One-Shot Collection
This is another request. I honestly don't have anything to say about this one-shot.
Title: The Worst and the Best
Summary: Alice is happy with Vaughn. But how does one girls sudden appearance in their change that?
Story Type: Request.
Stars: Alice (OC) and Vaughn.
Word Count: 1,847
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. These include the characters made up by Natsume for their games, or the characters created by other users. I'm simply using them to tell a story.
It had been a week, not any person could ever forget. It wasn't hard at least for me, because at the end, for some reason I found myself sitting in a large hole, which was a couple feet deep. A girl above me, with eyes like flowers, didn't possess a smile on her face, but rather a large frown, similar to one I had seen many times on the island. Her hair was blonde, with a hint of brown, and she wore a black cowboy suit along with black gloves. Her eyes were blue, matching her small earrings. This girl was my enemy and rival. Her name was Clarissa.
A week previous to the present day, she had arrived on the island with her parents, Margaret and Henry. They were looking to buy an animal farm so they could help and live on the island. Unfortunately, things didn't turn out well for because we already had two farms, both in which were mostly centered on animals. The parents had come from a rich background, descended from kings and queens, but preferred life on a farm to in a palace. But royalty always comes with royally pain attitudes, so for days after, the daughter tried to befriend me, only to try to convince me to sell my farm.
By Wednesday, she had really gotten on my nerves. Four days of constant pestering and nagging was starting to frustrate me. Making friends had never been hard for me, I was on good terms with everyone on the island, except this girl and her family. I could sense some sort of bad vibes whenever I was around them. In the morning, I greeted Vaughn as his boat docked, and her eyes (because she had followed me down to the dock) sparkled. When Vaughn caught her glance, his eyes turned fire red, and instantly, the bad vibes started again. I didn't understand this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach, or the cold shoulder Vaughn started to give me for the next couple days. But one day, I had enough.
A Week Previous
The anger in my heart had finally burst, causing me to feel grouchy, angry, annoyed. Something was up with Vaughn and Clarissa, or had been for that matter. Today was the third day Vaughn had ignored me, and I was finally going to get to the bottom of this. I didn't care if Vaughn hated me. I didn't care if he wanted to end or relationship. I didn't care about anything. I wanted to know the truth.
I opened the door with thoughts of negative feelings and emotions. I felt like no one trusted me, like confiding in me wasn't something anyone had considered. I kept secrets. I'd never tell anyone anything. But I guess Vaughn didn't feel that was case...that wasn't the case..
Turning the corner, I found a surprise waiting for me. There on my barn, was vandalism. In big bold black letters were the word "LEAVE SUNSHINE ISLANDS AND VAUGHN OR PAY THE PRICE". I stood there for a moment gaping at the words. I then ran into the barn to make sure my animals were safe, and thankfully they were, the inside of the barn was wrecked, hay was everywhere, and the doors to the pens had been smashed. My makers were gone, but my animals were all safe. They lay on the piles of hay scattered throughout, asleep. I sighed in relief, but then it started to hit me. I was ruined. It would take seasons to repair everything. All my years' worth of work was gone within one night. I felt the tears well up in my eyes, and the anger was now replaced with sadness and self-pity.
I turned from my barn and closed the door while trying to find the best solution to my problem. I started towards Mirabelle's shop, hoping that Julia would give me some advice. I opened the door to their shop, and by now the tears were gone. "Alice!" I heard someone exclaim.
I turned my head to see Julia, my best friend. She bounced over to me with an excited look, but as she got closer, her face changed to confusion. "Hey.." She said gently, as she reached me. "What's wrong?" She put her arm around my shoulders.
I tried to keep the tears from falling. "Oh nothing, my life just sucks" I started to cry.
The tears started to fall. They fell and fell and fell. I could feel Julia tense up beside me. "Mirabelle!" She called while sitting my down on the couch. A short chubby lady appeared, and her eyes widened when she saw me. "Oh dear" the lady exclaimed.
Julia frowned. "Vaughn should be the one consoling you...You are in a rela-"
"No" I interrupted, casting my feelings for Vaughn aside. "I think that's over"
"WHAT!" Julia shouted. "I'M GONNA.." She started to get up, but I pulled on her shirt, forcing her to sit down.
"Don't do anything Julia. Please!"
Julia looked at me in confusion. "Why not? I mean, he's causing you pain. Just for that I want to punch his face"
Mirabelle reached us with a cup of water, and I took it willingly. "That's not entirely it" I sipped the water. "First, Clarissa and her family start pasturing me about selling. Then Vaughn stops talking to me, and after an entire year of work is wasted.."
