Disclaimer: Jeez, do I have to say this in every chapter? I don't own Harvest Moon.
Chapter One: Claire Suzo's Journal
I blinked and sat up slowly, the room blearily coming into focus. I felt strangely unbalanced, and looked sluggishly around myself, unsettled as I realized that my surroundings weren't familiar. I was in a small, yet comfy, single bed in the corner of a small house. Next to the bed was a wooden bedside table, on top of which sat a lamp and a book with the word 'Journal' on the front. There was a medium sized TV in front of the bed, and in the middle of the room was a wooden table over a rug, with chairs pushed in under the table. I could see a kitchen counter, a fridge and a bookshelf, and at the other side of the room there were two doors, one of which I presumed led to the bathroom, the other outside. There were a few windows that showed nothing but darkness, for it must have been a few hours until sunrise. Gulping and looking around nervously, I picked up the journal and opened it to the first page. It's only to see if this tells me where the hell I am, I thought guiltily.
Jan 2nd,
I got this diary for Christmas, and I've decided that I'm actually going to write in it this year. I'm so bad at remembering to write in these things daily! I'm going to try weekly, at the very least. I was going to write in it yesterday, but I was kind of busy with soothing my horrible hangover and looking after the animals. It was New Year's, you know! Of course I was... uh... slightly tipsy. Anyway, Popuri was being such a bitch at the party! She's a pink headed, evil little puffy... ugh, I don't have the words to describe her! She infuriates me! Every time a guy tries to socialize with me, she makes me sound like a sex fiend! Last night, Kai was flirting with everyone- and I mean, everyone- at the party, and she yelled at him for flirting with me? Poor Kai looked really scared, though, so I guess he's kind of frightened of Popuri... At least Selena stuck up for me though! I can always count on her.
Kai's good looking, and pretty cool, I suppose. But I don't know who I like yet! I do really want a boyfriend, some guy to love me... I need it right now. All my friends have crushes, and if I don't hurry up all the guys are going to be gone. There's loads of guys, however- Chase, Gray, Gill, Toby, Calvin... only some of them. I hardly know Gray, he's the shyest out of the lot of them. He always seems to be working, or getting yelled at by his Grandfather. It's a shame, really. I'll have to get on the dating thing right away, tomorrow! So, goodnight, Journal (I'm refusing to call you Diary, it's so girly.)
- Claire Suzo
I gasped, and pushed the diary away from me. My surname was Suzo! What kind of joke was this? Was I in the hospital or something, and Sheri had left the journal for a joke? All the names mentioned in the journal were from Harvest Moon games, as well. It sounded like Tree of Tranquility. I smiled, almost laughing, and swung my legs from the bed. My legs seemed suddenly too light, and I fell out of the bed, dragging the covers after me. I froze in shock, my hair in my eyes, and realized three things.
1. The hands that were now resting on the pale wood grain floorboards were dainty, tanned hands, but strong. They were not my pale, big hands.
2. The hair that was swinging in front of my face was long, silky blonde hair. It was not my black, curled short hair.
3. I was still in her normal clothes, the ones I had... fainted? In. Which meant I was not in a hospital.
I screamed, and staggered over to one of the doors. If there's a bathroom in here, there's bound to be a mirror, I thought desperately. I grabbed the handle of the far right door, and wrenched it open, hoping to God that it wasn't the outside door. I was in luck, and instead saw a bathroom, black and white linoleum and a bath and shower, with a sink, a mirror set over the white porcelain bowl. I peered into the cold glass, and my eyes widened.
"Oh my God," I whimpered.
I hope you all like my story, and I really hope I get some readers! ^^ Sorry that these chapters aren't very long, but I'll post often, I promise! =3 By the way, from now on Ana's point of view will be first-person... I find it too hard to do it as I did in the Prologue. I just end up writing 'I' and 'me' all the time, so I have to go back and change it. ^^ Please review, and I'll write a lot more!