A/N: Sorry for being so slow with the chapters, I have ideas, I'm just not
good at sorting them around.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon or any of it's characters, although I would like to own- ok everyone's heard that joke a million times, sorry.
Chapter 5: A new friend
Jack woke up to the sound of a thump on his door. He waited for it again, but nothing happened. He opened the door, and felt it knocked something over. "Uhhhh....." he heard. It was a person! He went outside, and saw a young man in brown clothing lying on the ground, grabbing his stomach. ""Uhhh!" he went again, this time sounding hurt instead of surprised. "I need some thing to eat!" he yelled . Jack quickly got some verberries out of his rucksack, and gave them to him.
"Who are you?" he asked as the stranger chomped down on his food.
"I'm Cliff. I haven't eaten for almost three weeks, thank you." Jack was startled. He'd gone for 30 hours without food before, for the 30 hour famine his church held, but three weeks seemed unimaginable. He got some more food out of rucksack, and started walking.
"Why are you here?" Jack asked.
"I want to move in here. Karen's my cousin, so I was hoping..." Jack listened as he talked, and had Cliff's arm on his shoulder as they walked towards her house. Jack was afraid he would have to carry or drag Cliff up the slanted walkway to Karen's, but Cliff had just enough strength to walk up on his own. When they got there, Jack knocked on the door. Karen opened.
"Cliff! What are you doing here?!" she yelled, angrily, actually.
"Karen, I..."
"Go back to your church, in your city!" she yelled at him. Jack stepped forward.
"Karen, he hasn't had..." SLAM! She didn't let Jack finish his sentence before she shut the door. Cliff moaned again.
"Karen..."
"Don't worry, I'm sure there's someplace you can stay." Jack said. He walked Cliff back down the pathway, and saw Gray. "Gray!" Jack called his attention. "Do you have a place for this guy? He just came here, and needs nourishment."
"We can't keep him, but we can take care of him for today."
They walked into Green Ranch, with Cliff's arms on Gray and Jack's shoulder. They put him down in the house. "Where's he gonna stay?" Jack thought out loud. Cliff spoke up again.
"I'll take care of myself. There's enough food in the mountains." Jack nodded his head. As he left Green Ranch, he bumped into Ann.
"What were you doing here?" she asked Jack.
"I was...never mind. Gray can tell you all about it." he said, in a bit of a hurry. She was still confused, but she'd understand later. Jack entered the library.
"Hi Maria, do you have "Among the Hidden?" Jack asked when he got in.
"No, we don't have very new books here. Sorry."
"That's alright, do you have 'The Fellowship of the Ring?' I started reading it at home, and didn't finish it before coming to Flowerbud. Actually...I didn't get very far."
"Yes, we do have that one. It's in the classics section." Jack walked over there, and noticed they didn't have the DDS(Dewey Decimal System.) He never liked it anyway. He sat down on the floor and started reading.
"Yes, my precioussss." he hissed in his Gollum imitation. He loved doing that. He also got a laugh out of Maria, who apparently heard him. "Gollum's my favorite character." he explained.
After a while, he glanced at Maria, her head down in some book. "Hey, how do you keep yourself entertained here all day?" he asked her. She held up a Game Boy, not a book. This time Jack laughed.
After a while, Jack left the library, to go back home. He took off his rucksack and shoes as always, and went to sleep.
A/N: Ever notice Jack sleeps with his rucksack on in the game? O_o Anyway, sorry I haven't updated in months...there was this thing and I couldn't go to fanfiction.net for a while. I was starting The Fellowship of the Ring when I started this, and now I'm almost finished with The Two Towers. That's how slow and lazy I was with writing this chapter. And I think I know why it's hard for me to keep going with this story: it doesn't really have a problem yet. I mean, I have ideas for the story, but I can't really write them until later. So filling in the space between should be my top priority right now.
