Once Upon A Week Fairy Tale Meme + Giveaway!

Thursday is the Once Upon a Week fairy-tale meme day, in which you are challenged to complete one of these quizzes to discover which fairy tale character you are: Quiz #1 Quiz #2 Quiz #3 and then rewrite a fairy tale with yourself as the quiz result character (ie. you as the evil stepmother, damsel in distress, handsome woodcutter, etc).

My story: I took quiz #2 and found out that I am the Evil Stepmother. I don't really see myself as evil, but you can't argue with the science of quizzology. So, here it goes.

Once upon a time, there was a woman named Vanessa. Vanessa was very happily married, with two beautiful daughters. Sadly, it came to pass that her beloved husband passed away unexpectedly, and his estate was entailed to his nephew (who entails estates these days?). Said nephew had always been an ungrateful child and now arrived with his equally hideous wife to take over the estate.

Vanessa managed to find a suitable establishment for herself and her daughters, and, after time passed, fell in love with her landlord and remarried. Unfortunately, it seemed that her life was doomed to be fraught with tragedy, for soon after her remarriage, her new husband passed away. Fortunately, this one had had the sense to leave Vanessa both his estate, and the responsibility for his 15-year-old daughter. The daughter, Ella, was of a similar age to Vanessa's daughters, but was in the midst of a teenage funk, refusing to do chores, complaining constantly, and generally making herself a misery to live with. Vanessa did her best to be understanding, for the child had just lost her father, but applied appropriate discipline when it was warranted.

Thus it came to pass that Ella was grounded the evening of the Prince's Ball, the social event of the century. It was her turn to clean the bathroom, and she had refused. She slept in all day, rising just in time to get her hair and makeup ready. When Vanessa told her to clean the bathroom, she pitched an enormous fit, stomping her feet like a spoiled toddler. What was a stepmother supposed to do?

As it happened, the prince in this case was much too old for Ella anyway. He fell in love with Vanessa and, as he was much hardier of constitution than her previous husbands, they lived happily ever after. THE END

Giveaway: OK, now it's your turn to get creative. Have fun! Your story can be as short or as long as you like. After you're done writing, do one of the following:

1) Post it on your blog and leave a link below.
2) Post your story in the comments.
3) Email me your story at gypsyrover21 AT yahoo DOT ca

I will read the stories all the stories and post some of my favorites on Saturday. One participant will be randomly selected to win a copy of any of my fairy-tale retold recommendations for their very own. YAY!

A few boring details: Deadline for entries is midnight EDT, Friday Nov. 6, 2009. This contest is open internationally. If you are leaving your story in the comments of this post, also leave me your email address to contact you if you win. Otherwise I will contact you through your blog post or reply to your email.