Chapter 1

Cleo's POV

Cleo walked slowly through the valley as the rain fell from the cloudy sky. The sky seemed to match my mood this day. Who would want to live in this Goddess-forsaken valley? There's nothing here for me. If only Dad hadn't given me this land when he died. I sighed heavily, looked up, and realized I was in front of the beautiful fountain that's just in front of the breath-taking mansion. She decided to go in, just to see who owned it.

As I opened the door, I saw a petite girl with short, brown hair and brown eyes playing a magical melody on a huge black piano. I waited until she was done with the serenade to say anything. "Hello?" I said softly, nervous. She gasped and jumped slightly, and looked up at me. "Oh, hi there!" she said happily, "Who are you? I've never seen you around here before." I decided to try and play it cool, first impression is everything, you know. "My name's Cleo. I'm new to this land. I own the ol-""So you're the new girl!" She jumped up and hugged me. Awkward moment. "My name's Lumina. It's so nice to meet you!" I smiled slightly. "Thanks. I'm diggin' your place." She smiled brightly. "Thanks. Oh, wanna go to a slumber party tonight here?" This peaked my interest. "Well, who else is coming to this shin dig?" She laughed. "No one else but us!" So much for a party, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I agreed to it and left.

I walked a short way and checked my watch. 12:00 PM. I looked to my right and saw a bar, the Blue Bar apparently, and decided to go in for a drink. A little bell rang as I entered. I sat down on one of the old, vinyl, red bar stool and was greeted by a spunky blonde with a gorgeous red dress. "Hi there! You must be the new girl." I guess it's pretty obvious now. "Yo, I am. My name's Cleo." Her dark green eyes brightened. "Cute name! "Never thought it was, really. "My name's Muffy and this is Griffin." She gestured to a scruffy man with big eyebrows and long brown hair in a messy ponytail, cleaning a beer glass. He grunted at me and went back to his work. Hah, I sure feel welcomed now. "Griffin don't be rude!" Muffy practically screamed right in my ear. "It's fine, Muffy. Can I order now?" Muffy sighed and took my order. I gulped it down, while Muffy chattered my ear off. A very friendly girl, maybe too friendly, huh? I finally convinced her I had some work to be done. Total lie, but I didn't want to be rude. So I said goodbye to Muffy, and grunted at Griffin, pulled my hoodie over my head, and took my leave.

I checked my watch. 5:45. Jeesh, that girl can talk! I had a few more hours left until I had to go back to Lumina's, so I decided to go to the Inner Inn I'd heard about from Muffy. As I opened the door, a round, tan woman behind the counter greeted me cheerfully. "Hi. You must be the new farm owner." New travels fast in a small town, eh? "Yeah, my name's Cleo." I shook her chubby hand. "So I've heard. I'm Ruby, nice to meet you." I smiled and felt a skinny arm wrap around my shoulders. I shivered out of instincts. "Hellooo," A flirtatious boy's voice said, "What have we here?" I glanced over to see a blonde guy, slightly taller than me. I grabbed his arm, twisted it slightly, and dropped it. He grabbed his arm and rubbed it. "Ouch!" He yelled. What a baby. "Heh, fine. I like feisty girls. My name's Rock." He extended an arm towards me, but quickly took it back, in fear of what I might've done. "Cleo." I said, sounding slightly agitated. "I'll be off now. Bye Ruby." ignoring the Barbie-boy next to me. Walking out the Inn, I heard a loud voice saying "Bye, Cleo." Blech, the way he said my name… It sounded… rapist-y. I shook it off with a shrug, and noticed how dark it was, so I started walking towards the villa.

As I walked up the stone pathway, looking at the ground, noticed the subtle sound of a door opening, and looked up just as someone ran smack into me, knocking us both to the ground, with the someone falling on top of me. "Ow… Hey! Watch where you're going!" I opened my eyes to see a silver-haired boy's face, shocked and a little amused. He had beautiful pale skin, amazing emerald eyes, a cow print shirt, and purple pants. This oughtta be good.

"Heheh. I'm sorry. I should have noticed a beautiful maiden such as yourself." What a silky-tone, and he didn't even bother to get off of me. I smirked. "And what's a pretty-boy like you doing here?" He chuckled. "Oh, just doing a few late night errands." He inched his face closer to mine. "I'm Phantom Skye by the way, Prince of the Stars." Whoa, a Star Prince, huh? Oh please. "And why aren't you getting off of me, Prince. ", adding a hint of mockery to my voice. He inched his face closer, so our noses were almost touching. I could feel his breath on my face. It smelled like mint… with something else, but I couldn't put my finger on it. "Because I'm afraid I'm quite the lady's man, and I'm quite comfortable here," he chuckled. Someone's quite confident in himself. I opened my mouth to shoot back an insult, but was interrupted by a very loud yell. "Stop, Thief!", Lumina screamed. Thief!? I thought this guy was weird, but a thief!?

I looked up to see him off of me, but still staring at me. "Heheh. I must be off now." He turned and started walking off. Lumina ran to stand beside me. "Thief! You won't get away that easily!" He turned and looked at Lumina. "Heheh. Don't let such raw anger steal your beauty away." Good one. Lumina's face turned red and she put her hands on her face. "Oh… Phantom Skye…" He got her, hook, line, and sinker. He turned to me, and I felt my blood rush to my cheeks for some reason. "Heheh. We'll meet again. It's in the stars." He turned and left this time. "Oh… Wait! Phantom Skye…" She ran after the shadow as I got up and dusted my shirt off, staring after him like an idiot. Lumina came back after a few minutes and looked at me sadly. "He got away…" She sighed. Big shocker. "Yeah, sorry Lumina." She was still under his spell, though, and she didn't even notice me.

I left her, and started walking home. As I walked behind the Blue Bar, I suddenly felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I felt as if I was being followed. I looked around, and swore I saw a flash of blonde color in the woods. I started to walk home slightly faster now, scared. I opened my door, looked around me once more, and fled into my tiny shack. "What a strange man…" I snickered to myself. "Pft, whatever, he's not that interesting." I slipped into my tiny, pale pink nightgown, and lay in my bed as my eyelids grew heavy. A silent thought slipped into my head. Or is he? Then I slowly drifted into sleep, his name echoing in my head. Skye… Skye…. Skye……

Skye's POV

I sat in the bushes beside her house, and waited for her to go to sleep. After ten minutes, I snuck in threw her unlocked window, and slinked up to her bed. She has such beauty… It seems impossible that she's real, from her dark, auburn hair, to her bright green eyes, right down to her petite and cute figure. And she seems so kind… I brushed back a strand of hair from her perfect face. I leaned in and kissed her forehead, for I couldn't help it. I knelt down to her ear, and whispered softly, "Goodnight, my love." I snuck out, and walked back towards my house in Mineral Town, thinking about her non-stop.