Michael didn't mention the scars that streaked down her face, she quessed Michael had told him the story and although her brother often had very little tack when it came to things like this he a lease had the tack not to mention this.
They continued to wandered aimlessly across the land talking sharing new and stories.
"How come Ziva hasn't come" asked ariana her face masking the disappointment welling inside her.
"She's really busy at the moment she wanted to come but..." said Ari squeezing her shoulder gently.
Ariana smiled up at him, she hated the lack of freedom she had, the lack of communication with the outside world where as her sibling had the freedom to make choices of their own where as she was and talk to each other and friends from different places. She hated the control, her father possessed over her, the fact she was forced along the route which she had never chosen and never would have had she been given a choice.
She sighed as they continued to wander Ariana leading slightly towards the stable block in the corner of the field.
"so" she said hesitating slightly "do I get to go with you" her voice not been able to hide the hope that she felt inside that Ari had perhaps managed to convince her father.
"Yes! Eli agreed after quite a lot of persuasion so you can move to the training compound with me, but, well , Eli said that you have to well , he said you have to have ballet lessons" he paused and looked at her to see if she had the shocked expression when realising she must already know he continued" and school lessons for your next assignment of course he would tell me why you were doing this he said that it is mega top secret ,I mean isn't it just a little bit weird, well i mean i just can't imagine you doing ballet it's just not a very mucho thing to do" he said his head cocked to one side so his short black hair fell down obscuring his eye slightly.
"Don't ask I have no idea what I'm doing for the assignment or why i have to do ballet, i yeah youve pretty much got the expression i had when he first told me" she said smiling up at him staring in to his dark eyes.
She sighed she could just about remember a time when his eyes were clear and innocent when they were still young and Ziva and Ari didn't have to go away as much ariana was never used for missions when they were young and Ari and Ziva were only saved for the best as children were so useful.
They all used to live together on a training compound in Israel nobody used to really bother with them they would train then go outside. There used to be a huge pond with a huge oak which grew over the side of it it's twisted branches casting soft shadows over the glistening, shimmering water as the sunlight shot through the waving leaves lighting up the gnarled strong roots. They used to climb the old oak tree and jump into the cool fresh water swimming under the water like mermaid and splashing each other as the bright green leaves danced joyfully in the breeze. Ari taught her to swim there and Ziva taught her to climb the tree like a monkey.
Once she had gone down to go up the tree and think and stare over the glowing landscape. She had climbed on the branch which over hung the pond there she had sat until she heard Ziva and Ari running towards her she had stared and lost her grip on the branch she could remember hitting the water as it wrapped its tight hands around her body and the long weed tentacles scratched at her legs and arms and kept her down gasping for air as her whole body shook. It felt like a lifetime she had been down there as the water slowly drained the life out of her. It was when she had given up her body to weak to carry on that she felt the strong hands grasping her and pulling her up as she broke the surface gasping for air and Ari and Ziva carried her on to the shore they yelled at her told her to keep breathing. She told then she was fine then burst in to tears this was the last time she could remember ever crying but she sobbed her head held against her siblings bodies they stayed like that for a long time nobody speaking just staying close to each other taking in how close they were to losing each other .This was when they all realised how much they needed each other how they were the only things that mattered nobody said anything as they returned from the pond. That was the day Ziva and Ari were moved and all separated from each others lives. Ariana never went to the pond again as the winter drew in wrapping it in its cold fingers.