Tada! I must say that this chapter is VERY long! My fingers are about to fall of...XD!!! Anyway I hope you enjoy. Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest moon or any of the songs mentioned in this! Warning: Slight chance you will cry!

I ran as fast as I could from Yuki, who was inches behind me.

"I'm coming!" He shouted.

"You won't catch me--" I slammed into the fence.

"Ow..." I mumbled.

"Are you okay?" Yuki asked.

"Yep." I turned and smiled.

"Kids! Let's get going, it is time for dinner!" our mama called.

"Okay!" We both shouted then raced to the back door and into the kitchen.

We watched as my mom put a huge plate of spaghetti on the table. Yuki reached over to grab some and my mama swiped his hand.

"Ow, what?" He asked.

"Wait until your father sits down." She smiled and I giggled while Yuki sulked.

Daddy came in the room a few seconds later "What are we having?" He asked me.

"Spaghetti!" I grinned.

"That sounds great, I'll just take this whole plate of it and go upstairs." He grabbed the whole thing of spaghetti and walked away.

"Hey!" Yuki protested.

"Kidding!" Daddy turned around and grinned.

I giggled and we all sat down and ate.

"So how is Violin practice Hikari?"

"It's okay...though I only know three songs."

"Well, keep practicing and it will pay off!" Daddy grinned.

"Thank you daddy!" I smiled.

"Yuki! Hikari! Can you come down here?"

Yuki sighed "Betcha it has something to do with what's his name." He finished changing a bandage on his wrist.

He sighed "Let's go..."

"Um...okay."

We walked downstairs to see mama and that guy standing right by the stairs. He had been with us for a year now and he had already beaten Yuki up twice. My mama just stared at Yuki while that was happening. I coughed a little and continued to look up at them. He never had done much to me, he pushed me around when I was in his way and that was it.

"We are going on a little trip together for the night. There is some stuff in the fridge for you to eat."

Yuki didn't say anything. If he talked back or gave them a look he would get beaten up.

"Fine." He mumbled. Yuki had me behind him, I didn't know why though. When they left, Yuki went into the kitchen and started making dinner. We didn't like mama's food anymore, so Yuki learned to make food on his own. When we got done eating we walked upstairs.

"I'm sick of that guy! I wish I could run away!" he said in frustration before laying in his bed. I didn't say anything.

I laid in the bed then tried to fall asleep. I woke up to thunder booming around me. I looked and saw Yuki stuffing stuff in his bad.

"Yuki?" I got up "What are you doing?"

He turned to look at me "I'm running away...to try and find dad."

"What?" I felt my stomach twist.

He opened the window and started crawling out "Wait!" I said and grabbed his arm, tears spilling down my face.

"Don't go!"

He smiled sadly "I have to, I will come back for you. I promise." Then he dropped down to the ground and saw him running, thunder booming again. I stared in shock, I started to sob. He never would save me...I was going to save myself.

"That no good--" The guy trailed off. He glared at me "Where did he go!?"

"I...I don't know...I was asleep and when I woke up...he was gone--" Then I felt a sharp pain across my face, he hit me. He pushed me to the ground and started to beat me up, I tried pushing away but it was no good. Mama was at work, he could do as much beatings as he wanted. When he was done, I was too scared to move. I felt pain everywhere. I laid there motionless.

"Get up!" I almost yelped at the kick and I jumped back up. I felt my body shaking with fear, he grinned, a grin that almost made me puke.

"You will do whatever I say! Got it!"

I winced "Yes!"

I walked downstairs slowly, I've been enduring this for a year now, two years have gone by since daddy left, one year since Yuki disappeared. I shivered about what happened last night. I didn't even want to describe it in my head. I saw mama cleaning in the kitchen.

"Um...mama?"

"Yes?"

"Um...can you please break up with that guy...?"

"Why is that?"

I stood straight "I...I don't like how he treats me...he has done...much worse to me then he did with Yuki...can it...please sto--"

I heard a crack as her hand made contact with the side of my face. I stood there stunned.

