A Wonderful Life?
My first and possibly only Harvest Moon fanfiction...
Hi everyone! I hope you are all enjoying my Aaml fanfics, but I recently started playing Harvest Moon, A Wonderful Life, the old game on Gamecube. I love it, and I have two different stories, in one, I have married Celia, and in the second one, I have all three girls having four hearts for me, I am going to propose to Nami...
Because, well, I really like Nami! She reminds me of Misty a lot.
So, hope you enjoy this! And hope my dry humour isn't too cringy...
Anyways! On that happy note I shall start!
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The rain fell relentlessly as the storm clouds hovered above, their colour grey and gloomy.
A middle aged man struggled to shelter from the oncoming splatter of rain as he finished closing up the rustic barn, securing that Daisy was safe and sound inside, that cow hated rainstorms.
Takakura rushed indoors, passing the empty field where crops were going to one day be planted.
He was a loner, living on an old farm by himself with only the farm's trusty dog, Koro and Daisy the cow for company.
But there had been another. Takakura remembered those memories so well. Jay had worked on this farm, Takakura's old childhood friend, who had left the city life behind and come to earn his living on Magic farm. But Jay had grown ill, and it wasn't something that the fresh and crisp air of Forget-Me-Not Valley could cure. Nevertheless, even after Jay had passed away, and his small baby son, had been taken back to the city to live with his mother, Takakura had kept the farm going, and it kept him going too. He had promised Jay that he would keep the business going, and Takakura wasn't a man who easily broke his promises.
Suddenly, there was a pounding knock at the door.
The man frowned, looking through his weathered windows and getting a spook.
A young boy, around the age of eighteen, was knocking frantically on his oak door, the rainstorm pouring down, soaking the boy to the skin.
Eventually, Takakura had remembered that Jay's son would be arriving today to run the farm again. So, that would mean, this boy was...?
Takakura opened the door, a scowl written across his face. "I don't need a new bathroom sink or whatever you're going to try selling me! Go get rolled on by Van!" He shouted, slamming the door in Jack's face.
The chestnut haired boy looked puzzled, but didn't dare knock again, the sheer force and tone of this crazy old man's voice had already caused him to either wet himself, or fall in a large puddle. Jack just hoped it wasn't the first one...
Takakura grew angrier as he watched with his non existent eyes as the boy still stood there, soaked and cold.
Takakura glared at him, before remembering that a boy called Jack would be coming today.
Throwing open the door again; Takakura raised an eyebrow at him. "I don't know who you are but I should scram, I am expecting a young boy named Jack at some point." he explained, going to shut the door again.
Jack finally lost his temper. "I AM Jack you old fart!" He yelled, Jack rarely got angry, but this old crazy Japanese looking man was enough to make even The Harvest Goddess swear.
Takakura grabbed the boy, and yanked him inside.
"Uh, sorry, I didn't realise it was you hehe..." He apologised, handing Jack a towel.
Jack nodded in acceptance, and looked curiously around the room.
There was a fridge, a bed, kitchen sink, a cooker and a quaint table. On a dresser by this man's bed, was a photograph of him and a lady.
"Is the weather always like this?" Jack asked, rubbing the towel through his brown locks, which were beginning to stick up at all angles.
Takakura laughed, passing him a cup of tea as he did so.
"It changes, it's spring now so we get quite a bit of this weather, but just you wait, summer is always scorching hot..." Takakura chuckled, watering a strange looking plant in the corner of the room.
"I shall show you round the farm and then a tour of the valley?" He questioned, grabbing his raincoat and staring at Jack.
The boy nodded, luckily for them, the rain had calmed, and was now only spitting drops across the land.
"This is Daisy, she's a little bit cranky but you'll get used to it." Takakura explained, watching as Jack went to pet her. "Hey Daisy, I'm the new farmer, my name is Jack..." He spoke calmly, attempting to the cow.
"YOOWCH!" Jack screeched, pulling back his poor foot and glowering at the stroppy cow who had just trampled his foot.
Takakura laughed, before showing him everything the farm had to offer, the crop fields, chicken coop, animal field, and even Koro's house.
"And this is your house Jack." Takakura explained, stopping in front of a shabby and scruffy shed.
"Haha! You crack me up old man! Now where's my REAL house? I couldn't possibly live in that shack!" Jack laughed uncontrollably, but stopped when he saw Takakura's expression was unchanged.
