DISCLAIMER: I Do not own Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility.

This is my first official fanfic so go easy on me! and I'm hoping it turns out to be more than a ten chapter story!

so, ENJOY!

I could feel the ocean breeze brush against my skin and through my hair. The smell was most wonderful and inviting. It made me feel as if I were home.

"You are home, Akari." I had spoke aloud.

I moved from the city. I needed to get away from everyone. All the constant nagging drove me insane. I never had a moment to myself. A farm. It'd be PERFECT! Just me and the outdoors!

That's all I needed. No one else.

"Excuse me, Miss?"

I turned to see an older man approaching me. He had blond, almost white, hair. I assumed he was the captain. He had a curious look on his face.

"We will be on land soon. You might want to go and get your stuff. It should be in about fifteen minutes, or so."

"Thank you, Sir." I began to walk off, keeping to myself. Brushing my hair out of my face.

"Miss? If you don't mind me asking, what's your name?"

"It's Akari. And yours?" I said as politely as I could.

"The names Pascal. You can come to me if you have any need or want to go to a different island."

"I'll have to keep that in mind."

"Well, Miss, I do believe you will be having to kick these young fellows off of you!" Pascal said with a laugh. I could feel myself starting to blush.

"Now, I don't know about that!"

"There are many young lads available, Miss Akari! Hopefully one you find to your liking!"

I turned with a small smile on my face. I didn't need to have my mind on boys. I had to focus on my life. Money, shelter, food, etc.

Leaving the conversation on that note, I walked away to get all my bags. I looked in the bathroom mirror to make sure my brown hair was at least half decent. To bad my cowlick was very noticeable. I tried to brush it down with my hand, but I was defeated. My hair stood as high as ever. I smoothed out what wrinkles I had in my clothes and slipped on some white flip-flops. I wore a white baseball shirt with light blue sleeves that came down a little past my elbows. I had on blue jeans with a hole in the knee. Accepting that this was as good as it was going to get, I took a good look at my little boat room and walked out. It was the beginning of the rest of my life.

When the boat docked on land, I was greeted by a little short, slightly chubby, man named Hamilton. I soon discovered that he was the Mayor of Waffle Town and that his son, Gill, would be the mayor to be.

"Akari, I would absolutely LOVE to give you a tour of the island!" spoke Hamilton with a smile full of glee!

"That would be terrific, Hamilton! I still don't know my way aro-"

"However, I have to get back to work. Would you mind going to the town hall and asking Gill to give you the tour?"

I was taken off guard a little, but I accepted and went on my way. Hamilton had pointed out the way to the Town Hall and said I could just drop my stuff off at the Sundae Inn.

I was greeted by a polite man and woman.

"You must be the new farmer! My name's Jake! This is my wife Colleen!"

"Hello, my dear. Welcome to the island! You can come here any time you'd like! Would you like to have anything to eat? Jake, Honey, get her bags and take them to an available room."

"Food?" I never realized how hungry I was. My tummy started to let out a low growl.

"Well, I don't really… have any money…" I whispered, slightly embarrassed.

"We wouldn't expect you to pay, my dear! The first few are on the house! Until you get settled in!"

"Thanks, but I couldn't accept anything like that. That's just too sweet! Its just to much!"

"Nonsense! It'd be an insult if you didn't!" Jake called from the stairway.

A smile crossed my face.

Colleen turned back to me, "Just let me go get Maya and we'll have Chase whip you up anything you'd like!"

Before I could reply she left. I made my way to an empty table and took a seat. I looked around the Sundae Inn and noticed they had a bar.

" This place just keeps getting better and better!" I spoke to myself.

"Hello! I'm Maya! I'll be your waitress! I hear your name's Akari! It's nice to meet ya! We can be the bestest of friends!"

I slightly jumped from her surprising approach.

"… Umm, hi? Yes, I am Akari. Its nice to meet you too Maya."

She wore a Pink, almost maid-like, dress with short orange-ish hair in braids.