Anyway, thanks to my reviewers, especially Fairy Friend since you reviewed almost every chapter. By the way, could someone tell me how to add authors to my favorites list?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon or any of it's characters, although I would like to own- ok everyone's heard that joke a million times, sorry.
Chapter 5: A new friend
Jack woke up to the sound of a thump on his door. He waited for it again, but nothing happened. He opened the door, and felt it knocked something over. "Uhhhh....." he heard. It was a person! He went outside, and saw a young man in brown clothing lying on the ground, grabbing his stomach. ""Uhhh!" he went again, this time sounding hurt instead of surprised. "I need some thing to eat!" he yelled . Jack quickly got some verberries out of his rucksack, and gave them to him.
"Who are you?" he asked as the stranger chomped down on his food.
"I'm Cliff. I haven't eaten for almost three weeks, thank you." Jack was startled. He'd gone for 30 hours without food before, for the 30 hour famine his church held, but three weeks seemed unimaginable. He got some more food out of rucksack, and started walking.
"Why are you here?" Jack asked.
"I want to move in here. Karen's my cousin, so I was hoping..." Jack listened as he talked, and had Cliff's arm on his shoulder as they walked towards her house. Jack was afraid he would have to carry or drag Cliff up the slanted walkway to Karen's, but Cliff had just enough strength to walk up on his own. When they got there, Jack knocked on the door. Karen opened.
"Cliff! What are you doing here?!" she yelled, angrily, actually.
"Karen, I..."
"Go back to your church, in your city!" she yelled at him. Jack stepped forward.
"Karen, he hasn't had..." SLAM! She didn't let Jack finish his sentence before she shut the door. Cliff moaned again.
"Karen..."
"Don't worry, I'm sure there's someplace you can stay." Jack said. He walked Cliff back down the pathway, and saw Gray. "Gray!" Jack called his attention. "Do you have a place for this guy? He just came here, and needs nourishment."
"We can't keep him, but we can take care of him for today."
They walked into Green Ranch, with Cliff's arms on Gray and Jack's shoulder. They put him down in the house. "Where's he gonna stay?" Jack thought out loud. Cliff spoke up again.
"I'll take care of myself. There's enough food in the mountains." Jack nodded his head. As he left Green Ranch, he bumped into Ann.
"What were you doing here?" she asked Jack.
"I was...never mind. Gray can tell you all about it." he said, in a bit of a hurry. She was still confused, but she'd understand later. Jack entered the library.
"Hi Maria, do you have "Among the Hidden?" Jack asked when he got in.
"No, we don't have very new books here. Sorry."
"That's alright, do you have 'The Fellowship of the Ring?' I started reading it at home, and didn't finish it before coming to Flowerbud. Actually...I didn't get very far."
"Yes, we do have that one. It's in the classics section." Jack walked over there, and noticed they didn't have the DDS(Dewey Decimal System.) He never liked it anyway. He sat down on the floor and started reading.
"Yes, my precioussss." he hissed in his Gollum imitation. He loved doing that. He also got a laugh out of Maria, who apparently heard him. "Gollum's my favorite character." he explained.
After a while, he glanced at Maria, her head down in some book. "Hey, how do you keep yourself entertained here all day?" he asked her. She held up a Game Boy, not a book. This time Jack laughed.
After a while, Jack left the library, to go back home. He took off his rucksack and shoes as always, and went to sleep.
A/N: Ever notice Jack sleeps with his rucksack on in the game? O_o Anyway, sorry I haven't updated in months...there was this thing and I couldn't go to fanfiction.net for a while. I was starting The Fellowship of the Ring when I started this, and now I'm almost finished with The Two Towers. That's how slow and lazy I was with writing this chapter. And I think I know why it's hard for me to keep going with this story: it doesn't really have a problem yet. I mean, I have ideas for the story, but I can't really write them until later. So filling in the space between should be my top priority right now.
Anyway, thanks to my reviewers, especially Fairy Friend since you reviewed almost every chapter. By the way, could someone tell me how to add authors to my favorites list?
