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Evil Queen


Once upon a time

There lived a young girl

Her name was Cinderella

She lived happily with her parents

Until one day her mother died

Her father remarried

To an evil woman

Who was plotting

To take over the kingdom

The kingdom of France

 

The evil woman’s plan

To take over the kingdom

Was turned from

Fantasy into reality

Soon after she married

The young girl’s father.

As a rich merchant

And the king’s personal merchant,

Cinderella’s father

Was always gone

Causing Cinderella to resent the royals

 

Once when he was on a trip,

He died

And left everything to Cinderella

And her stepmother

The two women bonded over the merchant’s death

They became the best of friends

And Cinderella’s two stepsisters

Also joined in their bonding time

 

The four of them began to plot

Plot the overthrow of the king

The perfect opportunity arose

When the prince threw a ball.

All three young eligible ladies attended

And all carried deadly weapons

They could use if they got close to the prince or king

 

Entranced with Cinderella’s beauty,

The prince invited her to dance with him

And even eat with him

As they were about to eat,

The prince got distracted when talking to an official

This allowed Cinderella to slip in some arsenic into the prince’s food and drink

When the prince turned back to Cinderella,

She enjoyed eating with him

And stayed with him throughout the entire night

Right before she was about to leave

The prince vomited

Pretending to be concerned about his health,

Cinderella offered to stay with him

And the prince agreed.

 

Constantly being close to the prince allowed Cinderella to continue poisoning him

Everyone wondered why the prince wasn’t getting better

Yet no one suspected Cinderella

As she played the role of concerned lover very well

 

This went on for months

Until the prince,

In a fragile state of mind

Asked Cinderella if she would still marry him

As the prince wanted to thank her

For taking care of him even though they had just met

The prince believed it was true love

But Cinderella knew better

Maliciously, Cinderella agreed to marry the prince

 

A few months later, the prince died

And in his will, left everything to her,

Including the entire kingdom.

 

With the prince out of the way,

And the king easy to kill,

Stating it was old age

Cinderella became queen of the kingdom.

As queen, Cinderella invited her stepmother and stepsisters to live with her in the castle

She dismissed all the staff there and brought her loyal staff from her own home.

And thus was the tale of how the most vicious queen came to be.

 

 

 

 

 

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