Things get rough between the tricksters, begin!
~A.N: Manah manah! xD Hello, my little munchkins (A.K.A, readers)! I'm strangely really hyper, which is really unusual, so I will spend all of my (typing) energy on my story! :D And so so sorry about the late update! School has been killing me with the end of the year coming up so quickly! -3-
Anyways, I apologize for my terrible mini story on chapter 08, so I will write an amazing 9th chapter to make it up!
Gill: Right, it'll be soamazing.
Shut up. I can make you into a shota boy, so watch your tongue.
Gill: Fine. I don't want to be a girly man if I'm to become mayor one day. Speaking of which, has…*Rambles on about something stupid*
Shota pompous rich boy…
Gill: What was that, nerd?
Oh it's on. -_- *Takes out axe* Oh, and by the way, I don't own Harvest Moon, even though I wish I did, but I only own my character Hikari and the plot!
Gill: Oh Goddess…! *Runs away*
GET BACK HERE! *Runs after Gill*
Luke's P.O.V
"Mmm, mommy, are you making banana pudding again...?" I asked groggily as I woke up from my dream of my mom making banana pudding, as I came face to face with Gill.
"BWAAA!" I yelled, and smacked Gill on the top of his head, causing him to cry out and make his tiny curl on his head flat like the rest of his hair.
"Hey, watch it, idiot!" Gill shouted, rubbing the top of his head, making his curl bounce right back up into its place.
"Oh, I thought you were some creep trying to attack me!" I laughed, and Gill quickly clamped his hand over my mouth.
"Shut up, or the others will hear you, idiot," Gill hissed, and I whimpered, actually scared the Gill really wasa creep trying to attack me! Not that I'd admit it out loud…
"When I take my hand off your mouth, follow me quietly," Gill hissed, and I nodded, getting filled to the brim with adrenaline.
Slowly, Gill took his hand off my mouth, but as I got up, I had to clamp my hand over my mouth to keep myself from laughing. He looked so ridiculous, wearing nerdy plaid green shorts, with a sleeveless T-shirt way too big for him, showing off his not so muscular chest and arms, which were not at all tan, but completely pale.
After I got over my 'Gilly-nerd' hallucination, I quickly followed him down the steps to the lobby, when we passed a clock that read; 3:30. Was it 3:30 is the morning or afternoon? I went with morning; the lobby was completely dark and silent, the only sound coming from Yolanda's loud snores down the hallway.
"W-Where are you t-taking me?" I whimpered, but Gill held a finger to his lips, signaling me to be silent, and he continued. Not wanting to stay behind, I sprinted after him as he opened the door to the front of the Sundae Inn.
As we walked outside, the freezing cold air of the night hit me hard, and I shook violently, only to get a sweatshirt thrown at my face. Glaring at Gill, who was smirking, I slipped the sweatshirt on, and we continued. The moon was full, but I could see the sun slowly coming up from the East, casting red rays of light onto the waves, causing them to turn red themselves, along with the hill holding the church at the top. Silently, Gill quickly ran up the trail that leads to the town square, and I quickly followed him, excited and scared for what was to come next.
Gill's P.O.V
'Why am I leading this idiot to the town square, in the middle of the night as well, and on a night with a full moon?' I questioned myself in my head, and I shook my head sadly. I had such a weird dream not but a few minutes ago, and it was scaring me greatly…
*Dream*
"Gill…Gill, sweetheart, wake up…" A soothing, soft voice called to me, and I slowly opened my eyes, only to be blinded by a bright light.
"W-Who's t-there!?" I shouted, covering my eyes with my hands in a defensive X.
"Gill…..help….I….." The same voice said to me, and as I slowly lowered my hands from my eyes, I gasped.
Before me was beautiful woman with long teal hair in two braids, wearing a long, queen-like gown, and fairy like wings were sprouting from her back, but they were drooping at her side, and she was swaying back and forth dizzily. But most of all; she looked so familiar, but I didn't know who she was.
"W-Who are you!?" I cried again, reaching my hand out to her, but suddenly, she burst into 5 balls of light, red, yellow, green, blue, and purple, and they all split off and flew into different directions.
