Hroondeel's Notes

Bad ending…I was just sick of writing and just wanted to end the chapter. You know what I mean? Anyways, sorry for the wait, I was in San Diego. ;

"Hello. You sure are stubborn. …Why are you still staring at me!

-Kappa

------------------------------ 10:00 AM

The horse racing festival sure was fun. I even won! I'm no good at saving up money, so I'll just spend it now. I don't know what can I buy here…I'm so used to the city life after all…Oh yeah! I remembered about how Karen worked at a supermarket, maybe I can buy something there! Only thing is…I don't know where to go! I walked back to the fork in the road, and followed the arrow reading 'Northern Mineral Town.' Soon enough, I found two buildings…Aja Winery and a friendly-looking Inn. I decided to check out the Inn. It was colored a bright, cheerful yellow and had pretty flowers growing up front. Inside, it had a couple of tables and a girl with beautiful red hair tied up in a ribbon. Approaching her, I said, "Hi there!" in greeting.

"Oh hello!" she said, and stopped her cleaning. I really envied her hair. She probably didn't know how lucky she was! My hair was a strawberry-blond, or 'orange' as I liked to call it.

"You're new around here, aren't you?" she asked. I nodded.

"I'm Ann. Shelly, right?"

"Yup!" She blinked at me for a second and then added," Aren't you…."

"Yup!" She laughed a bit to herself.

"That was really funny, you know. Everyone's talking about it." Talking about it?

"What do you mean?"

"Well…you really stood up to Saibara for one. And how it was so hilarious when you took out the paper blower! Even Karen laughed." This reminded me of where I was supposed to be going.

"Well…I always come prepared!" I chirped, and added, "I got to go, but see you around!"

"Bye!"

Well…it wouldn't hurt to do a bit more exploring would it? I decided the next place I wanted to explore was the Aja Winery. It had a vineyard, and a little cellar next to it. I opened the door, seeing a young lady with black hair and wearing a cute dress.

"Hi! My name's Manna, and I work here at the Aja Winery with my husband Duke. But…Duke doesn't work that much, other than drink and pick grapes! What's a girl got to do, huh? Hey, aren't you the paper blower girl? You were so hilarious! And you should've seen the look on Gray's face when you took out the paper blower! You two look so cute together! But again, Mary likes Gray…Oh, this would really be a scandal…" I blinked. She said everything in one breath, as if she had been put on fast forward.

"Oops! Sorry! I tend to talk like that a lot, my apologies! See, Duke won't talk with me, so you leave me no choice!"

"Okay, Manna, in case you don't know my name is Shelly, I come from the city! I've taken over the farm! It was a big mess, wasn't it? But I'm going to do my best to bring it back together!" I said in one breath, playing along. Manna smiled widely, and talked quickly back. For one thing, I knew Gray could never talk like this.

-------- 1:00 PM

I met everyone in the village, now, so it was finally time to go to the Supermarket. I found it alright, thanks to Manna, who gave me a very clear and detailed description. It was right next to the Clinic, where I met the Doctor of Mineral Town, and his assistant, Elli. They were both very nice. I opened the door, and saw a display counter in the middle of the room filled with seeds. I also saw a man behind a counter, posters, and two long counters by the wall with many different items, including a basket, and a rucksack. I've got tons of money, and I love shopping sprees! I picked up a lot of rice balls, (those are sooo yummy!) some loaves of bread, a rucksack to put it all in, and three bars of chocolate. I dropped the load on the counter, and the man behind it stared at it with petrified eyes.

"Wow…miss…you sure got a lot there…I'll have to charge extra for-…"

"Dad! Shut up!" I heard Karen's voice. Indeed, it was Karen, who shoved her dad a bit away so she could stand behind the counter.

"You can have all of that free."

"KAREN!" The man whined. Karen shot him a very cold look, and he shut up. Wow…Karen really gets her way around here…

"Here ya go." She said, handing me the items.

"Thank you so much! You really didn't have to!"

"But I did." She said, helping me pack my items into the rucksack. I tried to smile. Finally, we had everything packed up, including the fact I already ate three rice balls.

"I should be going now. Thanks for everything!"

"Any time." Karen said.

This was a really short chapter, but deal with it! The next one will be longer!