*Nightmares and sweet dreams*
Chapter 1 : A fresh new beginning
It was a windy night, and as far as I know, I am gonna be late for the ship! I rushed to the boarding line and panting, told the captain, "I'm sorry I'm late."
"The name please?"
"Chelsea Maxworth. Here's the ticket."
"Thank you, please proceed to room 245." He announced as he tore the ticket into half. Argh… I'm so tired already… I think I might be able to sleep better with fresh air… I walk up to the deck of the ship. Nice. Looks like a calm night… Better get some sleep. I walked to my room and went straight to bed.
As I was sleeping soundly, a crash of lightning and thunder woke me up. Oh my goddess. What's happening?! I felt the ship swaying violently… And unable to keep my balance, I grabbed my backpack and ran out of my room.
"EMERGENCY ALERT! EVERYBODY, PLEASE GRAB A LIFE BUOY AND GO ON IT! THERE'S A STORM! GOOD LUCK!" the captain announced quickly and ran for his own life buoy. I quickly took one by the side of my room and ran for my life. BOOM! BOOM!
I screamed and before I knew it, I was awoken on a shore. "Wake up, miss!" A voice that sounded old said. Then there were murmurings and "She opened her eyes already, father." "Oh. How great. Miss? Are you okay?"
"Um… Yes, other than a splitting headache?" I said, rubbing my head, which was freaking pain. Ow……… I opened my eyes fully and saw an old man and a middle-aged lady, which actually look pretty and quite young. Pink hair?! Okay…
"Who are you and where am I?!" I suddenly felt defensive, maybe due to my unfortunate past?
"You're actually safe here miss. I'm Taro and this is my daughter Felicia and my two grandchildren E--------Where did they go?!"
"Gramps! We are just coming back. We went exploring the island. Looks abandoned and I don't think I wanna stay here." A pink-haired girl said.
"Um, it's actually okay. S-since we can make our own way of living here. H-how about we go explore it together with ---w-w-who is this?" A pink-haired boy said.
"Chelsea Maxworth."
"Ah, C-chelsea…"
"Don't be stupid, Elliot. This island is so damn deserted. There's not even one dog willing to stay here, for goddess' sake." The girl said.
"Natalie. Don't talk to your older brother that way. Chelsea, my son, Elliot and daughter, Natalie."
"Hey, Chelsea. My bro's a wimp!" She joked and laughed. Taro glared at her for a little bit.
"Um, Chelsea… N-nice to m-m-meet you." Elliot says.
"Same here." I smiled, trying to make him less nervous.
"So, as w-we were saying, we f-found a r-ranch. I-it looks okay to stay in. T-there's a h-h-house." Elliot says.
Taro grinned as if he got some kinda marvellous plan. When we check out the ranch, Taro suggested I took over the ranch and stay there.
"What?! No way! I can't run the ranch alone! It's too tough." I pointed out.
"Of course you could, Chelsea. We'll help you out. We won't let you do this alone. You don't think we're that mean?" Felicia joked.
"Hah, no of course. Thank you for finding me a place to stay. I will do my best to run a excellent ranch."
Taro and his family will be staying across the bridge in town. It'll be easy to ask them for help so close. Running a ranch is sn important task course the whole town will be counting on me. What pressure... Sigh. I can't let them down right? So i've gotta do 'em.
It's a fresh new beginning for Chelsea Maxworth.