Warnings: abusive parents and siblings (Cinderella style)
You were running on three hours of sleep from the night before and an energy drink you found in the car on the way to work. This was a going to be one of the better days. Once you reach the elevators you quickly press the executives floor and start to straighten out your skirt. You had been wearing the same thing for the past two days but again it wasn't anything out of the ordinary for (Y/N) (L/N), the company's very own 'Cinderella'. Everyone who worked here knew about your situation with your stepmother and sisters, how they tricked your dad into handing the company over to your stepmother before suspiciously dying a week later. The nickname stuck pretty quick and you didn't have the time or energy to care anymore. You were left with nothing but they still allowed you to live with them and work in the company that should've been yours. You had become a glorified slave and if you didn't want to be thrown out on the street you'd have to deal with it until you found another job. The real issue was that no one would hire you and you couldn't figure out why, you were lucky if you even got an interview honestly. A lot of the employees pitied you, you could see it in their eyes as you walked by, but anyone who ever tried to help you out was fired soon after.
As you sigh over your bad luck, the elevator arrives and you quickly set everything up for the conference at 9am. It was about 3 hours away but you still had to do the work meant for your step sisters that you couldn't finish yesterday. While working you get a message around 7am from your support group, an online chat room for overworked assistants and secretaries where they can share everything from problems to reliable sources. This became the one place you could call a safe place and you quickly grew close to two other assistants that worked for the same boss. All three of you decided to create a private chat so that you could all share more sensitive matters in confidence.
NeedMeMaid5 - Young master needs morning coffee but the machine broke and I don't know any good coffee shops! He needs me what do I do?!
NotHappyHarpy- That's troublesome, he won't want to work properly if he doesn't get his way.
You think for a moment about the issue while you type into your computer before turning back to your phone to answer.
NoCinderellaHere- How quickly do you need it? I'm guessing he has a taste for strong coffee but it can't just be Starb****, right?
NeedMeMaid5- Yeah! I have to get this for him within twenty minutes! 😖
NoCinderellaHere- Try *****, it should be close enough and they have fantastic coffee. It is expensive though and they do it all by hand each morning, they run out quick so I'd get a move on.
NotHappyHarpy- She rushed out to get it. I'm sure it will be fine, especially since you recommended the place. How has your work been going, I thought you'd be sleeping in since today is supposed to be your day off.
NoCinderellaHere- Very funny, the key word there was 'supposed'. I don't get days off anymore, but I'm fine.
NotHappyHarpy- your 'fine' normally means something along the lines of an energy drink and wrinkled clothes since you didn't sleep the night before right?
NoCinderellaHere- ...Your to intuitive to need this site.
NotHappyHarpy- I'm here because the young master has me doing odd jobs for his lead scientist who needs a babysitter more than an assistant, but your not changing the subject. It's not good for your health if you keep doing this, hows the job search going? Have you tried Donxiquote inc. like we suggested? They are looking for someone like you.
NoCinderellaHere- several times, but not so much as a call back. I hear the CEO is throwing a party soon though and is invitingall the top companies. Maybe I can find a new employer there?
Your stepmother makes her usual loud entrance into the office with her ridiculous high heels and unprofessional, hooker like, dress, which is only rivaled by her bleached blonde hair done up in some trashy 90's hairstyle. She takes one look at you and grows a sour look on her face. Without a word she drops a long list of things that needed to be done today on your desk and leaves to her private office.
You examine the list and quickly realize it was a compiled list you had made of the work that she and your stepsisters were supposed to be doing over the next month or so. On the bottom it said it needed to be done in one and you felt a wave of exhaustion hit you, whether it be from the past few days of work with no sleep or the impact of the oncoming ones you didn't know.
You turn to the chat room to see that NeedMeMaid5 got praised for the delicious coffee and NotHappyHarpy was talking about how they all needed to get together and prepare for the party since they would be going too.
NoCinderellaHere- I would love to finally meet in person! We can meet up an hour before the party. You guys can decide the details, I was just given a list of work I made for the upcoming month that was meant for three other people with a note saying it needed to be done by the end of the week😩 I gotta go.
NeedMeMaid5- They're taking advantage of you! I can help you if you like.
NotHappyHarpy- I don't think she wants to hear about being taken advantage of by you, anyway the young master needs your help for the Barque Works project. As much as we want to help you, Cinderella, you'll have to deal with the wicked stepmother on your own for a bit.
