A New Beauty

[A sneak peek at my story 'The Glass Mirror' I will be publishing June 1st hopefully]


Cinderella was scrubbing the floors when the doorbell rang. Her older sister, Aurora came running down the stairs. "Oh Cinderella, why do bạn insist on cleaning ngày and night? After all bạn are a princess, it is Maid Marian's job to clean the palace." Lọ lem looked up at her sister. Aurora had hair of golden sunshine and lips as red as the rose, in words she was the most beautiful in the kingdom.
"I like cleaning" she replied with a smile.
"Well I don't mean to be a pest but can bạn please change into your...

It was the ngày of the auditions. Belle was nervous but something inside her told her that she could do it. Maybe it was the knowledge that Adam would be playing for her. Maybe.

Her tim, trái tim raced with the excitement as she pulled on her dress and pressed down her bodice. She wondered if there was anything she could do for luck. Meg was wearing her lucky dress, she said, although it looked exactly the same as the ten thousand others hanging in her wardrobe. Snow White was wearing her lucky red hair ribbon. hoa nhài was wearing her lucky earrings. Belle picked up her copy of Phantom. It was one of...

Belle felt alone. She felt, not scared, but anxious. Now what? Her Những người bạn had deserted her. She couldn’t hold back the tears any longer. Then, she heard voices around the corner.

“Well, I don’t know; I just don’t think he’s being very fair with the grades.”

“He does tend to crack down hard with them.”

“I heard rumours he’s going to give us a test tiếp theo week.”

Belle’s tim, trái tim leapt. That was Adam.

“A test?” groaned Aladdin. “Oh, give us a break already!”

Belle darted around the corner and flung herself at Adam. Adam took a step backwards as she caught him; she almost...