This was originally going to be a rambling chapter about Molly's thoughts but I decided to make it part of the story.
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ONTO THE STORY! HUWWAAAAH -(Something my heart screamed again o.O my hearts weird)
~Molly's POV~
Staring up at the ceiling, I thought about everything that had happened recently. The bells, the bullets, the developments between me and Chase...wait...whatdevelopments? There were no developments between me and him...were there?
Sighing, I turned on my side and saw Finn sleeping there peacefully.
'Would you have to leave me one day?' I thought to him, thinking of how lonely it would be by myself.
Angela's house would be built soon. I wouldn't have her around as much helping me, she'll obviously get her own farm.
"Look at all the space I have..." I murmured, looking around my now too big house. It was only a level 2 but it just felt so...empty.
And without Finn there I would be alone.
I smiled, thinking back on my first days here. I hadn't any friends, only a cow and a few turnip plants to my name. No one (including Kathy) believed I would help change their situation. The mayor held me in such high regards, the villagers only saw me as another soul to share their grief with. But then things started to change, the first bell I found, Chase went back to work, food was more thoroughly cooked, Ramsey was back in business, The hot springs were working and Phoebe and Calvin could finally go to the top of the mines again.
That's when they started to recognize me more. Many thought it as coincidence but their personalities warmed more as the fire was restored. I made friends, Luke, Calvin, and Kathy being the closest. Come to think of it, that's when Chase and I started being able to talk more.
The first time I saw Chase my heart skipped one beat. He was handsome, and though he was a chef he was surprisingly quite muscular. Maybe not as much as Luke or Calvin but he had to have a good amount of endurance to stand above a hot stove all day with his hands constantly moving. Skipping from breakfast to lunch to dinner to dessert to in between meals, it had to be tiring. I admired his hair, although it was pinned back it only added more to his charm. He was somberly staring out into the horizon near the church, the setting sun casting such beautiful colors on him. He was cold, his eyes bored yet always intimidating.
I was scared, yet drawn in by those eyes.
The second time we met is when I came to the bar after it was up and running. Kathy thanked me and Hayden called Chase over so I could meet him. Chase, I guess, didn't remember that I had met him before, even if he did all he did was say "hi" and left to work again. I decided it would best to just stay out of his way, he seemed like a work-a-holic...and I was right, he was. Kathy told me not to worry about it so I just disregarded him and I made it a point to not see him.
Then there was the third time I saw him. I giggled at the thought of my first bar night. I was still shaky around Luke and Calvin who talked to Kathy and I at the bar when they would come and we finally established a bar night. I accidentally dropped a whole plate of food, glass plate and all, when Kathy had become drunk and I was so shocked at her behavior that I wasn't paying attention. Chase glared daggers at me like you wouldn't believe. His intimidating, violet eyes, became even scarier. He used to just give me silent "hello's" but after that he became rude and spoke to me more, it was mostly just to tell me not to break anything in the bar anymore. Maybe that's why Finn doesn't like him.
But strangely, I wouldn't trade those moments for a single thing, not ever.
"Geez...I sure do have weird thoughts at night..." I murmured. The reminiscing was putting me to sleep. I tiredly glanced at the clock on my wall and noticed the time.
"It's 2:15 in the morning...WAIT 2 A.M! FINN GET UP!" I shouted and started to pull some pants on over my sleep shorts.
"Wh-Molly? What's going on?" Finn shot up.
"UGH! I'm so STUPID. How could I forget about the church?"
"The church? You mean about searching for Edge's bell?" Finn exclaimed, flitting about my head as I bounded out the door and to Harmonica Town.
"Yeah. If I get what I need to do now then I can work on it tomorrow!"
The lights in town were shut off at this time so I almost ran into a light pole or two and I tripped going up the steps to the Church Grounds.
"Careful!" Finn chided. I nodded and warily climbed the rest of the steps to the area above me. It was engulfed in total darkness.
I approached the church doors when they were suddenly flung open but a horrified looking Perry.
"AAARGGGH! IT'S THE GHOST!" He wailed and ran out.
Finn and I looked at each other and stepped inside, the doors shut as if on cue and we heard a deep, monstrous sobbing.
"That crying is coming from the back..." Finn whispered.
"I really don't like the looks of this..." I responded.
I ran to the door and tried to open it but it wouldn't budge.
"Oh dear Goddess...it's like a horrible, low budget, horror movie!" I squeaked. The sobbing sounded through the building once more.
"I'm scared, but we need to check it out..." I nodded at Finn's word and reluctantly stepped up to the door that was usually locked.
I twisted the knob and the door opened to a set of stairs. The sobbing was louder now and I cringed, shaking with fear.
"I can do this..." I muttered, puffing out my chest and heading up the stairs.
The room above was actually the top of the church where the bell was that they rang for weddings.
My eyes adjusted to the darkness enough for me to see a bell hanging on a wooden altar.
Or to be more exact, the purple bell!
