All right, I still don't own Harvest Moon, nor any of its characters. This story is merely for fun.

I would like to thank my two reviewers, kipi - C H I I xx, and Tinkies! You guys are great! This is for you, and any other readers that may view this! Don't be afraid to criticize, I want to recognize and fix my errors. This chapter might be a bit boring, but I promise to put Shea in here very soon! All right, on with the story….

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Sun leaked through the nearby window, flowing its way to reveal a sleeping girl named Chelsea. She looked so peaceful, so calm, her chest rising and falling slowly. It was well into the morning, almost 9:45. Slowly her eyes fluttered open, batting her thick eyelashes. Vibrant blue eyes were revealed in the parting of those eyelids, eyes spilling over with sleep. Chelsea sat up, stretching her arms out toward the ceiling, yawning to banish sleep. She swung her feet over the side of the bed, wrenching off her blankets as she did so.

She went to the bathroom, washed her face, and then realized that she still hadn't unpacked her things from her suitcase. In the proceeding hour, she did so, though it wasn't much. Chelsea soon brushed her teeth and hair, as well as put on fresh attire for the day. In the middle of making her bed, somebody knocked loudly on the door.

"Coming!" she called, perfecting the arrangement of the sheets.

Upon opening the door, she found a very excited-looking Taro. He was short of breath, as though he had run a pretty decent distance. This worried Chelsea, partly because he was old.

Gasping for breath, he cried out, "We've got some new arrivals!"

"Already?" Chelsea gasped. Never in her wildest dreams did she think that people would arrive so soon.

"Let's go down to the beach and meet them!"

"A-alright. Let me just get my shoes on…and my bag."

Chelsea, excited at the prospect of new arrivals, practically ransacked her once-clean room for her boots, which turned out to be right next to the door in the first place. Slipping her backpack on and tightening her bandanna, Chelsea walked out of her house, Taro close by.

On the long walk, they strolled through the old towns. Chelsea got more of a chance to inspect them more carefully, for she was well-rested and had more time. She realized that all of the homes could be repaired, all it took was good craftsmanship. In fact, Chelsea could see it in her mind's eye: a bustling city, merchants whizzing through the cobble-stoned streets, fresh shops selling produce, animals, seeds, and other luxury items. It fit rather well with the island itself, in Chelsea's opinion. The beautiful scenery of trees and fresh incoming air from the sea would rather compliment a little island town.

Soon, the beach was getting closer and closer, and Chelsea could see the beach, with it's pure white sand, the large boulder coated in green substance that stood near the dock, but far enough away from the shoreline so it wouldn't be washed away, and the grand wooden dock that was in rather good shape. Not only was the dock in place, but a large ship as well! Chelsea couldn't believe her eyes; it was all too good to be true. Sure enough, when she rubbed her eyes of any remaining sleep that may have been deceiving her, she knew that this was really happening. From where she was currently walking, which was about a hundred yards from the scene, she could even see Taro's family, Felicia, Natalie, and Elliot, as well as two figures that Chelsea couldn't recognize right away.

Suddenly, Taro practically sprinted the rest of the way, leaving Chelsea in a slight daze. How can he run so fast? He's so old! Heh, I guess the old-timer's still got some kick in him…, Chelsea wondered. Realizing that she was left behind while he was at the beach, Chelsea ran up to meet them all.

"What took you so long? Slowpoke!" Taro exclaimed once she arrived on the beach. At last Chelsea got a good look at the two strangers. They both looked like they had Asian ancestors, but not predominantly. The older of the pair, maybe in his early forties, was wearing a purple Asian top lined with pink over a white long-sleeved shirt, which had a belt over his waist. He also wore dark pants tucked in brown boots, as well as both a bun and a headband on his head, wrapping around his forehead to the back, the tails of which were flowing in the ocean breeze. The smaller stranger, maybe around ten or twelve, wore a headband of the same manner. On his torso was a green long-sleeved Asian top lined with brown, with a russet vest over it, as well as blue pants and deep brown shoes. Both had dark hair and eyes, as well as slightly tanned skin.

"Ah, you must be Chelsea. I'm Chen, and this is my son Charlie. We're merchants, pleased to meet you." the older man, Chen explained. He took the time now to bow with respect, and everybody returned the gesture.

"Yeah, ditto! How's it going?" the younger boy, Charlie, piped.

"I just sold my old shop in the city. I felt like it was time for a change of scenery. I was looking to open a shop on one of these islands," Chen said, "And I think this island has the most potential. I know the island's deserted now, but I hear it used to be quite a bustling town. Now that you're here, I think a lot of business will start coming back."

Chen's even arranged for cargo ships to make regular stops on this island! It's wonderful! Now we can ship and sell any crops that you grow, Chelsea!", Felicia reported.

"See? I knew things would work out!" Taro yelled, proud of recent events.

"And since you'll be farming, I'll be sure to stock plenty of seeds in my store," Chen further clarified.

"That's great! I admit, at first I wasn't quite sure how we'd make this work. But now that Chen's here, you've got everything you need to start farming, Chelsea." Taro said, turning to Chelsea expectantly. Chelsea just kept listening, feeling like she was in some sort of far-off dream. As if any moment, she was going to wake up now, but she didn't want to. In fact, she prayed this wasn't a dream.

"But if you want to start a ranch, you'll need some animals. I know some animal sellers. I'll see what I can do," Chen promised, a warm smile playing on his gentle features.

"That's perfect! Thank you so much, Chen!" Taro announced.

