2 comments/ 12435 views/ 6 favorites Wicked Kingdom By: newfavorite Two young lovers in rags lay on their backs in the hay of the dark barn. They were suppose to be sleeping, but every night they would sneak out of the servant's quarters to embrace and discuss their lives. Ella was formerly a master in the house, a member of the family but had since fallen upon ill fortune and was forced to into servitude by her step family. Pippin was a lifelong servant of the manor, his ancestors had worked for the manor generations ago. The Kingdom worked on a complex set of rules involving birthright. If one was born a servant, he or she had no rights or freedom, not even the right to leave the property they were born on. Pippin was born on the manor as a servant and expected he would die their as a servant. Ella was educated in the classics by a private tutor at the expense of her now deceased father, who when alive was a prominent noble. Ella from an early age took a liking to Pippin and gave him her books when she was done with them. Pippin took to them well and inspired Ella with his ability to creatively apply his learned knowledge to the real world. Pippin was forever in debt to Ella for her kindness to him and others, both people had a deep appreciation for each other, but now the manner and Ella in particular had fallen on hard times. They spoke softly to avoid detection. "How is a woman to raise her position in this world?" Ella spoke to Pippin. "By marriage of course, this is the only way, a woman cannot hold a position, in the government, in the church or as a merchant." Pippin replied. "Exactly, this is what my step-family has been doing, My step-mother married my father when he was in ill-health, knowing of his impending death so that she could improve her status. Fiona has usurped me and now wants to betroth herself to whomever will give her the highest status. My mother and my father are dead, I being but a daughter was not given rights to my father's inheritance and through my step-family's cunning manipulation, they have taken all that was rightfully mine." Ella had tears welling up in her eyes. "I can't conceive of how distraught you must be?" Pippin reached over to hug Ella, Ella batted his hand away and starring directly at him spoke with conviction. "Do not comfort me. All my life I believed myself to somehow through birthright be better than the servants on the manor. I even thought myself better than you Pippin. Why? Through some magic? There is no difference between the nobility and the common people, and no difference between the royal family and the nobility. So many books said it, but I firmly in my heart believed that I had some right that you didn't have, that I deserved for no meritorious reason a life of luxury at the expense of the common people's toil. So Pippin do not comfort me. I am wicked!" "You do not deserve this Ella! You are right when you say there is no difference between the classes, yet you have never shown in your actions any single ounce of malice towards the servants in this manor. You are our greatest ally. We all looked forward to the day when you married and were able to take over with whomever you chose to marry, you would make life better for us. If it weren't for you I would have no happiness in my bones." "I want to marry you, Pippin! This all happened for a reason, I've loved you my whole life I'd rather live in servitude to my wicked step-family than marry the prince. I am sure destiny brought us together." Pippin sternly looked back and said with conviction, "I love you Ella! But we cannot marry, you must have your status reinstated. There are bigger destinies than love. You are keen and convincing, these ideas of a more free and just society for women and men of all classes that we talk about daily, they must take hold. I cannot help you do this. You must marry an important man, you must influence him to change our world. You cannot let this destiny be usurped. For my family and for everyone in my class you must help this world be a better place. This is no life being born a servant with no chance for anything else. Our children would be servants and our grand children. I am not acting as the other people of my class and bringing in more fodder for the nobility to abuse! If we are to marry it would have to be a childless marriage." "What can I do, I have been beaten, outwitted and now I am sure Fiona will marry the prince, she is beautiful and smart, she walks and talks like a princess, even a queen, she is destine for the throne." "She is beautiful and cunning, she does have the demeanor of a royal. You are more beautiful and smarter, you can act in whatever role is needed for you to act. You cannot lose spirit!" Just as Pippin finished speaking a light from a lantern shown on the two lovers. It was Harriett a kind but stern old servant, she spoke in a low but stern whisper as the lovers cowered him her lantern light. "Get to bed, you'll be beaten if they find you here at this hour!" Ella and Pippin gathered themselves up and carefully walked back to the servants quarters where they slept unorganized on the dirt floor under ragged blankets. As Ella went to sleep she began to think of what Pippin was saying. She did love Pippin, but he was right, to truly honor him would be to bring greater freedom to the servant class. Like most nights Ella couldn't sleep, thoughts of the past few months and years swirled in her head. Outwardly, even to Pippin she didn't let on her true emotions. The reality was that a boiling rage festered in her being. Ella didn't know what to do with her anger, she was taught her whole life to never outwardly show the world this emotion, yet is continued building night after night. Ella feared someday she would break and turn into a cruel and twisted person just like Fiona. Ella's step-mother was a beautiful older woman, part of the lower rung of nobility. Her original husband had passed years before she met Ella's father. Ella's step-mother was kind to her at first, praising her and claiming to be in awe of her charms and talents. This irked her birth daughters who treated their mother poorly, demanding much of her and insulting her for practically no reason. Ella didn't like her step-mother's spoiled children but she saw the deep love her step-mother had for them