The Replacement Princess - 1/1
by Ansela Corsino
Snow, where are you? I've left you three voicemail messages.
What do u want Betty?
I wish you'd call me Mother. I didn't see you at lunch. Where are you?
Ur NOT my mother.
And ur so controlling, God. Leave me alone.
I'm just concerned, dear. It's nearly dark. You're not out in the woods, are you?
Snow? Answer me, please.
I'm calling you now.
Fifteen minutes later...
Peter, I need you to do something for me.
Yes, your Highness.
The princess is out again god knows where. She's not answering my calls.
Please find her and bring her home. I'm very worried.
Of course, Your Highness. Right away.
She may not be too willing to go with you. Please do whatever is necessary for her to comply.
I will do so immediately.
An hour later ...
Snow, where are you? Please call me back.
Why did you run away? I sent Peter to fetch you and bring you back home.
He said you attacked him and ran away.
Ough, y is that creepy guy being so dramatic.
I didn't "attack" him, ok?
You kicked him between his legs. How could you?
We should be grateful he's not suing.
He tried to sling me over his horse! Like I was a sack of flour or something.
And he tried to grab me. Broke the chain of my favourite heart locket.
If only you hadn't made a fuss. You left him no choice.
Your locket is here. Peter brought it home.
I know your father gave you that locket, and how much it means to you.
Now please come home. Prince James will be paying us a visit tonight.
Ought, that perv. No thanks.
He is the crown prince of his kingdom. And he wishes to make you his princess.
No way. That sicko keeps trying to put me to sleep.
Once, he slipped a roofie in my drink.
If I didn't see him, who knows what unspeakable things he could have done to me while I was unconscious.
Now, Snow. The prince may have peculiar tastes, but he's royalty. They're always a bit eccentric.
Probably all that inbreeding.
Well, luckily, his only unmarried cousin has dropped dead from the consumption.
Now he has to find a bride from among the neighbouring kingdoms. That's you, my dear.
Your father would have been so proud.
Well, my dearly departed Father will have to be disappointed this time.
No way am I marrying that sicko.
Snow, please. If that's how you feel, at least come home so we can discuss it.
What's there to discuss? I'm not marrying him. Period.
He will be our guest for the next three days. At least try to be nice.
Ough no. Why do you think I don't want to be home right now?
Snow, as your stepmother and queen, I order you to come home this instant.
Fat chance. Bye stepmother. I'm off to a party.
In the forest??
Yeah. Lydia's boyfriend's bandmate's friends are having a little thing in a cottage somewhere.
I knew that girl was a bad influence on you.
Later
OMG Lydia where are you?
Hey babe. Where u at?
I'm at the party, you moron. You were supposed to be here an hour ago.
Sorry, babe. Eric and I had a fight. Then we made up.
And then we made up again.
STOP. TMI, lady.
I was just sharing. Cuz ur my best friend and all.
Why don't you just send me the sex tape and get it over with. Ough.
Y u so uptight tonight?
Because I'm surrounded by short hairy men who keep trying to look up my skirt, that's why.
You said Eric's bandmate's friends were cute.
They are!
They're SHORT.
Don't be a bitch. They're just height-challenged, okay? And they're called dwarves.
I don't care. Get me out of here.
Uh, babe, not sure when we can swing by. Eric's asleep.
Shit.
Thirty minutes later.
Stepmother, I've been trying to call you for HOURS.
Pick up, please?
Oh sorry, dear. Been busy.
I've decided I want to go home now.
I see.
Yeah. So if you could just have Peter come find me somewhere in the North side of the woods, that would be great.
That's all right, dear. There's no rush.
What?? I thought you wanted me home?
I do! Of course I do.
But things are going really well here right now.
What the hell is going on.
Well, remember that half-starved waif Peter found in the woods the other day?
The one who kept falling asleep? Ough, yes.
Once she pricked her finger on a fork and fell headfirst into her soup.
Her snoring is even worse than Father's.
Hang on. What does she have to do with anything?
Her name is Aurora. And as it turns out, she's a princess too!
What??
Yes. Imagine that! She had been cursed by an evil fairy when she was a baby.
You don't say.
Oh yes. Prince James is quite taken by her.
HELL NO.
I do remember you saying you didn't want him.
That doesn't mean you can give that poor girl to him!
Did you miss the part where I told you he's practically a necrophile?
I don't know what that is, darling. But he will be king someday. King!
Mother, I'm cold and hungry. And it's dark.
Please come get me now.
I'm sorry, dear. But Peter refuses to have anything to do with you now.
WTF??
It's your own fault. You kicked him in a very delicate area.
So what? He's your servant. He will do anything you say.
I don't want to upset him. The Prince has just made him his BFF.
OMG mother.
Oh, NOW I'm your mother eh?
Do you realise the only thing that's kept Prince James's kingdom from invading ours was your betrothal?
I'm sorry. Will you please have someone get me now?
Send the cook or something. I don't care who.
All right. But when you get back here, you're not to show your face in front of our guests.
We found the prince his bride. We just need to keep him on our good side.
Say, Princess Anne will be needing a ladies' maid for her trip to James's kingdom.
You can do that, can't you? Brush her hair. Get her dressed?
FML.
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