"No, no. Thank you! If you hadn't moved here, I don't' know where I would have set up my new shop." Chen asserted. Turning to Felicia, he added, "Felicia, the boat can take you into the city today if you'd like."

"That'd be wonderful! I can start finding buyers for Chelsea's crops!" Felicia said.

"Okay, then. Now we just need to find a good spot for our store." Chen said.

Taro told him he knew just the place, and leaded the whole gang up into town. Everyone followed quietly, but Chelsea walked up to Chen quietly, feeling that she owed the man something.

"I…I would really like to thank you for all that you've done and all that you're going to do for us here. We really do appreciate it," Chelsea thanked. She was really quite embarrassed, so she twiddled with her fingers. Chen, however, patted her on the head, right where her bandana was.

"You're quite welcome. Like I said, you all here have given us something as well. Don't forget that. We're all a community now," said Chen, acting so much like the father Chelsea knew he must be. They soon stopped in front of yet another run-down home. However, just like all the others, it could be repaired, and it would make a very nice home and business.

"This is perfect! We'll have this fixed up in no time! Let's get started, Charlie!", the proud father proclaimed, laughing and putting his arms up to gesture to the home.

The son, however, looked a little annoyed. "Hey! You haven't told them about what I can do yet! Sheesh!" the young boy named Charlie complained, a pout playing on his mouth and arms crossing. He continued. "If you can bring me the right materials, I can enhance tools and make accessories. If you bring me Wonderfuls, I can equip them on tools to enhance them. If you bring me Orichalc, I can make some cool accessories!"

"We may get some Wonderfuls during the Winter. Keep checking our stock," Chen clarified. "Anyway, it's time for us to get to work. Please come by when we open!"

"Glad to have you here, Chen and Charlie. Good luck!" Taro called as they all walked away to their homes. He turned his attention to Chelsea, saying, "Chelsea, when you get home, I would try cleaning out your farm a lot. You know, pull some weeds, clean up the barn, weed out the soil. If you find any wild plants, put them in the shipping bin next to your home. I'll come by later to pick up everything later."

Chelsea nodded, wished him a good day and farewell, and returned to her property. She put her hands on her hips, sighed, pulled her sleeves up to her shoulders, and set to work. For a few hours, she pulled weeds out of the fields where crops would be grown, and then she went into the barn, where she hauled out pieces of wood that were placed in there. The hard-working teen took out the feed bins and water bins, scrubbed them out, and then placed them back where they were. She also weeded out in there. Upon looking at the tools shed, she found an old hoe, sickle, watering can, axe, and hammer. All of them were in pretty good shape, just a little old and heavy for Chelsea.

After cleaning up just a bit more in there, she even found a sack of turnip seeds! Once she was done polishing all of the utensils, she took the hoe, watering can, and seeds out, filled the watering can, and then went into the field. It took quite a while for Chelsea to get the land tilled enough for the soil to reach a richer color. Twelve minutes, six blisters, and one backache later, she had the land ready to plant the seeds. With tender hands she evenly dispersed the seeds among eighteen holes, covered them, and dampened the ground where they were buried. She was especially careful not to plant them too deep or too shallow. At last, when planting them was done, she stood up, bent back so her back cracked, and wiped her brow of sweat.

Once the few seconds she spent gazing at her hard work was over, Chelsea searched all corners of her property and everything in-between for wild plants, such as wild herbs or flowers. With great luck, she found quite a few, and placed them carefully in the shipping bin so they wouldn't be bumped or bruised. Then she went over to a great pile of weeds, the place where she had placed all of the weeds that were uprooted from her property, and, bit by bit, she threw them in a trash bin she had found in a barn. Of course, before she placed them in the trash bin, she had moved the trash bin next to the tool shed.

Finally, at 5:37 p.m., Chelsea stood back, and admired her work for the last time. Yes, it had come a long way since this morning. Everything was cleaner, fresher-reborn, you could say. Almost all of the weeds were gone, and the field soil was darker, and Chelsea had the blisters to prove that she had exerted the necessary energy to make it so. I'm so proud! she mentally cheered, closing her eyes in a warm smile.

Just then, Taro walked up to Chelsea's property. He looked quite worn out as well; perhaps he was working on his family's home. Taro went over to Chelsea's shipping box, and she ran up to greet him. The old man told her that his home was almost complete with repair, and that her farm was coming along very nicely. He picked up her shipments, said that he would bring them to the ship, and that Chelsea should get some rest.

Chelsea went into her house, cleaned up, changed into her pajamas, and brought out her blue diary, along with her pen. She wrote rather quickly; she wanted to sleep as soon as possibly.

Spring, day 2.

Dear Diary,

Things are turning out to be really amazing! It's only my second day here and already two people have moved to the island! I'm so happy, they are going to open up a grocery store! The older of the two, Chen, is going to run the store and his son, Charlie, is going to improve tools for us if we give him 'Wonderfuls', whatever those are. With Chen and Charlie came a boat, and Felicia went into a neighboring city to arrange for people to buy my crops. Chen is also going to find some animal sellers for me. It's just great!

Today I cleaned up the farm a lot, I weeded and washed almost everywhere. I even found some wild plants and flowers. I put them in the shipping bin and Taro came and picked them up to ship them. I wonder how much money I'll get? It was a lot of work, so I hope a pretty good sum. I got so many blisters, it hurts my hands to write this. Speaking of blisters, I got a couple of them while planting turnip seeds, using some old tools I found in an poor tool shed. It was such hard work just to plant a few of them, I hate to think what it would be like to plant almost a whole field of them! Will I always be planting them alone?

Well, here's to another good day,

-Chelsea