Another chapter :D Hope you enjoy! This is in Beth's P.O.V
I DO NOT OWN HARVEST MOON NOR ITS CHARACTERS. Beth is my OC.
Chapter 2: Not What I Expected: Beth's P.O.V
"Sorry, we're closed."
SLAM! Just like that, we were, quite rudely, shut out from the town hall. I didn't understand why. I had just been on the phone with the mayor a few days ago and scheduled this appointment. Well, I wasn't ready to leave just yet, I was going to find out why. Recounting all my animals, I slammed the door knocker with full force.
"Hey! I scheduled an appointment for the mayor earlier! Beth Holland? You know, the shepherdess of Mineral Town?"
A small flap in the door creaked open as a tall young man looked me over. His hair was jet black and pulled back into a ponytail. With curiosity, he scanned my exhausted livestock, quickly locking his blue eyes back on me.
"I'm sorry, you must have been misinformed. We are always closed during festivities. Everyone is closed. Please come again tomorrow."
With that, the pale man shut the flap and turned off the front lights. Boy, he had some nerve to shut out a woman in such a desperate time. Where were we going to stay for the night? There was no way that an entire herd could fit in a tiny hotel room, let alone be allowed in one. Suddenly, I remembered what he said. Festivities. Was there a festival going on? Maybe the mayor would be there!
"Well, looks like we're going to the festival. What do you think, Nolan?"
Nolan sat simply beside me, ignorantly scratching his head with his hind leg.
"Let's get a move on, then. We don't want to miss him!"
Gently breaking into a trot, my overworked mare, Carmen, marched in front of the independent calves. Pulling out my map, I dragged my finger along a small green area which represented what looked like a meadow. Festival. Let's see, where would a town like this have a festival? There's a large meadow just east of town, maybe they're holding it there. I looked up and back at the paper. Seems big enough. As I folded my map, I noticed that Nolan wasn't with us anymore. I stiffly strained my head back to find that he had collapsed a few feet behind us. I immediately pulled Carmen's reigns back and hopped off to retrieve him. Placing my hands around his weak body, I held him close and perched him in the saddle pouch, his favorite place to sleep.
"Hang in there Nolan. We're almost there. Look, it's just up ahead, see?"
Mounting Carmen, I looked into the deep pouch. He was fast asleep, rolled into a perfect ball. I sighed amusedly as we quickly approached the meadow.
Yeah, this chapter was really short too, but chapter three will be ENORMOUS compared to this one. Until then, look forward to reading more soon!
