I know that Chen and Gannon don't come to the island at the same time, but for the sake of the story, they will. The two fathers become good characters for the main girl (whom is disguised as a boy) and plus I thought of some funny scenes with the two men getting into quarrels a lot.

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Chelsea entered her newly clean house, making a big sigh and pulling off her hat, undoing her hair. Out of no where, she heard this tinkling noise and light steps before her. She quickly tossed and turned and jerked her head to find nothing.

"Down Here!" A small voice said. Looking down, she found a little elf in a red suit.

"Hi! My name is Noe. I live here in the ranch!" It said.

"Oh my gosh, it's an elf!" She freaked.

"I'm not an elf! I'm a Harvest Sprite!"

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Chelsea's POV

Light was filtering down from the window right next to my bed, shining straight down on my face which caused me to groan. I slowly sat up, pushing away the layers of covers and blankets that Felicia threw at me to put on my bed. I actually felt sorry for my bed, its four little wooden legs holding up the pounds of weight that the blankets gave. But at the moment, my bed was a mess, with some pillows on the floor and blankets scattered everywhere except the bed…

I stood up, feeling the need to stretch my tight muscles. They quickly began to ache and I dropped my arms immediately to my sides before a cramp could fire up and make me wail my arm off, just like it did in my leg during the middle of the night. Boy, did I scream like a mad woman, making sure the world could hear me.

Picking up a piece of a shattered mirror up to my face, I saw that the sandman came by and obviously judging by my look, I was still tired and wanted to plop down on my rumbled bed and sleep like a rock. My hair was flying and waving as I moved my head side to side.

That's when I began to look at my beloved house, my home until then…

We cleaned it up a few days ago. The first time I entered, I thought it would never look as good as it was now, but if it wasn't for Felicia and her amazing cleaning skills and Taro's bossing around, then who knows how it could have ended up.

It looked much better now. A small table planted down in the center of the house, my bed which was a total wreck at the moment, a kitchen that Natalie and I found under a mass of soaked cardboard boxes which was now clean and sanitized, and tons of cabinets and a tool box that had its own items. It seemed that this house already had everything it needed, except a bathroom to my dismay…

Oh, and I can't forget the calendar that Taro found and hammered down to the back wall of my house. It didn't look so great next to the window, but it will grow on me one day..

I walked over to my kitchen and turned on the faucet, washing my face with a good smelling soap that Felicia lent me. Natalie and Felicia are so good to me. So are Elliot and Taro, but they don't know that I'm a girl.

I quickly got used to my normal routine to dress up as a young man. I just wore what I wore that first time or something similar to that. Sometimes it got hot during this certain time of the day and I just plainly changed into this light blue t-shirt that no one could see through no matter how hard you squinted. And the pants or shorts weren't any problem either.

The only things I mainly had to keep my focus on was my hair and my chest area.

One: my hair had to be specially tied in this certain way and if I messed it up while putting it up, then the hairstyle would be whack and people would say, "What the heck? That's not a guy!" Boy would that be bad… Even one strand missed would be like the end of the world, figuratively speaking.. But if I tied it right, no matter how much you ruffle up my "short cut hair", it would NEVER fall out and it would look like and act like any other "men's hair". But I couldn't exactly trust that fully.

Two: My chest… Like I said, I have no Mt. Everest, only hills, but sometimes I tie the cloth around my chest to tight making it hard to breathe. And I could possibly faint from that, a very bad thing especially if men were around. But Felicia made me some extra cotton chest protectors that compress them hills down so I think it would be okay.

Then there was Jack's hat and the red bandana. Both marks to show that Braden is here…. Braden.

I grimaced again while putting Jack's hat on. I truly didn't like the name Braden, but now it's stuck… gah, of all names. But no matter, it's just a little thing anyway.

I quickly fixed my bed when I heard knocking on my door. It couldn't possibly be Taro since he came by yesterday to teach me more about the farm and the tools that were in the tool box. But then it couldn't be Felicia either … or Natalie and Elliot…. Who is it?

"Come in.." I called and immediately heard my front door click to see a man with black hair with a matching beard come in. He also had a mustache that connected with the beard and I giggled quietly to myself as it reminded me of an inside joke way back when (if he had a unibrow then I would not stop myself from laughing so loud.. Anyway…). He seemed to look from the country.

A red sash tied around his waist, a purple top with a white long sleeved shirt under, brown pants that matched with a band tied around his head, and tan boots. I also noticed that his hair had a small bun tied at the top back of his head. What surprised me though is that his eyes were closed, but he acted as if he knew where he was going… weird.

"Ah, my name is Chen." He bowed slightly and raised his head asking, "And you must be Braden, the new rancher here for the island that Felicia told us about."

