Okay, so this is a story I've had sitting in my mind for a while now. I only recently discovered Rune Factory 4, but I'm a huge fan of Harvest Moon and figured this would be fun too. I was right. I have become COMPLETELY OBSESSED! I love this game so much! :D

Anyway, here is the full summary: Selphia has fallen into disrepair. The land is dying, along with its divine dragon, and a great evil is stirring. Only Elli and Karoline, the two amnesic princesses who fell from the sky only days apart, are left to save the town. Now, despite having no previous connections, they must give each other the strength to protect Selphia from danger as men and monsters alike try to hunt them down. Things only get worse when the past neither can remember comes back to haunt them and one girl has to struggle with the reality of her identity. One wrong move leads to certain death. To make matters worse, the princesses start to fall for a certain clumsy butler-in-training and blunt, but awkward fisherman.

Just for your information, Elli is meant to represent Frey, the default female protagonist, while Karoline is more of my OC. This story is like a retelling of the events in the game, but with my own twists and extras. Also, most of the story is told from Karoline's prospective and she is the main protagonist, but Elli still has her moments! The two are mostly seen together.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Rune Factory 4 or any of it's characters. Just my OCs. :)

"Hey… are you okay?"

The girl lying on the floor groaned in pain. She felt like she had been run over by a stampede of animals. However, from the sound of someone's voice calling to her, the girl managed to slowly open her eyes. Another girl, about the same age as her, stood above her and smiled.

"Oh good! You're alive!"

"Is she alright, Miss Elli?" a man's voice asked from behind the two.

The girl apparently named Elli turned and nodded. "Yeah, I think she's fine Mr. Volkanon." She looked back at the person on the floor. "You are alright, right?"

The mysterious girl blinked her confused brown eyes. She could hardly believe what she was seeing. Standing above her was a teenage girl with bright mint hair and equally bright green eyes. Her hair was tied into two long pigtails that reached her waist and she wore what looked like a green dress mixed with battle armor.

But that was not what was unbelievable. Behind Elli, staring the mysterious girl down, was a large green dragon! The dragon had long wings with feathers of every color and stood at almost the height of the room, which appeared to be a central chamber of some kind. The entire chamber gave the girl the sense that this was a castle of some kind, considering how grand and regal it seemed.

A curious expression was etched on the dragon's face, but also a look of annoyance. Something about the teenager apparently really irritated it.

An uneasy feeling filled the pit of the girl's stomach. "I-I've been better… but how… did I get here?"

"You fell from the sky."

The girl's jaw dropped. "I fell from the sky?!"

Elli laughed. "Uh huh! Believe it or not, I know exactly how you feel. Here," She held out her hand. "Let me help you up. I'm Elli, by the way."

"Thank you. I'm… Karoline," she explained as she was pulled up, still grappling with the fact that she fell from the heavens. However, once she was on her feet, she pushed her brown hair out of the way and furrowed her eyebrows. "I think…"

Elli raised an eyebrow. "You think?"

Karoline gazed down at her feet. "I-I actually… don't remember who I am…"

"You have amnesia?" Elli gasped.

Karoline nodded. Her mind was as blank as you can get it. Not to mention, she was in great pain. It did indeed feel like she fell from the sky as her back and head were throbbing like mad. Perhaps Karoline could have thought more clearly if her muscles didn't scream with each step.

The man named Volkanon, who had been standing quietly by the dragon, raced over towards Karoline and smothered her in a back-breaking hug, bawling like a baby. The girl had no time to react and stood completely still as the strange man strangled her.

"Waaaaaaaah! It must be horrible to lose all your memories like this! I can't imagine how you feel!" Volkanon cried. Then, he released Karoline, all the tears on his face magically vanishing. "But don't you worry! Miss Elli is in your exact same position and I will help in whatever way I can!"

Karoline looked at Elli. "You have amnesia too?"

