Chapter 2

Anita gets carted around town by Dirk, and meets most of the residents of the town before going back to her farm to sleep. The next day, she does her work and says hi to people she passes by while foarging and collecting bugs. She hangs out with Dirk for a while, and finally meet's Ivan. 7+ pages.

*Felix comes Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

*Anita isn't good with water

Dirk ran fast, and I was almost having trouble catching up to him; at least until he stopped randomly in front of me just before we turned towards the main part of town, causing me to run into him.

Stepping back, I rubbed my arms and sent a not so subtle glare his way.

"Hey, what was that for?" I questioned as he turned around and started skipping towards the horse track that wasn't unveiled yet, as far as I knew. But judging by the giant grey blobs that looked like giant rocks, it wasn't open.

"Miscalculation, I gotta introduce you to Lloyd!" He chirped at me, before he finally slowed down to walk at a normal pace with me.

"Lloyd huh, weird name. You don't hear that one too often." I muttered as we plodded off the cement and began walking on a dirt path. We fell into step together as we marched past a picnic table that resided beside a hammock connected to two trees.

"Weird name, weird guy. He doesn't really associate with the townspeople much; nobody really knows him well." He stated, chuckling slightly, as though it was a common fact of town.

We came up beside a log house and stopped in front of it, before gently climbing up the steps and knocking on the door before we waited for him to come.

Dirk gave me an encouraging smile mere seconds before the door opened and Lloyd, looking entirely different from the game, came out.

He was wearing the same turban thing he had in the game, with the same blue and brown pattern. Underneath the turban, his charcoal hair slicked back and a small pair of glasses resting on his nose. He was wearing a white scarf over a black robe with blue pattern on it. He coughed slightly, his back hunching over before he straightened himself up and shyly smiled; Dirk accepted that as his invitation to start talking.

"Hey Lloyd! This is Anita, she owns the farm up north now; she's going to help us revive the bazaar." He exclaimed, making me blush as I gave him a small wave and Lloyd just looked confused before he coughed again. I think this guy is a smoker, or he just has a cold; I hope it was the second one because I absolutely hated cigarettes.

"Hi."He muttered flatly, pushing up his glasses before he glanced behind him like he needed to be doing something. Confirming my suspicions, he began to close the door almost forgetting to say his farewells.

"Oh, bye." He threw over his shoulder before the door closed in our faces.

The silence that ensued after the door closed was awkward, before Dirk broke it happily.

"Well," he began, "that went well." He smirked, before jumping off the porch and running towards the town.

"Dirk!" I yelled, exasperated as I began running towards him; not failing to notice that the curtains opened a bit and a face looked out.

I opened my mouth, about to yell at him again when I noticed that he was standing on the bridge and was transfixed with something on the ridge.

Not one to waste opportunities, I slowed down to a crawl and began to creep towards him; using my nonexistent ninja skills and stepping on numerous branches. Thankfully, he didn't notice; he was completely focused on the ridges.

I crept up behind him, and pounced onto his back just before he turned around. He stumbled forward and I used that time to jump off of his back and sprint up the mountain.

"Anita!"He yelled, exasperated, before he straightened himself and began running towards me. "You are so, dead!"

I giggled and continued bunny hopping up the different ridges in a failed attempt to get away from him, passing a tall girl with long blue hair and a pale face on the way.

Just as I was attempting to climb the large ridge, ignoring the barrel sitting off to the side, a girlish screech sounded behind me.

I dropped to the ground and turned around just in time to see Dirk and the blue haired chick both rubbing their heads. I was just close enough to hear their conversation below me.

"S-sorry Antoinette, I was running and I didn't look where I was going; are you alright?" Dirk stammered out, red appearing on both of his cheeks as well as a red mark on his forehead presumably from this Antoinette chick.

"It's fine Dirk." She muttered, not appearing fazed by the situation as a similar red mark formed on her forehead; which I could not see how. I would be utterly mortified if my face was that close to a guy's- or any other person's face for that matter.

