HERE'S THE NEXT LONG AWAITED CHAPTER YAAAAY ^-^! (Sorry it took so long.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon in any way, form, or fashion. Go talk to Natsume and Marvelous if you don't believe me XD.
~Molly's POV~
I glanced up at Chase after a while. He was still staring at me with those fierce eyes of his. After I had just poured out my horrible story to him, it felt hard to even think of talking to him.
"Uh."
"Um." We both said at the same time. He looked at me for a moment.
"You go first."
"Um...right...well, I was going to ask you if you wanted to get back to your farm."
"Oh right! I've probably been such a bother to you. You just got off of work, right? Not to mention Angela might have come back by now." I said giving him the best smile I could muster up.
"Nah your fine, really. I'm the one who made you stay, remember?" Chase looked towards the door.
"If you need me to...I can come back with you. Make sure everything is alright. Not to mention, I don't think I want you walking home alone after what just happened."
I tensed remembering the shadowy figure that was emerging from Fugue Forest. Chase must have realized because he put a hand on my shoulder and squeezed.
"Don't worry too much. I'll grab a few people tomorrow and we'll investig-"
"NO!" The thought of Chase or anyone else running into the rogue sprite scared me horribly.
"You worry too much. Nothing bad is going to happen. We're just going to search around for a while and when it starts to get dark we'll call it a day and turn back. I'll even take the loud mouth Luke along with whoever I gather up. He should know the forest pretty well. Trust me, we'll be fine."
"But what if something bad does happen. What if it won't be fine, what'll happen then? I'm sure it was just the wind that blew the door open. Now that I think about it I'm sure it was the wind. If you leave it alone-"
"Look. Chances are that it was either the wind or an actual person. Just let me go look. It may seem a little bizarre but if it was the person...or thing that was at your house then we should go have a look. Now that I think about it, I should probably check to see if anything was left behind by whatever was at your house. Where did you say the thing was again?"
"I heard it come from behind the barn. I'm sorry, I didn't check because I didn't want to seem as stupid as those people in those horror films who go to where the bad thing is and end up dying." I flushed, I was paranoid, I admit it.
"Haha. Understandable. Don't be embarrassed. You had better judgement in running then staying. Though I will say that it was pretty stupid of you to run to an even more secluded area. If it really was like a horror movie, don't you think that the forest would be the worst place to run to?" I looked at Chase and saw that he was smirking. He was teasing me.
"WAH! Don't tease meeeee!" I whined, hiding my face behind my hands.
He started to laugh and I peeked out from between my hands.
"C'mon. I'll walk you home." Chase pulled me up from my chair and lead me to the door.
We walked outside and it was still pretty dark out. An hour had probably passed by already, I felt the chill of the darkness sweep over my legs, it was much calmer than it had been earlier. I walked beside Chase as we crossed the bridge towards the farm. We didn't talk but I didn't really mind. I was too tired to think of anything to say anyways. We were nearly to the path leading to the house when I heard someone walking around the field.
"MOLLY! MOLLY WHERE ARE YOOOOOOOOOU!" I heard Angela scream, her voice sounded like it was cracking.
"Don't just stand there! Call out for her too!"
"Right...sorry..." There was someone with her.
"MOLLY!" The two voices called out together. The other voice was a man's, it was a deep and smooth kind of voice. Angela's was coated with fear.
"Angela must be going crazy trying to find you that she actually brought some help. What are you waiting for? Call back to her." Chase told me.
I wanted to call out to her but I suddenly felt my throat tighten up.
"What's going on?" I croaked out which caused Chase to look at me with wide eyes. I felt tears start to accumulate in my eyes.
"Ohmygosh. Why am I crying again. Everything's okay now and yet..." I started wiping the tears away as we walked up the path. I was so weak, I couldn't even keep my tears in, how embarrassing. I started to make a really weird whining sound as Angela and the man with her came into view which caused Angela to turn.
