Generation 1 Part 2

Andrew was right, Sera realised, looking at their new home. It was a beautiful little house, and she did love it. She smiled at her husband, feeling a rush of love warm her heart. It seemed like he knew her better than she thought.

"Well?" Andrew demanded gruffly.

"It's very nice, Andrew." Sera admitted. "How big is it?"

"An open plan lounge, kitchen and dining, with a decent sized combined bathroom/laundry and two bedrooms. One for us, and one we can use as a study or whatever."

"One we could use as a nursery later?" Sera asked.

Andrew snorted. "Maybe. But I doubt it. I've gotta say it was a relief to find out last time that you weren't pregnant. I'm not exactly keen to rush into it again."

Neither am I. Sera thought. But I would like to have kids someday... "Let's look inside." She suggested instead.

"Wow," Sera said, looking around. "It's pretty big in here."

She looked around the comfortably appointed room. It was wallpapered in her favourite colour, too - sea foam green. And she loved the kitchen, it was very kistchy, but sweet as well.

"It came fully furnished. Pretty cheap, too. Something about being too close to the graveyard for some folks. They were scared of zombies." Andrew snorted. "I'm hungry, I'm going to make some lunch."

"I might check out the Fire Station," Sera ventured. "It looked a lot like the one in Sunset Valley."

"Yeah, see you later."

The Hidden Springs Community Firehouse looked exactly the same as her old Firehouse in Sunset Valley...except for a random trashed chair. Sera had no idea what that was about.

Slowly, she approached her future workmates, smiling nervously. They didn't seem too welcoming, one even showed her fangs...which was very strange behaviour.

"Hi," she said shakily to the one who looked to be the least harmful - strange skin and eyes being nothing compared to sparkly green wings or sharp white fangs and body hair. "My name's Sera Edgeworth."

Or maybe not...she thought, as this stranger's smile revealed even sharper teeth.

"Hey there, I'm Ebonee" she said in a soft drawl, an accent that Sera didn't recognise. "Whatcha doin' here?"

"I want to join the Firefighting Career." Sera said, eagerly. "I was a firefighter back in Sunset Valley, we just moved here, my husband and I, that is."

"Well..." Ebonee looked her up and down. "All right. But you need to build some muscle, honey. The jobs here can be pretty dramatic."

The other two firefighters said nothing, although the winged man smiled encouragingly.

"O-okay...see ya..." Quickly, Sera made her escape, vowing to hit the gym as soon as she left here.

"Be here Monday, 9-6." Ebonee called after her.

First, Sera tried the treadmill. But her preoccupation soon had her making sweet love to the rubber mat, so shakily, she got off and hopped on the weights machine.

I'd better build some serious muscle anyway. Sera thought, deciding to come back to the treadmill another day when she wasn't so preoccupied. I'm going to have to get used to different kinds of people here, I can see that...What did Andrew mean earlier when he was talking about zombies?

When she finally got home, feeling pretty pumped, there was a strange man waiting on the front lawn.

"Can I help you?" She asked, wondering what he could possibly want.

The man smiled at her shyly. "Hi, my name's Silas Green," he replied. "I live just over the hill, so I thought I would come by and welcome you to town."

Whoa he has a cute smile... Sera smiled back at him. "Thanks, my name's Sera. My husband and I just moved here from Sunset Valley."

"Ah...well I hope you enjoy Hidden Springs. We aren't quite so cosmopolitan, but it's a nice place to live. I gotta say, I never thought this place would be sold, being so close to the graveyard and all..."

"Yeah, well ghosts don't scare us," Sera scoffed.

"But what about the zombies?" Silas asked. "Are you planning to have a garden? Because if so you might want to fence it off. For some reason they love plants...they keep killing mine when I forget to lock the gate."

"I'll...keep that in mind..." Sera looked at her feet. "Uhm...I should go inside. It's getting late..."

"Oh! They only come out on the full moon, so don't worry about it too much!" Silas said eagerly.

"Well that's a relief," Sera laughed. "I'll see you another time."

"Yeah, definitely. Don't be a stranger! There aren't many of us out this way, it's kinda lonely sometimes. Catch you another time."

That Monday, Sera almost leapt out the door in her eagerness to get to work. Andrew was having trouble finding work, and took out his frustration on her, sniping at every little thing she did, from cooking pancakes, to how she made the bed.

"You're yawning a bit." Her ride commented.

"Not much sleep last night," Sera replied shortly.

"Hmmm...hopefully no emergencies for you, then."

Sera nodded shortly, and the rest of the trip was made in silence.

We really are out of the way. Sera thought as the trip dragged on. No wonder Silas was so eager to have a neighbour.

Unfortunately, there was an emergency, Minti Cho was burning incense. 

Who burns incense outside? Sera wondered, as she put out the small fire. She was kind of disappointed, her first emergency really wasn't that impressive.

When she got home, Andrew was happy. "I found a job," he said, going to embrace her.

"Whoa!" Sera backed away. "You spent all weekend treating me like crap. I am NOT interested right now!"

Andrew glared at her. "Fine," he hissed, before storming off.

Sera bit her lip. That might not have been the best way to start the week...