~ A Harvest Moon fanfiction: Love?~

Easter Special

This is another little holiday chapter that I thought was cute. I know its kinda late after Easter but I still wanted to post this!

So hope you guys like it! Again, this doesn't have anything to do with the real story. After this the story will continue as normal.

What's Easter?

My mother died on a beautiful day just like Easter. Everyone knows what Easter is really about, but people still do things like the Easter chicken and people paint their chicken eggs. Its nice but.. people should know what it's really about. Or what it really means to them....
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It was a beautiful morning. Easter Sunday. Gray came over to give me a cute little gift.

"Good morning. Claire happy Easter!"

I woke up groggy but greeted Gray happily.

"Yawn...Good morning Gray, happy Easter... why are you here so early?"

"Well i got you this small chocolate Easter chicken!"

"Awww i love it! Thank you! But coming at least at 12:00pm wouldn't hurt?? I just woke up!"

"Sorry i guess i was just excited.. well I need to go, I'm getting ready for the chicken festival today!"

"Bye!"

I closed the door and started getting ready for Easter myself. I put on a white dress with yellow flower flowing at the bottom. It reminded me of the dress I wore when I was younger, when my mother passed away. I said goodbye to my pet Max and walked outside.

I grabbed my chicken and started heading towards the festival. I carried my chicken and we walked across the long sidewalk path. The flowers were blooming and petals fell down from the trees and landed in my hair. It was the nicest feeling. At the end of the path, I walked into the chicken poultry farm and all the chickens were getting ready for prizes.

"Hello everyone, let's first start with the annual chicken egg hunt!" The Mayor said.

As childish as it was.. the Mayor passed out baskets for everyone. Everyone, including me, ran into the forest behind the chicken field and started to gather eggs. I ran really far into the woods and ended up running into the Goddess pond. I bumped my knee by the fountain, which really hurt!

"Owwww...." I yelled.

Gray. ended up coming this way and saw me. My knee was red and burned. It really hurt...

"Woah Claire! Hold on I'll go get you something!"

Gray ran back and I sat and wait by the pond.

"Here I got a rag and a bandaid."

He dipped the rag in the goddess pond which glisened after he pulled it out for some reason, and put it on my bruise. It stung and my facial expression made it obvious.

"Oww..tsss...that hurt.."

"Well you shouldn't have been so distracted, here's a bandaid"

Gray has always been so kind to me, even when we were little, but today it felt different.

After that, my leg still burned of pain so we sat and watched the pond sparkle.

"Claire.. what's Easter really about..."

I got quiet.. when Gray said that.

" Well I dont really know. Its kind of a story about how the Goddess died for us to live. Long time ago she told everyone in the village that a huge storm was going to come and kill them all. No one beilived her. She warned them, and screamed it, but still nothing.

The villagers thought she was crazy, and they killed her for it. The goddess was sent up into the heaven and was granted the power of  the Goddess of us all to watch and protect us here, and that's mainly the whole story... Well I think so... my mom used to tell me this."

"Wow. You really opened my eyes today Claire I never knew what Easter was about, these silly games are just a waste of time.. let's leave."

"Leave, where?"

"Anywhere. its Easter."

That day, Gray and I thanked the harvest goddess for watching over us. Then we left and hung out all day. We put the chicken back to the farm, painted chicken eggs, walked through the flower petals, and had a great day.

Later that Evening

"Gray I had a great time with you today." I said.

"Me too"

"I need to do one more thing before I go home, can you come with me?"

Gray nodded and we walked. It was getting late and the wind started to blow.

I grabbed a hand ful of flower petals earlier and took them with me. We then arrived. It was the church. We went in and prayed to the Harvest Goddess for our lovely Easter day. Then Gray came with me and to my mothers grave to wish her a happy Easter also. It felt as if I were saying it to the same person. Gray left and so did I.

" Wait Gray?" I said as he was walking away.

"Yeah Claire?"

"So did I answer your question... What is Easter to you?"

"Easter to me is.. you. I'm always with you but on this particular day. It means more...thanks Claire for showing me what Easter really means to me."

"Gray I didn't realize it at first but you showed me what Easter really means too..and I think its you..."

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Well this story was not how I planned it to be, but hey! It all worked! I know I'm late, but I thought this was a cute chapter! Hope you all read it! Thanks everyone!