. But as the royal ball approaches, the ones left in the ashes begin to rise.

In this twisted retelling of Cinderella, the stepmother was never wicked, the stepsisters never cruel, and the girl in glass slippers... might not be the heroine after all.

Everyone knows the story: a kind girl in rags, a cruel stepmother, a magical night, and a glass slipper.

But what if we've been telling it wrong all along?

Ella was born into luxury, spoiled by a mother who taught her that beauty was everything. When her father remarried a poor, kind woman, Ella's world shifted-and she turned cold and cruel in return.

After tragedy strikes, the estate falls into Ella's hands, and she forces her stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella, into servitude. But as the royal ball approaches, the ones left in the ashes begin to rise.

This story is a work of fiction based on the public domain fairy tale Cinderella. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Disney or any other adaptations of the story. All original characters, plotlines, and interpretations in this version are my own.