Chapter 3 Surprises of Life
"So what's your name, boy" Pascal asked.
"It's Brian, sir" I said.
"Ah, a polite young man, we don't get a lot of those on Castanet"
"Um...thank you, sir"
"No problem, anyway, what brings you to Castanet?"
"My friend asked me to come here to take care of his farm"
"Oh, your Kasey's friend"
"Yeah...is that a problem"
"No, not at all, we thought that he didn't have a friend, that he was just going to change his look and name and come back here"
I laughed, "Kasey wouldn't come back here if it was the last place on Earth, he's afraid you guys would kill him if he came back"
"Really?"
"Yep, you guys scared the shit out of him"
"Good...he shouldn't come back if he knows what's good for his health"
"Um...I'll tell him that next time I see him"
"Anyway, what's your favorite food"
"Um...it would have to be eggs, why?"
"Oh, because since Castanet is a small island everyone knows each other"
"Ok..."
We hear a ring, "Oh, some of the young adults must be calling me" he said pulling out a cell phone.
"Hello, what do you want, Luke..."
"Luke, give me back my phone, and stop being impatient, idiot" someone said grabbing the phone from someone else on the other end.
"But...I want to go home and play the..."
"Anyway, Pascal can you come pick us up because we have our equipment"
"I can't, I'm just getting to Castanet, you guys have to wait until I get back to the mainland to pick you guys up"
"Ok...thanks, Pascal"
"I'll be there when I can" Pascal said before hanging up.
"Sorry about that, some of the guys left to get some stuff"
"It's ok"
"We're almost there, see look at the beautiful island of Castanet, isn't she a beauty"
"Yeah...I guess"
"And other beautiful things are there too, if you catch my drift" he said patting me on the back.
"What..." I said confused, he left to the helm laughing to himself.
I walked to the front of the ship, what does this little island that's not even on the map hold for me, what have I really gotten myself into.
Gill's POV
After the concert...
"I can't believe that Little Pri was engaged to some guy and she broke his heart in front of the whole world, what a bitch" Luna said.
"At least, she could have the decency of doing it in private" Selena said.
"At least, she told him the truth, about not being in love with him" Kathy said "and that should be the only thing that matters"
"Yeah, Kathy's right" Renee said.
"But now Little Pri is most likely dating Wish, though. We can't let that bitch have him" Maya said.
"That's enough about Wish and Little Pri, let's go home" Gill said, everyone agreeing.
Back on Castanet in the Brass Bar...
"Come on Gill, drink some actual alcohol instead of tomato juice" Owen said.
"No"
"Your a disgrace to all men, your the only person on this island that actually orders tomato juice" Chase sighed giving up on Gill's manliness.
"I can drink whatever I want, and that is tomato juice, so if you have a problem with that, oh well"
All of the sudden we saw a person with blue hair run in followed by a purple haired person, they came running over to us, almost knocking over all our drinks.
"Watch it Luke, you almost spilt my rice cocktail" Owen complained.
"Hey guys, I have a great idea" Luke said.
"I told Luke that there is no way he'll be able to pull this off, tell him that it isn't going to happen. Chase, give me a grape cocktail" Julius said plopping down next to Toby.
"Here yah go, Julius, now tell us what prank your going to try and pull now, Luke" Chase said handing Julius his drink before sitting down next to me.
"Well guys, remember how we went to that concert earlier..."
"Yeah..." all of the guys said.
"Well, I'm going to start a band and become famous just like Wish" Luke said excitedly, fist pumping the air.
Everyone spat out their drinks, "WHAT" all of us yelled.
"I'm gonna start a band, is it that hard to believe" Luke questioned, everyone nodded.
"Weeeellll Soooorrrrrrryyy, for the idea" Luke pouted.
"Now, that I think about it, starting a band would be pretty cool" Owen said.
"Yeah, it does sound like fun" Calvin said.
"What do you guys think, should we start a band" Chase asked.
"Yeah" Owen, Calvin, and Luke said.
"What do you guys think" Chase asked.
"Sure, why not" Jin said.
"I rather take a nap, but why not" Toby said.
"Julius?"
"As long as I get to make the outfits" Julius said.
We all nodded our agreement, and Julius squealed like a girl.
"Ok, Gill..."
"No"
"Why not..." Luke whined.
"It's stupid that's why"
"Well, maybe your stupid" Luke said.
"Come on Gill, grow a pair" Owen said.
"I already have a pair so shut up Owen" I said, my face red from anger.
"Please..." Luke said.
"Do it yourselves, you guys don't need me" I said standing up.
I was about to walk away when Chase pulled me back into my chair.
"What the hell was that for" I yelled.
"We all do it or nobody does" Chase said glaring daggers at me like the rest of the guys were doing.
"FINE..." I sighed.
"YEAH" everyone yelled jumping up and down.
