Rise for the Occasion
She’d just hit the top step outside the Palace when the bell tolled midnight.
Tingles raced from the tips of her slippered toes to the top of her elegantly coiffed hair, each strike reversing the magic as she hurtled down the stairs, slipping as her extremities numbed.
Supple, warm skin cooled and greyed, sagging over flesh that began to collapse with decay. Blonde locks fell limp by her cheeks, her breathing laboured.
As the twelfth bell rang out into the music filled night, the magic that had animated Zombirella once more gave out, her body slumping to the frost-laden ground.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI love the descriptions in this, Emily, the reversal from the elegant princess just goes that one step further. I wonder if the prince will want to marry her when he discovers the truth, I don’t like to think what may happen when he tries to put the glass slipper onto her foot!
It definitely gives a whole new meaning to “’til death do us part!”
Wow! So spooky.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI do enjoy a spooky twist on a fairytale!
So funny that we both rewrote our own versions of Cinderella. Please read my “If My….”
Midnight just instantly had me thinking of her flight down the stairs!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleWhat a great fractured fairy tale, Emily. Love the name ‘Zombirella’. And that 3rd paragraph… so brilliantly descriptive. Loved it!
Thank you Linda, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, what an interesting twist on the Cinderella story! I also wonder if the prince would still marry her if he found out who she really was. I agree with Linda, your descriptions are brilliant! Well done.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you Marianna! It would be interesting to see how he takes the news — I think it could be a very sad tale if I was to extend it!
Zombirella is exciting and a must-see in the cinema. So spooky twist of Cinderella. Well done.
Some kind of combination of Cinderella and Corpse Bride! Thank you Lotchie!
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Rather spooky and now I can’t stop chuckling at the image in my head. Very different from the fairytales my mother read me as a tot! I love the name and I think the ugly step-sisters have been out-uglied! Well done, Emily; I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thank you Sandra, I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I’m glad it made you chuckle, it did me too when I imagined it ? must be our sense of humour haha!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleAw. Not even a pumpkin to ride home on?
Oh, the consequences of going to those fancy palace balls, Emily! After having read your well written story illustrating their sinister effects, I have decided to stop attending them.
They’re far too fussy for me too, Christer, but alas, the Palace gossip…
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