Hello! I am here! First things first, thank you to Moonlit Aurora and togepi 2498 for reviewing my story. It's because of you two that I have put this chapter up here. I love getting reviews. Well, here is Chapter 6!

Oh, and I've just realised I haven't put a disclaimer on the past chapters. Oops.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon or any of its characters and places. Talia is just a made up character.

Chapter 6

Black Liquid

Elli stood in front of me defensively. "Get…out…" she growled at Doctor.

Doctor put on a fake look of surprise. Well, I have to hand it to him, it was pretty convincing, but I knew better, and so did Elli…right?

"Elli? Are you OK?" he asked simply.

"I know what you did to Jack!" she hissed. "Get out. I'll call Harris! You'll be locked up! You'll…"

"Elli," said Doctor innocently. "I have no idea what you are talking about."

"You tried to murder Jack!" she screamed in frustration!

"I did nothing of the sort!" said Doctor, looking horrified that Elli would accuse him like that.

Elli looked back at me, and when she spoke to Doctor the confidence had drained slightly from her voice. "You…you pushed him off Mother's Hill," she said, almost like it was a question.

Doctor looked at me, and then back at Elli. "Elli, a fall from Mother's Hill would kill you, yet Jack returns unscratched."

I jumped up. "Elli!" I gasped. "Don't believe him! He really did push me! I'm your husband Elli! Believe me!"

Doctor put a hand on Elli's back. "You can believe him. Or you can believe the facts."

Elli looked between Doctor and me numerous times. I could see in her eyes that she was leaning more towards Doctor's side.

"Elli," I pleaded. "Talia! I fell, didn't I? You healed me, right?"

No answer.

"Talia?" I looked around. Where did she go?

I heard a hiss, and I walked towards the sound. It was coming from the bathroom. I opened the door and started to peek inside, but a girl's scream came out before I had a chance to see anything.

"NO LOOK!" she cried. Hurriedly, I closed the door.

Elli and Doctor were both looking at me. Elli's eyes were questioning, while as Doctor's eyes were just pure evil.

"Jack," sighed Elli, and she edged towards Doctor. He wrapped an arm around her and rubbed her arm.

"I can't believe you lied to me," whispered Elli. "No, I can't believe I believed that!"

"WHAT?" I gasped. "Elli, no! I'm telling the truth!"

Elli shook her head slowly.

"He no lie," said a voice. Talia stepped out of the bathroom wearing Elli's bathrobe. She looked very pretty, now that she was all cleaned up.

"He fall," she explained. "I find. I give magic. He all better."

"Jack," said Elli, her voice showing no emotion. "I don't know who this girl is, or what you've told her to say, but magic doesn't exist, and I've worked as a nurse long enough to know that there is no medicine that can immediately and completely heal injuries as bad as you must have had."

Tears burnt at my eyes. My own wife didn't believe me. But I didn't blame her. Who would believe an unharmed topless guy and a young girl who can't properly speak English when they are claiming that he fell off a hill and she gave him 'magic' to heal him.

Elli was shaking her head. Her eyes were filled with tears. "Goodbye, Jack," she whispered, and she and Doctor both left.

My knees buckled beneath me, and I sat there, sobbing. Talia put her hand on my shoulder, but I shook it off. Why? Why me? How would I ever get Elli to believe me?

I thought Elli would have gone back with Doctor to the Clinic. I didn't know what I would tell her, but I had to try. I couldn't lose her. I just couldn't.

Talia and I walked to the Clinic. The only thing that went through my mind at that time was "Go back. She won't believe you. You're just making a fool of yourself." But I kept walking straight to the Clinic. The door was open. I went in.

"Ells?" I said quietly. No one was there. I walked over to Doctor's desk. If this were a movie, right now the good guy (me) would find proof that the bad guy (Doctor) really did attempt to kill me, and he'd be locked up in jail so that the good guy and his one love (Elli) could live happily ever after. But this wasn't a movie, and there wasn't any evidence that Doctor had done anything to me. I bet he even got rid of all the evidence on top of Mother's Hill, and even if I found a hair that belonged to Doctor, there are no forensic scientists in Mineral Town. And even if there were, Doctor could always claim he was up there earlier today.

"I don't know how you did it," said a cold, harsh, familiar voice. I spun around to see Doctor, and almost laughed. In some movies this is the part where the good guy finds evidence, in other's this is the part where the bad guy catches the good guy red handed. But the good guy always wins. Why couldn't life be like that for me?

"How did you do it, Jack? How did you survive the fall from Mother's Hill completely unharmed?"

"Magic," I said. Doctor rolled his eyes and walked closer to me. I backed up…into the table. Great, I was trapped. Doctor pulled me close to him and covered my mouth so I couldn't scream. I tried to bite him, but he didn't seem to care. He dragged me over to a cupboard and pulled out a bottle of dark black liquid.

"Well," he said, opening the lid. "Magic can't save you now, anyway."

Is it just me or does he sound like a super-evil villain from a movie?

In one quick move, he moved his hand from my mouth and shoved the bottle in my mouth. He tilted my head backwards so that the liquid flowed straight into my mouth. I managed to break free of his grasp after about half the bottle was in my mouth. I tried to open my mouth to spit it out, but I couldn't. He was poisoning me! Doctor was poisoning me!

I looked around desperately for help. Talia was backed into a corner, her eyes filled with fear and confusion. She didn't know what to do. Neither did I.

Don't swallow. I told myself. Whatever you do, don't swallow. Don't swallow. Don't … Oh goddess.

I swallowed.

Sorry it's short, I didn't know what else to put. I hope you liked it. My next chapter will probably be my last, unless I decided to put in an epilogue. Yay, this will be my first fanfic I finish that is longer than 1 chapter. If you want me to update soon, review. I love getting reviews! :D