"WAIT!WAIT!"I screamed, but I felt myself coming back to reality.
"NO!"
*Present*
I shook my head, and frowned. Who was that woman? That thought continued to nag at me until I reached Daren's tree in the town square.
"We're here." I growled at Luke, who came up next to me and looked at the tree.
"What's so special about this tree, and in the middle of the night?" Luke complained, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles, and I rolled my eyes for two reasons. One; he was being a complaining idiot again, and two; he just got idiot germs on my sweatshirt while I was freezing over here.
I hate that idiot.
"I…I don't know," I admitted, shrugging my shoulders, and Luke glared at me. I really didn't know why we came to this tree, and I usually knew everything. Strangely, I felt compelled to come to this tree for an unknown reason, and since I was terrified of walking around town at night, I brought along Luke.
"So then why in heck did you bring me here, in the middle of the night!?" Luke shouted, and I clamped my hand over his mouth again, sighing as I did so. He truly was an idiot.
"I don't know. All is know is don't everspeak of this to anyone, alright?" I questioned Luke, and he nodded, his golden like amber eyes widening, fear easily being seen in his facial features.
"Good. Now, come on, everyone's probably wondering where we are." I said, and slowly, I took my hand off of Luke's mouth, and he and I walked back to the Sundae Inn. But before I left, I raced to the tree, took out a small blueberry I had kept in my pocket from my tart earlier (thankfully, I wasn't squashed), and I placed it before the green flower. I bowed for some strange reason, and with that, I sprinted to catch up with Luke, who was eyeing me suspiciously. I shrugged, and he looked away, and we walked in silence the rest of the way back to the Inn.
Mystery P.O.V
I slowly opened my eyes, and saw the little gift a special someone had left for me. I smiled as I stood up and picked up the gift gingerly. I smiled warmly at it, and put into the small pouch I was wearing, and hopped back into place. I don't know how much power I had used to warn my special someone, but I was exhausted. Exhausted, but worth the visit.
Silently, I chanted a special melody, and I felt myself slowly taking form back into place. Before I could fully take form, I suddenly popped out of place.
Puzzled, I hopped back in, but again, before I could take place, POP! I hadn't fit into place… again.
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, not this time!" I cried, sitting on the ground and sobbing. This had happened once before, but I had hidden the item a while ago, and I could no longer remember where I had hidden it. I didn't want that to happen again, as each day goes by, I forget more and more.
"Ha! It happened again, didn't it?" My other self said, popping out nowhere, and I scowled at the other me.
"Shut up! I didn't mean for this to happen, and you know that too!" I said, getting up and crossing my arms at the other me.
"Ah, but I don't, Me! I didn't know this would happen, so don't expect me to know everything you do!" The other me exclaimed, and I lowered my hat to hide my red face.
"Don't pick on Me, Me!" The other, other me said, holding my other, other, other me in their arms, who was sobbing hard, as usual.
"Don't tell me what to do, Me!" The first me said, shoving the second me, who fell backwards, causing the third me to cry even harder.
"Stop it, Me's!" The fourth me said, running up to us while tripping on My own feet. "If you don't stop soon, I'll tell a joke to make you guys laugh so hard!" The fourth me said, and the first and second me quickly shut up, but my third me was sobbing still.
Suddenly, a beautiful woman with long teal hair and fairy-like wings appeared in front of us, and I had some sort of memory of her, but I couldn't tell who she was.
"Who are you?" All 5 of us asked, and the woman pointed to us.
"Us? We aren't you. We don't even know who you are. All I know is that I'm Daren, the sprite of the wind." I said, crossing my arms, staring at the teal haired lady.
"And all I know is that I'm Alan, the sprite of fire." My first me, Alan, said while shaking his head.
"And I know I'm Ben, the sprite of water." My second me, Ben, said, still comforting my third self.
"A-And I know that I'm," The fourth me said, pausing to sniffle. "Is that I-I'm Edge, the s-sprite of friendship a-and family…" He mumbled, causing Ben to rub his back and sigh.
