This is my first Harvest Moon fanfic so please be kind. I only own Macey and Devon.
Macey and Dylan's Wonderful Lives: Chapter One: Their First Day on the Farm
A boy and girl around the ages of twenty-one were walking down into Forget-Me-Not Valley. Both had grey eyes and brown hair with black bangs. The girl was shaking with excitement as she exclaimed, "I can't wait to see it!"
"Me niether." stated the boy walking next to her. He was just as excited as she was but didn't show it quite as much.
"What do you think it's going to be like?" she asked. The boy looked up at the sky with a smile, "I bet it'll be just like heaven."
When they finally got close to the bottom of the mountain Takakura met them. He looked up at the twins as the girl started running the rest of the way while the boy followed after her. Takakura smiled to himself as he thought, 'Just like their father.'
"You must be Takakura, right?" the girl asked. He nodded, "And you must be Macey and Devon."
Both siblings nodded. As he brought them to the farm Macey asked, "Where do you live?"
"On the farm." he answered.
"So you live on the farm with us?" Devon asked. Takakura nodded as they walked up the hill to the farm.
"WOW! It's even better than I imagined!" Macey excalimed running up the hill towards the pasture. After showing them the pasture, barn, and tool shed he showed them the chicken coop.
"This is where the chickens wi-" he was interupted by a couple of dogs barking. Macey and Devon picked up each one. Macey got the floppy eared one and Devon got the pointy eared one.
"It looks like they like you two." Takakura stated as he watched them play with the dogs.
"Can we keep them?" Devon asked, "I've never had a dog before."
The dog had started licking him on the face with excitement. Takakura thought about it for a few moments before nodding, "Sure but I don't really care for dogs."
"Thank you!" Macey exclaimed as she hugged Takakura. He pushed her away slightly, causing her to let go. She went back to playing with her puppy.
"I'm going to name you Ace." Macey stated with a smile as she patted the dog's head. He seemed to like it. Devon thought for a moment before saying, "I'll call you Thor."
His dog didn't mind, at least he had a name now. From behind them Takakura said, "I'll build them a dog house later on."
Both young adults nodded as he showed them the house. He then brought them into the barn to show them the cow.
"I have a surprise for you to." he said with a small smirk as he motioned for them to follow. Once inside they saw a white cow with black spots standing in front of an empty feedbox.
"Wow! I love it!" Macey exclaimed as she ran up to the cow and hugged it.
"It's a her." Takakura stated, "You should name her."
"How does Bessy sound?" Macey asked the cow after some thought. She thought about it then nodded her approval along with a loud moo. Now that that was settled they went outside and Takakura asked, "What are you going to name the farm?"
"Doesn't matter to me. Macey you go ahead and name it." Devon stated, letting Macey make all the desictions. She nodded, "How about Lynwood?"
"Lynwood Farm. Kinda catchy." Takakura stated. After that he went around the town and introduced them to everyone. When they got back Takakura built the dogs each a house and gave them a couple of dog bowls. While he was doing this Macey and Devon met the Harvest Sprites. They liked the little guys; they seemed nice enough. The next morning Macey was up bright and early, ready to start the day. It was a little past six as she slipped out of the house quietly, so not to wake her brother. From the outside the house looked slightly bigger then it acctually was. It was a two story house with a room upstairs along with the bathroom.
Devon slept in the upstairs room while Macey slept downstairs. She had checked the wheather on tv and it wasn't supposed to rain today. She quickly went into the barn to meet a very hungary Bessy. She gave her some fodder, went outside, and pushed the botton to bring her outside into the tall, cool grass of the pasture. Bessy mooed happily as she ate.
Macey started milking the cow with some difficulty, after all it was her first time milking a cow. It took her a little while but she got it and soon had two bottles of quality B milk. She gave Bessy a hug as she patted her head. Now that that was done she went put the milk in the food storage. She then went get the hoe and started tilling the land. Back in the house Devon was now awake thanks to the sun. The bright rays of sun light were showing through his windows as he heard the birds sing outside. He mumbled something under his breathe before getting out of bed.
He walked down the stairs less than anxiously. He didn't want to get up yet. He was still use of oversleeping. When he saw Macey's bed all nice and fixed neatly he hurriedly went outside. Devon was now wide awake.
"Hey May I'm going get some seeds from Vesta!" he called to her. She turned to face him and nodded, "Okay."
He could see the dirt on her pants legs. There was a smug of dirt on her cheek but he didn't say anything. She picked up the Mugwort next to her, "If you find any of these be sure to pick them up."
"Why?" he asked. She answered with a smile, "They taste great."
"You are the only person I know that eats grass." Devon stated as his face turned a slight shade of green. Macey shook her head, "Not grass, plant."
"It's all the same to me." he stated as he started walking to Vesta's farm and Macey went back to tilling the land. As he crossed the bridge he noticed some flowers growing and decided to pick them. He also noticed that there were different flowers growing next to Vesta's yard. Devon decided to pick them too. As he picked the pretty flowers he saw one of those plants Macey had told him to pick, so he picked it. Now that that was done he walked into Vesta's yard. He saw Celia outside watching over the plants.
"Hi." he stated with a smile. Celia turned around to see the grey eyed new comer standing there with a smile on his face. When she turned to face he thought she looked different somehow upclose. To him she looked prettier than before. Her eyes were soft and warm in color. He had a goofy smile on his face. She smiled back, "Hi. You're Devon, aren't you? Would you like something today?"