and was always polite to them out of respect for her step-mother. Ella was supportive of her father's marriage at first. She was happy her ailing father had someone to give him comfort. Ella's mother had died giving birth to what would have been Ella's brother, unfortunately both the baby and Ella's mother died during childbirth. Despite the initial grief, Ella and her father grew a great bond together and lived happily in the manor. After Ella's father died, Ella's step-mother became more distant. Ella had no one to share her grief with and worst of all Ella's step-sisters became ever more sadistic. Fiona was the oldest sibling, she was tall, beautiful and filled with spite. Her younger sister Millie was shorter. She was pudgy but attractive and completely spoiled. It was Millie who started the insistence that Ella had no place in the manor. "Under law my mother owns this place, you aren't her birth daughter!" She would taunt Ella. It was Fiona however that pursued the matter with her mother. Ella would hear hushed conversations between her step-mother and Fiona "She has no rights under the law, why can't I become the first daughter of the manor?" The head son or daughter was the primary individual on the manor will. Ella didn't worry about her step-mother changing the manor will, she knew her step-mother loved her father and would respect his written will. Yet after months of insistence Ella was finally confronted by her step-family. Ella was still upset about the conversation. It was true Ella had no rights to the manor if written out of the will, her step-mother had inherited it and had control of the manor in every way. Whomever control the manor had a right to bequeath the next successor. The first son or first daughter was usually this person. With a single signature the owner of the manor could disinherit whomever they chose. Ella was in shock when her step-mother actually made Fiona the first daughter and rightful inheritor of the manor. Ella stormed off as tears rolled down her cheeks as Fiona and Millie jumped up and down. Ella heard the immature Millie give her a raspberry as she ran back to her room. Ella's legacy was disappearing. Despite losing inheritance to the manor Ella was still a noble and her step-mother let her know that she would still receive money upon if her she should die. Ella now mostly locked herself in her room, only exiting to go to the bathroom, eat or occasionally talk to Pippin. Ella burned with rage as Fiona and Millie taunted her when she walked by them. Matters became worse for Ella when her step-mother succumbed to some unknown illness that left her bed ridden and so weak that she was nearly mute. Fiona began to use the only asset that Ella had, her remaining inheritance to blackmail her. Threatening to force her mother's signature to turn her portion of the will over to Fiona and Millie. One day Ella woke from her sleep to find all of her fine clothing confiscated, and in her dresser instead were servant rags. Finally Ella snapped, she put on the rags and stormed out of her room and confronted Fiona directly. "What is the meaning of this!" Ella screamed. Fiona smirked and replied in a calm and collected but catty voice. "Ella, you've never worked a day in your life." The truth of these words stung Ella and made her even angrier. "I know the truth hurts!" Fiona said with a smile before continuing, "Millie, mother and I all agree that since soon you'll be on your own with only a little inheritance you have to start pulling your weight around here. You will most likely not be able to marry into a manor of this size with so many servants, your going to need to learn to cook and clean like a common wife." Indignantly Ella screamed "Never! Give me back my clothes." "I ordered the servants to do away with your dresses, you mustn't get them dirty when you clean." Ella clinched her fists, not knowing what else to do she charged at Fiona. Fiona easily grabbed both of Ella's arms and pushed Ella away. Ella had never fought before and didn't know the first thing about fighting. Humiliated Ella was on the ground in rags weeping. Millie at that moment walked in with several servants including Pippin following her, Fiona told Millie and the servants to come over to her. Fiona looked at the servants and said, "Look Ella is crying because she has to live your life for what will amount to a few months. Weeping like a baby! This woman has no fortitude and this is why she is not fit to be the head daughter anymore." As Ella cried she realized that indeed she was crying because she did not want to temporarily live the life of a servant. The closest person to her in her life was Pippin, he had lived his whole life toiling for her, yet she couldn't pay her pittance and live his life temporarily. Ella felt shame, although she knew Fiona was evil, she also recognized some truth to her words, this brought Ella great shame. Later that night Ella confided with Pippin that she was going to live the life of a servant in exchange for her inheritance, she would do so with dignity and without complaint. Pippin felt great empathy for Ella, but explained that Ella would have a greater understanding of the world due to her new occupation and that they would see more of each other. Through the next weeks Ella's step-sisters were her bane and Pippin was her savior. As a love blossomed with Pippin hatred increased toward her step-sisters. Ella found that the servants respected her and her father and did not respect Ella's step-family. The respect for Ella amongst the servants grew stronger when Ella quickly learned the various tasks and performed them well without complaint. Inside the manor however it was a different story. Ella was frequently humiliated by both Millie and Fiona. Ella was forced to massage Millie's feet. Fiona watched and berated Ella as she cleaned the dirtiest recesses of the manor. At one point Ella was forced to be used as a foot rest while Millie sat on a chair and cooled herself off with a paper fan. Worst of all Fiona would force Ella to look up at her so that Fiona could spit on her face. Ella could not understand where the sister's utter distain for her was centered. Ella wondered what she did wrong and why she was being punished so severely. One day both Millie and Fiona stood around as Ella cleaned