"Yep!" the teenager exclaimed almost proudly. "We're like sisters! We both fell from the sky onto Venti AND we both lost our memories! That's so funny!"

"Hilarious," Karoline said dryly. "Wait, who's V-"

"AHEM!"

Everyone turned towards the dragon. It continued to glare at Karoline, causing her to shift uncomfortably on her feet. However, eventually it looked over at Volkanon.

"Volkanon, I ask that you would please allow me to speak privately with Elli and Karoline. There is much I need to discuss," the dragon boomed.

"Yes Lady Ventuswill!"

Without as much as a breath, the old man swept out of the room obediently. Elli walked over towards the dragon casually, like she did this every day. Karoline, on the other hand, felt weak in the knees and ready to throw up. A dragon the size of a building wanted to talk to her? More like eat her! Why was this happening?

Suddenly, Karoline felt someone link their arm with hers. Elli smiled, pulling the apprehensive girl along.

"Come on!"

"Uuuuh…"

Knowing she could not fight Elli in her condition, Karoline finally moved forward. Once she was face to face with the dragon, she felt her legs begin to shake. However, when Elli gave the girl a reassuring grin, she took a deep breath and stared the dragon right in the eye.

"Do you know who I am?" the dragon asked.

"No."

"Hmm," the dragon pondered for a moment before declaring, "I am Ventuswill, the divine wind! One of the legendary Native Dragons governing this world! How have you come to be here?"

Karoline swallowed hard. "I-I don't know."

"You have no memory of your fall onto my head?"

"I-I fell on your… h-head?" Karoline took a quick breath and glanced at Elli. "Wait, didn't you say something about th-that?"

The green-haired girl nodded. "Yeah. You fell and hit Venti just like I did a few days ago… so you can stop acting all high and mighty, Venti!"

"Huh?" Karoline said surprised. Did Elli just… sass the dragon?

"Hmph," Ventuswill huffed, "What are you doing?"

Furrowing her eyebrows, Karoline switched her gaze between the dragon and Elli, back and forth. Not only was Elli sassing Ventuswill, but Ventuswill's tone just did a complete 180. Her stiff, formal speech changed to a more child-like and friendly way of speaking. In a way it calmed Karoline down some, but now she was scared for Elli.

However, the teen just cocked her hip and folded her arms. "You don't need to be so serious to Karoline. She's scared enough already."

"I-I'm not scared!" Karoline protested, blushing. "I'm just… still shocked about everything that's going on."

"My point is," Elli continued, "that you don't have to be all formal around Karoline, Venti."

The dragon clicked her tongue. "That's twice you've used my nickname in front of other people! I asked you not to do that! You're supposed to be the only one who knows… but I guess the damage is done. Thanks to you, Karoline knows my secret."

"I-I do?"

"Yep!" Elli laughed, "You see, Venti's actually really informal, but she acts all stiff and tough to 'keep up appearances'. But I'm her friend and I know the truth, and since you're like me you should too!"

"Hey! I don't need you explaining it for me!" Venti said indignantly.

The green-haired girl laughed as the dragon glared at her. "Sorry."

Karoline raised an eyebrow. "So Ventuswill is-"

"No, call me Venti. Since you know my secret I'd prefer that name."

"Uuuuh… oooo-kay… so Venti is actually very informal, but she, uh, you act formal because of appearances. Is that right?"

"Yes," the dragon confirmed.

"But what does-"

"We can talk more about me later," Venti interrupted. "Right now, we need to decide what to do with you Karoline. You're a stranger with no memories of yourself or where you came from. I assume you would want to stay here for the time being until everything gets cleared up, right?"

"I… guess, but if I stay here, where will I live?"

Inhaling dramatically, Elli bounded over to Karoline with a huge grin on her face, her hands shaking excitedly. "You can live with me!"

"Huh?"

Venti nodded. "That might be best. Since you two are in similar positions, it would make sense to stick together. You can help Elli with her chores and duties too. That would make things easier on the both of you."

