Stardew Valley Fanfiction:

'The Farmer Witch'

Chapter 56:


Morning came and Alice woke first as usual. She quietly crept into the kitchen so as not to wake Sebastian upstairs. Festivities started at 9:00am in town, but the farmer girl still wanted to get a small breakfast ready for her boys before they left. She whipped up some pancakes and poured a few glasses of juice before Damon arrived at the front door.

Kicking off the snow from his purple boots and setting his royal-looking cape down on a kitchen chair, he went to help Alice set the table.

"Dressing up for the occasion?" She questioned her master. It had been a long time since she had seen him in his warlock get-up.

"The town already knows about my magic and yours, so no point hiding it right?" He didn't sound 100% confident, but it was still nice to see him coming out of his shell a little.

It didn't take long until Sebastian came downstairs. Greeting his father with a holiday embrace, he sat at the table and gladly accepted a plate of food.

It was a nice slow start to the morning. Calm and relaxing. Alice knew her two introverted friends would probably run low on energy from all the festival events, so at least she could offer them one last hour of peace before they left for the day-long feast.

After breakfast, the farmer grabbed her gift for Maru and waited outside for the boys. Sebastian went back upstairs to grab his mystery gift and Damon pulled his cape back on. Soon the three were making their way into town. The décor was magnificent, all the bright lights and garlands added to the theme of the holiday. Large tables were set up in the town square all surrounding the beautiful pine tree at the heart of the celebration. The star atop the tree was nothing in comparison to the real thing from last night, however.

Sebastian quickly found their assigned table for the feast, setting his gift down on one of the chairs as Alice went to find Abigail. The girl had been mad at Sam all week, since the last night of the Nightmarket. Alice had been her venting buddy ever since Sam invited Sebastian to hang out on their presumed 'date', resulting in Abigail shunning the poor boy until further notice.

Alice knew that the girl could never permanently stay mad at her friend, but it sure would help if Sam got a clue…

Before she was able to find Abigail though, Sam had caught sight of her. Stumbling over his younger brother to get to her quickly, a panting Sam greeted her. "Hey! So is she still mad?"

Alice sighed at the hopeless boy.

"Oh come on! It's the Feast of the Winter Star! She can't be mad at me today! She has to forgive me!" He sounded desperate.

"Have you apologized?" She questioned him.

"Yes! Over and over! I didn't think it would be such a big deal inviting Seb on our date anyway! I mean, I thought it would just be easier that way…"

Alice was taken aback. "Date? So you knew she thought it was a date?"

Sam looked bashfully at the ground. "Well yeah… but… I don't know… It's just hard to talk to her one-on-one… I thought if Seb was there it would be easier!"

Alice groaned. "That's stupid Sam. You can't invite friends on your date. Otherwise it isn't a date!"

"I know, I know." He confessed. "But I panicked, okay?" A did look remorseful and Alice felt a little bad for the guy. She figured it was probably just as awkward for him trying to date a long-time friend as it was for Abigail.

"Look," Alice started, "You need to apologize again. And make sure when you ask her out again, that you guarantee her that it will just be the two of you!"

He nodded shamefully and slumped his way back to his table, turning back only once to ask hopefully – "But you'll put in a good word for me?" To which the farmer nodded in affirmation.

The witch rolled her eyes and went to find Abigail inside her father's shop. She was just finishing putting her coat on by the front door.

"Saw you talking with Sam." She said as she buttoned her coat.

"He's ready to grovel. Will you just forgive him already? He says he just got nervous being one-on-one with you and that's why he invited Sebastian." She couldn't hide her grin. "Just have mercy on him, Abs."

Abigail was trying to hide her own grin as she thought about how stupid her friend was. "Whatever. That's still silly."

"I know, but he's a boy. What do you expect? And worse, it's Sam… you know how he is, so just forgive the poor guy."

Abigail chuckled, walking arm-in-arm with Alice back outside. She greeted Damon and Sebastian, pointedly not sparing a glance towards Sam's family's table just yet. If Alice didn't know any better, she'd say that the girl was enjoying having the upper hand on the blonde in their budding relationship.

By late morning she had officially forgiven the boy though, talking with him and Sebastian as Mayor Lewis started off the festivities with a few town announcements and the lighting of the Great Tree.

Sebastian disappeared shortly after that, and Alice assumed he had gone off to speak with his mother. And sure enough, he must have formed some sort of truce for the day, because she saw him let Robin give him a small hug just a while later before he returned to the farmer's table as the food was brought out. Marnie and Caroline wheeled out trays and trays of food. The whole town had pitched in to making the feast of course, but it had all been stored in Gus' pub until the festival. Damon had even baked for the occasion as his own donation to the festival. It was a glorious feast. Alice was pretty sure she had never seen so much food in one location at once outside a Joja supermarket.