"Um, yes." I bowed slightly, also feeling that a huge strand of hair fell from my bundle under my cap. I began to freak, but seeing I had no place to retreat too.. It was pretty hopeless now, other than hoping that he wouldn't notice, but what did he mean by 'us'?

"There's also a large fellow whom I met aboard the ship here." Chen whispered to me." He may not look like it at first, but he's just a huge teddy bear in disguise.."

"What?" I was confused, until I saw the massive muscle walk into my house. I was nearly flabbergasted at this point. He was huge, big…. Tall… broad, muscular. Nothing close to a teddy bear that I would think was in disguise. If he really was a teddy bear, than this has got to be the best disguise in the whole world…

I watched the big guy look at me, possibly from head to toe. I immediately froze as he stepped near me. It felt like the ground trembled under my feet. And I also didn't notice that I was holding my breath too.

"He really is a girl…" He said quietly.

"WHAT?" I exclaimed. How? When? What? We just met…? …. Felicia…

The massive muscle smiled at me and Chen, which made him slightly look like the reference that Chen gave earlier. "You can call me Gannon, nice to meet ya." He extended out a large hand, expecting me to shake it.

I hesitated on taking the hand thinking he might crush my poor tiny one, but when I accepted the hand, his grasp was unbelievably gentle.

Chen nodded and smiled himself. "There's a reason why we know you're a girl. Felicia told us about it."

I gritted my teeth as I mouthed Felicia in my thoughts.

Chen continued. "You see, I used to have this very popular shop in the city, but it got too busy over there and I decided to close it down, looking for a better place to open up the shop. I happened to be on the boat with this big guy and Felicia who knew they were going on this island. Felicia told me about them needing a supermarket, so I decided to start up my shop here."

Gannon decided to input his story. "Felicia found me somehow and persuaded me to go back to being a carpenter. I denied her offer at first thinking it was going to be in the city, but when she told me it was going to be on an island that just started up with broken bridges and such, I decided to come knowing I'd probably be busy."

My eyes fell to the ground, following an interesting piece of dust that slowly rolled across the wooden floor. This was why Felicia told them about me being a girl… I really needed them for things… personal things..

"We were actually surprised to hear that you were a girl to start up a ranch, but when the lady told us you were a girl disguised as a boy, it made us think other wise." Gannon said. "We ended up amazed by the thought."

"I believe it is a good thing that she told us though. Both of us will be providing for many things you may need and knowing about feminine needs…" Chen nodded understanding the needs. "If there is anything you need, I would be happy to provide for you."

Gannon nodded also. "Same here. Since I will be building things around here and on the island.. I also think it was best that she told us."

I smiled happily and took off my hat. "You may know my name as Braden but my real name is Chelsea. You also know of my situation, right?"

"Yes, Felicia told us everything that we would need to know. If you need any help, just come to us." Chen assured.

Both men seemed nice and I think I really can trust them.

"We promise to keep quiet about it, but I'll give ya this as a warning." Gannon's expression became quite gruff and serious. "Chen and I were talking about this earlier. This island is going to become quite populated soon and there will be much more people. You better be careful."

"Yes, that too. There might also be tourist coming to town also. They would think that the rancher here was a guy and it would be a big thing too…"

"Why?" I wondered. Why would it be a big thing? I mean I could understand that me as a girl being a guy taking care of a ranch is a thing, but what's so big about it other than keeping it a secret that I was a girl?

" There were rumors a long time ago that this ranch belonged to a legendary farmer then. His crops were known throughout the lands and cities, but one day all connections to this very island were cut off and no one could leave the island or go to the island." Chen explained.

Gannon continued on. "A lot of tourists are going to keep their eyes on ya and probably test ya too.. Us being fathers and understanding that you just started life here in the country after living in the city for so how many years… "

"I guess you could say we're pretty worried ourselves…"

"Awww… you two are worried?" I smiled, feeling quite happy to be worried over. "But don't worry! I can cope! But.. You two are fathers?"

I saw Chen's expression change as if he had just realized something. "Ah, yes. My son, Charlie, he's outside right now. But the thing is that he doesn't know that you are a girl." He began to head toward the door. "I'll go get him. Make sure he isn't breaking anything yet.." He dismissed himself out the door.

I nodded understanding that if a boy were to know, he might leak it out to everyone.

"I have a daughter, but right now I left her with he grandmother until then." Gannon sounded a bit sorrowful and seemed quite gloomy about it. I felt like giving the big lump a hug, but then I tried to imagine his daughter… there's no way that she could be as big and as muscular right? … It was hard to imagine…

We both heard the door click open and there entered a miniature Chen. I guessed he was Charlie.

