After this chapter, the plot will start to pick up fast. trust me.

~~Chapter Two~~

The train eventually became to a complete stop. I waved good bye to Rover one more time before I got off the train. I hopped off the train, and watched it leave.

"Hello!" said the monkey in a uniform standing next to me, " I'm Porter. Welcome to May Valley."

"Hi, Porter, I'm Rina. This town sure looks quiet compared to the city I was in before."

He laughed.

"Well, it's a small community, but a happy one. I hope you enjoy it here."

I smiled at him and began walking down the dark red brick steps. That monkey didn't seem so bad. I didn't know what Rover was talking about.

I began walking along a stone path. The houses were kind of old, but it was still a warm welcoming looking town. The stone path lead me to four cute little houses and a bulletin board. The houses looked identical, only each roof was painted a different color: red, green, orange, and yellow. All of them had white fences around them.

I was suddenly stopped by what it looked like a brown furred raccoon wearing a blue apron with a white leaf pattern on it..

"Wait!" he shouted, "are you lost?"

I turned around and looked at him.

"..Depends. What are you going to do?"

He took a short eerie pause and laughed.

"Oh, you are so funny! You're the new resident we have, yes? Rina, right? I'm Tom Nook. Pleasure to meet you."

"Yeah.. wait a minute, how did you know I was going to be here?"

"Rover called me when you got off the train. He mentioned you moving here, and I insisted that I rent you one of these houses!"

"Oh," I took a quick look at all of the houses, "so, these are your houses?"

"Yes, they are. All of them are available, too. Now, it's getting late. I'm sure you want to pick your house right now, hm? Don't want to be sleeping outside!"

"Okay."

I looked around, then spotted the red house first. I opened the door to peek in. I was shocked, it was a pretty small house. I turned on the light switch on the wall. All it had was two windows, a plain blue journal, a small box to lay the journal on, and some crappy torn wallpaper and wood flooring. I also noticed an old radio on the floor. Then I checked all of the other houses. All of them had the same brand of radio and journal, a box, and just slightly different wallpaper and flooring. There was no comparison, though, the red roofed house looked the most decent.

"I've made my choice. The red roofed house." I said.

"A nice choice! Now.. calculating the deposit, and the rent for this month.. that will be 17,000 bells!"

...Bells? I thought. But I have no money or "bells".

"..What's wrong? Lost your wallet?" he asked.

"No.. it's just that I have no money, or bells.."

What came next was horrifying. I didn't expect him to be so angry.

"Ahahahaha! You are so funny! My, I've never rented to such a funny person! But seriously, where are the bells?"

"I really don't have any bells."

The town suddenly became extremely quiet. It was about five seconds until he began talking again.

"Is this some kind of a joke? Why.. how am I supposed to rent to you if you have nothing to pay me? You do realize I can't give you a home now, right?"

I couldn't say anything. I just let him continue ranting.

"You really didn't bring anything? Nobody is going to give you a home. You will be living under the town's bridge. I can't believe you. Wait..I'm sorry.." he shook his head, "I do have one solution. Starting tomorrow, for every morning of the rest of the week, you will be working for my shop. If you don't show up for every day, you will be immediately kicked out of the house. Got it?"

"Got it. Thank you!" I said.

"You are very lucky you're getting a home. Now, my shop is not far from here. It's called Nook's Cranny, if you need detailed instructions then use the map on the bulletin at the train station."

Before he left, I noticed something strange next to my house. I stared at it for a bit. Suddenly, the creature made me jump as it opened it's eyes and started talking to me.

"Hello." it said. This creature looked like an orange stone fire hydrant, it had two bent handles for arms.

"Wait, Tom Nook, what is this thing?!"

He turned around.

"Oh, that's a Gyroid. It's kind of like a pet, only it sticks there in the ground all day. And it doesn't need water, or food. Gyroids help you decorate your house door and give others messages if you're not home at the time. There's other tricks it can do too, it can help you whenever you want."

"Okay, thanks." I said. Tom Nook left.

I wasn't sure how I was going to get to sleep that night. I had no bed. I had to sleep on the cold, old floor, without a blanket or pillow. This was going to be the last time I did this, because for one, it was pretty uncomfortable and freezing. Also, I could've sworn I heard banshees underneath the flooring.

I was up in the middle of the night, and couldn't sleep for well over two hours. I wanted to turn on the old radio, but the dusty thing didn't even work. I kept turning the dial and received no signal. That was, until I started turning it to the far right, and reached the sound of echos. It sounded like banshees again. Of course, I was completely freaked out, and just turned it off. I planned on throwing the radio out in the morning. Pretty creepy house, I hated it already.

How I was going to get money to buy new things, I didn't know. I'm pretty sure all the money I would make working at Nook's for the week would be going into the rent. All I knew was living like this won't be easy.