4-13-05

Yo! I decided to rewrite The Simple Life Can Be Better Than You Think so yeah. This was my very first fanfiction and I guess it really sucked. Now that I have a bit more experience, I want to redo it heh. It takes place in my file of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. Hope this version's better than the last!

Disclaimer: Harvest Moon and the original characters belong to Natsume and not meh….

"Do you remember your cousin Dave, Marissa?" Mother asked.

"Of course I do!"

"Well, your mother and I decided that you should get out of the city for a while." Father smiled.

"Eh?"

"We want you to stay with your cousin on his farm!" She exclaimed.

"Really? For how long?"

"Well, we were thinking, you need to enjoy life's little, simple pleasures, so about a year." He said slowly.

"WHAT!"

"Hey, wake up." I felt someone shake me. My eyes flickered open and I sat up from the bunk.

"What's wrong?" I asked rubbing my eyes.

"Mineral Town is in sight!" The young girl grinned.

"Really?" I slipped on my shoes and hurried out to the top deck. A dazzling beach was in view and I could see small people waiting near the dock. A whole year…on this small island…I wonder how it'll be.

My suitcase and duffel bag were loaded off the ship and I waved goodbye to the friends I had made while sailing. I looked around the beach and saw a few people just lounging around during the early summer heat. My attention was brought towards a quite stubby man with brown hair and too much red on talking to a tall, muscular, young man who had messy brunette hair and beautiful sapphire eyes. He looked over and I saw his features spring up in joy.

"Marissa!" He yelled running over.

"Dave!" We caught each other in a big, laughing hug.Can this really be the same cousin I used to know?

Yes, yes. I'm aware that it's extremely short but c'mon give me a break. First day of summer vacation and I'm already tired. I got really bored and remembered about this so I decided to work on it. I wrote one sentence and called it quits and worked on this ending author's note…I'll get started on the next chapter. I hope you like this version better; it's quite different. Well see ya.

Kokuyougan aka Tera Hikashi

5-26-05