"Wait" Mirabelle looked at me "What do you mean?"
"I woke up this morning and went to my barn, only to find a warning outside my barn, and a massive amount of vandalism inside" I shook my head. "It was horrible"
Julia cocked her head. "Warning?"
"Yeah. It said 'Leave Sunshine Island and Vaughn or Pay the Price." I placed the cup of water down on the coffee table.
"That has to be Clarissa.." Julia looked to the floor. "She and Vaughn have a past..."
"What!"
Julia shook her head. "It isn't my place to say.."
"My barns been destroyed, I'm being pestured and ignored, I think I should know ever if Vaughn doesn't want to tell me" I looked from Mirabelle to Julia.
Mirabelle sighed, before sitting down on the chair beside the couch. "Years ago, when Vaughn was still in high school, Clarissa had a big crush on him. She befriended him like you did, and they fell in love. Her parents disapproved"
Julia didn't smile. "The parents tried everything to break them a part, which led to the death of Vaughn's family in a car accident. That left a scar on his heart, because he was close to his family especially his little sister Trinity. Clarissa started to speak badly of Vaughn's family, and they weren't worthy enough to associate with her family. Vaughn got angry and broke it off with her then"
Mirabelle looked at me. "We hadn't heard from here since that day, so when she suddenly showed up he got very angry" She placed her hands in her lap and looked at me affectionately. "You changed him Alice. You made him into the man we never expected"
I laughed, "Sure..." I felt sad for Vaughn. All those years of pain coming back to him all of a sudden. "I should go" I stood up. "I have to go and find Gannon. I need to know the cost of fixing my barn.."
I looked at Julia and Mirabelle, who I swore had a look of concern on their face. Smiling, I left them in the shop and started towards Gannon's place. But as I approached the building, I felt someone put a blindfold over me, and I went into a state of darkness.
Later
I awoke to a black sky above me. I looked around, noticing a dirt floor and wall. I was indeed in a hole. "Ha!" a voice from above exclaimed.
I looked up to see a dark figure. "You're so stupid! Thinking that I wouldn't act on my threat. Well I did!" I recognized the voice as Clarissa. She sounded happy, yet angry and desperate at the same time. I flinched, afraid of what she may do next.
"All this.." I said, trying to stall her. "For a guy?"
"He's worth it!" She laughed. "Oh Alice. You don't understand yet do you? I want Vaughn back! That's why i came, to get him back from you! And there's no way you're going to stop me"
I sighed knowing this was true. Suddenly I heard Clarissa scream. Another dark figure jumped her from behind, and they both fell into the pit. One of the figures lay on the ground, motionless, while the other was standing. I prepared myself to scream, but a hand went over my mouth. I squinted and tried to recognize the person.
"Shh" They said. "It's okay"
I gasped "Vaughn, is that you?"
A light turned on, a flashlight perhaps, and I could see his face. It was indeed Vaughn. He hugged me, and I could feel the warmth of his body flow on to mine. "I don't understand" I murmured into his shoulder. "Why did you ignore me?"
He moved so he was beside him. Vaughn's arm was around my shoulder, and his hat covered his face. "I didn't want her to hurt you.." He said. "She has the capability to do that"
I smiled. "You didn't want to big bad wolf to get me, eh?"
"Uh..." He looked at me, unsure of what I meant. But eventually he understood. "Yeah, I guess"
"Hey" I suddenly remembered something. "Aren't you supposed to be at work! It's.."
"Sunday" He laughed softly " You've been out ever since yesterday afternoon and I know. But I quit work..." He pulled something out of pocket, and it didn't take me long to realize what the item was. A Blue Feather. "To give you this"
My mouth fell open and I looked at him.
"Marry me" He smiled sweetly. "You're the only one who could make me truly happy"
My smile widened and I lunged at him. He was on the ground, with me on top of him. Vaughn looked at me, really shocked and I giggled. "You're so sweet"
Without waiting for his response, I kissed him hard, trying to regain the time we had lost. He remained tense for a moment, but relaxed into the kiss. He replied urgently, as his tongue forced its way into my mouth, and mine into his. His arms wrapped themselves my waist and he pulled me closer to him. I was crushed between his arms and body. He continued to kiss, and eventually I found myself on the ground, while he was on top of me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer with all my might. We now pressed closely to one another, and our kisses grew more forceful and urgent. With each kiss our appetite grew stronger and stronger, yet so did our bond. Everything would turn out fine. Because I loved Vaughn more than anything else in the world.