Cindercharming

"It's not about the slipper, it's about the girl IN the slipper. She was the one, I know it."

- Prince Charming to his father about Cinderella in Cinderella III: A Twist In Time

Cindercharming is the het ship between Cinderella and Prince Charming from the Cinderella and Once Upon A Time fandoms.

Cinderella
"A dream.. is a wish... your heart makes."

- Ilene Woods as Cinderella in “Cinderella (1950)” Cinderella, the beautiful and kind-hearted daughter, sees her world turn upside-down when her beloved mother dies, and her pained father remarries another woman, the Lady Tremaine. Who has two equally cruel daughters: Anastasia and Drizella.

Cinderella was born into a wealthy family and lived in a French château. Her parents both loved her and gave her every luxury and comfort, but the family soon fell apart after her mother's death. Cinderella's father, who was pained by the death of his wife, remarried another woman so his precious daughter wouldn't lack a mother figure in her life, but he died soon after. After his death, Cinderella was under the control of Lady Tremaine, whose true colors finally surfaced, showing a cruel and cold-hearted woman. Cinderella was abused and taken advantage of by her stepfamily, becoming a slave in her own home. Luckily, she wasn't completely alone, for she became a good friend of the mice (especially Jaq, Mary and Gus), the birds, Bruno the Dog and Major the Horse.

One day, Cinderella receives an invitation for a royal ball at the King's Castle. She immediately delivers it to her stepmother, who tells her she can go— IF she finishes all her chores and finds something suitable to wear. After thanking her stepmother, she eagerly goes back to her room, where she shows the mice and birds a dress that had belonged to her late birth mother. Cinderella intended to redesign the dress into a sleeveless ballgown, but Anastasia and Drizella called her downstairs to help them dress for the ball before she had time to fix it up. Feeling sorry for her, Mary, Jaq and Gus (alongside the birds and the other mice) decide to redesign the dress themselves as a surprise for Cinderella. At nightfall when she finally came back, she saw that the dress was already finished, and delighted, thanked her friends for their selfless act and changed into the dress before rushing downstairs to join her stepfamily.

Upon seeing her in her new, redesigned dress, in a fit of rage, Anastasia and Drizella start ripping it off her. When the dress is reduced to tatters, Lady Tremaine and her daughters depart. Cinderella, who has finally reached her limit, runs outside to the garden and breaks down in tears, as the mice, the birds, Bruno and Major sadly watch her. She throws herself onto a bench and begins sobbing at the apparent loss of her dreams, feeling unable to continue enduring the cruelty of her stepfamily through hope and optimism any longer. Shortly thereafter, her magical Fairy Godmother appears on the bench to comfort Cinderella, patting her on the head and explaining the latter's hope still reigns strong deep inside her, as the former wouldn't have been able to appear otherwise. The Fairy Godmother then enchants a pumpkin to transform into a coach, the mice into horses, Major into a coachman and Bruno into a footman, before finally transforming Cinderella's tattered dress into a beautiful, sparkling, silver gown complete with glass slippers. Before she leaves, Fairy Godmother warns Cinderella that all the enchantments will be undone when the clock strikes midnight, so she must be back home by then. Cinderella, deeply grateful and unimaginably happy, thanks her for everything and jumps in the coach, setting off to the ball.

At the ball, the King's son, the Prince, is approached by Anastasia and Drizella when he spots Cinderella. Enchanted by her sparkling appearance, he ignores Anastasia and Drizella and makes his way over to her (much to the King's delight). The two dance and (courtesy of the Grand Duke) go to a secluded place together and walk hand-in-hand. Later, Cinderella and Prince Charming sit down and are about to kiss, when the clock strikes midnight. Cinderella, who had gotten distracted by everything that had happened (to the point that she didn't even know she was dancing with the Prince), apologized to the Prince and ran away. When the Prince couldn't catch up to her, the Grand Duke sent the royal guards after Cinderella. Whilst running, she slipped out of her glass slipper and left it behind.

