The boat ride was about twenty minutes before I began to see a little bit of town
The boat ride was about twenty minutes before I began to see a little bit of town. I got up and stretched my back, because when you sit in a hard chair for twenty minutes it really, really hurts. Coco got up and stretched in the limited room in the kennel. I walked around the deck until I found a crew member. There wasn't anyone on the boat expect for me and the crew so I needed someone to talk to. "Hey is that forget-me-not valley out in the distance?" I asked. The young sailor spun around and smiled at me. "No miss, that town right there…" he said taking his finger and pointing to the town we were headed for. "Is a town called Mineral Town. You have to pass through there to get to the valley!" Great I have to walk with all of my luggage. I smiled at him even though I was annoyed and said thank you. Then I turned and walked back to my suite case and Coco. I heard him following me and I got a creepy feeling so I didn't turn around.
When I got back to my seat he was still there. "So… miss…" he began. "Claire" I verified. "Miss Claire what are you doing at the valley?" He asked me. I wasn't in the mood to deal with this guy… but I still wanted to be kind so I replied. "I'm moving actually. To the new farm that they have for sale." "I see. Are you moving there to be with your boyfriend?" Ok I was officially uncomfortable right now…but I still replied. "No." I squeaked. The sailors face lit up, but after a whistle sounded his face fell again. "Miss Claire I believe we are at Mineral Town." He sighed. I sighed after he left, but in relief.
After the boat was docked, I got of and explored a little. I tried asking three ladies at the Town's square which direction it was but I never got any. They just bickered about which short cut was faster. So I decided to try going up the path a little. I passed a church before stopping by a clinic. The people there directed me to a farm where I could ask the farmers there and also promised to stop by the valley sometime to say 'hello'. After I got to the farm I looked around for the farmer, I found him near the chicken coops. The farmer, Jack, directed me to go up a mountain! But he did give me two turnip seeds to plant once I got there. He was a pretty cute guy and he was married as well!
Finally I got out of Mineral Town! When I first came to the Forget-Me-Not Valley I found a farm which I later found out was a women's named Vesta. She lived with her niece Celia. She looks very pretty and had a long length of brown hair. And her nephew Marlin. He looked a lot like… Elvis to be honest. Vesta made Marlin help carry my dog kennel even though I protested like a bazillion times! Marlin said he would do it even though he looked like he didn't want to.
When we were out of earshot of the farm I said. "Seriously it's fine you don't have to carry that!" No reply… Ok either really shy or rude! I tried again. "It must be really heavy I'll carry it." Then we heard the sound of laughter. A boy with medium length blonde hair was pointing at our direction and laughing. He wiped the tears from his eyes and said "Marlin you can't even carry a dog kennel!" and went into another laughing fit. I swear he was drunk. "No! It's totally easy and at least I'm helping the new farmer!" The boy glared at him and grabbed my suite case. "I'll Race ya!!" The boy said racing of with my suite case. "You're on!!" Marlin said chasing after him. Coco can't be having fun right now. I raced after them yelling "Guys!! Stop! Come Back! Be careful!!" When I reached the farm I saw them standing out side of a tan colored house panting and wheezing. Then they both got into and argument about who won. I stepped between the two and pushed on their chests which got Marlin quiet.
I spun around and looked right into the eyes of the boy who was still yelling. After I looked into his eyes he shut up. Weird…. He held out his hand never taking his eyes off of mine and said "H- hi I'm Rock." I diverted my eyes to find his hand and shook it but then looked back into his. "I'm Claire the new farmer that you stole luggage from." He laughed still shaking my hand. I pulled my hand away and gave him a somewhat curious look. I turned back to Marlin and stared straight into his eyes and said "Thanks for the help, but I'll take it from here." "O-ok…" He said still staring at my eyes. Something was definitely wrong so I asked "Is something wrong?" "N-no it's just that" Rock stammered. "You look us right in the eyes." What? I was so confused so I asked him "Doesn't everyone around here?" Rock started "Well yes but-" "Not like you…" Marlin ended. "Do I do it differently?" I said raising one eyebrow in confusion. They nodded in unison their mouths slightly open. "It feels like your reading my soul." Marlin mumbled. "Ah- but that sounds kind of… odd doesn't it?" He said while looking at the ground so I wouldn't notice that he turned a deeper shade of red.
He looked back up into my eyes again and said nothing. Rock was staring at my eyes too. At the same time they cocked their heads, which I admit was pretty cute considering they looked like little puppy dogs. A tall tan man had come to stand behind the two men though. And when he cleared his throat they jumped a foot off the ground. If the man didn't look so serious I would have laughed. I had to bite my lip to keep a giggle from escaping. Rock was the first to talk. "W-well I guess I'd better let you get unpacked." He started to back up towards the exit when the building across the street came into view he turned completely around and ran the remaining distance. Next to go was Marlin "I have to talk to Rock…" He followed the same pattern as Rock did. This time I couldn't help but giggle but the ominous man beside me made my laugh fall short. I had to look up really far to catch his eyes. "I am Takura your father's partner." Phew. That's a lot of tension off of my shoulders. "Oh! Hi! Wow you're a lot different than I remember…" He raised an eyebrow at me. "Same to you miss!" We chuckled a little together.
Takura picked up my dog's kennel and opened the door to the tan house. "Shall we?" He asked me. I just stood there looking up at the house. "I-Is this all mine." A voice from inside called 'yes' and I entered my new home. It might seem really small to anyone else, but after sharing a cramped apartment with a sister that snored like an elephant it was huge. Takura set the kennel down next to the table and I sat the suite case at the end of the bed. I walked over to Coco and let him out so he could stretch. In the room there was a book case with a limited amount of books on them about farming, an old telephone next to a record holder, a small table built for two with two chairs, a tan colored dresser, and as I mentioned before a bed. The bed had plain white and fluffy covers on the top of them; if Takura wasn't there I would have flopped on them and played with the covers. Takura followed my gaze to the bed and bent down a little bit to say "Those covers have geese feathers in them." I looked up and smiled at him. "Thank you!!" I praised him and followed over to the bed to feel the covers. They were so soft and looked like it would be warm during the winter.
Takura stepped out of my house and onto the lawn in front of it. "Well then Claire you might want to get unpacked." And with that he was gone. I felt the urge to ignore my mentor and go to meet everyone in the valley, but I knew that it was going to be a really long time until I was finally all settled in, so I decided to get a head start.
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