Chapter 4

A/N: Okay…Even though this has never been asked I just want to clear up something…About Jack's appearance in this fic. Well you all have probably saw the Jack in AWL right?(A wonderful life). But the Jack in this fic doesn't look like that…I said I was going to use the characters added in the new harvest moon: sprite station(Witch, Lettuce…Kilala…And of course all the characters in Awl since characters like Celia and Lumina etc are in sprite station too.) And by all the characters I meant ALL the characters, even Jack. Anyway in the new Hm: sprite station game he literally looks like the Jack from friends of the mineral town and BTN and harvest moon 64, therefore that's what he looks like in this story also…Lets make that official, the jack in this story looks like the Jack from fomt, btn and hm64. Clear? You know the farmer with the hat, blue overalls and that weird hair thing going on. Yep…

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Jack woke up in silence, he was expecting to hear birds sing their irritating song, or for the sun to burn his eyes like it always did. He looked sleepily around the room and memories from yesterday finally hit him like a tone of bricks…Or rather he tried to move his body but it acked to death…Either way, he remembered the fall and how he was underground.

Jack saw lots of interesting things; it was the biggest bedroom he'd ever seen. There we're lots of furniture, infact the room looked like a mini house: With a living room, with lots of couch's and chairs and a table. There was of course a bed, a bed that looked beg enough to fit three people at least. There was a humongous window close to the bed although it was blocked by a stone wall from any light…There we're lumps under the blanket, but Jack didn't think much of it at first.

He got up of the bed but fell down in pain, he crawled farther from the bed, trying to take off his shoes from his acking feet, he sighed as he looked over his swollen feet, when something caught his attention. Above him he could hear slight breathing…

He grabbed the edge of the bed and peeked his head from the corner of it. He let out a small gasp and pulled himself closer to the bed.

Lying under the blanket was a very pretty young woman…With long black hair. Jack stared blankly at the figure, wondering what he was supposed to be doing with it.

''Okay…Did I kill someone without knowing…?'' He poked the seemingly lifeless body with his finger and rubbed his other hand against his head

''Wait…Maybe not…Dead people don't often breath.''

The breathing got a little louder and the girl slowly opened her eyes. Jack took a step backwards and stumbled onto the floor, he looked up at her nervously, sweat dripping down his spine and forehead.

''I-I…! I though you we're dead!'' he shouted with an embarrassed tone.

The young lady looked down at Jack, surprised and confused.

''huh…?''

Jack stayed on the ground helplessly, searching for an excuse as to why he was in her room…

''Oh…Ah…Well…I'm Jack…And...Well you see there's a good explanation as to why I'm here…I-''

''H-how…Did you get here…?'' She questioned, Jack couldn't tell if she was angry, scared or happy…It seemed to be a mixed emotion.

When he didn't answer it just brought up an even more distraught look upon her face.

''How did…You get through the castle door…? And all those stairs?...I thought they all broke…'' she whispered fascinated, placing her arms around her knees.

Jack jerked his head up more and tried choking words out from his mouth in vain. ''Uh…I…eh…Wait…What?'' He answered in a hurry as a confused smile formed on his lips.

''Are you one of the castle guards?...No, that can't be…I thought they all died…''

Jack got up off the floor, but he didn't look the girl in the eye.

''Look, I don't really know what you're talking about…no offence but you don't make sense…The castle…The stairs…The guards…''

The girl looked up with a hurt expression on her face.

Jack still wasn't looking her in the eyes…

''When I stumbled upon this place…There we're no stairs, and no guards. And I have no idea what you mean by castle.''

The girl mouth dropped open and she looked down at her hands.

''You're lying…You're lying…No, see for yourself! Open that door! See over there? That door over there! Open it!''

The farmer walked over to the door she was pointing to, and reached out to it but very slowly.

''What are you waiting for!'' she spat.

''For something interesting to happen I guess…''

''Just...open it…''

He opened the door, and saw the same thing he saw last night, a bunch of rocks and dirt.

''I see no castle…'' He mumbled sighing.

Silence fell on the room…And the girl looked blankly at the door's entrance. He wasn't lying; there we're no stairs in sight and nothing familiar to her.

''What…? No…That's…impossible…'' she whispered slowly, her eyes we're blank and her face was without emotion.

The farmer closed the door and walked up a little closer to the young woman.

''So…You say there was a castle here…? Is that what you're saying?'' Jack asked curiously, trying to pull some sense into the situation.

''Yes…'' Her tone full of confusion. ''Right next to the waterfall…A beautiful castle…With flowers…And people…''

''The waterfall?'' Jack repeated. ''Well, there's a dig site there…Not a castle…Are you sure you're…eh…How could I put this…? Thinking straight?''

