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"Indigo," Winn said. "I think we're going to have a great time together."
"I think so, too, Winn. I think so, too."
Indigo groaned, shifting as she woke up to her second day with her new friend, Winn. When she opened her eyes, she saw shadow, her adorable pet wolf, sitting by the side of her bed and cocking his head expectantly.
"Morning, Shadow," she said, yawning. "Are ya hungry?" Shadow barked happily and wagged his tail, running around the room.
Indigo got out of bed, slowly stretching her legs, and stood up.
"Winn?" she called out, slightly shy. Even though Winn had helped her out in a tight spot the night before with the weird zombie pigman, she still was quite timid. "Are you here?"
She walked around the house, looking for her new friend, but couldn't find her. She had just begun to wonder if Winn was just apart of some crazy dream when she saw the sign.
"Went out to collect wood. Be back soon."
Indigo sighed in relief. She was shy, yes, but was very grateful to have some sort of an ally. The monsters in this world scared her and, more often than not, she was forced to flee with Shadow to a new home. With Winn as her friend, she could be taught how to fight and then they could protect each other.
Indigo opened a chest, ready to start the day properly. She quickly munched down an apple and got out a porkchop for Shadow. Absentmindedly, she wondered if Winn had anything to eat before she left. She noticed a piece of cake was missing.
"Aparently so," she answered out loud, smiling vaguely. She threw the porkchop to Shadow, who caught it in his mouth and went to town on it.
Indigo reached back into the chest and grabbed her usual farming tools- she might as well get started on farming now.
She opened up the door and blinked at the sudden sunlight. It was still morning, thank goodness, and most of the monsters seemed to have despawned.
She got straight to work on her wheat field, harvesting and replanting (even putting on a dash of some of her almost magical bone meal mixture). By the time she was done, she had collected 27 bushels of wheat.
"Mmm," she thought aloud. "I can't wait to make some bread out of this!"
Shadow barked in agreement, prancing around the nearby meadow.
Indigo then went to work in her carrot and potato patch, harvesting a fair amount of each, before moving on to her melon section.
She had just begun to cut the first melon when she heard a faint rustling sound. She heard a whimper and saw Shadow run away in terror.
Heart pounding, she whirled around just to come face-to-face with the most vile sort of creature- a creeper.
"Ssssssss…." she heard and, panicking, she reached down and grabbed her hoe. Screaming in terror, she started hitting the creeper with it over and over.
"Get! Out! Of! My! Garden!" she squeaked with each blow. She clenched her eyes shut, pausing, as her fingers trembled on the hoe, and braced herself for the explosion. It wouldn't be the first time a stupid creeper had blown up her prized farm.
When the explosion didn't come, she cautiously opened an eye, hands still firmly gripping the hoe. Nothing- no scary green creeper face.
Indigo opened the other eye and looked down curiously at the gunpowder remains on the ground.
"I killed it?" she whispered to herself, unbelieving.
Shadow shyly reappeared, slinking over to sniff the gunpowder. "Yay!" Indigo shouted, smiling with pride. "I killed it!"
She heard a rustling in the nearby woods and she whipped around, clenching the hoe dangerously in her hands, ready to take on the next danger for once. But it was just Winn, running out.
"I-Indigo!" she panted breathlessly. Had she run all the way here? "Wh-What happened? Are you okay? I heard you scream."
Indigo smiled brightly, stooping down to pick up the gunpowder and hold it triumphantly in the air for her to see. "I killed a creeper!"
"Really?" Winn asked, eying the hoe in her hands. "That's great!"
"Sorry for interrupting your wood-cutting, though," Indigo said sheepishly.
"It's okay," Winn replied, smiling. "I got more than enough."
"Do you want me to teach you about farming?" Indigo asked suddenly. "It only seems fair since you're teaching me how to fight."
"Sure!" Winn agreed. "Let me go dump this stuff inside."
