A/N: The whole chapter's going to be in the Witch Princess' point of view. I kind of tweaked her personality a little, making her a bit more hostile and a little vulgar towards the Harvest Goddess. I also made her a bit violent. I still think she's awesome though.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harvest Moon.

Chapter 2: A Little Fuzzy

Witch Princess POV

"Now I just need some gold ore and I'm done with my concoction!" I said with a mischievous grin. I stirred in a gooey substance in my mini cauldron as I wait for my minions to arrive with the precious ore.

I am one step away with creating the ultimate potion that would turn any human into a teddy bear! I would call it, 'Da-chan X.' Ah; I just can't help my fascination with teddy bears. I just want to turn everything into teddy bears…no that wouldn't be too fun. If I did that, there wouldn't be any mortals that I can mess around with. Variety is the spice of life after all.

I can hear my Da-chan minions coming up from the second floor of the spring cave. They must have found the gold ore I have been looking for. Why did the booklet say that I must get the ore from this particular mine? And why did this cave have to be close to the pond? Her pond? Ugh, Harvest Goddess is so annoying! She better not appear out of nowhere and ruin my plans! Just thinking about her has already ruined my mood.

"Dum-Da-Da-DAA! "

Oh, speak of the devil. It's her. That's just great.

"Look, Harvest Bitch, I don't have time to deal with the likes of you! Get out of my face! As much as I would love to prove that I can beat your ass at any game at any time, today is an exception!"

"My,my,my. Aren't we a little busy." The bitch giggled when she saw me rummaging over my pile of ingredients. "I just want to see how my old friend was doing."

"Alright, one, I am not your friend. And two, get the hell out of here! I am about to finish my masterpiece!" I hissed.

My minions finally came up the stairs, all three of them carrying a couple of gold ores. I only needed one, but no matter. I could use some spare ores for future experiments. I took one of the ores and dropped it into my concoction. I stirred furiously because the Harvest Goddess angered me and I wanted to leave this cave at once. The substance turned into a golden yellow. I smiled a devilish grin. I was done with my masterpiece.

"Ha,ha! It is finally done!" I placed the golden substance in a glass container. It had a picture of a bear and the bottom is labeled 'Da-chan X.' "Come on minions! Let us leave this wretched place!"

"I wouldn't go out of the cave if I were you." The green-haired woman warned me.

"Do not tell me what to do!" I snapped. I just wanted to get out of the cave and breathe fresh air. That woman makes my blood boil.

Just when I was about to walk out, a young man and a young woman suddenly appeared before me. The young man had brown hair sticking out of his cap and had chocolate brown eyes. The young woman had long, blonde hair and clear blue eyes. They just stood there, frozen. I guess they were probably shocked to find a witch, a goddess, and three teddy bears in a cave.

"Dah…ehh…uh…hello ladies." The boy said. Hmm, he seems to be a promising candidate…

"Who are you? What brings you here?" I asked the boy.

"Uh, my name is Jack. And this is my friend, Claire. We heard voices coming from this cave while we were visiting the pond."

"Ah, I am the Harvest Goddess. You two were visiting the pond? I am very flattered!" the goddess shot a smile at Jack and Claire. "Nice to meet you Jack –"

"Shut up, woman! Do not talk to my guinea pig!" I snapped.

"You are so rude today, Witchie!" The goddess glanced back at Jack and Claire. "I'll be in my pond. Try to visit me every once in a while and make an offering. Toodles!" The goddess left the cave and disappeared into the watery depths of the pond. Finally. I looked back at the confused Jack.

"Gu…guinea pig? I'm…your…whaa?" The boy looked very puzzled.

"That's right. Since you and your friend have decided to come over here and grace me with your presence, I have decided to give you your reward."

"So being your guinea pig is my reward? How would I benefit from this? I don't understand."

"Maybe you should consider it as punishment for eavesdropping instead then. Minions! Pin him to the ground!" I snapped my fingers and the three teddy bears quickly moved up to Jack and pinned him to the ground. Claire looked even more shocked to see the moving teddy bears.

