Based off "The Rose" by the Brothers Grimm.
I started this story a few months ago actually, but I still haven't gotten far at all. If anyone wants me to continue writing it, I'll try.
Roses
Prologue
Long ago, there was a very poor woman named Sarah. She had always been poor, but not always sad. She had actually been one of the happpiest women in the world. She lived in a small forgotten cottage with her husband. However, her husband would not remain in her life forever. He had gone hunting one day and never returned.
Sarah was not left completely alone though. She had been given two children before her husband's dissapearance.
The oldest child was a boy nearing the age of sixteen. He was tall, lean, and the mirror image of his father. His hair was dark brown and very messy. His eyes were a matching chocolate brown that always held and warm and playful look in them. His name was Hans.
The youngest child was a girl in her fourteenth year of life. She did not specifically take after one parent, but was a combination of both. She had the same brown eyes as her beloved brother and father but she had her mother's long, silky blond hair too. She was a bit short though and not the smallest girl. Still she was a true beauty. Her name was Mia.
The trio lived out in the abandoned cottage their entire lives. The cottage happened to be right in the middle of a large forest, so they never really had contact with anyone else. They did not mind though.
Everyone in the the family had a job. Sarah would always remain in the house, cleaning and such. Hans would leave to hunt game for meals and usually be gone the entire day. Mia would often stay at home with her mother. Mia would also leave to collect firewood in the evenings.
Everything was fine.
Until he came.