A New Life
Rose's ginger hair gets blown back by the wind. Sea spray misted her face, refreshing her. But her emerald green eyes are fixed upon the small dot align with the ocean. That dot is where Rose is traveling, Sunnydew Island. "You're awful young to live on your own." Someone said. Rose turned around and saw a big, lanky man with a beard and a captain's hat on. "Yes, I am." Rose smiled. She was never the one to be mean to someone else. She was just a shy but loveable 15 year old girl. "The names Pascal. I live and work on Sunnydew Island." He gestured over to the dot which was now growing bigger. "I'm Rose. As you can see, I'm going to live there." Rose said. "Well, I do wish you good luck." Pascal nodded before turning around and heading back towards the Captain's Quarters.
Rose turned her attention back to the island. After meeting the captain, she thinks that her life is on a great start. She's so absorbed in her thoughts that she doesn't realize the huge storm clouds forming above the little motor boat. A crack of lightning, jolts her out of her dream world. Surprised at the sudden change of weather, she starts to head back to the shelter on the boat, but is overcome by blackness.
"Where am I?" Rose clasped a hand to her head. She had an enormous headache right now, migraine worthy. Rose looked around to see she was in an unfamiliar but cozy room. She leapt up with a start, looking around for someone to tell her where she was. The door to her room was wide open, and a cat stood watching her. "Hello." She told the cat. It blinked and then ran away. She sighed and swung her feet out of bed. She might as well see where she was.
Downstairs, she was greeted by a green haired lady and a pink haired lady. Odd hair color, she thought to herself. "Hello! You must be Rose!" The green haired lady said, smiling. She looked young, in her mid 30s probably. Her hair was in just a short bob, while the other lady's hair was in a long braid. "Yes. Might I ask where I am?" Rose asked politely. "Oh dear, forgive me! You're on Sunnydew Island right now. There was a storm on the horizon and Pascal said you fainted!" The lady explained. Rose frowned taking it all in. She had never fainted before, now it was her first. "My name's Dolores." The pink haired lady, who looked middle aged, said. "And this is one of the workers here, Colleen." She gestured to the green haired lady. "I am a cuisine master, which is just fancy for saying I'm a good cook." Dolores laughed and Colleen and Rose joined in with her. "And I run the front desk of Flower Inn, that's where you are right now." Colleen told her. Suddenly, a tall man with short brown hair walked in, he looked about the same age as Colleen, if not a little older. He looked at her, surprised. Then, realization hit him. "Oh! You must be the new girl, Rose!" He exclaimed and Rose nodded. "Well, I'm Jake, and that's my wife, Colleen." He gestured over to Colleen, who blushed. Rose smiled and did a short bow. "It's a pleasure to meet you!" She said. Jake looked pleased. Dolores gasped. "Oh, I completely forgot! The Mayor wanted to see you when you woke up! I think he's waiting outside. You better go see if you can catch him." Dolores told Rose. She nodded and headed for the door.
Outside, she bumped into a plump, short man with barely any hair. He was about half as tall as her, but he wore a bright, cheery smile. Something about him freaked Rose out. "Hi! You must be Rose! I'm Mayor Hamilton, the manager of this island." He explained. Rose forced a smile and shook his outstretched hand. "So, what made you want to move here?" He asked. Rose was taken aback. That question was a little personal. "Well, um, I saw the brochure about this place and decided to check it out." She said uncomfortably. He clapped his hands. "Oh good! My son said that no one would ever bother to read the brochure, but he was wrong." He shook his head. Rose tried to smile, but failed and it looked like a grimace.
"Would you like me to show you around?" He asked her. "Um, sure, why not." She said curtly. He led her through the town. "The main town is divided into four streets. On the first street we have my house, Dolores's house, and Ellie's house. I'm guessing you don't know most of them, but you'll meet them along the way." He continued down the town to the next street. "On this street we have the general store, the clinic, the cloth store, and the bakery." He led her to the street overlooking the beach. "On this street are the bar and the bait shop." He pointed to a huge building that looked like the bar and then a little tiny building next to the bar. "On the main street is the Inn, and the church, and then up those stairs is the Town Hall." He smiled and pointed at the street vertical to the other three streets. "That's pretty much it. Oh, and up that hill is another district. That's where all the towns' folk live, and then further up is the seed shop and Brownie Ranch, where you can buy and sell animals. Right now you probably don't have enough for an animal, but soon enough you'll save up." He told her. "Um, okay." She said. "Oh, and I forgot to show you your farm!" He gasped and then toddled up the street. Rose had no choice but to follow him.
"Here it is!" He smiled proudly and gestured over to the ranch. It was a small but cute house, next to a patch of unfertile soil and a long overgrown pasture. A newly made barn was a little ways away from the house, and next to it, the chicken coop. "I like it!" Rose smiled at the farm. She would have to do some work, but pretty soon it would be back into perfect shape. "I thought you would! Now I have to do, er, some work. But I'll let you get settled into your new home. And oh, the flower festival is tomorrow, so come down to the town square, you might meet some new people!" And with that, Hamilton hurried off to do 'work'. Rose walked into her house. A bed, TV, table, kitchen, tool box, closet, and sofa was stationed orderly in the house. She could get used to it! After checking out the house, she had found a bunch of tools in the tool box, and she set to work cutting the overgrown field of grass.
At 7:00 pm, Rose wearily went inside, ate a loaf of bread she found in her kitchen, courtesy of the town, and collapsed into her bed to sleep.