A/N: Harvest Moon rocks. This is my first HM piece, but not my first story. If you like it, PLEASE review!! Read, review, and enjoy! Yay!

Goddess

1

Shattered World

Jill felt another tear roll down her cheek as she stood there on the misty deck of the ship. The ship that was taking her to a new world, far from heartbreaks and tears and unnatural happenings.

Her world had been cracking, piece by piece, for a long time. It had taken a while for the crack to grow: And it was too far along to stop once she noticed it. So her world continued to break, along with everything she had ever known.

The first crack, she decided, had appeared on one of her dates with him.

"So where are we going? Can I open my eyes now?"

"No, no," he laughed, kindly, still pulling her along.

Jill had her hand over her eyes, and was smiling and laughing with him. Their feet seemed carpeted by something, probably grass. Every once in a while, something slightly sharp but bendable and not painful would sweep across her head, in clusters.

It was a magical, peaceful night, and Jill could feel herself falling in love. They had been friends for so long, and now they were quickly falling in love.

"All right, open."

Eyes open, she looked around herself.

Trees, flowers, greenery... It was beautiful. Yet she felt a strange fear strike into her heart.

She ignored it and sat on the grassy meadow, smiling up happily at him.

"Do you like it? It's a garden I've been growing." He sat down beside her.

"I love it."

"I love you."

The words sent a happy frenzy into her heart. She wanted to cry, she wanted to sing, she wanted to dance, she wanted to jump forever and ever...

And then the feeling began to sink out of her, deep into the ground.

Her unknown fear came back.

When the happy energy had left, she was left sitting there, staring blankly at him.

His eyes showed confusion and hurt. Jill couldn't stand it. She moved over, and hugged him.

"I love you too."

Relief blew through him. Jill had never felt so... Intune to emotions like this before. It was a strange sensation.

She squeezed her eyes shut tight and enjoyed the hug. She truly loved him.

But as she opened her eyes, she was greeted with a sight that terrified her.

The once carefully tended garden had turned into a weedy mess, and the plants had grown out of control. The beautiful ivy on the garden walls had lost their intricate design, and now were running across the wall in furious patterns. There was little of the walls to be seen. The delicate buds had sprung forth into huge flowers that seemed ugly and screaming, 'LOOK!'

She pulled back from him, looking around the garden in horror.

"W-what happened?"

"Mmm?" He looked at her, perplexed, then saw behind her. Eyes wide, he stood, pulling her up with him. "What's going on?"

"I'm scared..." Jill murmured.

"We'll get out of here right now. I don't know what sort of prank someone's pulling, but they better stop. Come on, Jill. There's a place near here that I keep my cutting tools."

He began to pull her alo

"Miss? Miss? We're at Mineral Town."

"What?" She was cut from her memory as a man with brown hair stood above her.

"You gonna get off the boat?"

"Oh, yes." She clumsily headed towards the ramp, watching her step, as she knew the slightest thing would make her trip in this state.

She shouldn't have thought back on that. The memory of him, of their days together, made her weak. So, so weak.

She could feel the boatman's eyes on her back, could feel his question unasked. She could feel the warmth of the body in the cabin on her right, could feel the emptiness of the next house over. She could feel a fish watching her with glazed eyes from several feet over in the water.

She wanted to beat herself on the head. This... feeling... Had to stop. She didn't want this to happen, not to her.

It was the reason she couldn't be with him.

Promptly, she dismissed all thoughts from her mind, and stepped onto the sandy beach.

Then she calmly called back to the boatman for directions to the Inn, and walked there, paid for a room, and collapsed onto her borrowed bed. She was in a daze the whole time, barely knowing what she was doing.

All she could decide before falling asleep was that she could never think of what had happened to her again. It was too painful, too many memories to destroy her with.

She wanted a brand-new life. She didn't want to think about her old one any more.

Above her, a woman with green hair floated, unseen. Beside her, another woman floated, one with flowing red hair and a sad smile.

"She's here already, at your Inn," the green one remarked.

The red one just nodded. They watched Jill a bit longer, and then: "She's in so much pain. Perhaps you should choose someone else."

"You know I can't do that. She's already beginning to get my powers."

A silence from the other made the green one sigh sadly and shake her head, causing her earrings to chime.

"It can't be anyone else."

A/N: Um... Did you like it? Please review. I'll probably get another chapter done soon enough. Yay or nay?