Stardew Valley Fanfiction:

'The Farmer Witch'

Chapter 43:


Alice looked out the back window and noticed the bikes were still sitting out there. They must still be in town or the surrounding area then. Alice changed clothes into her farmer overalls and made some fresh coffee. She needed to get to work to keep her mind off of things.

She went about feeding the animals and beginning to harvest her fields. By 9am, Alice spotted Caroline coming down the road to her farm. She wiped off the dirt from her gardening gloves and went to meet her at the edge of her fields.

The woman was carrying a few trays of food stacked in her arms. Alice grabbed half and walked into the farmhouse with her. "Thanks Alice. I thought I'd bring over some of the leftover treats from last night since you didn't get to enjoy the festival much."

"Thanks… sorry you had to carry it all the way out here."

Caroline gave Alice a brief hug, clearly still worried about the girl after last night. "I heard from Rasmodius this morning. The boys are at his tower."

Alice perked up at this news. "Really? And they're okay?"

"It sounds like hey are just fine. Rasmodius says he will be kicking them out shortly and sending them back to you." Caroline giggled softly.

Alice rolled her eyes. "Idiots. I'll put them to work harvesting the rest of the pumpkins for making me worry."

Caroline seemed to deem this a worthy punishment, nodding her head. "Do remind Damon to call me when he gets the chance. Try to convince him not to wait another twenty years this time though."

Alice grimaced. "I'll let him know. I didn't realize you two were so close. I'm sorry I never mentioned him sooner." Her loyalty to her trainer had clouded her vision. She hadn't ever really considered that the people of Pelican Town might have felt betrayed or abandoned by Damon when he left.

Caroline gave her one last hug before departing back home. She told Alice to come by with her fancy witch's bag some time and she would save a scarecrow from Pierre's festival souvenirs for her to bring back to the farm. Alice agreed and saw the woman off before returning to her farm work. She had the impression that Caroline, or 'Carly' rather, had been as close to Damon as Abigail was to Sebastian. She would berate her master later for leaving his friends behind in the valley.

It was another hour before she saw the two men trudging up the fields from the south end of the farm. She stood in the midst of her pumpkins, hands on her hips and shaking her head at the two males. At least they had the decency to look guilty.

"Now don't be like that Aly—" Sebastian began.

She threw a small pumpkin at him. The two men had to dodge her assault.

"Alice!" Damon chastised.

Another orange squash was thrown at the taller man's head causing him to jump out of the way.

"I didn't know where you were!" She pulled up a fistful of dirt and chucked it at them. "I didn't know if you were okay!" She took out her golden axe, readying it.

"Hey hey hey!" Sebastian yelled, running up and putting a hand on the axe's handle as well, keeping the angry farmer from chucking the deadly weapon at them in her fit of rage. "We were talking! There was stuff we needed to talk about." He slowly managed to pry the axe from her hands as she huffed at him.

"I know that!" Alice protested. "But then you should have come back to me afterwards!" She had used up all her sadness the night before. She hadn't realized just how grumpy she was with the two men, even though they all knew it was just out of concern.

"We're sorry Alice. Truly." Damon walked up, bringing her into a hug. "Let's just put last night behind us, alright?"

Alice nodded, shedding just a few tears of frustration and worry before wiping them away and pushing her master back gently. "Sorry…. I know you guys had things to talk about." She sniffled away the last of the tears and straightened up. "And you'll have plenty more time to talk while you finish harvesting all of these." She removed her gardening gloves and shoved them into her master's less than enthusiastic hands.

Damon looked at Sebastian, both men accepting their unfortunate punishment for leaving the farmer alone all night. The boys began picking the rest of the pumpkins from the field and the farmer headed back inside to make breakfast. She watched them chatting in the fields from the kitchen window, happy to see them getting along. It didn't seem awkward or forced between the two, so they really must have worked through things last night.

She didn't make them suffer long, and after ten minutes she was calling them in for food. Plenty of coffee was served alongside their breakfast of eggs and fresh juice. The three spent the day harvesting the fields and storing things properly for winter.

When the two men floated the idea of Damon staying on the farm and building a warlock's tower, Alice had jumped on the man with a hug so intense that it knocked him to the ground. The three carefully avoided the subject of the other townsfolk, especially Sebastian's mother. Sebastian knew enough of carpentry and stonework that he felt confident that he and Damon would be able to build the tower themselves without outside assistance.

Alice forced the two men to make some phone calls though, to Caroline, Abigail and Sam, just to let their friends know that they were alright. Sam reported to Sebastian that according to his mother, no one had heard from Robin and her family yet. Sebastian had remained stoic at the news, responding that he had no desire to reach out to any of them.

Alice herself was having a difficult time thinking about the implications of Robin's actions. She knew Damon was a good man. It seemed like things between her master and Robin had just fallen apart once she learned of his magical blood. She'd suspected that the woman had some sort of issue with magic, but was it a bad enough prejudice to keep Sebastian's own father from him for twenty-plus years?

Apparently so.

And according to Damon after the two men had spoken to Rasmodius this morning, the wizard wasn't aware that his pupil had no knowledge of Sebastian's existence either. The sage knew Damon had fathered a son just like all the other residents of the township. Damon blamed himself for cutting his ties with everyone so suddenly. He understood how it must have looked. But it didn't make the heartache any easier. The two had been robbed of a lot of time together, but they were determined to make up for it now.

The two made plans to move Damon's belongings from the city over to one of the spare sheds on the farm. The warlock had assured Sebastian that with two magical beings working on the tower, it shouldn't take long to build. Sebastian had been slightly confused at that statement, questioning if Rasmodius was going to be assisting. Damon had only chuckled.

"You're my son! Magic runs in your veins too Sebastian."


I never beta-read any of my work, so please forgive any typos or rushed paragraphs~ I mainly write fanfics for fun and so I can practice just getting words out and onto a page. I have really enjoyed writing this story so far though. Stardew Valley will forever be one of my favorite games - Mystical Jelly