"Oh my GAWD, you guys are idiots" I said face palming myself because of their stupidity.
"Ok, now that we all agree, we know Julius will make the clothes..."
"Outfits"
"Fine...Outfits"
"I want to be the lead singer" Luke yelled.
"Can you sing" I asked.
"I don't know, what's singing"
"Seriously, Luke you want to be the lead singer, but you don't know what singing is" I yelled which he nodded to my statement.
"How about you calm down, Gill" Chase said putting his hand on my shoulder to calm me.
"Fine, but he is NOT being the singer, he's too stupid to be able to do it" I said.
"I'm sitting right here" Luke said.
"So..." I said.
"Well, that's mean to say when the person is sitting with you" Luke said.
"Well, I wouldn't have to say that if you weren't so stupid" I said.
"Just stop it you two, how about Gill can be the lead singer and Luke, you can be the drummer" Chase said.
"Yeah, I get to be the drummer, wait...what does a drummer do" Luke asked.
"They keep the beat, idiot" I said.
"Oh..."
"Anyway, Owen, you can be the bass guitar player and Calvin, you can be the main guitar player since you already play anyway" Chase said.
"Alright!" Owen and Calvin said.
"Julius, you'll take care of the outfits and be the piano player" Chase said.
"Ok!" Julius said.
"Toby and I can be the managers"Jin said.
"Is everyone ok with these decisions" Chase asked, everyone nodded.
"What about you, Chase" I asked.
"I'll be the back-up singer" Chase said.
"Can you actually sing" I asked.
"Yes I can, I bet you can't" Chase said.
"Whatever, it really doesn't matter because we don't have the equipment to be a band anyway" I said.
"Let's go to the mainland and get the equipment" Luke said jumping up out of the chair.
"We don't have enough money to buy the instruments" Chase said.
"Come on" I said leading the way out of the bar.
"Where are we going" Chase asked.
"Town Hall" I said, opening up the door to the said building and going in, followed by the others.
"Ah hello Gilly, what are you up to"
Everyone started snickering, "FATHER, don't call me THAT" I yelled turning beet red from embarrassment.
"Fine...anyway what can I do for you guys" Hamilton asked.
"We want to start a band" Luke said fist pumping the air.
"Ooh, that sounds like fun" Hamilton said.
"It would be if we had the equipment we need to do it" I said.
"You guys need money, well here you go, have fun, you too Gilly" Hamilton said, giving us the money we need for our instruments. "Run along now"
"Thanks, mayor, let's go" Luke yelled running out of the building.
"Well, let's get going before he leaves us" Chase said before we left Town Hall to get on Pascal's boat.
"So you guys are heading to the mainland" Pascal asked.
"Yeah, we're going to start a band" Luke said fist pumping the air.
"Ok, whatever let's get going" Pascal said before going to the helm to start the ship.
On the mainland...
"So, where should we go to get our stuff" Chase asked.
"There's Mainland Music, right down the street" Calvin said.
"That place isn't any good, we're going to Melody's Music" I said, leading the way.
We took a bus to a different town, "You sure you know where your going" Calvin asked.
"Yeah"
"We're here, come on" I said opening up the door to the music shop.
"Welcome to Melody's Music...Gill is that you, you've grown since I last saw you" the owner said.
"Um yeah...if you say so..."
The door in the back of the shop opened.
"Mother, you shouldn't pester customers" a pretty girl said.
All of the guys were staring at her, shocked to see such a pretty girl that I actually know and is kind of friends with.
"Celia, I wasn't pestering them, I was just talking to Gill" Celia's mother said.
"Gill...is that you...wow you've grown taller" Celia said.
"Um...yeah" I said blushing.
"Anyway, I'm the owner of Melody's Music, the name's Melody, what can I do for you HANDSOME young men" Melody emphasized.
"We're here to buy some instruments, we're going to start a band" Luke said pumped.
"Well, in that case we have plenty of instruments that you guys can choose from, follow me" Celia said leading them to a side room for instruments for sale.
"These are our best instruments..." Celia said showing us some of the best brands of instruments ever made.
"Wow..." all of us said.
"We'll take'em" Luke said excitedly with a fist pump.
"WHAT..." we all yelled.
"WE don't have that much MONEY, Luke" Chase said.
"It's half price since Gill is pretty much family" Melody said with a smirk coming in.
"FAMILY..." the guys yelled.
"Yeah, he's my son-in-law" Melody said.
"REALLY..." they said shocked by this new information.
"NO, IDIOTS, you actually think I'm MARRIED" I yelled.
"It explains your social awkwardness..." they said.
"How did I ever become friends with you idiots" I said putting my head into my hand.
"This is my aunt and cousin"
"Ohhh..." they said.
"Wait...your dad has a sister" Luke asked.
"No, his..." Celia trailed off.
