Disclaimer: I'll never own the rights to this game…they belong to EA. And, I'm sorry for the bad accents here. I tried.
Ch. 2: Arrival on the Island
As soon as we stepped on to the dock we were greeted, well ambushed, by a young-looking girl. She had bright red hair, braided down her back, tucked underneath a baby-blue cowboy hat. The hat had a pin right on the front, a sheriff's badge. Was this girl allowed to be sheriff at her age? Anyway, her vest was like mine, but the same baby-blue color of her hat. She had on dark-blue denim shorts, and blue boots. Around her belt was a rope…probably a lasso. Her eyes amazed me though. Periwinkle blue. It's not too often you see someone with periwinkle blue eyes. And, she was "riding" a toy horse. Cowboy Junction was already looking to be an interesting island.
"Howdy, y'all! Welcome to Cowboy Junction, home to the world famous Chef Gino! I'm the sheriff 'round these parts, but y'all can call me Ginny," she said, "What brings ya ta these parts of the kingdom?" "Well, I'm the new Wandolier under King Roland, and I'm here to see if there's anything I can help you with." I said, while noticing that Buddy was starting to drool. "Is there something wrong, Buddy?" "No, I just smell something. Something good." He said. "That'd be Chef Gino's pizza. He must be makin' another pie for his tour." "He runs a tour?" "Sure, his pizza's famous enough. The tour's gotta be the main attraction here on Cowboy Junction." "Like you said when you saw us," Lyndsay butted in. "Can we take the tour, Marie? Please?" Buddy begged. He literally was down on his knees, and he had those puppy-dog eyes. "Maybe later, Buddy. Right now we gotta…" I was stopped by a scream.
"That sounded like Roxie! Maybe she's in trouble! Let's go!" Ginny said, dropping her "horse" and taking off without us. "Come on, let's follow her!" Lyndsay said to us. We started running, and it gave me a good chance to see the island. Imagine an old Western movie, it would probably look exactly like this…except fewer buildings. I've only seen one so far, and that was the prison. I'm not even sure if there are any other building here, but the ground sure was dusty. A good trail of it was behind us while we were running. I also heard water running, so there was must be a stream or something nearby. There was one hill, with many small ones jutting out of it. Smoke was billowing off the top of the hill, so someone or something must live up there, but I've got other things to worry about now.
We all found Ginny kneeling next to a crying girl, comforting her. I've never seen someone so sad before, except maybe Princess Butter when she found out that I was named Wandolier instead of her. Roxie almost had the same color skin as Lyndsay did…it looked a little lighter. Her hair reminded me of milk chocolate, the good stuff my mom used to give me every Friday as a treat, except in bun form. When she looked up, her eyes were the same color. This girl practically screamed chocolate, and I liked that about her. She had a yellow milkmaid dress on with bee stripes at the end of her sleeves and dress, and she wore antennae on her head. Maybe she had a thing for bees? Still, something was troubling her and it's my job to fix it.
"Roxie, what happened to ya? Are ya hurt?" Ginny asked soothingly. "No, I'm fine, sort of," Roxie said in her very high-pitched voice (almost like buzzing bees), "but I'm hurt emotionally. All my cows are missing! They're my babies, and now they're gone!" she went back to crying. "Now now, Roxie, I'm here to help you. Where were your cows the last time you saw them?" I asked. "In their pen, right before bedtime last night. I always make sure their gate is closed." We helped her up and she led us to the cow's pen. The gate was open, by it a cowbell. "Oh no! This is Tuffy's bell! It must've fell off!" Roxie yelled, half-happily, half-sadly.
"Is-a something wrong, Roxie? I just-a heard you crying and-a I thought I'd-a see what-a was wrong." A man said. I presumed this was Chef Gino, he definitely fit the description of an Italian chef. He was wearing black pants and a white shirt with white buttons down the middle, and around his neck a red bowtie…done very sloppily. "My cows are missing Gino. Did you come over here for milk?" "That-a was another reason I-a came over, but I guess it-a can wait." "Will you still be able to take us on the tour?" Buddy begged. "Buddy, how can you ask that at a time like this? Roxie needs our help, and you wanna take a tour? Ugh!" Lyndsay groaned. "Knock it off! Geez, do I have to separate you two again? You're both acting like 5 year olds." I scolded, getting sick of their constant fighting. "We'll do whatever it takes to get your cows back, Roxie. Let's start by looking all over Cowboy Junction and asking the other residents if they've seen anything." I told her. All 5 of us started walking. This was my first mystery, and it would be solved.
Yay! Ch. 2 is completed. I will start working on Ch. 3. Marie is my O.C.'s name, just so you're not confused or anything. R&R as usual, and remember to include any comments and/or criticism about my writing :-) Sorry once again for the accents of Ginny and Gino