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The Tremaines

Not too long ago and rather far away, but still within the Many Kingdo old château This château had two distinguishing attributes: the first and most remarkable was that Cinderella, the queen of her land, once called this strange, foreboding place her home The second was that it was the subject of wild ruhters

The lady’s daughters, Anastasia and Drizella, were said to roam the château in white dresses, and the specter of the lady was said to have been seen talking with the ghost of her beloved cat, Lucifer, as she lamented the loss of her one true love

The ruhost tale, filled withThe fact was, the lady and her daughters were very much alive, despite their wraithlike appearance, and they were indeed trapped within the old cru château with no hope of escape You see, unlike Cinderella, the Treodmother to look after them

We probably don’t have to tell you about Cinderella’s past, before she became queen, back when she lived with the Tremaines If you picked up this book, then you are already well acquainted with Cinderella’s story, but just in case you’ve been living outside the Many Kingdoo a lifeti Cinderella’s story, I suppose it best I tell you a little bit about her family

Like irl lost her e, and it was left to her father to find a proper stephter It seedoms are often cut short, and the stepmothers who replace them are almost always cruel and selfish creatures, but that is a story for another ti supernatural was at work in the Many Kingdoms, or that the blame should almost certainly be placed on the ers’ poor choices in stepue that the lives of these wouided notion in fairy circles that all stepmothers are evil

Cinderella’s father didn’t think hter when he chose his neife, aside froood fae dowry This lady see woman, still rather handsome, and most importantly she had a fortune of her ohich of course would becoe This was, and remains to this day, a rather unfortunate and antiquated custodoms: all of a woe But this didn’t concern the lady She thought the young girl’s father to be very handsoreater than her ohat she assumed was a substantial fortune, and a beautiful hoside his daughter

However, this lady’s hopes for the e went beyond practical concerns She sincerely loved thisa beautiful life with hi her He seematic woman, and the lady was indeed very sensible and far too proper to s She prided herself on her stoicism

But we’ll get to that part of the story soon For noe’ll concern ourselves with the lady’s unfortunate daughters, who have been withering aithin the confines of their ho mother The situation attracted the attention of their stepsister, Queen Cinderella, who found she couldn’t ignore her stepsisters’ sad circumstances

My dearest Fairy Godmother,

I am so sorry to have learned the Fairylands have been in a state of turh I do not wish to trouble you at such a tiravely ireat distress

You see, my stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella, are in a desperate situation, and for reasons you understand all too well, I am unable to help them If the Fairylands can spare you, won’t you please come to me as soon as you are able? Drizella, Anastasia, and I need your help

Sincerely,

Queen Cinderella

The Fairy Godmother crureat effort since it was rather large and written on the sturdy parchment used for official royal correspondence