Two seasons has passed, yet Jill still felt as if she hasn't figured things out.
Literally, she got the same reaction from everybody since that fateful day. Of course, they all differed slightly. Motherly figures such as Ruby, Celia, and Chris seemed to bear a sort of sympathy for her but were otherwise happy. Everybody else just had the same reaction as Takakura, a what the hell type of reaction. But as the spring and summer seasons wore on, her "Reawakening" ,as her best friend Flora would call it, became old news. Things were relatively back to normal.
Jill knew pretty much what was going on in the village up until that foggy period. She vaguely remembered getting new that Nina had passed away, and Muffy and Griffin married. But other than that it's all an empty space. And it bugged her.
Jill smiled as she looked at her beautiful field one fall evening. It took many weeks of hard labor and reconstruction, but she had not only restored her fields to its former glory, but she had made her ranch even better. Her crops held the promise of rich reward for the end of the season, Jill had called Gotz (Who though she had died!) and he not only upgraded her coop, but built two barns and upgraded her little shack into a beautiful ranch house. She now was the proud owner of ten chickens, three cows, two sheep, and a horse (Who Takakura gave as her 19th birthday gift). Yeah, she was doing just fine. Jill scratched the head of her loyal dog, Kappa. Her own appearance had improved since that day. Her face wasn't as sunken and dead looking. Her cheeks had the old rosy color back and she looked alive.
Yet, she felt like something was missing. It was this feeling every time she saw one of the Forget-Me-Not couples together. 'Like a longing' she mused. Sure, she knew that a few guys had a thing for her. But she couldn't bring herself to fall in love with any of them. Jill only saw Rock, as a stupid little brother, Cliff as her shy best guy friend, and Marlin as her sullen, emo friend.
Another thing, she had strange quirks that she had no idea where she picked them up form. She got the same strange feeling every time she made curry. Like a small ach in her heart, yet she couldn't place where this came from. She remembered her family making curry for her birthday one year, but that was about it. Jill frowned at another thought. She also made late night walks around the Goddess pond. She could never remember doing this before the foggy period, but she does it now and it still puzzles her.
Shaking her head, she tried to get rid of these thoughts. It only made her head hurt to think of the unknown. Tightening up her scarf, Jill made her way to the Blue Bar, she had just been paid by the Annoying Mayor who STILL after all her hard work criticizes her.
Like earlier!
"So how's life Jillian?" The Mayor of Mineral Town really did not like her. She hated being called that! And he knows it pisses her off to. With a sugary sweet smile, she replied, "I don't know Mayor Thomas, the same as ever though it must not be all that different then mine considering the fact that you still get my shipmen every day." He snapped. "Yeah, though it must be a little bit better, better than your affair with the Phantom Skye! By the way, your little thief is still on the run! That's right, he's still wanted! "
And just like that, the pain in her heart returned, but this time it wasn't an ache. It was as if someone decided to stab a piece of glass through her heart. What was going on? That name…why did it sound so familiar? She looked up at her much hated nemesis, but realized he did not have a smug look on his face, rather a frightened look, as if he said something that he shouldn't have.
Still keeping her composer, Jill shrugged. "Whatever you say Mr. Thomas. I really don't have time for affairs."
It still bugged her. Why? Was this the key to her answer, what had made her lose her memory?
She needed answers. The bar would be the best place to start.
"Muffy, who is Phantom Skye?"
Muffy froze and dropped Gustafa's drink as Jill asked the question. Griffin, her husband cursed under his breath, not hearing Jill's question. "Dammit Muffy!" "S-sorry sweety." Muffy quickly grabbed Jill's hand and booked it to the storage room.
"What the hell was that about?"
"No idea Gustafa, would you like me to make you a new drink?"
"Muffy, what the hell was that about?"
"Shhhh!" Peaking around, Muffy made sure no one was near the door. "Jill that should be my question! Don't play stupid, and why would you ask about him?"
"Because Muffy, Mayor Thomas said something about him," Muffy rolls her eyes. "Yeah laugh it up Muffy, he's evil! But that's not the point. Muffy, I had no idea who he was talking about, but it may have something to do with my lost memory. I have to know, who was he talking about?" 'Please Muffy, please tell me.'
Muffy looked down, her golden hair was covering up her olive eyes, making her unreadable. "Jill, you really don't remember him do you?" "No, not a thing. What was he to me?" Muffy stayed silent for a minute. Looking at her friend, she said sadly, "Jill, it's not my place to tell you." Jill opened her mouth to say something but Muffy interrupted, "Hold on, let me finish."
"It's not my place to tell you, because I don't know how you managed to lose your memory of him, Jill. All I think I should tell you though is this, he was a bad, bad man that hurt you a lot. " Muffy paused to let the information sink in. "It's better to ask someone else, I'm sorry I can't tell you more." Muffy quietly left the storage room to go back to work, leaving Jill to wrap her thoughts around what Muffy told her.
'He was a bad, bad man that hurt you a lot.'
Far away from Forget-Me-Not valley, a man walks alone on a road. The silver moon light hit only his concealed face, but made his silver hair glow. His hair had gotten much longer, but still framed his beautiful face perfectly. Pushing back his hood, he looks at the sign with his emerald only for a moment, and continues on his way towards the tiny village. He comes up to a sign, Forget-Me-Not Valley, 40 miles away.