The sapphire butterfly
Chapter 1- The arrival
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'Ah! nice timing! Come with me! Now!' Zack's urgent voice called out…...
Following his voice towards the beach...there beside the masculine man lay a beautiful unconscious lady. What is she doing at a place like this...
Claire's eyes fluttered open, revealing her beautiful sapphire eyes that had a bright spark in them , her cheeks were as rosy as a newborn babys'. Her silky ,honey blond hair fell in curtains on her back, glinting in the rays of sunlight shining through the windows of the small cottage where she awoken. She was still wearing her partially soaked checkered polo shirt and denim overalls.
''Urgh...wha-what happened?'' sitting up on the soft bed, she rubbed her eyes.
''You were washed up ashore my dear, can't you remember?'' the sudden answer made Claire jump. She turned to her side to find two unfamiliar people looking at her with curious eyes.
"How are you feeling?" the muscular man asked.
"I'm better thank you..." Claire gave them a shy smile.
"I see. I'm Thomas the mayor of this town. Do you remember how you got to the beach? Can you tell us what happened?" the mayor asked with a wondering look on his face and his finger tapping his chin.
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"Oh I see... Anyway you're safe here. That's good right?" the masculine man said.
"But... so you have no family..." the mayor's thoughts were spoken without him noticing.
"You have no place to go..."
Claire gave a nod to both of them.
"I have an idea. You can live in this house if you want." The mayor offered with a friendly smile.
"Oh that's a good idea!" the masculine guy smiled.
"No one is living here now. Think about it. I'll show you around. Can you come with me?"
"Alright..."
The mayor walked towards the wooden door and opened it for them.
Outside of the small cottage was an old and ruined farm, untouched for ages. I wonder what happened to this place...Claire thought. Walking forward, the mayor explained, as if answer the question in her head "This place used to be a farm. When the last owner went away, nobody kept up with it so now it looks like this..."
"It's too bad... It's a very fertile land..." the man beside her added.
WRAF!
A little puppy came running up to Claire.
"Oh how adorable! How did this little fella end up here?" Claire carried it and gave it a little cuddle. Its tail wagged in excitement as it started to lick the young lady's cheeks.
Walking nearer to the abandoned farm, she put down the excited little pet on the ground. She started to think of this little puppy...the abandoned farm in front of her...the beauty it might become if she took over this farm and revived it. The farm being alive with crops again, birds visiting the farm to rest and sing...and about her and this little puppy playing happily on the grass...
The old man's voice started to echo in her ears. Family...? A lover...? They are somewhere... How about you...?
Claire turned to the mayor and smiled brilliantly " I want to try revive this farm!"
"What? You want to try to revive this farm?" The mayor's surprised face made Claire chuckle, but she nodded.
The mayor walked toward the masculine man and started whispering as if they were having a secret meeting...After a few moments, the mayor turned to Claire with a big grin " I'm glad to hear that!"
"Good!" the man smiled widely as well. A part of him reminded Claire of a little child...
"I'm going to work hard I promise!"
"Very well then...As of today, you are now a resident of Mineral Town. To help you get set up, I'm going to ask you a few questions." The Mayor announced and took out a notebook and pen from within his red tux. "What is your name?"
"Claire Dalson"
"Your birthday?"
"8th of Fall"
"What is your Farm's name?"
Claire hesitated... "Rose Farm!"
"What is your dog's name?"
She hesitated again..."sakura"
"Well that is all. I'll stop by tomorrow to show you around the Town if you like, and your belongings we've found are in your closet" closing his book and putting it back in his jacket.
"Before I forget, I haven't properly showed introduced myself, I'm Zack! If you have any problems just come to me!" Zack gave a huge grin. Despite his size, Zack really had a child hidden within him...
"Thank you Zack" Claire returned a smile and gave both of them a deep bow.
She turned back to the farm which now belonged to her. She sighed at the work she had to do. The ruins that were in front of her gave her a feeling of homesickness but Sakura barked. Her high pitched bark brought Clair to the present. She knelt down and patted the little puppy, "Oh Sakura...I've got a whole lot of work in front of me..." The little dog licked her hand with her pink little tongue in reassurance. She smiled and thought, hm...smart dog... and went into the little cottage...