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Wednesday, 12 July 2017

A Cinderella Story: Glittering Wishes Chapter 5

The next morning was the very first in a long time that Cinderella was able to awake naturally from her sleep way past dawn. She needed not to keep in mind the time on the clock and her blue feathered friends arrived just in time at the new chateau where she was able to spend the night in sweet peaceful slumber...

The very moment she opened her eyes, those dear little ones were already chirping their tender melodies to greet their lovely maiden. Cinderella was overjoyed and delighted to see them again, having thought that she would be missing them immensely for deciding not to return to her stepmother's home.

"Bluebell! Merrybell! You're here as well! How wonderful!" Cinderella immediately opened up her palms to welcome them in...They all cheered and sang excitedly to be reunited again...Interestingly, their song lovingly reminded of one she last sang with a certain person from the night before.

In a flash, Suzy and her girls have leapt out of the dresser's drawers and applauded for Cinderella's attention in the midst of their happy encounter.

"Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!" They all cried aloud, while Jaq and the other guys opened up the doors of the wardrobe right in front of her bed where Cinderella laid.

The girl almost could not believe what she saw, "Oh my...Why...this is...mine...? It's mine?" They revealed a remade pink and white gown with a big bow which was originally her mother's and meant for Cinderella to wear to the ball...It did not look the least bit that it had once been torn to pieces by her terrible stepsisters, as if it was brand new without a single hint of blemish...

"Hurry, Cinderellie...What are you waiting for?" Suzy declared and jumped onto her covers.

Cinderella gasped, "Oh...my...but...this is just so...unbelievable...How did you all ever manage to...? I never thought I would be able to see this ever again, feeling so sorry for my mother..."

Jaq also hopped up onto her bedside, "What's so impossible, Cinderellie? It has indeed recovered...So awesome...You have to like it all!"

Cinderella was so touched that she has to blink back tears, "Oh, how am I to imagine the huge amount of hard work you all must have put into throughout last night...And...and, this place...I guess I was too tired to have noticed..."

Jaq and Suzy climbed up onto her palms and assured, "You don't have to feel sorry!"

She was ever so grateful for them all to be her only real company while living as a servant back at that chateau. Petting them softly, she expressed, "Thank you so much, for everything you all have done for me."

They were touched as well, before Suzy rushed Cinderella to put on the beautiful gown for the day that they have sewn and stitched for her...

Then, the blaring clock tower sounded all the way from the castle, though its clear view at this new chateau was more obstructed by the trees all around.

To be continued...

Saturday, 20 May 2017

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A Cinderella Story: Glittering Wishes Chapter 4

"No, father, you don't understand...It's never been my thought to let just any eligible maiden in the kingdom to wear this glass slipper of hers...This one - it belongs to her and her alone...We don't need to try it on anyone else!" The Prince (Prince Charming) strongly urged his father, the King, when the latter suggested his way to seek out the girl in the gorgeous silvery gown who had fled from their palace since around midnight.

The King, clueless as he was as to why his defiant son would insist to object to his idea, seemed to be at a lost for words on what else to say, nudged his Grand Duke to his side and inquired in a whisper, "Do you get what is he trying to argue with me here?"

Wondering and trying to read the downcast Prince's expression and posture, the Grand Duke quietly cleared his throat and whispered back to the King's ear, "He's just disappointed and not agreeing for us to look for that elusive maiden on his behalf, your Majesty..."

The King's eyes widened in enlightenment and gasped, "Oh, so you meant to say he wants to do everything by himself...?"

The Grand Duke swallowed hard, after being heavily rebuked by the King back in his chamber suite a while ago, heart thumping wildly and worrying if he has really gotten the Prince's implication clear enough. Heaving a wordless prayer and face so pale, he nodded in submission to the King without daring to look him in the eye...

One...Two...Three...Four...Five seconds finally elapsed and the Grand Duke received a knee-jerking strong pat on the back by his Majesty. The whole suite of the Prince resounded with deafening applause by the King. The old man then cheered aloud and went up to his son saying, "Congratulations! Congratulations, dear! So at long last, you've found your one and only sweetheart! Papa is extremely overjoyed for you!"

The Prince's face instinctly lit up before his jovial father, "Really, father...I'm sorry if I have unintentionally embarrassed you in front of so many of your subjects..."

