Oh my goodness! I'm soooo sorry that I didn't write this sooner! :( I had MAJOR writers' block, and could NOT figure out what to do with this chapter. After a while I got upset with it and just kept putting it off so I wouldn't worry myself anymore :P Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon. Natsume does.
I was recently overtaken with guilt and put this together REEALLY fast, so I'm sorry if it's suck-ish :/ All things considered, what with the putting off and the doing this so quickly, I think it's not half bad ;) enjoy ^_^
~ Chapter 2 ~
You could feel the excitement in the air. Even though everyone was exhausted from the work they'd done, they couldn't help but be excited when they would see themselves in their dresses or tux, and admire how well they went along with their date. How good am I?
I looked at the mirror for a minute...or 20. I hated the color of my tie. I look like I just washed up on shore. Stupid sea weed color tie.
After looking at myself from many different angles I decided it was time to meet up with Luna. Maybe she can make seaweed look good.
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I beheld the scene before me. There were tables filled with chips, dip, and every beverage possible; The speakers were set up and playing the approved music I'd previewed; People were mingling and a few were making their way to the dance floor.
I looked at my girlfriend, Luna, and felt smug. Even with the sea weed dress she looked sexier than any girl on the island. I wonder what I'll get if I tell her that..."Oh, Gilly! This place looks great!" Luna smiled and hugged me closer. She smelled really good. Like fresh cotton and roses.
I caressed her cheek, " It's nothing compared to you." She giggled. Score.
I made my way to the mike. I liked to address my guests and remind them why they were there. I also liked my guests to be sober when the heard me talk.
I grabbed the mike and cleared my throat. " Hey, Everyone! The place looks fairly decent!" I head a few people coughing, but I didn't care. They could be bitter if they wanted. "So let's turn up the music and party till the sun comes up!"
I saw Owen give Luke a high five, heard some of the girls giggle, and basked in the great applause.
Chase ran over to the soundboard – Maya in tow – and turned up the music.
Hands flew in the air as the party threatened to fly off it's hinges.
Now we weren't supposed to have alcohol, but Chase could always manage to sneak it over from the bar. No one ever noticed the next day, since they just assumed we were exhausted from dancing all night. What morons.
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I think it was about midnight. The night was still young, and no one was seriously smashed...yet.
One of those up-beat girly songs came on and all the girls started dancing really close to each other in a circle. This was one of the best parts of the whole night.
"Oh man, check them out!" Luke exclaimed as he made his way to the other guys at the food table.
"Heck ya man! Just look at Kathy's ass in that dress!" Owen leaned forward to get a better look.
"Well, ya! But can you see how hot Anissa looks tonight?" I never knew Jin could be so loud and outspoken when he was buzzed... Whould'a thought?
"... Dude, your right..." Everyone confessed. Anissa looked a lot sexier in that dress than I would have ever imagined. I should've asked her to this party with me.
I looked at the girls a little closer. In the back was Candace and Phoebe dancing...in an incredibly awkward fashion.
I nudged Chase's arm and gestured to the girls in the back. He squinted as he made out what they were trying to do, and let out a humongous laugh.
"What's up, Dude?" Luke asked, pouring himself another glass of beer.
Chase couldn't answer, so I did for him, " Check out Candace and Phoebe in the back!"
The whole group of guys took a close look and just about died from laughter...except for Calvin and Julius of course. They just blushed deep shades of red and went to stop their dates from embarrassing themselves anymore. Total losers.
The next song that came on was a slow song. Those were more for the chance for people to get more alcohol. Very few people wanted to pass up the only chance to get drunk like this all year.
"Giiilly! I don't wanna drink! I wanna be with you!" Luna hugged my waist and tried to drag me off to the dance floor.
"But, Luna! Come on, Babe. You can be with me while we drink." I offered, hoping she'd change her mind.
