Disclaimer: Rune Factory isn't mine. This is only for fun. Enjoy!

Chapter 2 (Maisu's P.O.V)

I woke up late in the morning. I hadn't slept very well at night. So many things happened, during the day, and then at night I heard those crashes and the shadow, so I actually had lots of nightmares.

I stared at the door, and then I remembered that Shia had promised to guide me around the village.

I dressed, and then I went down, to water the turnips. After that, I raced all the way to Shia's house.

I coughed a bit, rested some seconds, and opened the door. That's when I fell to the ground. Some tiny beast had attacked me, and was now lying over me, trying to scratch my face.

"Kauuu!" The child screamed.

I tried to roll away, but she had me quite tied up.

"Monica!" Shia shouted " be polite!"

It was then, when the girl, who apparently was called Monica, stood up, and went behind Shia.

"Sorry about her, she doesn't like people very much. Only me and our grandpa" Shia said.

"Heh, no problem, I'll try to evade her" I laughed.

"No, there's no need to do that. If you try to know her a bit, she'll loosen up, I promise"

"Monica, come here, please!" A rough voice said.

I had a quick look at the small girl. She had almost orange hair, like her sister, had brown-reddish eyes. She wore a pink and white dress, she flipped me off and showed her tongue. Then she mouthed "You look like a girl".

I rolled my eyes and looked at Shia.

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot. The tour I was going to give you!" She exclaimed.

I nodded.

"Maisu, I'm sorry, but as you can see, I'm very busy, grandpa has got lots of things to do, and we must help him. But I already planned something. Why don't you go around the town and meet everyone. Here, I prepared a map for you, so you can see where is what. So, have fun! And again, I'm really sorry" She bowed as she told me the news.

I nodded again, still a bit confused at what Monica had done before.

Once I was outside, I looked at the map Shia had given me. I looked at all the buildings. They were quite a lot. Looking over all the buildings, I noticed the blacksmith. That would be my last visit. I didn't know why, but I hated blacksmiths.

I started my tour around the city.

I met quite nice people. In the manor I met Don Chacos, and her daughter Sophie, and another girl, who looked quite strange, Eliza. It was a funny family, Don Chacos and Sophie always said the opposite of what they meant, so I was a bit confused at first, and poor Eliza had to stand them, but, they were very kind, and at the end we all finished laughing, because of my confusion.

Then I went to the beach, to the forest, and to the upper part of the village. I met lots of people. Carlos and his sister Ion were fishing fans, Sakuya was crazy about money, Shinonome, her mother, was in charge of the spa, and the other girl living with them, Persia, was half mermaid. The other people were quite normal: Rusk, Chocola, Gluten, Majorie, Marion, Dahlia, Karin, Hazel and so on.

I finished at 12 o'clock. Now, it was the blacksmith's time.

I quietly opened the door, I don't know why I was so scared. That's when I saw Toona behind the counter. She glared like always.

I got nearer to her.

"What do you want?" She asked.

"Um, I was doing a tour.", I answered

"But, Maisu, you've already met us!"

"You? Who else lives here?" I questioned.

"Gadzhi, don't you remember him? He was the one who gave you the axe!"

I didn't remember Gadzhi, I mean, I remembered him, but I didn't look at him.

"No, I don't remember him, but I don't want to meet him. I'm scared of people who fabricate weapons!"

Toona laughed.

"I guess that won me points as a first impression!" I thought.

"Gadzhi, come please, there's someone here!"

I got nervous. What if he tried to kill me with an axe. I knew I was starting to act paranoid, but I didn't know why.

That's when I saw him.

He wore a blue and black suit, two crossed belts, and lots of pockets added to it. He also had a bag. He wore black gloves, with blue ornament. And the suit opened and you could see a black T-Shirt.

He had pale skin, pointy ears, black messy hair, and blue eyes. Should I better say, a blue eye. The left one was pale blue, but he had his right eye, closed, probably because of a scar. He had a dark blue line painted that crossed his closed eye, in form of scar. He was very handsome.

When he saw me, he smiled.

"Hello! You're the boy from yesterday" He said

I nodded.

"Glad to meet you, I am Gadzhi"

"Maisu" I just replied.

"I heard from Toona, you were taking over the house and little farm she had"

Again, I just nodded.

"Aren't you a bit young for doing such a hard work? How old are you?"

Toona looked at him, like if she wanted to say "I'll explain later"

"Well, I kinda don't remember WHO I am. At all" I nervously laughed.

He didn't look surprised, unlike all others I had met before, that made me like him a lot, he didn't look at me with pity.

"Don't worry! I'm sure you'll recover your memories soon."

I smiled. Then, I turned around and went to the door.

I was about to go out, when he asked something I hadn't questioned before.

"Do you have enough money to start living? I bet you don't have food at your home, am I right?"

I opened my mouth in astonishment. I had forgotten it. I had no money and no food.

Gadzhi seemed to read my thoughts, so he got closer.

"Maisu, I'll lend you money, you can work here a bit later, if you want to repay me. And you can have dinner with us, if you want."

I agreed, and smiled.

I helped Toona with the food. That's when I learned a bit more about her.

She was 18 years old, and Gadzhi was her boss, they weren't related, though. I couldn't tell her much about me, since I hadn't any memories left.

We prepared some salad with some hot cocoa and sat at the desk.

I ate hungrily. I had almost forgotten how important Food was.

They didn't talk much, the only one talking was me, I talked about my future, and what I wanted to do.

After my long monologue, Gadzhi said some words

"I think you're 18."

I was quite shocked, was he only thinking about the question I couldn't answer before? I didn't reply, and talked a bit more.

Gadzhi smiled, and giggled a bit.

We soon finished our meal, and I stood up, took the plates and started washing them. After that, I sat at the table, again.

"Thanks for everything. When should I come to work for the money?" I asked.

"Come whenever you have time" Toona said, smiling.

Gadzhi nodded.

I felt happiness. I ran downstairs, and waited at the door. Toona looked worried.

"Are you sure you know the way back?" She asked hesitantly.

I nodded, bowed and disappeared into the late night.

It was just then when I ran over a big rock I didn't see. I fell to the ground, hurting my hand.

Gadzhi ran towards me.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

He held my hand, twisted it and waited for my reaction. It didn't hurt, so he let it go.

"Toona" he said " Wait here, I'm taking Maisu home, or do you want to come as well?"

She didn't reply, just moved toward us, closed the door and we made our way.

It was around midnight, so we walked quickly and soon we were able to see the big tree.

I thanked them again, for all what they had done for me and went home.

I threw myself into bed, and closed my eyes. Soon I felt asleep.

I woke up. It was still night, and dark, so I tried to sleep again, but I always ended waking up. I stood up, tired, and walked towards the door. It wasn't that tree house I lived in. It was different. I felt serene, a bizarre feeling. I opened the door and walked outside. It was cold, and even darker than inside the room. I was scared but continued walking. It was then when I saw two strange figures, I could recognize them because of the white clothes they were wearing. The only thing I could see, was that they were both taller than me. They started talking in a language I couldn't understand. It was then when I suddenly started crying. It was like all the troubles I had been having suddenly came to me. The two figures walked towards me. They hugged me. I tried to look at their face, but it was nearly impossible, it was dark. I smiled again, and broke the embrace. The two persons started to disappear.

It was then when I fell to the ground, everything blurred, and I fell asleep.