Stardew Valley Fanfiction:

'The Farmer Witch'

Chapter 54:


The girl walked home sadly. Sure it was nice knowing she had finally completed the Community Center bundles, but she had never considered that the Junimo would need to find a new home after they had finished the building's repairs. She didn't know when she would see them again…

She walked into her home, eyes puffy and red. Sebastian was in the kitchen, somehow already back from the Nightmarket as well.

"Hey," he said, without turning around from cleaning the dishes. "So turns out Sam wasn't supposed to invite me to hang out with him and Abs tonight. I think Abigail thought it was a date or something?" He set down the final plate to dry and turned to his girlfriend. His grin fell as he saw that she had clearly been crying. "Alice? What's wrong? Is dad okay?" He hurried to her side, wrapping his arms around her smaller frame.

She sniffled, feeling bad that she had worried him unnecessarily. But also she felt glad to have someone here to hold her. "Y-yeah… he's fine. I just," she didn't want to sound childish, but it was hard to find words to explain herself, "I just got back from the Junimo. They left. They're gone. I found the last item they needed and now they had to go back to their world." She had started to cry again just talking about it. She wrapped her arms around Sebastian's back and buried her face in the neck of his hoodie. She sobbed a little while he rubbed her back soothingly.

"Oh… Alice, I'm so sorry." He sighed. "But I'm sure they'll be alright. Dad says the Junimo are super powerful, so I'm sure they can take care of themselves."

The witch knew he was right, but it didn't make her feel any better. She had liked knowing that she could always just head down to the Community Center and visit the tiny creatures. They brought her so much happiness, just watching them play or sing brought the witch joy.

"And the magical world is connected to ours, right? So even if we can't see them, they're still technically here in the Valley." He leaned back so he could wipe the tears off her cheeks. "It's not like we won't ever see them again." He tried to smile.

The farmer nodded sadly. "I know… I just didn't realize that fixing the building meant they had to leave right away…"

Sebastian made her a cup of hot chocolate and they sat together in the living room for a while. They watched television together and the boy let the witch lean against his shoulder until Damon came home. Sebastian explained to the concerned warlock the reason for Alice's glum state and Damon sympathetically offered his pseudo-daughter a comforting hug. He promised to speak with Rasmodius and learn the proper way to build a Junimo Hut. That way the little creatures would be drawn to the farm and be able to cross over between the magical world and the mortal world more frequently. This gave Alice hope that at least she would be able to see her friends again soon.

Overall, by the end of the night, she was still happy that she had managed to accomplish all of the tasks that the Junimo had given her. Lewis and the other townsfolk would probably be very excited to know the building was up and running again as well. She tried to remind herself that this was a good thing, even if it didn't feel that way at the moment.

Damon helped Alice send an enchanted letter to the Mayor's home, informing him of the repairs to the Community Center building. They let the sealed note out through the window and watched it soaring away towards town to deliver itself. Afterwards Alice had returned to the sofa to curl up against Sebastian's side once again.

She must have fallen asleep like that though, because the two woke up the following morning still sitting on the couch. Alice had laughed, thankful for such a considerate person to call her own. No one could cheer her up quite like Sebastian could when he tried. He was always there for her when she needed it the most it seemed.

Throughout the rest of the day, Sebastian seemed to keep a close eye on her though. Probably just making sure she wasn't faking happiness for his or Damon's sake. They even got an unexpected visit from Krobos on the farm, which Alice later realized was arranged by Sebastian to keep her spirits up.

It worked like a charm of course. Any time spent with Krobos was always fun and eventful. But the witch certainly appreciated all the effort the man went through just to keep her happy.

When he had first moved onto the farm, he worked hard to keep things clean and organized and did the shopping among other things, and it had always felt like he was overcompensating because Alice had offered him the place to stay. But now… now it just felt like the man wanted to do those things because he wanted to take care of her.

Alice liked that. She liked that he wanted to take care of her. She liked that he was protective of her and willing to make an effort to make her happy.

She was so happy that she had moved to Stardew Valley.


- Next chapter out tomorrow! Time for the Winter Star Feast and a touch more romance! – Mystical Jelly