out the fireplace. When Ella was done she stood before her step-sisters covered with soot and exhausted. Millie started laughing loudly and aggressively while pointing her finger at Ella. Fiona smiling and in her best attempt to be witty called Ella "Cinderella." This caused Millie to double over in laughter. For some reason this nickname stuck and Ella was known by Millie and Fiona as Cinderella from this day forth. Ella kept this information from Pippin. Pippin would be overcome with anger over this knowledge and she did not want him to fret. The conversation did come up, with Pippin asking Ella why her step-sisters hated each other so much. Ella believed that jealousy was the key component. Ella was the kind of woman that Fiona and Millie wanted to be. Ella was born into a higher class of nobility than both the step-sisters. Amongst the nobility's different ranks was never ending gossip, envy and what amounted to idolization. Millie and Fiona were consumed with the idea of royalty and nobility, constantly comparing themselves to others and commenting on the look of dresses and how handsome and powerful the different men of high birth were. Although both Ella and Fiona were both beautiful, Ella was at least equally beautiful. Fiona especially was not used to meeting a woman that was her equal in looks and Ella was threatening to her. Fiona was tall, she ate sparsely and exercised to keep her body thin and toned, she had a shapely figure and nice round medium sized breasts. Fiona had dirty blond hair cut to medium length, she made sure to wash it every day and she knew many trendy ways to style her hair. Fiona's face could best be described as beautiful yet haughty. Fiona meant her voice to come across with an air of refined confidence, yet she often came across as snobby and self-centered despite her best efforts not to. Fiona attempted to look as dignified and royal as possible in hopes of marrying into a position of great power. Ella would constantly catch Fiona making grand speeches in the mirror, pretending she was a person of high importance. Fiona's ego was inflated to say the least. Fiona's meticulous care of her body was in stark contrast to Millie. Millie was lazy and loved to dine on fine food, this made her have more body fat. Most of Millie's weight went into her very large buttock. Her buttocks were not well proportioned to her breasts which were considerably small. To compensate for her small breasts Millie would often stuff her blouses. Millie's main goal in life was to live in luxury and to be weighted upon hand and foot. She would have many suitors, most men however in awe of her looks would eventually be turned off by her bratty attitude and shrill whining voice. Ella woke up in the early morning to a commotion amongst the servants. "Whats going on?" the groggy Ella said to a smiling Pippin. Pippin grabbed Ella by her shoulders slightly shaking her and said "Now is your chance, the prince is having a ball to decide whom to marry, the most beautiful intelligent suitable and eligible maiden from the nobility he will marry! You are part of the nobility! Your beautiful, intelligent and wonderful!" Pippin grabbed Ella by the waist and spun her around. Ella was flattered by Pippin's compliments but said as she was being spun, "What? How can I go to a ball? I have no dress." "We will think of something, you will someday be queen!" As Ella toiled through the day she thought of the ball. It was a tradition followed very occasionally on request of the crown prince. The last ball was many years ago and it was still talked about today. Whatever happened at the ball would make some woman very famous. In the last ball a woman from the lower nobility was chosen and she ended up being one of the most celebrated queens in all of the kingdom's history. Ella's mind was also hesitant about going to the ball, she did not want to leave Pippin. Ella had actually grown to love the all the servants. Yet Pippin she wanted to marry. Then she remembered Pippin's words "There are destinies greater than love." Ella believed she had a duty to the kingdom, a duty to make life better for the servant class. To allow them to freely move of the land they were born, to learn trades, to sell wares, to serve in government, to get an education. Then Ella's heart sank, she had no dress. Ella was called into the manor by the shrill voice of Millie. Ella came into the manor and her heart sank again, Millie was wearing a stunning and trendy dress, she looked better than Ella had ever seen her before. Ella's eyes began to water from her envy. Then Ella dropped to her knees and started wailing as she saw Fiona walk down the stairs. "Where did you get that!" Ella screamed. Fiona was wearing Ella's deceased mother's finest dress. "It was the best dress in the manor." Fiona smugly said. "How dare you! My mother's dress!" Ella screamed as Fiona did a twirl at the bottom of the stairs. Ella thought her mother's finest dress was gone, as a girl she used to marvel at the dress Fiona was wearing. Ella would stare at it in her mother's old dress room. Ella's father had to store the dress in the attic because every time he saw it he would burst into tears. Ella's father never let Ella know the true location of the dress, for fear she would put it back in the main part of the house. He told her he had to sell the dress, because the sight of it made him too sad to bare. Losing the dress was like losing her mother again, Ella cried for days, now she was seeing it again and her worst enemy was wearing it. "I found it in the attic, its the most beautiful dress I've ever seen, I think the prince will love it!" Ella stormed out of the house again hearing the taunting laughter of her step-family she was red faced with anger. Once back in the servant's quarters Ella started pulling at her hair and screaming. Pippin came to comfort Ella but she pushed him away, she was inconsolable. Weeks passed and Ella remained silent, raging inside she wouldn't even talk to Pippin she silently did her chores, she lightly sobbed herself to sleep every night. One night Pippin whispered to her, "I've been going to the barn every night to meet you." Ella responded with cold silence, Pippin frustrated spoke back, "You used to be okay with staying with me, you said you were destine to do