A/N: Yay! Fast(ish) update for once! And more reviews! Cookies to DreamerMeow, Emii, Mihakaku, mandapanda84, StrawberryMoon777, and Inuhana for your reviews, favourites and story/author alearts!! Now, review this chapter and smoothies are being given out!! … Wow, I feel like such a loser at the moment... OH WELL! It's a normal occurrence for me either way… So, you guys all know what I'm gonna say now, but I'll say it anyways! Read the chapter, enjoy the chapter, and tell me what you thing whether it be good or badxD And no, I don't own Owl City or their song Fireflies…
P.S. Thank you Hikarichan for pointing out my mistake about the astronomy/astrology thing. It was like one in the morning when I was writing, so I wasn't paying much attentionxD
I groaned as I slapped my alarm clock for the… Fifth time that morning I believe. Only once I heard 'I could not believe my eyes,' from the song Fireflies by Owl City for the sixth time did I finally roll onto my side and glance at the time.
"Oh… Eight thirty… Lov- OH MY GOD! IT'S ALREADY THAT LATE?!" I shouted, jumping out of my bed. Still wearing the clothes from earlier this morning, I jammed me feet into my slightly worn shoes, rushing out of the door as fast as I could.
Yeah, I got strange looks from Jake, Colleen, Yolanda, Maya and whoever else was in the Inn for breakfast at the time, but I was in shit.
Hikari? Oh, she was not impressed. Not at all.
Once I crossed onto her property, I swear, I felt an evil aura around me and chills shot through my veins. I took a few steps more before I saw the brunette farmer.
Though what I saw on her face wasn't a murderous look; it was a smile. A sickeningly sweet, innocent smile that was worse then a glare from the devil. "Finally showed up did we?" she questioned, venom dripping from her words. I swear, I actually saw dark spirits or something floating around her…
"Ha… Ha… About that…" I started before getting a 'shut the fuck up and listen' glare from her. Chills shooting through me once more, my mouth snapped shut, teeth chattering secretly from fear. I was too young to die!
"You. I show you around specially, having gotten home late last night without having had the chance to feed my animals, and you come to work late? Not by a few minutes either, but by almost two hours? Please," she said, crossing her arms as she kept up her cheerful-innocent appearance. "Do explain why."
"D-don't I have to water the crops or feed the animals or something?" questioned myself, the words coming out in mainly stutters actually. My shoulders were stiff, my whole body paralyzed as she glared slightly before motioning to the fields.
"Done and done. Because somebody didn't show up on time." She said in a pissed off manner, giving up on her whole cutesy act.
Sighing, I felt as if I had no choice but to explain the events from early this morning, leaving out the part about my goal to learn his name and the requirements to do so… Sitting on the lush grass, I explained, only receiving a whispered mumble from the other woman. "Gale," she murmured, though I wouldn't know what till later.
"Did you just say Gill? I thought you liked Chase," I grinned evilly, leaning forward in a mischievous way. "Ohh, you better be careful on the way you act around me unless you want your boyfriend Peachy to find out," I laughed, obviously joking. I would never be so mean to do something so heartless…
Okay, so I would. Shut up, I haven't done anything of the sort to Hikari yet. Though we were friends, in my mind at least, we weren't insanely close thus I wouldn't try and do anything to her. For now.
"Don't! Please! A-and he's not my boyfriend!" she said, trying to convince me but only receiving a smirk from my own pink lips.
"Suuuurrreeee," I laughed, ruffling her hair in a friendly manner. "So, are you still willing to finish that tour you started?" I questioned in a hopeful way, giving her my biggest, most cutesy eyes I could manage.
The delicate farmer just looked at me, and I could tell she was desperately trying to contain her laughter. "Fine. We can ride my cow to get there," she grinned, whistling only to have a cow come trotting up t her side in response. "Meet Siara, my best cow," she smiled, petting it lovingly.
I had to admit, the creature scared me at first. After the ride? I swear, I'll never ride an animal again… I was almost thrown off the cow's back multiple times, not to mention she somehow managed to get me soaked with last nights light shower that sprinkled only slightly AND I don't even wanna talk about where she decided to kick me…
I would get Dr. Jin to look at me and fix my wound, but the placing doesn't make things very… Appropriate. Especially for a teen rated story. Yes, I just broke the fourth wall. Deal with it.
