My mother believed that when you visualized your guardian angel, you just saw the love of your life. My grandmother passed this belief on to my mother from the many generations of our ancestors and now she began to pass it on to me as well. She told me how she visualized her angel with long brown hair, a built body and beautiful hazel eyes, and her name was Angelica. This is a girl angel yes, but once she saw my father during their years of college my mother said he looked like he could be Angelica's twin angel brother, plus on top of that, his name is Angel. I always believed this since I was small, and though I still haven't found my angel yet, I was still hopeful to this day. Neither of my four ex-boyfriends looked like my angel, and even if the first few months were great, it fell apart towards the end, ending our relationship.
I imagined my angel as a boy, with flaming red spikey hair, sparkly grey eyes, and a muscular body so that when he hugged me, I felt safe and secure with him, and his name is Owen. I was always looking for my Owen everywhere I went, but sadly, I never found him. But once I turned nineteen, I had a talk with my parents of going out on my own to find my own love and adventure out there somewhere, along with finding Owen. I was able to go since they respected my choices of what I wanted to be and I found this brouchure of becoming a rancher on an island with a town called Waffle Town. This sparked my interest, and I went to this Waffle Town.
A few days later, I was standing outside of my new house with Hamilton the mayor of Waffle Town. I stared in awe as Hamilton said, "Well here you go! I hope you like your house."
"I love it! Thank you Hamilton!" I cried in happiness.
He chuckled and told me he was glad to have me here on the island. "You should go introduce yourself to the rest of the people! You've already met some in Waffle Town and Souffle Farm," he added reminding me of the people who took care of me at the Sundae Inn and Meringue Clinic after a storm made me bump my head hard knocking me out cold on the boat.
I nodded, and bowed politely as he waved goodbye to me. As soon as he left, I ran inside my house and jumped around like a maniac in excitement of my newfound life. Then, I stopped and felt nervous as I thought What am I gonna do for food? Yes I brought some instant soup, a few materials and money from home, but I was gonna have to spend it on farming and other important needs and those soups don't magically refill themselves... I'll ask around for part time jobs at Souffle Farm I thought since I just made a friend there called Anissa.
I got my stuff ready and headed out the door ready to explore. I went to Waffle Town and stopped at the tailoring first and met Luna, Candace, and their grandmother Shelly. Luna sounded a bit rude and bossy, but she seemed nice, and Candace was extremely shy but I knew she had a kind heart. Next, I went to the fishery, and met Ozzie, the shop owner, Paolo his son, and Toby, his laidback nephew who gave me a fishing pole as a gift.
"You can use it anytime, any day and especially when you want a nice nap..." he said serenely.
I giggled at his behavior and bowed down a thank you and went to meet some more people. I walked up the path towards Souffle Farm and wondered which way to go, then before I could decide, Anissa came outside greeeting me. "Helllo Akari," she said. "Come with me, I want to introduce you to another friend of mine in Brownie Ranch."
"Oh really?" I said as she lead the way. "That'd be nice Anissa, thanks!"
She smiled back saying she glad to introduce me. And at the ranch, I met Renee another instant friend, and her parents Cain and Hanna. After saying goodbye to them, I headed to the opposite path to the mines. As I walked three people were sprinting towards me at full speed. I didn't know what to do, so I flinched for cover and they stopped directly in front of me.
"YEAH!" said a boy around my age with azure hair, a bandana with orange flames and with golden cat eyes. He pumped his fist in the air and said, "I TOLD YOU GUYS I'D BEAT YOU!" The other two, a boy with sandy hair, and a small girl with orange hair panted at the side. The girl stopped panting, and she giggled furiously and the boy with sandy hair began to protest he wasn't even in the race and that he was trying to catch him so as to not get in trouble with Dale.
The small girl noticed me and waved hello. "Hi! I"m Chloe! I live at the blacksmith's, and my dream is to become a pirate! What's your name?"
"My name is Akari, I own a ranch here now!" I said amused at her cute behavior. "Come visit our shop someday! I live there with my grandfather and my older cousin! It was really nice to meet you Akari!" She waved goodbye to me and left for the blacksmith's.
Once Chloe left, the two boys noticed me after their arguement and introduced themselves. "Hello, I'm Bo I work at the carpenter's," the sandy haired boy said as he bowed down. I bowed down and introduced myself yet again.
"HEY! I'm Luke! I am the awesomest guy with the best axe skills on the island!" the other boy shouted with pride. Without warning, I started laughing at the way he acted. But instead of feeling offended, he laughed along with me. Bo, on the other hand, rolled his eyes and said he had to go back to work and bowed down a goodbye and left to the forest.
"You're cool! I don't know why we laughed, but I have a feeling we'll be great friends!" Luke told me once we stopped laughing, and this made me feel warm and happy as I beamed at him. Then he snapped his fingers and added, "In fact, now we can be the three musketeers! Come with me! I'll show you my best friend!"
At first, I thought he meant Bo, but he lead me to the blacksmith's. Then, as we rounded to the other side of the shop, Luke shouted, "Hey Owen!" And suddenly, I felt my heart then began to beat faster and faster as I saw him... There he was... My angel right there in front of me breaking stone with his hammer... My angel was exactly what I always imagined: The flamming red hair, that strong muscular body, and as he turned, I saw his sparkling grey eyes... I gaped at him stupified as Owen smiled and said, "Hey Luke! What's up?"
I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest anytime soon, especially once Luke said, "This is Akari! She's the new rancher here and I have a great feeling she's going to to be our third musketeer!"
"Oh really?" Owen said in a playful tone as he turned to look at me. My face heated up and I knew I was blushing wildly. "H-hello..." I managed to squeak out. Owen smiled at me and continued, "I actually have that same feeling too! I hope we can do our ritual now!"
Ritual? I thought. What did they do? I felt more nervous now... The two friends saw the look on my face, and began to laugh. Before Luke could say anything though, a voice called out to him in a stern way, "Luke! Get back here and get to work now!"
"Ah shoot! That's my pops... Well I gotta go, see ya! Here Akari, have my old axe. You might need it! It's also a token of my friendship!" he shouted as he ran towards the woods.
As I waved, I realized I was with Owen all alone... I turned back to look at Owen and I tried to give him one of my best smiles. He smiled back, and said, "I can tell you're really nice Akari! I really do mean that! Plus, I know we'll become best friends soon!" I held myself back from shouting something and replied, "I'm glad you think so Owen! I hope we'll b-be best f-f-friends!"
Owen nodded happily, and got out a hammer and he gave it to me. "Here you go! I guess it's another token of friendship." I took it and thanked him for it. "Well, I gotta get back to work! See you around Akari!" he said. Owen waved goodbye and he went inside the shop. I stood there looking dumbfounded and not believing my eyes! I was really glad I met Owen, and now I hoped that one day, we would be together someday... For now, he was just a friend that I have a crush on, but I hoped for more at the end... I now had to work my hardest at making my ranch successful, making a lot of friends here, and winning Owen's heart and love for me.