Disclaimer: I do not own Animal Crossing

The car trip was very silent. I mostly just looked out the window.

"Hungry?" Asked Jim.

"Not really" I sighed.

"Listen" He said. "I know that you really miss your friends and family right now, but your neighbors are very friendly so-"

"I know you mean well," I said. "But nothing you say will make me feel better right now."

He looked at me through the rearview mirror, and smiled warmly at me.

At least this committee member has a heart.

"So Jim," I asked "Are we almost there?"

"Almost," He answered. "The town you live in is called Graceton.

"Graceton" I said "I can work with that."

We both chuckled.

After a couple of silent minutes, Jim turned left onto a bumpy road, and parked in front of a stone gate.

"Well, we're here." He said, and opened my car door.

"Thanks" I said, and hopped out of the car, heading towards the gate, assuming that Jim would follow.

"Well, I better get going." Said Jim.

"You're really not going to do that, are you?" I asked, astonished.

"Oh yeah! Sorry, I almost forgot! Just go through those gates, and talk to one of the guards there, and tell them that you need to speak to Tortimer. See ya!"

"Wait!" I cried. "You've got to be kidding me!"

He hopped inside his car, and zoomed off

Well, I better get this over with I thought to myself.

I slowly walked inside of the main gate.

"Um… hello?" My voice echoed off the stone walls.

"Oh hi!" Said a beagle dressed in a guard's outfit.

"Can you help me?" I don't wish to use that sentence for a very long time.

"Uh… what with?" He asked.

"Well, I need to see Tortimer. Do you know him?"

"Um…-"

"I do!" Said another voice at the other side of the room.

"Hi. I'm Copper, the guard of the main gate of Graceton! And that's Booker, the other guard."

"Hi" I said thankfully because I wasn't talking to someone who didn't say UH… all the time.

"So, do you know who Tortimer is?"

"Yes. In fact, everybody who lives in this town should. He is our mayor! Why do you need to see him?"

"Well, a committee member said that I needed to see him for some reason."

Copper opened his mouth.

"OMG! Are you… Michelle?"

"How do you know?" I asked.

"Well, it's in the town bulletin board. It's probably in everybody's town."

"So you're saying I'm famous?"

"Technically."

I took a moment to take this all in.

"Follow me," He said. "I'll show you where he works."

He started walking toward the door that I hadn't entered.

It was a pretty short walk.

All we did was basically turn left to what seemed like a post office.

"We are here!" Copper said. "Now, please excuse me before Booker does anything stupid.." His voice trailed off as he walked away.

I stepped into the post office.

"Hello, and welcome to Graceton's town center!" Someone said as I walked in.

So it was a town center. I examined the animal. It was a goose-thingy.

"Hi. I'm Pelly. And you are…?"

"I'm Michelle."

Her mouth dropped like Copper's.

What is it with these animals and their mouths? I thought to myself.

"You must be looking for Tortimer. Follow me."

She led me into a small office with a turtle-ish animal writing on a piece of paper.

"There he is." Pelly said, leaving me, and closed the door to the office.

"Hi" I said.

Tortimer kept writing.

"Um…I'm Michelle." I was saying this because when peoples heard my name, they paid a great deal of attention to me.

Tortimer lifted his head up in shock. "You're Michelle? Welcome! Welcome! I'm so sorry! As you probably know, I'm Tortimer.

"I do know." I said proudly.

"Well, you've probably had a rough time getting here. Let me show you your house, so you can rest. Please follow me."

He lead me out of the town hall, crossed a river, and stopped in front of a big mansion.

"This seriously can't be mine!" I exclaimed, excitedly.

"Oh yes, but it is."

I thanked him, and went inside. But before I did, Tortimer said: "Oh yes, one more thing, you will be sharing this house with a girl. Goodbye!"

I waved goodbye and thought that a girl sharing the house would be very fun.(I would never get lonely.)

I walked in, and found myself in a living room. I walked past a mirror, and froze.

I was ANIMATED!

Long chapter, I know.