Authors Notes: Hello! I'm glad to see that I have already gotten 2 reviews this early in the story...

I only have one more chapter to put up, and I'll have it up in 3 weeks, after that, consider this set of chapters a sort of Season 1... I have too much school work to do to concentrate on this, you might have to wait until summer for the next chapters... My other fanfic has over 10 parts made so far, so the season 1 for that won't come to an end for another 5 months or so. I am very sorry for the lack of chapters, but you can check up on this story during the summer to see if moving away hasn't taken too much of my time...

Back to reviews: I am glad to see that somebody wasn't afraid to give some constructive criticism, in my future chapters (To tell the truth, I'm too lazy to fix the mistakes you pointed out in the last one for this and the next chapter) I will be sure to try to avoid those mistakes.

I have only one request for reveiws: If you are going to give constructive criticism, add a solution to the problem, rather than just telling me that something is wrong without telling me how I could make it better.

As you may or may not have noticed, this series is a mixture of ideas and surroundings of Harvest Moon 64 and Harvest Moon - Back to Nature, so use your imagination to create a completely new landscape that share traits of both of these games. The only thing that this story will go primarily by a single game is for the villagers, they are all based upon Harvest Moon 64 characters, any and all extra characters from BTN of characters who spend a VERY short time on 64 are not to be shown here... Actually... A very large amount of things in this story are based on Harvest Moon 64, with a few exceptions, but I doubt they are that great... Enough of my inane babbling, on to Chapter 1!

Chapter 1 - A Walk Through the Village of Roses

Lying asleep, the young man, haunted by grief, haunted by stress, a worrisome disbelief. What had he done? What a rash decision he made in the previous day, to take over the farm of his childhood dreams, knowing fully certain that he would struggle in the work in which he had to do. He had never been very great at manual labor, you see, and the future task at hand is quite strenuous... Knowing this, he wonders to himself, "How did I get myself into this mess?"...He couldn't back out now, for that would greatly dishonor his family, and that is not what he wanted. His worries were great, those of the great work he would have to do, earning the villagers trust, and adjusting to this new way of life... His grandfather left some tools in his chest, so at least he could use those, and Hiro was there for good company... And that diary, strangely enough, had no writing in it... Hellish nightmares plague his mind, as he tosses and turns in his bed, when something unexpected happens...

The silent room is filled with a loud noise as the rooster crows. "Ahh!" Jack falls from his bed, landing on his dog, Hiro, who was sleeping next to Jacks bed. The dog makes a sharp yelp and runs blindly forward, ramming into a wall, causing a very slight tremor Jack felt beneath him. A look of worry passes through Jacks face for the poor dog, but strangely enough, the dog just sits down and starts panting, his tail wagging. Jack walks over to his dog, and checks him over, but there seems to be nothing... "Quite strange" Jack spoke to himself. Snapping himself into attention, he comes to quick realization of where he is and what he has to do, in pours a great stress. He looks at his watch to find that it is only 6 in the morning... "Might as well start now, I won't be able to shake off this stress." Jack walks up to the closet to see if there was anything decent to wear, to find something greatly out of the ordinary, "What?! There's nothing but blue over-alls and white shirts... Wait... What is this?" The young man picks up dusty, old hat from the back of the closet and blows off the dust, "Wow, it's the same hat he wore when I came here as a child... I wonder how it fits me?" Now putting on some of the clothes in the closet, Jack finds that his grandfathers clothing fits him quite well, the hat being a perfect fit as well, as smile comes upon his face as he notices similarities between himself and his grandfather... "I should be going out then." He reassures himself before going to the door.

Turning the doorknob, he pushes at the door to reveal light, the morning light is appearing over the horizon. Staring over at the beauty, Jack doesn't notice the short man standing before him.

The man clears his throat to catch Jacks attention... It doesn't work.

The man clears his throat a little louder... Again, no reaction as the young man looses himself in its brilliant light...

"Oh forget it!" The short, old man takes out a cane and whacks Jack upside the head with it, then clears his throat to catch Jacks attention.

"Oww!!! What'd you do that for?!"

"What? I didn't do anything... Anyway, I was in the neighborhood and thought 'This young man is new here, and probably wants to know where everything is and how it all works.', so, I came!"

"Oh, umm... Thanks." Now rubbing his head where the cane hit him, "Are you sure you didn't do anything?"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Oh, never mind, so you say you are going to help me figure where everything is?"

"Why yes, of course, we love it when visitors come by! I just happen to be the mayor of this fine village, you can call me Thomas!"

"Well, thank you very much Thomas, will this take too long? If you don't mind my asking."

"Not 'too' long, but it will take a while, but I think you would like some introductions."

"Sure, why not? Lets go."

Jack and the mayor start walking away from the farm, but suddenly come to a stop at the all too familiar crossroads...

