DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARVEST MOON :D Forgot to mention in the last chapter.

I know the date thingys are pointless and wastes space, but I think it makes the scene more clear and how much time passes when I skip around.


"Since it's such an easy mission, I challenge you guys!" Molly excitedly said while pointing at her team members. "The last person to ring a bell has to treat everyone else to 20 meals!"

Spring 1st, Year 1

Garmon Mine Distict

4:30 PM

"With that said, I am definitely going to win!" Molly declared as she wandered around by herself in the Garmon Mine District.

In the distance, she saw a cute little girl running towards a red object and kicked it into a chimney. "Chloe, you're so good," Bo said.

Molly didn't notice, but there was a small voice shouting, "THE RED BELL! THEY KICKED THE RED BELL!"

"Score!" Chloe, the little girl yelled and fist pumped.

"Yeah, I was sure I was going to kick it this time," Owen said.

"But now, my new toy I found in the mine is stuck in Grandpa's chimney…" Chloe sighed sadly.

"Don't worry, little girl!" a voice cried. The trio looked up to see a figure on the carpenter's rooftop. "In the name of love and justice, I shall retrieve your toy for you!" Molly dashed to the edge of the roof and jumped. She did three flips in the air before landing safely on the ground. "Ta-daa!"

"Ooooh!" Chloe clapped her hands in excitement.

Bo sweat-dropped. "You're the new resident, right?"

Molly gleamed. "Mhm! My name is Molly!"

"Owen."

"My name is Bo."

"I'm Chloe, ranger of love and justice!" Chloe exclaimed with eyes brimming with excitement. "Let go see Grandpa to find out how to get my new toy out!"

"What did he say?" Owen asked when the two of them exited Ramsey's.

"We have to get one of all the ores to send a puff of smoke up the chimney to get it out…" Chloe said sadly.

"Including the rare ore?" Bo asked. Chloe nodded sadly. "But it's rare and extremely hard to find!"

"We'll find it in the name of love and justice," Molly said seriously with a very serious expression on her face.

There was a silence.

"You're so heroic, ranger of love and justice!" Chloe exclaimed.

'She's not convincing at all,' both Bo and Owen thought.

"And we're off!" Molly yelled and she charged in some direction.

Bo and Owen watched the two of them running like mad men towards the direction of Molly's farm. "Isn't that the opposite way from the mine?" Bo asked.

"Yup."

"I'm worried."

"Yup."

"Shouldn't we go with them?"

"I have work, though," Owen said.

"Isn't baby-sitting your cousin (now adding an extra) one of your jobs?" Bo asked.

Owen sighed. "Sadly, yes. You just had to remind me, Bo."

"Sorry."

"So this is what the mine looks like," Molly said, looking everywhere. "It's so big! And cool!"

"You are correct, ranger of love and justice," Chloe said as-a-matter-of-factually. "The mine is a very mysterious place. Secretly, I've sneaked in here many times and I already obtained ten iron, seven copper, five silver, and one gold ore stocked under my bed to my dispense. Even Grandpa doesn't know! Now, ranger of love and justice, I hope you will keep this secret."

"I will," Molly said seriously.

"Don't forget that we're here as well…" Bo said.

"So you sneak into the mines," Owen stated angrily.

"Doesn't matter. Anyways, all we need to find is the super-rare rare ore deep, deep, deep, DEEP in the mine!" Chloe said.

"To descend down the mine, you have to find staircases that look like that one," Owen added, pointing to a square in the ground with stairs in them. "So Molly, I wish you luck and the three of us," he grabbed Chloe so she wouldn't escape. "Will be waiting for you up here."

"Nooooo!" Chloe screamed, kicking her legs up high in the air. "I want to go too!"

"I do my best!" Molly said and gave Owen a salute.

"And a reminder!" Owen shouted down into the mine. "Rare ores are a blue-ish color.

"Alright!" Molly yelled from the first floor of the mine. Then almost immediately the crumbling of rocks were heard. "EEEEAAAAHHHHHH!"

"Ranger of love and justice!" Chloe screamed in panic.

"She didn't fall in a pitfall, right?" Bo asked nervously. "That really sounded like one."

"Shouldn't be," Owen laughed while sweating. "There are never pitfalls on the first floor. See, look. MOLLY!" Owen yelled down into the mine. "CAN YOU HEAR ME?"

"Yeah!" A faint voice yelled back. "I can hear you! Anyway, I think I am on floor five, and I think I found a rare ore! How do I get back up?"

Bo and Owen exchanged glances. "Five floors is 'deep, deep, DEEP,' Chloe?" Owen asked the little girl in his arms.

"It is usually found below floor forty!" Chloe whined. "You should know, Owen!"

"Is she on floor five or forty?" Bo asked, looking down into the hole.

"It's too dark; you can't see," Owen said. "Even if she's only on floor five. She shouldn't be on forty. She can't survive the fall."

"Then how did she get a rare ore?" Bo asked.

