Hey you guys! Alright, this is my first fanfic that I'll probably actually finish heh… So, I hope you enjoy it and please review! Ok so, enjoy the first Chapter of "The Orange Lovers".
"mmmmm… mmm…", I hummed closing my eyes, feeling the salty breeze blow my short brown hair around my face. City life was too much for me to handle. I couldn't find my own house, afford more education, or get a decent job. So, I decided to leave it all behind and live on my own farm, something I could actually afford. My parents were actually glad to get me out of the house.
"Land Ahoy!" Captain Pascal yelled, waving his sailor hat around. Luna rushed from the lower deck and squealed, her yellow frilly dress swaying. She came along from her studies (which she could actually afford) to come back to her grandma and sister Candace. She's been one of my best friends these three days on the boat trip to Waffle Town.
"Aye aye captain!" She screamed, practically jumping up and down of excitement. I pulled myself out of my trance and smiled as the bottom of the boat scraped against the sand.
"I'll miss you Pascal!" I said sadly, hugging him. Since I've been on this ship I've been oddly attached to him.
"Aw, don't worry! I'll be staying at the fishery and giving boat trips to Toucan Island every day." He smiled back, sympathetically. I waved goodbye and walked straight to Town Hall to meet the Mayor. I pulled the map given to me by Luna out of the pocket in my skirt and scanned it until I found exactly what I was looking for.
"Walk forward… past the fishery…" I instructed myself. "oof!" I ran into someone and found myself on the white brick ground.
"Oh I'm sorry! I was looking at my map and-"
"It's quite alright", I heard from above me. I scanned my view upward to find an extremely cute bleach blonde boy with a white dress shirt and black tie, complete with black trousers. He reached his hand downward and gave me the most adorable smile.
I dusted myself off and smiled back, grabbing his hand and feeling his strength pull me up.
"Thanks" I said, still holding his hand. I looked down at it and before anything got awkward, I shook it up and down.
"I'm Hikari" I said, bowing slightly.
"Gilligan" he replied, bowing back. I noticed his cowlick in the back of his hair. "But just call me Gill".
"Will do!" I smiled, nodding. He came over to my side and looked down at the map I had in my hand and put his black framed reading glasses on.
"Since you're new here, I suggest going to my place" he smiled, taking off his reading glasses and putting them in the pocket on his shirt.
"Uh, I thought I was supposed to go to town hall!" I replied almost yelling as he grabbed my hand and yanked me away from my spot.
"Exactly" he replied. I tilted my head to the side as I half- ran to keep up with Gill's pace, really having no choice since he was pulling me. We ended up in front of a white building with a bell on top. He yanked open the door and walked me towards a desk where a small gray haired man was sitting, reading a book.
"Oh hello! You must be the new farmer Hikari. I'm Mayor Hamilton. Welcome to Waffle Town! I'm sure you'll have fun at all the festivals and meeting the people and the array of shops. I can tell you and Gill will be best friends too! Maybe even more! Oh how I would love to see that! You'll also like you're new plot of land! It's 5,000 gold so make sure you pay that off really fast! And don't forget to-"
"Dad!" Gill interrupted, looking annoyed. "I think she gets the point. I'll show Hikari her new house and I'm sure she'll be fine from then on. Just let me get these for her…"
Gill walked over to a bookshelf and traced over the books with his finger, pulling out a couple with pictures on them. He walked back over with the stack of books and handed them to me.
"These should answer any questions you have about farming. I thought it would be easier to understand if there were lots of pictures so that you could understand" He snickered. Oh, so he's the snob type. I rolled my eyes and smiled at him, hoping he was joking. I bowed at both of them and gave quick thanks as I walked out the doors shoving the books in my rucksack. I got out my map and figured out all I had to do was go east to find my house.
"Good, I was hoping you'd find it" A familiar voice said coming from a bleach blonde boy leaning against my door.
"Pshh, stalker" I said rolling my eyes and smiling.
"If you say so, princess" He replied sarcastically. "But seriously, you look like a wreck."
"That's what happens when you're on a boat for three days" I replied scowling. He scanned his eyes up and down looking at me.
"Tsk tsk…" he said shaking his head. "That's not gonna impress too many boys" he said, still nodding his head. I began to laugh hysterically.
"Oh, you're funny. I've never even had a boyfriend before! What makes you think I'll have a chance here?" I said between fits of laughter. He looked shocked.
"Never?" He said eyes wide. "Wow, that's no good. Things change fast ya know". He winked at me.
"Player" I rolled my eyes.
"You sure like calling me names today" He smiled, looking down.
"Uh huh. Ya know, you should probably get back to your dad. He seems a bit crazy. Wouldn't want him missing his pills". We both laughed at this.
"Kay. Bye Hikari!" He waved, walking down a trail west from my farm. I looked down and started to twirl my hair when I saw my field, with some crops already grown. I gasped and got out my watering can. Carefully, I watered every one and harvested the cabbage and turnips. I immediately began to sweat and I looked up at the Summer sun.
An orange would be perfect for now…
I got out my map and scanned it until I found Marimba Farm. I started walking down a path, wiping the sweat off my brow along the way. I passed a lot of trees and picked a variety of berries hoping I could get some profit. Far to my left I saw a huge windmill. I kept walking when I passed a small house with smoke coming out the chimney and lights flooding out of the windows. I glanced at the mailbox and read "Chase's House".
I'll go there later…
I continued walking where I found the entrance to Marimba Farm and walked in. A lady who looked in her thirties with choppy short brown hair greeted me as I walked to her counter. She pulled out a catalogue and I browsed until I found Orange Tree Saplings and Decent Oranges. I bought three Orange Tree Saplings since I love oranges, and one orange since I was craving one at the moment. I ran back to my farm picking up mushrooms and berries and began planting the saplings and watering them while nibbling on my orange every so often. The sky began to turn a gradient of orange and pink. I got out my map and decided to go to Brass Bar since there's most likely lots of people there that I could meet easily.
I walked down the path to Harmonica Town and passed Sonata Tailoring until I was in front of the Brass Bar. When I reached for the handle, I heard a girl's voice.
"Hey! Hikari!" Luna squealed hugging me like I haven't seen her in years.
"Luna!" I laughed as the petite girl let go. "I saw you this morning!". She looked at me innocently.
"Wells. I wanted to talk to you actually" she said smiling. "You can keep a secret, righttttttt?" she giggled.
"Yup" I replied, hoping her secret wasn't extremely stupid.
"Pinky swear?" She held out her pinky.
I wrapped my pinky around it. "Pinky swear."
"Cross your heart and hope to die?"
"Luna!"
"okay, okay!" she laughed. "So, I saw you and Gill this morning" she giggled. All the sudden her face turned serious. "And I just wanted you to know…" she sighed and began to look pissed off. "Stay away from him! He's mineeee!" She screamed. I looked at her innocently.
"Wow, Luna. What a great friend you are." I said looking sad.
"I know right?" she replied, her smile back. Appearently she doesn't understand sarcasm.
"Well then" I smirked looking down at her tiny body. "May the best win"
Okay so, before any of you go on about how this is all about Gill, just wait! I wanted to have some girl drama and a rival for Chase later on. Next chapter will be about Chase, promise. Anyways, leave reviews and ideas for Chapter 2! Thanks you guys! And by the way, if I don't get any reviews, I probably will be discouraged to keep writing this one… Kind of like my other. Hope you enjoyed Chapter 1! More coming up soon~ Baiibaii :D