Day One (Monday)

In a city far away from small towns lived a young girl who was watching TV as she sat alone in her three bedroom apartment. Her roomies were out, not that she really minded. She had on some cartoons going before a commercial came on. Interested, she turned up the volume on the TV and listened.

"Ever wanna get away from large cities? Wanna just farm
for a living and take it easy? We have the place for you!
Here at Melody Farm, just outside Harmonica town, located
in Castanet, we have a pretty piece of land waiting for the
right owner to pop up and call us to take care of this small home!

The house is yours for just FREE!
Just call our toll-free number XXX-XXX-XXXX"

She blinked at the TV, the word "Free" ringing in her mind over and over before diving for the phone and quickly dialed the number.


Just miles away in a small town lived another girl who was lying upside down in her bed. Her parents were gone for the day at work since they where such busy bodies that she had nothing to do. Flipping through the channels, she stared at the cartoons as she flipped, annoyed with them. She was not a fan of cartoons. Just as she was about to change the channel, the cursed commercial came on.

"Ever wanna get away from large cities? Wanna just farm
for a living and take it easy? We have the place for you!
Here at Melody Farm, just outside Harmonica town, located
in Castanet, we have a pretty piece of land waiting for the
right owner to pop up and call us to take care of this small home!

The house is yours for just FREE!
Just call our toll-free number XXX-XXX-XXXX"

Staring at the TV, she flipped herself over on her bed before taking out her cell phone from her pocket and proceeded to dial the number on the screen.


Just days later did she end up in Harmonica town. It took some time to convince her parents that it was time for her to move out and that farming was just the job for her. She had always helped her neighbors with their farm and she loved taking care of the animals that resided there as well. This area was just…perfect. She met up with a young man with a pretty serious look on his face. He had short blonde hair that almost looked silver. He was dressed nicely as well. They discussed the matter of her moving in as they walked towards Melody Farm. Upon arrival, she looked at the pretty destroyed house and then looked at the young man next to her, a brow raised.

"Uh…yes. This is why we had the free offer. The owner would have to fix it up themselves, and upon being fixed would they have to start paying town rent." He coughed, looking at the destroyed house as well.

"And you couldn't have said that to me before? Taking care of a farm is one thing, but fixing a house is a completely other matter Mr. Gill."

The man, Gill, sighed and apologized for the matter. "Do you still want the place or should we go back to the office and get you back to your old home Ms. Lina?"

"No. I do not want to move back into my parents home. You cannot understand the torture! And you can call me Lina."

"As you can call me Gill. Do you wish to look inside?"

"Yes, please."

The two walked inside, only to see a short stubby man and a tallish tanned girl in there, talking and looking at the place. The two turned at the noise of the door opening.

"Father?"

"Ah Gill! I'd like you to meet our new resident of this fine farmland!" the stubby man said, his face full of smiles.

"But father, this girl here was supposed to be living here," Gill stated, gesturing at Lina who stood there with a confused look on her face. As the father and son discussed the matter, Lina looked at the tan girl. The girl was taller then herself with long curly brown hair that reached just above her knees and brown eyes. She had a green shirt on with a red semi-long red skirt. She had a brown knit jacket and brown boots. Lina recognized the fashion, but couldn't pin point it in her mind.


Just minutes before, the tanned girl had met up with Gill's father, the Mayor of Harmonica town to discuss the farm that she had 100% confidence that she would move in. She was tired of her roomies back in the city, and she really wanted a change of scene. She hadn't really farmed since she was a kid, back when she lived on Toucan Island. But that was years ago. When she had met up with the mayor, the first thing to come out of her mouth was "Are you the one who created Hamilton's method?"

The mayor, Hamilton was his name, laughed and shook his head. "I am not. So lets go take a look at that house shall we Milo?"

Milo nodded and followed Hamilton over to Melody Farm. Upon arrival, her reaction to the…not to cleaned up house was almost as random as when she first met the mayor. She stared at it, before turning to glare at the chubby short man next to her "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"

Hamilton coughed in his hand, looking at the house as he attempted to ignore the glare he was receiving. "Well yes…we can't just give away a house for free."

