Authors Note: This is my first Harvest Moon Story so please have mercy! Also dont forget to review!

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The new farmer known as Phoenix was walking his way out of the forest. Phoenix had all natural bright orange (or simply ginger) colored hair. The young man had olive colored skin with brown freckles going across his button nose and stopping just before his majestic royal blue eyes. The young man wore a pair of white breathable work gloves, a white t-shirt, a white utility belt, and a pair of royal blue jeans with white boots to go with. Phoenix's boots and gloves however we're a bit dirty being covered in dirt from his day of work.

But the young man didn't worry about that (at least for the moment) as the farmer looked up at the beautiful starry night sky. Phoenix smiled, he loved the country and it was days like these that made him happy he moved from the city. Not that the young man hadn't like the city or his family that lived there but it was always do busy there Phoenix couldn't find a moment to breathe living there! Not to mention ever since Phoenix had been a kid he had just loved nature and the open outdoors especially animals. So when the city had became too much for Phoenix his parents had told him that they owned a farm in a town that needed a farmer!

To Phoenix it had sounded too good to be true! But low and behold here he was one month later happy, successful, living his dream job, and constantly surrounded by very, very, very attractive women! But Phoenix didn't dare try to make a move on the women, after all he just moved in and he didn't want to come off as some sort of player (he was a man of class after all)! But still the young man considered himself very lucky and he really couldn't thank his parents (and mayor Dunhill). And as Phoenix finished reminiscing he stopped for a moment to stretch and yawn.

Thank goodness he was on his way home Phoenix wasn't sure if he could stay awake much longer.

"Alright, as soon as I get home you let your boots and gloves soak, put your current cloths in the wash, take your bath, and straight to bed after that." Phoenix spoke to himself, his voice a bit nasally yet it had a somewhat snobbish accent to it. But just as Phoenix got started walking again did he hear something very quietly snap. And that's when Phoenix froze in his tracks, on instinct he reached for his utility belt which only held one item, his black baton. The young men wore a cold and calculating expression as he took his baton from it's holster and expanded the weapon. Phoenix was terrified despite his almost heartless expression he never liked carrying around his baton he only did because he needed some sort of defense and this was less like to cause bloodshed.

The young man listened closely he could hear whoever was following him was now coming closer. Phoenix waited tightening his grip on his baton and just as he heard the person step through the trees the young man spun around, and he saw a giant creature that looked to be a mix of a bulldog and a bear. The creature had grey fur with white spots and black eyes, it's stubby tail unmoving as it growled at Phoenix. The young farmer took a deep breathe, raised his baton, and put it back in it's holster.

"Missy, you know better then to run off the farm like that." Phoenix said shaking his head, the bulldog-bear hybrid whimpered.

"But I wanted to see you." Missy said in her usual barks and yips, Phoenix shook his head again sometimes Missy could be so clingy. But to be fair he was the only human on the planet able to understand any and every animal in existence do Phoenix couldn't be too hard on her.

"I know, Missy, but I can't spend every minute with you and the others. Now come on, I was just on my way home." The young farmer said, but before he could get going Missy flung Phoenix on her back.

"I'll carry you! I'm much faster!" Missy said, as she walked her and Phoenix out of the forest.

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Tina sighed in frustration as she sat on the steps that led to her house. The girl ran her hands through her hair and was about to go inside. That is until she felt pounding footsteps through the ground, Tina looked up and saw Phoenix was passing on top of his beloved pet, Missy. And that only seemed to make Tina even more upset. Luckily though this didn't go unnoticed by Phoenix, who pat Missy on the head and the bulldog-bear hybrid stopped.

"What's that matter, Tina?" Phoenix asked, and that caused the slightly older woman to sigh in frustration.

"I've just been running out of good stories for that paper." Tina said,

"What do you mean? You've been absolutely wonderful with those interviews every week" Phoenix replied as he pet Missy.

"I mean for the exposé or better known as the gossip column. I've been dry for months." Tina said, and it was then Phoenix understood what was going on. And he felt his cheeks grow warm, he had….heard about Tina's gossip column and a few we're good….most we're bad. Apparently Tina was known as the town gossip, and if you wanted your dignity to stay intact then you we're going to have to keep anything personal away from that girl. Phoenix had somewhat seen this side of Tina and frankly he didn't like that part of her, the young farmer had always disliked gossips. And the young man had always preferred Tina's spunky and optimistic traits rather then her gossiping trait.

But Phoenix couldn't just leave Tina upset like this, he needed to give the girl advice (no matter how much his head told him not to).

"Oh….well…that's too bad, but maybe you could write about what goes on in the town. Anyways I better get going!" Phoenix quickly said not wanting to be anymore involved in this then he already was. He then pated Missy's head,

"I'm with you Papa, she wrote a real nasty exposé about me." Missy whispered before walking towards her papas farm. The gossipiest watched as the two left putting a hand under her chin.

"What goes on in the town….huh…?" Tina muttered, as the gears in her head began to turn.