"Yes!" Elli shouted eagerly, "Then we really could be like sisters! Two amnesic sisters!"

As Elli bounced up and down, Karoline stared in disbelief. She had apparently fallen from the sky a few minutes ago and yet here was a girl who was eager to invite her into her home. And there was such trust in her eyes, like she was really her sibling. Karoline was stunned.

"Thank you, but… where do you live?"

"I live here, at the castle," Elli explained, her green eyes shimmering.

Karoline raised an eyebrow. "Why do you live here?"

"Elli is the acting princess of Selphia," Venti said like it was obvious, "Where else would she live?"

The brunette's jaw dropped and she swung her head around to gape at Elli. "You're the princess?! But I thought you said you have amnesia!"

Giggling, the apparent princess rubbed the back of her head as she blushed. "Yeah, it's a long story. I'll tell you about it when we get to my room." She looked to Venti. "Can we go now?"

"I suppose, but Karoline," the girl gazed up at the dragon, nodding, "I want you to come and talk to me again tomorrow morning after you finish helping Elli. I will explain what we will do with you then, but for now get some rest!"

"O-okay," Karoline breathed, now realizing how tired she felt. "Which way to your room?"

Elli grabbed her arm impatiently. "This way!"

She began leading Karoline towards a door on the right wall. With one last look at the central chamber they were in, the brunette cracked a smile and waved at Ventuswill. If she wasn't mistaken, she could have sworn she saw Venti smile back.

"You're kidding!" Karoline gasped.

"Nope!" Elli giggled, hugging her pillow.

The two girls were sitting on Elli's bed as the princess told the story of how she became the princess. The moon had begun its descent across the sky, making it very late at night. The tale Elli told took much longer than expected since she had lost her memories before she fell, unlike Karoline who lost them because of the fall. Plus, the green-haired girl did not want to miss a bit of detail.

In a state of shock, Karoline tried to process the information. "So you were kicked off an airship and fell a hundred feet onto Venti, mistaken for the princess, and then Arthur, the actual prince, just handed you the job when he arrived?"

"Basically, yeah. Arthur said he had business here that would be easier to do if he didn't have to deal with 'prince duties'. So, since I had already stared, he gave me the job."

Karoline shook her head. "That seems kinda… irresponsible… but if he has other stuff to do…"

"Yeah," Elli insisted, "And it's not like we completely switched lives! He's still a prince of Norad. It's just now I am responsible for Selphia as its princess and I have duties to this town."

"Huh, interesting. Do you plan on staying in Selphia?"

Shrugging, Elli placed her chin on her knees. "I don't know. I mean, I already love it here and I've only been here three days, but… there might be some other place that I'm meant to be."

The teen kept quiet, lost in her thoughts. Honestly, she felt like there was something she was missing- something right in front of her. Dwelling on the problem was doing no good, though. Eventually, Elli figured out that going with her gut was better than stumbling around while she tried to remember a purpose that could very well be long gone. This was partially why she jumped at taking Karoline in with her. A girl with the same memory issues as her who fell from the sky? Obviously the two were destined to work together; Elli's gut told her so.

Suddenly, Elli flopped on the bed, groaning. Karoline jumped and gaped at the girl.

"Elli?! Are you alright?!"

Opening one of her eyes, Elli threw her arms up. "I'm tiiiiiiiiiiired…"

"Wha? You…" Karoline heaved a sigh and leaned against the wall. "You're really weird, you know that?"

"Hee hee! I know!" she snickered. "Anyway," Elli said, popping back up and throwing her pillow down, "We should get to sleep! We have a long day of farm work ahead of us and I gotta introduce you to the town!"

Karoline cocked her head. "Farm work? I thought you were a princess."

"Yep! A princess who does farm work and gets up at six in the morning, so let's go!" Elli leapt off the bed, dug through her bag, and tossed a pair of sleeping clothes to Karoline. "Here, you can have these. I don't like them, so I'll never wear them."

