Hey guys, chapter three is finally up!

Harvest moon does not belong to me; only Janice and Terry belong to me.

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"Well this is certainly a twist of events"

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"Thank goodness you got there in time Zack. Any longer and the poor woman might have froze to death!"

"Thanks Thomas, but without that guy there to help me I wouldn't have been able to get her to the clinic in time."

"What was his name again?"

"I think his name was…"

"Ugh…" Terry interrupted with a low groan.

"Oh look she's waking up!" Mayor Thomas exclaimed.

Terry slowly sat up in what seemed to be a small bed. Her body was aching and her head was throbbing like crazy. Opening her eyes she looked around to find herself in what seemed to be a clinic. Everything was white and orderly, but the brightness of the clinic could make your eyes hurt. It didn't help to see the brightness of the clinic on top of her pounding headache.

"Where am I?" She asked slowly, looking around she found two men sitting near her. One of them was short and had matching red attire with a funny mustache. The other man was taller, more muscular, and had a glowing tan that matched his short brown hair.

"You're in Mineral Town young lady," Mayor Thomas said fixing his hat "You're very lucky that Zack here found you washed up on the beach, otherwise you might have frozen to death!"

"Wait, I'm in Mineral Town?!" Terry exclaimed looking around.

"Yes, why do you seem so surprised?" Zack asked looking at her quizzically.

Terry took in a deep breath as she tried to calm her nerves. "I was the one who answered your ad in the paper about the farm. I was coming here on a boat with my friend, who was also going to be staying with me, but a storm hit and I was swept off the deck." she answered slowly.

"Really?" the Mayor asked, Terry nodded in response "Well that's certainly a surprise."

"Despite the fact that you've come to answer the ad I'm afraid you'll have to stay in the clinic until your better."

All three of the people looked over to see a doctor walking over to where they were situated in the clinic. While the Mayor and Zack nodded in response Terry was completely lost at what to do. He just came up to her extending his hand "My name is Trent and I'm the doctor in this clinic."

"I'm Terry," she replied with a small smile "I guess you already know about me taking in the new farm."

"Indeed, but like I said before you'll have to stay here for another day until you've fully recovered," Trent answered "I'm sorry Mayor, Zack, but clinic is closing for the night."

The two men nodded in response and exchanged their goodbyes with Terry. After leaving Trent checked up on Terry and went upstairs to go to bed. Terry was still up, staring at the ceiling in the dark she pondered the events which seemed to happen within a short amount of time.

"The doctor seems nice," she mused to herself as she brushed aside some of her long brown colored hair. "I just hope I haven't worried Janice too much…"

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The sun shone brightly on the beach of Mineral Town as morning began to settle in. A small boat was docked and loud wailing could be heard from that dock. Zack was attempting to calm down Janice who was still crying from the previous night's event. She had her small amount of luggage with her and promptly kicked one of the suitcases across the dock and into Zack's tiny house out of frustration. It had almost hit an Asian man who had peered out the door to see what the ruckus was about.

"Zack what is making all that noise?!" he yelled "And why was this suitcase about to hit me?!"

"Don't worry Won I'm taking care of it." Zack said as he moved Janice's luggage away from her, for fear she might impale someone with her suitcases.

"Well hurry up! I don't want her scaring away my customers!" Won said as he went back inside Zack's house.

"I'm guessing you're the friend Terry was talking about?" Zack asked trying to put back all the clothing that had spilled out of the suitcase Janice had kicked.

"Wait, you know Terry?" Janice responded looking rather surprised.

"She washed up on the beach yesterday," Zack said as he closed the suitcase "We took her to the clinic and if you want I could take you…"

"Terry!" Janice yelled as she sprinted off the dock heading towards the town.

"Wait! You don't even know where the clinic is!" he shouted, annoyed at the fact that he had to chase this crazy girl down.

Janice though was much quicker than Zack and had made her way through the square and into town. "Where is it?" she pondered quickly glancing at the signs of the buildings as she passed them. She had seen an inn, a winery, a blacksmith, but no clinic. As she distracted herself with trying to find the clinic she didn't notice the person she ran into, knocking both the person and herself down to the ground.

"Oh gosh," she said in a quick panicky tone "I was looking for the clinic but I guess I was distracted by looking for it, I'm so sorry I knocked you down I really am." She quickly scrambled to stand up and extended a hand.

She didn't notice that the person she had run into was about her age. He had on a cap with the letters 'UMA' imprinted on it and had a mess of orange hair underneath it. He looked up at her with bright blue eyes, obviously annoyed that she had knocked him down.

He grabbed her hand to get up and a blush had crept on Janice's cheeks. "He's really pretty," she thought "I bet all the girls just swoon over him." She then realized that she had been so lost in thought that she didn't even notice that she was still holding the boy's hand.

"Oh I'm sorry!" Janice said quickly "By the way, my name is Janice. I'll be living at the new farm from now on."

The boy just nodded and replied "My name is Gray," and then he walked off towards the blacksmith.

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Hope you enjoyed this chapter! : )