The King only laughed aloud and patted his precious son's arms (due to his height, he was not able to reach up to his shoulders), "Oh no, no, no...You brought a blessing to me...and the whole kingdom...Never be so hard up on yourself, dear!"

He could not be more grateful, "Thanks, father...Now, I'm really not regretting at all that you held the ball for me..."

Another round of hearty laugh and the King gave a playful wink at him, "Heaven knows...but now onto the point...There's just one condition I would ask of you, son..."

The Prince and the Grand Duke immediately paid serious attention as the King cleared his throat and declared before them, "As you know, your papa and your mama's anniversary will again be approaching very soon...Heartaches and loss...will fill my heart once again..."

They could sympathised with him...A heavy sigh and the King went on to say, "If you could just be so kind, my dear son...to make this year something different...as soon or as swiftly as you could..."

The King began to sob and tears very quickly trickled down his eyes...The Prince understood well enough who was meant to be the answer...


To be continued...

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Monday, 8 May 2017

Cinderella's Story: Glittering Wishes Chapter 3

"Well, I don't see why there isn't a possibility that the letter was addressed to someone who has the same name as my mother's..." Cinderella gave in after some deep thought and decided to place the letter back into the mailbox. Jaq, Gus and the rest were utterly crestfallen, for their hopes were extremely let up a minute ago.

Just as Cinderella did so for the sake of moral honesty, she gasped in surprise the moment she opened up the creaky and rusty metal mailbox...

"What's that shining star, Cinderellie?!" Jaq hopped right into the box and pointed out rather strong glimmers radiating from some fine object resting inside, so bright and shining against the darkness all around that all their other friends by the girl's side quickly came up close to behold the wonder.

Cinderella could not really decide whether to reach for it, hence Jaq whistled loud for Gus, Ben and Nac to lift the whole mysterious item up for her to look at it with clarity.

"Here you go, Cinderellie! What do you think of this?!" Jaq and the rest cheered for her to make some hopeful discovery.

Cinderella could not refrain herself from gasping in awe again, as they all moved with all their might to place the thing onto her open palms. "Oh my...I can't believe this..." She would not have expected an unexpected miracle of blessing as this...

The object was a sparkling diamond studded key...with the name of "Cinderella Bliss" meticulously engraved on it. Bruno and Major who were looking on were overly surprised.

"What does it say, Cinderellie?!" Jaq, Gus and the rest all nagged her on to tell them.

A tear or two fell from her eyes as she said touchingly, "Cinderella Bliss, that's my name..."

They all could gasp and shout in exhilaration by now, "Hurray! It's for our dear Cinderellie! Wonder! Wonder!"

Cinderella cautiously hushed them, but before she could ever succeed, more voices and cheers resounded from down the opening of the front door of the once quiet chateau home right behind them...

"Cinderellie! You're finally here!"

"How's the ball?!"

"Did you dance happily?!"

They were all Suzy and the rest of the female mice who helped out with the many tedious sewing work of Cinderella's mother's old gown for the girl to go to the ball earlier on, surprising Cinderella and the others immensely.

"Oh my...Suzy...Meg...Rin...How did you all manage to come to this place?" Cinderella opened up her palms for them to hop in, still could not fully believing what on earth was happening all of a sudden...

With a big wide smile, Suzy snapped her fingers and crossed her arms to answer, "Fairy Godmother just sent us here while you were on your way and have gone to the ball!"

To be continued...

Tuesday, 25 April 2017

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Cinderella's Story: Glittering Wishes Chapter 2

That faint light seemed to be a guiding star, assuring and leading them towards it, until when they reached its source, Cinderella, still in her torn dress and accompanied by her furry friends, they came upon a quiet chateau, almost like the one they had lived with her stepmother, but only much more beautiful and grand. Cinderella was awed, but still quite wary as she was not sure if there was really not a single person inside the house.

"I can't believe this..." Cinderella uttered just a little above a whisper.

"What do you mean, Cinderellie?" Jaq urged.

"Yeah, what do you mean, Cinderellie?" Gus repeated as them four little mice hopped about on her shoulders.

Cinderella paused and glanced around as they could see that each window appeared to be dimly lit...She was uncertain, "I don't know, guys...Perhaps, we shouldn't intrude...There could be an owner and his family..."