it. Now this ball happens and you have a chance to be with a real prince and you can't talk because you don't have a dress?" "You said there were greater destinies than just love, I lost my chance to help the world, because of a dress, that's the kind of world we live in Pippin. I am not okay with being abused, by anyone, you shouldn't be either. Why don't you servants set fires to all the manors you live in and slit the throats of the royals?" Pippin remained silent this time, Ella spoke back "You are a coward, you all are, you let yourselves live in a situation where you constantly take abuse." Pippin now visibly upset pounded his fist on the dirt floor and went across the room to sleep. Ella began to softly cry again, what she said to Pippin was horrible, he was no coward. Why didn't Ella murder her step family? Why was she suffering such abuse? As much as Ella hated her step-family she was thoroughly committed being abused by them to simply gain a small inheritance, she was the one who was a coward. She projected her rage onto Pippen. Ella didn't know what to do with her rage, she couldn't take out her rage on his step-sisters so now she was directing it at Pippin, the person she loved the most. Wicked Kingdom The weeks leading up to the day of the ball led to Ella's further embitterment, she had been beaten. Fiona showed off her dress, Millie taunted her with laughter and Ella took the abuse with no retaliation. Pippin and Ella were not talking, they barely looked at each other. Finally the day of the ball had arrived, the palace was six hours away by carriage so it would be mid-day by the time Ella's sisters would be leaving for the ball. Ella felt as though she was going to have a terrible day, she planned on spending the day crying and feeling sorry for herself as Fiona surely would become the crown princess. Ella woke up to the crow of a rooster and to her surprise no servants were in the servant's quarters. Ella walked out with trepidation to find all of the servants waiting for her outside. Harriet the old friendly servant came forward and kindly spoke the Ella, "We made you a dress." Ella couldn't believe it, the servants had clandestinely made her a gown for the ball. It wasn't just a suitable dress, it was a fantastic dress. Ella became completely overwhelmed with joy, she immediately started hugging all the servants. She was taken inside the servants quarters and she was helped into her dress. She looked stunning, the women servants were clapping and putting their hands over their faces as Ella's hair was put up in a bun. Ella looked radiant with a beaming smile. Her dress was brilliantly made of clothing Millie thought to drab and threw out. Many of the servants were brilliant seamstresses. Suddenly the party was broken up by Fiona and Millie who stood outside of the servant's quarters, they were surrounded by two large men who were their carriage drivers. "What is going on in here? What is all the commotion?" Ella walked forward so that Fiona and Millie could see her. Ella basked in the shock on Fiona and Millie's face. Ella truly looked like a princess her body was shaped exquisitely to her gown, her blond hair was nearly golden in the light. Ella had the absolute stunning quality only found in story books. Ella confidently said "I will be going to the ball as well, I have every right as a member of the nobility. That is the one thing you cannot take from me." Fiona was now visibly enraged, this anger was heightened when a still shocked Millie whispered under her breath. "She looks better than you." Fiona charged Ella and grabbed her by the top of her dress and ripped it. Ella was shocked, Millie ran up and while laughing ripped the bottom part of Ella's dress. The servants started screaming, all of their hard work and kindness was being destroying in front of their eyes. Fiona told her carriage drivers, "Hold them back!" The carriage drivers were bound to listen to their superior and could be punished severely if they disobeyed the nobility. Ella tried in vain to both fight back and defend herself, but it was of no use, her step-sisters were behaving like rabid demons, they began sadistically tearing her dress to shreds. Pippin overcome with rage was now fighting the two large carriage drivers, who were soundly beating him with clubs. Ella looked on in horror as her lover was taking blow after blow, while she was helplessly having all of her fantasies crushed by her evil step-sisters. When the dust settled Ella's step-sisters had left in their carriage, almost all of the servants were weeping. Ella was left naked clutching the remnants of her dress. Ella's devastation was so complete she didn't even try to cover her nudity. A bleeding Pippin walked up to Ella and attempted to cover her nudity with his ragged shirt. Ella was nearly catatonic. Pippin through a bloodied mouth said "We haven't burned down the manor, because its yours. I am sorry we couldn't help you, we love you, we loved your father." Ella calmly got up refusing Pippin's shirt. She walked nude into the servant's quarters and put on some new rags. Ella got a sponge and a bucket, she went to the well and calmly filled the bucket with water, she walked back to Pippin and surrounded by crying devastated servants started tending to Pippin's cuts and bruises. She did so silently and with care and purpose. Finally Ella spoke in a cracked voice, "I love you Pippin. I love you so much. I am so sorry, you deserve better than this, all of you do. My father and I were kinder than my step-family but all of you deserve more than what you have here." There were tears in Ella's eyes. Pippin embraced Ella and put his head on her shoulder, Ella could feel his tears. After a long embrace, Ella whispered to Pippin "Get a horse ready." As Pippin left to get a horse ready Ella addressed the reeling servants. "We are going to break into the manor and retrieve my ill step-mother. Then we are going to burn the manor to the ground. I am going to the ball in these rags with Pippin. There are two outcomes to the ball, either I marry the prince and use my power to free all of you from servitude, or more likely I get thrown out upon entering the palace, if that happens I will come back and we will all together demand justice, we will likely be killed, but it will be fighting for