I DO NOT OWN HARVEST MOON OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS.

this is my first fanfic so reviews would be nice. thank you.

Chelsea was sitting in her bedroom at her family's house, her graduation from high school was yesterday and she was excited to be done. She had got accepted to the local community college, but still didn't know what she wanted to do.

She sat on her made up bed looking things up on her laptop, thinking about what she wants to declare her major as. Her room was tidy, except for her desk which had papers scattered everywhere. A fan was blowing her brunette hair softly around her face as her fingers tapped on her keyboard.

She decided to get up and get a snack. As she opened her creaky bed room door she glanced down to make sure the cat was not laying on the ground before making her way to the kitchen.

She quietly tip-toed around, knowing that everyone else in her family was asleep. She has always been a night owl. She grabbed a bag of chips and headed back to her room, quickly shutting her door so the creaking wouldn't be as noticeable.

She sat back on her bed and continued to type, and scroll through different majors offered at the school.

She soon got bored and exited out of the internet browser. Still not knowing what she was going to do with her future. Her computer desk top was a slideshow of random landscape. She continued to watch the landscape change for a while looking calm, then she suddenly shut her laptop with a soft slam.

She got off her bed and started to look under it. She then lifted a duffel bag up and put it on her bed. She went to her closet and started sorting through random clothes throwing some in her bag. When she was done with picking out a few outfits from her closet she went over to the shelf holding her shoes and grabbed a couple pairs. She changed out of her pj's into jean shorts and a yellow t-shirt. Chelsea put on her red boots. She grabbed a backpack and put some random things that she knew she wouldn't be able to leave behind. Some pictures of her and her family, a couple of her favorite books, wallet, and a camera, among other things.

Chelsea took a glance at the clock and saw it was 1 in the morning. Knowing that her family wouldn't be up for a while she grabbed a paper off of her desk and began to write.

'To my family,
I'm sorry but I have to go.
Love Always,
Chelsea'

She put on her orange zip up jacket and grabbed her bags. She opened her door with the note in her hand. As she walked through the kitchen to get to the front door she dropped the note on the counter. Grabbing her car keys off of the hook she quickly left out the front door and didn't look back, even as she drove off down their street.

Chelsea's mom was the first to awaken at 8 in the morning. she walked to the kitchen to start breakfast for her family, thinking it was just a normal day. As she walked in the kitchen she went to get milk out of the fridge. When she turned to set the milk on the counter she saw a piece of paper. Curious to know what it was she got closer to it. She picked it up and her hand was shaking, she ran to her daughter's room and flung the door open with a loud bang. When she saw that Chelsea was not in her bed she ran to the living room window and saw that her car was gone as well.

All of the noise had woke up chelsea's father, he walked up to his wife and asked what was wrong. All the mother did was hand the note to her husband and fall to her knees with her hands shaking over her mouth as tears began to fall from her eyes.

"well this was bound to happen sooner or later, she has always been a wild child," her father said, as he put a reassuring hand on his wife's shoulder. "you can't cage a free spirit forever."

"but she only 18, she's barely out of high school! What is she going to do? Where is she going to go!?" Her mother said hysterically. " What am I going to tell people when they ask about her? 'oh I don't know, she ran away' yea that sounds good..."

At that moment her younger brother had awoken. "what's going on?" He asked.

" Your sister ran away that's what happened!" The mother yelled.

"Should we be looking for her?" The brother asked.

"no, she left of her own free will," the father replied. The family just stared at each other not sure what to say or what to do.

End