"Hey, mister! My name is Charlie!" He piped up and jumped toward me. "You must be from a huge city!"

I blinked, then tried to instantly change my voice to be like a guy's but I squeaked instead, "Yes!"

The boy laughed and looked at his father who stood behind him. "Big brother is funny!"

The three of us chuckled. I guess it wasn't that bad to let these two know about my problem and situation. I also think it was a good thing and now I'll have to thank Felicia for it too… aaahh..

"Well, then. We better get moving and let the farmer work." Gannon decided.

"Yes, that would be good. We shall take out leave now, Braden." Chen began to lead his son out of the house.

"See ya, Big Bro!" Charlie called out to me. I waved back slightly.

"Oh, and if you're lookin' for us, our places will be right next to each other. Both will be near the trail that lead toward the entrance of the beach." Gannon nodded and turned, leaving my house.

I sighed and fell back to the floor, letting my butt meet with it.

Okay, so now there were four people that knew about me and my beloved flip-side. Joy…Gah, so much for keeping this a secret… I gotta be careful

In Taro's house; Elliot's POV

I dropped the last of those heavy boxes that were ordered by Grandpa. I really had no idea what they were, but after all that I loaded and carried, I was pretty sure I was done.

I suddenly jumped when I heard Natalie yell into my ear.

"What was that for?" I reacted hysterically which caused her to laugh. My ears were ringing. I wasn't exactly happy with this treatment from my sister, nor was I used to it.

"It's fun to scare you." She laughed, then suddenly tossed a bag of seeds toward me. As it came toward me and landed on my palms, it fumbled, falling to the ground. "Klutz, Mom wants you to go help Braden clear out the field."

As I bent down to pick up the bag of seeds, I asked, "Couldn't he just fix up the field himself? I'm sure he can figure it out on his own."

"Nah, he'll probably need all the help he can get, with all those boulders and such…" She trailed off as if she were thinking.

It suddenly occurred to me that Natalie had some certain interest about the new farmer. "Why would you be worried that he needed help? And plus, he looks strong.. Sorta… I'm sure he can pull it off. And wouldn't I be of some hindrance to him?"

She glared at me. "Would you stop asking questions and move your tush? Mom wants both of us to go and help. And you would also need some help if you were to start up a farm suddenly, even some help from you.." She began to tug me by my sleeve and dragged me out the door, heading towards the farm.

It was strange. Why would a boy need help? Any guy could make it on his own. It's like instinct to men. But that day when Natalie woke me up suddenly by kicking me, she told me that Chels had already left… There's no way that a person could leave an island that quickly.

And also this guy, Braden was it? It is totally unusual for a guy and some others with this boat to immediately come this quickly after hearing that there was a shipwreck. And for him to have sudden interest about taking care of this farm.. It would take days of persuading to take it unless you were stupid..

"Natalie, you told me that Chelsea left on a boat the next day early in the morning, right?" I asked her, but it came out quietly, softer than I expected.

My sister could have not heard me or she just ignored me because she just kept pulling me along. She suddenly let me go and ran up to Braden who seemed to have started out on his field already, seeing a hammer in his hands and an axe laying on the grass nearby. I guess he found those items in that tool box that we found in his house.

"Hey, Braden!" Natalie ran up to him. I saw from my distance that she was whispering something to him quietly, but I couldn't make out what they were saying.

"Oh, you two are going to help me?" His eyes seemed to gleam the same way that I remembered Chelsea's eyes brightened up the way she heard that there was this ranch and money.

Natalie nudged my shoulder and said, "Don't just stand there… Come on!" She pushed me forward.

"Ah, but I don't have gloves!" I raised my bare hands to prove the fact.

Braden looked up from his hammer and answered, "Oh, there's some that I found in my tool box. You should also grab some for Natalie too." I watched him begin to pick up the heavy tool, lifting it up half way, then letting it fall to the ground again. "Dude, this is heavier than I thought…" Both he and Natalie laughed as I went ahead inside his house.

The front door seemed to be good within its hinges making me not worry about ripping it off. I opened the door to find the tool box sitting nearby. Walking toward it, I noticed that the house looked the same as both Natalie and I had left it with him. I lifted up the top of the chest to find some gloves laying within the box as he had said.

I quickly got out of the house, knowing it was rude to just stay in there to long. I didn't want them both to get suspicious of me, especially since it was a man's house anyway.

As I trotted outside, I saw that Braden had moved on to plucking weeds out of the field instead. I stood next to Natalie and handed her the gloves.

