Harvest Moon: Magical Memories
A fan fiction based off of Natsume's amazing new Gamecube game, Magical Melodies. Thanks for reading guys!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon, Natsume, etc. etc. (No matter how much I wish I did )
Prologue:
The wind shifted outside, a chill filling the air. The air had a calm, dangerous sense about it, like a snake before it strikes. Still but poisonous. The trees bowed, succumbing to the strong winds as the whipped past the branches. Small animals sensed another change in the wind. A calming wave stilled the wind momentarily. The animals' small ears perked up expectantly, waiting for the ever changing motion of the earth to shift its course once more, from passive to aggressive. Just as they knew it would, the winds picked up once more. It was different this time though. The air was charged. Electricity tingled throughout and the animals ducked and scurried away as birds flew into small crooks in the trees.
A moment later, lightening lit the horizon.
Chapter One:
"SHIT! There's no WAY that just happened! SHIT!" The television had just turned itself off with a furtive click, only until the screen had gone black did she know what had just occured. "Three days... three DAYS!" A petite girl slammed down the controller in her frustration, just as another lightening bolt streaked its way across the sky. She sat for a moment in the darkness, taking deep breaths. "I didn't save for three days!" She was calmer now, though still on edge. All of a sudden, a knock on her window broke her concentration.
"C'mon, Luna! It's pouring out here!" She could barely make out the words over the roar of the rain. Not that it mattered; she always let him in anyway. She ran to the window, smiling at his face, dripping with rain.
"Sorry it took so long."
"Dark in here, huh?"
"Black-out." She shrugged and took a sip of the coke he had bought. She stared down at the bag of Skittles.
"You opened it last time."
"Damn." Tugging open the corners of the skittles bag, she listened as her best friend explained why he had come so late.
"-and then I decided we should go to the park! I mean- I know it's raining but-" A huge rainbow of Skittles cascaded around the room.
"Oops." Luna bent to pick up some wayward Skittles and shoved the purples into her mouth, handing a red over to him, who smiled gratefully. "Sorry, go on."
He looked confused for a second, then nodded. "Oh- right. Ok so uh, even though it's pouring," both pairs of eyes automatically flicked toward the window, "I think it'd be cool to hang in the park. Play in the rain... uh..." He blushed, thinking about how dumb his idea now sounded. Luna, however, laughed.
"That's great! Let me get out of these jeans though, k?" She ran into her closet, shutting the door behind her. Later she reappeared, donning loose shorts. "It'd cling less then the jeans." She explained. "Ok, ready to go?"He grinned.
"You sure your mom won't mind?"
"You know she would!" They laughed. "Technically I'm grounded. But she's sleeping like a bear in the wintertime so I really don't think she'd pose a threat." He offered her his hand, already half way out the window. She took it gently, taking one look back at her dark room, the game shut off, random articles of clothing scattered haphazardly about the room. A perfect messy teenage room. She smiled and turned her attention back to the storm, to the roaring thunder, to her best friend,and to freedom.
Luna twirled and danced in the downpour, running at times then stooping low to look at her reflection before backing up and lunging onto a puddle. She laughed gleefully, enjoying her best friend's company. He too laughed and began a game of tag. They found the park, and, with a final victory cry, he pushed Luna down, tripping as he did. They both rolled, landing onto the soaked grass, laughing and feeling the earth beneath their bodies. He rolled off of her, laughing and blushing. A roar of thunder, a crackle of lightening. Luna smiled, she was loving this special time. The wind shifted. The last thing Luna heard was a crack of lightening, a smile still on his face as she sunk into darkness.