Hey! Dia here! So here's the fifth chapter! These chapters are just events leading up to a big one! So please read and review! Enjoy!
A New Life
Chapter 5
Claire's POV
It's been a few weeks since Cristina and I moved to Mineral Town. The Spring Thanksgiving festival passed and I was like the only one who didn't get anything. (sad isn't it?) But when I went to the church to pick up Cristina, all the kids and Carter threw a party for me. I was very happy that they'd do that for me.
I guess I've developed some kind of schedule now. Everyday after Cristina leaves, I do farm work, go to the cave or forage, go to the library, go to the Inn after that, and then go home. Oh, and Victoria writes us letters, but she can't visit us because she has to take care of her granddaughter, whose mother has recently died.
The Horse Race and Cooking Festival was just a few days ago too. Cristina loved watching the horses race. I secretly bet on some. Cristina asks me where I get all the diamonds and other stuff from. On the cooking festival, I met a large man named the Gourmet. He judges the food. I think Doug won the cooking festival and Karen was the worst. The Gourmet said make juice, but what Karen entered wasn't even identifiable!
It's the last day of Spring now, and everyone's talking about the summer festival tomorrow and how this guy, Kai, is coming back. I wonder how he's like; Popuri talks about him all the time and Rick just rants about how bad he is. They say Kai makes great food, so I'm looking forward to that.
I just made it to the church to get Cristina. "Claire! Claire!" Cristina said, running to me. "What is it?" I asked.
"He said he likes me too!" Cristina was clearly happy. I guess she was talking about that boy she liked, the one who always came once a week. "Well I'm happy for you Cris!"
"He gave me a present today for my birthday because he wasn't here yesterday." Cristina showed me a necklace. "It's really pretty, Cris. How old is this boy?" If she said 12 or 13, then I don't know what's wrong with that boy. "He's eight." A few seasons older than her, guess that's fine. "We're gonna get married! Well, that's what he said." She's infatuated with this guy. "How's May and Stu?"
"They're fine. Elli was gonna take us all to the beach this weekend. Wanna come?" Cristina had a few friends too. I'm glad she does, because she can't stay attached to me forever. "Of course I'll come!" I ruffled her hair and we walked to the Inn.
"Claire?" I looked down at Cristina. "Yes?" Cristina yawned and rubbed her eyes. "Can you take me home first? I'm tired." She's been tired a lot lately.
"Sure Cris." We walked home and I tucked her into bed. I didn't want to leave her alone so I stayed with her. After about 30 minutes I heard knocking on my door. I opened the door to see Ann, Cliff, and Gray? "Is everything alright? You said you'd come to the Inn today." Ann said with a worried look. "Yeah it's ok. Cristina was just tired and I decided to stay with her." I looked at Cliff and Gray. "Um, Ann why are they here?" I asked. "Well, um, I thought you were being attacked so I brought them with me to help. We looked everywhere and this was the last place." Ann had a nervous smile and scratched the back of her head. Sometimes, I just don't get what goes on in her head. "She didn't bring us here, more like dragged us." Gray said from beside Ann. "What! Why I oughta--,"
"It's okay! I'm just glad you guys were worried about me." It was true. I was grateful that I had friends that worried about me this much. "It's no problem! Right guys?" Ann said. "Yeah." Both Gray and Cliff said in unison. "See ya at the Beach Festival tomorrow Claire!" Ann yelled as they left. "You too!" I replied.
'Tomorrow is going to be a fun day it seems.' And with that thought, I went to sleep.
The next day, I heard knocking at my door. I opened the door to find a tan man (rhymin'! XD) with a purple bandana at my door. "Hello, my name is Kai and I'll be staying for the whole summer; I hope you come visit my shop and try the food there." He seemed nice enough, nothing like Rick said. "I'll be sure to do that Kai. Oh, and my name is Claire."
"Nice to meet you Claire." Finally! Someone who doesn't call me 'Ms'! "Oh yeah! And be sure to come to the beach festival today!" I almost forgot. "I will!" I said as he left. I went back in to wake Cristina for the beach festival. When we got to the beach I saw that everyone was there talking to each other.
I saw the shack that I remember seeing the first day we got here. So I decided to go in. "Oh it's you Claire!" I looked in the direction the voice came from and saw Kai. "Oh hey Kai, this is my little sister Cristina." Kai looked down at Cristina. "Nice to meet you Kai." Kai patted her head. "You too, Cristina."
"So Claire, Cristina. Would you like to try something?" Kai asked. "Yeah! Give me two shaved ices please." Kai went to go make us shaved ice. I looked at Cristina and saw her looking at the necklace the boy gave her. "Here you go, it's on the house." Kai gave us the shaved ice. "Thanks Kai!" Now I see that Rick was wrong. Kai is nothing like Rick said. After we finished our shaved ice, I went to go talk to Ann and Mary. Gray, Cliff, and Elli came over too. Popuri spent all her time talking to Kai, Rick was over there arguing with them, and Karen was trying to stop Rick from making a fool of himself. Cristina went to play with May and Stu. Doctor didn't come because he was still working.
So all in all, it was a good day. Cristina kept telling me about her 'boyfriend' as she put it. I had one chicken, a chick, and a sheep. I guess moving out here was a good idea after all. Cristina was tired again so she went to sleep early. I decided that I would always stay with her no matter what happens, till the day I die.
Today was Friday, so we would be going to the beach tomorrow. Cristina left for lessons, and I'm here taking care of the work. 'I swear, when Cristina gets older I'll have her do some work.' "I have a little extra time, I'll take a walk." I wanted to just spend some time on Mother's Hill. When I got to Mother's Hill I sat down and looked at the view. "I remember when Cristina was still well and our parents were still alive.
Flashback
"Claire! Cristina! Time for dinner!" A tall man with brown hair and glasses said. "We'll be right there Dad!" I said. I was 17 years old, in my last year of high school, and Cristina was 5, just starting school. We both ran downstairs to the kitchen. "I made your favorite foods today." A woman with long blonde hair said. " Thanks Mom!" I loved my parents very much. We never argued and they always supported us in everything we did. "How was your first day of school today Cristina?" Dad asked.
"It was really fun! I met all these other kids and we played together all day!" Cristina really must have loved it. Mom directed her attention at me. "How about you Claire?" Well it was just a normal school day. "Nothing happened really, just a normal day."
"I see. I bet something interesting will happen sooner or later!" Mom and Dad were great parents. They did anything they could for you, they had great jobs, and we lived a wonderful life. Nothing could ruin it! Except..
End Flashback
Something terrible happened, and that's when everything went wrong.
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This was the fifth chapter, I hope you enjoyed it! The terrible thing will be in the next chapter. So please review! Bye!