"BUT IT'S COMPLETELY DESTROYED!"

"This is why it's free. You can fix it up and then start paying the town fees."

"A damn catch…always a damn catch. Fine. Let's see what's on the inside." Milo said, a little annoyed at feeling like she had been lied to. Walking over to the house, they walked in. It had no furniture, which is why she had brought a few of her own. It was a small one room house with a kitchen. It had a fridge and next to it was a closet that had a washer and dryer stacked upon each other. The two discussed the house before the door behind them opened, and there stood Gil and Lina, looking just as confused as they were.

Milo looked at the other girl. She was light skinned with short blonde hair, but had a long ponytail in the back. Milo guessed it was an extension or she grew and cut her hair that way. Ignoring that thought, she continued to size up the girl. She had blue eyes that held green specs in them. Her outfit consisted of a Lolita fashion. It was a winter dress that was white, but had black lining at the bottom and black sleeves with white lining. It reminded her of a panda.

The two girls looked at each other, before turning to their heads to their "sponsors" about the house. The father and son looked up, noticing they were being stared at before scratching the back of their heads.

"What is this?" Lina asked, crossing her arms.

"Well…we seemed to have gotten mixed up and given both of you the house." Hamilton said, coughing into his hand.

"And? Now what? What are we supposed to do?"

"Well…you could live together. It would even cut your future rent in half after the house is fixed."

Milo and Lina looked at one another, staring. It felt like hours have gone by with just staring at another before the grabbed each other's hands and shook. Gill and Hamilton looked at another, confused.

"Fine. We'll live here together."

"Great! Let's go back to the office and sign the official papers."

After the signing, the two girls had made their way back to their shared farm. They each looked at the farm, the chicken coop, and the barn. The coop and barn where completely empty while the pots for farming where covered in weeds.

"Looks like they didn't bother to keep this place in pieces did they?" Milo asked, scratching the back of her head in frustration. Lina could only nod. The two walked into their new home, seeing their stuff already there. It was small amount. Only two futons and some snacks. They each couldn't bring much since they arrived by boat. Setting out their futons, they sat down and chatted together, each learning different things about each other.

Milo decided to go first.

"Well, my name is Milo, I came here from the city, I was living with two room mates, one was ok but the other was a b-,"

Lina coughed.

"Heh, sorry, but she was. Anywho, I saw the advertisement, called, and made my way over here. Boy I'm I glad I did that, I felt like I was closer to being happy here… well, when we split up the work I'll do more of the field work than with the animals, I love them but hate the work, I'm 19, dress in mori fashion, own two dogs, a cat, andIhaveastalker, BUT that's not important lets move on what about you?"

Lina shifted in her spot.

"Well, I'm Lina, 19, came here because my family was getting on my nerves and I wanted to be left alone, I don't have any pets and I don't mind spending more time with the animals. I like to wear Lolita and…you have a STALKER?"

Milo had to stop herself from flinching.

"Um…yeah."

"Why?"

"Well, he's my ex…I just couldn't be with him anymore because he was so pushy and I wasn't happy at all! When I told him it was over he flipped out and said he would come after me, it's the other reason I moved here but I didn't want to talk about it with the mayor, but I felt that you had to know."

Lina sat there in deep thought for a while, and Milo was starting to get concerned, but then the other girl smirked and nodded her head.

"Well, if he comes around here he'll get what's coming to him."

"But I don't want to go back to jail!"

"What?"

"Nothing!"

It was getting late so the girls decided to call it a night, climbed into their futons call their good nights and went to sleep.


Day Two (Tuesday)

Lina found herself waking up to the sun shining right into her eyes, jumping up to get away from the light. She walking into the kitchen and did the whole morning routine before changing and heading outside. The first thing she did was start to pull out the weeds that covered the plot of land, seeing at the only tools they were left with were a watering can and a hoe, and she had no idea how to get all the other farm tools. A few minuets later Milo joined her outside and within an hour they had cleared everything.

Milo looked over to a panting Lina and took a deep breath herself.

"Hey, let's go meet everyone!"

"…Okay."

