My first attempt at writing a fanfiction. A li´l nervous, but it should be fun..no? Oh well, if it gets too bad, I will just give you guys cookies or free hugs.

Anyways enjoy!

Edit: I rewrote this, the previous version was soo crappy, I nearly puked XD.

Chapter 1: Sigh!

It's the second of april. Spring is in the air. I felt as if I could do anything. Since yesterday I am the new topnotch novice owner of an old farm. Its previous owner died twenty years ago. Ironically, that's when I was born. I will surely be cursed. Hmpphf, I am so not going to think about that. My mind has to stay clear from negative thoughts.

Actually, I was sort of proud. To finally have achieved something on my own, with no help from my parents. Well, I don't know, if they actually should be still called parents, after all that has happened. Father died, a long time ago actually. But it still hurts. Mom disowned me. Do not ask me why. Alcohol and drugs got the better of her. Don't have any reliable trusting friends. I don't need them.

I walked the only pathway I could find and was soon surpised by a little dwarflike person. My first impression of him, was a really creepy one. His hat seemed to float above his head. And everything he wore was red. like, everything. Even his socks. He ran to me and began shouting.

"You must be the new farmer! Welcome, welcome in our humble town!"

Well the shock surely cost me a few years of my life. The red dwarf looked at me and noticed my shock and disgust.

" What's with the shocked expression? Oh, let me introduce myself, I am Thomas and I am the mayor of Mineral town. Congrats on getting your * cough * new farm!" I don't like this old geezer. And it was a little overwhelming too. Only a little. And then he began ranting again.

"I actually thought you had more muscels, no wait I actuallly assumed you'd be a man. You know after all girls are very frail, and I do not know why a thin girl, such as you would want to take over a farm, instead of making herself pretty and waiting for her husband.." It's official, I don't like this man. I decided to stop him from his speech about the fraility of girls.

"Please, wait a minute mayor, what do you have to do with me, you are after all the mayor of Mineral town." I said it in a very nice tone. I am soo nice.

"I am here to get you of course!" Oke, first, that sounded soo wrong! And second, I get the feeling this mayor isn't the smartest one. Mister Mayor looked at me with eyes so big, you could nearly hear his eyes pop out of his head. Now, that would be an amusing sight.

" Yes, but why?"

"Huh, didn't you read the reason in a letter I send to your appartement?" I smacked my forehead. Please, PLEASE, tell me this is a bad dream.

"Sigh, mister mayor, how was I supposed to get the letter, if I was on my way to this town?"

The mayors mind was in Blank State. Wow, this really got me motivated.

" Uhmm... Ah, yes! I was only testing you, hahaha, only to see how'd you react! HAHAHAHAHA! Hahaha..haha..ha...haaa...yes."

My god! How frustrating this man was.

"So, mayor Thomas", I said in a dangerously low voice, "You will now let me see my farm, yes?"

I guess Thomas got my hint. I wanted to go home and quick. I noticed the mayor began to move uneasy.

" May I ask you some personal questions?" I narrowed my eyes. I nodded, as long as it isn't too personal.

" Well for firsts, I want to know your whole name, age, your marital status, family and studies."

"Sure, my name is Jill Farmer, 20 years old, got no family, I studied human socializing and I am still single."

"Thank you." I could see, that was not everything he wanted to ask. There was no need for any studying of the human social system to see that. I sighed.

"Thomas, there is something else.." I said in an icy voice.

Thomas looked at me for a moment and shook his head. I could hear his brains working. When he looked at me again I felt chills runnig down my spine. There was something not right. I was tired from figuring this man out.

"You remember, Jill, when we were talking over the phone?" he glared carefully in my odd purple eyes.

"Yes, what about it?" I asked curious. Just what was he getting all touchy and carefully about?

"Well, you also remembered that now you've agreed on this contract, you can not go back. So changing something is not possible. That's why you got this farm for such a low price."

At that moment I realised the fault I made three weeks ago over the phone. I didn't even take a look at the farm, didn't know if it was even worth it to give all of my carefully saved up money for it. He knew it, and now I had to take responsebility.

