Living in the Moment

by Rendered Reversed

Tricked into possessing a seemingly unfarmable plot of land, Tom Riddle is forced to make things work and build up his new life from scratch in Mineral Town. He expected eventual success, a lot of hard work, and several painstaking seasons of the "outsider" reputation... but no one ever mentioned falling in love with a god. A life story told in 100 word snippets. TMR/HP SLASH

5. Chapter 5

Warnings: future SLASH (boy x boy), MAJOR NO-MAGIC!AU (Alternate Universe, specifically the Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town setting), possible OOC, life story

Pairings: TMR/HP, implied AD/GG, implied KS/NT (Kingsley x Tonks), onesided JP/LE

Standard disclaimer applies: I do not own Harry Potter or any brand you recognize in this story. J.K. Rowling is credited with the creation of these characters (I'm not fond of using OCs in my own fanfiction). I also do not own the Harvest Moon series by Natsume.

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Finally, about a week after he had gained ownership of the farm, the carpenter that he had met during his explorations and had struck up some type of wordless acquaintance with took pity on him.

"That farm's never worked well ever since the original owner left," he confided to Tom. "She was a beauty in her prime, but when the next farmer came, she grew dismal and, well, the farmer after that, too."

"And what can I do about it?" Tom asked tiredly.

The carpenter shrugged. "Go to the Harvest Pond and make an offering? He's been neglected for awhile."

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Posted in its full form on Ao3, except for the sequel and the eventual epilogue :). I'll be posting 5 of these per a day (I think?), but because it's long that might become 10 a day.