At the clock's 12th strike, all the enchantments wore off. Jaq and Gus turned back into mice, Major and Bruno turned back into animals, and Cinderella's silver gown turned back into her tattered dress. She happily talked about her night to her friends, and just when Cinderella accepted that it was all over (like a dream), Jaq and Gus pointed out the only enchantment still remaining: her other glass slipper. Cinderella took it off and put it in her pocket, thanking her friends and her Fairy Godmother for the wonderful night.

The next day, she overhears Lady Tremaine talking to Anastasia and Drizella about the mysterious girl whom the Prince was searching the entire kingdom for. Shocked, Cinderella drops the breakfast she made for her stepfamily upon realizing she was dancing with the Prince. After berating her for her clumsiness, Lady Tremaine watched as Cinderella, dazed and distracted, ignored Anastasia and Drizella and walked away humming the same tune that played when she danced with the Prince. Realizing she was the girl who the Prince had fallen in love with, Lady Tremaine locked Cinderella in her room to prevent the Duke from finding her.

When the Duke arrived, Anastasia and Drizella struggled to fit their feet in the glass slipper. Meanwhile, Jaq and Gus stealthily stole the key from Lady Tremaine, and went up to Cinderella's room to free her. When they made the final step, Lucifer (Lady Tremaine's cat) caught Gus in his paw. Cinderella tried to get Lucifer to free him, but stopped and instead told the birds to get Bruno (knowing how much Bruno hated Lucifer). When Bruno arrived, he chased off Lucifer, giving Jaq and Gus just enough time to successfully free Cinderella.

The Duke had almost left when Cinderella called out to him, her stepmother, tried to pass her off as a simple maid, but Cinderella stood up for herself and sat down to try on the slipper. The Duke walked over to her, but was tripped by Lady Tremaine, causing the glass slipper to fall and break. The Duke began panicking, but Cinderella pulled out the other glass slipper from her pocket, confirming that she was indeed the girl who the Prince had fallen for.

At the end of the movie, Cinderella and Prince Charming get married and go on a honeymoon.

Cinderella II
The two had just returned from their honeymoon when Cinderella was separated from Prince Charming and was ordered to plan the Royal Banquet. Despite struggling to adjust to being a princess at first, Cinderella decided to be herself and design the Banquet her way. When the Prince came back, he embraced Cinderella and kissed her, telling her he was glad she did things her own way.

Once Upon A Time
Cinderella and Thomas's first meeting happened in roughly the same way as in the fairytale. However, Cinderella's enchantments did not have a time limit, as they were given by Rumpelstiltskin as a deal, and instead Cinderella ran away due to Tremaine's false claim that Prince Thomas was toying with her feelings.

After returning home, Cinderella was about to enter another realm using a key, but after hearing that Thomas was looking for her, she didn't. Ella and Thomas eventually reunited. Ella thought Thomas wouldn't accept her the way she really was, but Thomas proposed to her.

During Cinderella and Thomas's wedding, his father danced with her, and he teasingly hinted a desire for a grandchild. Rumpelstiltskin showed up and told Cinderella that for the previous deal, he demanded Ella's first-born.

When Cinderella discovered she was pregnant, she tried to run away, but Thomas caught her in the act. She admitted that she had made a deal with Rumple and he wanted her child as a payment. Thomas ensured they could fix the situation by making a new deal. They made him sign a contract with squid ink, which trapped him inside a cage. With Rumpelstiltskin taken care of, Thomas suggested the name Alexandra. Thomas soon disappeared, which was the price for Cinderella breaking her original deal.

In Storybrooke, Cinderella, now called Ashley Boyd, was pregnant and abandoned by his boyfriend, Sean Herman due to his father's demands. Ashley had signed adoption papers to give up her child as soon as she was born. She thought she was worthless due to her teenage pregnancy, but Emma Swan told her about her own teenage pregnancy. This inspired Ashley to keep her child. When the child was about to be born, Emma tried to get Sean to help Ashley.

