Horton Hears A Who: Group of Friends

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: The New Girl

Jojo was riding around the school bus, looking at the window. He shuffled through his Who-Pod, started playing a song and went off in his little world.

La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la

Six AM

Radio playin'

Stumble out of bed

Runnin' out the door

A brand new day

Never thought I had this feeling

Never thought I'd get this far

But I'm okay

And I fly

I reach out my hands and touch the sky

That's right in front of me

And I try

Just let go, relax, enjoy the ride

And I feel free

When I fly

When I fly

Then, he paused the Who-Pod and noticed a girl, about his age, grey and black fur, hazel eyes, green and light pink guitar T-shirt and grey capris, with her hair, dark green and a ponytail on the side. She said, "Can I sit here?"

Jojo turned to her and said, "Sure."

She sat down next to Jojo, then he turned his Who-Pod back on.

Thinkin' back

When there were days

I could barely make it out the door

So much doubt

Changed my mind

Change my ways

Wasn't gonna do this anymore

I turned around

And I fly

I reach out my hands and touched the sky

It's right in front of me

And I try

Just let go, relax, enjoy the ride

And I feel free

When I fly

The girl noticed his Who-Pod and said, "That's cool. When did you get that Who-Pod?"

Jojo turned to her and said, "I've had this for my 13th birthday. I've put a lot of songs in. Everything from punk-rock, emo rock, alternative rock, pop-rock, rock-pop and stuff."

"I have the same Who-Pod on my 12th birthday. I put in a little dance-pop, punk-rock, teen pop, R&B/pop and emo rock." said the girl.

"That's awesome." said Jojo.

"What have you got playing?" she asked.

"It's 'I fly'."

"Can I take a listen?"

"Sure."

He gave the other side of the earphone to her ear and the song plays again.

Like a butterfly

Who lost his soul

I choose not to hide

Anymore

Fly

Oh oh oh

Fly

And I fly

I close my eyes and kiss the sky

That's right in front of me

And I try

Just let back, relax, enjoy the ride

And I feel free

And I fly

I close my eyes and touch the sky

That's right in front of me

And I try

Just let go, relax, enjoy the ride

And I feel free

When I fly

When I fly

When I fly

When I fly

When I fly

La, la, la, la, La, la, la, la

La la la la la la

La la, la, la, La, la, la, la

"That's awesome. When did you get that?" she asked.

"I got it 3 years ago." said Jojo.

"Cool. You should hear my favorite songs on my Who-Pod."

"Really? Like what?"

She brought out her Who-Pod, pink and green. She put the headphone on Jojo's ear and plays a little song there.

Gonna stay in bed today

Cause I can't stand the light

Don't know why I get so down

I won't be much fun tonight

And I can't believe

You still wanna hang around me

It's not so pretty all the time

You don't mind

To you it's all right

As I am

Is how you take me

Never try to push

or make me different

When I talk you listen to me

As I am

Is how you want me and

I know I've found the piece that's missing

I'm looking at him

"Wow. That's so cool." said Jojo.

"Thanks. So you're name's Jojo McDodd, right?" she asked.

"Yeah. How did you know?" he asked.

"My parents heard about you as the mayor of Whoville."

"Oh, you noticed?"

"Yeah, well, my name's Misty Kirkpatrick. I just moved in from Whereville just yesterday."

"Nice to meet you." said Jojo.

"Hopefully, we'll share the same class."

"This will be awesome."


The song was called "I Fly" from Hayden Pannetiere. Love that girl. Haven't seen her in "Heroes" though. The other song is called "As I Am" from Miley Cyrus. That girl is SO COOL! Anyway, this is an awesome beginning and there's more where that came from!