Hey! This is DiaDiamond; you can call me Dia if you want. This is my first story on FanFiction, so it might not be that good. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon, Natsume does.

'Thoughts'

"Dialogue"


A New Life

Chapter 1

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"The calm rocking of the boat, the salty smell of the sea, and the nicebreeze. So peaceful." Claire said while leaning on the railing of the boat, she then put her hand in the cool water. "I wonder how it's going to be like in Mineral Town; I hope it's nice there."

Flashback

Claire was walking home from a long day of work. She sighed. "I'm so tired, I can't wait to get home and rest." When she got home, she saw that the lights were already on. "Cristina must be home already. Cris! I'm home!" Someone came out of a room, but it wasn't Cristina.

"Oh! you're home!" said an elderly woman with grey hair in a bun.

Claire laughed. "Victoria, I've said before you don't have to call me 'Ms'. Just call me Claire; you're even older than me!" Claire said with a smile on her face.

"Well then Claire, we have a problem." Victoria said with a worried look on her face.

"What is it?" Claire said with the same look.

"It's Cristina, I believe that she was having trouble breathing-" But she was cut off.

"What! Cristina are you okay!?" Claire asked while running off into the direction of Cristina's room. "Cristina?" There on the bed was a girl who appeared to be about 6 or 7. "Oh Cristina please be okay!" Claire said with tears in her eyes.

Victoria walked into the room."Don't worry Claire. I called a doctor over, and he said she was fine and that all she needed was some bed rest."

"Oh, I'm so glad!" Claire wiped away her tears and smiled at Cristina.

The next day Claire went to check on Cristina. Claire knocked on Cristina's door—she didn't want to barge in. "Cris? Are you awake? May I come in?"

"Yes, you can come in." A small voice from the other side of the door said. Claire entered the room and sat next to the bed. "Cris, are you feeling alright?" She asked with concern in her voice.

"Oh, I'm okay, sorry if I worried you and Ms. Victoria." Cristina said with a saddened look on her face.

Claire put on a fake smile, even though on the inside she was as depressed as Cristina. "Oh, don't be sad, it's not your fault." Claire put a hand on Cristina's back trying to comfort her.

"It is my fault! If it wasn't for my illness you wouldn't feel so much sadness and worry!" Cristina hugged Claire and started to cry. Claire rubbed her hand on Cristina's back in a comforting manner.

"It's going to be alright," Claire whispered. "I promise you it's going to get much better."

Cristina cried until she fell back asleep. Claire quietly exited out of the room. "Is Cristina okay?" Victoria asked with a worried look on her face.

"She's fine; she was just worried that because of her illness, she caused both of us problems." Claire said looking like she was about to cry herself.

"That's not true! I love taking care of both you and Cristina; you two cause me no problems!" Victoria yelled.

Claire smiled. "Thank you…… Oh! Did the doctor tell you anything else while he was here?" Claire asked.

"Well, he did say that her breathing problems were probably caused by the polluted air of the city, and that she needed to move somewhere with cleaner air." Victoria said.

Claire sighed. "I don't know where we could move to though. Victoria, I'm going to my room to think this over." Claire was depressed, she promised that she would make it better for Cristina, but she just didn't know how to do that yet.

"Oh, well I'll get lunch ready, and I'll call your job to tell them you're not feeling well today." Victoria said with a smile on her face.

"Thanks Victoria." Claire said returning the smile.

Claire was sitting in her room trying to think of what to do. "Where should we go? How can I make Cristina feel better?" Claire was asking these questions to herself until she saw a newspaper out the corner of her eye.

"Right when you need something, these articles always tell you want to hear like the perfect place you need to get to or just the item you need." She mumbled while picking up the newspaper.

The article said in bold letters 'Need A New Place to Live?' "My God, how do they do that?" She asked in utter shock. But despite that shock, she decided to read it anyway.

Need A New Place to Live?

We have the perfect place for you then! Welcome to the beautiful Mineral Town. We have beautiful scenery, friendly townspeople, monthly festivals, and an available farm! So if you want to live in this beautiful town. You can take of this farm! All you have to do is call MT Realtor at 555-FARM. Come join us today!

"Mineral Town… I'll do it! What was that number again?" So, for the rest of the day, Claire talked to MT Realtor about the farm and started to pack her and Cristina's things.

Two Days Later

"I'm sorry to leave so suddenly, but I want to get Cristina there as soon as possible." Claire said to Victoria with an apologetic look on her face. Claire, Cristina, and Victoria were at the dock saying their goodbyes.

Victoria sadly smiled. "It's alright Claire, I understand. I will truly miss both of you."

"Do we really have to leave Claire?" Cristina said with a sad look.

"Yes, it's for your health. I don't want to leave either, but we have to." Claire said.

Cristina ran to Victoria and hugged her. "I'll send you letters everyday, I promise." Cristina said on the verge of tears.

"Victoria, I'll make sure to do that too. You were like a mother to me ever since our parents died." Claire said with tears in her eyes.

"Likewise Claire, you both are like daughters to me." Victoria said.

The sound of the loudspeaker interrupted their conversation.

All people going to Mineral Town, your boat has arrived. I repeat, all people going to Mineral Town, your boat has arrived.

"Looks like it's time to go. Goodbye Victoria, we'll visit when Cristina gets a little better." Claire said getting on the boat.

"I'll try to visit too Claire." Victoria told her.

As soon as Claire and Cristina got on the boat, it started to sail off. Victoria waved until they were out of sight.

End of Flashback

We have arrived at Mineral Town. I repeat, we have arrived at Mineral Town.

Claire turned to Cristina with a smile on her face. "We're here Cris."


I'm going to clear a few things up. Cristina is Claire's 7 year old sister, and Victoria was their housekeeper. She was already the housekeeper when their parents were still alive, and when they died she decided to move in with them. So I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. If you did then I'll update, so please review. Ciao darlings!

I hope you liked it. That was the first chapter. So, if you like it, then I'll update. So please review. See ya!