A/N This is a rewrite of Time to Face Your Fears. I'll leave the original up because I like the story, just not all of it and I had more ideas. This first chapter has some changes, but it may look similar to the original. Zack belongs to Celrock.
Min Jun watched longingly as Tommy and Dil played in the grass with their dogs Spike and Spifi. He wished he could have a dog like they did. They were more fun to play with then his little sister.
Tommy stopped playing and walked over to his new friend. He didn't know him that well but they were becoming fast friends now that he spent every afternoon at his house after pre school.
"What's wrong?" Tommy asked sitting in the grass beside Min Jun.
"It's not fair." MIn Jun started to explain."You cn have two dogs and I can't even have one."
"I thought your family was to busy to keep a dog." Tommy reminded him.
"Well they're not." Min Jun snapped more harshly then he meant to."I finded out the real reason."
"So why can't you have one?" Tommy asked as Dil came over and joined them in the shade of the tree.
"Cuz my mommy is scared of them but deosn't even remember what happened so I don't get how she can be scared." Min Jun answered.
"Why is it so important for you to have a dog anyways?" Zack asked sitting next to Dil as Didi brought out a plate of cookies for the kids to have for a snack.
"Cuz I just want one." Min Jun answered once Didi went back inside and everyone had grabbed a cookie."They're more fun to play with then my sister and Tommy and Dil and Chuckie and Kimi get to have two so I want one."
He gots some good reasons." Kimi pointed out while finishing off her cookie.
"Just keep bugging your parents until they say yes." Phil told him.
"Yeah that's what we do when we want something really bad." Lil added.
"Thanks guys. I'll try that." Min Jun said.
The kids finished their snack and played outside until their parents came to get them. Min Jun was the last to leave as was the case on most days.
"Good luck." Tommy whispered as Min Jun passed him on the way out the front door.
"Can we please get a dog?" Min Jun begged as soon as he was in the car.
"I already said no." Mi Sun reminded him as she pulled out of the driveway.
"But all my friends have one." Min Jun whined.
"I don't care. I already said no." Mi Sun snapped.
Min Jun crossed his arms and pouted the whole way home. He didn't like being told no. He usually got his way when he asked for something.
"Why do you want a dog so bad anyways?" Ji Yeon asked as they played on the living room floor while they waited for dinner to finish cooking.
"Cause I just do." Min Jun answered as he threw Ji Yeon's toy phone across the room. He was still angry and didn't feel like explaining any further since his sister wouldn't understand seeing as she spent the majority of her days in the hospital daycare.
"I don't see what's so great about them." Ji Yeon commented picking up the toy phone."I watched them on tv and all they do is make a lot of noise and jump around."
"Those are cartoon dogs. Real dogs are different." Min Jun insisted. Ji Yeon just shrugged and continued playing with her phone.
"If you spent time at Tommy and Dil's house like I do you would see how much fun real dogs are." Min Jun told her. This gave him an idea. He couldn't take her to Tommy's house, but he could show her how a real dog acts. He pulled out a dvd set in a light blue case.
"What are you doing?" Ji Yeon asked looking up from her toy phone and watching Min Jun place a disk into the player.
"I'm going to show you that not all dogs on tv are loud and jumpy." Min Jun explained going over to the coffee table and picking up the remote. He helped Ji Yeon onto the couch and waited while the player loaded the menue. A few seconds later a menue popped up with a dark sky and a plane in the jungle with rain sounds.
"What is this?' Ji Yeon asked not havingever seen what Min Jun had put on.
He answered her question as he clicked on the second episode featured on the disk."It's called Lost and it's one of mommy and daddy's favorite shows. That's how I know what it is cuz I watched it with them. I think your name came from this show."
"Really?" Ji Yeon asked as the episode began to play. Min Jun nodded as they continued to watch the episode. He fastfowarded it a little so JI Yeon could see the dog. They didn't have time to watch the whole episode since it was nearing dinner time. He pressed play and the kids watched as a woman walked into an apartment and picked up a puppy from a wrapped box.
"Aw that was a cute dog and it was quiet." Ji Yeon commented once she had seen what Min Jun had wanted her to see and turned off the show.
"I told you real dogs are different." Min Jun said going into the kitchen. He approached his mother who was putting the food on the table."Did you change your mind yet? Can I get a dog now?"
Mi Sun turned away from the table to face Min Jun."The answer is still no."
"I'm not eating then." Min Jun declared crossing his arms in defiance.
"Ok." Mi Sun said not giving in as Jin walked into the room carrying Ji Yeon.
"What's going on?' Jin asked as he placed his daughter into her high chair.
"He's refusing to eat because I won't let his get a dog." Mi Sun explained.
"That's not going to get you what you want." Jin said turning to Min Jun.
"Then waht will?" Min Jun asked looking up at his father with pleading eyes.
"If your parents say no about something that means no. Nothing you do will change that so either eat your dinner or go to your room." Jin odered.
Min Jun stomped his foot and turned and stomped up the stairs to his room slamming the door once he got there. He didn't say anything to his parents the next, not at breakfast, which he also refused to eat, or on the way to school.