Owen shrugged. "That's the mysterious part."

"Heeeeeeyy!" Molly's faint voice called. "Are you going to tell me how to get up or what?"

Owen and Bo exchanged glances. "First find a staircase…" Owen began as he spread out a map he made of the mines.

Operation: Save an Island!

Chapter 2: Daisy

Spring 2nd, Year 1

Garmon Mine District

6:00 PM

"HIII BO~" Molly sang as she bear-hugged him from behind. He almost dropped his axe. They were about the same height, Bo being a few centimeters taller.

"Hi Molly," he sighed. "I am kind of busy right now…"

"What'cha doing?"

"Work."

"What kind of work?"

"As you can see, I am cutting down this rotting tree to plant a new one-" He turned around to see Molly's face really close to his.

"I see…" Molly grinned. "Can~ I~ help~?"

Bo blushed and shook his head. "It's too dangerous for a girl- what are you doing?"

"Holding an axe."

"No need to state the obvious- where did you find it?"

"This?" Molly asked, holding up an old-looking axe (she looked like she was about to kill someone with that smile of her's). "I found it near the doorway of your shop."

"You mean Boss's shop," Bo corrected.

"Your Boss's shop."

"Are you going to use that axe to cut down this tree?" Bo asked. The axe was awfully familiar to him and yet he just couldn't recall at that moment.

"Duh."

"Molly… it's not as easy as it looks…" Bo tried to say. 'And that axe looks awfully familiar…'

"It looks like you only have to swing it to cut it down."

"Yeah, but the axe is pretty heavy, and you just fell down four floors yesterday in the mine… shouldn't you be in bed, recovering?"

"Nopee. I am used to it already! This is nothing!" Molly saluted and held the axe very tightly.

"If you say so…" Bo mumbled and turned around to get a drink of water until a splitting sound rang through the air.

Bo whipped his head around with alertness.

There stood Molly with the axe on her shoulder, with leaves floating down onto the ground around her in a godly way, looking very accomplished. 'For a touch of professionalish-ness,' she wiped a bead of sweat (that wasn't there) on her forehead. "In one swing, Bo! So~~? What'dya think?" She gave him the 'peace' sign.

Molly's smile was so bright, and the aura around her beat the radiance of the Harvest Goddess herself (and probably more beautiful too), but Bo noticed that the huge, fallen tree had crushed the fence on the left side of their shop. It also blocked the entrance to the sacred goddess pond. Bo paid no attention to Molly and placed both hands on his cheeks and made a face full of horror. He fell to his knees. "What were you doing, Molly?" Bo whispered.

"What are you doing, Bo?" a very familiar voice asked.

"You were supposed to-" He lifted his head and gasped. "Luke!" Then he remembered. The axe! That was Luke's axe! He quickly turned to Molly, who still had the axe placed on her shoulder. Now, she was standing with one foot on the trunk, laughing triumphantly.

"Hey, isn't that my axe?" Luke asked. He walked over to Molly and almost looked… angry. Bo gulped.

"Hi, so you're Luke? I'm Molly!" she grinned and reached her hand out.

"That's my axe you have there…"

"This?" Molly carefully returned the axe to its owner. Bo gulped and started to sweat. 'Is there going to be a murder soon?' Bo thought, looking around frantically for Owen. He remembered the time when he tripped over Luke's axe and received a beating from Luke (Owen saved him). Unfortunately, Owen was nowhere to be seen. "Anyways, Luke, I cut down this tree here with your axe! In one swing!"

Luke grinned to Bo's surprise. "That's extreme! Lucy," Luke said to his axe. "Papa is proud."

Molly laughed.

Bo fell back on the ground, tired for worrying and afraid. "Phew…"

The door of the Carpentry slammed open. "What was that noise?" Dale exclaimed. No one needed to answer because he immediately saw the tree destroying his fence and blocking the way to the Harvest Spring. He glared at Luke. "You… what have you done?"

"Me?" Luke asked innocently. "It's Lucy!" He held up his old axe proudly. "Tell Pops that you over killed it in one swing, Luce! Tell Pops that Papa is so proud!"

Molly nodded vigorously, hoping Dale would be proud of Luke and Lucy.

Bo face palmed. 'These two idiots...'

Spring 4th, Year 1

Garmon Mine District

8:00 AM

"HIYA BO~"

Bo flinched before being tackled to the ground by Molly. She rubbed her cheek against Bo's. Bo turned pink and murmured, "… Done now?" Even though he was supposed to be used to this by now…

"Not yet, Bo!" Molly whined. "I reaaaaally missed you!"

"Aren't you guys intimate early in the morning," commented Owen from a 'safe distance.'

"OWEN!" She glomped him as well.

Owen laughed as he patted Molly's back. "I guess I wasn't far enough to escape. You're so damn fast, Molly."

"Teehee."

"So, what's up?" Owen asked as he pulled away. "Did Angela scold you for something again?"

