Chapter 10

Gill

I woke up by the sound of screaming. I woke up and glared at the clock. It was 5:30am. Then I heard some more screaming. I sighed as I slipped onto my slippers, put on my bathrobe and left my bedroom.

I wanted to know who was screaming and why hasn't my parents had gone and find out. I listen closely. It was coming from Vivian's room. I went toward it and open the door. As it creaks open Vivian screamed louder as she dived under the blanket. I walked toward the bed. "Vivian, it's me. Gill." I said removing the blanket over her head. Vivian looked up at me. She was scared. She sat on my lap and cried. I brushed her hair with my fingers trying to untangle all the knots on her hair. "Everything okay. It's just was all just a dream." I whispered into her ear. Vivian's breathing was soon slow and deep. I whispered into her ear reminding her that everything was alright and that she was safe. As Vivian eyes slowly closed as her breathing went normally fine again.

By the time it was 6am, her alarm clock rang. Vivian's eyes flew open. They were big and wide, full of fear. She started screamed louder and louder each time. I thought I was going to go death. I quickly stretch out my free arm and reach out to turn it off. Once it was turned off, I heard footsteps from outside the door coming closer and closer. Camilla and Mayor Hamilton coming upstairs. They must have heard Vivian screaming when her alarm went off. I looked down and saw Vivian crying again. I tried to calm her down. But this time she didn't stop crying, as she cried louder and louder.

Suddenly the door opened a crack; I looked at it with wide eyes, as Vivian just closed her eyes and screamed louder and louder each time the door open a little bit. Hundreds of tears stream down her cheek. Then I heard Mayor Hamilton saying "I can't take this anymore!" and flew open the door as it hit the wall and all the stuff on her bookshelves fell and hit the ground. I looked at my own father with wide eyes as Vivian was wiggling in my arms, her eyes were closed shut with tears streaming out of her eyes and onto her cheek, and she soon began to scream louder until they turned into sobs. "It's okay Vivian; it was just father and mother. Don't cry." I whispered but Vivian didn't quiet down she just kept on screaming louder and louder every time Camilla tried to come closer. When Camilla tried to touch her, Vivian would just scream louder than a fire alarm and kick her away. Camilla looked at her own daughter, her eyes were furious as if Vivian did something that she wasn't supposed to do. "Vivian! How dare you? You are not allowed to kick me like that! No Temper Tantrums allow! You should have known the rules already! Your 4 years old for heaven shakes!" She yelled, as she tried to get closer. I pulled Vivian away from her. I looked at my own mother furious.

"Don't you dare say that to my little sister! This isn't even close to a Temper Tantrum! Don't you know anything about little kids! Vivian woke up at 5:30 in the morning with a horrible nightmare! Luckily I stayed with her and comfort her until you came along! Just because she screams and a kick doesn't means it's a temper tantrums!" I shouted. Camilla backed away, as she looked at screaming Vivian, feeling guilty. Mayor Hamilton also looked guilty for scaring her like that.

"Vivian…I'm so sorry…" Camilla reached her hand out to touch her. But I took my free hand and slapped it away.

"Don't even think about touching her at this time! Please go away…I'll take care of her for the day."

"But Gill, what about work?" Asked Mayor Hamilton.

"I don't care about work! Family is more important then work or money! Please…tell Elli that I'm might be late. I'll bring Vivian with me to work if I have to."

"What about Angela?"

"I'll take Vivian up with me to Brownie Ranch. Beside, Angela working today."

"Well…okay. Come on Camilla."

"Can't I just see Vivian for one moment?" Asked Camilla. Mayor Hamilton took her hand in his. I shook my head no. "Please!" Begged Camilla.

"Honey, if Gill said no, then he means it. We better leave them alone." Said Mayor Hamilton.

Camilla ignores him as he tried to get closer to Vivian and telling her how sorry she is. But I keep pulling Vivian away from her and told her to back off a lot. Suddenly Mayor Hamilton grabbed Camilla by the arm and dragged her out.

