I do not own Tom Nook, Victoria, Ribbot, or Tom Nook's cousin Tommy. P.S. Kirk is not the Kirk off of Star Trek, I'm just using that name. Also, don't be afraid to reveiw!
It was a quiet day in the town of Deep Grass. The sun was shining, the ocean waves were calm, and the animals and humans were enjoying themselves. Down by the beach it was crowded, since everyone wanted to cool off in the cold ocean water. That was unfortunate for the fishers, because the fish were scared away by the people and animals.
"Hey Kirk! Throw the ball over here!" I called out to my brother. Turning to face me, he held the ball on his outstretched hand then underhand served it to me. I caught it, and the ball made a solid thud in my hands.
"Come and catch me!" I yelled, taking off across the hot sand.
"Kat! I'll get you!" He cried out. I kept running even though I knew it was pointless. My brother was fast and strong, and compared to him, I was an ant and he was a lion.
Suddenly I found myself face down in the sand, with the ball rolling out of my grip. I struggled to get up, but my brother already had the ball.
"Score!" Kirk said triumphantly, holding our ball against a tall brown palm tree.
"You wish!" I replied, getting up a giving him a friendly chase, which was quickly ended.
"Whoa!" Kirk shouted as he fell to the ground on top of someone. As I ran closer, I recognized the person's face. He was my other brother, Tiberius. By the looks of it, as he and Kirk untangled themselves, Tiberius was fishing.
"Sorry bro. I didn't mean to fall on you," Kirk apologized as he helped Tiberius up.
" Yeah right. I'm fishing by the river. It's too crowded over here," He grumbled, gathering up his bucket and fishing pole. Then stalking away, he left a heavy silence between me and Kirk.
"Well, I guess I better go. I'm having Peirce over for dinner tonight," then I was left standing alone on the beach. Deciding to take a dip once more to cool off before I went home, my horse friend Victoria saw me and came and joined me in the water.
"Hi. Do you want to have a swim race?" The light brown horse wearing a checkered red and yellow swim suit top asked me.
"Sorry, I'm really tired," I replied, which was the truth.
"Drat. No one will race me! After I've practiced for weeks and am ready to race, no one else is! They've all said they've stopped for the day, or are going back home, or are doing something else!" Victoria pouted. Quickly thinking of a comforting and true response I said,
"I bet all of them are afraid to lose! They've seen you practicing and don't want you to whip their butts!" My best friend and I fell into the water, laughing.
"I bet you're right Kat!" Then after the giggling stopped, and we climbed out onto the hot sand, Victoria asked, "Can I come over to your place for dinner?"
"Sure. I'm going to have to do something first, if you don't mind." I answered, drying off with my towel and sliding my flip-flops on.
"Ok. I'll see you at your house at six exactly, star girl." Victoria nickered, then trotted off. I smiled, remembering when we first met and she gave me that nickname.
Hurriedly packing my towel in my over-the-shoulder bag, I strode away from the beach and to the forest, where I knew the trees would greet me. When I reached the forest, where my home was, I slowed down, relaxing under the shade that the tall pine trees produced.
"Kat! I have something for you!" A voice called out from behind. I spun around and found myself standing face to face with Ribbot, an odd robot like creature. Quickly, he shoved a box into my hands, then ran off before I could say anything.
Turning the box in my hands, I saw a tag that said, To Maple.
"Ribbot, wait!" I yelled. But it was too late, he was long gone. Shrugging, I looked at the small white box one more time before I shoved it in my bag and continued home.
"So he just gave you the box then left?" Victoria asked, spearing a tomato with her fork.
"Yeah. You know how he is," I said, after telling her the event that happened on my way home.
"Hmm. Maybe he's giving a box to everyone, but he gave you the wrong one."
"Yeah," I considered the possibility, but it didn't seem likely. Ribbot didn't just go handing out gifts.
The rest of dinner went without another word until Victoria left and I cleaned up the table and washed dishes. When I finished, I saw it was too early to go to bed so I stuck a DVD in the player. It was a Star Trek movie. Hitting play, I settled down onto the couch to watch the battle of the Enterprise.
When I woke up sunlight was streaming in through my second story window. I groggily looked at my clock, then jolted out of bed. I was going to be late for work! Quickly I grabbed my light blue shirt and black shorts. After changing I scrambled down the stairs and snagged my bag, but stopped when I realized my stuff from yesterday was in it. Grabbing my towel I put it on the dinner table and grabbed a banana from a fruit bowl then bolted out the door.
Panting when I reached Nook's, I checked my watch. Right on time. If I took any longer I would have been late. Disposing the banana peel in the trash, I took a seat at the cash register and waited for business to start.
Work went on as usual, and by lunch break, I was starving. Letting Tommy, Nook's cousin, take my place, I went into the backroom and sat at the table. Pulling open my bag, I was shocked when I saw it was empty. Except for… the box. Taking it out, I placed it on the table and dropped my bag on the floor. I was just about to open it when I heard the door behind me creak open. I craned my neck to see who it was, and I was shocked to see it was my moody brother, Tiberius!
"What are you doing here?" I asked him, stunned. Before he answered, he rubbed the back of his neck, below his spiky black hair-line.
"Well, I need to tell you something." He replied, sitting down in the chair next to me, placing a plastic bag filled with what I thought was food, in front of him.
"What? Come on, Tiberius, spit it out!" I urged him.
"Well," he took a deep breath, then looked me in the eye. "Kirk's gone."