"You're a no good lier! I will never break up with him! If you don't like him you can just die! See if I care!" She yelled. I stared up at her, her look scared me, I frowned. My face heated up "Well Fine! Let him rape you and beat you till you can't even move! See if I care!" Then I stormed upstairs without even looking at her again. I locked the door and grabbed my backpack. I hesitated for a second. Why was I doing this, I was only 7 and running away? How would I survive? I shook that out of my head, anywhere was better than here. I scribbled a little note to them and put it on my bed. I heard footsteps marching up stairs. I looked at the corner of the room to see my violin case. I grabbed it before I opened the window. I heard the lock snap and I jumped out of the window and ran as fast as I could. I finally stopped out of breath. I panted heavily, the sun was setting. I stared at it blankly, I had no idea what to do now. Stealing their credit cards was only going to get me so far. I looked for a super market, when I found one I could only get at least enough things to last me three days, after that, I would be in trouble. I ate the food carefully but finally I had ran out. I sat on corner of a busy street in the city, I traveled a lot for the past week. People were cheap, they only gave me change. Either that or people would always look at me funny, either a look of pity or a look that said "I'm lucky I'm not her." And most would just ignore me without looking. There were times where someone would drop a candy bar for me and that was it. One day it was extremely hot, I tried to stay in as much shade as possible, my back was soaked with sweat, same with my face and well...everywhere. I didn't realize it but I fell asleep...or past out. When I did realize it, I snapped my eyes open. I was laying in a bed, at first I thought I was back home but this looked more like a hotel room. I looked around, there were two beds, the one I was in and the one next to mine was all made. The TV was on, it was the news. I was now in a pair of PJ's and my bag was right next to my bed. I tried to stay awake but then I closed my eyes again and fell asleep.

"Is she going to be okay?" I soft voice asked.

"Yeah, she is just tired. Good thing you found her though, she was dehydrated and almost suffered from heat stroke. She will be fine now, all she needs is some rest. If she gets feverish, give her some of this medication."

"Alright."

I heard the door open and shut. I groaned and opened my eyes. I looked over and saw a woman. She looked like she was in her late 20's or early 30's. She had light blond hair and sapphire blue eyes. She was staring into space like she was in thought.

"Who...who are you?" I was able to ask. She blinked and looked at me, her face full of kindness.

"Are you okay?"

"I don't know. Usually if a strange person picks a child up that is called kidnapping...Am I okay?"

She giggled "Don't worry, I mean no harm."

"That is something a weirdo would say." I smiled "Plus even if you aren't I could be a fake homeless person...and try and steal your stuff."

She giggled again "Well, I trust you, plus I don't think you could fake a heat stroke."

My smile grew "That...true I think..."

"You sound kind of like my son."

I heard a growl then looked at my stomach "Um...sorry Miss."

"It's fine, you can get some clothes on and we can get something to eat. I washed your clothes when you were sleeping so they should be nice and clean now."

"Um...thank you Miss."

I got up and slipped on my clothes. She took me outside into the light and noise of the city.

"How long was I asleep?" I asked looking up at her.

"You past out this morning...as you can see it is night now, you haven't missed anything though." She smiled. She looked around "I just need to get a taxi...I stink at these things."

I looked around, I had been to the city a few times "Um...I think if the light on the taxi is off...that means that no one is in it. If you want to get there attention you...I think put your arm out."

She did what I said and it stopped for us, she turned to look at me "You are good at this." Her smile grew. For some reason I couldn't help but smile back. We went to this one italian restaurant. She ordered a few things and they came out. The smell of all the food made my mouth water.

"Well...dig in."

"Um...are you sure Miss...I mean..." I paused, my stomach screaming for me to eat.

"It's my treat, go ahead." She smiled warmly.

I stared at her then down at the food "T-...thank you..." I tried not to make me look like a slop and ate the nicest I could.

"So, how old are you?"

I looked up "7 Miss...I just turned 7 a few months ago."

"Wow, you are the same age as my son. That is interesting. Do you have any hobbies."

"Um...well...no not really. For a while now I haven't done anything interesting."

"Do you play violin?"

I kind of sounded stupid now, my violin stuck out like a soar thumb.

"Um...yes...but I haven't played in a while...and I only know about two songs."

"Which songs, when I was younger I used to play too."

"Um...Lilum...and...Yuuki no Uta."

"Huh did your parents teach you?"

"Yeah, they showed me how to play those songs...and that's it."

"I can teach you to play whatever song you want if you like?"