"Yup… I only gathered three mushrooms yesterday and only had one leaf of lettuce for breakfast," Molly pouted.

"I am not sure if I can help you with that," Owen said while sweat-dropping. "You know the only one out of us here who can cook is Bo."

She turned to Bo, giving him the 'pitiful puppy' look.

"… How about I make breakfast for you before Luke wakes up?"

"Yay!"

"Since yesterday, the fire temperature finally became strong again," Owen said while spooning a piece of omelet.

"The fire was restored?" Bo asked, bewildered.

"I think so. Remember yesterday around 5, there was a pretty melody playing in the mines? I went down there to check-"

"I went too!" Molly yelled between bites of the omelet.

"Molly went too and the red bell was safely there on its frame."

"The Harvest Goddess's power was restored?" Bo wondered. "Anyways, we need to get rid of that tree blocking the path. If we make her mad, things might get nasty again. Molly, can you help too?"

"Ehh… I would, but I am supposed to collect a lot of mushrooms today…" Molly sighed.

"Angela's that mad?" Owen laughed.

"Mhm." 'I think she's just mad I rang a bell on the third day,' Molly thought happily. 'Angela is soo going to pay for 20 of my dinners!'

"You need mushrooms?" Bo asked. Molly nodded. "Would this be enough?" Bo opened the fridge and took out a sack almost as large as a Geometry textbook. He opened it and there were at least fifty mushrooms in there.

"YOU'RE MY SAVIOR, BO!" Molly screamed and bear-hugged him.

"S-s-since now you have time, y-you'll help clear the road, right?" Bo stuttered with his face crimson.

"Yup!"

Owen chuckled and got out of his seat. "I'll be going now. See you guys later." He pushed in his chair and winked at Bo before closing the door.

"What was he winking about?" Luke asked between bites of spinach cake.

"N-none of your business, Luke," Bo replied, covering his face. "And when did you get here?"

"LUKEE~"

There was a crash.

The front door burst open once again. "Luke! Stay away from my daughter!" Owen declared. "…And put on a shirt!"

The back door burst open. "Did a tree crash into the fence again?" Dale asked urgently. He looked down and saw Molly on Luke (without a shirt) in a very-suspicious-looking hug and blushed. "S-sorry. I disturbed the moment," and closed the door.

"What moment?" Luke and Molly asked innocently.

Bo facepalmed and said, "Get off of him first, Molly."

"Okay."

"Please go get dressed, Luke. I'll be waiting outside," Bo said and reached for the door.

"Where?" Luke asked, who was seated on the dining table (clearing not dressing) eating spinach cake.

Bo sighed. "Work. We're clearing the tree that your 'Lucy' K. the day before yesterday. People use that road, you know."

"'kay," Luke answered and waved bye.

"Don't forget to wash your dishes!" Bo reminded Luke before he closed the door of the carpenter's and sighed. 'And he'll leave them, making it my job later,' Bo thought as he sadly stared at the casualties: almost half of the left fence, one-third of their wood- later used for material smashed into pieces, his squished Fugue mushroom he found… Bo sighed again. And he still had to repair the mine cart…

Someone hugged him very tightly, interrupting his thoughts. He blushed before pushing Molly away. "What?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, Bo," she replied. She looked genuinely sad and sincere. "You don't have to give me the mushrooms since you like them so much."

Bo almost wanted to fall down. 'That's the reason why she thinks I am sad?' Bo thought. He glanced at her face once more. 'I'll forgive you anyways…' He smiled gently and patted Molly's head. Her hair was soft.

She smiled and hugged him again.

Owen had a very mischievous expression on his face. Only Bo noticed and sweat-dropped as he tried to pry her hands off of himself. Owen coughed. "Sorry to ruin your 'moment,' but I'll be heading off to work now. I wish you luck in clearing the road, you guys." He winked at Bo again, making Bo turn a little pink.

"Waiiit Owen!" A brown blob rushed to his side before he could get too far.

"Yes, Molly?" Owen asked.

She held up her arms with a pouting face. "Good-bye huggie."

Owen laughed and picked her up and spun her around. "WHEEEEE~"

"Dizzy yet?"

"Y-yeah…" Molly said, her eyes spinning.

"Now back to work, Molly," Owen said as he pushed her back to Bo. "Take care of her, Bo!" Bo nodded and handed Molly an axe.

As Owen walked away, he held his throbbing chest. 'What's wrong with me nowadays… I thought I liked Kathy…'


Just in case that in the future, the candidates (the ones that have potential to end up with the main character of a chapter) are unclear, I use this bottom to make it clear :D

Candidates for Molly:

Bo

Luke

Owen

As an author, I give Bo a vote! :D I count... right? o.o

THIS IS NOT A FORESHADOW! Later on in the story (at the request of you honorable readers) a new candidate might be added for a particular main character. It depends on what ideas I have for that couple and... no strange couples like... Molly x White Cat OR Molly x 40-years-ago-Hamilton or something like that xD