a righteous cause. If any of you disagree with this plan let it be known now." Ella expected the servants to be scared of this prospect, but as soon as Ella was done speaking each one was doing their part to put the plan into action. None of the servants were cowards at all, they really loved Ella, they would follow her to hell and back. Ella went with some servants to get her ill step-mother. Ella was shocked and repulsed to find that her step-mother was lying in her bed long deceased. She had died and neither of her daughters even batted an eye, furthermore Ella should have received her inheritance and be released from the manor. Ella remembered the genuinely good times with her step-mother and contemplated the fact that her Step-mother had forsaken her in favor of her selfish step-daughter's desires only to be completely ignored by them. The smell was atrocious. Fiona masked the smell in the bedroom with massive amounts of powerful incense, yet the putrid smell of Ella's step-mother's corpse was powerful by the time it was out of the room. The servants dug a haphazard grave for Ella's step-mother and buried her with a small and quick ceremony. Pippin at this point had readied the horse, it was in the front of the manor. Ella met Pippin in front of the manor. Pippin had a rose in his hand, he gave it to Ella. Ella immediately put it in her hair and smiled as she kissed Pippin. The rest of the servants emerged to say goodbye to Ella most of them had torches. Ella on sat on the back of the horse barefoot and in rags. She waved at the servants "You are the most noble people I have ever met!" Ella waved as the manor was lit on fire. As Pippin commanded the horse to sprint towards the palace Ella looked back at her lifelong home completely engulfed in flames. A wicked smile grew wide on her mouth. "What's gotten into you?" Pippin shouted as the wind rushed through their hair. "I am not a coward anymore." Ella replied back. Pippin stopped his exhausted horse at the palace gates, the two ragged people got off the horse. Pippin stayed back and tended to the horse. Ella walked over to the gate keeper by herself. The gatekeeper said in a manner that he had probably said hundreds of times daily "State your business?" Ella replied with confidence, "I am nobility I am here for the ball." The gatekeeper did a double take and looked shocked as he looked at the woman standing before him in rags. "Like that? Your going to the ball like that? You can't be nobility!" "I am on the list my name is Ella from the Luna Manor." "Well your on the list, but I don't believe you and I think you might get laughed out of the building." The gatekeeper smirked. Ella stated her birth year and three generations of maiden names from her family, which is what the kingdom used to identify nobility. In the patriarichal kingdom maiden names were not to be uttered after marriage, except to direct descendents. "This is going to be good." The gatekeeper smiled as he opened the gate. Ella walked down the long corridor up to the palace. Trumpet players usually sounded their horns as the distinguished guests arrived. Ella walking alone in rags was not even noticed, until she had practically passed the trumpets and was beginning to walk up the stairs entering the palace. A single pathetic trumpet noise sounding for two notes before stopping. Ella entered the palace and walked down a long hallway. Her bare feet touching the cold marble floor, she walked through the massive double wide doors of the ball room. She walked down a red carpet and had a bird's eye view of the massive ball. She could see the prince dancing with Fiona, she was whispering in his ear. The prince was tall muscular, with black hair. The prince was meticulously groomed and was dressed in a stunning outfit. He was wearing a white suit with gold trim. Ella could see the other noble women in their extravagant dresses whispering gossip and cutting jealous remarks to each other. Ella walked just like she would have walked wearing a beautiful dress, only she was in rags with a single rose in her hair. An older noble woman noticed her first and immediately fainted. Gasps were soon heard throughout the halls. The commotion made the prince stop dancing with Fiona he looked over at Ella. Ella looked directly in his eyes. The prince was shocked. Ella heard Millie's cackling shrill laugh, then all the noble women began to laugh and openly mock Ella. Ella didn't let this faze her she continued to walk directly towards the prince. The prince in a deep commanding voice let out the word "Silence" and as Ella approached him you could hear a pin drop. The prince immediately embraced Ella's hands and started to dance. "I must dance with every guest." the Prince reminded the crowd. Fiona's face distorted into an ugly and angry face as she stormed off the dance floor as the prince dance with Ella. "You can't be royalty?" The prince whispered in Ella's ear. "But I am." Ella stated confidently. "How is this possible?" "I have been forced into servitude from my step-sisters who have usurped my position in my household." "Well you have an interesting back story."the prince said in a sly voice with smile. "I am in love with a servant and I only wish to marry you to gain influence in the court. I want to free the servant class, I want to reform every aspect of this backward society!" Ella spoke in whisper with force and confidence. "Come with me." The prince said in a serious tone as he whisked the surprised Ella way out of the ball-room. Ella was immediately given a fine gown and she was dressed by servants. She was quickly led to a large balcony where the prince was sitting. Ella now looking much more royal sat nervously next to the prince on a chair, they were both overlooking what seemed to be the entire kingdom. Ella thought she saw a small bright light that could have been the burning manor. The prince ushered all servants off of the balcony. He began to speak directly to the point. "Ella, if what you are saying is true I cannot believe my luck. You have come here in rags as my angel. I have put off marriage for years now, this ball was another stall tactic. But it truly is getting dire, my father is of ill-health and I shall take the crown soon, I need a queen." Ella still dumbfounded exclaimed, "I, I don't know what to