Hello readers, welcome to my Harvest Moon AP Fan fiction. Now I have to write a disclaimer. I, Cupkakez, do not own any of the Harvest Moon characters, no matter how much I wish it. With that out of the way, let's begin.
Yuki stared at her new home with awe. There was even a barn and a coop here. Sure, they were run down and not all that pretty, but it was definitely better than nothing and she could always fix it up later.
"So, you like it, Yuki?" Mayor Hamilton asked, chuckling as Yuki soaked up the glory of owning her first house.
She was nineteen years old that previous fall and decided to move in the spring from the city to a more rural scene. She was tired of the crowded streets and pushy people and was ready to make it on her own. Plus it had always been a dream of hers to own a farm.
Yuki giggled happily as she turned to the plump man and said, "Oh yes, yes I do!"
She smiled at him as he laughed and began explaining where everything was. "…and one more thing…"
She had a feeling she knew exactly what he was getting to.
"It's going to cost you five thousand gold…."
Yuki deflated a bit as she took out her money pack and stared at the one thousand gold she brought with her. "Oh, that much? R-really" She looked down distressed, praying to goddess that she could get out of this fix.
"You can pay it to me in town hall when you have more, Yuki." The mayor said, laughing a little, causing Yuki to let out a sigh of relief.
The last thing she needed was to be told she couldn't live here unless she paid upfront.
"Which reminds me; perhaps I should give you an actual tour of the town?" Hamilton asked.
Yuki nodded her head and followed the Mayor to town for a tour.
"Well, that's the town." Hamilton said as Yuki waved goodbye to Kathy, the blond girl who worked at the Brass Bar. She seemed really nice, though Yuki wished she could have talked a bit more.
"He didn't have to come with me to meet everyone in town, but he does mean well." She thought as she bowed and thanked Mayor Hamilton for the tour of the town.
"You're welcome. Now, there are the mines and Flute fields, but I figured you'd like to explore that on your own."
Yuki nodded, but noticed something she missed before.
It was a particular house at the top of the hill on the way to the church. Its walls were white and the round, pointed roof with blue shingles. To Yuki it resembled something of a castle out of a fairy tale.
"Um, Mayor Hamilton," She called to him as he began to leave, causing him to turn, "Who lives there?"
He looked at the house for a second before looking at Yuki with a smile saying, "Oh, it's not all that important. I'd advise you to steer clear of such company."
Yuki tilted her head in confusion as Hamilton walked away again.
"I wonder what that was all about." She thought, walking down the path from the town to her farm.
"Oh well. Maybe I should head over to this flute field place. You can't have a farm without crops, after all."
Yuki passed the path to her farm and kept walking, reading the sign that said "Flute Fields"
"Heehee." Yuki giggled as the other two farms rolled into view and began running towards them in excitement. She could hardly wait to get her little farm up and running and Yuki wasn't known for her patience
Just as she was off the bridge leading over the river, Yuki's boot caught on something, causing her to loose her balance and fall flat on her face.
"Ouch." She mumbled into the ground. After a few seconds of laying on the ground in a puddle of her own humiliation, Yuki got up and dusted herself off.
"I've really should watch where I'm walking. Hm?" Yuki looked to her left to see a path, edged with mushrooms, cutting into the forest. Her curiosity got the best of her and she slowly walked into the dim forest, mesmerized by all the plants growing around it.
"What's a gate doing here?" She asked out loud, finding herself faced with an old wooden gate. There seemed to be a lock on it, but it was cracked open. As if someone had tampered and broken into it.
Yuki pulled the gate open wide enough for her to slip into the forest. She wandered forward into the dark forest, mesmerized by the sounds and smells of the place.
It took Yuki a little over thirty minutes to finally give up and reclaim herself lost.
"Ahhh! Stupid, stupid Yuki! You should have known not to go into a forest all alone. It's one thing that I keep tripping," She said, stumbling over goddess knows what, "but I know I have terrible direction."
This time, rather than stumbling and catching herself, she fell forward once again, trying to step over a log with zero luck.
"Man, this sucks!" Yuki shouted, closing her eyes and rolling over to her side.
"Huh?" She felt her nose touch something and she opened her eyes. It was a beautiful sparkling purple with yellow spots mushroom.
"How pretty…" Yuki said her voice a little spacey.
"What are you doing here?" She herd a soft, velvet voice say.
Past the enchanting fungi stood a figure. The figure seemed to be a human, but Yuki couldn't make out any specific features. Her vision was blurring and she was getting tired all the sudden, lying on the ground.
As her heavy lids began to close, she saw the figure reach for the mushroom. She could make out very little, but whoever the person was, they had white hair and a mysterious aura to them.
Then everything went black.
Dun dun duuun! Well, there you have the first chapter, ended with a cliff hanger. I hope I've caught a little attention (If any) and hope you will come back for chapter two! Leave me with reviews and the Cupkakez will leave you a (you'll never guess it) MAGICAL WISHING CUPCAKE~! Keep a look out for Chapter two, coming soon!