A/N:

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry that I haven't updated in forever. I have been so swamped with homework—AIMS is coming up, which are those stupid yearly tests for Arizona. Sigh.

Please forgive me for my lack of update-ness.

As Told by Chelsea

Chapter four: Vaughn

Spring 16, Year 1

8:56 pm

Wow, so much has happened lately. I have been so busy that I haven't gotten the chance to write anything down. So here goes:

Well, I have been on this island for about two weeks now. Currently, I think I am doing very well. People have actually been moving to this island! To start off, the second day I was on this island, imagine my surprise when a merchant named Chen showed up on the island! He brought his young son, named Charlie. Chen told Felicia that he would take her to the city to get some supplies, and that he would try to pass the word around that people are actually living on this island. Thank you, Goddess.

When Felicia came back later in the afternoon, she brought many supplies, like blankets and food. She split some with me, event though I told her I didn't have any money to pay her back. She just smiled and told me it was okay. She is so sweet.

Chen and Charlie took residence in one of the old abandoned houses near the beach. Before I went to bed that night, Chen gave me two bags of turnip seeds as a present. The next day, Taro came up to my ranch to teach me how to plant crops.

So for the next couple of days, all I did was water and plant more crops. I also cleared my land, which was covered with rocks, weeks, and wood.

A couple of days ago, a knocking at my door woke me up. I opened it, and found this mountain of a man outside. He explained to me that Chen had told him that people were living at this island, and that he also came to this island. He told me that he was a carpenter, and that he would help me build buildings and bridges on this island. Of course, I would have to pay, but it sure is helpful to have someone who can build things on this island. His name, as he told me, is Gannon.

When Gannon left, Taro was my next visitor. He presented me with a fishing rod, and taught me how to use it. I caught many fish that day.

I watered my crops, and they are starting to produce crops for me! I can't believe it—I actually kept something alive!

The next day, I received another visitor. Wow, people are really starting to populate this island! His name was Denny—a fisherman. He had brown wavy hair, wearing a purple bandana. On his arm, strangely enough, was a plump little black bird. When I asked, he just said, "Oh, this is Kuu. He travels everywhere with me. I am on the search for large fish." Wow. I didn't expect that. We chatted for a while, and he seemed really serious about fishing. He told me that his new home would be the run-down shack on the beach. It would be perfect for someone like him—he would be very close to the ocean. All in all, he seemed to be a really nice guy.

Surprise surprise, another visitor to my house in the morning. This time, it was a lady named Mirabelle and her daughter Julia. Their house would be right next to Elliot's, and Mirabelle would open up an animal shop where I would be able to purchase food for my animals. Now, that motivated me to get an animal of my very own.

The next day, once again, another villager came. This time, it was another fisher named Lanna. She told me that she used to be a singer, but she wanted some peace and quite so she came to the island.

After I met Lanna, I went over to Gannon's house, which was located across from Chen's, and placed an order for a chicken coop. He said that it would be ready in a day. After that, I left to my farm where I would work for the rest of the day.

Yesterday, Gannon announced that my chicken coop was done, and then Taro surprised me with a chick! How he got it, I don't know. He said name her, and I named her Yuuki. I placed her in the chicken coop, and then ran down to Mirabelle's shop to pick up a week's worth of chicken feed.

This island is starting to thrive! It's hard to believe that it was so abandoned when I first washed up on shore.

Wonder what tomorrow awaits…

Only the Goddess can know…

Spring 17, Year 1

Knock knock, came the door.

I stood up, pushing my chair aside. My fork clattered to my plate.

Once a week, I would give Felicia some money so that she could buy me some food. Currently, I only had turnips and potatoes. And that didn't make a good meal, especially breakfast.

Now that I had a chicken, though, I could have eggs. Although, like everything else, there was a drawback. I had no kitchen. I would have to make sure to get one soon.

I walked to the door and opened it.

There, in front of me, stood a man—my age or older—with silver hair. Silver hair? He didn't look old—no, he looked really young. His hair covered his right eye, and his left was a shade of violet. He was dressed in a black, cowboy outfit, with a black hat with a brown stripe running above the rim. He really looked like a cowboy: black gloves, boots, a hat, and a bandana—white.

"Hello," I greeted him, and added a smile. This was how I greeted all the people that came to my house. Although, I wondered why they always came to my house. Everyone—all the new citizens—had always stopped by my house to introduce themselves.

"Can I come in?" he asked, his voice low.

I blinked. "Sure," I said, and stepped back a few steps.

He gave a slight nod, and stepped in. His boots made a click-clack noise.

I closed the door—it was a little chilly in the morning—and we were met with awkward silence.

"So," I started, breaking the silence, "are you new to this island? What's your name?"