The two girls made their way first to Harmonica Town, getting a free camera from Simon's Photo's, meeting the sisters Luna and Candace and their grandmother Shelly at tailor shop Sonata Tailoring. Next they made their way to the Brass Bar where they met A girl named Kathy and her father Hayden, then, as a special surprise, Lina met Selena, Milo's childhood friend from Toucan Island.

After that they went to Choral Clinic, run by Doctor Jin and his grandmother, Irene. They told the girls not to hesitate to stop by and get some medicine if they needed it. Jake and Colleen run the only inn in town, Ocarina Inn, along with their daughter Maya and Jake's mother Yolanda. Jake usually takes care of the guest accommodations while Colleen runs the small diner in their inn. While Milo and Maya seemed to get along fine, Lina on the other hand got this strong feeling that she wouldn't get along well with the fellow blond.

The last stop was the Fishery, The fish shop can be found on the town's dock. Ozzie takes care of his shop while Paolo, his son, and Toby, his nephew, hang out around the area. Just as the girls were about to be on their way, Toby stopped them and surprised them with a fishing pole for them to use. Lina had to pull Milo away from the bear hug she was giving the poor boy. They both decided to skip Town Hall because they had already met the mayor and his son. The girls made their way up the stairs that would lead them to the Celesta Church Grounds when Lina froze; Milo looked back at her to see the other girl looking off to the side where a boy in work clothes with pale orange hair was leaning against the brick railing. He felt the stares and looked back, turning to stare back at them with deep purple eyes, Milo rubbed the back of her head.

"Hello, I'm Milo and this is my friend Lina, we are the new ranch owners."

The boy nodded and sighed, he looked like he really didn't want to talk to them.

"I'm name is Chase, and I'm the cook for the Brass Bar…well…good luck running the ranch together."

With that said he quickly walked away. Milo smiled and gently pushed Lina to snap her out of her trance.

"Well, he seemed like an ass-"

Lina coughed.

"Sorry, he seemed very closed off, what do you think?"

Lina just shrugged and looked away, but you could see a hint of a blush on her cheeks. The girls met Perry, the guy that takes care of the church, and were told about the grave year on the side of the hill, when they heard that they felt it would be a good time to leave because that was just creepy. They were told about a mine cart that they could take to the Garmon Mine District so they made their way there and first went to the Blacksmiths, it was run by a man named Ramsey, his son Owen, and he often watched out for his cousin Chloe. In the middle of their visit Owen gave them his old hammer, telling they would most definitely need it, they thanked him and went on their way.

The next stop was the Accessory shop occupied by Mira and Julius, they got along pretty well, until Milo made the mistake of thinking Julius was a girl, he was a little miffed by it, but everything was ok when she said he acted very manly so she had been confused the whole time. As they were walking down to the next store Lina looked over to the other girl.

"You didn't really mean that did you?"

"Nope."

"Ah."

They entered the General Store and met Barbara, turns out she's Simon's husband, and they have a daughter named Phoebe that was most likely looking for rare ore in the mines, and they would end up meeting her later. The last stop in this district was the Carpenter's, it was run by a man named Dale, he worked with his son Luke, and his apprentice Bo. Bo was the quieter of the two, while Luke was very loud and in your face. Milo and Luke took to each other very fast, talking loud and jumping around, Lina spoke to Bo, who gave her an axe for them to use, and she smiled at him for not making her mad. The girls left on a good note and Luke yelled for Milo to met him in the woods sometime for a wood chopping contest.

The girls made their way across the bridge that took them back to their house, looked at the long road to the left of them and sighed. They knew they had to go and finish introducing themselves and Flute Fields was just beyond the road. Looking at each other, they headed off, walking the roads and over a bridge, looking at the giant fields and river that surrounded them.

"Well…this place is just fancy," Lina thought out loud, ignoring the snickering her new friend was making.

"Who would live in this huge place? It's like…huge!"

The two looked at each other before making their way to Marimba Farm first. There they had met Ruth and her husband Craig, who was a drunk cranky old man. They have two children, whom are Taylor and Anissa and the two seemed to get along just fine for being siblings. They also found out that Chase's house was just next door to the farm, which seemed like valuable information in Lina's mind as she took mental notes about it. Something about that boy just clicked with her.

