Zelda awoke bright and early as usual. In the city she had never been a morning person, so it was still a strange feeling to her even after months of practice. Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she began remembering yesterdays events and the plans she made with Abigail. Jumping out of bed she quickly finished her morning routine and rushed outside to finish her morning chores. After making sure all her crops were watered she was about to head off into town when she noticed her mailbox had a letter sticking out of it. How did the mailman get here before she woke up? and today of all days! Normally she never woke up this early so she could understand how she could have missed him but the sun had just come up a few minutes ago, no way did the mail get here this early.

Zelda was surprised as the letter wasn't like any she had received before. The old brown envelope had a large red wax seal on it. She went inside to open it. Sitting down on her sofa she Carefully tore open the wax seal to find an old parchment tucked inside the letter. The letter looked as if it was written in ink, with delicate and curvy hand writing that danced across the page gracefully. For a minute she thought that perhaps there had been a mistake, but checking the letters address once again she realized that there had been no mistake.

My sources tell me you have been poking around the old community center. Why don't you give me a visit? I live in a old tower that's west of your property, deep in the woods. I may have an answer to your "rat problem".

It wasn't signed which only furthered Zelda's curiosity. She hadn't told anyone what she saw in the community center so how did this stranger know about it? And what did he mean by "their sources"? Was someone spying on her? The blonde became very paranoid and quickly looked around the room as if she expected to see someone watching her. Don't be crazy Zelda told herself this is probably just a prank from Abigail. Although the shorter girl's handwriting wasn't anything like this. Zelda decided to bring it with her so she could show her friend and get her opinion on it.

Realizing she was running late Zelda ran out the door almost tripping over herself as she did. The blonde couldn't help feel embarrassed as she nearly ran into Shane as she went through the town square. Not looking where she was going she tripped once again right into his path.

"Hey careful!" he said as he managed to back step just in time to avoid the Blonde's tumble.

"Ss..sorry" She said blushing as she picked herself up "I wasn't looking where I was going."

"Yea no kidding." Shane scoffed rolling his eyes "Where the hell are you off to in such a hurry anyways?"

"Uh… Just late meeting a friend." She said too embarrassed to say why they were meeting.

Shane just raised an eyebrow but before he could get anymore information out of her the blonde started running off again waving goodbye, leaving shane scratching his head.

Zelda arrived in front of the community centre where Abigail was waiting for her.

"Hey" The purple haired girl greeted. "Why are you so out of breath?"

Zelda didn't really feel like bring up how she nearly tackled Shane so she just ignored her last question.

"Check this letter out, I got it this morning." Zelda said handing the letter to her friend.

Abigail watched her friend's eyes widen as she read her letter.

"How'd they know about what you saw? You tell anyone else?" Abigail asked

"No of course not."

"Then how did…" Abigail trailed off as she finished reading the letter. "Hey I know that tower!"

"You do?"

"Yea I found it one day when I was walking through the woods, it's really cool. I sometimes go there cause I see weird lights coming from the windows." Abigail said her eyes filled with excitement.

"Let's go visit and get some answers then."

"I've always wanted to see what's inside." Abigail said as she grabbed her backpack from of the ground. Even with it closed she could see the handle of a sword poking out from the top.

"You're bringing your sword?" Zelda asked

"Were searching for spirits and are about to enter a strange old tower located deep in the forest… yes I am bringing my sword." She stated smirking.

Zelda didn't really like violence but she felt a little safer knowing her friend was armed. Zelda had seen Abigail practicing and knew that the short haired girl was no amiture with a sword. With abigail leading the way the two walked across town towards the woods having fun discussing different theories about who lived in the strange tower.

"Maybe it's the government doing secret research on spirits and they want our help." Abigail laughed.

"Ya they probably have secret cameras all over stardew valley." Zelda said joining in on her friend's theory.

As the two began to enter the forest Zelda heard a familiar voice.

"Hey Zelda!" The blonde heard from behind her. Turning to see who it was she realized it was Leah.

"Oh! Hi Leah." Zelda said turning to face her neighbour. Abigail was the only one who noticed her friends trademark smile growing a tiny bit bigger.

"Hi Abigail" Leah said to the shorter girl not wanting her to think she was being ignored.

"Hey" Abigail responded

"What are you two doing?" Although the question was for both of them Leah was mainly looking at the blonde.

"Just taking a walk, Abigail said she would show me an old tower." Zelda said gesturing to her shorter companion. "What are you up to?"

"Just the usual" Leah said as she pulled out her sketch book.

"Cool! Maybe later you can show me anything new you've drawn." At this Leah's cheek's began to turn slightly pink.

"Uh… yea… well I might not have anything new that's very good yet." Leah said shyly.

"Are you kidding me? Your art is great!" Zelda said happily.

Abigail patiently waited for the two to finish their conversation and say goodbye. She watched her friend carefully as they continued her journey after words.

"What?" Zelda asked worriedly as she noticed Abigail had been staring at her strangely ever since they said goodbye to Leah.

"What's up with you and Leah?" Abigail asked.

"What do you mean? We're friends"

"Yea but you were acting weird around her… I mean weirder."

"What are you talking about?"

"Come on Zelda, you were really bright and cheery when you saw her."

"I'm always bright and cheery" Zelda said with a smile as if to prove her point.

"No! I mean more than usual." Abigail said waving her arms. "You looked… I don't know… different."

"I don't know what your talking about." Zelda said with a giggle.

"Whatever." Abigail said with a huff. "We're nearly there." The shorter girl pointed to a small gap in the tree's which Zelda could just make out a pointed roof.

The tower was located on top of a large hill with steep cliffs on all sides except for where some large stone steps had been carved. Walking up the steps the girls found themselves in front of the large stone tower. The tower itself looked extremely old and battered, its windows looked as if they had been broken many times and only half heartedly repaired. A large telescope was sticking out of the highest window looking up at the sky. The tower's only entrance appeared to be a large wooden door with a golden handle. Looking up at the tower Zelda became very nervous. The structure alone was intimidating enough, but with how battered it looked it might as well have come straight out of a horror movie.

"You still have your sword right?" Zelda asked trying to keep her nerves in order.

"Yep." Was all abigail could say in response trying to come off braver than she felt.

"Well ok then…" Zelda said forcing herself to knock on the door before she had time to second guess herself.

There was no answer but the two could hear the large door unlock and slowly the door opened on its own with a large creak.

"Yea… cause that's not ominous." Abigail said dryly.