"This is my house, isn't it?" He groaned, trudging up to the door and attempting to open it.
However, as he did so, the door broke off, making both guys wince.
"Well, I hope you get settled in well..." Takakura chirped, leading Jack down the wet path into the town.
Firstly, they wandered over a bridge, towards a plot of land with lots of well grown vegetables.
Outside, was a beefy woman, a guy with a hairdo like Elvis and a young girl, around Jack's age, she had a green dress and an orange bandanna.
"Hi there! I'm Celia! And this is Marlin and my boss is Vesta, that lady who looks like a man over there..." Celia winked, sharing a giggle with Jack for a while.
They next walked up to the town square.
The first thing Jack saw was a green tent, with intricate patterns. There was a hippy with a guitar sat against a tree, he waved.
"Yo my friend! I wish that Mother Nature teaches and treats you well!" He yelled, not noticing as Jack hurried away.
"That was Gustafa, he is a traveller." Takakura explained.
"Oh great, a hippy AND a gypsy rolled in one!" Jack moaned, trailing slightly behind the crazy Takakura...
Next, they came to a large building.
"This here is the Inner Inn." The man explained, ushering Jack inside.
The decor certainly wasn't Jack's taste, it was like he had stepped into some form of Dojo, and the walls had satin red wallpaper.
"I am Tim and this is my wife Ruby!" A large man introduced himself, a lady standing beside him.
"Oh! You must meet our son Rock and our lodger, Nami!" She exclaimed, calling for them.
There came a thundering down the stairs, and a boy, just younger than Jack, yet taller stood there, he wore white and had a peace necklace. He had perfect blond hair, which looked as if he had spent hours combing it.
"Yo Man, I am Rock." He shook Jack's hand, winking as he did so.
"Oh, Nami must be out, you should see her somewhere around town." Ruby explained.
Suddenly, Takakura announced he had some urgent business to attend to.
Leaving a lost Jack to wander around the foreign place.
As he wandered lost down the street, a blond girl, with a tight fitting red dress and high red stilettos came clacking up behind him.
"Hi! You must be the new farmer! I'm Muffy! I work at the blue bar, what's your name cutie?" She giggled, winking flirtatiously at Jack, making him blush.
"I'm Jack, nice to meet you." He stammered.
"Did Takakura show you everywhere?" She asked.
Jack just fidgeted on the spot, indicating he didn't know anywhere in town...
"Okay! Well I'll show you around!" She cooed, beckoning him to follow her.
Jack followed her through the square, taking in the sights.
"Those houses belong to an old couple, Galen and Nina, and the other is Wally, Chris, and their young boy Hugh's home." She explained.
Eventually, they wandered up to the great villa.
Jack and Muffy chatted for a while with Romana and Lumina and Sebastian, before the sun began to go down.
"Oh shoot!" Muffy yelled, "I'm late! Griffin's gonna be so mad!" She squealed, leaving Jack to find his way back by himself.
It was around half ten at night, and Jack had finally got away from Romana, that old lady could chat for England!
Sighing, he strolled down the stony path, before he stopped, and stared at the bright and shining full moon above him.
Suddenly, a form of motion caught his eye, looking at the figure; Jack saw it to be another person.
Looking closer, Jack was unsure if it was a boy or girl, until it turned around.
He felt himself fill with embarrassment as the girl, around eighteen glared at him.
"What are YOU looking at?" She snarled, her bright red bob cut hair blowing in the slight night breeze.
Jack suddenly found his worn and muddy boots extremely interesting...
"Gee, these villagers sure are the friendliest bunch I have ever met..." Jack sneered sarcastically, turning away from the grouchy girl and wandering down the path, he could feel himself needing to down at least some kind of strong alcoholic drink...
Jack mumbled random curse words, before he realised he had ran straight into a strong cherry tree.
Sitting up, he felt his head spinning.
"Ha! Someone's had too many Stone Oils!"
Jack glared at the red head as she stopped behind him, sneering unimpressed.
"For your information I am on my way to the bar!" He yelled, rubbing the growing bump appearing on the side of his head.
"Whatever Rookie..." She mumbled, taking one last confused glance at Jack before she wandered back to the Inn, in deep thought.
Eventually, Jack managed to gather his senses, and strode over to the Blue Bar.
"What will it be?" The man across the counter asked, he wore cowboy clothes and had a slight beard.
Jack sighed, rubbing his temples with his hands, head against the desk.
