Hroondeel's Notes

This story is sort of replacing Trouble Love…Deal with it. But anyways, give this story a chance and please review!

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I want to escape

To run far away

And be anywhere but here.

I sense there is more to this world than business and dull jobs, so I will breakaway and explore another life.

Here I am, running away from the busy life of the city with only a single, small bag. I guess I always was a tomboy, despite all of the other city girls. The wagon stopped, pushing me towards the wall, making me collide into a batch of hay.

"I guess there's some drawbacks of traveling in a horse-drawn wagon…" I muttered. Suddenly, the wagon stopped, making me fall from the hay and face first onto the wooden floor.
"Ow!" I cried, just as the wagon door opened.

"Your stop, miss." The wagon driver said gruffly. I nodded, getting up, and chirped, "Yep! Thank you for the ride, Mr. Driver!" But he had already driven away.

"Well…that wasn't too nice!" I said, picking up my bag, which was lying on the floor, as the driver had probably thrown it out before he had gone. I walked a little distance, and I noticed a sign reading, "Blacksmith, Poultry Farm- right." I examined it for a second.

"Okay! I'll ask for directions to the farm!" I said happily. I was skipping happily to the right, when I heard someone yelling.

"WHAT?"

"Don't yell at me, young man!" I ran in its direction, and noticed it was coming from inside the Blacksmith's shop.

"I don't care! Give me a reason why it couldn't be finished!" The younger voice cried angrily.

"I had too much work to do! Now, calm down before I kick you out of here!" the grouchy, old voice snapped. I looked into the window, but saw that they were cleverly tinted. So, I opened the door.

"Don't you know how important -" But the voice stopped at the opening of the door. I took this opportunity to examine the two people. One had reddish blond hair, hidden under a cap, and was wearing a white jacket and white pants. The other was very old, but by his manner, appeared to be rather young in character.

"What the…" The young man said, trailing off. They both spun around to face me.

"Who are you?" He demanded.

"Oh! My name is Shelly!" I chirped happily in introduction. He didn't appear to share my good spirits.

"What do you want!" He cried angrily. This took me back a bit.

"I just wanted to find some d-directions…" I wasn't used to having people yelling at me.

"Get lost!" He cried, and the old man pushed me out of the shop as the door slammed behind me. I felt the door slam behind me.

"Th-they're mad at me! Oh no! I already have a bad start in this town!" I started running around frantically in circles until I bumped into someone.

"Ow!" The person said, rubbing her head.

"I'm so sorry! Sorry! Are you hurt? Oh my god, I am so sorry!" I started, but she stopped me.

"Chill. It's okay." She then hesitated, giving me a long look. "Hey, are you from around here? I never saw you." I shook my head.

"No, no! I'm here to take the farm job!" I said, relieved she wasn't mad at me.

"Ah, I see. You're the new girl at the farm, aren't you? I'm Karen." She said, offering me her hand. I shook it, saying, "Oh! I'm Shelly!"

"Nice to meet you." She said, walking away. Suddenly, I remembered something.

"Wait! Can you give me directions to the farm?" She stopped in her tracks, and nodded.

"Sure. The farm is to the left, then go to the downward path. You'll be there."

"Thanks!" I said, running left and then down. At least I now have a friend, right?

Karen was right. The farm was there, except it looked more like a dump. No! I have to fix it! So I started pulling weeds madly.

"No! No! I will make this farm great!" I said, pulling up a fist. It wasn't long before I became tired.

"Oh well. I'll do more tomorrow." I said, wiping my sweaty forehead. I should check out the house! I ran to the small, one-roomed house. When I entered, I noticed a little puppy running towards me, wagging his tail.

"Hi, hi! What's your name? Oh, I know! I'll call you Gary!" I said, rubbing his sides as he wagged his tale happily. I then looked at the house. There was one bed, a table, two cushions, a television, a bookcase and a chest.

I wonder what's inside that thing? I thought as I opened the chest. Inside were a variety of tools, namely an axe, a sickle, a watering can, a pedometer, a hammer, and a hoe.

"Great! Now farm work will be so much easier!" I chirped. I checked my rucksack, and could see that I could fit a total of three tools inside, so I stuffed it with a hammer, an axe and a sickle, (but I put the sickle back because I preferred pulling weeds rather than cutting them!) For company, I took Kimi along. She then started running around the field, chasing a butterfly. I started smashing rocks, cutting logs, until I was positive I couldn't work any longer. I picked up Kimi, who was looking through the fence and let her out of my arms inside the house. After watching the weather forcast (which was luckily sunny) I fell asleep.

I woke up to the sound of birds chirping loudly. I had to confess, I hadn't slept too well, so I was a little ditsy. Ok, breakfast…breakfast! I have no breakfast! NOO! I can't go without breakfast! I frantically started biting my nails.

"Calm down." A familiar voice said.

"Karen! I'm so happy to see you!" She placed a box on the table.

"Open it. It's from the supermarket, my parents own it." I did as told, and found a warm loaf of bread and a rice ball.

"Thank you so much!" I said, stuffing my cheeks with both, taking one bite of each. Karen showed a little sign of disgust.

"You're from the city, aren't you?" I nodded, my mouth full of food. I swallowed, and said, wiping my mouth on my hand, "Wait a sec! How did you get in here?"

"You left your door open during the night."

"Oh no! I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to go to bed!" I said, my eyes wide with regret.

"Well, I heard you shrieking pitifully about having no breakfast, so I decided I'd just better come in before you have a nervous breakdown." I blushed, as I had obviously had been thinking out loud.

"That's ok. I can't go without breakfast either." She said, smiling sympathetically. I smiled back, my mouth full of food, and her smile quickly faded.

"I'm impressed. The farm is already looking a lot better."

"Thanks! I worked a lot yesterday!"

"Nice to know. By the way, have you met any of the townsfolk yet?" I looked down, and swallowed. Finally I nodded.

"I see you didn't have a good experience with them, have you?" I nodded.

"Who, in particular?"

"Um, a guy and an old man." Karen sweatdropped.

"Ok, it couldn't have been Barley, he's really nice, and so it must've been Saibara. And I'll bet that that guy was Gray." I stared blankly.

"Never mind them. They can be a bit hot-tempered, but they'll warm up to ya. And Gray, he isn't too good with new people."

"Um, okay! To make up for making them upset, I will become their fiend!" I said cheerily.

"Uh…ok. Good luck with that. Anyways, I'll be at the Supermarket so if you want to ask me something, just go by the back, 'k?"

"Sure! Bye, Karen!" I piped. Next, as the mess on my field was cleared, I ran, carrying a hammer to the field outside the farm.

"What can I get here?" I mumbled, to myself, walking around. I picked up some strange colored grass and put it in my rucksack.

"Wow! I never see this in the city!" I said, picking even more of the grass and stuffing it in my sack. I then saw something glistening in a pond next to a big tree. Out of curiosity, I fished my hand into the water, not caring about getting dirty.

"I…I've got something!" I pulled even harder, squirming with struggle.

"Eeyah!" I cried as I fell a few feet away, holding something in my hand. Opening one eye weakly, I let my fingers unfold, and the thing appeared to be a beautiful, glistening, blue gem.

"Wow…this is worth the fall!" I said, getting up and examining the treasure. It was wet but its shine was still lively and beautiful. It looked like a piece of a star. As much as I liked it, I knew what to do. I'll give it to Gray so he'll forgive me, and so he will be my friend.

Clutching the gem in my hand (I didn't want it to be thrown in with some grass pulled out of the ground!) I ran back to the farmhouse, and put it on the table.

I fell asleep that night gazing at its beauty.

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