"O-okay…"

Looking at the pajamas, Karoline noticed that they were a faded sky blue on the body and white on the trim. Instead of a nightgown like Elli was wearing, the clothes were a night shirt and some pants to match. The cloth was soft and light, perfect for warm spring nights. Karoline smiled.

"Thanks. They're nice." Slipping them on, the brunette looked over at her new friend. "Why don't you like them?"

Elli stuck out her tongue. "Who wants to sleep in pants?! Nightgowns are much more comfortable. Plus, I'm not a fan of the color. Blue's alright I guess, but green or pink is much better."

"Ah," Karoline laughed, "You're a girly-girl."

Elli smirked. "And you're a tomboy."

"Maybe."

"I can see that we're going to get along great!" the green-haired girl said, shaking her head.

The two girls laughed at each other before finally crawling into bed. Since there was only one bed in the room, the pair had to share it. Thankfully, the bed was rather large- this was a princess' room after all- and there was no lack of space.

Karoline laid down on the side next to the wall. Her back was to Elli as she stared at the stone a few inches away. Despite it happening only a couple hours, her fall from the sky and introduction to a giant green dragon and the amnesic princess of Selphia felt like a lifetime ago. The first day of her new life was already off to a crazy start. And something told her that it was only going to get crazier.

"Night Karoline."

"But," Karoline thought to herself, "Maybe crazy won't be so bad."

She smiled. "Night."

"Good morning princesses!"

Karoline jolted awake at the sound of a very enthusiastic male's voice. Her short brown hair was tussled all over her face and during the night she seemed to have slid even closer to the wall. Brushing the loose strands out of her eyes, Karoline glanced over towards where she heard the voice.

A tall, blue-haired man, probably only a year or two older than her, stood at the foot of the bed with an arm across his chest, ready to bow at a moment's notice. He wore a black and white suit with a tie and all the works. From his attire and posture, Karoline guessed that he was a butler of some kind.

Elli, whose long green hair managed to somehow stay out of her face, shot up and groggily said, "Mm, good morning Vishnal…"

"Vishnal?" Karoline raised an eyebrow at the visitor. "Um, hello."

Vishnal gave her a huge grin. "Ah, you must be Karoline. I am Vishnal, a butler-in-training. I've been training under Mr. Volkanon's guidance for a while now, but one day I'll become a full-fledged butler!"

"Um, okay," the girl said, confused as to why he decided to spell out his whole life dream when she didn't even ask.

"I heard from Lady Ventuswill that we had a new princess and here you are!" he continued with incredible enthusiasm.

"'Princess'?!" Karoline exclaimed. "Heh, hardly. I'm just the new girl who fell from the sky last night."

The young man looked confused. "Really? I could have sworn that Lady Ventuswill spoke of you as the new princess this morning."

"She… she did?" Karoline glanced over frightfully at Elli. "Do you, uh-"

Elli held her hand up. "Don't ask me. Ask Venti when you go talk to her. In the meantime," she hopped out of bed, "let's get some work done!"

"Ah, yes!" Vishnal said, clapping his hands together. "I have to show you the basics of farming! Meet me outside in the field when you are dressed Princess Karoline!"

With that, the butler-in-training raced out of the room through the back door. Karoline took a moment to process all the information.

"Venti's making me a princess? A girl with amnesia who just appeared last night? What is she thinking?! You can't trust an amnesic person!"

Elli gave her a dirty look as she pulled on her breastplate. Cringing, Karoline laughed nervously.

"Uh heh heh… no offense."

"Sure," Elli sighed, tying up her hair into two pigtails again. "But never mind that. We have a farm to take care of!" She paused for a moment and picked up the clothes Karoline wore yesterday. "Um, do you have any other outfits?"

"Not unless a suitcase of mine fell from the sky as well. That's all I got."

