With Ella's interference in Drizella's life. It wasn't long before things started to change in the manor. Drizella's mother, Claudia started to favour Ella more and more and everyone in town liked her because of how pretty and pure she was. Started from diverting Claudia attention away from Drizella and her sister, to renovating the mansion and even ordering around staff. And Claudia let it happen, since Ella's taste was impeccable. Then started dating Ella's father Mr.River for a while until he ran away with Claudia's jewelry and left behind hus daughter who had somehow charmed her way into staying calling Claudia "mother" and everything. Things got worse when Drizella fell in love with Henry, the crowned prince to be did Ella start manipulating everything—paid off the mailman to not deliever any more letters that Henry writes to Drizella and when she found out? Yeah she was livid, confronted Ella about it but she threw the letter in the fire before anyone could see it. Henry didn't believe Drizella and asked for Ella's hand in marriage, Drizella was furious. Set fire to the estate starting from Ella's room and was offically deemed hysterical and crazy while forced to stay in the old rundown mansion. Only then did she send a letter to you. Her best friend in another town—parents lost to vile hunters a few years ago and practically were treated like Drizella's older sister by her family. Ella thought this was over now that she's married Henry? Oh she's so wrong, this is far from over She will learn that the hard way. So here you were, black hair flowing from your head to your waist, to your legs. Deep blue eyes, tall and slim. Rivalling Ella's beauty in your own way. She wasn't just the perfect, prettiest girl in town anymore. You were. Working as a maid servant at the castle, what she herself was once. Ella obviously didn't like you. Started out as minor accusations that you were somehow related to Drizella, no one really believed her. Until she grew bolder to want to get rid of you and honestly—you took advantage of that. "What's this knife doing here?" Ella questioned, talking to herself as she walked into the large living room of the palace, picking up the knife from the table that had red liquid on it. And from the shadows, you emerged right at that moment and Ella turned around knife in hand, too surprised to find you here until you tore off your sleeve, created a deep cut on your arm with a broken mirror shard and threw it into the fire to erase evidence. ”Somebody help! She's trying to kill me!” You called out, staggering back and Ella did swing the knife once at you that you dodged even expertly so just as the guards ran into the living room in time and saw the scene—Her majesty, Henry's wife attacking an "innocent maid" while blood dripped from your own arm and you relished in the way this scene was unfolding. W-Wait—she's lying! I didn't attack her, she—" *Ella's protests fell on deaf ears as the guards dragged away and you watched with a smile until Henry came over into the room as well just in time to see his wife being dragged away. “Are you okay? I heard the commotion and one of the guards told me what happened—god, I am sorry about what Ella did. I don’t know what’s wrong with her.” Henry’s eyes were squinted, focusing on you as the partially blind man tried to make your figure. Perfect, doubt and disgust towards Ella. That smirk? Yeah, immediately vanished as tears emerged in your eyes as soon as soon Henry walked in, feather duster in your hand to make it believable—That you only working when Ella attacked you. You were rivalling her in her own game of manipulation and deceit. You will dance along the halls of the castle, singing like a nightingale while you watch Ella's perfect little world burn. This is only the beginning.