I placed Vivian back onto my lap, and soothe her for a moment. Vivian finally stopped screaming and cries; she opened her eyes and looked at me. I sighed in relief. Suddenly I heard yelling from downstairs. I looked at the ground with wide eyes. I soon felt tiny hands on my cheeks, "Gill…" She said. I looked down at her. Her eyes were no longer red and swollen. "Gill…" She said again.

"Yes, Vivian?" I asked.

"Are mom and dad fighting?" Vivian looked at me for a moment .Her eyes were ice blue, just like mines but her look more worried than mines.

"Yes."

After a long silent, Vivian looked up at me. She told me to leave so that she can change. I nod my head and left her in peace. I headed to my room to get change. I put on my usual. Then I left my room and waited for Vivian. She opened the door as she was dressed in her usual. We both headed downstairs. Camilla and Mayor Hamilton were still yelling at each other. But soon the darkness of the basement swallows them whole as the voices of my own parents disappear. I looked at Vivian as she suddenly went to go close the door so they couldn't hear the yelling that much. "Hungry?" I asked.

"A little…" Said Vivian.

I laughed as I took her hand and walked to the kitchen, I grabbed out two bowls, a box of cereal and a carton of milk. I poured some cereal into a bowl and then milk on top. I placed a spoon in it and gave it to Vivian. Vivian just smiled at me and ate as I did the same thing to my cereal.

Just as I was about to take a big bite, the phone rang. I knew that neither of my parents is going to answer it so I went to the other side of the table and answered it. "Good morning, Gill speaking how may I help you?" I asked.

"Hey Gill. It's Angela." Said Angela.

"Oh hey Angela."

"Hey."

"So…um…how was last night?"

"Huh? Oh! Good. I had some fun, although Chase is still bugging me."

"Oh really? Man, next time I see him, I'm going to beat him up for good!"

"Gill…don't…he's my friend. I don't like seeing my friends getting hurt all the time."

"Fine. I'll give him a chance."

"Oh thank you Gill!"

"No problem…so…um…why did you call all of a sudden?"

"Ah yes, I was going to ask you something."

"Well…I'm waiting."

"What are you doing at lunch?"

"I'm going to be with Vivian for the entire day today."

"Oh really…that explains why you haven't left for work yet."

"Yeah."

"How come? Did something happen?"

I explained her everything. About how Vivian was screaming at 5:30 in the morning to how my parents are now arguing in the basement. There was a long silent on the phone. "Wow…poor Vivian. Is she going to be okay at Brownie Ranch?" Asked Angela.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well…it's just that….the animals might scare her."

"Oh right the animals. I'm sure she'll be okay. Beside, she'll be staying with me at work for the day. No harm done."

"What about Luna?" I could tell her voice was quiet when she said her name.

"What about Luna?"

"It's just that…she's always around during the afternoon. What will Vivian say about her?"

"I'm sure she'll be fine near her."

"Okay. Well…I better leave you alone for now. I'll see you up at Brownie Ranch."

"Yeah."

"Okay…bye!"

"Bye"

I hung up the phone and headed back to the kitchen. Just as I was about the take a bite of my cereal….the phone rang again. Vivian laughed as my eye twitched, but I decided to just ignore the phone ringing and pay attention to eating my breakfast.

Ring!

Eye twitch

R-ring!

Eye twitch

RING!

Eye twitch

R-R-RING!

I swear…if that phone rings one last time….

RRRRRRRR-RING!

That's it! I made up my mind! I marched toward the phone and picked it up. Vivian laughed at me as I gave her a little smile and told her to continue to eat her breakfast. "WHAT! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M TRYING TO EAT MY BREAKFAST HERE!" I nearly shouted on the phone.

"Gosh…Sorry Gill." Said a familiar voice. It was Elli's voice.

"Oh…I'm sorry Elli…I thought you were someone else."