Ashley gave birth to a healthy girl, and named her Alexandra. Mr. Gold, the Storybrooke identity of Rumpelstiltskin, came to collect the child. Emma Swan made a deal with Gold to let Cinderella keep her child in return of Emma returning a favor to him later. Shortly afterwards, Sean arrived and reconciled with Ashley. He bought their daughter a pair of shoes that fit her feet perfectly.

The next Valentine's Day, Sean was busy with work, and Ashley spent time with Mary Margaret and Ruby in a girls' night out. She missed Sean, and soon he showed up. He proposed to her (since they were unaware of their original marriage due to the Dark Curse) and she accepted. They spent time driving around in Sean's car.

When the first curse was broken, Ashley and Sean regained their original memories as Cinderella and Thomas. At some point, the two moved in together.

One morning approximately two years later, Sean and Ashley went to Granny's Diner with their daughter Alexandra. He went to buy food for them while she went to check a list of Land of Untold Stories residents and found the name of her stepsister Clorinda. She ran away and took a riffle with her. Worried that Ashley was going to kill her stepsister, Thomas went after her. In reality, Ashley was trying to make things up with her. When Sean eventually found Ashley, the two spent time on a pumpkin farm with Clorinda and her boyfriend Jacob.

Once Upon A Time
Alexandra Alexandra (born October 29, 2011) is the daughter of the OUaT versions of Cinderella (Ashley Boyd) and Prince Thomas (Sean Herman). She was conceived in early 1983, though due to the Dark Curse, Cinderella's pregnancy lasted for over 28 years. Cinderella originally made a deal with Rumplestiltskin to exchange her baby for a chance to go to the ball. When she tried to break on the deal, Thomas was taken and the curse took effect. Once she started to go into labor, Emma made a deal with Mr. Gold to let Ashley keep her child and Sean.

Descendants
Chad Charming Prince Chad Charming, also known as Prince Charming, Jr., is the son of the Disney Descendants versions of Queen Cinderella and King Charming. Like most of the kids at Auradon Prep, he wasn't very sure about their four Villain Kid exchange students and had been a bit of a bully towards some of them, even using Evie to cheat at school. The four were finally excepted among the people of Auradon when they defeated Maleficent. In the sequels he is on better terms with the Villain Kids, but is still pretty misogynistic and uncaring.

Animated Film Saga
Cinderella and Prince Charming are one of the most iconic couples from the original animated Disney films alongside Mulang, Flynn and Rapunzel and Tiana and Naveen. Their popularity increased with the release of the third sequel of Cinderella, “Cinderella: A Twist In Time”.

Cinderella and Prince Charming (both as characters and as a ship) are popular because of the animated films instead of the live action adaptations (since those adaptations often end up being bad). Apart from Cinderella (2015), starring Richard Madden as Prince Charming and Lily James as Cinderella, another beloved Cinderella film where the pairing is widely appreciated is Cinderella (Brandy) starring Whitney Houston.

Once Upon A Time
The Once Upon A Time version of the pairing has slight popularity due to it's canonity. While it has no agreed upon ship name, some rarely use the ship names Seanly, Thomerella and Thella. As the characters aren't very major, the pairing also doesn't have any notable rival ships.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Cinderella/Prince Charming (Disney) on FanFiction.Net
 * Cinderella/Prince Charming (Kingdom Hearts) on FanFiction.Net
 * Ashley/Sean (Once Upon A Time) on FanFiction.Net
 * Cinderella/Prince Charming (Kingdom Hearts) on FanFiction.Net
 * Ashley/Sean (Once Upon A Time) on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * They are one of the Disney couples to be seen in Kingdom Hearts.
 * The Descendants versions of Cinderella and Prince Charming make background cameo appearances in the film.

Variations

 * Glass Believer refers to the ship for Henry Mills and Jacinda, another version of Cinderella, from Once Upon A Time
 * Kaider refers to the ship for their counterparts in The Lunar Chronicles