say." "You gave me magic words, you love a servant, whom I love is not a servant, but a man. I cannot bare to leave him, if you love a servant you can have your servant in secret. In secret we can both have who we want. I can be with whom I love and so can you. You do not care that I love a man do you?" "I don't care at all." Ella said obviously delighted by the events of the night. "Furthermore I too want to reform this diseased kingdom, my father is out of step with the times and he had a long rule. Now it is time to make this place livable for everyone, not just the nobility." Ella and the prince continued their conversation, Ella explained her situation in detail, both the prince and Ella exchanged very compatible ideas about reforms that could be made. Ella couldn't believe how quickly she came to like the prince as a person. "So shall we return to the ball room and kiss, I will propose with a ring and we will move on from there." The room gasped as Ella re-emerged with the prince looking like true royalty. The prince took Ella to the center of the ballroom and got down on one knee. Immediately multiple noble women fainted, others started crying. Ella jumped up and down as she heard the beautiful sound of Fiona shrieking "impossible!" repeatedly. As Ella kissed the prince, it wasn't the kiss that made her heart race but the knowlege that she had bested her evil stepsisters. Although Ella didn't see it, she heard Fiona vomited when she saw the prince and ELla kiss. Ella left the palace to horns blaring, the still bruised and ragged Pippin was in shock to see Ella emerge with such fanfare. Ella walked right up to Pippin and whispered in his ear, "come with me, your with the new crown princess." Pippin let out a huge smile and nearly jumped as he walked briskly back into the palace. Several days later, after Ella and Pippin had moved into the palace along with the former servants from Ella's manor it was revealed that Millie and Fiona were captured and placed in custody in the palace by orders of the prince. Ella had a brief consultation with the prince about the matter before being reintroduced to her evil-stepsisters. "Do you know what you are going to do about your sisters?" The prince spoke to Ella. "I know exactly how to punish them, if you will let me. My thoughts have been consumed to their core thinking up ways to punish these vile women." Ella said while smiling. "Do whatever you want to them, I don't care, they deserve whatever is coming to them. To think I was sincerely thinking about marrying Fiona before you showed up." The prince said dismissively. Then smiling he said one more thing, "I heard Fiona tried to get out of whatever punishment was coming to her by giving sexual favors to some of my men. They let he do her deeds, but they did not heed her words... It serves her right!" The prince smiled. As Ella first looked shocked, then her face contorted into a laughing smile. Ella and some of the top ranking members of the nobility as well as the former servants from the manor walked to the now empty ball room. Both Millie and Fiona still in their gowns were led by two armed guards on either arm through the ball room until they were approximately five feet away from Ella staring directly at each other. "Release them Ella said coldly." Ella expected both women to attempt to attack her but to her surprise both women dropped to their knees clasping their hands. They began to beg wide eyed and desperate. "Please be merciful, in all your great wisdom. Please don't punish me too severely." Millie said in a pathetic voice choking back tears. "Please, please have mercy! Spare me, I always loved you like a sister." Fiona said tears running down her face. "I will not spare you from punishment!" Ella said harshly. Fiona immediately started to gag as her eyes buldged nearly out of her head. Millie began to scream and pound her fists on the floor in anger. Millie looked at Ella as though she was about to attack. "Your punishments will not be as severe if you listen to me." Ella said slowly and clearly. Millie and Fiona both looked up at Ella, both with devastated looks. Their makeup running down their faces. "Carefully remove your clothing, every bit of it or the guards will do it for you." Ella said with a slight smile. Millie immediately began undressing in front of Ella and the high ranking members of the nobility she idolized and envied so much. As she quickly removed her dress Millie froze when she realized she had massively stuffed her under garments with wadded up cloth. While in her underwear she shuddered as the nobility laughed and made comments about her stuffed undergarments. "It looks as though your not fooling anyone anymore." one noble said cuttingly "Remove it all!" Ella reminded both the women. Fiona remained frozen staring at nothing in particular, he chin quivering. Millie lifted her head up and sniffled in shame as she removed the top half of her undergarments, revealing her small breasts. Millie then with one hand slowly removed her lower underwear, while covering her breasts. "Come on their isn't much to cover!" said one noble while chuckling. Millie was now red in the face shaking with embarrassment. As she removed her underwear she started becoming weak in the knees, her whole body was quivering. "Remember your stockings Millie, everything means everything." Millie began to take off her stockings exposing her bare feet and legs revealing her complete and utter nudity. "Rather flabby isn't she? Very uncouth for a noble, no matter how low in rank!" said one noble woman snottily. "Shut up!" Millie yelled as she hoped on one foot covering her lower area with her knee and her breasts with her hands. Fiona still clothed looking at Millie began dry heaving. "Oh, Fiona I don't be so unladylike it isn't befitting." Ella said in an annoyed voice. Still hopping on one foot Millie lost her balance and fell over backwards. Her naked body quivering on the ground her head in her hands, Millie kept repeating, "This can't be happening!" "Millie listen to me carefully, you can continue to sob, but you have to listen. You need to bow to me I want your head down on the ground near my feet. I want that big butt of yours as high as it can go in the air. You need to hold that position while we get your sister's clothes off." Millie