NoCinderellaHere- Don't you start calling me that too! I specifically made this chat name so people would know to not call me that!
NeedMeMaid5- But your just like her! Lol
You grumble and set your phone aside so you can start your work, no prince would be saving you. You were on your own so you had to get yourself out of this mess and it started with doing the impossible. Finishing a months worth of work in a week, bring it.
You did it. A week of straight hell, but it was done. You just were thankful none of the long standing projects were on that list. Those couldn't be done in a week even if the whole company worked on them!
You let out a deep sigh and sink into your chair a bit. Normally you would've screwed such a ridiculous deadline and gone a more reasonable route, but you had a feeling this was some plot to restrict you from doing something , you just couldn't figure out what. After collecting yourself, you look at the time to see you had gotten done in just enough time to meet up with your two friends and get ready for the party. Gathering you belongings with a smile you make your way to the elevator.
"And where are you going?" You turn to see your stepmother and sisters glaring at you from her office door.
"I finished the work so I'm going to leave a bit early to get ready for the Donxiquote party." You were expecting something about how leaving early makes you horrible or how no one would want to see your face at the party, but instead you got laughter.
"Your not done! I was hoping it would be obvious!" Your stepmother says between chuckles. "You have more work to do. I'll give you a list in a bit, but there is no way I'll let someone like you be associated with my daughters and I. Especially at such a big event!" Before you could even put a word I. Your step sister snatched your things and threw them onto your desk, sending papers and the like everywhere. "You'll also have to pick up your awful work space." You quietly move to your desk and start to collect the fallen and misplaced papers. They were far more important than they would ever know, they held information on important clients and the company's assets.
"See you later, sis!" You didn't look back as you hear the elevator arrive and take the wretched trio down. Soon enough though the workers who were nearby started to help you reorganize the mess. You had mass amounts of papers on your desk from before so you gladly accepted the help. You knew they couldn't help when your stepmother or sister were around and the fact that they helped when they could was a great sense of comfort for you.
Once it was done you say your thanks as they all get ready to leave. You settle into your desk and check your phone. The list your stepmother promised was there along with several messages from your two friends asking where you were.
NoCinderellaHere- Sorry guys. She gave me another stack of work and won't let me go til it's done. Have a good time though, k!
NotHappyHarpy- No way! This is the last straw, we're coming to get you!
NeedMeMaid5- Yeah! We had a surprise for you and everything!
NoCinderellaHere- Guys no, I can't just abandon my duties here.
NotHappyHarpy- They aren't YOUR duties though are they? I'm guessing that wicked stepmother is doing this to keep you away from the party, right? Well we aren't going to let her get away with it.
You sigh and tell them no a final time before setting your phone aside. You never told each other exactly which company you all worked for so it's not like they could find you. You would just apologize tomorrow and be done with it. It's not like you wanted to go to such an amazing event anyway. Without realizing you start to cry a little as you work.
Not even half an hour passes when the elevator rings and in strolls two stunning women. One had light green hair and wore a form fitting snowlike styled designer gown while the other had wavy black hair and wore a ruffled purple gown. Both of them looked like super models fresh off the runway and they were walking straight towards you.
"You really were serious." The green haired woman says as she looks at your piles of paperwork.
"My god, she needs us!" The other days with a smile.
"Wait, are you two..." You look between the two women as realization sets in through your exhausted state. The green haired woman chuckles, breaking her poker face with a smile as she looks down at you.
"For someone who hates her nickname, you live up to it. Consider us your fairy godmothers because your going to our young master's party."
"Wait, your 'young master'?!" You shout in shock. You never got a reply though and before you knew it, you were shoved into a limo and taken to a large building where they put you in a studio bedroom. They pushed you into a bathroom and after showering for the first time in a week they then used you as a dress up doll. You were thrown into a gorgeous (F/C) dress in a (F/S) style. You did manage to learn more about the two women throughout the car ride and dress up process also. Monte was the lead secretary for Doflamingo, the CEO of Donxiquote inc., and was put in charge of babysitting the head scientist there a few years back. Baby5 was his assistant and ran odd jobs for most of the executives and higher ups in the company.