Sprinkles of fairy dust fell upon them and the towering chateau, yet they could not see those lovely glitters visibly and were not aware of them the slightest bit...

"Y-Yikes!" Jaq cried all of a sudden and grasped tight onto Cinderella as a gust of wind blew and a piece of letter fell out and off the creaky mailbox by the gate where they all stood.

Cinderella and the rest were extremely curious. The little mail landed by Cinderella's feet and she bent over to pick it up. Jaq was still shaky from the fright, but Gus and the rest were more excited and eager to know what Cinderella would discover from it...

"Hmmm...It's alright, Jaq...We'll see what this is all about here," Cinderella lightly patted her dear mouse pal and tried to read the name of the letter recipient.

"To: Madam Elise Bliss..." Cinderella pronounced clearly, only to wonder about something long kept in her distant memories and then she gasped in surprise.

"What's that, Cinderellie?"

"You know her, Cinderellie?" Jaq, Gus and the other two fellow mice friends, Ben and Nac, kept asking and nagging Cinderella of what she suddenly remembered.

It was too unexpected that Cinderella found it hard to believe. Gripping firmly onto the letter, she sighed in doubt and turned to them all who was looking at her filled with anticipation. Cinderella then confessed,
"She is my mother..."

To be continued...

Friday, 7 April 2017

A Cinderella Story - Glittering Wishes

Chapter 1

Scurrying to escape from the sight of the castlemen on horses who were chasing rapidly after them, Cinderella and her friends managed to hide behind the forest bushes away from their paths. Remaining as fearfully still as ever, they lay in wait until all were gone and vanished into the distance.

Once everything was perfectly clear and calm, Cinderella could finally breathe in relief. Jaq, Gus and the rest realised they were back to their old selves again, with the dull remnants of the pumpkin losing all the glitters of its once short-lived magnificent carriage.

Seeing everyone has returned to their former appearances, Cinderella could not help but apologise to them,

"I'm sorry...I guess that I forgot about everything...even the time...but.....it was a wonderful dream come true..." Her heart could not tell her enough that all she felt was true, even though it took a miracle to give her a chance...A dance she would never ever forget.

"Look, Cinderellie! Your slipper!"

"That slipper, Cinderellie!!"

Jaq and Gus were shouting out loud for her to pick up that one last piece of an item which preserved the magic. Cinderella almost could not believe when they pointed it out to her...

"Oh, thank you...Thank you so much for everything..." Cinderella expressed with all her gratitude, even though she was not sure the reason why. Somehow, she knew her faith would find out...someday...Holding the glittering glass slipper dearly in her hands, Cinderella got up on her feet and the rest followed.

It was a dark aftermath midnight as they attempted to find their way back to the chateau, yet even with Major and Bruno taking the lead, they seemed to lose sense of the right direction.

Trying hard for another few steps forward, which appeared to be blocked by more thornbushes, Cinderella found herself disheartened and stopped pursuing.

"Oh, I'm sorry...for putting you all through this with me..." She apologised with sharp regret.

Jaq and Gus hopped up to Bruno's head and encouraged, "No, that's nothing...Cinderellie...It's a wonderful dream come true...Wonderful for all of us sure! Just tell where should we go from here..."

Cinderella stooped down and took them in her hands. Jaq and Gus then slid pleasurably into her glass slipper looking at their lovely guardian expectantly. It was in times like this that she began to feel hopeful once again, gathering strength and courage from all these dear little keepers of her kindness and compassion through the years...

They brought a tender smile to her face once more, and beholding their innocence she pulled herself together to stand back up on her own bare feet again...Then, lifting her eyes to the twinkling and sparkling stars above the forest cover, she decided and said resolutely, "I am not going back..."

"What?! What there??" Jaq and Gus exclaimed in wide-eyed marvel, wanting her to repeat with ultimate certainty.

She looked down at them, still with that radiant smile of bravery, "Will you join me...in not returning to the chateau...to my stepmother and stepsisters anymore?"

Jaq and Gus gasped in amazement, before Major and Bruno nudged Cinderella to show her a faint lighted structure from the far edges of the woods behind a very small cleared narrow trail through the trees...