ginassa1998: Thank you so much for your review! To answer your question, yes, I will add animals. It is normally the second or third day before the character gets their horse in the game, and I'm trying to keep it kinda close to the game setup. (She'll get barn animals too!) Thank you again!

Aria woke the next morning to a sound at her door.

Knock ,Knock ,Knock

"Wha...," Aria moaned, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, "Who would be here at… 6 in the morning?!" she exclaimed as she looked at her clock.

Aria was astounded. Who comes to someone's door at 6 in the morning? Her thoughts were interrupted by another set of knocks on the door.

"Give me a minute!" She had to hurriedly find her hairbrush and brush her hair for the second morning in a row.

(Is it THAT hard to give someone a heads up?) she thought grumpily to herself.

As soon as she finished, she ran to answer the door. Standing just outside the door was Ina.

"Oh… Ina," Aria said in shock. She felt kind of guilty for her thoughts considering Ina had given her a house for free. "I didn't expect you to be here."

"Sorry I didn't tell you I was coming," Ina said sternly, "But there is something I need to give back to you."

"To me?"

"Yes, to you. Now if you would follow me."

Ina led Aria over to the barn area. Standing there was a handsome man about her age (Whatever age that was). He had brown hair and brown eyes. His hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and he seemed to have a muscular build. He was giving Aria a strange look. She felt a little uncomfortable.

Ina finally spoke. "Aria, this is Kana. He owns Kana's Animals."

He extended his hand. Aria shook it. "Nice to meet you," she said kindly.

He gave her a smile, "You too."

"Kana has been taking care of your horse." Ina stated, "It was injured from the accident, but has luckily made a full recovery."

(My horse?) Aria was confused. She didn't remember having a horse, but then again, she didn't remember anything else either.

She was startled from her thinking when Kana whistled. She looked over at the barn just in time to see a beautiful white pony trotting towards them. It trotted right up to Aria and nuzzled her arm. Aria began to pet the horse and felt at ease.

"She's so pretty," Aria said, as if in a daze. She didn't know how she automatically knew it was a girl.

"She's all yours," Kana smiled. "By the way, what's her name? The only way I could get her attention was by whistling."

Aria looked at the horse. She saw the horse looking back into her eyes as if she was trying to say something. Suddenly a name popped into her head. She didn't know where it came from, only that she felt like that was her name.

"Xanai (Zan-eye)," Aria stated, "That's her name."

The horse whinnied delightedly and nuzzled her again.

"Good," Ina said," Now that that's all figured out, I need to head off to the town hall to work."

Ina left, leaving Kana and Aria standing there awkwardly.

"Well, I need to head back to the shop now," Kana stuttered. "Feel free to come by there any time." He waved good bye and then left as well.

Aria stood alone with her horse. The horse sudddenly whinnied.

Aria smiled as she said, "I'll ride you. Just let me water my crops and go meet the town. I'll be back before lunch."

The horse sighed softly and trotted back to the barn. Aria went and watered her plants and then headed to town.

(Who should I go meet first?) she wondered.

She decided to go meet Nori's grandfather, and then make her way around town.

All through the morning she met everyone. First she met Gombe who she found to be really nice. Then she went to meet Ayame (the doctor who runs the infirmary.) and Hiro. Hiro was very sweet and Aria liked him instantly (NOT LIKE THAT). Next was Raul, then Mako and Reina. Finally she ended up at Yun's. Yun was a very sweet lady and talked to Aria for a while. Aria liked Yun, too. Aria then met Ying, a sick girl who was very quiet and well-tempered. Aria wanted to be her friend. After meeting them, she went back home.

As she walked home, she decided to take a closer look at that other house. She walked up to it and tried to open the door. Locked. She then tried to peek in the window, but the curtains were pulled together.

"Ah well," Aria whispered to herself," I guess nobody lives there."

Then she noticed the garden. Walking over to it, she bent down to feel the dirt. It was wet. She straightened up.

(If this ground is wet, then someone must have watered it) she thought to herself.

She continued back to her house with her mind churning about who could live in that house. When she got back to her house, she saw her horse waiting for her.

"I'm coming." she said. She had almost forgotten about her horse.

Once on Xanai, she began to trot around. She had no memories of horse-back riding (duh), but felt likeshe had been on a horse before. She didn't think she could bring a horse into town, but she had a better idea.

"Wanna go up the mountain girl?" Aria asked the horse. Xanai's ears pricked up as if she understood, and then slowly nodded her head.

"Ok." smiled Aria.

When she got to the foot of the mountain, she stopped. The mountain looked rugged, but Aria suddenly began to feel adventurous. She suddenly had a crazy idea. As she slowly intertwined her fingers in Xanai's mane, she whispered:

"Xanai, let's see how fast you can run."

Xanai huffed in excitement and bolted up the mountain. The forest that lined the path blurred by as Aria hung on. Her heart was racing and she felt a sense of freedom. Her hair flew behind her as she watched the blurs go by. Aria had never felt better. They raced up the mountain for about 15 minutes before reaching the top. When they got there Aria got off of Xanai to give her a rest. While Xanai ate some grass, Aria went to look around.

After looking for a while, she came upon a spring. The water in the spring was clear and clean. Across the spring, she could see a beautiful oak tree. It was so serene here.

She broke her eyes away from the beauty and gazed up at the sky. The sun was setting and she knew she better get home. Before she left though, the strangest thought appeared in her mind.

(I haven't bathed in days. Maybe I should go ahead and bathe here.)

So she stripped her clothes and got in. The water was the perfect temperature. It wasn't hot, but then again it wasn't cold either. After she bathed, she got out and put her clothes back on.

She walked to where Xanai was. The pony wore an expression of: Where the heck have you been?!

"I was bathing Xanai." Aria spoke, trying not to laugh. "Come on. Let's go home."

So they headed down the mountain and got back home. Xanai went back to the barn and Aria went into the house, fell on her bed, and fell asleep immediately.