"And I know that I'm Collin, the sprite of the earth and jokes!" Collin laughed, and Ben, Alan, Edge, and I glared at him.
"You aren't the sprite of jokes!" We shouted at him, making him flinch, but then causing him to laugh. We all sighed, and when we looked up, the woman with teal hair was gone.
"Where'd she go? I wanna knock some sense into that lady for saying that we were her!" Alan growled, and Ben shook his head.
"She technically didn't saywe were here, but she pointed at us, which could mean something totally different…" Ben thought aloud, putting a hand up to his chin to signal that he was thinking.
"It doesn't matter. All I know is that I'm exhausted, and I'm gonna sleep." I sighed, yawning, and walked back over to my place. My bag felt lighter for some reason, but I ignored it and went into my spot. Slowly, I took my form, and drifted off to sleep.
~In the morning, Nyan!~
Luke's P.O.V
"Where were you guys..?" A tired Chase asked Gill and I, and I shrugged, taking off the sweatshirt Gill gave to me and throwing back at his face, receiving a growl from Your Royal Pompous-ness.
"Gilly here just wanted to take a walk, and he was too scared to do it alone." I said, a smirk growing on my face while Gill's face turned a nice tomato red.
"Well, there is always the chance of there being a robber outside!" Gill complained, and I roared with laughter at his reaction.
"Yeah right, Gilly! No one is stupid enough to steal from Waffle Island!" I laughed, wiping away a stray tear, and Gill huffed and walked away.
"Right… Hey Luke, do you wanna spy on the girls later?" Chase asked me, taking off his shirt to change into his regular outfit.
"Wait… the girls are here!?" I yelped, jumping backwards and climbing into my sleeping bag, scared if one of the girls was in the same room.
"Nah, they're in the room across the hall," Chase casually said, putting his hands in his pockets of his jeans as if this was no big thing.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER, YOU IDIOT!?" I cried, covering my face with my pillow, to hide my (probably) cherry red face.
Chase shrugged. "I wanted to surprise you." He said, and I growled and hit him smack in the face with my pillow.
"Fine, I'll get dressed now, so go get ready." I muttered, and Chase nodded and walked out of the room, an excited Julius following him. I quickly noticed I was alone, so I got changed into my outfit in the blink of an eye, but I forgot to put on my bandana, and slipped my shark tooth necklace over my head.
"Ready!~" I called out to Chase, who entered the room with a finger to his lips. I nodded, pretended to zip my lips closed, and we went out of the room. We slowly opened the shiny wooden door from across the hall, and I gasped and put my hand up to my mouth.
Hikari was lying in her sleeping bag, and she looked… beautiful. Her long red hair was caressing her face, and her cheeks had a pink tint to them. Next to her was Maya, with her hair out of her usual braids, with her hair also caressing her face, and I could see Chase in the corner of my eye gasping as well and putting a hand up to his nose to keep his nosebleed from getting everywhere.
Quickly and swiftly, we closed the door and raced back to our room, my cheeks probably bright red. Chase, on the other hand, looked about ready to pass out from, as I call it, 'fangirling over Maya' disease, which was probably how I looked too.
"T-t-that was s-so c-cool!" Chase stammered, getting tissues to wipe up his nosebleed.
I blushed and tried to look cool. "N-not really… it w-was sorta l-lame…" I mumbled, stammering here and there. Chase caught on to my note, and attempted to look cool as well.
"R-right… it was l-l-lame…" He muttered, and his cheeks were bright red, possibly from blushing as well.
There was an awkward silence for a while until Chase broke it. "H-how about we go get f-food? Everyone e-else is probably w-waiting for us!" He stammered, and I nodded, tying my bandana on after he said that and we raced downstairs only to meet an annoyed Gill and an excited Toby.
"What took you so long!?" They said in unison, and I laughed and shrugged.
"I was asleep, what else can I say?" I said, smirking, and Toby laughed while Gill growled and stormed off. I stuck my tongue out at Gill, who returned the favor by repeating what I did and going to an inn table at the far back of the room.
No sooner than had he sat down, all the enemies, and Hikari, came down the stairs, chatting and giggling, but instantly went silent when they saw that most of us boys were still in our pajamas, and vice versa.