"Alright, finished." Baby5 pulls away from her task of doing your hair, you hadn't had the chance to shower since you started your challenge of finishing the impossible in a week, so you didn't even bother brushing it either and the rats nest atop your head was no joke. You had been washing it in a sink in a restroom with water and dry shampoo the whole time just to keep it decent. The shower did wonders though and whatever wasn't fixed in that blissful waterfall was magically done by the two women. Your skin was clear and smooth thanks to Monte's handiwork while your hair was in a gorgeous style with beautiful ornaments decorating it due to Baby5's delicate hands. When you finally look in the mirror, you didn't even recognize the person staring back at you. She was so surreal.
"We gotta go, the young master is wondering where we are." Monte says as she grabs her purse while looking down at her phone. "He's been quite interested in the woman we always speak so highly of you know." She tells you as you follow her back down to the limo with Baby5 following behind the two of you.
"You told him about me! He's such a big shot, why would he be interested in an overworked assistant like me?!" The two women stop just outside of the limo and stare at you as if you just said the funniest thing in the world.
"(Y/N), you can't be serious! You've been doing the work of four people for the past few years with exceptional results. We had been trying to figure out why a person like you was not able to find a better job when the young master overheard us." Baby5 continues as we make our way to the party a few blocks down.
"He's a remarkable man, he grew curious so he looked into it and found out what we couldn't in a matter of hours." Monet gives a small smile to you.
"So there is a reason why no one will hire me? What is it?" Baby5 and Monet share a look before turning back to you. The limo stops and the driver tells you that you've arrived.
"Let him tell, I'll text him that we've arrived." Monet pulls out her phone again and begins typing away. The door is held open for you and the other two by the driver and you all get out. You didn't realize this event was so big, the flashing of the paparazzi made you feel like it was noon and not night. You followed the two women inside while ignoring the bombardment of questions, instead you were having a conversation all the way to the hall with them. At first you were trying to get them to tell you the reason why you could never find another job, but then it somehow drifted to economics and your ideas on certain companies, investments, and projects that your stepmother never listened to. By the time you reached the hall where the party was taking place the three of you were in such a heated discussion that they barely noticed the looks turned their way while you stayed oblivious.
"-so if someone would just realize this and support Dressrosa they would see that if they took them under the wing of their company all of their connections, land, and workers could be utilized. There is never enough of any of the three in any company after all and Dressrosa has these assets in not only abundance but high quality as well." You were in the middle of explaining how this small company was so valuable despite it being brought under the radar when someone came behind you.
"Fufufufu, what a clever way of looking at it." You turn to see the man of the hour, Doflamingo himself, smiling down at you.
"Ah young master! I got so caught up in our conversation that I forgot to introduce you." Monet moves so that she stood between the two of you with Baby5 at her side. "Young master, this is (Y/N) the one we were talking about. (Y/N), this is our boss. The young master of the Donxiquote family and CEO of Donxiquote inc."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I really admire your work. To become one of the seven leading companies in the field at such a young age is very impressive." You say while shaking his hand, trying not to let your eyes fall below his face and to the outline of his well toned body that showed through his tuxedo. It wasn't easy either since he towered over you so easily.
"I'm flattered. Baby5 and Monet have told me so much about you and I must say that I am more impressed with you. You might as well be running the company with everything you do, i personally would've killed someone by the third week if they treated me like they do you." You blush a little at his praise.
"It's not that bad, I just need to put up with it until I find another j-" your conversation is interrupted by a loud screech and an arm pulling you back. You stepmother and sisters had pulled you away, after all there was no way they wouldn't have noticed you being here.
"What are you doing here!?!" Your stepmother yelled at you. "Do you wish to embarrass us more than you already do?!" She raises her hand to slap you and you brace yourself for the pain that would soon spread across your face. But it never came, you slowly open yours eyes, not even realizing you had closed them at some point, to see Doflamingo holding your stepmothers arm before she could hit you. A tick mark could be seen on his forehead despite his smile.
"I see what you were talking about Baby5. I thought you were exaggerating a bit, but they truly do treat her like a slave." He releases her arm and your stepmother falls to the ground, clutching where he had held her. Your stepsisters had run off and a large crowd had begun to gather. "(Y/N), do you wish to know why you can't find another job?" You turn your attention back to Doflamingo as he stepped closer to you, effectively canceling any space between the two of you.
"Yes, I would really like to know why no one wants to hire me." Your voice came out steady and strong. More than what you thought you could do in a situation like this.
"It seems that your resume would either be turned down because your current company would call saying you wanted to retract your application or it never got there in the first place." Your eyes widen and then shoot to your stepmother. Without another word you walk straight up to her and punch her with all your might.
