A/N: Aaaaand, we're back, guys! This is the moment you've all been waiting for! This is the ninth chapter of "Sadness Spiral" and we're about to find out if Sadness survived the fall or not. So, did she make it? Well, we are about to find out right now, so fasten your seatbelts because it's gonna be a bumpy ride!

Chapter 9

Back Together Again

Anger's P.O.V.

"No, Sadness!" screamed Joy, as she covered her mouth and saw Sadness' bundle on the ground.

I ran over to the edge of the cliff and looked down over the water and screamed, "KID!"

Fear immediately ran over as he looked down and cried dramatically, "No. No, no, no, no, no! Sadness! Sadness!"

Disgust slowly walked over to Fear just as his eyes filled with tears and looked down too. There was no sign of Sadness.

"I can't believe she's gone." said Disgust sadly.

Joy suddenly collapsed to the ground, with a shocked look on her face.

"I don't believe this." Joy mumbled to herself. "This isn't right."

I had to jump down there to save Sadness. I may not think straight while doing so, but this was the only way. There was no way I was gonna lose her.

"I gotta go after her!" I exclaimed desperately.

I tried to jump, but someone caught my arm in the nick of time before I could. I turned around and it was Fear. The tears were rolling down his face.

"Wait a minute, Anger." he sniffled in a small voice. "She's gone…"

I stared at him with disbelief for a moment. This did not make any sense. We, Emotions weren't supposed to die until Riley's life ended.

"Get away from me, beanpole!" I snapped, as I pushed him away.

"Anger…" sniffled Fear.

"I said get away from me!" I barked, as I felt a lump in my throat.

Fear knew I was very upset, so he walked away from me just as he started to cry quietly where he saw Joy sitting on the ground and holding Sadness' bundle.

"Oh, Sadness…" Joy sobbed quietly.

Disgust sadly walked over to Joy and rubbed her back a little as she started to cry softly too. Fear joined in as he held Joy near. That was it. It was all over. We lost Sadness to a tragic fall and now Riley would never make up with Jordan and we would definitely lose Friendship Island again. Joy was right. This was all my fault. If only I kept my cool while Sadness accidentally dropped Disgust's birthday cake, then none of this would've happened and the way I broke her glasses was a big, bad mistake. We were unaware that Sadness safely crawled out from the other side of the log.

"Sadness, if you can hear me, I just want to say that I'm very, very sorry I mistreated you before." I said sadly, as I looked down to the ground. "I take it back."

"I, I, I never got to tell Sadness how I really felt about missing her." sobbed Joy, as she hugged the bundle.

"I know, Joy." Disgust sobbed. "She was a great Emotion."

"A great Emotion?!" Joy exclaimed, as tears ran down her face. "Disgust, she was like a sister to me and I should've told her the chance to after I found her."

"Well, I'm afraid it's a little too late for that now, Joy. Sadness has gone to the moon with Bing Bong!" Fear sobbed and bawled his eyes out.

End of Anger's P.O.V.

Sadness' P.O.V.

I was lucky that I survived the fall. Suddenly, I heard Joy, Disgust and Fear crying.

I approached over to them and asked, "Hey, why are you guys crying? Can I join in with you?"

"Not now, Sadness! We're too busy crying over Sadness!" sobbed Fear. He suddenly realized he was talking to me and exclaimed, "Sadness?!"

"Hey, wait a minute!" Disgust exclaimed, as she stopped crying.

"Is that really you?" asked Joy surprisingly.

Anger looked up and saw that I was alive just as his head started steaming.

"Why, you big fraud! You, you-you-you four-flusher! I-I'm fed up!" he sputtered angrily.

"SADNESS!" Joy, Disgust and Fear shouted, as they picked me up and hugged me tightly.

"Sadness! You scared the heck out of us!" Fear cried happily with relief.

"Sadness, you're okay!" cheered Joy happily.

I gently pulled away from the hug and wondered curiously, "Huh? Of course I'm okay. What's going on here?"

"Sadness, we thought you fell to your death." replied Disgust with relief. "How were you able to escape?"

"Um, I didn't fall to my death. I just jumped to the other side of the log and crawled out while you were mourning for me." I explained, as I twiddled around with my fingers.

Joy smiled warmly as she said to me, "Well, we're very glad that you're okay."

"Me too. I was afraid I'd never see you again." I heard that gruff voice say.

Standing next to Joy and Disgust was Anger. He was suddenly all calm.

"Anger?" I exclaimed.

My eyes widened with shock as my body suddenly froze. I felt like I couldn't move my body until I grew tears in my eyes and that's when I couldn't take it anymore. I turned away as I started to cry. It was pretty much the same way when we watched that 'SpongeBob' episode of where the snail ran away from home, but this was serious.

Anger groaned with guilt and walked over to me as I was sitting on the ground with my head down on my knees and hugging them. Joy, Disgust and Fear took a step back.

"Hey, uh, Sadness." Anger said gently, as he placed a hand on my shoulder. "Please look at me."