"What the hell! What is going on? The teddy bears are moving! And what are you going to do with Jack!" she yelled.

"Don't worry Claire, Jack just has to swallow this potion that I am giving him. He won't die, I promise." I quickly opened the glass container and forcibly poured down its contents into Jack's mouth. "Do not spit it out. Drink everything."

Right after he drank it, a cloud of yellow smoke appeared. Suddenly, I couldn't see a thing. I could hear Claire coughing until the smoke was starting to disappear.

"Jack? Can you hear me? Are you OK?" she said in a concerned voice.

No response. Did the potion work? Did he turn into a teddy bear?

"Woof. Woof."

I heard a dog's barking. Dog? What's a dog doing here? Oh wait! Dammit! Don't tell this potion…

"Woof! Grr…Woof woof!" the dog barked. The smoke cleared out, revealing a dog (er, more like a puppy) sitting on top of Jack's clothes. It was small with curly, golden brown fur and chocolate, beady eyes. Damn! He was supposed to turn into a teddy bear, not a puppy!

"This was not supposed to happen! Where have I gone wrong?" I quickly drew out my potion book and turned to the bookmarked page. I read through it. 'Teddy bear…dog. Teddy bear dog.' Ah, of course! This was the recipe for turning people into teddy bear dogs not teddy bears! Agh! But he looks like a puppy, not a dog. I'll just consider him as a puppy then.

"Did…did you just turn Jack into a puppy?" Claire spoke. She still looked shocked.

I sighed. "You know, I wanted him to turn into a teddy bear just like I had planned, but instead he turned into a puppy."

"Can't you reverse it somehow?"

Reverse it? Sure, I can do that. But I don't want to. Maybe I'll have some fun and make the most of this situation. After all, I worked hard on that stupid potion.

"Close your eyes, Claire, and listen to this chant." She reluctantly closed her eyes, and I closed my own eyes. I began the chant:

LHIAUIJBABIADYAI

LASIOIAHVBXUAHV

ACYT ASYUAY NXKUABXHALA!

"Claire, open your eyes." Claire opened her eyes and looked at the puppy.

"Jack's still a puppy! I thought you were going to turn him back into a human!"

"I did not say that I would reverse it! Instead, I did this. Listen." I kicked Jack the puppy.

"Ow! Why did you do that!" Jack snapped.

"Huh! Jack, you talked! How did you do that?" Claire said. She seemed amazed.

"I didn't make Jack speak our language. I chanted a spell that would make us understand animal language." I explained.

"Why couldn't you just turn him back to normal? Jack has a farm to run! And he also promised a girl that he would come back for her!" Claire yelled.

"Claire, shut up!" Jack barked.

Hmm, interesting. I might have some fun in this town…

"Well, I can turn him back to normal. But it will take a while for me to prepare the reverse potion. It is a very long process…" I lied. It would only take me a minute to prepare it.

"How long are you talking about?" she asked.

"Oh, about 2 years…"

"2 YEARS!" Jack and Claire said in unison.

"Hey, you witch! I promised the mayor that I would do some work on my farm! How am I supposed to work on the farm like this? I may be a bit lazy, but I sure as hell won't set a bad example for myself and leave the farm as it is! I want to make my grandfather proud! And the mayor proud! And the villagers proud! And…her…" Jack whimpered and looked down with his sad, pitiful puppy dog eyes. I almost feel sorry for him.

"Jack…" Claire said, also following her eyes to the ground. Sorrow filled her voice when she said his name.

"You can have someone else work on the farm for you while I prepare the reverse potion." I suggested.

"But I made promises! The farm is under my name! I personally met the mayor, and I'm sure he has an idea of how I look like!" Jack looked at me as if all hope was lost.

"Hmm, I am sure there is a way to take care of that situation…" I looked at Claire, who seemed to be staring at Jack very hard.

Actually, it looks like she was staring at the clothes Jack was sitting on top of…