Natalie quickly slipped them on and ran next to Braden. She looked at me and said, "Elliot, hurry up! You can start breaking the stones and stuff. Braden already finished some of them."

Looking at the field, she was right. There was this section that was already empty and it seemed pretty big.

I heard Braden laugh. "Man, I woke up early and had nothing to do. I ended up clearing that whole section to my surprise." He looked at me. " You can just move the stones and branches into a pile over there. "

I looked over and saw that there was already piles of either branches and stones.

"And I'll take care of the rest." I saw Natalie look at Braden and tug him by his shorts with a serious expression on her face. Braden looked at her and shrugged assuring her he can do it.

"Let Elliot do it. He doesn't do anything for the rest of the day anyway." I heard Natalie urge him.

Chelsea's POV

"Nah, it's fine! Anyway, this is my farm. I gotta show them what I got to prove to them I'll be an awesome rancher!" I pumped my fist and felt that same ache from earlier, but I shrugged it off quickly, hoping it won't affect me later.

Natalie sighed and continued plucking at a stubborn weed. I bent down and scooted nearby her.

"You shouldn't worry you know…." I smiled. "You've been trying to prove yourself to Grandpa Taro way longer than I have…"

"I know…" She suddenly jerked the poor weed out of the ground, turning up soil all around it. "I'm just pretty annoyed at how we as women have to prove ourselves that we are as good as guys."

She began romping around the field kicking helpless rocks and sticks around the place and yelling her complaint to specifically no one..

I found Elliot standing nearby me, also staring at his sister. He noticed that I noticed him and said, "Don't worry too much about Natalie. She gets like that a lot." He tossed a bundle of branches onto the pile I told him and wandered off to another section of the field.

I sighed. Man, this brother-sister complex has got to be fixed.

No POV; West Town

Gannon looked up at the huge rock sitting behind the line of trees. "If I were to clear out that rock, I'm sure we'd find something behind it."

Both Taro and Chen nodded in agreement.

Taro stamped his rod into the ground and asked, "What are you to do about it?"

Gannon turned at the small senior. "I …. don't know."

"Don't know?" Taro whacked one of his arms, seeing no affect on the man whatsoever, but excused it.

"Perhaps… no, that would clog up the stream. Maybe … no, bad idea also.." Felicia mumbled on.

In the end, it became a mystery how they were able to clear out that huge boulder. And by the end of the day everyone was tuckered out. But it was learned that another broken bridge was hidden behind the rock.

Gannon and Chen slowly walked back to their homes, Charlie closely following behind. Both men noticed that the sky was already pink and orange and that clouds created a wonderful scene as if painted by a magnificent, skilled artist.

"Boy, that boulder was somethin', alright…" Gannon walked toward his house. "I'm turnin' in for the night."

"Have a good first night!" Chen called out, unlocking his door.

"You too!" Gannon answered back, disappearing behind the door.

"Charlie, come in. It's getting cold." Chen allowed his son in before entering himself.

In the farm…

"Say, Braden?" Natalie started.

The three of them laid on the field, covered with dirt.

"Yeah?" Chelsea answered with her normal low tone.

"What are you going to name this ranch?"

Elliot wondered the same as the two siblings waited for an answer.

"I … really don't know.." She answered sitting up, turning to look at them. "It has to be something that deals with our situation though."

"Shipwrecked Ranch?" Elliot suggested.

Natalie sat up throwing a weed at him. "Only you would name a ranch that…"

"Well, I don't think I'm much different. I'd probably name it like.. The Prancing Pink Unicorn or something." Chelsea laughed.

It was silent for moment as each were thinking.

"Well, at the moment, we are all castaways right? How about Castaway Ranch or Castaway Farm?" Chelsea mumbled mindlessly.

Natalie mumbled. "Probably take out Ranch… Leave it as Castaway.."

"But what kind of name is that?" Elliot remarked.

Chelsea shrugged. "I dunno. I'm too tired to think of a name right now. But until we can think of a better name, Castaway it is…"

"Natalie! Elliot!" Taro's voice roared. The three saw the senior enter within the premises, immediately examining the work that has been done. "Ah, I see that you have started planting that bag turnips. Yes, yes. Very good indeed."

Chelsea brimmed happily, but was too weak to celebrate. The other two felt the same as they continued to lay pitifully there.

Taro neared them and said, "What are you accomplishing just laying there?" He nudged each of them with his rod until they all stood on their aching feet. "Natalie and Elliot, get going home and wash up. You also, Braden. We are to have dinner tonight and I don't want mud getting on the food. You must also join us for your work is well done."

Natalie and Elliot were already trotting away, but Chelsea couldn't help but put a smile on her face.

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Well then… thanks for reading!