"The sound...is coming from the bell..." I told Finn, he gave me a confused look and it slowly faded into one of annoyance.
"I think I know why..." A purple sprite suddenly appeared in front of the bell.
"I-I'm...*HIC*...Edge...A...*SOB*...Harvest...Sprite...Wa...WAAAAAAAHHH! WAAAAH! WAAAAH! WAAAAAAAH! WAAAAH! WAAAAH!" Edge cried.
"I knew it...such a crybaby..." Finn muttered. It was funny hearing his squeaky voice say it.
"*HIC* *Sniffle* *Sniffle*"
"Can you, uh...ring the bell?" I asked the weeping little sprite.
"WAAAAAAAAHHH! *Sniffle* WAAAH!"
'Oh geez, I didn't mean to make him cry more...'
Finn gave Edge a blank look.
"...Edge, why are you crying?" Finn gave some small concern.
"*Sniffle*...*HIC* Everyone used to come make wishes to the Wishing Shrine...*SOB* Then my bell would ring and everyone would be happy... But now nobody comes to make wishes! Waaaah! No one...visits anymore... I'm so lonely! WAAAAH! WAAAAH!"
"The wishing shrine...? Where is it?" Finn inquired.
"*Sniffle*...In the room...next to the altar." And with that, Edge faded from view.
"Molly, let's go take a look." I nodded and looked at my sprite friend.
"Isn't it a little awkward for people to go into Perry's room to wish." I more stated than questioned. Finn gave a tiny shrug as we made our way to Perry's room.
We strode through the door and noticed a hand-painted mural of the Harvest Goddess hanging with a vase of white flowers in front of it. It was pretty dull looking, as if the artist had decided to not use any color, not even to show the beautiful colors of the Harvest Goddess's robes.
"This is the shrine. Let's make a wish Molly!"
"I don't really have anything to wish for..." I admitted bashfully to him. Finn only smiled and nodded his head in understanding.
"Then I'll make one." He faced the mural and pondered deeply.
"Hmmm...what should I wish for?" A little light bulb seemed to flash above his head.
"Oh, I know!" He started to leap up and down in a cute little manner.
"Please grant my wish! I want to be a taller, more handsome Harvest Sprite!"
I giggled at Finn's lighthearted wish and watched him with anticipation...yet nothing new occurred.
"...Nothing happened. I wonder why? Let's go ask the Harvest Goddess."
"Right, we might be able to find out a little bit more then." I agreed with him and we used to mine cart to head to the Goddess Spring. Perry must have went to spend the rest of the night at Ocarina Inn.
As we arrived at the Goddess Spring, Alan, Collin, Ben, and Darren all suddenly jumped onto my legs, clinging for dear life.
"MOLLY!" Alan shouted.
"YOU'RE OKAY!" Ben followed.
"WE THOUGHT THAT THE ROGUE SPRITE GOT YOU!" Collin added.
"WE WERE *Yaaaaaawn* SO WORRIED!" Darren managed to shout through his grogginess.
"I'm fine you guys. I'm fine!" I laughed and Finn greeted the other sprites. The Harvest Goddess gave us a worried look, she knew that I only came when I had information for her, so I wouldn't stress her out while she tried preserving her remaining energy.
"Finn, Molly, what's the matter?" Finn immediately turned his attention to her.
"How can we get Edge's Bell to ring again, Harvest Goddess?" She looked surprised by this question.
"When a wish is made to the Wishing Shrine, it powers Edge's Bell. That Wishing Shrine is a present I gave to poor, lonely Edge."
"What? Then can't you just charge up Edge's Bell?" She shook her head in dismay.
"I cannot...Edge's Purple Bell is a bell of the heart. Without the wishes of the people, the bell cannot be rung. The land is gradually recovering it's power. However, the people are too busy now to visit the shrine and make their wishes."
"How sad..." I murmured.
"What should we do?" Finn pressed.
"Ask people what their wishes are and take their wishes to the shrine. When you have told the shrine enough wishes, the bell will regain it's lost power!"
"But...how are we supposed to gather wishes? Just go and say 'oh what's your heart's desire sir/madame?'? Unfortunately for me, I'm really bad at lying about my reasons for things."
"People will tell you their wishes if you become their friends." She smiled encouragingly and I nodded.
"Only when enough wishes have been made will Edge's Purple Bell ring. This is the last bell. I'm counting on you!"
"I won't let you down! Angela should be able to help me with this one immensely!" Finn nodded in agreement and after our goodbyes, we left back to the farm.
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"It's so warm in here..." I sighed and Finn nodded happily and snuggled back into the covers as I slid off my jeans and slipped underneath the covers as well.
"You have many friends Molly. This will be a piece of cake for you!" I giggled at Finn's pep-talk.
"Mm-hm. Yeah, sure..." I mumbled.
"It's true!"
"Right, let's count how many then, shall we?" I suggested to Finn.
"Okay!" He shouted gleefully.
