OC: YAY ANIMAL PARADE!!! :D I don't own and you know it! ;p
A short haired brunette sat in a restuarant, stirring her cup of hot chocolate. She sighed the bangs out of her eyes. As you can see, she was bored as Hell. She missed her train, so her older brother was sending a cart for her to ride. She was heading to the town of Castanet where her two brothers and sister lived. And of course, her oldest brother just had to send Finn, her childhood friend, also know as a Harvest Sprite. He was explaining to her that the Harvest Goddess needed help.
"Finn, if she needs help, why didn't you get Yuuki or Akari or even Takeru do help her?" she asked the little sprite, pretending to talk into her cell phone. Finn stomped his foot and gave her a small glare.
"Because!" he shouted at her. "Because she told me to get you! You're the only who can save her and Yuuki, Akari and Takeru have to help."
She rolled her eyes before she looked at the window, seeing her ride waiting outside. She looked back at Finn, "Well, my ride's here, bye."
She pretended to shut the phone before grabbing her suitcases and headed out the restuarant, placing her money on the table as the waitor walked over. Finn yelped as the waitor almost hit him and then flew after her.
The brunette walked over to the man in the green shirt by her ride. "Are you Cain?"
He smiled and nodded his head. "Sure am, and you must be Yuuki's youngest quadruplit, Hikari, correct?"
Hikari forced a smile, "Yep, his youngest sis. So, I guess we should head on out?"
Cain grabbed Hikari's bags and brought them on the hay stack in his cart. Hikari smiled at his horse before walking over to him and petting his mane. Finn flew over and clapped his hands in approval. The horse started acting up at the sight of the flying orange thing infront of him. Right as Cain ran over to help, Hikari had him under control.
"That's just Finn, he's a friend of the Goddess." she whispered into the horse's ear. He shook his head as if saying 'still get it away from me!'. Hikari let out a small laugh before walking towards the edge of the cary and hopped ontot the back. Finn floated over and sat beside her. Cain walked over to his seat and hopped on it.
...
Hikari rested in the hay on the cart, arms behind head, eyes closed and enjoying the rest of the ride while she could. Suddenly a flash of orange flew into her vision as she opened her eyes. She rolled them and groaned. Finn placed his hands on his hips.
"Hikari, stop being lazy!" he demanded. Hikari groaned again and sat up.
"Didn't you leave a few hours ago after I got you a hot dog?"
Finn glared at her, "Yes, but the Goddess and Yuuki told me to come back. Don't you see the Goddess needs you?"
"Finn, go away until we reach Akari's house."
The orange sprite shook his head rapidly, "No, no, no, no! Yuuki gave me direct orders and the Goddess too!"
"Forget Yuuki's orders!" Hikari hissed at him. Finn pouted.
"I'm still listening to the Harvest Goddess's orders!"
Hikari rolled her eyes as she layed back down in the hay. Cain coughed to get her attention.
"So, when's your birthday?"
"Same as Yuuki's, Akari's and Takeru's; Spring 2nd."
"Do you have a favorite food?"
"Mm-hmm. I love every food but I have to say fruits and veggies. I do plan on being the farmer on Akari's ranch."
Cain chuckled, "Finally someone to brighten up her fields."
"Correction: me and Akari's field."
"I'm guessing you two are going to be living together?"
"You bet. She remodled her sucker pretty good, there's three rooms and soon I'll have my place once she gets hitched with Lukie."
The two shared a laugh.
"Hey, Cain, not that I don't enjoy you're company but when are we at Akari's ranch?"
"In about few minutes, so just relax and join the senery." answered.
"Will do, Mr. Cain, will do." she yawned. Finn poked her nose.
"Hey, Hikari, I know you're excited about finally rejoining your siblings and farming with them, but," he said, inturrupting her relaxing time. "we're going to see the Goddess, right?"
Hikari swiped him away with her hand before closing her eyes. Finn glared at her yet again.
"Are you even listening to me?!"
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Hikari looked at the ranch that was up ahead. A small pasture held three cows, two sheep, four chickens and four ducks. Cain dropped her off near the house so she could take her bags inside. Soon a brunnette burst out of the house and hugged the Hikari tightly.
"Woah, Kari, it's only been a couple years." Hikari giggled as she hugged her older sister, Akari.
"Riri, it's been more than a couple, it's been eight!" she exlcaimed. "You've grown so much since I saw you when you ran away."
Hikari rolled her eyes. "Running away at fourteen, who could forget?"
"Not us, of course." Akari giggled, also referring to their two brothers. The two girls turned to Cain as he brought Hikari's bags over and bowed in thanks to him. He smiled and got on his cart and rode back home. Akari then led her younger sister inside to show her around and to place her stuff into her new room.
After Hikari unpacked everything and orginized her room, she walked out to the living room to find Finn watching the 'box of magic' as he called it. Akari was out in the kitchen making lunch while talking on the phone, most likely to her friend Luna.
