I finally drifted off to sleep after a while. When I woke up, it was already morning. I look around and I notice Coco is gone, but I heard some noises that weren't coming from the TV, so she was probably awake. Meanwhile, Lucky was sound asleep. I was worried about him last night, but I'm glad he's okay. I look at the TV and the news was on. They were discussing the recent big racing event and who won. A horse named Victoria won the race. I decided that I need to get out of the fort and head on over to my house.

I got up and I noticed that Coco, wearing a green dress over a white shirt, was in the kitchen getting ready to cook some food. She seemed to know what she was doing. She noticed I was there and looked over at me.

"Morning," she said.

"What are you making?" I asked.

"Just my homemade pancakes," she answered, "Is Lucky awake yet?"

"Not yet."

Coco didn't seem to mind. She then went back to cooking.

"I'm going to be heading to my house soon," I said after a moment of silence.

"Do you want some pancakes first?" she asked, "I'm making one for the each of us."

I never had an offer like that. My mom taught me how to cook at a young age, so I was always told to get food by myself.

"Sure, why not," I replied.

I realized how much cooking she had to do all by herself, so I decided to help.

"You need any help?" I asked her.

"Sure," she answered.

So, I helped Coco with the pancakes. She volunteered to make her and Lucky's, while I made my own. A few minutes before we finished, Lucky woke up.

"What's that smell?" he asked.

"Pancakes," Coco and I answered.

"Sweet!" Lucky said excitedly. He then decided to get his pancake toppings by himself.

Once we were done cooking, we sat down at a table near the fort and started to eat some pancakes.

"Thanks Coco and Riley," Lucky said, but his voice was a bit muffled because it was full of food.

"Just thank Coco," I responded, "She's the one who made your pancake."

Coco blushed. "Thanks," she said to me, "Oh, and you're welcome, Lucky."

We then went back to eating. Despite having a hollow mouth, Coco seemed to eat just fine. After a bit of silence, I decided to ask Lucky a question.

"Why were you crying last night?" I asked him.

He and Coco stopped eating. He seemed to not want to answer that question, but he answered it after a minute of staying quiet and starting at the floor.

"That TV show last night got sad," he finally answered quietly. He then went back to eating. I looked over at Coco and she was staring at her food not eating it.

"You okay?" I asked her.

"I'm okay," she quietly answered while not looking at me.

We finished our meal in silence. Nobody said a word to each other.

"Thanks for allowing me to stay here," I said when I was throwing away my paper plate. Lucky and Coco just nodded.

"You two okay?" I asked. Unlike last time, Coco actually didn't just say "I'm okay".

"We're just tired, that's all," she said quietly.

"Yeah," Lucky responded. All of the sudden, Coco got out of her seat.

"Do you two want to go to Main Street and go do some shopping?" She asked us. I was going to go home, but then I checked how much Bells I had in my pockets that I had saved up before I moved here.

10,000 Bells. I thought I had only saved up 1,000. I guessed my mom must've put some extra in there.

"Sure," I responded.

"Will we go to Brewster's?" Lucky asked Coco.

"That's our first stop," she replied.

I then got my hair straightened up and we left the house. The sun was still rising. It looked so beautiful. I never saw a better sunrise. We then started to walk out of the cul-de-sac and walk down the dirt path. We were walking through the large plaza, which had a large tree in the center, when a bald eagle came running towards us from behind the tree.

"Hey Coco, Lucky, and... whatever your name is," he said.

"My name is Riley," I said, "I just moved here"

"Well, nice to meet you, kiddo," he replied, "I'm Apollo."

"Are you telling the mayor about your plans?" Coco asked. She seemed to be a bit worried.

"Just about to," Apollo answered, "I love Redwood, but I need to move on with my life."

"Are you moving out?" I asked him.

"Yes ma'am," he answered.

"Well, we are going to miss you real bad, so please write us letters," Coco begged.

Apollo chuckled. He readjusted his jacket before walking to the town hall.

"Riley, go make sure he doesn't mess anything up," Coco said all of the sudden.

"What, why," I asked her. She stayed silent for a few moments.

"Just go," she answered quietly. So, I did. I had no idea why I was doing this, but I didn't want to let her down. I looked behind me and I saw Lucky trying to help Coco, who was crying.

The town hall wasn't that far, so I was there pretty quickly. Other than Apollo, the only other villager there was Tia. She looked over at me and waved hi, but she didn't speak. After I waved hi, I looked over at Apollo and he was going inside the town hall.

I went over to the side of the town hall near a window and started spying on him. It was slightly opened, so I could hear what they were saying.

"Morning Apollo," Isabelle said when Apollo walked in.

"Can I see Ryan? It's urgent," he asked.

Isabelle then got on the phone with the mayor. She hung up a few seconds later.

"He's in that back room over there," she said to Apollo. She opened her little door so he could go through, and he went inside the back room

I went over to find a window for the back room. All three of them had their curtains closed, but I found one that was slightly open.

"Hey Ryan," Apollo said when he entered the room. There was a bit of silence.

"Oh, nice to see you, Apollo," Ryan replied. Another moment of silence.

"So, it's going to be hard to ask this, but can I move out of Redwood?" he asked a bit quickly. There was a longer moment of silence.

"Well, let me get your paper files then," Ryan muttered. I heard a drawer open and close after a few seconds.

"Alright, here are your files," Ryan muttered. Another long, quiet moment. All of the sudden, I heard a loud crack. Another crack, one after another. Finally, it was silent.

"Something wrong, mayor?" I heard Isabelle ask.

"No, just dropped a lot of things," he answered. I decided to peek in through the gap to see what was happening. I put my hand through the window and slightly opened the curtains.

I saw Ryan, covered in blood, staring at the dead, bloody body of Apollo, with an axe in his chest.