''Are you insisting I'm insane…!'' she hissed ''I know there is a castle! I'm…Almost sure of it!...''

Jack put his hands against his waist with a doubtful look.

''You're…almost sure…? ''

''I…I…It's blurry…But, I can almost picture it in my mind…'' She whispered closing her eyes.

''Really…?'' he answered, still not believing it.

''So…What was this castle called exactly?'' He questioned, a little too smugly.

''It…It was…ehm…I…can't remember…'' She answered uneasily.

''I see…So, can you remember what it looked like at least...?''

She closed her eyes trying to picture it in her mind, she tried hard…But nothing came back…Which deeply hurt her.

''Well…It…must have been big…'' she answered, her voice rising steadily.

''No, don't tell me what it should SEEM to be like…Tell me what it DID look like.''

Tears formed in her eyes and she felt like really punching the guy in her room.

''I…Don't remember that, ok!'' she snapped fighting off sadness with anger.

''…So tell me…What's your name?''

The girl opened her eyes wide and tilted her head to the side, saying nothing. Only staring at Jack confused, as if he was speaking in a language she ignored.

''…Your name?'' He repeated.

''I…My name…My name is…'' she furiously looked up at the young man ''I…I'm not crazy!''

Jack looked down at her nonchalantly.

''I'm sorry I'm not crazy…But that wasn't the right answer.''

Tears dripped on the girl's bed, tears that we're falling from her eyes sliding off her cheeks.

''You're such an asshole!'' She finally spat, trying her best to wipe her face with her hands ''I can't believe your making me feel so bad!'' ''I can't remember anything and your treating me and starring at me like I'm some kind of psycho! Your hurting me…I didn't even do anything to you!''

Jack softened his expression, realizing what he had done. Flashbacks from a couple days earlier flew through his mind.

He remembered that day, because it was such a horrible day for him, when all the villagers we're starring at him shamelessly after Jack had yelled at Van.

He remembered his exact words

''Why don't you all stop starring now…? Don't you have somewhere else to BE? Leave me alone! Quit looking at me as if I'm some animal!''

He couldn't believe it…He couldn't believe how he was acting. He was treating this girl who he barely knew like a crazy person, like some sort of dangerous.animal…He made her cry, even if she didn't do anything to him…

Jack stepped closer to the girl, making eye contact this time.

''Wait…I…I'm sorry…it's just tha-''

''No! Don't touch me!'' She yelled. Jack quickly took his hand off her shoulder and felt his hand nervously; his hand was icy cold…

''You're…You're freezing…'' he shivered.

''Just…Just shut up! I don't need people like you to be telling me the obvious!''

Jack just held her eyes with his own.

''You…I don't need to be criticized in my own room! Just…Just leave me alone!''

Jack took a step backwards but still held his ground, he took his most defensive tone.

''Look, crazy girl, I don't need you getting all bonkers on me okay? I just stumbled upon this place out of breath and when I saw a bed I just took my chance okay? I thought you we're dead anyway...'' He finally mumbled.

''Because dead people often breath? Do people do this? And you saw I'm insane…You just admitted you thought you slept next to a corps! Is this something that seems natural to stay aloof to? Huh?'' She exclaimed, pointing to the door.

''Just get out!''

Jack replaced his hat on his head, spun around and headed towards the door.

''fine!''

He ran to the door and grabbed the handle. Turning it, stopping and turning his head towards the girl again.

There was a moment of silence and Jack opened the door quietly and closed it on his way out. Once gone she held out her teddy bear that she had left under her cushion, staring at it, looking bored.

''Good…'' the girl told herself. ''Now no one will ever be able to hurt me…Isn't that true mommy?''

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Jack walked fast towards Daryl's house; he opened the door to the basement and started walking down the stairs. Lettuce heard him and popped her head out of the water tank. ''Who is it?'' She said in a cheery note.

''Jack…''

She looked at him, trying to figure out what he was doing there.

''Jack…What a surprise…A good surprise of course…Not like when you find out you're going bald or anything like that…'' She smiled

He grabbed a chair and fell on it with a sigh.

''Hey…Can I tell you something?''

The mermaid open wide her ears, using both her hands against them to hear clearer. She nodded, giving sign that he may start.

''I'm listening.''

The dirty (as in dirt…) farmer sighed again and looked up at her with a regretful smile.

''I am…Such an asshole…''

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I don't know about you but I liked this chapter…I just liked writing it for some reason. Okaybye! Review…please, my review box thing is feeling lonely.