[Why hello there, I am your author tonight(day) and I will be telling you a story on how creepy that little blue devil stalker can be in the game called Animal Crossing. It doesn't really matter which, for they do not really have any real plot, so imagine whichever you desire. What? Who's this blue devil of which I speak? Why I'm talking about Rover of course.]

Prologue

This world has a great many people, a great many diverse people. How diverse? Well, there are people who live in the workforce, helping create a better future; there are people who live by giving those people work to do, like CEO's; there are the one's who live simple lives in mainly animal-populated villages, not a worry in the world; there are also people who live for death, yes death, they live to take other's lives, they're sole purpose is for the kill. Now these people, as you can plainly see, are not smiled upon for what they do, so they hide, blend in with the rest of the world, and preform their dark deeds unguided and fatherless. Why do these people do these awful atrocities? Why, it's because a great multitude of reasons, some do it for money, some for pleasure, some out of fear, some out of hatred; there is never just one reason for their non-niceties. But do you know what? They can be generalized into one, convenient group; do know what it is called? It is called crazy. How can you know if someone is crazy? How do you know when someone, like your neighbor or your family...is crazy or not? Now that is a question I learned to answer through life experiences, and I would gladly share it with you.

Chapter 1: Greetings and Salutations

My name is Ai, and I am a girl who has just moved out of her parents' house. It's really exciting. I going to miss mom and pop, but I just had to leave the city, I can't stand those large cities, I had to move. I'll keep in touch with them and all, I just had to get away from all the people, and the cars, and all the buildings and-ugh!

I moved to an animal town, I heard that they were small, quaint, and very green. Just like how I like it. It's not that all the buildings and people are that bad, it's just that I can't seem to make very good friends in that sort of environment, so I think this will help.

I thought that I was going to live the easy life from then on. I was wrong.

I sat there, in the darkness. I didn't like the darkness, or rather, what could be in it. I counted off the seconds in my head, my eyes might as well have been closed it was so dark. There was no sounds other than the ratta-tatta of the train on the tracks and it's occasional tooting. I wanted this part to be over.

Then suddenly a wave of light poured in like a wave. It blinded me for a second, but that was alright, the darkness was gone, that was all that mattered. I then looked around at my surroundings. All was the same: the nearly empty train had its bare emerald-colored seats, its birch floors and frames. In its entire self it had naught but me and one other. It was an elderly looking boar, she was snoozing next to a big basket full of...turnips?

I almost giggled at the silly randomness of the character, if the rest of the community was this diverse, I think I like here already. I continued to observe my surroundings, there was not much else to do. I noticed something though, at the end of the car train, I could see through the window, something blue. It moved, someone was on the outside of the car. I didn't remember someone else being here, I didn't hear anyone move when we were in the tunnel, we were in the caboose, too. I quickly just shrugged it off.

After a while I became bored. I thought of the date, time, and year. It was going to be autumn soon, I like the autumn, it was always so cool and peaceful. I continued to fantasize of the changing world between the seasons. Then the door at the back opened, and in came a cat, he was blue and white in color, and he wore a red sweater. He had large red eyes, and a Cheshire-cat smile. He looked around the car, as if looking for someone. His eyes came upon me, and his smile grew bigger as he made his way towards me. He was small, even for a cat he was small; he looked adorable.

Yeah, I thought he looked adorable, I thought he looked friendly. Looks can be sooo deceiving

He came over and as he did he seemed to be much shorter than I at first anticipated. He was probably as short as I was, and that was saying something.

"Hello, how are you, mind if I take a seat?" He asked with a kind tone.

"Huh, Oh! Go ahead, I don't mind!"

"Thank you, it's nice to see that there are people with manners in this world, especially a huma-ah, I mean i-in these times. Oh, where are my manners, I am Rover. Who are you?"

"I'm Ai, I'm just moving out from my folks'. Yeah, just about everyone in the city is rude, that's partially why I left."

"Ya don't say, and where, if you don't mind my asking, are you heading to?"

"A small town called Animal Forest"

"Really? I have some friends in that town."

"Wow, really?"

"Yeah...hm, you don't seem to have a lot of baggage." He said as he looked at my single, medium sized suitcase in the overhead racks. I didn't have that many things, I didn't need that many things.

"Oh, no. I don't really have much, only the very basic things."

"Ah, a practical person, down to earth. Unlike most people, who seem to just leave through the front door and wing it, you have a plan."

"Uh...actually..."

"Oh...I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything by it."

"It's quite alright."

"But you at least have some money, right?"

"Uh..."

"What, no place to stay and no money? What are you going to do?

"I'll get by, I think."

"...Ai, have people ever called you...a dreamer?" I felt a little flustered, he was right, I didn't even think about a place to stay. "Well then, I guess it's a good thing that you ran into me. I can help you out."

