Noel Elementary Class of 2010

     Once upon a time there was widower father. He was a blacksmith with three daughters. Jane the oldest sister and Marie the middle sister were mean to their young step-sister Victoria. Victoria’s mother passed away giving birth to Victoria. Her father adored Victoria. Jane and Marie envied Victoria because of her looks. Victoria had long curly brunet hair with light brown eyes that sparkled in the sunlight. Unlike Victoria’s step-sisters they had dirty blond hair with dull gray eyes. Jane and Marie never got tired of always bossing Victoria around giving her more and more to do. Victoria followed orders without a complaint, even thought she did not want to. Victoria always dreamed of her Prince Charming to come to taker her away from the miserable life she had with her step-sisters.

     One day a servant from the castle was sent by the prince to go door to door and announce that there would be a big ball. That the prince was searching for princess to become queen. Victoria was thrilled about the ball. She was hoping that she would finish her chores on time so she could attend the ball.

     A week had pass since the announcement had been announced. Victoria had been working on her dress she would wear to the ball. Victoria dedicated all of her time on the dress when she finished with her chores. Finally, Victoria had finished with her gorgeous white dress. Victoria was proud of herself. She couldn’t wait to wear the gorgeous dress to the ball.

     One night while Victoria went to gather wood for the fire before she would leave to go to the ball. Jane and Marie had looked through Victoria’s wardrobe to see the dress Victoria would wear to the ball. Marie found the gorgeous white dress. Victoria had worked to wear to the dress to the ball. Jane could not stand the way the dress looked so gorgeous and especially imagining Victoria wearing the white dress. Both Jane and Marie decided to destroy the gorgeous white dress Victoria worked on. Jane started to rip the bow on the dress while Marie grabbed the scissors and starting cutting the bottom of the dress. Jane and Marie both quickly destroyed the dress before Victoria got back form gathering wood. Until, the dress had no were else to destroy Jane and Marie left for the ball already having their ball dressed on, so it would not look like they had destroyed the gorgeous white dress.

     After Victoria arrived from gathering wood and kept the fire burning she went to her to give her dress the last details, so she could wear it to the ball. When Victoria saw what had happened to her gorgeous white dress a small tear tolled down her check. She started sobbing and saying, “Now I can not go to the ball!”

     Victoria stopped crying until she cried the last drop of tear out. She was terribly upset that now she had no dress and no chance to have a dance with the prince. Victoria tried to fix the dress but she knew it would be impossible and  too late to fix the dress. Victoria had no idea what was in front of her when a white beam of light started with a lovely white night dress. Victoria thought she was dreaming and pinched herself, but the beautiful woman was still there. Victoria was scared and shocked to speak.

     “Who are you?”, asked Victoria with a high pitch voice.

     “I am your mother. Elizabeth. You don’t recognize me because you never knew me, but now here I am to help you.”, replied Elizabeth.

     “How can you be my mother, when my mother passed away when she gave birth to me?”, asked Victoria.

     “I might be gone physically, but spiritually I’m always with you to protect you.”, said Elizabeth.

     “Oh”, said Victoria.

     “That is why I’m here to help you, so you can go to the ball and have that dance with the prince you want.”, said Victoria’s mother.

     “I could never go to the ball with a dress looking like that.”, pointed Victoria to the dress.

     “And besides it would take a miracle to fix the dress!”, Victoria kept saying.

     “Well sweetie like I said that’s why I’m here to help with that. Just close your eyes and count to three.”, said Elizabeth with a ware smile. Victoria did as she was told.

     “Okay, now open your eyes”, said her mother.

     When Victoria opened her eyes she was speechless. She could not believe that the white gorgeous dress that had been destroyed was not the most beautiful dress she had ever seen. The dress was long lavender dress with beautiful designing on the bottom part of the dress.

     “Thank you so much mom”, said Victoria for the first time.

     “You are welcome daughter of mine”, replied her mother.

     “Now hurry. Put the dress on the then you shall leave for the ball that awaits you.”, said Victoria’s mother.