"mother..." Melody finished, all of the guys were speechless with their mouths in an "o" shape.
"Sorry for asking" Chase said.
"It's fine..." Melody said, "let me go ring up your purchases, Celia start packing their stuff up, sweetie"
"Ok" Celia said getting the cases from the back.
"Let us help pack them up" Chase said taking a case, the other guys following his example.
"But...I should do it, it's my job" Celia said with uncertainty.
"It's fine, there's a lot of stuff to pack up and if we all help...Luke...we can get it done faster" Chase said, handing Luke his drum's case.
We all helped Celia pack up our instruments when Melody came in, "All done, I see" she said.
"Yep, we got everything" Jin said.
"Thank you for everything" I said handing over the money for our purchases.
"No, thank you for visiting and good luck with your band" Melody said giving me a hug before heading towards the door.
"You guys owe us autographs and backstage passes when you guys become famous" Melody yelled while Celia giggled as we left nodding our agreement.
"So...now we can go home" Toby said yawning.
"Yeah...but what town are we even in, that's a really nice music store and I might want to go back again some time" Calvin asked.
Everyone turned towards to me, "We're in Forget Me Not Valley, it's where my mother grew up" I said.
"Ok, let's go home" Luke yelled taking out a cell phone to call Pascal.
"Hi, Pascal..."
"Hey, give me back my phone your so impatient, idiot" I yelled tackling Luke for my phone.
"Hello Pascal, we got our equipment, can you come pick us up" I said.
"I'm almost to Castanet, you'll have to wait until I get back to pick you guys up" Pascal said.
"Ok" I said hanging up my phone to put it back in my pocket where Luke took it from somehow.
"Ok, by the time we get back to the dock, Pascal will be there" I said as we hopped back on the bus we took here.
Brian's POV (Kayla)
"Well, here we are...Castanet, smell that beautiful ocean smell" Pascal said.
"Um...I smell week old fish" I said.
"Well, that too, anyway where do need to go" he asked.
"Um...probably the town hall, if you guys have one" I said.
"Yep good choice, go talk to the mayor he'll be there, just follow the sidewalk. Anyway, I have to get back to the mainland, good luck, Brian, you'll need it" Pascal said getting back on his boat and heading back out to the mainland.
I waved goodbye to him as he left. Well I guess I should head to the town hall and talk to the mayor.
I walked towards a building called the Fishery, around the corner to a building called the Brass Bar, over a bridge to see two directions one that leads up a hill the other to a bell tower. I decided to follow the one to the bell tower when I finally saw the town hall.
I opened the door and walked in to see a short fat man behind the desk.
"Oh...hello welcome to the town hall, I've never seen you before" the man said.
"Um...I'm here to run the farm" I said.
"Oh the new farmer, welcome to Castanet, I'm Mayor Hamilton" Hamilton said.
"Thank you, I'm Brian" I said.
"So your going to be our new farmer" he said, I nodded, "well follow me then to your farm" before leading the way to my farm.
We walked around a corner by a beach, past a water mill to see my farm.
"This is it" Hamilton said happily.
I was speechless it was rundown with a hole in the roof and the paint flaking off in patches.
"Um..."
"Isn't it great! It just needs a little paint and all you have to pay is 5,000g for it, which includes the basic furniture needed" Hamilton said.
I gave him a look of shock and disbelief, "Don't worry, you don't have to pay me right now, you can take however long you need" he said.
"Um...thank you, Mayor Hamilton" I said.
"It's not a problem anyway, there's some plants that are already planted and I suggest you go introduce yourself to everyone" he said before waving goodbye and leaving in a hurry.
Well...I guess I could take a look inside. I opened the door slowly hoping it wouldn't fall off the hinges. It was bland and bare with the necessities only.
"Well...it could have been worse" I said to no one in particular.
I walked over to the fridge and opened to see a small little creature eating a turkey sandwich and sipping chocolate milk through a bendy straw.
"WHAT THE HELL" I yelled hearing the thing squeak in surprise when I slammed the door shut in its face.
"GET ME OUT OF HERE" it yelled.
I slowly crept back to the fridge and opened it slowly once again and when it was open the thing FLEW out of the fridge and I yelled scared as hell.
"YOU CAN SEE ME!" it yelled flying around happily while I was on the verge of a panic attack.
"Dude...your really pale...are you alright" it asked.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON" I yelled in my regular voice.
"Wow...wait are you GAY" it asked.
"NO, ARE YOU" I yelled my voice rising an octave.
"Then why is your voice so high pitch if your a guy...I know are you bisexual" it asked.
"No, I'm actually a girl, but I have to dress as a guy to run my brother's farm, so please don't tell anyone" I said finally calming down some.
"Ohhh...well you don't have to worry about me telling anyone" it said.
"Why?"
"Because...no one can see me" it said.
