I'm sure all of you have known how much Cinderella went through before she became a princess.

The cruelty of her stepfamily? Something easily memorised.

But did you know what had happened to the prince beforehand?

The prince, unlike the princess, had the King, only as a stepfather. 

He too, had lost his own mother.

Due to an illness. A fatal one.

Also, his biological father was never mentioned in the story, right?

That's because he was mourning for his wife so horribly that he too, had passed on.

The prince wasn't actually a lone child like what the tale tells everyone, no.

He had an older sister, and brother.

They too, had fled. Far from him.

His sister had disappeared after going into the forest one day.

The prince's brother died in war, an arrow struck in his chest.

Leaving the prince, a lonely boy.

Growing up with the only thought to rule his country.

Without any thought if having even the slightest bit of empathy nor affection to his people.

He did not plan to be a c