I hit the ground, and peered over the edge so that Dirk couldn't see me. Which made it totally obvious.

"Oh, okay. Sorry about that…" He murmured softly, I was shocked that I could even hear it from this far.

She gave him one last sign, a small nod of her head, before she continued on her way. Dirk on the other hand, glared at right where I was, and started sprinting towards me with an evil look on his face.

I attempted to get off the ground and succeeded only in falling flat on my face, another level down on the ridges. I screeched as Dirk continued hopping towards me. I scrambled on my feet and ran towards the river in an attempt to get away from him. Bad idea.

I passed another person, this one being male, I think, wearing an orange and green outfit; with amazing hair. He was staring intently into a book and scribbling something down. I continued past him without a second glance until I was cornered by Dirk at the river.

"Quit running Anita, you'll just get lost; and even if you don't, I'll find you." He stated, advancing towards me the whole time.

"Nuh uh!" I exclaimed, backing up into water seeped through my shoes and froze my feet, shaking my head at him with so much force my hair whipped from side to side.

When he was a meter or two away, he pounced, which I did not expect, and sent up both spiraling into the freezing river.

"Dir-," I began before the sudden cold shocked me into silence just before I sunk into the water. I gasped, taking in a mouthful of water before I was pulled up by a set of strong arms.

"Dirk!"I cried, clinging to his chest as tight as I could while the current continued pulled up downstream towards the water fall. I was not good with water in large quantities, or swimming for that matter. I almost died when my family went to Sea World and dragged me along. It was like a nightmare.

To my utter surprise Dirk started full out laughing at me, as he dug his toes into the sand and the current ceased pulling us away. He began walking towards the shore; his waterlogged movement's way too slow for my liking.

"I hate you." I muttered against is sopping wet chest, knowing full well he heard me. His booming laugh vibrated through me from my, very awkward, position near his chest.

As we made our way up the shore, water splashed off of us and I finally began to see the humor in the situation and began to giggle.

"Still hate me?" He question, raising his eyebrow and smirking towards me; water running down his face. I loosened my grip on him completely and found myself still in his arms. An evil grin appeared on his face and the signs clicked together and my eyes widened just as I hit the ground.

Yup, I hated him.

"Dirk!" A girlish yet male voice cried at us. We both turned in the direction to see the guy wearing orange running towards us. Angelo, I realized taking in the curly hair and sketch pad. I attempted to fix up my soaked hair, knowing how awesome he was from the game and so far everything was multiplied. Felix was really annoying, Dirk was extremely hyper, and Kevin was really immature so by the looks of it I would so love Angelo considering I had just crushed on game-Angelo.

"What were you thinking?" He questioned outraged, his eyebrows narrowed at Dirk. "Attacking a visitor? I thought you were better than that, I didn't realize your jokes were that cruel!" He cried at him, noticing Dirk's everlasting smirk as well as my face that had to scream 'embarrassed' right now.

"Chill out dude!" Dirk stated, throwing his arm around me. "Me and Anita here are real tight; tighter than-." He lead off, his eyebrows narrowing as he attempted to think of something. I could practically see the wheels turning in his head, and they were empty.

"Whatever," he exclaimed, his eyes brightening again. "Point is, 'Nita here doesn't mind. That much." He smirked at my current state; although his was no different.

"I don't really mind that much…" I began, thinking it would seem creepy if I knew his name already.

"Angelo." He supplied eagerly, waiting for my explanation so he could hopefully place the blame on Dirk and he wouldn't seem like a total jerk.

"Angelo, Dirk and I are bestest buddies, even though I totally hate him!" I exclaimed, throwing my arm around Dirk's drenched shoulder like his was around mine.

"Oh, sorry." He said, narrowing his eyebrows at the fact. "I didn't now, nice to meet you Anita; I'm the town artist." He chirped happily, now that he knew that Dirk wasn't a complete jerk. I was beginning to realize that his voice wasn't as girly as it first sounded, in fact it had sounded nice. He stuck out his hand to me, expecting me to shake it.