"Your plan didn't work." Min Jun told Phil and Lil once he met up with them in the cubbies.
"It works for us." Phil shrugged.
"Not all the time." Lil disagreed.
"Yes it does." Phil argued.
"No it doesn't." Lil yelled back.
Min Jun was starting to get a headache due to Phil and Lil's argueing so he went to sit at his table with Chuckie and Tommy.
"Did it work?" Tommy asked not noticing the glum look on Min Jun's face.
"Did you get a dog?" Chuckie asked.
Min Jun shook his head."I asked and I didn't even eat dinner or breakfast this morning and nothing worked."
"Maybe if you find a puppy your parents will let you keep it." Chuckie suggested. He remembered when he and Kimi had become attatched to Pepper and his parents let them keep her.
"Good idea Chuckie." Tommy said excitedly hoping to help his friend get a bestest doggie friend like he had.
"It is?" Chuckie asked suddenly not so sure he should've spoke. He didn't like the I gots a idea face Tommy was making.
"How am I sposed to find a puppy?" Min Jun asked.
"There's a doggie school here." Tommy commented."We can go find it when we go play outside."
Unfortunatly the weather had other plans and it started raining so going outside would be impossible. Soon enough the teacher had a movie playing with the lights out hoping to get the kids to take a nap since it would be a long day inside.
"Come on. Now is our chance." Tommy whispered to Min Jun while the movie began playing.
They snuck out of the classroom and out into the hallway. Thankfully for them it was deserted at this time of day.
"How do you know there is a dog school here?' Min Jun asked following Tommy."I thought only people go to school."
"I found it once when I first started pre school." Tommy explained continueing down the hall.
They walked a little further down the hall until they came to a brown door.
"This is where it was. I think." Tommy said pushing the door open.
Instead of finding a room full of dogs like they expected they found a room full of old people playing bingo.
"I think we found old people school instead." Min Jun commented peering inside the room.
They walked down the hallway opening all the doors until they came to the last one which just so happened to be their classroom so they snuck in and sat down.
"Any luck finding the puppies?" Chuckie asked in a whisper once he noticed Tommy sitting beside him.
"No. I guess they don't have doggie school today." Tommy answered glumly.
Later that night after everyone had gone home Tommy began to formulate a plan on how to help his friend get what he wanted. He couldn't imagine his life without Spike. He wracked his brain for any ideas as he lay in his quiet dark room. He fell asleep with an idea in his head, an idea so cray it just had to work.
Unfortunately it was the weekend so Tommy's brilliant plan would have to wait until Monday afternoon. He didn't see Min Jun all weekend, which wasn't unusual since one or both of his parents had at least one day off during that time.
"I asked all the days we didn't have school and it only made my parents mad." Min Jun grumbled as he took his seat at pre school Monday morning.
"Sorry it didn't work, but I have an idea." Tommy told him ecitedly.
"What's your idea?" Min Jun asked eagerly. He hoped it was better then Phil and Lil's.
"I'll tell you when we get to my house." Tommy told him.
Min Jun was curious about Tommy's idea but didn't press him for an answer. He didn't want the only person on his side angry with him for asking to many questions like his parents were at the moment.
Didi picked up the kids like she normally did but instead of going home she decided to take the kids to the park since it was a nice day. They had a picnic and played for awhile until Didi decided to take them home for a nap.
"I'll tell you my idea when my mommy gets us ready for a nap." Tommy said as they pulled into the driveway.
Didi brought out pillows and blankets and laid them out for the kids to take a nap in the playpen.
"Ok here is my idea." Tommy whispered tapping Min Jun on the shoulder. The Korean boy sat up and stared intently at the purple haired four year old sitting next to him.
"We're going back in time so we can stop whatever happened to your mommy to make her scared of dogs so you can get one." Tommy explained.
"Good idea, but how can we go back in time?' Min Jun asked, cinfusion written on his round face.
"We went to the footure once." Kimi piped up throwing her blanket to the side ready for a new adventure.
Min Jun stared at the kids still completely confused.
"It's a long story." Tommy sighed, then with more energy stood up and said now who's with me?'
Tommy looked around and noticed his brother and Phil and Lil were already alseep.
"I'll go." Zack volunteered. He joined the group near the entrance to the play pen."I've always wanted to go back in time."
"I'll come too." Kimi said raising her head and following Zack.
"You guys go ahead. going to the footure was enough for me." Chuckie said covering his head with the blanket.
"Come on guys before my mommy comes back." Tommy commanded unlocking the playpen and leading the way to the closet.
They all rushed inside and Tommy looked around and found what he needed. He was about to put the headphones on a volleyball when Min Jun cried out.
"Wait we need to go to Korea. How do we know we'll go there?"
"With this." Zack announced holding up a globe and pointing to South Korea. Everyone daced the globe and Tommy placed the headphones on top of it and turned the dial of the nearby radio which the headphones were attatched to back so they would go back in time. There was a white flash and everyone blacked out for a minute. When they came to they found themselves in some strange market.
A/N So how will things go? You'll just have to keep reading this story to find out. There will be more changes in the next chapter.