Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest moon, I only own Sonya (reminds me of Sony, but I don't own that either TT)
Well, I hope you pplz liked that last chapter. I made it as long as I could for a first chapter. Just you wait, I will get writers block eventually. I haven't seen all of the rival heart events, so some of the stuff will obviously be made up. Farm work is coming, she has to meet everyone first. (In FOMT I am at Elli Yellow heart, the rest at blue) kk, I hope you enjoy this chapter, and right now I wish I had played harvest moon for girl the setting is the same, but this will work out... Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Rivals of Love
Continuing down the huge town, map at hand Sonya finds herself at the inn/bar. She looks at the large building and steps inside. She sees several people eating and having fun. In the corner is a young man dressed in poor (as in bad condition) clothing. He has brown hair, and like Gray, is trying to avoid everybody. There is a girl with a huge braid nearby trying to talk to him, but to no avail. Sonya walks by and sits at the nearest table straining to hear the one-sided conversation.
"Why don't you ever talk, Cliff? You know I'm only here to help!"
"..."
"Don't you ever say anything?" (She is talking in a playful way)
"Is this really what I want..." he mumbles to himself
"What? Oh, I know what will cheer you up! Dad! Can I get something for Cliff?"
The girl walks away, the guy sighs and turns his head away. Sonya grabs a chair and sits by him, but remains quiet, waiting for him to talk. When he doesn't she starts off the conversation. "My name is Sonya, I am new here at the farm, what about you?"
"Huh?" He looks up, as if he just came out of a daze. "Oh, I'm Cliff, I've been living here for some time now, but my money is almost gone, I might have to leave and go back home..."
"Oh. And who was the girl with the braid?"
"You mean Ann? She is really nice. She has been keeping me company and trying to help me out a lot."
"You sure don't seem to want to talk to her that much, that's for sure."
"Well, whenever she talks to me, I kind of freeze up"
"Oh, well, here are some berries, I kinda have to go now. " Sonya hands him the berries and begins to stand up and leave, when Cliff interrupts her.
"Wait! I-I-I like talking to you, I hope we can talk again sometime..." He began to blush slightly
"I really enjoyed talking to you, too. Stop by my farm sometime, and we can talk some more. I have a lot to do today, maybe some other time."
"Oh, and Sonya..."
"Yes, what is it, Cliff"
"I think we've m-"
Ann all of a sudden sits down next to cliff in the chair Sonya was sitting in earlier (she stood up to leave, remember) She has a plate of scrambled eggs, and she hands them to Cliff. Cliff weakly smiles and takes small bites of it.
"Well, bye Cliff, talk later!" Sonya says as she walks out of the door, wondering what he was going to say. Sonya continued to walk, and she found herself at the nearby hospital. She walked in, and she saw a young nurse doing some paperwork at the counter. Sonya walked up to the counter and spoke to the nurse.
"Um, hello, I'm Sonya, I just got here."
"Oh, you must be the new person at the farm, it is so hard though, isn't it?"
"Hehehe, I will live." Sonya says, while thinking, "I just started today, I didn't even do anything yet!"
"Well, I'm Elli, and over there is the Doctor. He gives out the checkups and I the medicines. By the way, do you need anything?"
"Um...I think I will get a checkup first..." For some reason, Sonya didn't feel too comfortable around Elli. She eased up after meeting the doctor.
"Hello, you must be Sonya, the new person at the farm." he said.
"Um, yea, I was wondering if I could have a checkup" Sonya hands him some money and takes a seat on the stool.
The doctor follows Sonya and asks Sonya to open her mouth, "Hmm... What's this? Can it be...? No." After the checkup, he smiles and says, "Your stamina is kind of low, but it is so early in the day, what have you been doing?"
"Oh, I just got my tools today, I carried them over to my farm. And I didn't eat all of my food in the morning."
"Not eating and then working? You should take better care of yourself." he walks over to his desk and pulls out a lunch box. He opens it and digs out a very delicious looking chicken sandwich. He walks back over to Sonya and splits it with her, "It's almost noon, you can have some, I have plenty more food, and so it won't be a bother"
"Wow, thanks, this tastes great! Did you make it?"
"Oh, no, I have no time to cook outside of the office really..."
"Really? Then who made this?"
"Oh, Elli Did. She gave it to me earlier."
Hearing the doctor's words, Elli gasped. Sonya couldn't tell if it was from sorrow or joy, but she ate much more cautiously afterwards. "Thank you, doctor, I feel much better now..." Sonya smiled and stood up
The doctor returned the smile and said, "Well, come over any time, Elli and I are always here."
"I sure will!" Sonya said, winking at the doctor, who blushed slightly. Elli got a disgusted look on her face as Sonya left the hospital. As she walked outside, she saw Cliff heading for church. Sonya was still wondering what Cliff was going to say, and this time she wasn't going to be interrupted by Ann. She chased after him and ran into the church. Upon entering, she noticed that it was empty except for the priest and Cliff, who was kneeling in the front row. The priest walked into a room, and he didn't appear to be leaving any time soon. Sonya was alone with Cliff. Sonya slowly walked up to the second row, and sat directly behind Cliff. He had his eyes closed, and Sonya could hear his steady breathing. She put her elbows on the pews and rested her head on her arms, gazing at him, still wondering what he wanted to say. Sonya slowly leaned toward Cliff and whispered into his ear, "I'm listening..." in a tender, kind voice
All of a sudden, Cliff jumped up and spun around, eyes wide open. He looked down and saw Sonya. He relaxed some and asked "Wha-what are you doing here, Sonya?"
"I thought I would prey to the Harvest Goddess, and I was-" Sonya stopped. She was about to say, "I was curious" but thought against it. All of a sudden, she didn't want to know what Cliff was going to say. She wanted him to tell her when he felt like it. She didn't know why, but instead she said "I was...wanting to talk some more."
"Oh, sure. I would love to."
"So, why do you come to the church?"
"Um...to...ask"
"Ask for what, Cliff?""
Cliff looked down and frowned, "to ask for forgiveness"
"Really, Cliff? You are the last person I would expect to need to ask for forgiveness."
Cliff blushed slightly, but frowned again, "You must not really know me that well, then. I am really messed up."
Sonya began to frown, too "You shouldn't think so lowly of yourself. You have been able to support yourself this long, and you can keep on going"
"I don't plan to leave any time soon, not until I reach my goal"
"What might that be?"
"Actually, I think I've already gotten part way there"
"I have a goal, too."
"Really, I bet it is much better than mine, it is kinda stupid, actually."
"Well, I...My goal is to bring the farm back to its original state, and-"
"See, it is much better than mine!"
"Hey, I didn't finish!"
"You don't have to" came a voice from behind the two. The priest was standing right behind Cliff, and he didn't look too happy. "You two really shouldn't be chatting away in the holy house of the Harvest Goddess."
"I'm sorry sir..." said Cliff, becoming shy and doubtful again.
"Yes, I know you are, Cliff, and the Harvest Goddess has forgiven you because of your devotion to her" he took a deep breath, "But as for you, young lady, I would like to have a word with you in the confession room. " The priest walked into the Confession room, and Sonya dejectedly followed...
Okay, chapter two! yay, I feel so special, I did two whole chapters! I bet everyone wants to know what Cliff was going to say, and what the priest is going to do to Sonya (I know his name is Carter, but Sonya doesn't know that yet) i am trying to get her to meet everyone and have all of the heart events. Wish me luck!
