Hey! This is Dia! Here's the next chapter for those of you who reviewed. This chapter will about Claire and Cristina's arrival in Mineral Town and the meeting with Mayor Thomas. So enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon. Natsume does.


A New Life

Chapter 2

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Claire's POV

When I got off of the boat, I saw that we were at a beach with two shacks and a white staircase leading to the town probably. So, I decided to go up the stairs and try to find the farm.

"Cristina, let's go this way." I said pointing to the white staircase.

Cristina nodded and started to follow me. As soon as we got up the staircase, I saw that we were in a place that was probably the town square. I also saw that there were three different roads going out of the town square, so I chose to take the one to the left.

"Claire, which way is the farm?" Cristina asked me, a little confused.

"I'm not sure, but I'm taking that road to the left." I pointed to road I was talking about, and she followed me without saying anything else.

When we turned the corner, I saw there was a farm with cows grazing about, a farm with chickens running around, and a small shop across from the chicken farm. 'I'll check these places out later.'

So we walked down further, and there were two more roads. 'What's with all the roads?' And again I chose to take the one on the left. I saw a place with a horrible looking field, buildings that were possibly barns, and I guess a small house.

"Is this the farm Claire?" I looked at the so called farm. 'I really hope not.'

I looked down at Cristina. "I'm not sure Cristina, but-"

"Oh! Are you ?" I was cut off by a short man in almost completely red clothes and a round nose.

"Uh, yes and who might you be?" I said with a bit of annoyance in my voice.

"Well yes, excuse me for my rudeness, but I am Mayor Thomas, the mayor of Mineral Town." He proudly proclaimed. I could've sworn that he was trying to impress us when he did that.

'Only an idiot would be impressed by this guy.' I mean who would really be impressed with a—

"You're the mayor? Then this must be a great place!" Cristina exclaimed. 'Cristina! Don't tell me you're really impressed!'

"Why thank you dear, and what is your name?" Thomas said with a goofy smile on his face.

"My name's Cristina!" It seemed to me that Cristina really liked Thomas.

While Cristina and Thomas were talking, I examined this so called farm. The field had rocks, stumps and weeds in it and the buildings looked very old.

"---re, --aire, Claire!" I snapped out of my daze and turned to Cristina and Thomas.

"Mr. Thomas told me that this is the farm that we'll be staying on." Cristina said with a worried look on her face.

"Oh, well the-," I started, but then I realized. 'Wait! This is our farm!'

I suddenly turned to Thomas and was about to say some very unpleasant things to him, but I just said, "Is this true Mayor Thomas?" Putting on the nicest face I could put on at that moment.

"Oh yes, this is the farm you bought. I just can't believe you fell for the—," he suddenly looked at Cristina, who had a very confused look on her face, and stopped what he was about to say. "Oh never mind."

If Cristina wasn't here then I'd do things not suited for children's eyes. "Cristina, could you check out the house and the other buildings for me?" I said, trying to look as normal as I could, but I guess I tried too hard because Cristina only nodded with a confused combined with worried face and ran off.

Okay. There's no hiding it, I was pissed off. I guess even Cristina knew that. So I asked the mayor, "What was that last part you were about to say?" With the fakest smile known to man.

"Well," Thomas started, "I was saying that you fell for the ad in the newspaper." What! I did all this for Cristina and it was all a lie! What am I supposed to do now!?

"You… LIED TO ME!" I was about to seriously hurt him if Cristina hadn't came up to us at that moment. "Hey Claire! The buildings look okay, but the house only has one bed." Cristina explained to me.

To hide my anger, I just continuously nodded my head to everything she told me with a smile on my face.

"Mhm. That's good. I was just chatting with the mayor about how great a farm this is going to be. Right, Mayor Thomas?" I glared at him to make sure he said the right answer.

"Uh, y-yeah that's correct!" Thomas stammered. I really must have scared him with my glare.

"Are we keeping the farm?" Cristina asked. I did this for Cristina, the least I could do was give it a try.

"Sure!" I said. Cristina jumped in joy and hugged me.

"Oh thank you Claire!" She yelled.

Yeah, I think I'll give this a try.


Thomas POV

I was supposed to meet a woman called Claire at the pier today, but I'm running a little late. Just when I turned the corner, I saw a woman with blonde shoulder length hair and a little girl with hair of the same color, except she had pigtails. They were both standing at the entrance of the old farm.

"Oh! Are you ?" I asked, hoping it was her.

"Uh, yes and who might you be?" She sounded a bit annoyed. Well, it did appear that she was talking to the little girl before I interrupted them.

"Well yes, excuse me for my rudeness, but I am Mayor Thomas, the mayor of Mineral Town." I said proudly. I hope they were impressed by my status.

"You're the mayor? Then this must be a great place!" The small girl exclaimed. She must have been impressed, but it didn't work with Claire it seems.

"Why thank you dear, and what is your name?" I happily asked.

"My name's Cristina!" She told me. I believe we could get along very well.

Claire seemed to forget about us and went to look over the farm, so I decided to talk to Cristina for a bit. "You know Cristina, this is the farm you'll be staying on." I whispered.

"Really? I have to tell my sister." Cristina turned to Claire and started to call her name. "Claire, Claire, Claire!" Claire suddenly turned around to look at us. Cristina continued talking. "Mr. Thomas told me that this is the farm we'll be staying on."

"Oh, well the-," Claire suddenly stopped mid-sentence for some reason. All of a sudden, her expression turned grim.

Then she suddenly turned to me with a scary looking smile. "Is this true Mayor Thomas?"

I hesitated for a minute, but answered anyway. "Oh yes, this is the farm you bought. I just can't believe you fell for the --," I looked at Cristina; I didn't want to say something so cruel in front of her, so I stopped myself. "Oh never mind."

Claire turned to Cristina and asked her to check out the house and the other buildings. There's no hiding it, she's really ticked off. I guess Cristina noticed it too. She turned to me with a big grin. The corners of her mouth were… twitching. "What was that last part you were about to say?" She asked.

Without thinking, I answered. "Well," I hesitated, "I was saying that you fell for the ad in the newspaper." My Goddess! What did I just do!?

Claire had a look of anger mixed with sadness; suddenly, it just all turned to anger. "You…LIED TO ME!" It looked like she was about to hurt me if Cristina hadn't shown up.

"Hey Claire! The buildings look okay, but the house only has one bed." Cristina explained. Claire suddenly changed her expression to fake happiness and nodded to everything Cristina said.

"Mhm. That's good. I was just chatting with the mayor about how great a farm this is going to be. Right, Mayor Thomas?" She glared at me to make sure I said the right answer.

So, in fear of my life I answered. "Uh, y-yeah that's correct!" I stammered.

"Are we keeping the farm?" Cristina asked.

Claire had a look of thoughtfulness for a moment and finally said, "Sure!"

Cristina jumped in joy and hugged Claire. "Oh thank you Claire!" I can see that these sisters are really close. But here was still one thing on my mind as I left.

'I bet it's that time of month...'


So that was the second chapter. I hope you liked it! In the next chapter I'll try to let them meet the other residents of Mineral Town. Well until then. Ciao darlings!