Stardew Valley Fanfiction:

'The Farmer Witch'

Chapter 49:


The group was having a good time just hanging out and watching movies. Sam gave his friend some rare figurine for Solarion Chronicles and Abigail gave him a limited print of the first Cave Saga X comic book. They knew their nerdy friend well.

When it got to Alice's turn to hand over a gift to the birthday boy, she informed him that she and Damon had gone halfsies with their gifts.

"The loaded farmer couldn't even afford a gift all her own?!" Sam teased, nudging her with his elbow.

"Shut up Sam." She turned to her housemate. "Just open it… but… be gentle with it." She warned.

Sebastian looked puzzled yet intrigued. He opened to box, peeking inside to see a large, purple, slimey…. Something.

"It's a Slime Egg!" Damon informed his son. "You made mention of how you always wanted to start a Slime Hutch as a hobby. So… after the tower is finished, Alice and I thought maybe we could build a Hutch next." He was observing Sebastian closely, trying to gauge his reaction.

The young man was speechlessly examining the slimey 'egg', then turned to Alice.

"We've taken up so much space on the farm already though… Is it really fine with you to continue building onto it?"

Alice chuckled, amused that this was a worry for him. "I think it would be fun! I'm going to have a lot of free time in the new year since I don't have to water the fields by hand anymore. I'll need a new hobby too!" She grinned at her friend as she assured him.

Sebastian's face was a little red as he gave a small smile back. He looked down at the purple blob again, clearly touched by the gift.

The farm was just as much a home to him now as it was to Alice and she had wanted him to know that. She moved closer, giving him a single kiss on the cheek and wishing him a happy birthday as Damon brought over the cake. Damon shared a toast with the birthday boy, sharing in Sebastian's first legal drink as he turned twenty-one. Abigail, Sam, and Alice stuck with their cranberry juice while the warlock father and son broke into the champagne.

As they started up the second movie and ate their cake, Sebastian's phone started to ring. He checked it, silenced it, and put it away, returning his focus to the movie. Damon and Alice exchanged looks but didn't say anything. It rang several more times throughout the movie, but Sebastian eventually just turned it off altogether. The group were careful to ignore it as well, even Sam setting aside his usual obliviousness to be more tactful for once.

Krobus had decided he very much liked human cake, and the group managed to devour the entire thing with his help.

"So Krobus", Abigail started, "Are you going to come to the Night Market next week?" She was becoming fast friends with the Shadow Brute. Abigail was adventurous and making friends with monsters probably seemed exciting to her.

"Perhaps." He warbled thoughtfully. "Now that the Pelicanians all know of my existence; it might not hurt to attend one of their yearly festivities."

Alice had completely forgotten about the Night Market. Lewis had sent her a letter, explaining the caravan of oddities that came into town every year. She looked to Damon.

"Are you going to go?" She asked quietly.

He nodded vigorously. "Of course! The Night Market has lots of events and shop keepers to visit. There's even art collectors that come to trade."

"And the mermaid show~" Sam interjected, earning him a jab in the ribs from Abigail.

Damon even turned a little pink around the ears.

"The mermaid show?" Raising an eyebrow at her flushed master. "Should I even ask?"

Damon avoided her gaze, choosing to focus on the television in front of them. "I wish you wouldn't…"

The farmer groaned. She imagined that the mermaid show was quite the hit with the local men. She turned to her other side, eyeing Sebastian.

"And what about you? Are you going to go see this… 'mermaid show'?" She glared at him.

He clearly noticed her disapproval and gave a quick - "Nope."

She smiled, rewarding his answer with another kiss on the cheek, but Sam looked a bit put out.

"Who am I gonna go with then?" He protested.

"Take Shane." Sebastian suggested. "Tell him they serve beer and I'm sure he'll go with you."

Sam continued to pout for another five minutes or so, until the movie got to the interesting bits and he quieted down again.

Ultimately, they all decided to head down to the market and do some Winter Star shopping next week. Any day now they were going to receive Lewis' letter about who their festival gift recipient was to be, so they needed to hit the shops to find a nice gift for their 'Secret Santa' buddy. Even Damon had reached out to the mayor about getting into the mix. He was officially back in the town registry as a resident now, and he was looking forward to attending all the festivals he'd loved as a child again.

Lewis was always responsible for the 'random' selection of who gives gifts to who during the festival, and Alice knew that Sebastian had gone to talk with him about it earlier in the week. She imagined that Sebby just wanted to avoid any drama that might come if he or Damon were selected to give gifts to the Carpenter family. She assumed that he had asked Lewis to ensure that the 'random' selection would take that under consideration for the festival.

It was sad that it had come to that point, but Alice still hoped that things would eventually calm down. Things would never be what they once were, but maybe that was for the best. At least her warlock boys were getting a chance to know each other now and Sebastian seemed a lot happier than when Alice had first met him. He'd gone from being the town jerk in her eyes to being her best friend and partner.

She definitely couldn't imagine the farm without him. Even the barnyard cat she had adopted from Marnie seemed to like his presence on the farm. Every morning, Cheshire would meow at Sebastian's bedroom door until he let her in. The cat would sleep on his feet or on his chest, late into the morning after Alice had gone out at dawn to feed the other animals. Both Cheshire and Sebastian tended to sleep in, so they were nap buddies.

Even now, as they watched movies together and celebrated Sebby's day, Cheshire was brushing up against the birthday boy's legs, purring as she walked between his feet in an infinite loop.

"My cat likes you more than me." Alice commented dryly.

Sebastian only chuckled, swinging an arm around her shoulders and sharing his last bite of cake with her.


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