I present Chapter two of "Choices" Thank you for coming back to read this. I going to shut up now and start the story.

Yuki open her eyes slowly, not sure what had happened. She sat up quickly and her head started hurting. She placed her hand on her forehead before looking around. She was in a bed, but it wasn't her bed.

There were posters about health and taking care of your body hung on the white walls. Cabinets and shelves with books and bottles of medicine lined the room. By this time she could assume it was the town clinic. Beside Yuki's bed there was a chair and in that chair there was a person. This was the most confusing thing of all because she had absolutely no clue who he was.

She couldn't see his face, due to him being asleep and slumped over, so his unkempt blue hair hid most of it. Yuki leaned off the side of her bed to see if she could get a closer look at who it was.

Just as she began moving, the man lifted his head up, yellow eyes suddenly wide.

"Oh you're up!" He shouted happily, grinning widely.

"Nyaa!" Yuki screamed and fell halfway off the bed, her legs still on the mattress and covered by the blanket.

"Ah! I'm sorry!" The man said frantically, standing up out of his chair and lifting Yuki up and setting her on the bed.

"Are you okay?" He asked, looking worried as Yuki held her head in pain.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She smiled at him, wanting him to stop with the worried look. She fell on a daily basis numerous of times. It wasn't that big of a deal.

"So, who are you?" She asked, still confused as to why she was here.

"Oh, I'm Luke! It's great to meet you." He said, giving Yuki a thumbs up. She smiled and gave a little bow with her head. "I'm Yuki. What am I-"

"Luke here found you passed out in the Mushroom forest."

Yuki and Luke looked at the door to see a doctor pushing his glasses up as he looked over some papers on a clip board enter the room.

Yuki looked back at Luke, who was smiling sheepishly and scratching the back of his head.

"You don't seem to be suffering any head trauma. That's good, but you may want to take it easy. Next time you're going to hike in the forest, take some supplies."

Yuki nodded and looked at the doctor for a second. He seemed rather young to be a doctor, maybe a few years older than her. "I'm sorry, but what's your name?" She asked a little reluctantly. It felt weird to her to just ask someone for their name.

"Forgive me. I'm Doctor Jin. I run the clinic here in town. It's a pleasure to meet you Yuki, despite the circumstances." He bowed politely.

"You can leave now. You may have a head ache for a while, but this will make the pain go away." Doctor Jin handed Yuki a little red pill and a plastic cup full of water. She swallowed the pill, than the water, thanked Luke and the doctor, and left the clinic.

*

Yuki stopped in the street to look at the castle-like house at the top of the hill.

"Why did Hamilton tell me the steer clear of that place? Is it haunted or-"

Her thoughts were interrupted by some shouting her name from behind her. Yuki turned around to see Luke trotting after her, waving as he smiled at her.

"Oh, hey Luke. What's up?" She asked, smiling at the boy.

"I just wanted to apologize for making you fall out of bed."

Yuki smiled and giggled a little. "Heehee, it's alright Luke, you just startled me is all."

"Oh, okay. So, do you need any help on your farm?" He asked, now walking with her down the street towards her farm.

"Hmm, I do need to get some seeds, but I can-"

Luke cut her off as he ran down the path, shouting, "I'll go get them for you Yuki!" as he ran towards the path.

Yuki sighed, not even trying to run after him. There was no way a klutz like her could catch up with him without causing another visit to the clinic.

"When Luke makes up his mind, there's no stopping that boy." A female voice said from behind Yuki.

She twirled around to see Kathy smiling at her. "Howdy." She said, waving at Yuki.

"Oh, hello Kathy. What's up?"

Kathy ruffled Yuki's hair a bit. Something an older sister would have done to a younger sibling.

"Just checking up on our little town's newest member is all. I herd you were in the clinic after Luke found you passed out and I was a tad bit worried."

Yuki chuckled as Kathy messed her hair up. It didn't bother one bit, she just combed through it with her fingers.

