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...
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