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Chapter 20: The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree

Anna made her way to Garmon Mine District late on that summer afternoon on a mission that had nothing to do with the bells or even the Goddess.

"Hello, Dale!" Anna greeted the strong carpenter.

Dale was tall and a bit heavy. He bore a bushy, black mustache and his black hair was slick back in a ponytail. His appearance was slightly intimidating, but cheerful heart made up for his appearance.

"G'morning Anna!" Dale voice boomed, "What can I help you with, lil' missy?"

"Dale," She laughed and corrected him, "It's well into the afternoon now."

"Is it now? Hohoho!" Dale's laughter shook the house.

"Is there any way that I can upgrade my house by the end of the season?" Anna giggled at the cheerful man and she watched him move from his saw table to behind a counter where his financial books sat.

"Sure thing, lil' missy!" Dale opened up a binder filled with housing requirements and costs, "For a new house upgrade, you need..." His finger scrolled down the pages of the book and he squinted at the tiny print, "at least 100 stacks of lumber, 100 barrels of stone material , and a payment of 20,000G."

"Well," Anna pulled out her diary and flipped to the appropriate page where she recorded her profits and farm materials, "According to my records, I have about 85 barrels of stone material; however, I have no wood, where do I get the wood from?"

"You would want to head to the Fugue Forest, but I am not letting you go alone." Dale walked away from the counter and turned his back towards Anna. She could hear him open a drawer and rustle a few papers around. Dale closed the drawer and turned back towards Anna, "Take Owen with you, lil' missy. I would ask Bo to go with but he is currently on a project at Horn Ranch and Luke already headed to the Forest this morning." He handed Anna an olive green key, "Would you mind asking Luke to come home? He has to help me with another project for Mayor Hamilton."

"Sure thing, Dale." Anna smiled and took the key, "Thank you for the key as well!"

"You're welcome, but please do not go inti that forest alone Anna. There is talk of a witch who resides in there."

"Good day, Dale!" Anna walked out the door and spoke to Finn, "I wonder what witch lives in the forest?"

"I think I know who it might be," Finn's face was hard as he thought about the possible witch, "I think that we should go check it out."

"All right Finn, we will visit the witch; but first, we need to find Luke." Anna walked down the path to her ranch and listened to Finn's next warning.

"Anna, I hope you remember some of what your mother taught you because I have a bad feeling about this." Finn shivered in worry.

Anna stopped and stared out at the rocks in front of her, "Finn..." she stammered, "What do you mean by that?"

"I just have a weird feeling about this Anna," Finn continued, "Something just doesn't seem right..."

Anna automatically touched her thigh and traced a short line over her pant leg, "I think... I remember..." Anna shook her head out of the trance and ordered Finn, "When we get there, I want you to go ahead and find Luke to make sure that he is fine."

"I will do." Finn nodded. At the response, Anna began to run towards Fugue Forest with Finn close behind.

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Anna and Finn met Cain at the entrance of Fugue Forest. Cain was examining the door And feeling every nook and cranny, "Hmm... doesn't look like I can get in..." Cain stood back and noticed Anna, "Hello, Anna! I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you can't get in."

"Oh..." Anna frowned, "How come?"

"You need the key from Dale." Cain frowned as well, "I just can't help to think that that Witch took the bell..."

"The bell?!" Finn gasped.

"Don't worry about the key, Cain, I have it." Anna held out the key and noticed a padlock. Anna placed the key into the lock and turned it slightly. She felt a click and the lock wiggled free.

"Anna," Cain's disagreed with her decision, "You are not going in there alone. Fugue Forest is a maze and it's dangerous to enter."

"Thank you for your concern Cain, but I will be fine." Anna reassured him, "Besides, Luke is somewhere in there already, and I have to go and fetch him."

"All right then..." Cain allowed Anna to walk through the door, "Be careful Anna."

"Thank you, Cain." Anna waved and left the worried rancher alone at the entrance.

''Anna, the witch might have the next bell!" Finn explained, "She must have been keeping it safe while the Goddess lost her powers." '

'I hope that she has the bell." Anna maneuvered through the narrow and highly wooded pathway.

At the end of the path, they entered a clearing filled of stones and trees that Anna could use for her house. However, she was on a mission to find Luke and the witch. Anna kept getting her legs snagged on roots and they would tear at her skin. Anna ignored the raw scratches and pushed forward. Finn had already flew ahead of Anna and began his search for Luke. Whenever she found another narrow path, she would climb through it and would enter into another clearing filled with rocks and trees. It was about 13:00 before Anna found a clearing where the outgoing carpenter was.

"Luke!" She ran up to the young man with a wide smile, "I have been looking for you!"

"Me?" Luke flashed a million-dollar grin, "Did you want to see me, Anna?"

Anna took no notice at the carpenter's attempt to flirt with her, "Your father needs you to come home and help him with a project."

Luke swung his heavy ax over his shoulder and sounded disappointed, "Aww, come on, Anna, please don't tell me that you didn't come here to see me chop a few logs."

"Umm... no?" Anna wasn't sure where he was getting at with his remark.

"Well, let me at least finish chopping this tree down." Luke lowered his ax from his shoulder.

"Anna... I don't feel so good about this..." Finn watched Luke raise his ax over his head. Anna felt like there was something wrong as well.

Soon enough, they found out the problem as soon as Luke's ax hit the bark with a loud crack. The tree began to fall, but it fell towards Luke.

Author's Note: CLIFFIE! =D (Not really... but...) Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know, that we are officially halfway through "Star Light, Star Bright"! Which is super exciting, but sad at the same time... The rest of the story goes by pretty darn fast and does not follow the game story line as much as the first half (I felt creative and unique for the second half). There is also a chapter where a fellow reader and my brother helped me write, which is awesome! Please continue to read and review! The best is yet to come! =)

Update 12/14/13- I added in paragraph separations so this is easier to read! Otherwise, no changes have been made! Please continue to read and review if you see any errors! Thank you!