Claire sat on the top step, watching Jill climb the stairs after her. "You're pretty slow, Jill."

Jill joined her at the top of the stairs. "Am not!" She gasped. "You just keep running off."

Claire just laughed. After she laughed for a few seconds, Jill too started to laugh. The pair laughed until they heard a strange voice chanting.

"Who's that?" Claire stood to find the source.

"It sounds like it's coming from that shed." Jill points towards a blue shed.

"Well, I'm checking it out."

"Claire! You can't just do that."

Claire had already crossed half the yard. "Well, you can either join me or wait out here." With that, she opened the door and entered the small shed.

Inside, Claire's nose was assaulted by a strange variety of smells, some pleasant, others terrible. In the center of the shed, a giant caldron bubbled a purple liquid while a blond-haired woman in a black robe stood on a stepladder and chanted while stirring. Then she stopped.

"Urgh! That Harvest Goddess. Always sticking her nose into my business. The world needs mischief and I'm here to bring it!" The woman turned and finally noticed Claire.

"I'm sorry, I didn-"

She cut off Claire. "You there. Do you find the Harvest Goddess annoying?"

The question caught Claire off guard. "Well I never met her, s-"

"So I'M the one in the wrong, huh?!"

"No, no, I didn't mean that! I just don't know her so I can't say for sure."

The woman laughed loudly. "I like your style. What's your name?"

Claire was taken back, but she wasn't sure if it was her sudden change in mood or her loud laugh. "C-Claire. I'm Claire."

"Witch Princess." She climbed back up the stepladder and glanced back at Claire. "Well, later Claire."

She took that as her cue to leave.

Outside the shed, Claire nearly walked into Jill, who immediately hugged her tightly. "Oh, you're okay. What happened?"

"It was nothing, don't worry about it."

Jill sighed in relief. "Oh thank the goddess." Jill walked towards the fountain. "Let me wash my face to calm down then we can check out the mansion." She bent over and cupped a handful of water in her hands. As she splashed her face, Claire notice some of the spilt water was a darker blue than the rest and glowed faintly.

"Jill! Jill! A Harvest Sprite!" With her shout, Jill straightened up and stepped back from the fountain. Not a moment later, a Sprite dressed like Tep appeared, wearing dark blue instead of red, standing in the fountain.

"Oh man, it's gonna take me forever to get this all dry." The Sprite then noticed the girls watching him complain. "Sorry you have to see me like this. Harvest Sprite Jum at your service." He paused for a moment. "Well, not yet. Soon, soon." Jum tossed his hands and dark blue sparkles shimmered around him before he disappeared.

"So, this is...?" Jill asked

"Number six." Claire answered.

The girls were distracted by the sound of a door opening. A girl with light-brown hair came out of the mansion. "I heard you from inside the mansion. Are you new here?"

"Yeah, we are. I'm Jill, and this is Claire, my sister. We also have a brother named Jack."

"Lumina. Nice to meet you." She turned back towards the mansion. "Would you like to come in?"

Claire looked up towards the sky. "It's almost midday. I need to check on Jack, he's been sleeping all day." She laughed. "See ya later, Jill." Claire ran off down the stairs and through the village.

As she stood behind the door, she heard Jack grunt and strain. Claire opened the door and found him trying to push the tools off him.

"Oh no! Let me help you with that!" Taking off the tools one at a time, Jack was soon able to sit up. "What happened?"

Jack laughed a bit. "Well, I guess it's a bit of funny story."