"Well, they'll have to do for now until we can buy you some new clothes," the green-haired teenager said, tossing the outfit to the brunette.

Since Karoline didn't have any time to spare the other day, she had not even glanced at her outfit. Upon looking at it now, she noticed that it was similar to Elli's outfit as it looked like casual wear mixed in with battle armor. She had a silver breastplate over a blue long-sleeved shirt like Elli's brown breastplate over a green shirt. The main difference was that instead of a skirt under a larger skirt, the bottoms were a pair of pants. Karoline simply shrugged. She'd take pants over skirts any day.

As Karoline put on the outfit back on, Elli scanned her from head to toe, her lips thrusted to one side as she thought. "You sure you don't want to wear one of my-"

"No."

Forcing a laugh, Elli sweat dropped. "Ah, right… tomboy…"

Once the pair was dressed, they went outside. Vishnal was waiting in the middle of a… very weed-filled field. Almost every inch of the dirt was covered in weeds, branches, stumps, or rocks of varying sizes. A small patch of tilled land sat in the corner of the field, which Karoline guessed was Elli's handiwork. A few sprouts were already visible above the ground.

Karoline gazed at Elli with an expression that plainly said "Really?". Elli shook her head.

"Hurricane," she whispered as she walked over to her tiny patch of plants.

"Ah," Karoline whispered back.

"Princess!"

Karoline raised an eyebrow at the blue-haired butler as she moved towards him. "Um, you don't have to call me 'princess'. Just call me Karoline."

Vishnal stared at her. "Mm, no I don't think I can do that. Not that there's anything wrong with your name!" he added. "It's just that it doesn't feel right calling you that. As your butler I must be professional, so please allow me to continue calling you 'princess'!"

"O-okay," Karoline agreed reluctantly.

"Though I don't know why calling me 'princess' is more professional than calling me by my first name," the brunette thought.

"Anyway," Karoline snapped back to attention as Vishnal moved on, "Let me show you how to farm." He handed her a very old-looking hoe. "You use this to till the land so you can plant seeds. Try it out somewhere. However, you first need to clear a spot as most of the field is overrun with weeds."

"Heh, yeah I noticed." The girl walked automatically to the opposite corner of Elli's patch of plants. "I guess this is as good a spot as any."

She yanked out a couple of leafy weeds before thrusting her hoe down into the dirt, creating an imperfect square of tilled land. Karoline repeated this three more times, sometimes kicking rocks or branches away. Within a minute, she had four squares tilled. The edges were shaky and uneven, with the first two squares a good bit longer than the other two.

Karoline cringed at the poor attempts. Vishnal, on the other hand, looked impressed.

"Wow! You have a lot of force behind your swings! Keep practicing and you'll be an expert in no time!"

The brunette flushed a light pink. "Thanks."

Next, Vishnal gave her some seeds and a watering can. By the end of his lesson, Karoline had four squares of turnips planted and watered. Smiling to herself, Karoline felt accomplished. This was the first time she had held a farming tool (according to her memory or lack thereof) and yet she still managed to use it well. That was something to be proud of.

Karoline also learned a bit more about the world when the topic of runes came up. The world apparently ran on the power of runes as they are the life energy of everything organic. Sometimes they even appeared when harvesting crops as crystalized magic balls and if you touched them they'd give you powers of some kind. The whole idea seemed crazy to Karoline, but so did her entire life so far.

After a few more explanations, Vishnal finally decided it was time to take his leave. He had to get back to his "butler-ly duties". As he left, the two girls started heading to Ventuswill's chamber, hoping for answers about what Vishnal said about Karoline being a new princess.

Karoline folded her arms across her chest. "He certainly is, uh, eager."

"Yeah," Elli giggled, "I think it's kinda cute, though. Nothing ever stops him. He's the poster child for perseverance!"

"Ah, I see," Karoline snickered, raising an eyebrow, "But crushing on your butler, Elli? It doesn't seem appropriate."