"Nuh-uh. I wanna be sober, and remember everything from tonight! I don't wanna ever forget a single moment I get to spend with you..." She murmured as she gazed at me with a look I'd seen before. Oh Goddess. She's falling in love with me. She's gonna chose cutsy memories instead of a real good time. Shit. How am I supposed to get anythingtonight?
I looked away instantly. I franticly looked around the party for a way out, an escape, any excuse to not be with her.
"G- Gilly?" Luna said, looking at me with slightly panicked eyes, "What's wrong? Don't you wanna be with me? Don't you wanna remember this night too?" Tears were starting to overflow and make their way down her face. I need to end this. Now.
"Look, Luna, I don't think this is gonna work." I stated firmly, and showed no sign of resolve.
"W- Wait... You're saying that...you wanna b- break-up?" She was going into hysterics, "But I Love you!" She was making a scene. Some of the other couples looked up from their drinks and each other, but were way to smashed to understand what was even going on.
"Come on, Luna. Just go have a drink and forget about it."
"No! I'm not just gonna do whatever you say, Gill." She gave me another look I'd seen before. She absolutely hated me. Oh well, it's not like I'm not used to it. "
She rubbed her eyes and looked at me with an expression I instantly recognized as insane. She's losing her fucking mind! "No, Gill. You are the one acting like a little kid. You are the one commanding everyone around like your personal play things. You are the one that expects to get everything you want! So take a good look in the mirror, Gill, because you are all you are ever gonna love!"
She buried her face in her hands and took of for the tailor's. Stupid bitch.
I turned around to walk over to the table with the beer, and was face-to-face with someone I'd never seen before.
She was tall, slender, and had long, flippy silver hair. Her skin was like porcelain and her eyes were an unnatural shade of orange. She had a skintight, black dress with a slit up to her thigh on. I look back at this memory and think it would be more appropriate to run or scream, but at the time all I could think was, " Damn... She's hot!"
"Well hi there," She said. Even her voice is hot! "I heard you were having a party." She put her hand on my shoulder and stared into my eyes. Her hand was extremely cold.
"Why, yes... Yes I am! May I help you to a drink?"
"No thank you. You could help me to this though" She leaned in and caressed my face. Her hands were like ice on my skin. I suddenly felt very cold. I looked at her and noticed her eyes seemed to glow. I opened my mouth to speak, but all that came out was my breath. She took a step back and watched me as I struggled to breath.
"You may be wondering what's going on, so I'll let you in on the secret, " She leaned in to my ear, "Everyone hates you." she whispered.
"What do you mean?" I gasped, still trying to breath. I knew some people hated me, but everyone? What about Chase, my best friend? Or my own dad...did they hate me?
"I mean everyone hates you. They hate your personality, they hate your power, and most of all, they hate your slimy, worthless, pitiful attitude." I fell to my knees as I grew more lightheaded. "So in case you haven't really gotten to the bottom of this, take a look at you hands."
I looked at my hands and noticed they weren't quite right. They also felt weird, like I couldn't grip anything. I looked really close and noticed they were shimmering and...green. Oh Goddess. They were even webbed.
"What have you done to me?" I gasped again.
"I'm simply making you your true self, and your name fits so well!" She watched me writhe on the group gasping for air. I raised my hands to my neck and felt what appeared to be gills."It's a good thing you like the color of seaweed so much, because you're gonna see a lot of it from now on."
In desperation, I looked around the Church Grounds. Everyone was falling all over themselves laughing. They were too drunk to have a clue what was even going on.
I took one last terrified look at this...witch, and crawled to the ledge of the Church Grounds. I frantically launched myself into the ocean, where I fell asleep around what I thought, at the time, was a bunch of my ties...but was actually seaweed.
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Ahhh! It's done! ^_^ This took waaayy to long to write and publish. I apologize again and hopefully I'll get better at this whole "writing" thing :D The reviews kept me motivated the whole time I was writing this, so please don't be shy and let me know what you think! Happy Reading! -Moffy