I did, giving him a cute look; probably not actually looking cute due to the fact that I was drenched thanks to a certain purple idiot. He pulled his hand way and wiped it on his pants, oops.

"Would you like a towel or something?" He questioned the both of us.

Dirk opened his mouth, but I shook my head; or more likely my whole body as I began to shiver realizing how cold the river had been.

"I just live up on the farm. I'm gonna go change now, meet me at my house in ten Dirk?" I said, not waiting for a reply and just walking to my house.

"Bye!" Angelo called out, and I turned to wave and saw him returning to his sketchbook. I began sprinting home, a chill settling into my body.

As I entered the farm once more, I was entranced by the beauty of this place. It was a big step up from the place I used to live; a smog filled city. It was gross.

I slunk into my house, and began peeling off my shoes and socks before entering the house; I dumped the contents of my shoes off the porch when I heard a soft plink.

I got on my knees and peered over the edge only to see a medium sized chuck of something gold. If I was lucky, it was actual gold that I could use to buy animals or not outdated kitchen supplies.

A grin spread on my face as I plucked it off the ground and threw it in my, surprisingly dry, rucksack to inspect later tonight.

My grin didn't fade as I grabbed a change of clothes from my closet, similar to the ones I was previously wearing, and headed into the bathroom to change. Halfway through, my front door opened.

"Anita, I'm here." Dirk called out from the main room, making me extremely glad I decided to change in the bathroom; I would have to look into building separate rooms for privacy reasons.

I finished pulling on m shirt before throwing my clothes in a pile on the floor and, after grabbing my rucksack, went out to see Dirk.

His short chestnut hair was down, and soaked, but surprisingly he wasn't wearing his hat. He was wearing a normal shirt over a pair of jeans. He groaned at my confused look before launching into an explanation.

"I need to do laundry. This was all I have left. And my hat was soaked." He muttered, before turning and ignoring my snickering went out the door expecting me to follow.

"What do you say we continue our tour, no more jokes?" He questioned as I exited my house, closing the door behind me.

"Fine, but I don't trust you around water anymore." I muttered, knowing he would hear. I could tell he did by the sudden laughter behind me.

"Let's start at the hotel!" He exclaimed, gesturing for me to follow him; which I reluctantly did.

I follow his as we exited my farm and headed dead left, jumping on the barrels and clambering onto the ridge. We came out on the other side, and he jumped off first before helping me down.

He stopped in front of me, cutting me off. I opened my mouth to complain but was stopped short when I looked up and saw the scenery.

Currently we were in front of this monstrous house, which from its location I was guessing was Felix's, and there were gorgeous marble like steps leading down to a small, clear pond, and beside that were two identical looking houses. The cobblestone pathway was faded, but it looked nice, and lush green grass surrounded the area; butterflies flew about and I could see some people wandering in the distance before they descended the steps and disappeared out of my line of vision.

"We should hit Felix's house first; he has a daughter named Sherry. She's real nice, but she's a little spoiled." He explained, knocking on the door before stepping back so that I could see.

A little spoiled? This girl lived in a mansion compared to my shack, but I had to give her a chance. Even if she was related to Felix; maybe she hated him too. Most likely not though.

The door opened to reveal a young woman, with really long orangish hair topped with a blue hat. She had a motherly sense about her, like she loved everything in the world and kind brown eyes that showed her innocence. She was wearing a floor length striped baby blue dress, with a yellow shawl and a black/brown pattern on the top half. Over the dress, she had a creamy white apron that went almost halfway down the dress.

"Oh! Hello Dirk, new fashion today?" She questioned in a sweet voice, noticing him and his new style before she saw me standing in his shadow.

"Who's that Dirk?" She continued on, her eyes wide and curious.

"This is Anita, the new farmer." He explained, pulling me closer to the door and stepping back so that she could see me.

