Grim Tales and No Fairies

‘Oh no, you are not going to the opening night of ‘Selfish’, that new club’s doorstep will not be crossed by your feet. We only have two tickets and there are the two of us! Tell her mother!’ Ana changed tack while she pouted for another Insta-pic.

   ‘No, you cannot go to the club!’ It was Trixi who took up the case against their step-sister. ‘Look at you! You’re not old enough or pretty enough to darken its dance floor! Not as pretty as we are!’ She too pouted at her screen patting her hair with the other hand as pics clicked into her online presence.

   Ella was tired of this, it had been going on all week, denying her going to the opening night. They were right, she wasn’t as pretty as them if their painted-lady looks were the fashion, they believed they were. Ella wasn’t allowed make-up, which didn’t bother her as she preferred her features natural; and she certainly wasn’t allowed any new clothes, her stepsister’s old hand-me-downs were what she wore now and that would ever be the case...