HEY GUYS! Look who followed through on her promise! I'm finally giving you the new bachelor story! Hehe, I'm so proud of myself! I really think this one has the potential to be good, so I'm crossing my fingers.

Also, I'm using Hikari instead of Akari in this story. I'm still a little confused on the difference between the two (one's in both and one's in ToT only but I forget which one). But I'm using Hikari's English name, Molly. The reason I used Akari's Japanese name in the past is because... well, I don't like her English name. Angela doesn't seem to fit her. Plus, one of the rival kids name's is Angie, so they seem too similar. That's just me.

Anyways, I really hope you guys like this!

Chapter 1

The smell coming from the Ocarina Inn practically forced me inside before I could stop myself. I was purposely trying to avoid this place, but that obviously wasn't going to happen. Once I entered, I was instantly greeted by an overly perky blur of pink, also known as Maya.

"Hi, Molly!" she squeaked, "Table for one?"

"Actually, I just was stopping by to say hi."

"Oh. Well, hi! How's the farm? Are you eating a lot? Doesn't look like it since you're so scrawny!"

"Maya!" a voice snapped, "Do you honestly have to annoy everyone to the point that they become psychologically unstable?"

Maya turned around and beamed at the approaching person. Damn it! Why did Maya have to be so obnoxious? He came over slowly, rolling his violet eyes with irritation. My breathing hitched as he smiled at me.

"Hi, Molly," he said, "Sorry if Maya's annoying you. She tends to do that."

"Chase!" Maya groaned.

"What? I'm just honest."

She stuck out her tongue at him, making him roll his eyes again. With that, she stormed off, acting like a child. It was hard to believe she was a year older than me. Chase looked back at me, giving what he passed off as a smile.

"So you're just saying hi?" he asked.

I nodded weakly, not wanting to respond. I'd only been on the island a week and I already had a huge crush on someone. Someone who happened to be named Chase.

But the only problem was Maya. She liked him, too. And even though Maya could be kind of annoying, she was still nice. I didn't want her to hate me for liking the same guy. It wasn't like it was my fault for him being cute.

"Well, hi," he said.

"Hi," I squeaked.

He gave me his weak smile, making my heart flutter.

"Well I gotta go work now," he sighed, "I'll see you later."

"Okay."

"…Bye."

"Bye."

He walked back to the counter where Maya began throwing herself at him. I just sighed and left the inn as quickly and calmly as I could. Goddess, why did he have to be so cute? And why did Maya of all people have to like him? She was practically a child (even if I was younger than her).

As I hurried out of the inn, I bumped into someone, instantly falling on my butt. Well, as if I wasn't embarrassed enough.

"Oh!" a voice gasped, "I'm so sorry, Miss Molly! I didn't see you there!"

I looked up and saw Jin fretting over me, his face slightly flushed.

"That's fine," I said, "My bad."

He offered me his hand, which I gratefully took. I noticed that he held it just a second longer than he should have, but soon released it and let his hand fall to his side.

"What are you doing in Harmonica Town so early?" he asked, "Don't you have a farm to take care of?"

Crap. Now I'd been caught.

"Well, I already tended it and thought I'd come get to know people better."

He smiled, thought it seemed almost forced, and pushed his glasses up his nose.

"That's good. How are you liking it here?"

"It's nice. So are all the people."

He nodded awkwardly, not sure how to respond. It was clear that he wasn't exactly a social butterfly or ever had been.

"Well, I gotta go," I said, "I really want to get to know everyone better. It's a little strange being the newbie."

"Oh, okay. Bye, Miss Molly!"

"Bye, Jin."

I smiled at him before walking away. He seemed like a nice guy, but just a little uptight. Not very exciting. I hung around town most of the day, trying to bond with everyone. Candace and Kathy were really nice, though Luna seemed kind of rude and Selena was just… not my favorite. Toby was an okay guy, but he seemed like he was going to fall asleep at any given moment.

Despite the fact that I'd made some friends, I couldn't stop thinking about Chase. He was the one person who I really wanted to get to know better. I just hoped he'd let me.

Ugh, I could NOT figure out how to start this story! It took me forever (ever since I decided it was Chase/Gale I've been trying to think of something) and finally I just thought "Oh well. If the beginning sucks, I'll just have the rest amazing!" Hopefully I'll be able to follow through on that. I've been thinking of a lot of conflicts to use for this, and I think I have some pretty good ones (it's a lot easier when you've got a magical wizard in the mix).

I know this chapter sucks, but if you want to, please review! I know how many of you have been waiting for this story and now it's here at long last, so tell me what you think!