Hey! It's Dia! I thank those of you who have reviewed. This chapter will be about Claire and Cristina's meeting with the Mineral Town residents. But don't let me keep you here any longer. Enjoy!

A New Life

Chapter 3

Claire's POV

After Mayor Thomas left, we walked into the house to unpack. When we got in there, I saw that there was a small bed, a TV, a table, a small kitchen, and a bathroom. Some of this stuff was probably left by the person who used to stay here. "Well Cristina, let's get unpacked."

After a whole day of fixing up the house and unpacking, we finally got everything just right. "Claire, you can sleep in the bed." Cristina told me. 'Oh, I completely forgot about that.'

"No, No! I think we can share the bed until we can get another one!" I told Cristina. "Really Claire?"Cristina asked. "Yeah! I won't let you sleep on the floor; you don't know what's down there." Cristina just smiled and crawled into bed. I got in right after her; I let her get on the side by the wall because I didn't want her to fall.



She went right to sleep; she must have been very tired. "I promise you Cristina, I will make it better for you somehow." I hugged her close to me and fell asleep too.

The next day I heard knocking at door. I answered it as fast as I could so it wouldn't wake Cristina. "Hello?" I said in a low voice. I saw a very muscular man in a gray sleeveless shirt and brown hair. "Well hello! My name is --,"

"Shhh!" I put my finger up to my mouth and shushed him. He was very loud and would probably wake Cristina. "I'm sorry for doing that, but my sister's in there sleeping and I don't want her to be woken up." I pointed over to Cristina, who was sleeping.

"Oh well sorry miss, I understand." The man said in a low tone as well. "I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Zack, the shipper." Zack said. "A…shipper? What's that? I asked pretty much confused. "You see that box over there by the field?" Zack pointed to a box outside next to the field. "Yeah." I said "Well, it's a shipping bin. You put things in it that you want to sell like crops, produce, and other items; also, I come at 5:00 everyday to pick up whatever you put in there and pay you on the spot."

'Oh, so that's how you make money here.' I nodded my head to tell him that I understood. "Well, that's about all Ms…"

"Claire, my name is Claire." I told him. "Well yes, that's about all Ms. Claire; I'll be back at 5:00." And with that he left. I checked my watch and it was about 6:30. 'No one would be awake at this time probably.' So I went to the kitchen and made breakfast with the little food I had. "Cristina! It's time for breakfast!" As soon as I 

said that, Cristina was up. We sat at the small table and ate our breakfast. "You know Cristina, I was thinking that after we eat our breakfast we could go explore the town and introduce ourselves. What do you think?" Cristina suddenly had a smile on her face and threw her arms up in joy. "That's a great idea! I hope I can meet some kids my age!" I hope so too because it'd be lonely for her if there wasn't.

Right when we finished our breakfast, there was more knocking at the door. 'I wonder who it is now.' I got up and answered the door with Cristina right behind me. I open the door to find Thomas. "Mr. Thomas! Good morning!" Cristina said. "A good morning to you too Cristina." Thomas said with that goofy smile of his.

"But Ms. Claire, I wanted to ask you if you wanted me to introduce both you and Cristina to the residents." Thomas said with a smile. It looks like he completely forgot the incidents of yesterday. "Yeah! What a great idea! Right Claire?" Cristina said. I was going to regret this I bet. "Y-yeah, great idea." I said with a forced smile.

When we walked out of the farm, I saw those three places from yesterday. "Hey, Thomas." Thomas turned to look at me. "Yes, Ms. Claire?" I'm really getting tired of everyone calling me 'Ms'. "Can we visit these three places first?" Thomas just nodded.

We went to the small shop first. The sign said they were open right now so we went in. When we got in there I heard the sound of iron. 'This must be a blacksmith.' I saw an old man standing at a counter and a boy about my age behind him forging a tool I guess. "Well hello, what have you come here for?" the old man said in a polite manner. "Well, I just came to introduce these two." 

Thomas said to the man. "Claire, Cristina. This is Saibara, and that's his grandson Gray. And this is Claire and her little sister Cristina; they're taking over the farm."

"Well nice to meet you Ms. Claire, Cristina."Saibara said in a polite manner still. I guess he doesn't want to lose any potential costumers. "Nice to meet you too Saibara and Gray." I said, looking at Gray; he hasn't really said anything. "Nice to meet you Mr. Saibara and Mr. Gray." Cristina said as well. Saibara looked at Gray like he was expecting something. "Introduce yourself! Don't be rude!" Saibara said. "Nice to meet you." Gray wasn't much of a talker was he?