Hikari instantly blushed and looked away from us while Luna was squawking like a macaw, and all the other girls were attempting to hide their embarrassing pajamas from our sight, but they all failed and huddled at a table far away from us, while Hikari sat closer to the boys with Renee at her side, also blushing.
The boys did the same thing as the girls did, which was huddling at the table farthest away from one another, while Chase and I settled down at the same table as Hikari and Renee, getting evil glares at us when we sat down with the two girls.
"So," I said, clapping my hands enthusiastically, attempting to break the awkward silence, and I swiftly picked up my menu. "What's for breakfast Yolanda, banana pudding!?" I asked the cook, and she laughed and shook her head at me and my love for bananas. But the main reason I was holding up my menu was to block my view from Hikari's.
She had immense bed head hair, but for Hikari, it made her look 10x cuter than before. And she continued to yawn every 5 minutes or so, causing me to blush and attempt to hide myself from her view even more. This never actually worked.
"What's wrong Luke..?" Hikari asked quietly, rubbing her eyes, making me nearly squeal. Chase, on the other hand, was doing much worse than I was. He was stuffing tissues up his nose at an alarming rate, but Maya seemed not to care.
"N-nothing! I-I'm j-just looking at t-the menu! D-did you know t-that they have o-orange c-cake?" I stammered, my face growing warm, and Hikari laughed and nodded at me.
"They are so dense…" Chase and Maya muttered under their breath, and I hit Chase in the back, causing him to face plant into his pancakes before him, whipped cream all over his face. We all burst out laughing, and Chase hit me right back in the back, causing me to face plant into my banana pudding, the small raspberry on the top getting right on the tip of my nose.
"Yum!~" I exclaimed, attempting to get the raspberry off my nose with my tongue, and Chase rolled his eyes while the girls laughed even harder.
After the chaotic morning of breakfast in the inn, everyone seemed to disappear after breakfast, leaving only a small tip for Yolanda as the only clue that they had been there. Our little foursome, on the other hand, walked to the hot springs near the Caramel Falls, located a little ways of a walk from Hikari's house.
After we had all gotten into our bathing suits (You think we'd go naked into the hot tub!? YUCK!), we went into the hot tub, and I squeaked when it was my turn to go in.
"Come on, Luke, the water is warm!" Maya squealed, stretching her arms, and I shook my head furiously, gripping my bandana in one hand while clutching onto Hikari's arm with the other.
"Come on Luke, its fine, there are no snakes here," Hikari said quietly, loud enough for me to hear, but for Chase and Maya not to hear, all the more while stroking my arm, and I instantly relaxed at her touch. I was terrified of water because of a small water incident involving a snake when I was little, so I was a bit… traumatized now.
"F-Fine… Only for you, Hikari," I muttered under my breath, releasing my hand from Hikari's arm, and Hikari snickered and climbed into the water. The water seemed to be taunting me, screaming 'Are you scared!? I know you are, just try me and I'll bring out the snakes!'
I made a strange squeaking sound, but I slowly crawled in, only to get laughed at by Chase and a snort from Maya. But as I entered the water, my body became limp at the touch of the warm water, and I grew a lazy smile on my face as I relaxed even more.
Chase shook his head at me while muttering, "Weirdo…" while Hikari laughed and Maya joined in on the laughter.
~Time skip, de-nyan!~
After we all dried off from the hot tub, we all decided to go back to the Sundae Inn and get our bags and what not and separate ways, Maya with Chase and Hikari with me. As we all trudged back to the inn, after a good 10 minutes of me screaming a stupid song at the top of my lungs, we were met with the worst surprise we could possibly imagine; hehad returned. Gray.
~A.N: CLIFFHANGER! :D So sorry about the long wait, my little munchkins! School has been killing me, but now I'm free on Wednesdays and Sundays 'till September, so it's all good! 3 And the chapters might take even longer, because I've been wanting to do a Vocaloid Fan-fic, and it's just killing me! But anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and why does Luke seem to hate Gray so much? DUN DUN DUUUN!~