"Yes, mister Mayor, let me see the farm" I said with a firm voice.

When we arrived at the farm, I just stood there at the entrance, not believing what I saw. First thing I saw was the house. You know those freaky little houses in fairy tale, in wich the witch (hehe, wich the witch, sounds funny) lives in? Well, this was exactly a weird little witch house. I was feeling really, really dissapointed. But the most frustrating thing had yet to come. The field. At first I didn't even know there was a field. I thought it was just some land for the cows and the cheep to graze in. But nooooooo, this was the field I had to grow (healthy) vegetables in. I didn't even noticed it until Thomas pointed me out that I was standing in the middle of it. The field was FULL of weeds. As in full. Like, really full...full. Utter dissapointment washed over me.

"Let's go and see the house from the inside!" Said Thomas cheery. Said house couldn't be in a worse state than this.. could it?

"Fine."

I was lying. The house was d-i-s-g-u-s-t-i-n-g, disgusting. When we entered the house, the door gave it up and fell down. Now, I had no door anymore. Hooray. Everywhere I looked there was dust. Also, I got some creepy spider-like thingeys as roommates. And even worse, there was no electricity. I felt like I lived in the middle ages.

"How could somebody even live here? Is that even possible?" I asked with a high pitched voice.

"I know it looks a little uncomfortable, but I will call our carpenter and he will fix this and that. In the old days this was a thriving farm and I am sure you will bring those glory back upon this farm. In the main time you will stay in the local inn. I've already prepared a room for you." How did he manage to say that with those lights in his eyes.

Wait, wow, he did something useful. Maybe, just maybe this will work. But I first needed to clean this space/room/house.

"Mayor, thank you very much. Right now there is just one thing I need and thats a bucket, wich I can fill with water, and some cleaning towels. First I'll clean this place up and after that I will head to the inn." Not that I was much of a cleaner, I just wanted to put all my frustrations into something useful.

"Alright, I will see you in a half in hour in front of your house."

fortyfive minutes later I was equiped with 5 bottles of the strongest bleach there was to be found and twenty cleaning towels. I also made a call with the carpenter. He was a HUGE man with a beard and enormous muscles. His name was Gotz and he wasn't a man of many words. At first I was taken back from his appearance. He took a look and stated very dryly that he had to fix about everything in the house. Hehe, I will make Mayor pay.

I tucked up my sleeves and went inside the house.

I will spare you the details from my cleaning adventure. It took hours. I found a lot of thing I didn't even know they excisted. The spider beings were chased out of the house with the stinkin' smell of good ol' bleach. I was a sight to be seen. A girl running after some creatures with two bottles of bleach in each hand. At the end of the day I was dead tired. Although I found a lot of useful stuff, for farming, anything else made from wood was eaten by woodworms, so Gotz had a lot to do tommorrow (and Thomas had a lot to pay, hehe).

I dragged myself to the inn. Really, I couldn't even move my little pinkytoe without hurting my whole leg. When I finally arrived at the inn (wich was smartly called the 'inner inn'). A dark haired woman with a dark tinted skin awaited me. She had warm dark brown eyes and a big smile.

"Welcome, dear. My name is Ruby. I was already expecting you (oh, rea..)! Please make yourself at home! (thank...) I know you must be very tired.. (yes I..) so just sit down over there (agai..) we were just about to eat but I told everyone to wait because I wanted you to eat with us (oh no you..) oh dear, did you eat anything sincce you arrived?"

When the stream of words finally stopped. I just shook my head. That was for the best, I couldn't get a word between her questions. She misunderstood.

"Oh, dear, oh dear, you must be too tired to talk. My intuïtion was right. Come, let me help you to the table."

I decided to just follow her. We entered a big light kitchen with a huge wooden dining table in the middle. There was a blonde boy with a tanned skin and a tomboyish redhead. I wonder if that were her children. On the face of the redhead was a go-away-you're-irritating-look. I smirked. That seemed to only irritate her more. And the boy, well he was clearly bored. It was all over his face and body. But besides that the air between the two seemed to be very bad.