got up and walked over to Ella with her head down, she got onto her knees in front of Ella briefly looking up for mercy and seeing none. Millie slowly lowered her head down to Ella's feet. "Will one of the servants from the manor come and get this lady's bottom up to its proper place." One of the servants walked behind Millie and pulled her butt up so that it was higher, exposing her vagina to the open air. For good measure the noble gave Millie a good hard spank, which made her yelp in pain. "Millie arch your back, will you?" Ella said. Millie did as she was told making her ass reach even new heights. "While we get Fiona to undress, anyone can walk around and take a look at Millie's body. feel free to comment, it is very interesting." "Ew I can see her anus, I never wanted to see that." One of the nobles said. Some of the former servants laughed at Millie's predicament as Millie gently cried in utter humiliation. "Guards, you can now strip Fiona, make sure to not harm the dress." As the guards slowly approached to strip Fiona, Fiona indignantly began to strip, staring icily into Ella's eyes. "I'll kill you for this humiliation!" Fiona said with absolute disdain for Ella. "Your threatening a royal!" Ella exclaimed. Fiona realizing that the punishment for threatening a royal was death. She closed her eyes and said "I'm sorry princess." "Oh, Fiona you were enveous of my when I was a servant, now I am a princess, you must be just ruined." Ella said in disgust. Tears rolled down the defeated Fiona's face, her hands shook as she finally removed her dress. It dropped to the floor in a bundle around her ankles. Fiona simply froze after taking off her dress and looked in panic at her former servants and nobility in front of her. "This is not fitting a person like myself, this can't happen!" Fiona said in a mumble. "What happened last night with the guards that was fitting for a person like yourself!" Ella said sternly. Wicked Kingdom "How..how..." Fiona said meekly, realizing Ella somehow knew about her attempt to get out of her punishment. "Take off the rest of your garments now!" Ella said with rage in her voice. Fiona stood up straight and clinched her jaw as she closed her eyes, she took a deep breath and lost all composure. As she was stripping completely nude she started cursing and screaming random obscenities. This caused the crowd to laugh. Finally a completely naked Fiona stood red faced in front of all the people she idolized, her biggest rival and her former servants. She starred at the ground cursing covering her breasts and public area with her hands. "Hands to your side! Stand up straight!" Ella ordered The enraged and embarrassed Fiona did just that. Fiona was shaking making an ugly face. "Now spin slowly so your backside is facing the crowd." Fiona slowly spun so that he buttocks faced the crowd. "Notice her ass is both big and muscular!" One of the royals said. Fiona put her hands up to her mouth and took deep breaths to try and relieve some humiliation. "Okay Fiona I want you to flex each of your buttocks one at a time up and down for the crowd here." Fiona got briefly weak in the knees and almost feel down at this suggestion, but still recovered and started doing as she was told. The audience began to laugh heartily at the expense of Fiona. Ella was herself laughing, taking true joy in Fiona's humiliation. Ella finally interrupted the show and told Fiona to assume the same position as Millie by her other foot. Fiona walked over to Ella with her head down and slowly assumed the position, all while the crowd made comments comparing the two sister's bodies. After several long minutes of this awkward humiliation for both Ella's former tormentors Ella made a statement. "Millie will be the first to serve her punishment, for Millie we have a bare-bottom spanking which I will administer over a stool." Ella pulled up Millie roughly. Ella led Millie by grabbing her hair and making her crawl on her knees as she begged for forgiveness, with her hands clasped eyes wide looking up at Ella. "I am not a child, you can't do this, I am not a child!" Millie screamed. Millie started having an ironic temper tantrum resembling that of a child as Ella got close to the stool. "Get over my lap NOW!" Ella directed and Millie awkwardly draped herself over Ella's lap. The stool was such that Millie's toes barely touched the marble floor. The first slap stung and shocked Millie in its force. Each continued slap was harder and harder. Millie quickly lost every ounce of dignity she had as she flailed her arms and legs around wildly as she screamed bloody murder. As the final indignity Millie was forced to count the last twenty strokes and say "Thank you princess." after each one. After what Millie thought was her last stroke Ella let on a barrage of spanks that caused Millie's body to straighten out stiff on Ella's lap. Millie's toes curled and her neck veins jutted out as she let out a deafening scream. Finally Millie was unceremoniously pushed off Ella's lap onto the hard marble floor. Millie exhausted just lied on her stomach rubbing her very red buttocks while kicking her bare feet against the marble floor. The crowd had a good laugh as Millie kept on repeating, "Oh my poor bottom, it hurts so bad." Millie was instructed to get on her knees and put her hands behind her back with her nose touching the wall. Ella walked over to Millie and said. "Tomorrow your final punishment, there shall be another bare bottom spanking, but this time in the town square, administered by our female executioner. You will then be released, your punishment will be complete." Ella walked away from the sniffling defeated Millie and looked down at a terrified Fiona. Fiona knew that she would have it worse than Millie, as she was Ella's main abuser. "Fiona, have you ever worked a day in your life?" Fiona had no response, Fiona simply threw herself at Ella's feet and started desperately kissing Ella's shoes. "What a little weasel" one of the servants said "You know Fiona you are a weasel." "Yes, yes I am a weasel!" Fiona said desperately, trying anything to get out of what she knew was coming. "Fiona there is no escape!" Ella said bluntly, then continued."Well death is an escape, but I have something for both you and Millie to look forward to. I have the inheritance you