Beauty and the Mouse

Chapter one: They meet
Eight year old Clarey Cracker was being pinned and tucked into boredom by her mother. It was Royal Fitting time, something she always dreaded. "And there!" Her mother said, tying the pink sash into a bow. "See you don't muss it when you play." She scolded. "I won't Mama." The girl turned around to give her mother a kiss, before running out the door.

"Hello Clarey." The Nutcracker said without looking up from his documents. "Hello Papa. Papa, do you know where Willow is?" She asked, referring to her best friend forever after. "I believe my daughter is, at the moment, engaged in a game of Fairy Hide and Seek." The Mouse King spoke up from across the room. "Yeah!" Clarey yelled. She loved that game.