~Angela's POV~
When Wizard and I reached the farm house I was shocked to find Molly not there.
"Where is she! Wizard! Don't you know?" I called looking to him. He sheepishly shook his head and I started to panic.
'Oh no.' I looked in the coop and she wasn't there.
I ran to the barn and saw Millie had her back left hoof wrapped up. She wasn't injured before we went to sleep so something must have happened. I noticed a big dent in the barn wall that wasn't there before and my heart skipped three beats at least.
'Oh no, oh no!' I slid to the floor, the only evidence of Molly being here was the wrap on Millie's hoof.
"She's not...in the hot springs...Angela?" Wizard had come into the barn and came over to my slumped figure on the floor.
"What if the rogue sprite captured her? She wouldn't have run away from the farm unless something was either! Where is she?" I started to tremble and suddenly stood up, startling Wizard.
"MOLLY! MOLLY WHERE ARE YOU!" I screamed on the verge of tears while running out of the barn with Wizard behind me who just stood there.
"Don't just stand there! Call out for her too!" He looked at me a little shocked.
"Right...sorry..." He said.
"MOLLY!" We called out. I was so certain that she was somewhere, crying or scared right about now that I started to panic and I could tell that my voice was slightly cracking.
That's when I heard it. It was the sound of someone wheezing and whining from sobbing so hard. I turned to the path and saw Chase trying to calm down a crying Molly. She looked at me and I was going to call out to her but I didn't in fear that my voice would sound scratchy. I had to keep a strong face in front of Molly or else she would feel even worse.
I started bounding down the pathway towards Molly who was trying to wipe her tears away.
'What a trooper'
As soon as I got close enough I pulled her into a tight hug. She was shivering cold and I noticed she was bare foot and her feet were scratched up so I guessed she was running.
"Molly you almost gave me a heart attack. Where were you?" Molly just looked at me through teary eyes.
"Where was I! Where were you? The moment I couldn't find you I started to freak out. And then something was behind the barn. Obviously you wandered off to far after I told you not to!" Molly said wheezing.
"Behind the barn?" I said, suddenly alert.
"Was it th-"
"I'll tell you when we're alone." Molly whispered in my ear. I nodded.
"Um."
"Ahem." Wizard and Chase were both staring at our little reunion.
"Oh. Mr. Wizard, what brings you here?" Molly said as Chase silently regarded him by a nod of his head which Wizard returned.
"Angela and I...were having a discussion earlier...which I think you might be interested in." Wizard said.
"And please...just Wizard, would be fine." He gave a slight cough of embarrassment and I chuckled.
"What sort of discussion?" Chase suddenly asked.
"None of your concern I'm sure." I snapped at him. Whether he helped Molly or not I still did not like his bad attitude.
"So it's okay for Molly to hear but not me?"
"She's my sister you big headed Chef Boyardee!" I screamed and I saw his eyes glow with anger.
"Excuse me? Would you mind repeating that?" He developed a twitch.
"I'm sorry. Do you prefer instead?" I was enjoying this.
"Can you stop with those jokes?" He shouted back at me.
"Actually...it might be better for him to know..." Wizard muttered and Molly agreed with him.
"What! Are you serious?" Chase gave me a smug look.
"Well, he has become close to Molly. No matter what the relationship...he saved her once and she was with him after this time too. The bringer is going to think of him...as someone who is interfering and might make it a point to get rid of him too." At this, Chase became serious.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm saying...that you might be in danger as well..." Wizard returned Chase's serious look and I could feel the tension in the air.
"Um." We all turned to the small voice that came from Molly.
"Maybe we should go inside..." She looked like she was shivering to death.
"That's right! Hurry up, we need to treat those cuts on your feet. Let's go you two. We'll talk inside or else my sister will catch a cold." Without any protesting, everyone filed into the house and I turned the living room/kitchen lights on. We all took seats on the sofa and love seat. Molly and I sat in the love seat while the guys sat on the sofa.