and Millie were willing to give me once I performed as a servant. Millie will get hers after her spanking tomorrow. You Fiona have a longer road ahead." Fiona looked like she was about to cry. "Fiona you will be a servant for one year in this palace, you will perform all of your tasks in the nude, you will work from sunrise to sun up. You will work as a servant in the nude in front of nobles, dignitaries and royals as well as the lowest servants. You shall also never leave your knees. You shall receive a sponge bath every day in the morning. If I am in your presence you are to follow me around on all fours like a loyal dog, until I tell you to stop. Every aspect of your life shall be public, your defication and cleaning will be public and will take place with a bucket and a sponge. Failure to obey these rules will lead to further even more humiliating punishments in the public square." Fiona's eyes bulged out and again she vomited on the marble floor. Fiona was given a rag and made to start her work immediately. The crowd watched as Fiona cleaned up her own vomit on her knees. Fiona sobbed as her breasts swayed back and forth with her cleaning motions. Ella left the ballroom to continue with her planning. Pippin approached Ella and said "These punishments are cruel, I know those two women abused you, but their punishments are severe, this is a reform you always wanted to make." Pippin looked down to see Fiona was crawling desperately on all fours next to Fiona. "Don't question my decisions in front of the dog! Go, shoo, shoo go clean up your puke, servant!" Ella dismissed Fiona. Pippin watched as Fiona crawled on her hands and knees down the hall back to the ball room. Many of the nobles playfully slapped Fiona in the ass as she passed them, laughing and making comments. As she moved everyone could see her buttocks jiggle, opening and closing giving passers by a view of both her vagina and anus. Fiona's breasts hung awkwardly and bounced as she moved. Ella interupted Pippin's gaze. "I plan on making that reform still." Ella spoke back to Pippin. "I can't stand by you while you do this to these women, it is not humane!" Pippin spoke directly. Ella paused, "Okay, if you insist I will let Millie off without the second spanking and I'll let Fiona think she will stay a full year as a naked servant and release her sooner if I choose." Pippin still not satisfied was unable to retort as Ella walked in a hurried manner back to the conference room and closed the door before Pippin could make his way in. Pippin walked away unsure about his future in the kingdom. In the conference room a satisfied Ella spoke about policy with a wicked grin. "Are the women dealt with?" The Prince spoke to Ella. "Yes for now." Ella spoke back "Now let us discuss the issue of excessive river tolls. I believe it hinders merchants to a crippling degree." The Prince spoke. "Agreed, do away with river tolls." Ella spoke. Pippin walked back to his lavish room and sat on his bed of silk sheets. He looked in the large mirror, he didn't recognize himself in his new noble clothing. He realized there was no going back now. There would hopefully be great change in the kingdom for the better, but it was for certain there was already a great change in himself and he didn't know if it was for the better. Sometime later Pippen walked down the hallway to see group of nobles laughing and making out sounds of disgust. Fiona was on all fours with a twisted mixture humiliation and concentration on her face. A noble was holding a bucket behind her and everyone was watching the poor woman deficate into the bucket. Pippin turned away in disgust, the punishment was too cruel. Pippin harshly knocked on the door of the conference room. Ella angrily answered it. "What is it Pippin?" "This is too much, Fiona's punishment, make it less severe! I just saw the poor woman being mocked while she relieved herself in a bucket." "Don't interrupt my meetings!" Ella slammed the door in Pippin's face. Pippin lay on his comfortable royal bed in a the dimly lit room, he was contemplating leaving the palace. Ella entered the room and fell on the bed on her back next to Pippin. This reminded both of them of their nights in the barn. "I have been too cruel Pippin." Ella spoke. "Yes you have." "I'll not get over it, my whole life." "I think your already over it." Pippin retorted. "Your right," Ella smirked After a pause Ella spoke again. "I'll release Fiona after serving one week then I will give her one last punishment, I have summoned her to crawl into this room." "Do you promise, this is it?" Pippen said exhausted. The door cracked open and Fiona waddled in on her knees. Ella patted her head and rustled her hair. "Fiona, your pathetic you were willing to deficate in buckets for a year to get an inheritance! Anyway Pippin here doesn't like this cruel punishment I've given you and he wants you released. I disagree but I respect Pippin so much I am willing to let you go in one week if you just do one more little thing." Fiona started crying with joy. "Thank you Pippin you are my savior!" Fiona cried out. "Go, leave crawl out of here." Ella ordered. "What is her last punishment going to be?" Pippin asked curiously. "Well it won't take more than a day but it will last forever. I will have Fiona pose in a bowing position, just as her and Millie did at my feet just as they did the first day of their punishment. Her back will be arched, she will be completely nude. Her chin will rest uncomfortably on the floor, her face looking forward, a plug will be added to her anus. This will add an expression of discomfort to her face. She will pose like this until eight different artists paint her in this position from every angle. Then a sculpture will be made and it will be put on displace in the public circle with signs explaining her misdeeds and how she so willfully became my slobbering pet. More art will be made in her likeness depicting her actions with the guards. The paintings will go up in the palace walls. Away from the main halls, but I will show them to whomever wants to take a look." Pippin let out a sigh and rolled over in the bed away from Ella. Ella laughed. "You'll stay here too Pippin, no matter what." Were the last words Pippin heard before he went to sleep. Ella's power had already gone to her head.