"Well we must get going now! Goodbye!" Thomas said. Saibara and Gray waved at us as we left. "Why did Mr. Gray stay quiet while we were there?" Cristina asked. "Well, I think he's just a quiet boy, but other people see him as a jerk." Thomas said with a sad look on his face. "Well that's not nice! He's not a jerk just because he's quiet!" Cristina really must have been mad, but she's right. We got to the chicken farm right after that conversation.

We walked in and I saw chickens running about in a little fence just like yesterday. Thomas told us we should go in the building that read Poultry Farm. There were three people inside a woman with pink hair, a younger woman with pink hair, and a man with brownish-blonde hair and glasses. "Let me introduce you," Thomas said, "the oldest woman is Lillia, the younger woman is her daughter, Popuri, and the young man is her son, Rick."

"Nice to meet you." They all said. "Oh, yes this is Claire and her little sister Cristina." The older woman, Lillia, walked over to me. "It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Claire; if you need to buy any chickens then come here." She had a calm and friendly air about her. "It's nice to meet you Ms. Lillia, Popuri, and Rick." Cristina said. "Yes Lillia, Popuri, and Rick nice to meet you." I decided to say.

"Oh! Would you two like some spa-boiled eggs?" Rick went over and got some off of the table. "But if you don't like eggs then--,"

"No! We love eggs!" I said and accepted them gratefully. I put the eggs in my rucksack. "Bye Lillia, Rick, Popuri!" I said as I waved to them. They waved back at us as we left.

"Oh yes! I forgot to tell you. When you need a tool upgraded or made, just go to Saibara's place." Thomas explained. "Thanks for the news." I said with much sarcasm. "You're very welcome Claire." Thomas had that goofy smile again. 'How gullible can you be? That was sarcasm!'

Then we made it to the farm with the cows and went in. There was an old man there named Barley and little girl about Cristina's age named May, whom Cristina became good friends with. Barley told us that they sell cows and sheep there and even gave us a horse, which Cristina named Star.

Thomas told us that the town square is where they have most of their town activities, or festivals as they call it. We went to the beach and it appears Zack lives in the shack with another guy named Won. The other shack is a shop that only opens in the summer because the owner, Kai, only comes in summer.

We visited the Church where Carter lives and we ditched Thomas for a while and found out these little things called Harvest Sprites live behind the Church. Carter told us that he teaches the kids everyday, so Cristina will be going there from now 

on. We went to the Clinic and there was a doctor there (yes, his name is doctor) with a woman named Elli, who is his assistant.

Then we went to the Supermarket where a man named Jeff lives. Also his wife, Sasha, and his daughter, Karen live there too. We can buy seeds and all kinds of food there. We saw Thomas's house, he lives there with his son, Harris. Next to that was an old woman named Ellen's house. She's Elli grandmother and lives there with Elli and Stu, Elli's little brother. Stu and Cristina became good friends.

We also saw the Library where the librarian, Mary, lives with her parents Anna and Basil. And there was a place called Aja Winery that sells wine. Duke lives there with his wife Manna, who talks waaay too much. Next to that there was an Inn/Bar. It's an Inn, but has a bar as well. There was a man there named Doug who lives with his daughter Ann. I also found out that Gray lives here along with a guy named Cliff. And Kai during summers.

And last is a man who lives in the forest. His name is Gotz. He upgrades your buildings. Cristina was kind of afraid of him. Thomas also told us that they have a goddess called the Harvest Goddess and that the road out of this town leads to a place called Forget-Me-Not-Valley. (Weird name if you ask me)

After that Thomas left and we went back to the farm. "I'm so tired; I have to rest for a little while." As soon as I got back in the house I saw that there was something different. 'Now I know! There is another bed in here! Wait. What?' I saw a note on the table.



Dear Claire and Cristina,

Yesterday the mayor told us that there were two of you and we remembered that the previous farmer had only one bed. So we decided to give you one of ours. Not that many people visit Mineral Town anyway. So we hope you like it!

Sincerely, Everyone at the Inn

"That was nice of them wasn't it Claire?" Cristina asked. "Yeah!" I told her. That was nice of them, but I'm just disturbed by the fact that our front door doesn't have a lock and someone can get in anytime they want….

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That was the third chapter! I hope you enjoyed it. So all the introductions are over and done with. So please review! Ciao darlings!