"I'm alright, really." She said, smiling as she finished straightening her hair best she could.

Kathy grinned and grabbed Yuki by the wrist. "Well, since you just got out of the clinic, how bout you swing by the Brass Bar? Good!"

"Eh?" Yuki was trying to think of how that made any sense. 'Yes, you just got out of the clinic for fainting, now let's go drinking!'

Kathy pulled her into the bar and sat her down at a table.

"What about Luke?" Yuki asked, looking back at the door.

"Oh, he'll be fine. He'll most likely buy the seeds, and then get distracted by something."

"Oh, ah. Kathy? I can't drink alcohol. I'm only nineteen."

Kathy laughed as she placed a drink in front of Yuki. It looked like regular old green tea.

"Sweetie, I know not to give minors alcohol," Kathy winked, "Unless it's a special occasion. No, this is just green tea. I didn't get a chance to get to know you yesterday, so I thought we could just hang out here."

Yuki beamed happily, sipping at her tea. She had a feeling Kathy and her were going to be great friends.

*

"Ahaha! No way. He actually said that?!" Yuki laughed as Kathy told a story about when she was in school with Jin.

"I kid you not! It's true."

It had been at least two hours since Kathy dragged Yuki into the Brass Bar and the two of them were already talking like old friends.

"So, is there anything else you want to know about the town and its people?" Kathy asked, pouring more tea and setting down some cookies. The two had become a little hungry so they ended up eating snacks.

Yuki thought for a minute, and then had a thought. "Yeah, can you tell me about the white house at the top of the hill on the way to the church?"

Kathy looked a little amused by Yuki's question and was about to say something when the doors swung open.

"Hey! Sorry I took so long." Luke yelled, waiving at the two girls.

Yuki smiled and waved at him as Kathy sighed. "How could it take you two hours to pick up some seeds?" She asked.

Yuki looked at look with a shocked look over her face. "Ah! You didn't really need to get me seeds!"

Luke chuckled and sat down next to Yuki, pulling out six bags of seed's labeled 'Turnip seeds"

"It's no biggy. It didn't cost that much. So what where you two talking about?"

Kathy smirked, "She wants to know about the white house at the top of the hill."

Luke suddenly had a dark serious face on, staring at his hands. "They say he lives there.."

"Here he goes." Kathy sighed, placing a hand on her forehead, resting her elbow on the table.

"Who?" Yuki asked, suddenly interested, leaning on the table, paying very close attention.

"A man who knows the ways of dark magic. It's said that he has the power to peer into your very soul and even raise the dead. If anyone disturbs them, he hunts them down and kills them!" Luke began laughing evilly.

"Muwahahahaaa-Owch!" Kathy had pulled out a magazine and smacked Luke on the back of the head.

Yuki, looking a little scared, waited for Kathy to say something that denied Luke's story.

"That's not true at all and you know it." She sat sown and looked at Yuki, "The man that lives there is said to be a fortune teller, but he hardly comes out of his house. I saw him once at like midnight, but he had a hood covering his face, so I don't know what he looks like."

Yuki thought for a minute. Could this mysterious fortuneteller be the same person she'd seen as she passed out in the forest?

"Yeah, but it still seems a little strange. I mean, he never comes out for festivals or anything fun. It's a little fishy to me." Luke said, crossing his arms.

"Oh, wait a minute! Why are we holding you up? It's your second day and you still need to plant those seeds." Kathy said, picking up her and Yuki's dishes.

"Ah, you're right." Yuki hadn't noticed it, but she never had the chance to start anything on the farm yesterday. She hopped out of her seat and rushed to the door.

"Sorry guys, I'll see you later!"

"Bye!" Luke and Kathy said together.

Heehee! There you have chapter two. Luke has finally come in, but what about wizard you ask? I guess you'll have to keep reading huh? MUWAHAHAAAA! *Pulls rope and it begins to rain cupcakes all over the readers* Please review this and the first chapter, good readers! ^-^ Until next time.