"Okay, over there, that is the forest, there is much wildlife and nature there, and very little human involvement has been made on the forest area, and it can pretty much describe itself when you go there. Over there is the ranch, again, quite easy to understand for yourself, they sell animals and other animal-related things there. Up that hill is the vineyard, yet again, it describes itself, they are the main alcohol provider for this town" The mayor brings his voice to a whisper, "Don't tell my wife I said this, but there is a young lady there, and she is quite the looker!" The major then lets out a shameless laugh, "Ha, oh boy, now lets go to the village." They walk for a while before getting to a shop at the entrance of the village, "Okay, this right here is where the florist, Lillia, works, this is where you will get your seeds for planting and such." Suddenly a young woman with a long red dress, almost hitting the ground, with pink hair, comes out of the shop.

"Why, who might you be?"

"Oh, well, this is Jack, the grandson of 'Grandpa', he will be taking over the farm from now on."

"Oh, wow, I am very sorry about your grandfathers' death, and I am so happy to find that somebody was able to take over the farm. He became so ill, he just couldn't care for his farm anymore, I hope you can bring the farm back to what it once was. Nice to meet you Jack, and I hope you enjoy your time here in our village."

"And it was nice to meet you, uhh... What is your name?"

A cheery smile comes upon her face, it was so comforting to Jack at this time that he couldn't help but to smile right back at her, "I am Popuri, and I will pray to the Goddess for the success of your farm."

"Thank you, and good-bye Popuri."

"Good-bye."

The mayor, now in surprise, looks up at Jack, "I see you are adjusting quite well to this village already, are you sure you need my help?" A smile comes on the mayors face.

A look of embarrassment comes upon Jack, his face starting to glow brightly with redness, "Ha ha, no, no, that is okay, lets go on."

"Okay, this building ahead is the church, we commonly come here to pray to the Goddess and confess, but this is used as a school when it isn't the weekend. If you are having life problems, I suggest talking to the Priest, he is very friendly and will never tell your secrets."

"Good to know there is a church in even this small village."

"Isn't it? Well, there is a bar up ahead, open after dark, and that is why we aren't going there..." Walking up to a building with two doors, the mayor tells Jack, "This first one over here is the tool shop, they aren't open very often, but when it is open, be sure to come on in and look for something you might need."

As the mayor speaks, a young woman comes out and locks the door behind her, turning around to find Jack and the Mayor, she speaks in a boys voice "Oh, I don't remember seeing you around here, who might you be?"

"Oh, that caught me off-guard right there, right when you spoke there."

"Why? ...and I swear it, if you say that it was because I looked like a girl, I will have to hurt you."

"Never mind then."

"Well, that's goo-... Hey!!!" Proceeding this, the young man picks up a large stick from the ground. "I'm gonna get you!!!"

The mayor jumps in front of the now charging young man, "Rick, Rick! Stop this, he's new here, take it easy!"

"Let me go! I'm gonna get'em!!!" Now swinging the stick around.

"You can get him later, but I have to take Jack here around the vill-"

Rick suddenly stops, "Wait, did you say... Jack?! You're the son of 'Grandpa'?!"

"Yeah, why?"

"When he was still healthy, your Grandfather loved to tell stories about his family, and spoke of you quite a bit... Sorry for reacting like that, can you forgive me?" The mayor has, by this time, let him go.

Jack walks forward to shack hands when suddenly Rick takes the stick and whacks him over the head, "NOW, can you forgive me?"

"OWW!!! You hit the same damn spot!!! Uh, what did you do again?"

"We were going to forgive each other for our own rudeness."

"Oh, uh... okay!"

The young man, now with a mild amnesia, and Rick shake hands, smiling throughout.

"Good-bye Jack!"

"Good-bye Rick!"

The mayor takes Jack, now with a large bump on his head, to the next door, "This is the Artisans place, the owner of this place is Saibara, be sure to visit and try to find something you like... Though, he only sells things he likes, so there may not be anything for sale at the moment..."

"Now over here is the bakery, if you want something sweet to eat, this is the place to go!"

Jack spies a young woman walk past a window of the bakery...

"Who was that?"

"I think you are talking about Elli, the baker girl, she is quite talented when making cakes. We should be going to the next part of the village."

After quite a bit of walking, they get to the next part of the village, "This is the medicine shop, but you will likely be okay if you just go to bed early, good for emergencies though. That house over there is the home of the midwife, no explanations are needed" They walk up to a small building, "This here is the library where my daughter works, if you ever want to just relax for a while or just take a break away from everything, come here and get a good book." The mayor is about to state the end of the tour, but then something comes to mind... "Come with me Jack."

They walk up to some odd-looking rock formations surrounded by a small fence, "This here is the memorial of the lost, over there on the very left, those over there are your grandfathers' memorial stones, I thought you would like to see them before you went back to the farm, this is the end of the tour, and I really hope you adjust well here and earn the trust and friendship of the villagers."

"Thank you very much mayor, you were a great help, I will be going on to the house now." Jack, he hadn't realized until now, but the sky is getting darker as the day goes into night. Jack decides to wait until tomorrow to start his work, for now, he must rest and jumps into bed, falling asleep almost instantly, his dog lying at his side.