     Victoria put the dress on and then made a face that her mother noticed.

     “What’s wrong Victoria? Did you not like the dress?”, asked Victoria’s mother.

     “No, No, No, it is not that. I love this dress you have given me. It’s that I won’t make it on time to the ball if I go walking”, said Victoria with an upset face.

     “No, need to worry for that Victoria. I got it all taken care of. You will be riding a Spanish Horse that is waiting for you outside”, replied Victoria’s mother with a smile.

     “Wow. I do not know how I will be able to ever repay mom”, said Victoria with teary eyes.

     “There’s no need for you to start crying because it will ruin your make-up. Do not worry about repaying me Victoria. All I want is for you to be happy. But promise me something Victoria.”, asked Elizabeth.

     “Okay. What is it?”, asked Victoria.

     “ I want you to wear this gold necklace with a charm shaped as a heart. Inside the heart it will have an engraved letter, V.”, said Victoria’s mother.

     “Okay I can do that”, said Victoria.

     “But if the necklace falls off your dress will turn into the torn up white dress”, said Victoria’s mother.

     “Okay”, replied Victoria.

     Victoria turned around for a second, but before she knew it her mother had vanished out of thin air. Victoria wished she could have talked longer with her mother but she couldn’t because it was getting late for the ball.

     When Victoria arrived with her beautiful dress riding the Spanish horse all eyes were on her. Jane and Marie didn’t recognize who the beautiful girl had been. The people of the town didn’t know who this beautiful girl was or where she came from.

     Later that night Victoria looked down to see if her necklace was still there. Victoria was relieved because she still had enough time to still dance with the prince. Victoria did not know if to wait for the prince to ask her for a dance or if she would go up to him to dance. But before Victoria knew it the prince had been heading her way to ask her for a dance.

     “May I have this dance?”, asked the prince in a soft voice.

     “Of course you may”, replied Victoria blushing. The prince and Victoria headed to the middle of the dance floor and started dancing. Victoria didn’t know what to say during the prince and her dance. Victoria thought the dance would never come to an end.

     Until finally the music stopped. The prince kissed her hand and again Victoria’s cheeks were bright pink. The prince asked her if she wanted to accompany him to the garden of the castle. Of course she didn’t want to pass up on an opportunity that she would never get.

     Victoria followed the prince to the garden.

     “I enjoyed that dance with you.”, said the prince. Victoria blushed and looked down. But when she looked down she noticed that her necklace was missing.

     “Oh no!”, gasped Victoria.

     “What’s wrong?”, asked the prince.

     “I have to go now.”, said Victoria and ran out.

     “But wait, I don’t even know your name.” said the prince, but it was to late Victoria had already left. When the prince looked down at the ground he noticed a golden necklace with a heart shaped charm. The prince then figured out why the girl he met had left.

     The next day everyone was talking about the mysterious girl that came to the ball and left running from the castle. Jane and Marie asked Victoria if she knew anything about the mysterious girl that was at the ball.

     “Oops, never mind you know nothing about the ball since you didn’t go because your dress was destroyed.”, said Jane. Jane and Marie just walked off laughing at Victoria.

     Victoria did not say anything.

     Later that day someone knocked at Victoria’s house. The same servant that worked at the castle was asking that if any girl was missing a golden chain with a heart shaped necklace.

     “Yes, I lost my necklace yesterday and I don’t know were I lost it.”, said Victoria.

     “Well it doesn’t happen to be this necklace would it”, said the servant holding Victoria’s necklace that her mother had given her.

     “Yes it is”, she said with a smile on her face.

     “Dear prince we have found your princess”, shouted the servant to the prince that was next door.

     “Found who?”, asked Victoria in a confused voice.

     “You are the girl the prince is looking, and now you will become his queen. Unless you do not wish to marry the prince.”, said the servant.

     “Of course I would”, said Victoria.

     “Well next week there shall be a wedding”, said the prince coming toward Victoria.

     A week later passed. Victoria and the prince married and they lived happily ever after.