Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot and Arabella.

Chapter 1: Before The Letter

"ARABELLA ROSE GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT!"

I sighed. Kelly Rack, my adpotive mother, must have found another reason to punish me. Nobody knows because I never tell. I'm scared I live in this world of fear in my own house. Kelly and her husband, Darius, find reason to punish me, but I don't know why. I manage to cover the bruises and cuts when I'm at school, not that it's any better. My "parents" beat me and yell at me. I just want out, but I can't seem to run. Run. That's my wish for my eleventh birthday tomorrow. The couarge to run.