Disclaimer: I don't own HM, obviously.

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Chapter 1, New Kids on the Block

The large white boat that was the ferry pulled in to the pier and opened the gate, and let down a ramp. Its three passengers stepped off onto the dock. There were two males, and one female, all of them looked about 17, though one of the males looked a bit older than the others. The oldest looking one sighed. "So what are we doing here again?"

The other guy sighed, looking around. "We're here for that farm in the ad. We're checking it out to see if one of use wants to run it, and then the other two can help out and stuff." He replied, looking at the beach. "Dang, this place is really small." He said rubbing his buzzed blond hair.

The girl was the next one to talk. "So, where do the other two live?" She asked, her long red hair waving I the wind. She grabbed it and held it down.

"Well, there's always building extra rooms in the farmhouse, or there's the inn, or they could live on the side of the nearby mountain." The eldest one suggested.

The blond guy was already off the dock. "No point in waiting on the dock and talking about it! Let's go and check it out!" he yelled to them. The other two followed, shrugging.

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A few minutes later just outside of Rose Square, the trio was walking down the road. "It's so small…doesn't look like a car or anything could drive down here." The girl remarked. Up ahead, Karen stomped towards them, not caring they were there. She shoved the blond male out of the way, over the fence into the bushes before stopping as the older male stopped her.

Karen stopped and look at him. "What's with the hair?" was the first thing to leave her mouth. The older male almost twitched.

"I dyed it blue, anything wrong with that?" He replied, though in a tone that was milder than what one would think would go with that question.

Meanwhile, the blonde male was groaning in pain. "I knew being a featherweight would have its downsides…" He muttered before climbing back over the fence.

Karen, still seething was ready to fight him as soon as he got up. Remarkably, he didn't put up a fist. She dropped her fists. "What, aren't you gonna pummel me or something? I mean, I threw you five feet!"

He groaned. "Don't remind me. Weighing less than 110 pounds your entire life isn't always a good thing." He shrugged it off. "Well, since you're the first person we've met around here, you mind telling us your name?" He asked, sitting on the fence.

She shoved him off the fence back into the bushes. "Don't even try it boy." She said and shoved past them, heading for the Inn. He groaned again.

"Well isn't she a person bursting with sunshine." He said sarcastically. "Oh well, maybe she's just in a bad mood."

The blue haired one laughed. "Gee Andy ya think?" He remarked back.

The red haired girl laughed. "Chris, you can really be a handful, you know?"

Chris smirked. "Sure I can be Cassie." Andy just groaned in pain as he climbed out of the bush he was shoved in.

"I'm gonna go find a clinic. I doubt there's anywhere else that sells First-aid around here." He said leaving them while going towards the northern part of Mineral Town, covered in small cuts and bruises. Good thing his army camo cargo pants were sturdy, because his t-shirt was ripped in various places.

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Andy entered the Clinic after ten minutes of wandering around town. He finally found the mayor and asked for directions. "You'd think a small town like this would be easier to navigate." Andy said to himself. He entered the clinic and noticed the Nurse/secretary at the counter. She looked up at him and gasped.

"You want a checkup?" She asked, her sweet voice echoing in Andy's ears. He nodded.

"How much does one cost?" Andy asked, hoping it wouldn't be too much.

"10G." She replied. Andy looked in his wallet as his eyes widened.

"Oh goody goody…I forgot to switch currency's before I got here…Can I pay you in dollars this one time instead?" He asked pulling out a $10 bill.

The nurse nodded and Andy gave her the bill. "By the way, what's your name? And PLEASE don't take it the wrong way!" Andy asked.

The nurse looked up at him, her medium brown hair hanging. "Elli, and the wrong way?"

"Yeah, I met up with this blond girl on the southern end of town. She shoved me into the bushes, I got out, asked her her name, and she shoved me back in." Andy replied, wondering 'Where am I going to get a new shirt?' He shrugged it off.

"Oh, that must be Karen, she can be moody at times." Elli replied, frowning. "I might have to talk to her later. Oh, and by the way, what's your name?" She asked curiously.

"I'm Andy." He replied. He thought to himself, 'Karen, hmm? I might have to avoid her for the rest of the day. Which might be kind of hard in this tiny town.'