"Really? Oh thank you"

"No problem really, it's my pleasure, so if you'll excuse me." He got up and walked back to the door of the back of the train car. He went through the door, and shot me a smile before closing the door. I heard beeping, probably from a phone, and then his muffled voice. I leaned my head over to the side to try and hear better. I couldn't hear much, something about a shortened supply...another one...and something like tell the boss. I quickly sat back up as he came back through the door and into his seat.

"Well, your set. My friend will meet you when you depart."

"I really can't thank you enough, I mean it's just-"

"It's nothing really, what else are friends for?"

"Friend?"

"Sure, I mean, if you want to be. In these times, many people are very rude, many untrustworthy, and many just unpleasant. It is good to try and get many friends as possible. So, do you want to be friends?"

"Yeah, alright."

"That's good, I am always wanting to make new friends, all the time, but it seems most of them stab me in the back later."

"Oh my, that's horrible"

"It's alright, those friends don't stay for very long, they leave. I seem to lose friends more than I can make them."

"Well, I'll stay your friend." Rover then looked up, his smile still in tact as it was before. He just silently stared at me. It was beginning to give me the creeps.

"Do you promise?" He finally responded in a silent whisper as if it were to be a secret. His smile still unmoved. I was starting to feel really weirded out.

"Uhh...yeah..."

"Good...very good." He said in his whisper as his head slightly tilted to the side, his smile was still there. I began to wonder if this cat had some sort of mania, he seemed to always be smiling. He turned his head to the window. "Oh, looks like we're coming up to Animal Forest!" He exclaimed.

"Already? Wow." I said as I reached up to grab my bag from the rack. I had some trouble reaching it, it sucks being this short.

"Do you need some help?" Rover asked, obviously amused by my futile attempts.

"No, I got it." I responded, somewhat offended by his tone. It's not like he do any better. I jumped a little and managed to grab the handle, and as I came down so did the suit case. A little too hard. Wham! It hit the table, and then landed on the floor, spilling its contents.

"Ah, dang it!" I yelled.

"Here, let me help." Rover said. We began to pick up the my stuff. I hurriedly searched for something specific, something that I couldn't let Rover see, I had to find it before he did.

"What's this?" He asked. I hesitated, then looked over, he had it, exactly what I didn't want him to see in his hand. "Is this...is this a night light?"

"Y-yeah" I answered meekly. I really didn't like the dark. He smiled a big smile on his face. "I-its not like that, I-I just, I just-"

"It's alright, Ai." He said assuringly.

"R...really?"

"Of course it is, we all have our own little fears. In fact, I'm not too fond of the dark myself."

"Really?"

"Really really. Not too fond of spiders either." My spine chilled at the thought of the hairy beasts.

"You and me both" I said. I then felt a little concerned. "You're...not going to, like, I mean you won't..." He looked at me for a second with slight confusion, then smiled.

"Of course I won't. I won't tell a soul."

"You promise? Cross your heart?"

"I promise, cross my heart. What else are friends for?" He answered as he crossed his heart and slightly tilted his head again, his smile still on his face. His smile was beginning to make me feel more than a little uneasy.

He waved goodbye through the window as the train left the station. I had mixed feelings about this departure. I don't know why, but I felt a little uneasy around him, he was always all...smiley, and he acted a little weird. But he was also very nice, and polite, and he was my first friend in years. I had hoped I would meet other animals that were as nice as him, maybe not as maniacal, but as friendly.

I shortly met a raccoon who wore a apron and had a big gut. He had said his name was Tom Nook and that he had been called by a friend about my arrival. It was the landlord. He had talked for forever and a half about how he was pleased to meet me, about how he was the landlord, and about how he had a shop, and...lots of other extraneous details. After he was finally done he took me to his shop and gave me a map to show me where the open houses were. I looked at them carefully, then pointed at one next to the river.

"Ah, yes, that house. It has a wonderful view of the lake from its angle and has the most wonderful of convenience. Y'know, the last human to live in this town also picked that house. It will have a gyroid and mail box as per standard, inside you will find very few furniture, which you can buy for the cheapest prices in town in my store (not to mention the only prices in town) Be sure to talk to your gyroid at the end of each day before you go to bed. Either that or select the save button..." His voice turned to back ground noise as I groaned inside my head, he sure loved talking.

Afterwards, he led me to the house (talking all the while) and then gave me the key.

"If you lose your key, tell me about it, I can help find it or make another one."

"Okay."

"And, now. About your mortgage." He said, rubbing his hands together. I began to shiver nervously. I had no money. He soon found that out.

[And with that you've read the first chapter of my first published fanfiction. It may be boring right now, but I promise that it will get better…or maybe I should say it will get more interesting, whether or not it will be better is a matter of opinion]