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

18. Chapter 18

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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"He gave you a horse!" Harry practically squealed, but he wasn't a female and his voice wasn't high enough for that. "Congratulations!"

"But what am I supposed to do with a horse? It's not even fully grown yet."

"Now, Tom," scolded Harry, "Horses are very valuable in this town. Make sure to raise it with care—every year, there's a horse racing competition too. If it grows up big and strong, you'll be able to enter!"

"But a horse?"

The Harvest God smiled, having not taken the exasperated tone at face value. "I'm sure you'll do fine," he assured softly.

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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.