A Cinderella Retelling by E. L. Tenenbaum

Author:E. L. Tenenbaum
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781680466904
Publisher: Melange Books

I blinked away tears as my fingers traced over the words engraved into the statue. I could never be no one again. “CinderElla,” I mouthed. Then, more loudly, “Did you know about this, Cap? Did the prince?”

The captain mutely nodded his head.

“CinderElla,” I repeated out loud, trying the name on for size. “Why did no one tell me?”

The captain actually looked ashamed, though I wasn’t directly accusing him. “Perhaps the prince thought you would not like it,” he suggested.

“Would not like it?” I questioned in wonder.

The captain looked at me. “Do you like it?” he asked softly.

I nodded. How could I not? For the people, for my people, it combined the best parts of who I was. A girl with the simple commoner’s name my mother had given me raised to royalty from the cinders of hardship. CinderElla. I repeated it over and over in my mind. It was a name of hope.

The captain cleared his throat. “We haven’t much time. Wouldn’t you like to see something else, Your Hi—Ella?”

“CinderElla,” I echoed again.

I studied the statue thinking of all the places I could see. A wide smile tugged across my face. I wanted to do everything, see everything, smell everything, taste everything! But I had to start somewhere.

“There is a place I’d like to visit first,” I finally said, and with that we were off.

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