"Something strong please..." He groaned, yawning as the man raised an eyebrow at him.
"Now, something alcoholic, how about a Stone Oil?" A high voice giggled, giving Jack a slight headache.
"Muffy?" He groaned, lifting his head up to see the green eyed girl wink at him and then place a large glass of something in front of him.
"Hey Jack! Did you know I work here?" She flirted with him, batting her eyelashes playfully.
Jack picked up the glass, and stared at the purple liquid it contained with disbelieving eyes.
"This better be alcoholic..." He murmured.
Later on...
"HA! I got Scissors! I win!" Jack slurred, slamming his fist against the table.
He was playing a very competitive game of Rock Paper Scissors with the barmaid, Muffy, and had been playing for quite some time.
"Another Stoner Muff..." He giggled, as Muffy handed him another glass of the drink. Jack still felt his eyes watering as the strong alcohol landed on his tongue, but to Jack. He'd never tasted anything better...
Eventually, Takakura found Jack, and grabbed him by the collar, paid for Jack's beverages, thanked Griffin and Muffy, and dragged a far from sober Jack out the door and back to the farm.
"Hahahaha! Old Man where's Muffy Muffster?" He asked, looking at Takakura as the man raised a creeped out eyebrow at Jack.
Unfortunately, this action made Jack burst into laugher, his girlish giggles erupting across the valley.
Jack groaned.
Rubbing his head, he looked at his damned alarm clock in hatred. Before noticing he was curled up in his "house", lying on some Mulch bags.
Grimacing, Jack stumbled up and over to the barn.
Snuggling down in the hay, Jack was just about to drift into dream world when…
"YOOOWCH!"
Daisy trampled on his foot.
The young hung-over boy scowled at the cow, before retreating back to his house.
Suddenly, a sharp rap made Jack groan again.
Takakura came through the door, which had had to be glued back on, and made an important announcement that they were going to The Inner Inn for breakfast, as Jack's welcoming gift, and that the boy needed to get changed, or Takakura would let Daisy in the house.
As soon as Jack heard about Daisy, his sworn enemy, he leapt to his feet, but lost his footing as Koro, the dog with pointy ears, scurried in excitably, knocking Jack over, he fell on a wooden handle of a pitchfork, hurting his crotch.
Jack waddled weirdly into the Inner Inn, occasionally yelping.
"Hi Jack! Hey Takakura! Good to see you!" Ruby smiled at them, before beckoning them both to sit.
Jack rubbed his head but soon brightened up as a tantalising scent filled his nostrils.
Jack soon found that Ruby's cooking was even better than coffee for his hangover.
When Jack and Takakura had finished, they wandered up to the Villa.
Jack's russet eyes wandered over to the Villa's antique fountain. Water cascaded in a peaceful and gushing shower.
As Jack and Takakura continued to stroll up the path, Jack spotted a familiar girl...
She was lingering halfway up the cobbled path, just underneath some pink and white blossom trees, which lined the spring time walkway. She seemed different from both the excitable Muffy and the shy Celia.
The girl wore some light grey knee-length shorts, a pumpkin coloured shirt without sleeves and a blue chequered and sleeveless waistcoat and on her feet, she wore a pair of worn, navy tennis shoes.
She had strikingly bright, red hair, which had been cut in an overgrowing bob, her fringe hung over her right eye.
"Who's that?" Jack asked Takakura, slightly glaring at the vaguely familiar girl. He never took his eyes off of her, she was looking up at the bright, sunny sky, whilst jotting notes in a notebook.
"Ah, that's Nami; she is staying at the Inner Inn as a lodger." Takakura smiled at Jack.
Jack's brown eyes grazed over her obliviously.
"What are YOU looking at kid?"
Jack snapped back from his ogling mind. The girl was scowling at him, one icy blue eye fixed on him warily.
"Uh, nothing, N-nothing at all!" He stammered, glaring back at her.
"This is Jack, Nami. He's the new farmer." Takakura explained.
"Save the intro Taka, Well, Rookie, how long ya gonna last at the farm?" She sneered, watching Jack's hands bawl into fists.
"You know each other then?" The old man asked.
"Yeah, I met him last night, when he ran into the cherry tree, which was BEFORE he went to the Blue Bar." Nami murmured.
She then raised an eyebrow at Jack, before walking back under the blossom trees again.
To be continued!
Heheh! Tell me what you think!
AAML :)