"It's okay…how come you're not at work?"

I explained her about Vivian. Once I was done. Elli was silent for a moment. "Oh dear…she's more then welcome to stay at Town Hall as long as she want." She said.

"Okay thanks." I said.

"No problem…and come to work once you ready." Elli soon then hang up.

I quickly went to the counter to eat my breakfast. Once I finish breakfast, I placed my empty bowl into the sink and grabbed my things for work. I looked at Vivian, who was carrying a little stylish bag around her shoulders. "Why don't you come to work with me today Vivian?" I asked. Vivian smiled.

"Sure, I'll do anything besides staying with my own mother." She said.

I laughed as I took my hands in hers and walked outside. It was actually nice out for once. A beautiful spring morning. As I was walking I saw Angela dealing with her animals. I walked toward her. "Wow, Angela, your getting better at looking after animals." I said. Angela looked up at me from her work.

"Yeah, I know. But that's because Gray always there helping me." She said.

"Cool, well I better be going. Late for work."

"Ah yes, I'll see you and your little adorable sister at lunch break."

"Yes, of course."

"Wonderful, see you guys later."

We continue to walk in peace. When we got to the Town Hall, I opened the door for Vivian and went inside. Elli was there, and for once, she wasn't mad at me. Vivian went straight to the couch and read her book as I went to my desk and did some paperwork.

By the time it was lunch time, I took Vivian's hand and walked her out of the Town Hall and made our way to Brownie Ranch. Vivian looked at me for a while. "Gill…" She asked. I looked down at her.

"Yes?" I asked.

"What's for lunch?"

"Angela, always makes us lunch. Don't worry I'm sure you'll love it. She's the best cook beside Chase."

"Have you seen her cook before?"

"Yeah. She's always cooking lunch for me.".

We were then silent while going up. By the time we got there, Angela was still helping out with the animals, while Gray just stood there and watched her. When Gray saw me there he told her that it was time for a lunch break. Angela turned around to see what he was looking at. She smiled and at me and turned back to Gray. She nodded her head and walked toward us. "Hey." She said.

"Hi." I said.

"Hi Angela." Said Vivian. Angela gave her a warm smile.

"It's nice being called Angela, especially to someone I just met who could always remember." She said.

"How come? Don't you like being called Angie?" Angela shook her head no.

"Nope."

"Why? I think Angie a cute name."

"I just never liked the nickname."

"Oh."

We went up the hill and just sat there. Vivian sat there enjoying her lunch. Angela was delighted watching her eat happily. I too was amaze that Vivian was super hungry. Vivian looked up at Angela. "Angela…this is yummy." She said.

"Thank you. I learn at the bar." I said. Vivian looked at her surprise.

"Why at the bar?"

"Cause I would work at the Town Hall between 8am to 5pm and then I would work at the Bar at 6pm to midnight."

"Oh, your up so late."

"Well that used to happen. Now I'm just working here. I'm learning how to cook on my very own."

"That's good to hear."

"Yeah."

After we finish eating, I grabbed Vivian and walked her back to the Town Hall. When we got back, Vivian decided to go up to the library as I stayed in my desk dealing with paperwork.

I work a bit harder, then by the time it was closing time, Vivian came marching down. She looked at me. "Gill…we better be going home soon." She said.

"Yeah, mom doesn't know that I took you to work with me and plus I'll probably get in trouble for doing it." I said.

Vivian just nodded her head. I grabbed her hand and exit Town Hall. When we were at Caramel District, I exam our house from a really far distance. It looked different, but I don't really know how.

I got closer to it and realize the difference, there was something red smeared on the wall. Then I figure out what the red thing was. Blood. I stared at Vivian scared as Vivian started to panic. I followed the trail of blood on the wall. It leads us back to the front door. I opened it. There the house was a mess. Bloody fingerprints were on the wall. A trail of blood goes all the way to the mom's and dad's room. I walked toward the door to the basement. Vivian followed behind me.