Without hesitation, Molly started to explain the situation to Chase. About the bells, about the sprites (including Fin) about saving the Harvest Goddess, and about the rogue sprite.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait...wait. So you're telling me...that there is a mystical being, who wants to kill Angela and Molly and because I'm "close" to Molly that now they are going to want to kill me?" Chase stared at us with what seemed to be confusion.
"Yes. That's exactly it." Wizard said bluntly. Chase and Wizard stared at each other for a moment more.
"I'm going."
"Hold on!" Chase looked back and glared at Molly.
"N-n-never mind..." I became angry. Poor Molly was scared to death of the looks that guy gave her.
"No Molly! He should hold on because what we're about to tell him might very well be the thing that saves his life." I turned to Chase who gave me an angry glare.
"Now you believe in the Harvest Goddess right?"
"I don't need to answer to you." Chase said.
"Well answer anyways!"
"Yes, I do."
"She's dying! And if she dies then this whole island dies which means goodbye to all your high quality food."
Chase leaned on the door frame now. Good. I caught his attention.
"You have to believe us Chase!"
"Why should I listen to this...this nonsense?"
"Because this nonsense is true! Not to mention, there is now an evil magical person trying to kill Molly and me and because you saved Molly from the rogue sprite this person sees you as an interference! So now they want to kill you too!"
"When did I save Molly from that thing?" Chase asked.
"When I fell off the bridge...the rogue sprite pushed me off...it also cause the big bruise on my side." Molly's hand gently swept over it and she winced.
"Which reminds me...the second incident I was hit here again..."
"What happened?" Chase sounded concerned all of the sudden. What the hell?
"Oh well...Millie, or should I say the Millie clone, kicked me in the side. That's when Midnight rammed her into the wall and the Millie clone disappeared. The real Millie was behind the barn but something had hurt her left hoof so I wrapped it up."
Chase continued to stare at her as if she were crazy.
"Molly, how in the world can you believe this stuff is actually happening?"
Molly abruptly stood up from her sitting position."Because it's true!" Everyone jumped at Molly's screech.
"The thing is, I don't want to believe it! I wish that it wasn't true. I wish that the Harvest Goddess wasn't dying, I wish that there was no rogue sprite, I wish that I didn't have to go on this wild goose chase for items, and do the tasks, having to have this and that. It's taking up all my time from the farm and I'm surprised that I actually was able to make friends while I'm doing all of this! I came here to start over but now I'm just trying to help this whole island start over! And you want to ask me why I believe in this stuff? I believe in it because if I don't who is going to be the one to save this place?" Usually Molly would slap a hand over her mouth and apologize for yelling at Chase. But this time, she just stood there, red faced and angry and looked like she was about to burst at any second.
Wizard and I looked at Chase, I was ready to knock his lights out if he decided to yell back at Molly. But he also did something way out of character. He marched straight up to Molly, put a hand on her trembling shoulder, and with kind eyes said.
"I believe you..." Molly looked up at him, and her character came back as she shied away from his touch to sit back down.
Is it just me or am I missing something here?
After Wizard explained the conversation he and I had to Chase and Molly and after many words to convince Chase that we were not pulling his leg or were in a cult, Wizard and Chase left the house leaving Molly and I alone.
"You think they'll be okay on their way back home?" Molly asked after a moment.
"Ah they're men. They'll survive." I said.
"Now go take a shower and put your clothes on. I'll go in after you, we're going to have to wake up in 2 hours, I have to dress your wounds, and I have to talk to you before then anyways." Molly tilted her head slightly which made her look like a confused puppy.
"Okay, Angel." She smiled and headed off to the shower.
~Molly's POV~
'I wonder what Angela wants to talk about" I thought as I let the warm water run down my body. It calmed me down a little bit.
'I wonder what Chase thinks of all this...' The moment I thought of Chase I felt my face grow warm.
Why was I thinking about him in the shower? Isn't that weird to think of someone while you're in the shower. I slapped my hands to my face and splashed around.
