Author's Note: Hi! Thank you for reading this far! This is my first chapter in third person, I hope you will enjoy it. O always love to hear feedback btw, so don't hesitate to tell me how you think I can improve the story. Enjoy~
There was a clearing in the forest, illuminated by the moonlight. Surrounding the trees were eight tree stumps, and standing in front of them were what looked like two little people, no bigger than a baby. One was wearing a purple dress and hat, a cute little girl with short green hair. Next to her was a little boy with a red hat and shirt and the same green hair and eyes as the girl.
"Oh no, oh no! Not again, how could you let this happen, Aaron! Can I not trust you with anything," exclaimed the little purple girl.
"You trust me with everything," Aaron muttered to himself.
"Did you say something? I sure hate it when you mumble, SPEAK UP IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO ME!"
"Alice, quiet down! You'll wake up the whole village! Listen, I saw a farmer a couple of days ago and-"
"A farmer?! In Echo Village?" Alice wore an expression of shock that turned quickly to disbelief.
"Yes, sister, now please, keep your voice down and let me finish! As I was saying, I saw a farmer help Mayor Dunhill a couple of days ago and I was thinking, maybe she could help the Goddess?"
"Hmmmm, well now I don't know if SHE could help the Goddess, but I could certainly help the Goddess by passing on this information to her!"
"Now wait Sis-"
"I think I'll go and tell her right now! Later, Aaron!"
Spring 10, 3:03 (am) Dear Diary,
I just had the STRANGEST dream, and I wanted to write it all down before I forgot it. There were these two little people - and I mean LITTLE, I think they were brother and sister, and their names... I've already forgotten! They were in a forest, and they were arguing about something, I think they mentioned Echo Village... and a Goddess?! Maybe I'm working myself too hard, I don't know, but it was SO VIVID, like it was really happening.
Someone's knocking at the door, at three in the morning? Well, there aren't too many people in town, I can only guess it's Emma? She's in charge of shipments in town. It could also be Hana (she runs the general store) or maybe even Dunhill. They're knocking again, should I open it?
Spring 10, 3:59 (am) Dear Diary,
I have so much to tell you! I stopped writing because I went to open the door (against my better judgement, I know, but I couldn't stop thinking that maybe Dunhill or Hana had an accident and needed help) and I couldn't believe my eyes! I thought I was still dreaming! I didn't see him at first, but standing in my doorway was that little red elf from my dream, the one I just wrote about! There he stood, at three in the morning, in his matching hat and shirt with his green eyes staring up at me.
"Hiya, Olivia! My name is Aaron!"
"...Wha?" I know, not the most polite response, but it was THREE IN THE MORNING, and my mind couldn't quite comprehend what I was seeing.
"May I come in?"
"Ummm... okay?"
"Thank you!" He skipped right past me and into my home. Normally, I wouldn't let strange men (if you could call him a man) into my home early in the morning, but in this case, I think he was an exception.
"Now where should I start? Well, I guess I should tell you, I'm a harvest sprite. I have a sister name Alice, and we live in the forests near Echo Village. I actually saw you the other day when you first arrived, and you stopped to help Dunhill? I would've came over to help myself, but at the time you couldn't see me."
I'm sure I looked like a complete dunce, my jaw wide open and my eyes real big. I stood there and nodded politely at everything he said.
"Wouldn't you like to know why you can see me?"
"Oh, yeah I would."
"Well, you see, you know that pond in the village? The really pretty one that is rumored to be the dwelling of the Harvest Goddess? It's true, Alice and I serve her and help her with her heavenly duties. My sis just went and told the Goddess about you, so she gave you and your farm her blessing. Isn't that fantastic! Now you can see us and your crops will grow extra good!"
"Wow, now hold on a sec. That was really nice of your sister to tell this Harvest Goddess about me, but why'd she do it?"
"Actually, the thing is we, I mean the Goddess needs your help. I'll explain it all later when you come to the Harvest Goddess' pond at 18:00. Oh, and bring one of your best crops if you could. It was really nice meeting you, see ya later!"
"Hey, wait-" It was too late, he had already poofed away.
I guess the only way to know if what happened was true or not is to head to this pond later today, yes? I'll tell you how it goes later! Now, I need some sleep.
- Olivia