After meeting the family at Marimba Farm, they headed over to Horn Ranch and met the owner, Hannah. The barn next door to the shop Hannah worked in was where her husband Cain was found. Meeting Cain resolved in a free cow. Milo and Lina argued over the color they wanted before finally just given a brown cow by Cain to stop their bitching. He promised to deliver the baby cow to their farm the next day and shoo'd them out before they made a ruckus. After leaving the barn with smiles upon their faces that just read 'Oh we bad…you know it~!', they ran into the daughter, Renee. She was so adorable to them that the two girls just had to hug her to death. Renee had just smiled, scratching the back of her neck embarrassed before showing them the windmill.

Sun was setting just beyond the hills and the two girls decided that it was time to head back. Waving good-bye, they headed back towards their home. Upon entering their own farm, they two looked at their new home.

"We've got a lot of work to do…" Milo muttered, glaring at the lie of a house that the town had not taken care of.

"I agree…but at least it was free," Lina said, trying to think positive but failed after looking at their disaster house and sighing.

The two made their way to their house, sitting on their futons and making a general plan of how to split the chores.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday are all days Lina would take care of the animals while Miho would take care of the crops. While Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday would be Miho's turn to care for the animals and Lina would care for the crops.

Milo was more of a fields person, giving her more time with the crops then animals, while Lina was the opposite…so the two had worked out nicely. After shutting off all the lights, they went to bed for the night.


Day Three (Wednesday)

The next morning, Milo was the first to awaken. Today was their first official day to work on their farm and get things done and in order to run their farm. Once she was standing though, there was a knock on the door, successfully waking up Lina who sat up and stared at the door in annoyance. Both girls groaned as the door was knocked on again before both moving towards the offending noise. Opening it, they saw Cain at the door, smiling as if nothing was wrong and that the two girls weren't glaring him to flames like they wished.

"Come to barn you two. I brought your present!"

Milo and Lina looked at each other, confused since the two were obviously not ready for company so early in the morning. They looked at Cain, confusion just littering their face emotions.

Cain resisted the urge to smack his own forehead. These two girls obviously forgot why he was there or what the present he had brought them. "The cow…that I said I would give you for the start of your farming days."

"Oh yeah~!" they both stated, light bulbs above their head finally shining with light. They then slammed the door in Cain's face before reemerging fully dressed for the day. Both adorned work clothes as not to ruin the clothes that were obviously not farming material. Milo work a simple green t-shirt and long pant overalls while Lina wore a black long sleeve with short overalls.

The two, now dressed and ready for the day, followed Cain over to their tattered and wanting to fall apart barn that was next to the equally trashed chicken coop. Once the three entered, the two girls automatically saw the baby brown cow that slept at the end of their barn. The two girls looked at the baby in awe, before walking over to it. It automatically woke up, staring at the two with its big brown eyes. Both girls cooed at their new family member, petting it.

"Ain't she just a doll?" Cain questioned, walking over the two as they cuddled up to the baby cow. "And she'll need a name."

Looking at each other now, cutting the attention short with the cow who, if you looked closely, looked at the two annoyed for the loss of attention she was given. Both gained a look of questioning, sitting on the floor in a thinking position.

"Let's name her…"

"Doodoo Bug!"

Lina, Cain, and the cow looked at Milo like she had a second head.

"What? I used to have a friend with that nickname. I think it's cute!"

"Well…I guess its Doodoo Bug. Buggy can be her nickname," Lina pressed, the cow giving up trying to glare at the girl who used the word doodoo in her name. Cain had eventually gone home, and Milo went out to take care of the small amount of crops. Lina sat next to the cow, brushing the dirt off her body with a comb they were given before Cain left. After being satisfied, she walked over to the feed, noticing the shortage.

"We'll have to grow you some food Buggy. But for now, we'll have to make due with this," she stated, the cow now awarding her new master with an annoyed look. She was a cow for goodness sake! She was supposed to eat a lot. Lina ignored the look her and Milo's cow gave her and started to feed Buggy.