"Can I get you something to eat?"

"Uhh…" I looked at the menu she placed in front of me.

"A vegetable sandwich?"

"Okay! It should be right out! I'll get Chase and Yolanda on it!"

Maya turned and walked away into what I assumed was the kitchen.

Within a few minutes a short, yet chubbier, woman walked out from the kitchen.

"Hello, there child. I'm Yolanda! One of the cooks here and Maya's grandma! I hope you enjoy your stay!"

She didn't even wait for a reply, she just left the Inn.

"Umm, nice to meet you?"

A few minutes had passed since my meeting with Yolanda and I began to grow hungrier. I could smell many wonderful and delightful aromas. My mouth began to water.

"Can I get you a napkin?"

There was a very attractive boy staring blankly at me. He had orange hair pushed back in three pins. He, also, had my food!

"Ohh, no, I'm fine!" I spoke as I wiped my chin.

He grinned and let out a laugh. He set my sandwich down on the table and stuck out his hand.

"I'm Chase. A cook here at the Sundae Inn. Are you the new farmer?"

"Yes! That's me!" I said in between chews.

"It's nice to meet you! You should come back to the Inn often! We love having guests! Especially ones with suck lovely blue eyes."

Was he flirting? I put my sandwich down and looked away while brushing my hair out of my face. I could feel my cheeks reddening.

"T-Thanks. You have really pretty purple eyes… hehe.."

"Thanks. I better get to back to work. I'll see ya around?"

"You betcha!"

He let out a small smile and returned to the kitchen.

'You betcha? Are you serious?'

Yepp, that was me! Embarrassing and awkward.

After my sandwich, I said my goodbyes and made my way to the Town Hall.

I was just a few feet from the door when it flew open and before I knew it I was on the ground! I opened my eyes, kind of in a daze and noticed papers filling the air. I looked around to see a guy about my age dressed in a blue sweater vest and plaid shorts. A bit tacky if you ask me. He had very light blond hair. He wore an angry expression. Or maybe aggravated? He was even slightly attractive. At this point, I don't think it mattered.

"Just what in the HELL did you think you were doing?" He yelled as he stood up, brushing the dirt and wrinkles out of his clothing.

I stared blankly at him. A bit surprised by his yelling.

"Are you mute?" he said angrily.

"No, I was just a bit startled. Umm, sorry, I guess. I was just looking for a boy named Gill."

He picked up his papers, turned to me and basically his face was a few inches away from mine.

"I am NOT a boy! I'm a grown man!" he snapped.

I couldn't take all this yelling anymore. I stood up, brushed off, looked him straight in the eyes, and got a huge breath of hair.

"Look, I don't know what your problem is, but I DIDN'T do a damn thing to you! And you think you're a grown man? You're acting like a little five year old girl that lost his Barbie doll!" And with that, I turned and headed back the direction I came from.

"WAIT! WAIT!" I could hear him call. They just grew into faint noises, that turned into nothing.

"Breathe in, and out. In, and out." I kept saying to myself while walking up a path I wasn't quite sure of where it lead. But, trying to calm myself, I tried to focus on the scenery.

I seen a beautiful lake with a huge marvelous tree beside it. A few houses as well. I kept walking further up the path and came across many shops.

I met a lovely girl named Anissa. She was quiet, but seemed quite intelligent! And apparently, a doctor named, Jin (I think) is off limits. Her parents, Ruth & Craig seemed to be a little… harsh? Maybe not harsh, but who calls someone they just met "Scrawny"? all in all, they were a rather nice family.

I came across another shop, I soon discovered it was a blacksmith. I walked inside to greet and meet everyone. There was a middle aged woman named Mira. She was nice, but she kept to herself for the time that I was there. There was an older man named Ramsey, I believe. He seemed to be a bit moody. Menopause maybe? That only happens in women…

There, also, happened to be the cutest little girl named Chloe who has a dream of working in the mines. She could be like my little sister! I do have to say, one of the first things that caught my eye in the whole entire place, was a boy with muscles! I think he was the size of a house! He had red spiked hair and was called Owen. He had a bone crushing hand shake! Which reminds me, I need to get that doctor to check out my hand.

