Hello! This is my first fanfiction! Hope you'll enjoy it and Thanks for taking the time to read! :)
Disclamer: I do not own Harvest Moon or its characters. :D
Chapter 1 – The city girl arrives at Mineral Town
Her long blond hair sits nicely on her shoulders as she heaved her two big luggages out of the ship that has bought her here.
Her knee-length skirt flutter as a cool ocean wind swept over the dock.
Her long sleeves red checkered shirt was wet at the ends as she wipe off her sweat from her face due to the humid evening.
She politely thank the captain for the journey here and wished him a good night before heading towards the shore.
A short plump man in a red suit, a yellow bow tie and topped with a red hat with a white stripe was talking to a tall, well-muscled man who was wearing a grey tank top, dark blue jeans and black boots. A towel rested on his neck.
The two were conversing happily until the short man notices the arrival of the city girl.
"Are you Claire Richard?" his little black eyes sparkles behind his round spectacles and bushy moustache.
When the city girl nodded, he broke into a wide smile.
"Welcome to Mineral Town! I am the Mayor of this town. You can call me Mr. Thomas! This is Zack! He is in charge of shipping goods from the town to other places. He will be collecting your shippings everyday at a fixed timing."
Zack gave a wide grin towards Claire and she returned with a polite smile.
"Well, its getting rather late... Lets head over to your farm and get you settled for tonight!" Mayor Thomas exclaimed as he helped Claire carry the smaller luggage.
The two bid farewell to Zack and made their way towards the town.
Soon, they reached the entrance of a large clearing.
Leaving her luggage at the doors of a building with a curve red roof, Thomas brought her around the farm.
He showed her the barn, lumber shack, stable, chicken coop, shipping bins and the special tree where she can get honey from every single day.
Claire nodded whenever Thomas sets out to explain the purpose of these buildings and how they operated.
Finally, they arrived back at the entrance of the supposedly "house". Thomas's smile disappear as he let out a deep sigh before facing Claire.
"Well, you are actually the first person to ever called after we have placed that cheesy advertisement since a year ago... Look, I understand that you are doubtful about the offer and all... It is a bit run-down... but with hard work and determination, I'm sure it will work out eventually! I have high hopes for you and your farm!"
Claire looked at Thomas as he finished his little speech with beads of water around his eyes and knew what she have to do to assure the poor guy.
"I promise that I will do to the best of my abilities to bring this farm to prosper!"
Thomas smiled upon hearing Claire's words.
"Well then, I shall come tomorrow afternoon to introduce you to the town's people and teach you about farming! Get some rest!"
He started heading back to town.
"Oh! Please do not venture South towards the forest past 10pm! Its quite dangerous for a young girl like you to go alone! Wild animals usually comes out late at night! Alright! Good Night!"
Thomas wave to Claire before leaving.
'Finally... Alone at last...'
One of the reasons why Claire decided to leave everything behind and move to the countryside was that she likes the serene scenery... the quiet atmosphere.. the sound of crickets clicking, with raising pitch in each individual click.
Turning the knob of the reddish-brown door, she found herself in a well-lit room.
A single bed was in the far right corner of the house, two small drawers were placed right next to the bed, between them was a calendar on the wall.
A bookshelf and the television was placed next to each other just beside the drawers.
A wall clock sits nicely on the wall beside the bookshelf.
A cupboard resides the left corner of house and a chest resides the other corner of the house.
A round table was placed right smack in the middle of the room, with two cushions on either side of it on the floor.
'Its not much but.. i can make do with these stuff...'
She pushed the two luggages till they reached the side of the cupboard and proceeded to unpack the smaller one.
'One down.. meh.. I'll unpack the other one tomorrow..'
Looking out of her window, Claire though, 'Aw.. its a really nice evening..'
Glancing at the wall clock which reads 8pm, she grabbed her grey jacket and proceeded to head out for a walk through the forest.