A stupid question, but it was too quiet in here.

"The name's Vaughn. I bring animals from town to the island."

"Oh, that's really cool," I encouraged, smiling. Vaughn looked back at me with the same expressionless face that he had been wearing since I opened the door. "So then, I assume you probably work with Mirabelle then."

"Yes, I do. I am the one that supplies her shop. I'm here a few days a week. Anyhow, I just came to say hello."

"Oh, well, then we'll probably see each other around. I just got a chicken from Taro—do you know him?—and I picked up some food from Mirabelle."

"Yeah. Anyway…see you around."

"Um, okay. Bye, Vaughn. Take care."

It was weird. Usually I would have invited any guest in and give them a cup of tea or something, and then talk for some time. It was what I did with Denny and Lanna and everybody else. But I had a feeling that even if I invited him, he would say no.

He seemed…shy, almost. The word anti-social popped into my head.

I shook off the thought and then put on a coat and went outside to water my plants.

After watering my crops, and then finding out that my turnips were ready to become harvested, I gathered them and put them in the shipping box. After that, I went up to Yuuki to feed her and pet her.

After I was done with all my morning chores, I went over to Taro's house.

"Good morning, Taro," I greeted. Old man Taro looked over at me.

"Ah, good morning Chelsea. My eyebrows are telling me it'll be sunny tomorrow."

I laughed nervously. He had to be kidding, right? His eyebrows couldn't tell him anything. I waited for him to smile and say he was kidding, but he just kept his stern face and didn't say anything else. I smiled, a small smile, and then went to go find Elliot.

Elliot was near the door, pacing back and forth.

"Hi, Elliot!" I greeted.

Elliot blinked. "…What? Oh, s-sorry. I just woke up…good morning."

I laughed. "Guess you're not a morning person, huh Elliot?"

Elliot smiled.

I chatted with him a few more times, and then went over to Natalie.

"Good morning, Nat," I said.

"Good morning, Chelse," she mumbled back.

"Natalie, what's wrong?" After two weeks with her, we had become pretty close. She would come visit me at my farm almost every evening, and we would chat away. I knew this look on her face. It meant that she was mad about something.

"Did you see the new guy?" she asked, looking away.

"Yeah, Vaughn, right? He came over to my house."

"Well, what did you think of him?"

I hesitated. "He seems…shy. He didn't talk for long, but I guess he seemed nice."

"He's a jerk," Natalie blurted out.

"What makes you say that?"

"He doesn't say anything, and only answers in one or two-word sentences. He doesn't strike up a conversation, and he rejects any offer we make to him. Gramps offered him some food, and he turned us down. He just seems mean."

"Well, like I said before, maybe he's shy."

"Yeah," grumbled Natalie. "Shy."

"Really? You've known Vaughn that long?" I asked Julia.

I was at Mirabelle's shop, and was chatting with Julia. She was really nice, and we seemed to hit it off really quick since she came here.

Julia laughed when I told her Natalie's reaction to Vaughn. Those two, also seemed to be pretty close. On a small island such as this one, everyone seemed to be pretty close.

"He's always like that," Julia reassured me. "I guess it was something about his childhood or something. He isn't that social. He's like that to everyone."

After a few more minutes of talking to Julia, I headed off to see Denny. I would have to take him up on his offer to go fishing someday.

When I reached the beach, I stopped. Vaughn was there, the sun shining down on his silver hair, causing it to look, if possibly, more silver. He was talking to Denny. I saw them shake hands, and then Vaughn board the boat that was docked.

Well, maybe he and Denny could become friends.

Spring 17, Year 1

10:16 pm

So I met a guy named Vaughn today. He seemed anti-social—shy, as I say it. He doesn't really talk to anyone if he can help it, but Julia and Mirabelle are pretty close to him, since they've worked together for a while.

Although everyone else on the island say he's rude and has no manners. I guess they just don't have experience with people who aren't talkative. For some reason, I don't feel that way. For some odd reason, I want to help him in any way that I possibly could. He seems lonely—a loner. Perhaps I could fix that.

A/N:

Whew. Well, did you like it?

In my real game, my first chick(en) was named Yuuki, after the main character from Vampire Knight. All my animals are named from someone in a book/manga. :P

Once again, these events are mostly based on my own game, but the dates are a little messed up. For example, in my first game—the one this story is based on—I got Yuuki, I believe, around Summer or something. I'm just speeding up things. Sorry about the long boring introduction as a journal entry. I didn't want to write a day a chapter. Now I'm rambling…sorry.

Anyway, I will try to update soon—I have the idea for the next chapter, and two or three one-shots. Thank you so much for reading! So sorry, once again, that I haven't updated in a long time.

Please review!

*Shadowed-Wolfe*