"I don't want to." I sobbed, as my voice was muffled.

"Sadness, I'm really sorry. It's not you, it's me." said Anger sympathetically. "I'm sorry I broke your glasses and got angry. I really shouldn't have done that."

I stood up and faced Anger with tears streaming down my cheeks.

"You also wished I never existed and you called me clumsy." I said, crying.

"I was wrong, kid! I just, spoke out of…" Anger said seriously, before he had to think for a moment. "…anger."

I sniffled, but I kept on listening to what he had to say.

"Look, I'm sorry I haven't been such a good friend to you. It's just that, I got upset when I thought you purposely dropped the cake until I realized it was an accident all along while you were gone. Believe me, this whole thing was my fault and I should've given you some more respect. You are the most important Emotion in all of H.Q. and if you didn't find your true purpose, then you wouldn't be here today. So, do you think you can forgive me and give your old pal, Anger another chance?" confessed Anger with guilt.

I stared at Anger for a very long time before I finally embraced him in a tight hug.

End of Sadness' P.O.V.

Anger's P.O.V.

(Oh, jeez, here we go…)

I did not see that hug coming at all. I thought my apology and confession to Sadness wasn't very good until I felt myself being lifted off the ground. I growled quietly as my head started steaming again.

"Uh-oh." said Fear nervously.

All of a sudden, out of the blue, I didn't feel so angry anymore. A smile appeared on my face as I hugged Sadness back. Tears were dampening my suit, but I didn't care. That kid deserved it.

"That was so sweet." Fear mumbled shakily.

Then, he blew his nose right into Disgust's scarf.

"Ew! Fear!" Disgust exclaimed, looking all grossed out.

"Oops. Sorry." he apologized quickly, before realizing it was too late.

As soon as Sadness finished hugging me, Joy walked over to me and said proudly, "That wasn't so bad, was it, Anger?"

"Nope. I have learned my lesson." I said satisfied.

End of Anger's P.O.V.

Sadness' P.O.V.

Joy turned to me as she put her hands on my shoulders and looked at me and said gently, but seriously, "Sadness, I need you to listen to me. You can't ever, ever do that again. You understand?"

"Yes, Joy." I answered, still crying. "I'm sorry. Please don't be angry at me."

Joy looked at Anger, Disgust and Fear with sympathetic looks on their faces before she turned back to me.

"I'm not angry. I'm very happy to see you again." she said gently.

"Yeah, Sadness. You really had us worried sick." Disgust said, as she approached over to me.

"I'm sorry. I just thought that you guys didn't need me anymore because I only make things worse like I always do." I replied sadly.

"No, you don't, Sadness. You make everything better." Joy said, as she tried to stay optimistic. "It was just like that time when you stopped Riley from running away and help her get back to Mom and Dad."

"And you made Riley express her feelings about missing Minnesota." Fear reminded me.

"Look at you, Sadness. You grew up and matured and became one of us, which was all thanks to you." stated Disgust happily, as she pointed out.

"Just because someone is angry at you, doesn't mean that they don't love you anymore. Love is stronger than anger and when the anger goes away, the love will still be there." explained Joy.

"True. But I still feel like history's gonna repeat itself." I said, as I started to cry again.

"Aw, no, it won't. That's never gonna happen because it's all in the past." Joy said, as she took a handkerchief out of her pocket and started drying my tears away.

The next thing I knew what was happening was that all of my friends were drying my tears away as well. (Anger didn't bring a handkerchief with him, so he just wiped my tears away with his thumbs instead.)

"It's gonna be okay, kid." said Anger sweetly. "Trust me."

I started to smile again. Anger was right. Everything was going to be okay. I pulled him into another hug and he hugged me back. Then, Joy, Disgust and Fear gave us a group hug. I was so happy to be back with my friends again for real.

"Hey, uh, guys? Sorry to interrupt this group hug, but don't you think we should be getting back to Headquarters by now?" Disgust said worriedly.

"Oh my gosh!" gasped Joy. "You're right, Disgust! We gotta get back before Riley wakes up! I think her nap's almost over!"

"I think I know how to get us back to Headquarters! Follow me, guys!" I told them, as I picked up my bundle.

They followed me back to the Mind World and a recall tube was there which would take us back to Headquarters.

"Riley, I'm coming home!" I announced happily, as I immediately jumped in and sent me back to H.Q.

"Wait for me!" Fear called, as he jumped in after me.

Then, Joy, Disgust and Anger all jumped in after us and in a few seconds, we would be back in Headquarters.

End of Sadness' P.O.V.

A/N: Woohoo! Sadness and Anger finally made up and I'm so happy! Yes! Oh, are you guys happy too? Well, the good news was that Sadness survived the fall. I thought she didn't but she did! It was just like in "Piglet's Big Movie" and I made a reference to that. Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter and please follow, favorite and review! Now, we have two more chapters left until this story's done! Watch out for chapter 10 coming soon!

THANK YOU & Peace out, everyone!