CONTINUING WITH THE STORY NOW.
Well, I met a few new people today; Renee and her parents, Ruth's family, Mr. Julius who was off work since it was Thursday, and some other people who had come to the island quite recently. Apparently it was Hikari who got the valley into the shape it is now, which was pretty impressive, not to mention more people were coming to the island every day. Apparently.
After saying good-bye to the silver haired, orange eyes woman who lived in the forest and called herself 'Witch', Hikari and I left Flute Fields, the sun now high in the sky, showing it was near noon…
"Lunch?" the farmer asked with a grin, getting a laugh and nod from me. This time on the way back to her farm, I decided to walk rather then ride the spotted animal that my friend was seated on.
Waving good bye to Hikari, I turned and started down the road that lead to Harmonica town. Earlier, the mayor had stopped by and said if I paid him five thousand coins by the end of the week, I could actually buy a house for myself, furniture and all. After negotiating with the farmer, she said as long as I come to work on time and help her, out, I get fifty percent of the profits~!
Humming and with a slight skip to my step, I glanced up at the sky, figuring out which colours painted its horizon. I deciphered pinks, purples, oranges, yellows and a little bit of red. A beautiful sky would shine tonight, no coulds visible anywhere. It would be perfect for star gazing, that's a given.
As I was nearing the city, a saw the shape of someone down on a patch of grass, sitting up and gazing at the sky, as if it would make time go faster. Turning and changing my original destination, I neared the person and saw they had a very expensive look telescope set up.
Once I was close enough to figure out who the person was, a small smirk danced upon my lips. I couldn't help but try and sneak up behind the sandy-blonde, walking on my tiptoes as I tried to go unheard. Just as I was about to cover his eyes, his voice broke the silence, making me jump, lose my balance, and fall forward, hitting my jaw on his head.
"Sneaking up on me… won't do you any g- OW!" Wizard exclaimed as my jaw made contact to him. Rubbing my jaw, I stayed crouched but glanced up to see him holding the back on his head tenderly before meeting my own gaze.
I felt the blush on my cheeks, and couldn't help but put my hands together and apologize, hoping a cute face would do the trick. "S-sorry Wizard, it was an accident…"
I noticed his cheeks redden, only the slightest bit before he averted his eyes, moving his hands from his head and leaning back on them as he stared at the sky.
"It's… fine," he softly smiled, still staring at the sky. "What can I… Do for you?"
"Uh…" My face brightened. "I was, uh, j-just coming to say hi… W-what are you doing?"
He gave me a look that basically said 'What do you think I'm doing?' before he spoke aloud, "I'm waiting… for night to fall… so I can examine the stars…"
Laughing slightly, I crawled beside him, staring at the sky as it darkened. "Do you study astronomy for a living?" I questioned, holding my legs to my body as I rested my cheek on my knees and looked up at him. "After all, you have the huge telescope in your house…"
"I'm a Wizard… Though most think I'm just a fortune teller… But I have always loved reading the stars…" he explained, shaking off his cloak and setting it down for us to sit down on. "You know… I had a feeling you would come by tonight…" he smiled, taking a thermos from a duffle bag and pouring me a cup of hot cocoa.
Smiling, I nodded, "Thank you," I grinned, sipping the warm liquid. Really, it wasn't until then that I realized how cold I was. A shiver went down my spine and when I felt something wrap around my body. Looking up, I saw Wizard had put a light green blanket around my shoulders before he did a final check on his telescope as the darkened night came faster every passing moment. "What gave you the feeling I was coming?" I questioned curiously, glancing over at the man.
"Like I said… I'm a wizard," he explained, talking a second canteen from his bag and poured him self what I guessed to be hot chocolate. "Though most people believe… I'm a fortune teller… Which is fine… But whichever you choose… To believe, I'd be able… to predict the future…" Wizard said calmly, not an expression on his face as he sat beside me.