At first glance Devon's eyes seemed cold but then they seemed to twinkle in the sun light. Celia found herself lost in their cold warmth until he brought her back to reality. Devon nodded, "I'd like to buy some tomato and watermelon seeds, please."
She shook her head once to get focused on her work and gave him a small smile. This caused Devon to blush and turn his head to the left. Celia thought this was strange but then she thought he might be shy.
"How many?" she asked. He took a guess, "Fifteen of each."
She nodded, went into the small building next to the house, and counted the seeds carefully.
"Here you go." she said with a smile. Devon gave her money as she gave him the seeds. One of the flowers he had picked was showing from his backpack as he put the seeds inside.
"Wow. That looks great." Celia stated looking at the Goddess Drop longingly. Devon looked at, back at her, then took it out and handed it to her, "You can have it if you want it."
"Hum... Really? I'm in your debt." she said taking the flower from him. He blushed again for the second time that day, "Oh it's nothing."
He felt strange when he was around her but it was a good strange. Like an adrinaline rush after doing something crazy. After saying good-bye to Celia he started his walk back to the farm but decided to go to the waterfall instead. Meanwhile back at the farm Macey was getting tired of all the tilling so she decided to take a break. After taking her break she looked at her watch and saw it was around twelve o'clock. When she looked up from the fence she was sitting on she saw Takakura.
"Hey Takakura what do I use this for?" she asked holding up the sickle. He looked at her somewhat amused at how little she knew about farm work, "You cut the tall grass with it to make fodder for your animals."
"So that's what it's used for. Thanks." Macey said gratefully. She then looked at the pasture and decided to start cutting. It took her an hour to cut all of the tall grass. By that time Devon had came back, but he came back with a green wagon right behind him. It was filled with all kinds of stuff from the dig site.
"Where have you been?" she asked as she leaned against the tool that seemed to be too heavy for her. She was sweating very badly and had to wipe the sweat from her forehead before it burned her eyes. Her clothes were sticking to her worse than a leech. He flashed her a smile, "I went to the dig site and helped Carter dig up some stuff. He said I could keep this stuff since he didn't need it. He said the only thing he wants it the tablets."
Macey walked over to the wagon and instected the contents. She picked up few old coins, "This looks cool. What will we do with it all?"
"He also said we can sell this stuff to Van when he comes on the third and eighth." Devon informed her.
She put the coins in her pocket and asked getting back to the farm, "Now how about we go plant them seeds, huh?"
"Sure." he answered with a nod. As she went put the sickle back in the tool shed Devon brought the wagon into the house. Once he was finished with that he walked over to the rich soil field, only to see Macey had tilled it in a checkerboard pattern.
"Nice job." he complimented. She smiled, "Thank you."
Devon started planting the seeds as Macey watered them. This took up another hour of their time. It was now one o'clock and both young adults were tired. Macey was sweating worse than she was before and Devon had joined her in her sweatiness. Their hair was sticking to their heads now aswell.
"I'm going take a shower." Macey stated before walking into the house with dirt covered clothes.
"I'm after you." Devon said looking at his clothes that were almost as dirty as his sister's. After getting all nice and clean Devon sat on Macey's bed as she brushed her brown hair.
"How about we go to the Blue Bar to relax a bit?" Devon suggested. Macey shrugged as she put her hair back into its double ponytail postion, "Sure, why not."
On their way to the bar they passed by a few people of the Valley and talked to them for about a minute or two. When they got to the bar Rock and Muffy were talking about fashion. Macey stood next to Rock and Devon stood next to Macey.
"Nice threads." Rock told Macey, "Who says you can't work on a farm and look cool doing it. Am I right, Babe?"
The last part made Macey choke on her drink.
"You okay?" Devon asked concerned. Macey just nodded her responce since she couldn't really talk at the moment.
"Um... Sorry about that." Rock apologized. Macey waved it off, "It's okay I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" Muffy asked taking her empty glass. She nodded, "I'm sure."
Macey went to take some money out of her pocket and grabbed one of the old coins by accident.
"Wow! I love them things!" Rock exclaimed. Macey took it and gave it to him, "Here you go. You can have it."
"Gee thanks Babe." he said taking it from her. After Devon finished his drink they started their way back to the farm. It was four now but the two still had some time to do something, but they were too tired to do anything else. For some reason Macey had more energy than Devon and it killed him to know so.
"How do you do it?" he asked as she went up the hill with ease.
"Do what?" she asked when she got to the top. Macey turned around and watched as he came up the hill slowly.
"Do that. How can you be tired, but yet have so much energy." he explained as he reached the top. Macey shrugged, "I don't know. I just do."
"Why don't you go to bed and I'll finish up the farm work." she suggested. Devon nodded as he yawned, "Good... idea."
Macey went water the plants for the second time that day and milked Bessy. After milking her Macey petted and praised her for a few moments before bringing her in for the night. She went put the milk in the milk boxes. She kept one and put it in the icebox thing in the back of the building. She yawned as she walked to the house. The two dogs ran up to her to be petted. She kneeled down, happy to pet them. It was now a little past six and she was tired, so she went into the house. She fell on the bed with a thud and a sigh. She kicked off her shoes and was soon asleep.
A/N: Each chapter will most likely be the events of a day or two. I'm not sure yet but please R/R. I promice the next chapters will be better.