She had to remind herself to pace herself throughout the meal. The food would be out all day, and the feast had only just begun.

One by one Lewis called forth townspeople to come to the center of the square and stand in front of the Great Tree. Then, that person's mystery gift-giver would come forward with their present. It was a fun event. People watched and ate and laughed at the funny gifts everyone shared. It was a great community activity. They let the children go first so they would have time to play with their gifts.

Alice watched Damon get up when it was Vincent's turn, giving the boy an enchanted stick that produced bubbles out of one end when pointed at something. Vincent was thrilled, loving his new 'magic wand' and calling himself wizard for the remainder of the day.

When it was Sebastian's turn, Caroline came forth and presented him with a small potted plant. She told him that if he was anything like his father at his age, that he probably drank way too much coffee and should try tea instead. Sebastian couldn't deny her claim either, so gratefully accepted the green tea plant.

Even when it was Maru's turn, it wasn't as bad as Alice had thought it would be. She tried not to look too awkward as she handed Maru the heavy package containing the golden bars. Maru's eyes lit up when she unwrapped them, then looked up unsure at Alice as if to ask if the farmer really meant to give her these. Alice had shrugged, saying she didn't have a use for them and figured Maru could use them as materials in her work. The two girls had shared a timid hug before they both returned to their tables.

The farmer watched as each townsperson got up and received their gift. After a while though she began to wonder how many could possibly be left. She tried to recount in her head how many people had gone up so far, coming to the conclusion that she must be the last person to go up. And indeed, Lewis announced 'last but not least, our local farmer, Alice'.

Alice hadn't really been paying super close attention to the gift giving as she had been more focused on eating at the time, but it didn't take her long to realize that there was only one person who hadn't given a gift yet to someone. She grinned as Sebastian came up to the Great Tree alongside her.

But her grin turned to a look of shock when he got down on one knee.

The festival and it's attendees seemed to quiet down immediately, all eyes on the two as Sebastian opened a small box to reveal a Mermaid's Pendant to the farmer. Alice was familiar with the tradition and what it meant here in Pelican Town.

"Alice?" He looked nervous but he was still smiling up at her. "Will you marry me, Alice?"

For one horrifying moment, Alice's voice stopped working, so shocked and choked up from what was happening. She worried that she wouldn't be able to answer. But the next moment her voice returned to her and she nodded vigorously as she agreed to his proposal. She collapsed onto him, arms wrapping around Sebastian as she began to cry happily.

Shane and Sam immediately started whistling at the two and shouting loudly in excitement and congratulations. Abigail and her mother was clapping happily as Sebastian placed the beautiful necklace around the witch's neck. She briefly caught a glimpse of Damon crying emotionally back at their table, but mainly her focus was on Sebastian. Her fiancé. She cupped his face, planting a long and passionate kiss on his lips.

This earned more whistling from Sam and Shane of course, and Marnie and Jodi eventually had to calm the boys down. The rest of the festival was a blur after that. Alice only remembered staring into Sebastian's eyes a lot and holding onto him for most of the day. People came over to congratulate them of course. Even Maru and her father came by briefly to wish them well. Alice got the impression that no one other than Damon and Lewis had known what was coming. Lewis had obviously helped Sebastian set it all up to end the feast with their proposal and Damon told Alice later that Sebastian had come to ask him for her hand a while back. In fact, Sebastian had been trying to ask the warlock for the witch's hand in marriage back on Spirit's Eve before they had been interrupted by the general chaos of the night.

Sam and Abigail came over to express their happiness for their friends too. After poking fun at Sebastian for a while, the two left to return to their own tables. Or at least that's where Alice thought they went until she saw the two behind Gus' pub, kissing under the mistletoe later in the day.

Robin seemed shocked but happy for the two, stating that she would get to work on a wedding arch as soon as possible for the ceremony. Alice thanked her graciously before turning to her fiancé.

"So when do you want to tie the knot?" Was there really a point in having a long engagement? They already knew that they weren't going to be changing their minds, and neither wanted to plan a big wedding.

"Couple of days? I want to be married to you before the new Year starts." He stated eagerly.

"Sounds good to me~"


Hope you all enjoyed the story! This is where I originally intended to end this tale, but I do have a lot of ideas on how the story could continue also. So, I might add on to it in the near future as well if I find the time. If you have any ideas on what to incorporate into any additional stories in this universe, I might utilize them in the future.

So, leave a review and tell me what you think about the story or any future things you want to see in the fic – like kids, the wizard's quest chain, 1.5 update stuff, the missing bundle, etc. – Mystical Jelly