Sorry it's taken me so long to update! It was my birthday, then it was school, then my computer got a virus. :/
Ah well, I'm back now with the next chapter.

This is like a small interlude, introducing my newest character.

Comments to my reviewers:

GiraffeShapedCroissant: The Harvest King is going to feature a LOT, and thanks!

Naruto Addik: Thanks! I can't update every day, but I will try! Cool nickname by the way.

Lumina123: Thank you! You know, even on my other account, I've never had someone review my story twice. I'm happy you thought it was good enough to review two different chapters.

I don't own Harvest Moon.

Normal POV

Chase, Alia, Luke, Rose and Verve were currently searching White's back garden for roses, which was proving to be quite the difficult task.

"Is it white, red, or pink roses?"

"Aww, can't we have blue! Blue is AWESOME!"

"Hey, fire-boy, can't you conjure up a rose with your magic?"

"As if I would help a scrawny human like you! Anyway, most of my magic isn't accessible away from my mountain..."

"Short end of the stick, every time." Rose muttered grumpily.

That was when someone tried to sneak into the garden and steal something, but tripped on his own feet, landing sprawled out in front of the group. The blond-haired boy quickly leapt up, grinning sheepishly, a bunch of beautiful roses in his hand.

"Uhh...umm...gotta run!"

"HEY! Don't you even THINK about getting away with MY roses, Viridan!"

Chase and Luke chuckled at the weird name, and at the sight of Alia tearing after the left-footed thief.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, they joined Alia just in time to see Viridan crash head-first into a lamp post, crumpling to the ground in front of his captor, the roses held towards her.

"Alright... you win." he groaned, faceplanting into the dirt.

After a rather forceful interrogation session, Viridan finally admitted that he took the roses for his Science project.

"You know how hard it is to grow stuff, right, Shortie!" Viridan whined, casually throwing in Alia's nickname, which could be considered insulting when you took in her smaller-than-average structure.

She just giggled and shook her head.

"Viri, it was lavenders for Science, not roses! You forgot again, didn't you!"

"Uhh... DAMN! Why do I always end up epic failing?"

"You just do. I mean, remember that time when-"

"SHUT IT!"

"Ouch, harsh!"

As Alia turned her back for a second, Viridan reached out and grabbed a pot of lavenders on the window-ledge, and made a break for it.

Baka.

Viridan Green was expecting the chase. He just wasn't expecting an angry Luke with an axe.

That didn't end well... but at least Verve managed to stop the idiotic thief meeting an early death.

Plus, when that power cable snapped, and the post fell, Chase decided to act like a hero. And, by a rather large coincidence, it was Alia who needed saving.

Chase was rewarded by a peck on the cheek, which left him frozen and blushing as Alia proceeded to beat the hell out of Green.

Maybe the afternoon hadn't been as boring as Alia was expecting.