Outside, Milo was using the sickle, thankfully given to them by Hannah before they left their ranch, to get out all the weeds that had littered their growing area. After finishing that off, she looked at the now clean piece of land before grabbing the hoe and digging up areas that they would be able to plant in. Finishing that, she noticed Lina leaving the barn.

"We need seeds to grow crops..." Milo stated, setting the hoe down next to the watering hole.

Lina nodded in agreement, "Let's go ahead and head over to Flute Fields then. If I remember right, Ruth was the one who sells that sorta thing. We should get a couple trees too and grow some grass or Buggy will be out of food within the next few days."

"Aww! Poor Doodoo Bug!"

The two started their adventure towards Ruth's shop in Flute Fields. The two chatted aimlessly before Milo looked ahead of them, seeing a somewhat familiar face sitting outside a house the two girls had yet to adventure off to. Nudging Lina with her elbow, she pointed at the boy. Lina looked ahead as well, blushing at seeing the familiar orange haired boy. Shaking her head, she and Milo walked past the boy, waving to him before entering the shop.

Ruth was there behind the counter as she greeted them upon entering. The three talked a bit before getting down to business. Lina and Milo had bought a few Spring packs of crops, some grass, an orange tree and an olive tree. The two girls made their way back to their home, each planting to get the job done sooner.

After all the chores had been taken care of the girls sat on the ground and talked for awhile, Milo teasing Lina about her crush on Chase, when suddenly she heard a voice call out to her.

"…el…me…an…one…Tree…fire…hurry!"

Lina looked over at Milo and was confused by the look on her friends face. "What's wrong?"

"Well…either something nearby is on fire, or years of drug abuse have finally given me voices in my head, and I've never done drugs so something is on fire…oh well."

Milo scratched the back of her head and laid back down, trying to get comfy; while Lina looked at her like she was crazy.

"Well if something is on fire don't you think we should go check it out?"

"Do we have to?"

"Yes."

"…Fine."

The girls got up and made their way to the Garmon Mine district where they saw smoke coming out of a group of trees in the distance. They saw Luke standing with Bo and his father watching the smoke, and when they asked why nothing was being done Luke replied that the animals wouldn't let them through. Milo was quiet for a moment, Lina watching her with an eyebrow raised, then a cruel smile appeared on Milo's face.

"Let me deal with the animals, just lend me your axe for a moment please!"

With that said she snatched the axe from his hand and ran into the forest, Lina not far behind her.

"I'll make sure she doesn't break it!"

All then men could do was stand and watch them run into the flames.

Inside the forest path Milo was swinging the axe around like a mad woman, laughing hysterically as the animals ran away from her. Lina just stood behind her and shook her head in disappoint, but couldn't help but find it just as funny as well. After all the animals had run away, the girls ran deeper into the forest and found that the path led to an ancient Aztec looking shire surrounded by water with a large tree in the center completely covered in fire.

Lina did the first thing she could think of, which was to take off her shirt, dunk it into the water and then fling the remaining water inside the shirt at the tree, Milo was quick to follow her idea. It took a long time, but the fire was eventually put out, but not without battle scars, Milo had a burn on her hand and Lina's shirt had been burned, and the tree was completely gone. The girls could hear the other villagers putting the rest of the fire out, so they sat down to take a breather.

"Thank you so much for what you have done."

"HOLY SH-!"

"Who are you?"

Both girls jumped up and looked at the woman towering over them. She was smiling but looked very pale and apparently didn't have the strength to hold her self up because she suddenly crashed to the ground and didn't move. The girls ran to her side and helped sit her up and were surprised by how light she felt when she leaned against them.

"This is horrible! Without the divine tree, who knows what will happen!"

"…Something bad?"

Lina reached over and smacked Milo in the back of her head.


T.B.C.

Dreams: Well, this is the end of the first chapter. We're planning to have around 3 days or so per chapter! So look forward to a lot of writing.

Reality: We do not own Harvest Moon and its characters. This game is officially based off of Animal Parade (in our own style). We do, however, own the characters Milo and Lina.

Dreams: Please review!