I do not own harvest moon!
This is my first harvest moon fanfic so go easy on me…btw I type how I want to this isn't school! So don't critique on not having paragraphs. Paragraphs bore me so I don't bother lol.
Btw, I LOVE DR TRENT/CLAIRE! ^-^
Plz review!
If I get enough reviews (5-10) I will continue! So who's our Trent/Clair fans?
-Moonseeker
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Winter
BEEP BEEP
Claire growled as she heard her alarm go off…6 am. She slammed the alarm until it was silent.
'Another long, cold day…I hate winter'
She stood up rubbed her eyes and went over to the kitchen sink, she pulled out a small mirror laying in one of the nearby drawers, examining her worn face. She turned the knob and awaited the warm water.
'Farm life sure is tough sometimes…'
When the water finally became hot she washed her face vigorously, trying to wake up. The young farm girl twisted the water off and reached for the nearest towel to dry her face.
Then it hit her.
She dropped the towel completely and ran over to her calendar. Today was Tuesday. She gained a pound of happiness, realizing Dr. Trent would be in town tomorrow.
'I wish he would say something more to me sometimes… not always "How is your health? Are you eating properly"…*Sigh* At least he's concerned. COME ON CLAIRE STAY POSITIVE! You are sure to win him over with his Christmas gift!…well.. I hope'
Claire grinned as she thought about it. Every time she went into his office to chat he'd be complaining about cutting herbs up to make his medicines. He said it took him hours. There was now a new herb grinder, all electric. It even had a little slot to put in medicine samples and data would come on a small screen saying what the medicine would do for a person.
It simply was way to high tech for Claire, but all she knew is that the dark haired doctor adored it and wanted it dearly.
The farmer girl, now in a lighter mood opened the fridge, grabbed some milk and bread and inhaled it right then in there.
'I better go milk the cows, Dr. Trent will be wanting some milk tomorrow'
She closed the fridge, slipped her work boots on, grabbed her coat and gloves and nearly skipped out the door of her house.
Her dog, Misty watched with interest.
Once Claire was outside she stopped so suddenly she almost slipped on the icy path. She stared in horror at the crumples that were left of her stock barn made of lumber.
"BESSY! MAGG!" she screamed, tears starting to find their way to her eyes. She charged to the ruins and started to tear through the endless piles of shattered wood.
'NO, NO, NO! PLEASE GODDESS!'
She panted as she threw piles to the side, searching desperately for one of the few sources of money she had in the winter.
"OUCH!" She complained, as a splinter pierced her glove and reached her skin. She left it alone and continued her search through the piles.
"MOO….." grumbled what seemed to be lumber.
"MAGG!"
Claire finally reached a set of small horns and pulled, the cow jumped and kicked its way through what was left of the barn. Once the spotted animal was out she grunted and shook the dust off her, and started calling for her lost companion.
"I'm glad your safe Magg, now to find Bessy"
Claire dug for hours, finally reaching the bottom.
'This can't be happening…why me'
When most of the rubble was torn through she sighed. Her other cow was no where to be found under the rubble, for it must have torn its way out and ran off.
'She knows where her home is…she will come back. I hope'
Magg looked at Claire, it almost seemed as though she were shivering.
The worn out farm girl thought to herself once again
'There's only one horse stall and that's for Rusty…It would be unfair to throw him in the cold…I guess I will have to make Magg a new barn…but with what…All the money I have is to that machine Dr. Trent wants…'
Claire looked at the ground realizing what she needed to do
'I feel terrible…'
She walked inside and grabbed a rope halter and a blanket off her bed. She put the halter on Magg and tied her to the horse barn so she would stay out of the wind at least. Then she tossed the blanket over her and tied it in a knot.
"There you go Magg, this should help."
The cow looked at her with confusion as to why she was being tied but did not complain.
Claire jogged into the stable and climbed the hay loft. She tossed down a bale of hay for the awaiting Rusty and grabbed another bale for Magg. She left the stable and set the bale in front of Magg, who started to munch in delight.
"I suppose your too upset to give me milk huh….that's ok Magg, Ill just grab some milk from the fridge"
'I knew I needed to save a few jugs of milk for something..'
Claire started to make her way back to her house when she looked down and saw the blood dripping down from her hand. The splinter she had received earlier was much more serious than she thought. The wood was drenched in blood and her glove was becoming soaked.
'I hate it when I don't realize things…this just isn't my day. Ill have to go see Dr. Hardy…to bad Trent's not in…I MEAN .'
'Well first things first.'
Claire went back to her house and by then it was 11:30. She picked up her phone and called Gotz.
"You want it we Got'z it, how can I help you?" Gotz said his same old line "enthusiastically"
"Hey um, this is Claire"
"HI CLAIRE!"
She pulled the phone away quickly as the man bellowed into the phone.
"Yeah um, I need you to build me another barn…my last one was destroyed through the night."
"Oh…I'm sorry to hear that" his voice seemed saddened, knowing his worked failed her. "Ill start today if you have the money for me, you need materials too right?"
"Yeah" She sighed "All my materials were destroyed also…Ill have to use the money Iv been saving up for a prese- I mean…for a pond. How much will this cost me?"
"Hmm" He simply replied, "I would say a good 70,000 g, that's if you need it done ASAP. And that's all the materials included"
'WHAT IS THIS GUY NUTS!'
"Umm…"
"This is a discount just for you!"
'THAT'S A DISCOUNT!….ugh…Magg your lucky I love you'
"Alright, be here today as soon as you can, the money will be in the house on the kitchen counter, I wont be here I have other things to do today…Please feel free to walk in and grab it."
"You sure?"
"Yup, thanks Gotz"
"Ok bye Claire"
The phones both clicked. She inhaled deeply. "This is going to be a hard winter…"
She left her house and walked on the path to town, with her hand now stinging and shooting pain through her arm.
