Cinderella (her step sister's version!)

by Laura (9)

Hi, my name's Veronica and I'm going to tell you a story.

It was back in 1932 and I was watching television with my sister Tanya. Then my mother came in with a man I had never seen before. Daddy left home when Tanya and I were small and Mum said she would never marry again, so naturally I didn't expect her to say " I'm married to this man".
I couldn't be more wrong. "This is your new dad," said Mum, "and there's somebody else I want you to meet."
Then she frowned as the ugliest girl I had ever seen walked into the room. She had long blonde hair and was really skinny, not lovely and plump like myself. Her name was Cinderella. For five weeks I had to be nice to her, let her wear my make-up and let her use my hairbrush. Then Tanya and I had some good news. Mr Pentiny, Cinderella's dad, had to go away for a whole seven months. However, it wasn't good news for Mum as Mr Pentiny wouldn't be there for her. It was good news for Tanya and I because, behind Mr Pentiny's back we could do anything to Cinderella that we wanted to and Mum just played along.

The first step was to play practical jokes on her. When Mum asked her to clean the whole house, which was a pretty big job, Cindy thought that it was a one-off request. I watched her clean the house and when she got to the end of cleaning the largest part of the house, the hallway, I decided to play a joke. I caught our cat Luthas and made him walk in loads of mud and then I set him loose in the hallway. Cinderella got really annoyed and threw Luthas out. Then Mum went downstairs and shouted at her for not cleaning the house properly. The next joke was played by Tanya. She made her hamster go to the toilet in an old hairbrush and let Cindy use it. It took Cindy ages to get the mess out of her hair!

One day Mum, Tanya and I got a letter from the prince inviting everybody in the house to his ball but we weren't going to let that dirty brat go to a ball. The letter said that there was a chance of dancing with the prince so I decided that I would definitely go. When I told Cindy, she actually asked me if she could borrow a dress, huh! Mum said she couldn't go anyway and that she had to go into the cellar and make herself at home between the stone walls.

We went to the ball and stood patiently at the side fanning ourselves. Then walked in the ugliest girl I had ever seen. She had long, blonde hair and was really skinny, not nice and plump like myself. She walked straight in and started dancing with the prince and soon they were in each other's arms. It wasn't fair. When the clock struck twelve she suddenly ran out of the hall and sprinted down the steps followed by a broken-hearted prince. When she got to the bottom, one of her shoes fell off and the prince picked it up and called his servant.

I went back home and sulked in my bedroom. Tanya said that she thought the prince was a dork but I told her to shut up and buzz off. She went away. The next day there was a knock on the door and Mum answered it. Funnily enough it was the prince and his servant who was holding a dainty glass slipper in his hand. "The prince would like everybody in the house to try on this shoe" said the servant.
"Me first!" I cried, rushing towards the prince. "I'm Veronica, Prince Charming, so nice to meet you again. Gimme the shoe then".
I tried on the shoe but it wouldn't fit. I was so annoyed. Then that silly brat Cindy rushed down the stairs and asked if she could try on the shoe. Cindy reached for the shoe.
"Get off!" I shouted.
If anyone was going to try on that shoe and marry the prince, it had to be somebody in my family.
The shoe didn't fit Tanya or Mum.
Then it was Cindy's go and it fitted!
I watched as Dork and Brat skipped down the street hand in hand.

IT'S NOT FAIR!!!!!!!