I looked up "Really?"

"Yep!"

"That would be so neat!" I smiled.

"Well then, hear is the secret. You know how to do the basics right?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, get the music...or the notes and just turn them into violin notes...then you can create your song."

I stared at her "That's...that's all...?"

"I know it sounds soooo simple." She laughed.

"Yeah...I thought it would've been harder."

When we were finished she started taking me somewhere else.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

She turned to smile at me "I'm going to do some quick shopping real quick. Is that okay?"

"Um...yeah."

We went to what looked like a mall, another thing about my mama, she never took me shopping. We walked in and there were clothes as far as the eye could see.

"Woah..." I mumbled.

"You can look around if you'd like, they have a lot of things here."

"Um...okay."

I glanced at all the girl clothes, my mama used to just buy things that would fit me, I never actually went shopping with her. I tried on a few outfits that fitted me. I liked the clothes, then I forgot that I didn't have any money. I moaned and went out to put them back. The lady was standing out there.

"Are you done?"

"Um...yes..."

"Okay then." She smiled and took the clothes "Let's go."

"Wait! What are you doing?" I asked looking at her.

"I said I needed to go shopping."

"I thought you meant for yourself..." I said quietly.

"I got a few things, but I thought you would like some stuff too."

"Um...thank you Miss." I said blushing slightly.

While she was checking out I looked around at all the people. The next thing I saw made me almost scream. There was my mama, she was looking at some of the clothes, that man came next to her and said something that made her laugh. I stared then looked at the ground. They were so much happier without me. I looked at the ground.

"Ready?" She asked smiling.

I looked up, that sad feeling went away. I didn't know why but I smiled "Yep!"

We walked back to the hotel. The next few days were fun. We went out a few times, plus she helped me with the violin. After that she taught me how to cook.

"So um...you mix the batter up till there is nothing left...right?"

"Yep."

Suddenly I smelled something burning, I turned next to me to see the stove on fire.

"AAAAAh...Miss...the stove!" I said.

She looked over "Oh, look at that..." acting like nothing was wrong, she went over and put it out.

"How...how did you stay calm?" I asked, still baffled by her attitude.

She turned and smiled "Always be prepared for anything, if you can handle it, there is no need to panic." She looked at the food "Looks like we might need to eat out again." She joked.

I laughed, this was the most fun I had ever had. While we were eating she looked up at me and asked "So hon? Why did you leave your family?"

I looked up at her then to the ground "They didn't want me."

"Why would you say that?"

"Mama divorced daddy and then married a mean man. Mama didn't care about what he did to big brother and me, she only paid attention to the man."

Her expression was serious "What did the man do to you and your brother?"

I opened my mouth...then closed it "Stuff."

"Can you tell me?"

"No..."

"Why is that?"

"The guy said never to tell anyone about what he did to me or big brother, me especially. He said he would hurt me and big brother even more if we did."

"You can tell me, he won't know." Her face was kind but still very serious.

I looked at the ground and told her the kind of things he did. She stared at me, her expression still calm, but her eyes full of shock. We were quiet after that.

"Sorry..."

"For what, you didn't do anything."

"Now you seem mad..."

"I'm not mad at you." She smiled "I might be able to help you."

After about a week she took me somewhere. We stopped by an area by the sea that had many shops. She opened a door and it ringed.

A women with short brown hair looked up from putting some new loaves of bread on the counter.

"Well, I haven't seen you in a while." The new woman smiled.

"I know, it has been a while. Is your husband here? I need to talk to you two."

She looked down at me "Hikari, do you like dogs."

I smiled and nodded.

"Well, this nice lady has a puppy would you like to play with him?"

"Yes please." my smile grew.

The lady took me to the backyard and a little brown puppy jumped on me "She is so cute. Is she a friend of your son's?"

"No, I found her while I was in the city...this is something I wanted to talk to you about."

Turns out, they were talking about mama and the weird man, the new lady's husband was a police man and when he heard about this, he was a bit mad. Later Miss told me that the man was gone now. I heard them talking in the middle of the night, I snuck downstairs to listen.

"I don't understand why that women is so cruel to her child. I heard that her son Yuki is now in custody with their father now." Miss said.

"I can't seem to locate them at this moment, last time I checked I think they moved to the United States for a trip." The police man said.