"Well Andy, the doctor will see you now." Elli told him. Andy nodded and entered the curtained area. In there, a doctor checked him over and bandaged him up a bit. When he was finished, Andy went back to the main desk. "Oh, and, do you have any first aid kits for sale?" He asked.

Elli nodded and got out a first aid kit. "That'll be about $15, seeing as you only have American money." She told him. Andy paid and waved farewell. He remembered he needed to ask one last thing. He ran back to the desk.

"Oh, and can you tell me where the vacant farm is?" He asked.

Elli nodded and gave him a map. "The farm is there." She said circling it. "And we are here." She said circling the clinic on the map.

"Wow, this place really is small." Andy said looking at the map. He pocketed the map. "Do I owe you anything for the map?" He asked. Elli shook her head and Andy thanked her. He headed out and followed the map towards the farm, but unlucky for him, he would pass by the Inn on the way there.

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"Dang, this place is overrun with weeds." Cassie said, looking around the large field.

Chris was running a lap around the farm to get a better look of what they were getting themselves into. When he got back he sighed. "This is going to take a lot of

work." He said. "I hope that we get some tools with it." He said.

"Let's find out." Cassie said before running into the farmhouse. "Yeah, there's some tools, but they don't look to be in very good condition." She yelled. Chris entered behind her. "Well, we might as well get some work done. Lance should be here soon." He said before grabbing an axe and heading out to chop the wood in the yard. If only he knew how wrong he was. Cassie took a hammer and followed him where she would break rocks.

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Andy collapsed onto the cobblestone road as a beer glass hit him in the side, exploding on contact. Lance groaned and looked upwards. "What did I do this time?" He yelled to the Heavens, not expecting an answer. Andy looked at his side and got out his new first-aid kit. "Might as well us this when I have the chance." He said as he started to bandage his right side.

A girl with a red ponytail looked over the swinging doors. She shrieked and got back flat on her feet. "Kai! Why'd you do that! You hit somebody!" She screeched at apparently a man named Kai.

A slurred voice replied. "Aww…Ann…he's probably just faking hic! it…" The girl with the red ponytail, apparently named Ann, rushed outside in overalls and a yellow t-shirt.

"Are you okay?" She asked Andy kneeling next to him. Lance sat up.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks for asking. I'm gonna guess your name is Ann? I'm Andy" Andy asked her. She nodded and helped him inside. Andy took a place at the counter and looked around the Inn. His heart almost stopped when he spotted Karen glaring at him, two feet away from him. He looked at the ceiling. "Whatever it was! Seriously! I'm really sorry!"

Karen stared at him like he was crazy, holding a beer mug in her right hand, her left arm laying on the counter. "And you're looking up because…" She stated, ever so slightly slurred, waiting for him to answer.

"Because that's where God is." He replied. Apparently, Karen's liquor doesn't

affect her speech as much the rest of her body, because second later, she snapped at him.

"God? What God? All that's there is the moon and stars! The Goddess lives on the mountain!" She yelled at him. She smashed her beer mug into the bag of his head, and he hit the ground.

Before he blacked out, he heard two things. Ann scolding Karen yelling "What did you do that for?" and Karen, Kai, and a few other men laughing. The bartender was getting some first aid, but Andy didn't have the chance to see that. The last thought he had before blacking out was, 'Karen and beer do NOT mix.'

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Back at the farm, Cassie and Chris had been working for the past few hours. Chris was looking over the farm. "Well, we've done enough for tonight. It's getting dark."

Cassie looked around. "Why the heck are the weeds in a moon shape?" she asked, noticing the leftover weeds, rocks, and branches were all in the shape of a crescent moon.

"Yeah… About that… Hey wait a second, Andy's been gone for hours. I thought he was just going to the clinic.

Cassie's eyes widened. "You don't think he…"

Chris cut her off. "No, he wouldn't do that… Let's just wait and see if he shows up. Speaking of which, who gets the bed?"

"I have no idea." Cassie replied. "I want it!"

"Yeah, okay, whatever." Chris replied, obviously not caring.

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Back in the inn, the bar was getting more and more out of hand. After Andy had been knocked out, Doug, the bartender, along with Ann carried him to the back room away from the drunk customers. They stalled as much as they could back there, trying to avoid the madness out front.

"Is he properly bandaged?" Doug asked Ann.

"I think so." Ann replied. "Glass shards all picked out?"