After about an hour, I had to say goodbye and farewell so I could meet the other residents. Chloe gave me a huge hug and made me pinky swear that I'd come back. I had to give her my word! Who could say no to a face like that?

As I continued walking up the path, I made my way to "Dale's Carpentry". I walked inside to be greeted by a some what bigger man with dark blue hair. He looked up from his work and let out a grunt. Wasn't that a nice way to greet someone you've never met?

"You must be Akari. The new rancher?"

"That's me! So, I'm gonna take a huge guess here, but you must be Dale. Correct?"

"Yes! That's me! How'd you ever guess?" He let out a small laugh. He looked so friendly when he smiled.

"A little birdie told me." I smiled.

"Well, I don't think you'd be all that interested in talking to an old fart like me. Why don't you follow the path up to the forest. There you'll find my two apprentices. They wouldn't mind some company. My son's been really wanting to meet ya for quite some time now!"

I smiled, realizing there were more boys on the island. I was quite excited about the idea of flirting with a bunch of strangers, which brought my mind back to Owen and Gill. They weren't exactly my type, but they were rather gorgeous!

"Sure thing!" I said, with a tone of excitement. I blushed slightly realizing I sounded a bit, to excited.

"Don't be afraid to show yourself around here more often! I hope you enjoy your house!"

Which brought me to a sudden realization.

"My house? Umm, do you know where that might be?"

His facial expression had seemed as if he were just let down.

"You haven't seen it yet?"

"N-no, I kind of angered my tour guide… he hee…"

"Well, that's okay! You can ask Luke to show ya! He's in the forest!"

"Right. Thanks! It was nice to meet you!" I turned, walked out the door, and made my way up the path.

It didn't take me long to start seeing the trees of green. I took it all in and relaxed a bit. I was really starting to like my new home. I closed my eyes and just breathed in the island air and listened to the sounds. I could hear birds whistling, the wind rustling, and the sound of wood.

Wood? I then opened my eyes to see a boy, younger than me, with blond spiked hair. He must have heard my footsteps, because he was looking right at me and began to approach me.

"Hi! I'm Bo! One of dale's apprentices! You must be the new rancher. Right?"

"Akari." I said whilst shaking his hand.

I noticed there was another boy. With long hair that was a dark blue, just like Dale's.

"That must be Luke?" I asked Bo.

"Yea! Hold on! LUKE! HEY! THE NEW RANCHER'S HERE!"

Luke jumped a bit, startled I'm guessing, and turned to look at Bo and I. He looked me up and down and gave a huge smile. He set his axe down and started running over to us with a hand in the air.

I slightly blushed.

"Hey! I'm Luke! It's so great to fin-"

Luke's voice was cut off. He had tripped and fell to the ground. Bo and I ran over to help him. As I grabbed and tried to help him off the ground, it seemed that he was just shoving me into the ground like a nail with all his strength! I don't think he needed my help.

"Thanks!" Luke said and gave me a huge smile.

I brushed off the dirt on my clothes and looked up at him.

I was stunned. He was gorgeous. He had golden cat-like eyes. His dark blue hair was pushed back into a flaming bandana. He wore a white cut-off t-shirt with a vest. Perfection.

"Waffle Town? This is Heaven!" I exclaimed in my mind, or so I thought.

"Huh?" Luke and Bo both said.

"I'm sorry, what?" I asked, slightly confused, not knowing they heard what I just said.

Luke laughed and held his hand over his stomach. He was unbelievably cute.

So much for a first impression I guess.

So? Reviews will be MUCHH appreciated! that way I will know if i should continue the story or not!

The next chapter will get more into the story. i just wanted there to be a small introduction to some of the characters!

it'll get better! i PROMISE!