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Prologue We've all heard the story of that mysterious girl, who, with the help of a fairy god-mother, captured the heart of Prince Charming, we've all been told its true, and we've all been lied to. Her story, my story is quite different, and very factual, NO fairy god-mothers included. My name is Ella Brown, not Cinderella, not Elenora, Ella. Sure, it seemed like a fairy tale at first, a simple farm girl like me becoming an elegant princess; even I was concerned it was a dream. But as it turned out, Prince Charming was more like Prince Boring, and so, I told them, them being my haughty manners mistress, Madame Bisset, that I was simply not going to marry that limp of boredom! And what happened? Prison. She threw me in prison! I had to dig my way through the crap hole to get out. And I wouldn't have survived the midnight job of digging through that putrid, sickening dirt if it hadn't been for my little friend Mary, who brought me secret loads of food, and a shovel. I am angry at a lot of people, but I can't name them all, so I'll leave it at that. But that's too far in the past. Now, I want to start where I left off, with Jed.