Miss sighed "When her mom was filling out the forms she didn't even seem phased that she was giving her only daughter. The only emotion that seemed to appear was rage that her husband had been caught with something like that."

"Well, I can have both of them sign a restraining order so they can't be anywhere near Hikari. Although I'm sure it will be a while till he gets out of jail." The police man said.

"Well, thank you for adopting her, I'm sure she will like it here."

"It is nothing, I'm happy we get to be with a child like her, she is so kind and nice. I feel so angry that that woman could do that to her." The lady said.

I stared at the ground, not knowing how to act. Should I cry out of sadness or joy that I wouldn't see my mama again?

The next day, Miss had her bags.

"I can't wait to see you again Hikari."

"You are leaving already?" I asked.

"Don't worry sweetie, Mai and Daisuke will take good care of you. There is a nice school here for you to go to and you can run around and things like that." She smiled.

"When will I see you again?" I asked.

"I will come back, maybe you could take a trip to the island I live at, I'm sure my son would like to meet you."

She smiled and started walking "Wait!" I said.

She turned around "What is your real name Miss...? Um...I kind of need to know." I smiled.

"My name is Akina, plus if you want anymore info I live on Waffle Island with my son and husband." She smiled.

I grinned then waved "See you later!" I shouted.

"Oh yeah," she turned around again "Remember to always look at positive things no matter what! Don't let anything get in your way."

"Got it!" I grinned.

2 weeks later...

"Hikari, do you want more pie?" Mai asked.

"Yes please." I said.

"Did you do anything fun in school?" Daisuke asked.

"Yep! We learned about animals today! I never knew there were so many." I grinned.

He chuckled "There are tons of animals!"

I heard a crash then looked to my left, a blue vase with daffodils crashed on the floor.

"Oh my! How did that happen?" Mai said.

I helped her pick up the flowers, I was kind of nervous, I didn't know why. A uneasy feeling ran through my gut. I shook it off, I might have just been stunned from the vase crashing. I stared at the flowers in my hand, they were already droopy. Part of me wondered why because I just picked them.

10 years later...

I made sure my school uniform looked alright, I grabbed my books and ran downstairs and out the door.

"Mai, Daisuke! I'm leaving!"

"Okay, have a good time! Make sure you come back in time for work!"

"Got it!" I slipped my shoes on and headed to school. After school I said goodbye to my friends and headed back home. I started baking some pastries for the store, seeing some familiar faces go by. A familiar old man walked in.

"Hi! Do you want the same as usual?" I asked.

He chuckled "You know me quite well. Yes I will have the usual."

I handed the bag with a strawberry pastry and some tea.

"Please come again." I smiled.

"You know I always will."

"Hikari, you have a phone call." Mai said.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"I think it might be your boyfriend."

"I don't have a boyfriend!" I snapped.

"Well there is a guy on the phone."

I moaned, she winked at me and I picked up the phone "Hello?"

"Hikari?!" I had to hold the phone away from my ear slightly.

"Yeah. Who is this?"

"It's Yuki!" I almost fell.

"Is this a joke?" I asked.

"No, I ran away when I was nine and you were...six I think, our mom is a bitch and our step-dad is an ass."

I stared wide eyed "Oh my God it is Yuki!" I giggled "So where are you you idiot."

"I'm afraid to tell you because you might beat me up."

"Don't tempted me." I mumbled "Anyway where are you?"

"Waffle Island."

"That's neat...all by yourself?"

"Yeah, I'm old enough to live on my own. I was wondering if in a few months you would like to come live with me? Just to start out fresh."

"Um...well...I'm going to have to talk to my foster parents first...you know."

"Alright then, I'll give you my number so we stay in touch."

I scribbled it down "Thanks...so I'll talk to you later?"

"Yeah. Seeya!"

"Bye."

I hung up and grinned at Mai, who grinned back "How does it feel to hear your brother again?"

I looked outside at the ocean and smiled "Pretty good...personally part of me is saying that a lot is going to be coming up. I'm just wondering what it is."

Well there is Hikari's past! This will have to do with future chapters so if you have any ideas please send me them. Plus this chapter might have been a bit confusing so just send me a message and I'll tell you. Hope you enjoyed! Please Comment!

-00Spirited Away00