"No way! Are you sure?" Akari squeeled. Oh yes, the usual tough girl act was broken by either Luke or gossip from Luna. Hikari rolled her eyes and walked over to the holder of the phone. She placed a hand on her hip and push the reciever. Akari's face went blank. "Huh? Luna? What the Hell?"
"How's the latest gossip?" Hikari asked smugly to her older sister. Akari turned to her and glared.
"I wouldn't know." she hissed. Hikari smiled and laughed. Akari's anger faded and she started laughing too. Then someone entered the home.
"Akari!" came a familiar shout. The two women popped their heads out from the kitchen, seeing two men standing at the door way. They looked wide-eyed at Hikari. "H-Hikari, is that you?"
Hikari stepped out, hands on hips. "You bet, little Hikari has returned from her adventure!" she answered, gaining a grin. The oldest of the two men walked up a few steps and crossed his arms.
"Little Hikari is in trouble from all the worry and fear her family had for her." he said, giving her a hard look. Hikari gave him a slight glare, opening her arms abit.
"I could just runaway again, Yuuki." she offered. Yuuki rolled his eyes and pulled her into a hug. Takeru and Akari smiled and joined the hug. Hikari's first hug in eight years and she enjoyed every second of it.
Until the smoke alarm went off. Akari screeched, "Lunch!" and ran into the kitchen. The three siblings heard Akari freak out, grabbing a fire extingusher and start spraying it everywhere even though was no fire. Hikari started laughing as Akari walked out, covered in the white foam with a goofy grin on her face. Takeru started laughing along with Hikari too, Yuuki just rolled his eyes, shaking his head in disprovel.
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Finn rested on Hikari's shoulder while his ride went in the directions he told her to do. Hikari sighed for the millionth time since lunch. Finn, couldn't you make up your mind? You're directions are hard. I mean, c'mon, 'Go left! No, not my left, your left! No, no, no! Don't go that way!', that doesn't really help. she complained in her mind. Are we even close to the goddess yet?
Finally, Finn's directions brought her somewhere. And that somewhere was the Goddess Spring. Hikari smiled and ran towards the Goddess.
"Hikari, dear, you've finally came." the goddess greeted sweetly. Hikari switched her smile into a grin as she stepped foreward. "I'm sorry to be asking for this."
"Hey, it's alright." Hikari said. "I'd do anything to help you, Harvest Goddess."
The goddess smiled at her sweetly again. "Well, I should explain why I need you and the help of your family." Hikari nodded. "I need you to save the island."
Hikari's eyes widened. "Save the island, me? Why? I'm nothing special...."
The goddess cupped Hikari's face and made her look up at her. "Someone in the heavens think otherwise. He wants you, the youngest out of your brothers and your sister, to save this island. He thinks you have the purest heart out of all of them."
"I don't have a pure heart. I ran away, remember?" Hikari reminded. The goddess gave a weak chuckle.
"It takes one with a pure heart to admit that, Hikari dear. Now please, listen." the goddess said. Hikari nodded again. The goddess turned around to face her tree. "My tree weakens, as do I with it and if neither of us have power, the nature of this place doesn't either. Water, fire, earth and wind have all lost their strength and vitality. Even the people here have noticed the weakening of the elements within the land..."
Finn flew from Hikari's shoulder to hug the goddess. "Oh no! Harvest Goddess!" he cried. The goddess smiled abit while hugging the orange sprite.
"In order to bring back the power of nature," she continued, looking back at Hikari. "you must ring the five bells scattered across the land."
Hikari furrowed her brows together. "Can't you get the Harvest Sprites to do that?"
The goddess shook her head. "I have asked the Harvest Sprites to ring their bells... Nature's power must be weaker than I had thought, though... They may now all be too weak to do so...
"If the bells aren't rung soon, nature's power will be lost. People will no longer be able to live here." she explained, her eyes starting to get glassy. "Hikari, will you please help us?"
Hikari grinned. "Leave it to me! I'll help you no matter what!"
The goddess smiled in approval. She then pulled out a red, heart-shapped berry. "Thank you, Hikari. I shall give you this to help you in your quest."
Hikari grew confused. The goddess laughed, "It's a Power Berry, dear. It'll make you stronger."
Hikari giggled and took the berry, finding her stupidity funny. The goddess smiled sweetly again and wiped some hair out of Hikari's eyes. "Find the Harvest Sprites to ring the bells. However, the bells must be rung when the sun is out. In human time, that would be from about six in the morning to six in the evening. Once nature's strength is restored, the Goddess Tree will be surely survived."
Hikari nodded. "Oh, and come back anytime to ask questions about the bells or anything else. I can't thank you enough for doing this for us, Hikari dear."
Once again, Hikari smiled. "No problem, Harvest Goddess!" she said, pumping her fist. Then she turned around, bading the goddess good-bye until they meet again, and started back home.