A/N: This is a ChelseaxShea/Shiba fan fiction. For the most part, I'll be following the storyline of the game (I think), but there will be other things in there that don't. I'll be addressing my favourite island native as Shea, because that's his name here. Sorry to those of you who know him as Shiba. The story is told from Chelsea's POV, though there may be later chapters (At least one that I've planned already) that are told in third person if Chelsea is absent.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness or any of it's characters
Many seasons have gone by since I first washed up on the island. I had left the city in the hope of finding a new future. However, the ship that had intended on taking me to that future got caught in a storm and I found myself waking up on a sandy beach. Luckily I was not the only survivor that washed up on the island shore. A family of four had also made it through the storm. An old man, Taro, found me lying in the sand and took me to his family. His daughter, Felicia was especially welcoming and she introduced me to her two children, Elliot and Natalie, who were both around the same age as me. Elliot seemed quite intelligent, if a little too self-conscious. Natalie, who was the youngest, had an uncaring attitude about her, but I suspected there was more to her than that. I wasn't wrong either.
After a quick search, we found plenty of abandoned buildings on the island, so it had been inhabited once before. Felicia's family picked one to live in, but it was Taro who found the farm that I now call home. I took up responsibility of running the farm, with Taro giving me tips whenever he felt like it and his family shipping out whatever goods I produced.
The day after we settled down, Chen arrived on the island with his little boy, Charlie. The two traders heard how we had decided to live on the island and chose to start up their new store there too. Ever since then, more and more people have been coming to the island. Some to live, some only arriving on certain days for trade. I really did try to meet and stay on good terms with all of my new neighbours, but I mostly focused on my farm work. Even through that, I managed to become close friends with Natalie and Sabrina, an artistic girl whose job was doing the book keeping for her father's mining work.
The island was flourishing. Yet as the main source of income, the duty of commissioning Gannon, the island's local carpenter, for new bridges fell on me. Each bridge built led to a new part of the island, which meant there was more land for people to move in and build on. Before I knew it, we had a diner, a hotel and even a whole new town. Building bridges wasn't cheap however, so I spent almost all my time working. Which meant I was missing out on the romance that seemed to be blossoming between the islanders.
Both Natalie and Sabrina often stopped by my farm to chat while watching me work. Always making sure to keep me up to date on what was going on with their love interests. I could understand Sabrina's infatuation with Vaughn. He was tall and handsome. He had that that silent, emotionless thing working for him, and the cowboy look was certainly flattering. However, Natalie's interest in Pierre was a mystery to me. He looked like a young Willy Wonka. Although that could just come from the fact that he was a chef and always carrying some piece of cutlery. Or maybe it was the purple top hat that he always insisted on wearing. Whether I understood it or not, my friend's tales made with twinge with jealousy. The way Natalie's eyes glazed over as she explained about her mushroom hunt with Pierre, and the way Sabrina blushed as she informed me that Vaughn had walked her home when she didn't feel well, all made me wish I had something going on too.
Don't get me wrong, I love looking after my farm and tending to the animals, but everyone seemed to be having some sort of relationship, except me. Denny, a fisherman that had joined me once when I was doing some fishing of my own, had something going on with our local famous singer, Lanna. Even Elliot had animal-loving, Julia after him. I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me Felicia had a thing going on with Chen, though I doubted that. But that was how bad it was getting. Everyone was getting dates for the festivals, or at least someone they could look out for. Was it too much to ask for the same for me?
A/N: Well that's it. I know it's short, but that's just the prologue, the other chapters will be longer. Hope you like. Please review, constructive criticism welcomed. Thanks!