A small smile appeared on my lips before I took a sip of the warm liquid. "Really, I think anything could happen. Even though most people believe those who call themselves witches, wizards, warlocks or some other magical being a fraud, there is no proof that magic is false," I stated, gazing ahead of me, noticing the edge of a beach showing slightly. "All in all, I'm one of those who believe you're the real deal."
"You're… Just like her… Hikari I mean," he said in a slightly depressed sounding tone, though that may have been my imagination.
"How so?" I questioned, stifling a laugh. Really, I found no similarities between the farmer and myself, but then again, I've been told I'm quite dense about these kinds of things… Sort of.
"Both of you… Believed I was a wizard… Without any convincing… Or proof… Or anything else most people… Needed to believe," Wizard explained. Right now, he was pretty much lying on his back, only his elbows wedged under him kept him off the ground; his torso and head at least. But after having avoided my gaze for the past few minutes, he turned his head to the side, locking his gaze with my own, preventing me to look away as I studied his mismatched eyes closely. His left eyes shone like pure gold in the moon light, his right looking as if rather an eye, a pure jade was placed.
I slight blush brushed my cheeks when I realized I was staring –again- which caused me to pry my eyes from his and look at the now dark sky, little white dots just barely starting to appear; Still, not a single cloud loitered in the air. "Were you and Hikari close?" I asked without thinking before I remembered her telling me not to get too close to Wizard. Why would she warn me about such a thing if she had befriended him? Maybe it was because she befriended him though…
Shaking the thought out of my mind, I pulled my arms from underneath me, falling onto my back as I did so. Afterwards, I rolled onto my stomach, my shoulder almost touching Wizard's. Well, it would be if I propped myself up with my elbows. Though as I grinned up at the tan man, he avoided my eyes, looking at the sky. "Yes…" he finally agreed, nodding slightly. It took me a moment to realize what he was saying 'yes' about, and for some strange reason, it made me slightly cross. What were Wizard and the farmer hiding?
Before I could say anything more, the blonde man stood and walked over to his telescope, seating himself on a stool behind the lens needed to look through. "Come here," he commanded lightly. Nodding, I clutched the green blanket to my body, holding the hot chocolate in hope it would warm my hands as I walked over to Wizard's position.
Before I could ask him what he needed, he moved away from the stool, motioning me to sit in his previous spot. Without a word from either of us, I gazed through the telescope, my breathe catching in my throat. There, a yellow star shone, standing out more then anything as it was surrounded by plain white sparkles. Really, the star reminded me of the five-pointed ones children often drew. "How did you know there was going to be a yellow star there?" I questioned in slight confusion. As I recalled, he had set up the telescope's position before the stars showed in the never ending sky. As the blonde opened his mouth to answer, I put a hand up and giggled. "Never mind; I know what you're going to say. Because you're a wizard right?"
A laugh escaped his lips as he shook his head. "Not this time; I knew since I study astronomy remember?"
A small blush appeared once more on my cheeks, but I just laughed, feeling utterly retarded. "Right. Forgot about that," I grinned.
All that night, Wizard and I stayed up, looking at the stars, talking and laughing. I hadn't checked into the Inn until about midnight, when Jake was just about to close up and stop waiting for my arrival.
As I lay in bed, I thought about the events of that day, as I had the night before. This time, thoughts of Wizard, my soon-to-be house, Hikari, Wizard and the new faces I met today clouded my brain. As my eyes closed, a final thought came to mind. 'I wonder if Gale can help me remember my past…'
I hadn't a clue why I called Wizard Gale, but before I could think further on the topic, slept over took my body.
A/N: I came up with this last scene from one of my drawings actually. I have yet to finish colouring it, but all the picture is Arina sitting on the ground, wrapped up in the green blanket, holding the hot chocolate and talking/laughing with Gale while he's adjusting the telescope. Yes, I draw scenes like that; I know I'm a loser… Anyways, thanks for reading chapter three of The Wizard of Harvest Moon! It is nothing like I planned for the original back when I wasn't a great authorxD Any way, tell me what you think guys! No update until I get at least one review!!! Haha, ciao guys, see ya next time~!