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Cinderella raised her head just enough to acknowledge Gretel, and blinked a few times before collapsing back onto the mattress. "There's no more candy," she said. "I ate it all."
Gretel reached out to Cinderella, her hand shaking as tears streamed down her face.
"I'll go get the car," Hyram whispered. Gretel sniffled a little and nodded.
Cinderella shrank back and hugged her knees to her chest. "Do you know how hard it is?" she said. "Having to be beautiful and perfect all the time?
"I eat rice cakes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Gretel. Fucking rice cakes!" Cinderella sobbed. "I put peanut butter on one once, just for a little variety. I felt guilty for days. Do you know what that's like, Gretel? Do you? All I wanted was some candy. A little sweetness. Is that so wrong?"
Gretel rubbed her thumb under her eyes but said nothing.
"Just go." Cinderella curled into a ball and turned to face the wall. "Tell them you couldn't find me, okay?"
Gretel cleared away a pile of wadded up candy wrappers and knelt beside Cinderella, and in spite of the woman's reluctance, she hugged Cinderella's head to her chest.
Several minutes passed before Gretel spoke. "Come on, I'm taking you home. Get you some soup. Then maybe later in the week, if you're feeling up to it, we can stop by and I'll introduce you to my mother."
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Afterword
Okay, so it wasn't a happy little romp like some of my other fairy tale remixes, but I think the ending was satisfying nonetheless. Hate the sin, not the sinner. Remember that as you go into the new year.
WP
- COMMENTS
Anonymousabout 4 years agoGreat story. The "Urban Fantasy/Fairytale"-Theme reminded me a lot of the "Fables" Comic Books by Bill Willingham (which I love, so please take it as a huge compliment)
TrueMortover 5 years agoWax these are really excellent I confess I am torn between living these and living RvR for first spot in my favourite reading currently
Keep them coming 😊
stroudleover 5 years agoA very thought provoking insight into a world where candy is the hard drug of choice, an inspired choice. And Cinderella's pressure she feels was very relevant and valid in today's world.
I was transported directly into a seedy dark world where much beloved characters of old are given a new lease of life and brought upto date . A more than satisfactory ending indeed, when are yours anything but? Gretel in seeing her love and how she is suffering decides perhaps its time to reach out to her Mother after all. As I said, brilliant WP and 5 much deserved stars for you and a fav.
👗 A nice new clean dress for Cinderella
🍭 Like to ram this somewhere up granny witch
🐺 Hyram Woolfe
📱Pinocchio can have his own phone now
👭 Gretel and Cinderella, sorry haven't got a symbol where Gretel is more appropriately dressed
InPennyInPoundover 5 years agoWP, thank you.
I'm a recovering drug addict. Got seven hard fought years clean this past September. Reason I tell you this is so you can understand how profoundly this affected me, in a good way. Oddly enough, I grew up hearing all the fairy tales and believing that is how life is supposed to be but it wasn't. Not even close. So I escaped to my own "fairy tale" existence with the aid of drugs. This is not to say fairy tales of old have unrealistic expectations to the point of driving people to use. Just that this twisting and meshing to a more realistic, albeit grim, telling hit so close to home that I loved it. Granted I tend to be a bit morbid in my humor so maybe I just like twisted stories? Lol. Gah, I have rambled way to much so I'll end with this..... Thank you for this.
