About a week had passed and everyone on the islands knew of the farmer and she knew of them. Only not all of them liked her and most were a little wary (apart from Julia, who was friendly and cheerful towards anyone that even breathed.) Chelsea had managed to plant some turnip seeds that she had found in the house and the calf, now known as Himeko, had gotten much better. Sadly, none of which would actually earn her any money until they grew up so Chelsea had to settle with foraging.

Chelsea heard whispers over near the diner when she was knelt down putting wild herbs and flowers in a basket, "The new farmer never seems to say much, less than Vaughn."

"I heard she left the last place because she was involved in an incident."

"Yeah, I heard that too, but I also heard that the same incident had made her leave atleast three other towns."

"Poor girl, bad luck seems to follow her."

"I think it's abit strange that the same incident occured more then once."

Chelsea looked over at the small group, they were only tourists that were staying in the inn. When they saw her watching they gave her a strange look then walked away causing Chelsea to sigh and shake her head before returning to her work.

She looked up again when she heard a squawk, and some words, "Hello. Hello."

The voice cam from a small, black bird with a yellow stripe on its back and yellow cheek. It hopped infront of Chelsea and the two just stared at each other for a few seconds.

Chelsea petted the bird on his head, "Hello, Popper. Where's your owner."

The bird belonged to the resident fisherman, Denny, he was probably the most happiest person you could ever meet, and it was infectious. The only person that didn't seem to smile around him was Vaughn.

"Fishing, no catch yet. Line and net tangled." the bird looked slightly disappointed but that soon went and he cocked his head to the side, "Chelsea lonely? Popper keep Chelsea company!"

She smiled, "Thank you. You're a sweet bird."

While she put whatever item that she could sell in her bag, Popper wouldn't shut up, most of the time he wasn't even making sense.

By the time the bird returned to Denny, Chelsea felt like she knew more about te two as Popper actually talked mostly about his owner. But maybe she'll would be able to talk to him now without her mind going on the defensive.

Chelsea didn't do much else that day apart from making sure that Himeko was ok.

The next day when Chelsea stepped out of her house she didn't expect to hear a crunch then a tiny voice saying, "Ow!"

She instantly stepped back and observed the ground, only to see a small person with pointy ears that was wearing red. Maybe and elf? Then she realised that she had stood on a harvest sprite. Wow, these guys were everywhere.

He stood up and brushed himself off, "I think something is broken..."

"Sorry, didn't see you there." Chelsea crouched down to be able to actually see the sprite.

"That's ok. It was my own fault for trying to hide. I'm Coral by the way," Coral gestured to himself, "and I'm here to tell you about Harvest Sprite Island!"

"Harvest Sprite Island? I'm guessing that's where you live."

"Yeah! You see, the last farmer that was here didn't do everything on his own. Us harvest sprites helped out a lot."

"What sort of things do you do?"

"Enchantments and we can help with watering, harvesting and even putting your livestock out for the day. But we can only do one or two things every now and then."

"What do the enchantments do?"

"Help build friendships with you and whoever lives in the building you choose."

Help build relationships? That... could be useful.

Coral continued, "The Island can be found near the back on Ranch Island. Just look for giant leaves!"

"Okay."

"Remember to stop by!"

And Coral disappeared in a spiral of what looked like glitter.

It was pretty.

So, these enchantments sound like they could be really helpful.

The day was spent doing nearly exactly the same as Chelsea did yesterday. Feed, brush and pet Himeko, water and check crops and clear out some of the weeds that had grown. Twila was in charge of bringing Himeko outside and putting her back inside.

Infact that was how Chelsea's next few days were spent. The only difference was when the crops were ready to harvest and when new ones needed to be planted.

A/N: I tried making this chapter longer, didn't work. Hopefully I will start writing much more in chapters but I've been busy lately, this chapter may seem a little rushed but I lost my muse because I haven't played Harvest Moon SI in a while, mainly because I just got A New Beginning. I may not update regularly but I write whenever I can.

Anyway, I'm happy that I got three reviews on the first chapter. Yay! :3 Things may be confusing for the first few chapters but all will be revealed eventually. Oh, and I want to know what kind of ship people want to see in this, because I have no idea. First it was Vaughn, but there are soooo many of those, then Will, then Denny. I just don't know!

C'ya next chapter~