Painting a Picture

by Twerd

Arial Summers is dragged from her family after a disaster which tore her life apart. But what happens next is a tale of love, deception and passion, that is different from anything she has experienced before, and changes her life forever.

1. Chapter 1

I am Arial.

I love to paint. I love to wander around the country with a notepad, and just sit down and draw whatever I see. The world is beautiful. I love catching that beauty- it's like hunting, except my quarry isn't an animal, but a sight. As alive as any fox or rabbit, just in a different way.

I am Arial.

Mother taught me to dance. I love to dance.

I am Arial.

I live with my Father, brother, and two sisters. Mother is dead. Father is a tailor, but he is always working. Sometimes I help him. Mainly I look after my siblings. Edward, the second oldest. He is mischievous, and always in trouble. He has rosy cheeks and blonde hair like Mother used to. Then there is Rose, who is nine, small and skinny. She has dark hair, like me, and is always at church. She likes religion. Then there is Juliet, named after mother. She is just a baby. Mother died when Juliet was born. We can't tell what Juliet looks like yet, but I think she is blonde. She has Mother's eyes, though.

I am Arial.

I live in the village of Karminrote Gatter, Germany. That means Ruby Gates, but there are no rubies in the village gates. There are sockets were Rubies should go, but no-one ever bothered to fill them in. If anyone ever does, I would paint them.

I am Arial.