A/N: Hello, and welcome to my first published Animal Crossing book. First off, this book will contain OCs and will be as PG as I can make it. That means no drugs/alcohol, sex, cussing, and very minimal blood (if anything, the only bloody parts will be if someone falls and gets hurt or something along those lines). It will, however, have references to crime and gambling money away, though these themes will be very tame.

I really hope you enjoy my book. I don't have a set update schedule, so unless I go without internet for a while, I will add chapters as soon as they're written. I promise I won't take forever to write this!

Chapter 1: The Town Phemera

It was a bright, chilly day as a train rumbled down the countryside. Two siblings sat side-by-side, clutching their backpacks. The boy wore a baseball cap over his shaggy black hair, wearing a simple red warm-up jacket and sweatpants. The girl seemed a little more exotic, with long black hair pulled back into a braid, with a single crecent hairclip pinning one side of her bangs back. She adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and tugged at the collar of her prep-school-esque outfit. Neither spoke a word, and neither made eye-contact with any of the other riders in the car.

The girl glanced up as the conductor got on the loudspeaker. "Now nearing Phemera station... Phemera station."

She nudged her brother and the two of them slung their backpacks over their shoulders, staring out the window as the train station came into view. When the train lurched to a stop, they both stood up simultaneously and walked through the car to the front.

The sunlight was warm on their pale faces when they stepped out of the station. The boy inhaled and let out a deep sigh.

"Do you smell that, Ace?" He glanced over at the girl with a grin. "You know what that smells like? It smells like freedom."

"I told you not to call me Ace," she grumbled, taking off her glasses and replacing them with some blue-rimmed ones. "You know how much I hate that nickname."

"I know, I know, because Dad used to call you that," he snickered.

"If you're gonna laugh about it, then I'm gonna start calling you Toddle." She smacked him upside the head, but as she turned away there was a hint of a smile. "C'mon, let's go find the mayor."

They had barely taken two steps when the loud 'pop' of a party popper made them jump. A young lady stepped out from behind a tree, a big, beaming smile on her face.

"Welcome to Phemera!" She cheered, stepping closer. "It's so nice to see new faces. I'm the mayor of this town, Mayor Catelin, but you can just call me Cate!"

The siblings just stared at her for a few seconds.

The boy sighed. "Hey, I'm Todd, and this is my twin sister Aceline."

"Nice to meet you, Todd, Aceline." Catelin held out her hand, but only Aceline took her up and shook it. "Shall I show you around?"

Todd looked at her. He really examined her. Long light-blonde hair pulled into a ponytail, a heart-shaped face framed by straight bangs, and a pep-squad outfit. Meh. Her eyes were a pretty green, but just like the rest of her, he deemed it forgettable.

"Actually," Aceline shot him a look, "we'd love a tour."

"Great!" Catelin seemed happy to take the noirette's hand and lead them. "Follow me."

The mayor seemed to have a lot of fun showing them around the town, telling them about the best spots for relaxing, all the different fruit trees in town, everyone's favorite coffee shop, and about the different events that would take place in the town plaza over the months.

"Like I already said, you don't need to worry a bit about trying to fill up the museum," she explained. "Don't worry about thinking that you have to contribute. I've taken it upon myself to do all the dirty work, so all you have to do is buy and sell... but you should mostly sell."

"Good information to have." Aceline nodded, staring at the town hall. "So I suppose we should start the moving process?"

"Oh! Yes, sorry." Catelin laughed, embarrassed. "I'm so sorry, I talk too much. I just get so excited; it's not often that we get new citizens."

"Oh, no, that's totally fine." Todd chimed in. "I would be happy if someone wanted to move in too."

Aceline gave him a look that read "You're-not-convincing" and he stopped talking.

Catelin smiled at the twins and held the door for them. "Go ahead and see Isabelle. I'll let Tom Nook know that you'll be on your way soon."

Aceline gave her a 'thank-you' and Todd watched her run off. He frowned, but hung around as his sister talked to Isabelle.

"Ta-da!" Todd muttered sarcastically as Nook walked back to his shop. "Sleeping in a tent. We really are living like kings."

"Oh, hush." Aceline snapped, taking out her hair clip. "Cate has already apologized. Every human who comes through here lives in a tent at first."

"Oh, sure, because the mayor is the one voice speaking for everyone." He snorted, rolling his eyes. "How come none of our animal neighbors live like this?"

"I don't know. Maybe there's a bias." The noirette shrugged and placed a bed. "C'mon, set up your bed. We need to get out there and start making money so that we can get more room."

"And actual heating." Todd added, shivering slightly. "How the heck can that raccoon expect us to use a tent in January?"

"Tanooki," Aceline corrected.

"That's what Dad called him, that's not what I'm calling him."

"Since when did you even listen to Dad anyway?" She muttered under her breath with a harsh sigh. "Just set up so that we can get to work."

"Yeah, right, whatever." The boy lazily threw the leaf at the floor and instantly a bed grew in its place. Just a simple bed with red covers.

Aceline nodded at the bed and led him outside, where she looked around.

"Okay." She started. "You're pretty lucky that Cate lent us money to buy some tools at the T&T Emporium. If we want to get a head-start on upgrading to an actual house, we'd better get over there now."

"Aw c'mon, Ace, it's almost nine." Todd whined. "Why can't we wait until tomorrow?"

"Because, idiot, I want to spend the least amount of time in this tent that I can." She snapped. "And I said don't call me that."

"Look, if you wanna start picking fruit and catching bugs or whatever, you can do that." He seethed, shoving his hands in his pockets. "But I'm gonna do what I do best, and that's placing bets."

"If you wanna make enemies out of all our neighbors and get us kicked out of another town, then go ahead, be my guest." She retorted, pocketing the bag of bells. "But I'm gonna be the responsible older sibling and make a living, something you couldn't do even gambling."

With that, she stormed off towards Main Street.

Todd glared after her and spit on the ground. "Forget this, I'm gonna find someone else."

A/N: And that's the first chapter so far! Please tell me what you thought and what you think will happen. Obviously you already know some of what will happen, but I'm curious as to what you'll come up with. Thank you for reading, and I'll see you later!