Well here is the next chapter. Claire meets the rest of the villiagers in this one. Hope its good ^^

Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon but I'm working on it XP

I entered the inn and went and sat at one of the many tables in there.

"Welcome. Oh, are you new in town?" asked a orange haired girl. She was wearing a pair of short overalls over a white t-shirt. Her hair was pulled into a ponytail braid.

"Yeah. I'm Claire, the new farmer."

"Well welcome to Mineral town. My name is Ann. What would you like to eat?"

"Um, could I get a Salad and water, please?"

"Sure. Coming right up."

Ann heads over to the man at the bar and gives him my order.

"Hey dad, how about we give her this meal on the house today?" I heard her ask him.

"Sure," he replied.

He heads into a back door which I'm guessing lead to the kitchen. Ann stood at the bar in case any more customers came in.

"So how are you liking Mineral town?" she asked me.

"Well, I like it so far. It's really beautiful and the people I have met so far have been so nice to me."

"Yeah. It's a very peaceful town. I hope you like it and stay here."

"Me too."

At that moment Ann's dad came back in with my order.

"Here you go," he said while he put my lunch on the table. "My name is Doug by the way. You are welcome here anytime. It would be good if you make friends with Ann."

"Sure that would be nice."

Ann and I chatted while I ate my lunch. She told me that she had lived in Mineral town all her life and grew up with everyone. She told me how she came to like Cliff.

"When he arrived at the inn one day, I was outside getting the sheets off the line to put back on the guest beds. When I went into the room he was staying in, I saw him with his top off. It gave me a huge shock. I apologised and left quickly. Now every time I see him my heart speeds up."

"So how come you moved here?" she asked me.

"Well I didn't really like the direction my life was going. I was in a dead end job that I hated. When I saw an ad for the farm, I thought I should take this opportunity and change my life."

"Cool. Well, I should get back to my job. I hope to see you here again."

"Yep. I'll definitely come again. See you."

I left the inn full and happy. I went to winery next. I met Duke and Manna there. Manna liked to talk a LOT. She told me about how her daughter left and wouldn't return and how Duke went to the inn and drank all the time. 'She only just met me and is telling me personal stuff,' i thought

I left and went up towards the library. I saw a house next to the library and went there first. Basil and Anna lived there with their daughter Mary. Basil was a botanist and studied all the plants of Mineral town. He told me he wrote a lot of books that could be found at the library. Anna told me that Mary was at the library and that I should go say hello. So I headed to the library.

When I entered the library I heard someone mumbling.

"Hmm…what should I do…maybe if I did that.."

"Um, hello?" I called out.

"Oh I'm sorry. Welcome to the library. My name is Mary. Are you new?" asked the librarian.

"Yeah. I'm Claire. Are you ok? I heard you mumbling about something."

"oh yes I'm fine. I am just trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my story."

"Wow! You're writing a story? That is so cool," I said with excitement.

Mary blushed, "Thank you very much. Would you like to read it when I'm finished?"

"Sure. I'll look forward to it."

I chatted with Mary for a while. After a while I heard the door open. I looked towards the door and saw Gray enter. Gray looked at us, said hi and went and sat down with a book. For some reason I felt that I should leave. 'Weird,' I thought.

"Well I've got to go now. I'll come again soon. Bye Mary," I said.

"Really? Oh ok. Take care Claire," Mary said a little sadly.

"You too. Bye Gray," I called to him.

"Huh? Oh see ya."

I looked back at them as I was going out the door.

I went to the house on the other side of the library. I met Ellen and Stu there. Stu is Ellis' little brother and Ellen is their grandmother. Ellen was sitting in a rocking chair with a blanket over her knees. She told me she couldn't go anywhere because she has bad legs. Stu was about the same age as May. Stu liked to collect bugs and scare Elli. I asked him if she got mad at him and he said that she did. I laughed and said that he should try being nicer and give her flowers to make up for it.

When I left I stopped at Mayor Thomas house. I met his son Harris. He was the police officer of the town.

"It's such a peaceful town I don't get to do much but patrol around," he told me.

Then I went to the supermarket.

"Hi. Welcome to the supermarket," a girl said to me. She had long blonde hair and green eyes. She was wearing blue shorts, a white shirt and purple vest over the top of it. "Are you a tourist?"

"No. I'm Claire, the new farmer. I moved in today," I replied.

"Alright then. I'm Karen. Wait here for a sec."

She went over to the man at the counter.

"Let's give her a free bag of seeds dad."

"What…but.."

"Come on. What happened to friendliness to customers?"

"Oh ok."

"Thanks dad," Karen said.

She grabbed a bag of seeds as she was coming back over.

"Here you go. These are Turnip seeds. Oh and my dads name is Jeff and my mum is Sasha. Well, come again."

"Ok and thank you for the seeds."

By then it was getting really late so I went to the inn for dinner and then went home to bed.