Gasping, the green-haired girl smacked Karoline on her neck. "I am not crushing on him!"

"Ow! Geez! I was only joking! You didn't have to hit me!" The brunette glared at her. "And why'd you aim for my neck?"

"I was aiming for your head, but you're taller than I expected," Elli said matter-of-factly.

"Huh," Karoline breathed, just now realizing that she was a couple inches or so taller than Elli. The top of Elli's head only reached Karoline's eyes. This caused the girl to smirk. "You're short."

"Hey! I'll have you know that I am 5'3"! That's pretty average!"

"Whatever you say, shorty."

With that comment, Karoline took another smack to the neck. This was the start of a beautiful friendship.

"Ah, Karoline, there you are."

The girl nodded. "Lady V- uh, Venti… you wanted to talk to me?"

"Yes, we need to talk about what you'll be doing here," the dragon explained.

Elli stood at Karoline's side, a curious expression on her face. "We heard a rumor that Karoline's another new princess from Vishnal- apparently one amnesiac as princess wasn't enough."

Venti looked shocked, but then smiled. "Well it seems he's spoiled the surprise."

"What?!" the girls shouted in unison.

"Ha ha ha! Yes, Karoline will be Selphia's second princess, working alongside you, Elli. I've already discussed it with Arthur and he thinks the idea of you two making decisions together is great. That way you can lean on each other and combine your ideas to better Selphia. Isn't that a nice plan?"

Karoline looked both outraged and terrified. "What?! No! No, no, no, no! That's a terrible plan! How are we- two people who just met- going to work together on something as big as an entire town?! It's- it's impossible!"

"It's not impossible because you two complement each other well," Venti explained, still smiling despite Karoline's outburst. "Elli said so herself. You two are like sisters. You both give off an aura of royalty and you both hold the power of the Earthmates. It's a perfect match!"

"The power of the what?" Elli and Karoline asked together.

At their reaction, Venti laughed heartily. "Ha ha! You even talk together!" After a few seconds, she calmed down again and answered the pair's question. "I suppose your amnesia has made you forget even this, but the two of you have a rare gift: you're both Earthmates."

"What are Earthmates?" Elli asked with her head cocked.

"Earthmates are those who can communicate with the Earth and monsters. They have long been enriching the Earth through farming."

"Oooh! So that's why you had me take over the farm," Elli realized.

"Yes, both you and Karoline are naturally suited to work in the fields. You have a special connection to the Earth and it shows in your farming."

"So us being Earthmates also makes us a good choice to rule a town since we are… compatible, or something. Is that right?" Karoline questioned impatiently.

"Yep!"

The brunette was silent for a few seconds, glaring at her shoes. Finally, she sighed and shook her head.

"I'm not getting out of this, am I?"

Venti didn't answer. However, her cheesy grin spoke volumes. Even Elli smirked a little. Karoline threw her hands up.

"I'll take that as a 'no'." She heaved another sigh. "I guess I'm a princess now."

Elli raised an eyebrow at her, still smiling. "You make that sound like a bad thing."

"Well…"

At Karoline's obvious apprehension, the green-haired girl gave her a thumbs-up. "Don't worry! You'll love it here! Remember, I'm here for you too! We're both in the same position." She flung her arm around Karoline's shoulder. "Come on, you can did it sis!"

Stunned at first, Karoline blushed, unsure what to think. Then, what Elli had just said sunk in. The two were like official sisters now. They were the two princesses of the land and they could rely on each other from now on. Together both could achieve what neither could do alone. In a way, that made Karoline feel completely at home.

Karoline beamed. She was a princess of Selphia.

Well, how was that? Sorry it jumped around at lot and not much happened, but I have to start somewhere! XD Leave me a review if you liked this! I really enjoy getting them! :D

Also, Karoline totally just called Elli and Vishnal as an item. XP