Chelsea watched as the sunset. She, Natalie, and Julia sat on the beach. Natalie was Felicia's daughter. She had her mother's pink hair and a red ribbon in her hair.
"Chelsea, I really appreciate you not taking offense to Vaughn. He's just anti-social, but he loves animals. I guess he's just and animal person," Julia said.
"He's only here on Mondays and Tuesdays, so it's not much to deal with," Natalie added.
"I didn't mind. He's only here two days? Why is that?" Chelsea asked.
"He supplies Mom's store with animals. Like I said, he really loves animals," Julia said.
"So, what did you think of the guys on the island?" Natalie asked, "We're all girls here, and we can help you catch a guy's eye."
"W-What? I just moved here…" Chelsea stammered. Though…They were cute…
"Well, just let us know, okay?" Julia said.
"Okay, will do," Chelsea smiled.
Chelsea walked home. The moon glimmered brightly. She heard footsteps behind her. She turned. She found herself looking at Vaughn.
"You startled me," she said.
"Sorry. A lady shouldn't walk alone at night," Vaughn stated.
"I was on my way home…" Chelsea said.
"I see," Vaughn said.
Chelsea stood awkwardly, waiting for him to say something. When he turned away, she returned to walking home. He's definitely anti-social. Criticizes me, then leaves! she thought. She opened her door and sighed. Living here and getting along with everyone seemed harder now than ever. Everyone had seemed great, minus Vaughn. Maybe that would change, but Chelsea wasn't sure. She knew that she couldn't force people to like her, but she wanted to belong.
Chelsea woke on Spring 10 to a loud knock on the door.
"Chelsea, let's go to Meadow Island, the islands are trying to tell us something!" Taro called.
"Okay," Chelsea said.
Chelsea didn't believe islands talked, but she had to trust what Taro said. If the Harvest Goddess existed, why not talking islands? When they reached the island she headed straight to the shrine.
"Help…Help save the islands…" a voice said.
Chelsea was speechless. Two days ago a Harvest Sprite had appeared, now talking shrines? Sunshine Islands were crazy.
"Chelsea, the islands need your help. I'm the Harvest Sprite who watches over the shrine. You need to collect sun stones. Bring them to me, and I'll use their power to return the islands,"
"Chelsea, who are you talking to?" Taro asked.
"Oh! Only you can see us, Chelsea," the Sprite said.
"There is this Harvest Sprite telling me to collect sunstones," Chelsea said, hoping Taro would believe her.
"…Is this what you mean?" Taro asked, pulling out a red, sun-shaped stone.
"That's one of them!" The Harvest Sprite said enthusiastically.
"Yeah! Wow," Chelsea said, "it's so pretty!"
"Take it," Taro said, handing her the stone.
Chelsea took it, staring at it. How many of these were there? Could she find them all? Taro and the others left, leaving Chelsea on the island. She sighed, what had she gotten into, promising to restore the islands? She had her plate full without that kind of commitment.
Besides, she wanted people to like her. Sure, they'd like that she was helping, but she was never going to have time to talk now. She didn't know where to start, let alone how to find these Sunstones. She shook her head. One for all…
Chelsea shipped the last of her turnips. She needed more seeds. She headed to Chen's shop. A light rain fell, dampening the streets. She stepped off the bridge, and headed to Chen's shop.
"Chelsea, hold up a second," Julia called.
Chelsea stopped as Julia ran over.
"Where are you heading?" she asked.
"To Chen's, I need more seeds," Chelsea said.
"Oh, well mind if I tag along?" Julia asked.
"Not at all, come on," Chelsea replied.
They looked around the shop. They chatted lightly and bought the seeds. Then they headed over to Julia's. Julia poured Chelsea some milk. Chelsea looked around, searching for Vaughn.
"He's outside," Julia said.
"Oh…" Chelsea replied.
Chelsea heard the door open and Vaughn walked in.
"Mirabelle, the animals are dry. Need anything else?" Vaughn called.
"No, that's all for now," Mirabelle said.
Chelsea walked into the shop area. She had just had a chicken coop built and Mirabelle had given her a chick. She walked over to the counter.
"I need chicken food," Chelsea said.
"How much?" Mirabelle smiled.
"About ten days worth, I guess," Chelsea answered.
"That'll be 100G," Mirabelle said.
Chelsea handed her the money and was surprised when Mirabelle asked Vaughn to walk with her back to Ranch Island. Vaughn did so, walking behind Chelsea, carrying the chicken feed. Chelsea had offered to carry some, but Vaughn had declined.
They walked north, to the coop and stepped in. Miyuki, the chick, chirped and approached Chelsea. Chelsea smiled, as did Vaughn. Vaughn put the feed in the feed dispenser and leaned against the wall. He was smiling.