Author's Note: I was going to wait to post this because of how many stories I still have, but I started writing it and felt like I had to post it. This is going to be A Cinderella Story If The Shoe Fits story with Baby Mal. And I would like to thank Johnathan from for the request of having a story with Tessa raising a baby Mal. Anyway I hope you all enjoy this new story and please let me know what you all thought.

Tessa sighed as she had just been introduced to her new "room" under the stairs in the laundry room area at the hotel she was forced to attend with her horrible step family. She was basically a modern day Cinderella.

As the only reason she was even there was to serve them and be like their servant. Tessa just sighed again as she plopped down onto the bed once everyone had left. She froze though when she heard a sound coming from a box in the laundry area causing her to get freaked out as she thought it was some animal.

Tessa just carefully got up from the bed as she made her way towards the sound. She gasped when she opened the box and found a tiny purple haired baby covered in injuries inside the box and it looked like the tiny baby hadn't eaten for days as she looked so weak.

Tessa didn't even hesitate as she picked up the crying baby. "Oh my gosh! You poor baby!" Tessa cried out as she held the baby close to her. It was obvious the baby had been abandoned and she was starting to feel a connection to the poor baby as they were the same.

They were both abandoned and forced to fend for themselves. "Hey it's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. Can you tell me your age," Tessa told the baby in her gentle voice making the one year old nod as she held up 1 finger.

Making Tessa smile a little as she looked at the adorable baby. "You're 1!" Tessa told the baby, making her laugh and nod. "Can you talk yet," Tessa asked the baby hoping to figure out more about who she was and who left her there.

The small baby just smiled and nodded making Tessa laugh a little. "Okay well do you have a name," Tessa asked the baby who shook her head no as her mommy never gave her a name.

"You don't have a name?" Tessa asked the baby who nodded making Tessa sigh as she looked at the poor baby. "Okay well then let's give you a name! Hmm… oh wow I just remembered I'm horrible at coming up with names! How about you? Do you wanna give yourself a name," Tessa told the baby making her giggle.

Mal!" The small baby screamed out just saying the first thing that popped in her head making Tessa laugh. "Mal?" Tessa asked the baby trying to decide whether she liked the name or not.

The small baby just smiled and nodded as she looked at Tessa. "Mal! Mal! Mal!" The small baby screamed out making Tessa laugh as she looked at the baby. "Okay well then I guess Mal it is! Well now that we have a name we just gotta figure out what to do next! Do you have a mommy and daddy," Tessa asked the baby who shook her head no.

"No you don't have a mommy or daddy," Tessa asked the baby who shook her head no as she pointed to the box. "Bye Bye!" The small baby screamed out making Tessa nod sadly as she realized what the baby was saying.

Her parents left her in the box and then left. Tessa just looked at the baby having no clue what to do. She had seen movies and shows about this kinda stuff, but it was nothing compared to the real life thing.

"Okay um… I think we should call…" Tessa began, but stopped when the tiny baby looked up at her and giggled filling Tessa's heart with so much affection. She knew that she couldn't just keep the baby that would be illegal, but she also was really starting to bond with the small girl.

And Tessa also knew that calling the authorities would mean the baby would be thrown away to strangers and it's not like anyone would even notice. No one ever paid attention to her unless they were forcing her to be their slave.

"Okay scratch that! I'm gonna take care of you until we can figure out what to do next. I'll be right back! Here you can play with this until I come back," Tessa screamed out as she pulled out her phone finding a baby show and playing it as she handed her phone to the baby.

Tessa then quickly put the baby down on her "bed" and then went out to go find her evil step family's suite, so she could sneak some food for the tiny baby. Tessa just quickly grabbed some fruit as it was soft and easy to cut up.

She froze though when she heard that awful voice of her evil step mother who had just caught her. "TESSA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! ARE YOU STEALING OUR FOOD!" Divine screamed out in her awful scratchy voice causing Tessa to freeze up as she knew Divine would expose her right away and get Mal taken away from her.

"Oh um… I was just…" Tessa nervously started to say, but her step mom just rolled her eyes.

"OH I DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT YOU WERE DOING! YOU ALREADY CONTAMINATED THE FOOD! JUST TAKE IT! BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH ANYMORE OR I SWEAR I WILL…" Tessa's evil step mom screamed out, but didn't get to finish as Tessa just nodded her head and ran off with the food as she quickly ran to find the baby.

Tessa laughed when as soon as she entered the laundry mat the small baby looked up and got excited as she started reaching towards her. "Aw! Hi Mal! You're excited to see me huh! Alright here we go I got you some food!" Tessa told the baby as she sat down on her bed and picked up the baby sitting her in her lap.

"Yay! Foo!" The small baby screamed out excitedly making Tessa laugh again as she pulled out some of the fruits as she cut them up. "Okay here you go sweetie! This is a strawberry!" Tessa told the baby as she handed her some of the cut up strawberries.

Mal just looked at the strange red stuff as she debated whether to eat them or not as she wasn't sure she could trust it. Tessa just sighed when she saw that the baby was just staring at the food in shock as she knew the baby needed to eat.

"Hey it's okay Mal. Strawberries are good! Look watch me," Tessa told the baby as she ate one of the strawberries making the baby laugh when she saw that nothing happened to Tessa as she reached for the cut up one again.

"Wan! Wan!" The small baby screamed out as she reached out making Tessa smile in victory as she helped the small girl eat the cut up strawberries making sure the baby didn't choke.

Tessa laughed when the one year old's eyes widened as she smiled wide falling in love with the red fruit. "Mow! Mow! Mow!" Mal screamed out as she reached out for more of the strawberries making Tessa laugh as she could tell the baby loved the strawberries.

"Aw! You are just so cute! Alright here you go! Careful don't eat too fast!" Tessa playfully told the baby as she cut up some more of the strawberries and handed them to the baby who didn't even hesitate as she stuffed them all in her mouth.

"You're so silly! Aw you got strawberry juice all over your face okay come here let's get that off," Tessa playfully told the baby as she licked her thumb and then wiped it on the small girl's face making the baby squirm as she tried to push Tessa's thumb away.

"Yucky!" The baby screamed out as she continued to push Tessa's thumb away making Tessa laugh. "I know, but I'm almost done. There we go! All clean!" Tessa told the baby as she finished wiping off the strawberry juice from the baby's face.

"Ugh you have got to be kidding me! Okay Mal now I have to go, my evil step family needs me to serve them. I'll be right back! I promise," Tessa told Mal after getting a text from her step mom demanding that she come to their suite and serve them.

Just as Tessa was getting up the small girl started crying as she reached for Tessa. "Ee! Ee!" The small baby cried out in babbling reaching for Tessa not wanting Tessa to leave her again.

Tessa just sighed as she knew if her step family saw Mal they wouldn't hesitate to turn her in for keeping an abandoned baby and not alerting the authorities, but she also knew she couldn't just leave a baby by herself for that long.

Tessa didn't know what to do. It was a lose lose situation. She couldn't leave the baby by herself as that could be dangerous and she couldn't let her step family see her either. Tessa smiled though when she got an idea as she quickly looked at the baby.

"Okay Mal! I have an idea!" Tessa screamed out excitedly as she smiled at the baby making the baby stop crying as she started giggling happily.