"Hi! Sherry right?" I questioned happily; trying to make a good first impression on her as I would for the rest of the villagers.

"Yes, I hope you enjoy your new farm; I would love to chat but I have to run, I have some matters to attend to." She replied kindly, before giving us a small wave and smile before softly closing the door in our faces.

In the distance, a shrill voice called out happily; followed by a young boyish laugh which I would assume was Kevin playing a joke on one of the twins.

Beside me, Dirk stifled a laugh as I smirked at the noise as we continued down the cobblestone pathway to the two houses.

I looked to my left as we passed a gorgeous pond, that had an unreal quality about it and pretty much sparkled in the rays of sunlight. My smirk fell as the beauty of the town entranced me once more.

"Pretty isn't it?" He question, pointing at the small body of water; reminding me that my hair was soaked.

I nodded, to entranced for words as he launched into a story.

"They say the Harvest Goddess used to live here, but that she left a long time ago." He explained as I moved closer to the pond; he stayed on the pathway.

Remember how they got her to come up in the games, I plucked a Toy Flower from a nearby bush and stared intently, expecting to see the tell tale sparkles, as I tossed it onto the water.

Nothing, no Goddess, no sparkles; just me looking retarded. Distantly, I wondered how I would ever get back if I suddenly wanted to; but I pushed the thought from my mind, knowing that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I couldn't waste it.

I rejoined Dirk on the pathway, smiling slightly at him as we continued towards the houses.

We stopped in front of the door to the first house that looked an average size and had a faded colour and various types of plants growing on the window sills. I liked it, not as much as I liked my house, but it looked nice.

Dirk rapped three times on the door, before stepping back to let me talk to whoever lived here.

It was weird; I had thought I would know everything and anything about everybody when the day first started, but everybody looked so different and the whole place had a different feel to it than it had in the game. I wondered if people liked different things, or if their interests and personalities were different. I was beginning to forget things from before, I felt like I was starting anew and I wasn't sure if I liked it.

The door opened to reveal an exhausted looking woman, with short pink hair and a yellow bandana. The smell of cleaning chemicals wafted through the door, making me assume that she had been cleaning the house; my guess was confirmed when I saw the assorted cleaning supplies thrown about the room behind her.

"Why hello there!" She spoke kindly, as she began wiping her hands on the apron that covered most of her yellow and blue dress. "Who do we have here?"

"I'm Anita; I own the farm up on the north side of the town." I stated, already becoming bored of continually explaining or hearing the same story.

"Oh! If you need anything, anything at all, I'm just a stone throw away." She smiled encouragingly before a loud yell sounded behind her and as she waved goodbye, after slightly frowning, another door closed in our faces.

Raising my eyebrows I turned to Dirk behind me, only to see that he wasn't there anymore. I opened my mouth to yell when a voice called from the east.

"Come on Anita!" Dirk called out, seemingly bored; most likely because this tour was very boring. "This is Kevin, Claire and Wilbur's house." He murmured to me before he rapped on the door a few times.

No answer. As we waited in an awkward silence, I kept giving him side glances unsure of what to do.

"Let's go." He said, bunny hopping onto another ridge effortlessly before reaching down and helping me.

"This is part of the town shortcut, nobody but me really uses it." He began, gesturing at the ridge on the other side, near the mansion, that we had recently jumped.

"Cool, I think I'll be using it too." I responded, following him as he continued towards the other side and jumping off. I followed suit.

"Awesome! Now we're gonna hit the hotel, before touring the rest of town; and then we're done!" He sang, numbering the destinations on his fingers.

He skipped while humming, very gaily I might add, across a second ridge before jumping down again and continuing down towards the cobblestone.

I grinned at his antics before jumping after him so I wouldn't get lost in this town of wonders.

Shout out to all the reviewers! Sorry about the late chapter. This chapter was originally supposed to be longer, but I thought I'd split it and make the second half of the tour a new, most likely short, chapter

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