"Okay let's see. There's...Kathy!" I whispered.
"Luke." He said and I giggled.
"Calvin."
"Hayden."
"Candace." I pointed out to him.
"Right, Angela counts right?"
"She should, if she has a wish. Put her as no for now though." I told him.
"Okay. There's...Chloe!"
"Oh yes of course. And Mira too."
"Already seven just from you Molly!"
"Eight if you count Angela."
"Why not you too?"
"I don't really have I wish. My wish was granted a while ago." I told him.
"What was that? You never told me." I smiled.
"Well I actually had two wishes Finn."
"Which were."
"One, to get away from my old life."
"And you did!" I giggled at him once more.
"And the second one." I dragged the sentence out.
"C'mon! Tell me!"
"The other one was...to find an ever lasting friend."
"You found one?"
My back was turned to him and I smiled.
"Yup. He's right here with us now!"
Finn looked around startled but then looked at himself and hopped on the bed.
"Oh! ME!"
"Yes you!"
He laughed.
"Okay, I know there is at least one more person who you are friends with Molly." Finn said seriously. I wondered and the comforting smell of oranges drifted through my mind.
"Chase..." I muttered.
"Chase?" Finn sounded incredulous.
"I know how you feel about him...but I was just thinking of him earlier too...he's been on my mind a lot lately..."
Finn was silent.
"Finn?"
No response.
"Finn?" I turned to him and he looked curious.
"F-"
"Molly, are you in love with him?" My face immediately heated up.
"Nn-n-no!" Crap, I stuttered.
"You are in love! YOU LOVE CHASE!" Finn accused me.
"Finn you're delirious! Go to sleep!" But Finn started to jump on my head.
"YOU LOVE THAT COOK! YOU LOVE CHASE!" Finn continued to shout.
"No I don't!"
"Yes you do!"
"No I don't!"
"Yes you do!"
"No I-"
"Yes. You. Do. Yes. You. Do. Yes. You. Do. Yes you do, yes you do, yes you do, YES. YOU. DOOOOOOOOOOO! I can't believe you love that cook!"
I shoved my head in my pillow.
"You have it all wrong!"
"Really?"
"REALLY! I mean, Chase is a rude, sardonic, violent, easily angered, ill-tempered, intimidating, off standish, one-track minded!" I continued the list.
"Mean, pushy, concerns himself in things far too much, head strong, determined, hard-working, confident, caring, brave, lighthearted, easily worried, strong, handsome, fun to be around, cold yet compassionate professional chef..." I found my words becoming warmer and gradually quieting as I went through the list.
"He is completely responsible, warm, protective, and I've completely...fallen...NO I won't say it! I absolutely can't!"
Finn stared up at me, resignation in his pose.
"I can't be..." I squeaked in surprise.
"I just can't be..."
"In love." Finn sighed.
"Give up Molly. Just say you're in love with him."
"No...I'm not in love with him. He doesn't love me back. And even if he did-"
"If he did then you would both be in love with each other!" Finn said.
"Finn..."
"I just can't believe you love that guy. He made you so scared to begin with."
"I know, but he was different..." I suddenly didn't feel tired anymore and I glanced at the clock that now read 5:42 A.M.
"I'm getting dressed..." I shuffled to the shower and shortly after I shuffled to my dresser.
I walked out my house and saw Chase standing near my porch. His hair still unpinned and blowing freely through the windy day break.
'At least out loud...I won't say I'm in love...' (A/N: Just thought of the last line to the song I Won't Say I'm In Love. XD)
"Hey..." I murmured.
He turned to me and flashed a smile that made my heart melt. I finally came to terms with why I always felt like I was embarrassed around him. And it took a naive little sprite to tell me!
"Hey." He responded back to me.
"I came to help you today. Jin says that the gash on my head healed really quickly so I'm getting this off today. Isn't that weird?" Chase pointed to his still wrapped head.
"That kind of gash...and you're already-" I glanced over at Finn who was floating out of the house.
"Finn! Did you-" Finn looked over at the barn with an innocent whistle and quickly flew towards it.
"Finn..." He truly was a good friend.
"What's wrong?" Chase asked.
"Oh nothing...I was just thinking about my next bell mission."
"Oh really? Care to tell me about it?"
"You think you could help me gather the people's wishes?"
"I can accompany you to gather the wishes...whatever that means."
"Thanks...so...after the farm work?"
"After." He clarified and we got to work.
"Just don't forget to remind me. We need to check on Angela and Wizard. I'm sure they were fine last night, but I just want to-"
"I know. That'll be the first thing we do after this is done. Now hurry up, we don't have all day!" Chase said.
"Right..." I smiled at him while he started to feed the poultry.
Crappy chapter I know but the next one will be better. I'm going to post another story on later and it's going to be a JuliusXMolly one just cuz a plot bunny popped into my head and said..."WRITE ME I'M UNIQUE!" So check it out when I post it up!