I opened the door and turned on the lights. More blood on the staircase. I grabbed Vivian hand and walked down. Once I got to the bottom of the stairs, there I felt was a pool of blood. Vivian and I both started to panic. Once we open the door, it was really dark out. When I turned on the lights, Vivian screamed. I studied the room. The floors were cover with blood. The walls has bloody handprints on them. And there was a dead body on the ground. The body belongs to my own mother Camilla. Camilla entire body and her clothes were cover with bloody. Vivian made a blood-curling scream and ran toward her. "Mommy!" She shouted kneeling by her side.

"Your mother's dead." Said a familiar voice from the corner. I looked and found Mayor Hamilton there.

"Father! How could you?" I shouted, Vivian cried.

"Oh mommy. Why?" She cried.

"I killed her…" Said Mayor Hamilton.

"But why?" I asked. Vivian looked looked at her father in anger.

"You monster! You killed her! Now she gone forever and that we'll never see her again! If you apologize to me about it, I'll never forgive you!" She cried. I stared at my own father.

"Father…" I said. Mayor Hamilton turned to me.

"Gill…look…" He said. I just ignored him and went toward Vivian who was crying her eyes out. I grabbed her hand.

"Come on Vivian, we're going to stay at Angela's for the night." I said. Vivian just looked up at me. Nod her head yes as we both made our way out of the basement. I looked at Mayor Hamilton.

"Oh and father, I want this house spotless clean by tomorrow when I get home from work." I said and left.

I went upstairs to my bedroom, to pack my things, then I looked at the clock. It was 6:30pm. Angela should be back from work by now. I grabbed my bag and exit my bedroom. Vivian was there waiting for me. She just stood there in silent. I looked at her. Then I grabbed her hand and left the house.

We reached Angela's house in no time, and we soon saw Angela outside putting her animals inside. She rang the bell outside the animal barn, as all the animals went in. She looked at me and Vivian with a puzzled looked. By the time the animals were put in, she walked toward us. "Something wrong?" She asked.

"Yeah, something really bad happen inside the house." I said.

"What happen?"

"Let's just put it this way. There blood everywhere."

"How?"

"It's better not to say."

"Okay, your more then welcome to stay at my house."

"Thanks."

"No problem."

We went inside her house, as Angela showed us our room for the night. Once Angela left me alone in peace, I went to Vivian's room. Vivian was sitting on her bed crying. "Vivian…" I said. Vivian turned around and ran to me as she grabbed on to my legs and cried.

"Why? Why did this happen all of a sudden?" She cried.

"Vivian it's not your fault."

"Yes it is, I should have never persuade my mom to do this. If I had never persuade her to, this would have never happen."

"It's my fault for taking me with you. The reason why mom killed was because you were there."

"Yeah…maybe…"

Author's Note: Some many people keep telling me that they thought Gill's mother died. Well there you have it. I'll tell you guys about the characters and which harvest moon game they're in.

Angela is the main character from Harvest Moon Tree of Tranquility on the nintendo wii. Although she's Molly in Harvest Moon Animal Parade which is also on the nintendo wii.

Gill is the mayor son for both Harvest Moon Tree of Tranquility and Animal Parade. He's Luna wife (in Animal Parade, not in my story or in Tree of Tranquilty but then for Tree of Tranquilty I heard that if your great friends with him {if you play as the boy, Kevin} then he'll tell you that he has a crush on Luna) and he has a daughter name Vivian.

Mayor Hamilton is mayor for both Waffle Island and Castanet Island. Vivian's gradfather and Luna's father-in-law for Animal Parade.

Camilla, okay first thing, Gill's mother name is not Camilla. I just picked the name randomly. She dies in after giving birth to Gill.

and...last but not least

Vivian is Gill's and Luna's daughter and mayor Hamilton's graddaughter in Animal Parade. She doesn't show up in Tree of Tranquility sadly. :(