Hello everyone! Ok, well this'll be my first fic, so I hope it turns out ok.

This story's basically about my character Beth, and how her life goes on in FlowerBud Village. I'm not very good at summaries… sorry about that!

I looked outside the train window and smiled at the passing trees. The scenery was so beautiful! I let out a sigh and faced forward. I was finally moving out of my house… well… actually, it was more like I was kicked out. Ugh. Needless to say, the bills were too high. And they were blaming me! Ok, well it doesn't matter. I'm kind of exited about the thought of having my own place.

My name's Elizabeth. But everyone calls be Beth back where I come from. I'm nineteen years old. My birthday was last week, actually. Oh, where am I moving to? I'm going to the big city! New York City! Yep. Big city life's the one for me! The train was speeding on, so I closed my eyes. They'll wake me up when we get there… right? Besides, it's not like I'd be asleep for hours…

…

I opened my eyes after a few minutes of resting them and stared out the window., and I watched as… my stop sped off! "What!? No!" I stomped my foot, "I can't believe this!" I ran forward down the isle, "Someone stop this train! I missed my stop…"

A tall man responded, "Sorry kid. The next stop's not for a few hours."

My jaw dropped. "T-that can't be…" I pouted and took my seat. Stupid train… not waking people up when they get to their stops! I stayed awake this time, until we got to the next stop. I picked up my suitcase and quickly stumbled off the train. I looked up to see where I was. "Flowerbud Village?" I called aloud. This was definitely no city… but I sighed, it was getting late. I might as well stay the night. At least until I could get another train ticket.

I walked only a few feet, when a man with a mustache and a tall red hat greeted me. He was grinning from ear to ear, and shook my hand violently. It kind of… scared me.

"Welcome to Flowerbud Village! You must be here for 'The Exiting Ranch Plan'!"

Exiting what!? I shook my head, "Uhh… no. Actually, I'm only staying here for a night. I missed my stop see—"

He apparently didn't hear me. "So which peace of land would you like? Village? River? Oceanside?"

"You don't understand! I don't want to live here!"

He looked at me like I had just stabbed him in the heart, "But why? Does my village sicken you? What's wrong with it?"

My heart sank. Oh great… "No! I'm sure it's a very nice village. It's just… I already have an apartment in New York City… and…"

He sighed, "No I see. But I wish you would try it. You can make a fair income here. I'm sure it could pay for a train ticket. Or a plane ticket after a while."

I felt my face redden. I didn't have any money left, I realized. I slowly nodded, "Ok. I guess I can stay for a little while. Where were those houses again?"

He grinned, "There's Oceanside, Riverside, and Village square!"

I pondered. I always loved the beach… so I could go with that. "I guess the beach?" "Well, if you take that spot… see the farming won't be very good!"

I sighed. I didn't really care. I wasn't staying that long. "I don't care." I muttered, "I'll go with the beach."

He nodded, "Very good! Now… if you'll follow me to your new home—"

I sighed, and shook my head. When we arrived I looked up and down at the little shack that awaited me. I shrugged though. I'd only be staying a little while, after all. I didn't even look at the ocean before stepping inside. It was so cramped inside! I could barley move at all, and the house smelled like dirty clothes. I pinched my nose, and let out and 'ugh…' when I heard a knock at the door. Visitors? Already?

A girl (I think) stood outside. They seemed to be a few years older then me. A little dog sat at the person's feet, yipping and barking happily. I raised my eyebrows. Kindaloud…

"Why hi!" I looked up to hear a girl's voice. "I'm Ellen. I work at the ranch near the river. You're new here?" I managed a small nod. So she was a she after all. Ellen continued talking, "Well, it's good to meet you Miss…"

"Beth. I'm Beth." I answered quickly.

"Oh! Well hi Beth. I hope you'll like it here."

I nodded, "Yeah. Thanks, I—"

Ellen cut me off, "See, the thing is, we can't keep this little puppy at our ranch and well, we were hoping you could keep him!"

She had to be kidding. I'd never get any sleep if this thing lived here! After all, it hadn't started barking once yet. "I uh—"

"Great! Think of a name then."

I blinked, but didn't argue. All I really wanted was to rest. Maybe I could leave him outside.

"Okay. I'll call him Bandit." It was the first thing that came to my mind. Besides, it suited him somehow.

Ellen nodded, "Great. Well, have fun taking care of him!" With that, she curtsied, and went on her way.

I stared at the dog, "Well what are you looking at? Go in the dog house. It's right over there!" I pointed and went inside. I collapsed on the bed, and quickly fell asleep. Tomorrow was a new day.

I had the strangest dream. There was the most beautiful fairy! Or something… I'm not quite sure what it was. Anyway it went something like this...

"People forgot how to appreciate. Forgot how to love. And my existence."Three elves (Or something I was not quite sure) watched her, speechless. "Good bye everyone."

The fairy said and turned to stone. Each elf cried out.

"Ahh! The harvest Goddess turned to stone!"

Another pretty much copied the first, "Ahh! The harvest Goddess!"

"Ahh!"

A person with purple hair appeared at the scene. "What has she turned to?" With a glance at the "Harvest Goddess", the person's eyes widened, "I… will get you back to normal."

After that, I woke up. I shook my head and rubbed my eyes. "Ok… that was weird." I decided to get up and check out the town. Might as well meet some people while I'm here, right?

When I opened the door, the three elves from my dream were standing on my doorstep! I blinked and pinched myself. I'm still dreaming. I thought. But when I looked back, they were still there."Whaaaat!?"

The elves looked surprised, "Can you see us?" they questioned. I was a little freaked, but I nodded. They jumped. "Yay! We're the harvest sprites! Come with us, please!"

"Yea, come with us!" another added.

They took me to the same spring in my dream. The same statue of the Harvest Goddess was there… This was too weird. They began talking again. "The harvest goddess turned to stone a year ago."

"She's been like that ever since…"

"We need you to help us collect notes. It'll get her back to normal!"

I shrugged. Yeah. I'd be happy to help. It'd help pass the time while I was here. "There are 100 notes in all." commented a sprite. My jaw dropped, but I nodded,

"Yeah ok."

There was a sound behind me. The person with the purple hair stood behind me.A sprite cheered, "Jamie! We can look for notes together!"

Jamie (I assume he was a guy) looked angry, "I don't want to hang out with any of you! I'll save her myself. You'll see." He shot me a dirty look, and ran off. I narrowed my eyes. Jerk.

The sprites handed me a pedometer. "Good luck!" They called. I shrugged and took a step. A glowing musical note appeared in front of me.

"What the—!?" I called.

The sprites smiled, "You got your first note! Every journey begins with a single step!" I raised an eyebrow, and then began to walk away. Back at my house, I discovered that Bandit wasn't in his doghouse…

"Oh crap…" I bit my lip, and looked everywhere for at least and hour. When I couldn't find him I burst through my door, to find him asleep at the foot of my bed. I couldn't help but smiled. I guess he was kinda cute. I shrugged. I guess he could stay in the house, so long as he didn't bark all night. I yawned once more and crawled into bed, with Bandit at my feet. Good night… Tomorrow I'll check out the town for real.

Disclaimer: Ok. I don't own Harvest Moon. I wish I did. :O

Note: Ok. That was the intro chapter. It will get better as it goes on. It won't all be about her collecting notes, but it'll be part of it. Let me know if anyone wants me to continue.