It's gone.

Cinderella wept. She wept harder than she ever had since her mother's death. After her death, Cinderella could go to her grave in the woods and feel her mother's presence comforting her. Offering guidance, wisdom, and advice solely to her. It was as if the breeze itself had held her voice; carrying it to her as if it were a security blanket made only for her.

Now it was gone.

Her mother's laugh did not echo through the trees as it once had, nor did her dress drape off the branches. The once strong willow tree, standing against even the harshest storms, had been uprooted and broken. Just as the deceased woman had once been. Strong, comforting; now broken and destroyed.

Lost. Shattered. Death. Destruction.

This is her life now. Her life had been turned upside-down ever since her mother's death. But she had always had the woods. The tree. The grave. Her mother's spirit to guide her. Now she truly had no one. Her prince was not hers anymore, for he had seduced another woman. Her step-family and father were nowhere to be found. And the only place she had really felt she belonged, was gone.

Gone.

Cinderella's tears dropped from her chin onto the twisted and unearthed roots of the willow. Through the haze of tears, she could make out a small phrase that has meant everything to her on a piece of shattered stone.

Loving Mother.

The only piece that had survived, now serves as a painful reminder of what she has lost.

Her Mother, now gone.

Maybe going to the ball wasn't worth it.

Gone.

Maybe making her wish wasn't worth it.

Gone.

Maybe losing the last connection to her mother to the Giant wasn't worth it.

Gone.

Maybe she should have listened Mother.

Do you know what you wish?

Are you certain what you wish is what you want?

If you know what you want, then make a wish...

Ask the tree, and you shall have your wish.

"I wish..."

But no matter how many tears she sheds, or wishes she whispers, her mother isn't coming back.

Gone.


Author's Note: Thank you for reading my story! I apologize for it's shortness, but I didn't feel that I needed many words to write this and it is my first story. I hope to write longer ones in the future. Anyway, please feel free to fav, follow, or review me/my stories and DO NOT hesitate to correct any errors I might have missed... :) Thanks again!

~GlassSwan00 (If there are any errors, I am sorry)