Once Winn had placed the wood and cutting tools in a spare chest, she rejoined Indigo in the melon patch.
"So," Indigo said. "The first thing you want to do is get some seeds."
"Uhh," Winn replied. "Where do I get them?"
"Well," Indigo began, happy to share her knowledge. "You can get wheat seeds very easily- you just need to break some grass. Melons seeds, however, are a different story."
She went on to tell Winn all about where to get the seeds. Once she finished, she handed her some seeds, a stone hoe, a shovel and a bucket of water. She decided that Winn should start her own patch to gain some hands-on experience.
"Now what you want to do is dig a trench and fill it with water," Indigo said, burying her own shovel in the ground. "This way, the crops stay watered."
"Okay," Winn replied, starting to help dig the trench. Once it was dug all the way, Winn poured the bucket of water in there. Indigo picked up her own iron hoe.
"Now you should start tilling the grass so you can actually plant the seeds."
Together, they tilled the ground, not leaving a single clump of grass.
"Planting the seeds is always fun," Indigo continued and she showed her friend how to plant wheat, melon, and pumpkin seeds. They planted all three around the empty trench.
"Now," Indigo said, proud of their accomplishments. "You give it a day or two and they should grow fine."
"A day or two?" Winn exclaimed. "How do they grow so fast?"
Indigo smiled sheepishly. "Well," she admitted. "I give them some extra help."
She showed Winn her special bone-meal mixture. "This is what makes my farm do the best in all the world. Let's keep it between us, okay?"
Winn smiled, almost knowingly. "Okay."
They sprinkled some of the mixture on the seeds and watched them sprout up through the soil.
"Whoa," Winn said, in awe. "That's amazing!"
Indigo blushed at the compliment. "Your garden will look great in no time!"
"It kind of looks really crappy right now," Winn grumbled, obviously not pleased.
"They all start out that way," Indigo lied, trying to be reassuring and keep her giggles in. The new patch was quite a mess, but it was great for a beginner. Winn would learn.
Shadow trotted up from behind us and licked Winn's face. "Shadow!" Winn exclaimed, giggling, as the wolf continued. "St-Stop! That tickles!" Shadow ceased the licking and barked happily, nudging his way in between the two girls.
Indigo rubbed his ears. "Good boy," she said teasingly. They laughed and Indigo felt a spark of friendship. Then Winn's eyes fell on her arm.
"Indigo," she said, frowning. "Your arm's bleeding again."
Indigo glanced down and, sure enough, there was blood starting to soak through the bandages. "Oh," She remarked. "I forgot about that. I must have reopened it when we were tilling."
"Let's go get it patched up again, okay?" Winn suggested. They went back into the house.
After reapplying the medicine and bandages to Indigo's arm, they decided to take a break for the rest of the day and relax.
"We'll start building the add-on to the house tomorrow," Indigo said, plopping down on the couch. "Right now, I just want to take a nap!"
Winn chuckled, sitting down on an armchair next to her. "Me too."
Shadow barked in agreement.
Later, after a supper of freshly baked bread and steak, Winn turned to Indigo.
"You told me you were an enchanter, right?" she asked Indigo.
Indigo felt heat rising to her face. It wasn't something she really talked about- it was just a side hobby.
"Yeah," she admitted cautiously. "I do some enchanting here or there. Mostly for some villagers who live by the swamp. Why?"
Winn shrugged. "I dunno," she replied, almost embarrassed. "Maybe you could show me the ropes?"
"Sure," Indigo agreed. "How about after we finish building the house?"
"Okay!" Winn said brightly. "Then I'll show you the basics of mining."
"Really?" Indigo asked, excited. She hardly ever dared go mining. There were always too many monsters. But with Winn… maybe she could.
"Sounds like a deal," Winn agreed.
This was a good start to a great friendship- Indigo could tell.
Ta da! The second chapter of The Farmer and the Miner. Whoo hoo!
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