Cinderella, In An Alternate Universe

Cinderella got lost somewhere in between the countryside and palace that she'd never seen. Walking through mud, face streaked with tears still clearly so beautiful, the slippers were clear. But soon she got covered in the worst kinds of things and she didn't understand what marriage would mean. She had no conception of being the queen, so she met a young beggar and settled, for him. They lived in a hovel right outside town; she'd watch the processions of royals going down. She often wondered how it might feel to sit on a throne (it gave her a thrill!) . As she tended the fire and sat in the cinders she would dream of a life with riches unending. The end.