"I quit! I am also leaving the house! I love my father, but this is no longer the company he built from the ground up and that place is no longer the place he and my mother raised me. You destroyed them both and I'm not going to let you destroy me!" In your rage you leave the party you were so excited to go to and went straight to the house to pack.
Gather what little belongings you had, you leave an hour later and don't look back. Cinderella waited to be saved, you were done waiting and all those people who teased you with that nickname can shove it up theirs.
It had been two days since you left everything behind. You had left the website that let you contact Baby5 and Monet, you were no longer an assistant and you were now to embarrassed to face anyone at the party that day. You made a big deal in front of Doflamingo too! The thought turns your whole face red with shame and embarrassment every time.
You sigh as you exit the hotel room you've been living in until you can find a more permanent place to stay. You had an interview view today and thinking about the past was not going to help. As you walk out of the building and to your modest car you are stopped in your tracks by the sight of a large limo blocking your way. Baby5 and Monet were talking to people from the hotels management next to it until they saw you.
"(Y/N)!" Baby5 rushes to give you a hug while Monet quickly taps on the glass of the limo door. As you pry off Baby5 and take a large breathe of air that the hug deprived your lungs of, the man himself steps out of the limo.
"You certainly made it hard to find you. Leaving little to nothing left to track you down." Doflamingo walks up to you. "Fufufu, I would expect nothing less of my future second in command though." Without even being able to say another word he swept you of your feet and took you into the limo where you sat firmly on his lap with the reddest face you've ever made. His arm keeping you from moving away even a centimeter.
That day you joined the Donquixote family as their Vice President and the first thing Doflamingo handed you was the papers and power to destroy your step family and take back your fathers company. Soon after, you gained control of Dressrosa. You were successful and respected, no one dared use you.
Currently you were working overtime. Doffy's annual party was tomorrow night and you didn't want anything to bother him. That man was not only your savior, but the one who stole your heart the very day you both met. Monet and Baby5 has told you that tomorrow is going to be even more important that normal because Doffy has something very special planned. If it was special for Doffy then it had to be perfect, no interruptions!
"My doll, what are you still doing here?" You turn away from your computer to see your lover standing behind you. He asked you out within the first month of being in the company.
"Doffy," a warm smile crossing your face. "I thought you already left. I am just making sure nothing will get in the way tomorrow, if you want it to be special then I'll make sure it's perfect!" He chuckles and offers his hand out for you to take. He stole your heart at the party last year but according to him, you stole his long before that when he was looking into you on a whim.
"And my doll being tired tomorrow would be the worst thing possible so come home with me." You take his hand and ride from your chair, making sure to shut down the computer and lock the files in your drawer before leaving. "Tomorrow, Baby5 and Monet will help you get ready. I have some things to do before hand." You nod, leaning into his side as you both walk to the limo outside.
You were in a (F/S) dress much like the one you wore the last time but this one was white with golden lining. Your hair was once again expertly done with specs of gold strategically placed not only in your hair but on your skin as well. Doffy has a habit of going overboard with you, dressing you up to extreme levels and you had gotten used to it over the time you've been together but this was to much. You chatted away with the guests, while keeping an eye out for the man so you could give him a piece of your mind.
"My doll seems unhappy, is something the matter love?" You turn away from your conversation to see Doffy in his stunning suit. He always managed to sneak up on you despite his size and it irked you to no end.
"Of course something's the matter! I feel like I belong in a fairytale! You have gone to far this time, Doffy!" You scold the man, but he only chuckles and leans over to your ear.
"But you are my precious doll, of course I have to make sure your dressed nicely. Besides," he pulls away and stands on one knee, a little box in his hand. "I would love it if this was a fairytale and you could be my queen." He lifts the cover of the box open to reveal a gorgeous gem sitting proudly in the middle of a golden band surrounded by other smaller gems. You gasp and with hold your tears as you look at the ring.
"Oh Doffy," a few tears begin to escape your eyes as words escape you. you nod furiously yes as breathless giggles replace the words. Doffy's grin widens as he puts the ring on you and stands, the hall full of members now clapping and congratulating the two of you. You ignore them though, to happy to care as Doffy showers you with kisses from your hand to your cheek before finally settling on your lips. If this was a fairytale, you didn't care if you were a Cinderella anymore, because you got yourself the best king out there. Who ever needed a prince anyway.