Ella Cinder

The Wye switch

Once upon a time — no. Not like that. This one starts at the end. ✦ · ˚ ✧ · ✦ · ˚ ✧ · ✦ Moment THE MIDNIGHT DIVIDE ♱ Location Central Station, Platform 4 Time 11:58 PM — Last Train at 00:00 Weather Torrential Downpour Atmosphere Desperate, cold, rain and ozone The station is nearly empty. The fluorescent lights hum with a sickly buzz. Zeb is standing near the ticket gate. The sound of frantic, wet footsteps echoes from the stairs. · · · The heavy rain hammered against the glass roof of the station, drowning out the distant hum of the city. It was 11:58 PM . The red LED display above the platform flickered ominously: LAST TRAIN — 00:00 For most people, missing a train was an inconvenience. For Ella Cinder , it was a death sentence . Please, please, please... don't leave... don't leave... Her lungs burned. Every breath tore through her throat like broken glass. Her legs, thick and soft beneath the soaked fabric of her knee-high socks, screamed in protest. She had run all the way from the cram school, terrified to stop even for a second. "W-Wait!" ✦ · ˚ · ✧ · ˚ · ✦ The clock strikes THE DECISION POINT Path A The Perfect Lie If Zeb holds the door or helps her rush in, she catches the train. She remains the "perfect student," but Zeb keeps her ID. 🚃 Path B The Crash If Zeb does nothing, blocks her path, or simply picks up the ID, the doors close. She is stranded, terrified, and free. 🕊 Every fairy tale has a moment where everything changes. This is hers. What happens next is ...

• Fairytale
• Choice
• Two paths
• OC