RuRu: Howdee! I need a new story or something. Sorry I'm not updating much these days, but I'm stressed with school and stuff like that! This time it's a Karen story! I GOT HM: FOMT! HURRAY! After long time it is mineeeeeeeeeee!
This is not Karen from HM: FOMT though, this is 64 version. Also this is a 6 chapter story! Fairly short and yet I still love it.
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Not all Things that Glitter are Gold
By: RuRu
Prologue
More Worthless then the Word
Summer Day 8 Time: 8:37 PM Weather: Cloudy
Karen blew out a last puff of her cheap cigarette and threw it to the ground; pressing the tip of her foot against it rubbing it into the earth. Trying to bury it from view, and from her own. She'd picked up the nasty habit some odd three years ago, and swore then to her parents she'd stop. She stared down at her "I Quit" bracelet shaped like the "Live Strong" bands she saw on everyone; the bracelet was a lie that she kept secret to even herself it seemed.
Being twenty one and still living in this poor country town was not her idea of a life. She longed to escape her "box", as she called it, and venture to her true home; the city. She'd been three times in her life, with her parents only, and that had been to deliver wine exclusively for the mayor. She remembered the buildings that towered around her, the hustle and bustle, the different noises, the people, the smells, and all of that had molded into a perfect harmony for her.
She popped a couple mints in her mouth and began walking back to the winery. The mountains were the only place she could let off steam anymore, and smoke. She needed to air out her clothes before she got around her mom, probably wash them as well.
"Damn mom, damn father, damn town, damn life." She grumbled; that was her developed hobby, cursing at everyone around her, and herself.
She'd put her happy face on, trot in the house, smile at her mother, and skip up the stairs to bed. Everything she did in life was a list: sleep, eat, chores, smoke, walk, eat, shower, and sleep. That was her routine for everyday, and it wasn't going to ever change if things remained the way they were.
Karen walked around the same area for about fifteen minutes, realizing that no matter how many times she did this nothing was new, every bug, bird, animal, and person were doing the same thing in the same spot.
The carpenter's assistants watched her walk past, young men that had signed up to ruin their lives as mountain. She pitied their actions, for she knew their fate would be a doomed list as well. One that they too would grow tired of.
"Evening." They tried to sound sly, still staring at her.
Karen had grown to be quite the beauty, even with her smoking habit…and drinking habit. Her outfit had changed from the tacky purple vest and frayed blue jean shorts; it was now regular blue jeans that hugged her hips and a violet tank top that let part of her belly be visible.
Ann said it was cute; her father called her a whore.
In her eyes she didn't care what they called her, she did what she wanted. She'd had no boyfriends; unless you counted the time her and Kai got drunk and took things too far. She did her best to try and forget that.
She sighed as she entered the winery's property, everyone had gone to bed. Karen opened the door to her home, crept in the living room and up the stairs. She had no idea that the next day, her life would change dramatically. Her "friends" and "family" would no longer exist to her, and the quiet town she had once known would be dead to her forever.
END PROLOGUE
RuRu: It was a weak prologue, but I'm half asleep. I apologize for that. Hope you join me for the next chapter.
Cheers to the fans of Harvest Moon. PEACE!