My Little Cinderella

My Little Cinderella

Chapter 1

Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Equestria, there was a tiny kingdom, peaceful, prosperous, and rich in romance and tradition. There in a stately chateau near the edge of the Everfree Forest, there lived a widowed gentlecolt named Shining Armor, and his little daughter, Fluttershy. Fluttershy was playing with her pet bunny named Angel with her father watching. Although Shining Armor was a kind and devoted father, and gave his beloved filly every luxury and comfort, still he felt she needed a mother's care. And so he married again. Choosing for his second wife, a mare of good family who had a luminous vivid orange mane with brilliant yellow streaks on them that is held up with a purple headband with orange spikes on them, brilliant raspberry eyes, a red gem necklace, and a orange gem for her cutie mark named Adagio Dazzle. She also had a cat named Opalescence, and two daughters just Fluttershy's age, by name Sonata Dusk who had a moderate cerulean mane with moderate persian blue streaks, moderate raspberry eyes, a red gem necklace, and a moderate pink heart with a light blue musical note for her cutie mark , and Aria Blaze who had a moderate purple mane with light brilliant aquamarine streaks, moderate raspberry eyes, a red gem necklace, and a purple star for her cutie mark.  

Sometime later, it was raining outside the chateau, and Shining Armor had just died from an illness, much to the sorrow of Fluttershy. It was upon the untimely death of this good unicorn, however, that the stepmother's true nature was revealed. Cold, cruel, and bitterly jealous of Fluttershy's charm and beauty, she was grimly determined to forward the interests of her own two awkward daughters. Thus as time went by, the chateau fell into disrepair, for the family fortunes were squandered upon the vain and selfish stepsisters while Fluttershy was abused, humiliated, and finally forced to become a servant of her own house. And yet, through it all, Fluttershy remained ever gentle and kind, for with each dawn she found new hope that someday, her dreams of happiness would come true. And that's where our story begins.