"Yup. I guess that's all we can do back here." Doug said, in a disappointed tone.

"I guess we have to go back up front then." Ann said, stalling. The stalling ended when the sound of glass breaking shattered the relative silence. Both Doug and Ann ran to the front room only to enter chaos. Ann quickly tried to find a broom to clean up the glass, while Doug tried to calm everyone down.

"Kai! Drop that chair!" Doug yelled, Kai dropped the chair, it clattering across the floor.

"Aww, I was just having hic a bit of fun!" He replied, obviously drunk. Doug was about to snap as Gotz fell onto a chair, breaking it. Ann rushed to her father.

"Dad, let's close up before this gets even more out of hand." She suggested. Doug agreed. First, they started with Kai. "Kai, you've had enough." Ann told him trying to get him to leave.

"Hic Heck no! I'm just getting started!" Kai replied, kicking Gotz in the side. Doug, who didn't want blood on the floor, decided to end it before it started. He jumped over the counter and ran into Kai, propelling him out the door. Ann made sure he stayed out as Doug tried to get Gotz to leave. Karen, who was still at the counter, was laughing her head off at the scene.

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In the back room, Andy started to come to. "Huh? Oww…my head hurts…" He said to himself. He rubbed the back of his head and winced in pain. "Ow…" He said again. He got up and peeked through the door. It was madness.

"Should I help them?" He asked himself. He noticed Karen chugging another beer and then throwing the mug at the wall, shattering it. "That would be a no…But they're going to need help…" He said to himself again as Gotz got up.

"Uh-oh…" Andy said to himself as Gotz got up.

Gotz yelled, "Where's that punk of a…guy?" He was obviously disoriented. Andy had this one chance to get him out of the Inn before he did more damage. He rushed out of the back room and shoved Gotz until he was outside. Gotz was about to pound Andy when he saw Kai barfing a little ways away.

"I'm gonna get you punk!" He yelled before running after him. The alcohol in him said otherwise though, as Gotz tripped after two steps.

Andy looked back around the Inn to see the only people still in there were Ann, the bartender, and Karen. Karen spotted him and glared. That was all the warning he needed. Andy dashed for his life out of the Inn yelling thanks to Ann and her father. He was still looking behind him when he ran into another person.

"Yowch!" A high pitched voice yelped as both Andy, and the girl tumbled. Andy sat up and looked the girl over. She had long pink hair, and was wearing a pink dress.

Andy quickly apologized. "Oh, I'm sorry, it was all my fault." He said quickly. The girl was just looking him over. She smiled.

"You know, you're kinda cute." Andy just stared wide eyed.

"Sorry, but I've had enough drama for one day." He told her as he got up. He walked past her and then ran south to the farm.

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Minutes later, Andy had reached the farm and was in the farmhouse with Chris and Cassie. After Andy ran over how his day went and just how he wanted to get to sleep, Cassie offered him the bed. "No thanks Cassie, I think I'm going to sleep on the roof." Cassie shrugged and handed him a pillow.

Andy grabbed a hoodie from his bag and climbed up the side of the house and laid down on it and gazed at the stars. He set his head on the pillow but couldn't help notice the field. "What's up with the moon of weeds in the field?" He called down.

Chris yelled back up, "Ask me later!" Andy shrugged and laid down. He mentally went over the day in his head and all the new people he met. But, as if his day wasn't bad enough, the roof started creaking. Then cracking noises were heard.

Cassie called up, "Hey, Andy! There's dust coming down from the…" She didn't have time to finish her statement. The roof collapsed, Andy on the floor, face down on the floor on a pile of rubble. His face was in his pillow. He looked up through the hole in the roof. "What did I do?" He called up. That's when he just gave up and started sobbing into his pillow.

Chris looked at the roof. "No wonder the farm was free…" He said to no one in particular. Cassie just watched Andy.

"You sure you don't want the bed?" She asked wanting to help him. Andy just waved her off and slept where he was. Chris slept away from the hole in the roof in much the same fashion as Andy, hoodie and a pillow.

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Okay, I know it was pretty long, but I hope you enjoyed it. Sure looks like Andy gets the butt end of the stick here.

This is also my first fanfic on here, so please review, and think nothing of being blunt! Though compliments are also welcome. Also, if you see Andy being called Lance, that's because I changed his name halfway through the chapter and I might have missed a few of those.