"I'M SUCH A PERVERT!" I shouted.
"YOU ALRIGHT IN THERE MOLLY?" Angela's voice came from the other side of the bathroom door.
"Y-YEAH! DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME!" I called back.
I slumped down in the shower for a few more minutes, not wanting to get out at all but eventually I dragged myself out and went to change clothes in the room where Angela was already dressing.
"I thought you were going to take a shower."
"You took too long so I just used the hot spring instead." Angela looked at me fully dressed in a Red Casual outfit with a crystal necklace on.
"Put the Pink Casual outfit on! We'll match and everyone will be like 'OMG the twins are matching!' and we'll be like 'Oh we didn't even plan it!' but really...we did! It'd be hilarious!" I stared at Angela for a second and shook my head.
"Fine. But only because it does sound sort of fun." She laughed and threw the clothes at me as I quickly got dressed.
I put on my pink seashell necklace and Angela took my hand and lead me to the sofa. We plopped down on it and I noticed the first aid kit in her hand. She pulled my pants legs up and put both of my feet up on her lap as she started to disinfect and bandage me up.
"We can't bother that doctor all the time so we might as well do this ourselves. I am a little concerned about your bruise though." Angela muttered as she continued to tend to my wounds.
"What was it you wanted to ask me?" I asked as Angela finished wrapping the rest of my last foot up.
"Well...it's just that you told me that you and that guy weren't on very good terms."
"What? Which guy?"
"You know the one I'm talking about...Chase."
My face went blank as she mentioned Chase. It was true that he and I didn't see eye to eye in the beginning, but we were just now starting to become more open to one another.
"Well. We're starting to get to know each other a little better."
"Starting? When I came it seemed like you guys were already well acquainted. Sure you were shy around him but that's not so different from every other guy you've met. You seem...different around him."
"Chase and I have a weird...relationship. He gets angry at me, I get angry back, I shut my mouth and let him yell at me some more and it's over."
"Then what was that a while ago?"
I gave Angela a questioning look.
"You know. When you yelled at him! You didn't apologize, you just remained angry. And from how you described him he's the type that usually gets angry back. But he didn't get angry at you, he smiled and told you that he believed you! Which is another thing! He believed you but he didn't even think twice about it when Wizard or I said anything. What's going on here Molly?"
"Nothing! There couldn't possibly be anything going on! That's impossible seeing as how he is only an aquaintance."
"Yeah, because if he were a friend that would be a little too weird to like him. You don't like your friends because you don't want to screw up the friendship!"
"We're not like that for the last time! Why can't you believe me!"
"Because I'm your twin! I can just tell, Molly!"
"STOP PULLING THAT FACADE OUT AROUND ME! YOU'RE NOT MY TWIN YOU'RE MY HALF-SISTER AND YOU KNOW IT!" I yelled.
"STOP!" Angela cried. She put her hands over her face.
"Don't say that! We are twins! We have to be! We are!" I got a pain in my heart and my throat felt dry. I made her cry just like last time.
"You're right Angel. We're twins, I'm sorry. How silly of me to think any other way." I patted my sisters shoulder and leaned on her as she cried.
"You're right so don't cry anymore or you're gonna make me cry." Angela held onto me tightly.
"We are twins. We are twins." Angela continued to chant as if she were in a trance. I hadn't seen her break down like that in years.
"I'm sorry. Of course we are. We always were."
She looked at me through teary eyes. "You promise?"
"I swear." I smiled at her and she hugged me tighter.
"Thank you, Dolly."
"I'm sorry, Angel."
SHOCKER! Though I'm sure you all kinda saw something like this coming...no? Well yeah, if you did then this is it. I'll get more in detail about their past in future chapters but the tenth chapter seemed to make an appropriate revelation chapter. And now Chase knows! How is he going to deal with it? And does Molly like Chase like Angela thinks she does? Read on on to continue! And review please!