harvest moon; a wonderful life

chapter 3- new friend

chapter 3- a new friend

“thanks, for walking me home…oh hey” I said to rock when we got to my house, I forgot all about rocks shoe that skip stole. “come on I have something for you” I yelled to rock, when we walked up to my house. “you wait out-” I was about to say ’wait outside’, when I remembered, skip didn’t like rock. Pulse, I saw skip watching from a distance. “come inside” I told rock when I opened my front door.

“ok” rock said as he looked around for something evil, named skip. 

We walked in my house, “wow, from the outside it looks small, now what you wanted to give me?” rock asked as he looked around my one room house.

“your shoe, remember the one skip stole?” I told rock handing him his shoe.

“oh right” rock said with a smile on his face. “I understand, walking around in my pair of slippers, but walking around with one slipper and one shoe, not cool at all” rock said with his foot up in the air, “waaa” rock yelled as he fell backward,

“rock are you ok?” I yelled

“nope, not until you get this calendar filled up with the festivals and stuff.” rock said as he pointed to the calendar.

“oh yeah, I didn’t know what festivals are going to happen, its my second day here, I don’t even know about the forest behind my farm” an hour later, my calendar was filled up with shops coming to town, birthdays, and festival

“and that’s the last one” rock signed as he put the cap on the marker.

“will… that’s it, all done…wait what’s this one?” I asked rock as I pointed to the one with a red smiley face on the first of the month.

“huh? Oh, ok I was worried I marked one wrong this red marker is hard to get off” rock said as he had his red finger in his mouth “it’s the first day you came here, everyone on the island, likes to mark when they arrived here on the island, its like…” rock said as he though for a moment “oh, its like a second birthday!”

“oh, when’s your second birthday?” I asked rock when he got up to stretch.

“I don’t really have one, since I was born on this island, 22 years ago” rock said as he lost his childish smile

“oh…then happy second birthday! Since 1 days ago it was mine, it is your second birthday today!” I yelled.

“thanks” rock said with his old childish smile again. Then I heard it! A howl so strong, so big, so…familiar. “what’s that?” I asked rock, after I opened my door. 

Again I heard the strange howling.

“oh no, you don’t know this, but every night at 11:00pm that howling starts, everyone rush’s their children and wives inside the houses, and since your not married and I’m not married, my job is to protect you.” rock said with a straight look on his face blocking my only way out.

“don’t worry, I don’t need protecting, I’m a girl, not you in danger! Now let me by!” I said to rock.

“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that, and no!” he yelled.

“fine, I think I’ll just go to-” I said pretending I was going to bed, and then run out the door. I ran almost making it.

“nope, cant get by me that easily, I’m made of steel!” rock yelled.

“ok Mr. steel, take this!” I yelled as I pressure pointed rock in the neck.

“oww” rock said as he fell to the ground. “get back here I don’t want to get in trouble for losing the new girl!” he said when he got back up and saw me running for the woods.

“you wont lose me, I mean what’s in there that’s so dangerous?” I asked.

Rock though for a minute “nothing in the morning and afternoon, but at late at night a beast! He’s been walking that forest for years, hungry for…us, no ones ever seen him in town, but peoples stuff go missing at night!” rock said.

Again I heard the strange howl “what ever it is its hurt, now are you coming with me or not?!” I said bravely, hoping rock would agree to come along. 

Rock shook his head yes, and we started off into the woods.