I looked at Ruby and vice versa. We both felt the same. There could be war any moment. Ruby decided to put the pan on the table and to dish out the food. Maybe she wants to just get over with this? It smelled delicious, it must be something foreign. And then...

"Well then, every..." began Ruby.

"YOU LAZY ROTTEN SON OF A BITCH. WHERE WERE Y'ALL DAY? ME 'N RUBY NEEDED YOU, STUPID DUMBHEAD!"

That was the redhead shouting. I began to like her more and more. But still it shocked me and Ruby fell out of her chair. Only the blonde seemd to be expecting this.

"BE QUIET STUPID YANKEE! YOU'RE GIVING ME A HEADACHE! I HAD ….OTHER HARD WORK TO DO! DON'T PUT YOUR F*CKIN' NOSE IN THINGS YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH!" damn, this is giving me too a headache. I sighed. This day just wouldn't come to an end. I looked at Ruby. She seemed to be unhappy. Well, she's right. But she didn't look like she was going to do something to stop this. So I had to do something. At that moment a lighbulb appeared above my head. I had an idea. Let's just use the same tactic I used to chase my spiderfriends out of the house. It was something I found in the farmhouse. I don't know what it is, but it is something. I walked to Ruby, told her to go out of the kitchen and followed her. But before I walked out I picked up a knife, wich fell when those guys began arguing. Once I was out of the kitchen, I made a cut in it. Immediatly there followed a deep stench. I throwed The Thing in the kitchen and waited. A few seconds later, I heard what I wanted to hear: coughing and retching. Next to me Ruby laughed out loud. I just smiled. The girl and the boy ran out of the kitchen, to the fresh air. When they came back they seemed to have calmed down. They glared at us and then went to their roomes. Mission succes!

"So, that will keep them nice and quiet. Let's get the food and go to my bedroom alright?"

Apparently Ruby's bedroom was just on the other side of the counter.

Although the food smelled really bad, the taste was still very good. The two things really contradicted each other. Just like the boy and the girl. I decided to ask about them. It wouldn't hurt, would it. I mean it's not like she's gonna tell me her whole lifestory, would she. She doesn't even know me.

"Yes, my son, Rock, is one of the laziest and spoilt kids you will ever find. But I can't help it I've spoilt him. He's the son of the only man I've ever loved. The only man who ever cared about me. The first man who showed me how beautiful love is and the last man I will ever love romantically. But my husband dissapeared fifteen years ago. I know he is still alive somewhere and I am still waiting for him."

Wrong, I really got her whole lifestory. Why did she tell me this, we met not even an hour ago. But... even a child could see she really loved that man. Time to make the Ruby happy.

"You're amazing Ruby..." I said with a smile.

"Huh, what are you talking about Jill, dear? I am just a normal woman, what's so special about me?" imagine someone saying that with growing astonisment.

"Oh, please, you're no normal woman Ruby. A woman who had 15 years of sorrow and still can smile the way you do, that's no normal woman. I feel all warm inside and, and...youknow."

Ruby began crying. Great.

"Thank you dear. Those were the words I just really needed at the moment." Yes, because I am awesome like that.

"Things will work out since you are here." My heart skipped a beat. You know how that feels. Its not cool. She said 'things will work out since you're here'. No things will work out even if I am not here. I really wanted to say that, but the look she gave me made me swallow my words. That look, that look was the same look my father gave me before he..

"I am sorry Ruby, but I am veerrrry tired today, maybe you could please bring me to my room?" Way to go Jill, you're number one in ruining the mood.

"Of course darling! If you would please follow me. I've got the perfect room for you."

I followed her on the stairs to the first floor. We came out in a big hall. The silence was shocking.

"Here you go, dear. Your room. It's one I am really proud of, but you are special (I am no...), since you're the new farmer. Please make yourself at ease (thank...) and if you need something, just say so okay?"

"Ye..." but she was already out of the room. There was really space for someone else if she was talking. Man, what a woman. I began to think that the man just dissappeared fifteen years ago to take a break from her talking. Hmm, that was real mean what I just thought. I looked around my room. But the only thing I saw was a nice, comfortable bed. As soon as my head touched the pillow, I fell in a deep sleep.