"Awww, but your so cute, how can they not want to see you" I said hugging it to my chest.
"CAN'T BREATHE..." it said.
"Ohhh...sorry" I said letting it go and rubbing my neck nervously.
"It's ok by the way my name's Finn, and I'm a harvest sprite" Finn said.
"It's nice to meet you, Finn" I said bowing politely.
"My name is Brian...well atleast as a guy..."
"What's your actual name?"
"My real name is Kayla" I said rubbing my neck nervously again.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Kayla, your my new friend since you can see me and you might be able to save the Harvest Goddess and save the island" he said happily.
"Well...I'm here to run this farm and save the island unlike my brother" I said heading out of the house with Finn flying by my side.
"Wait...your Kasey's sister, he said you are famous...FAMOUS YOU HEAR" Finn said shaking my head well atleast tried to.
"WERE...is the keyword, I'm a farmer now...well atleast until I save the island" I said walking up the path that leads behind my house, up a mountain to see a broken bridge.
"It's BROKEN WE'LL NEVER GET TO SEE THE HARVEST GODDESS" Finn yelled landing on my shoulder with tears in his eyes.
"Shh, it's alright it can be fixed" I said walking closer to the bridge to see a guy staring at the broken bridge.
"Oh hello there, I've never seen you before" the spiky haired blond said.
"I'm Brian, the new farmer" I said.
"I'm Bo, one of the Carpenter's apprentices" Bo said, "I'm here to fix the bridge, but I've lost my tool box and I can't fix it without it" Bo said.
"I'll find it for you" I said.
"Thank you, I'll be waiting" Bo said before I left to head back to the town.
I met Simon, Shelly, Irene, Candace, Maya, Kathy, Renee, Hayden, Colleen, Jake, Yolanda, Ozzie, Paolo, Perry, Hanna, Cain, Ruth, Craig, and Hamilton so far.
"You've met everyone...well except for the people across the broken bridge" Hamilton said happily clapping his hand.
"About that...do you know where Bo's tool box is" I asked.
"Yes, he left it here, anyway... I'll entrust it to you" he said giving me the tool box.
"Thank you" I said before running out of the door back to the broken bridge and to Bo.
"You've found my tool box, thanks" Bo said taking the tool box, "I can't start working on the bridge yet...I haven't had lunch yet" he said as his stomach growled.
"What do you want for lunch, then" I asked.
"Some milk and a strawberry should be good" Bo said.
"Well...your in luck, then, I bought some milk and a strawberry from Horn Ranch and Marimba Farm earlier" I said handing over the food which was suppose to be my lunch.
"Now, I can fix the bridge" Bo said shoveling the food down his throat right in front of me, how rude.
"It'll be done tomorrow" he said as I waved goodbye and left back to my farm to water the crops already planted in my field and to plant a few more potatoes.
Later in the day...
"You guys are finally home, guess what Gilly" Hamilton said.
"Leave me alone" Gill said.
"Your not even helping put the instruments away" Gill said.
"Well, they're all put away anyway, let's go" Chase said as all of the guys left my father standing there speechless.
We walked out of town, past the beach and mill, to the broken down farm.
We were all laughing and having a good time when Chase said, "Look..."which made us all turn to see what he was talking about.
"What the hell are YOU DOING" Gill yelled rushing towards the person farming, us following behind.
"Excuse me, but I'm working and YOUR INTERRUPTING" I said laying down my hoe on the ground to turn towards the guys approaching me, to see all of the guys that came to my concert two days ago.
"We are selling this farm your not suppose to be here" the blond in the sweater vest said.
"YOUR not suppose to be here, so I suggest you leave before I tell the mayor I have some 'uninvited' guests on MY FARM" I said taking out my last potato seed and planted it in my field before pulling out my 'new' watering can to fill it up at my water source and water my potato plant.
"THE NEW FARMER!" we all said in surprise, the person nodded.
"Yeah, is that a problem because you'll have to deal with it yourselves, I'm too busy to help you with problems plus I'm not a therapist" I said putting my tools away in my small rucksack.
"Anyway, my name's Brian, a friend of Kasey's" I said.
"My name's Chase; this is Jin, Toby, Calvin, Owen, Julius, Luke, and the blond guy that was bitching is Gill. It's nice to meet you" Chase said.
"Likewise...anyway I have to put away George" I said walking away from them.
"George?" they said turning to see my black and white calf that Cain gave me earlier with a brush and some fodder.
I walked back over to them with George, "Yeah, Cain gave him to me earlier which was very kind of him, since I just met him and his family" I said unknowingly petting George softly.
"Anyway, I'll see you guys around" I said rubbing my neck nervously before leading George back into my rundown barn and waved goodbye to the eight guys as they left before walking back into my house.
As soon as I closed the door I slid down the door's frame to the floor, what the hell am I thinking being here and being a farmer.
