Chapter 10: A Christmas to remember
Five months later it begins to snow in Whoville, as it is now December Mana, Jojo, and the rest of the group make their way towards the mall. Jojo still wondering what Mana plans to do with all the gift cards just assumes that it will be something good.
"Hey bro, What do you plan on doing anyway?"
"Well if you must know remember that orphanage that we saved?"
"Yeah I remember that"
"Well it's Christmas time and they don't have much remember"
"Yeah and?"
"Well I am going to use the gift cards to go get them some presents for Christmas"
"Bro that's a sick idea, I'm game"
As the others agree with Jojo that it is a good idea they go into various stores and pick out some stuff. Some toys here and there, cloths, and some board games to. As they buy all the stuff Jojo calls up his mom and asks her to pick them up. So ten minutes later Sally pulls up with Hedy in her car seat as Jojo them begin to put all the presents in the trunk.
"Hewo evweone" Hedy says showing her one tooth as everyone says at the same time "Hi Hedy"
"So Jojo what is with all this stuff?" Sally asks looking back over her shoulder as everyone gets into the car.
"We are going to wrap up all these presents and give it to the orphanage mom" Mana says as he looks over at Jojo and smiles "I always wanted to say mom again"
"That is a wonderful idea son" Sally says smiling back at Mana who just simply runs his hand through his spiked hair. As they get home Marcus, Cody, and Mike are all unpacking while Jojo, Mana, and Liz help Sally bring in groceries and Hedy. They all begin to get to work as the phone rings and Jojo picks it up.
"McDodd residence Jojo speaking...Uh huh...I see...Ok I will ask them...Ok I will get back to you as soon as possible" Jojo then hangs up the phone as he goes back into the living room and sits down picking up a box with a pair of sneakers inside and begins to wrap it.
"That was the orphanage, it seems that they will be short on staff members on Christmas eve and would like to know if we knew anyone that would want to help out at the orphanage."
"I'm sure we can find people Jojo, it's not like we are disliked by anyone"
"True that Mana" Mike says finishing up a present and tossing it gently to Hedy who simply puts it down in a pile of finished presents before giving Mike a high five.
Mana then picks up his phone and begins dialing a number before putting it next to his ear.
"So what are you doing Mana?" Jojo asked handing a finished present to Hedy
"Don't worry about it....Hey Lou its Mana from camp...Yeah I was just wondering..." Mana continues his conversation with Lou as they hand Hedy the last present who claps her hands together "I help brother and friends I big girl" as Mana puts a hand on the mouthpiece of the phone
"Yes you are Hedy thank you" and resumes talking to Lou. "Ok thanks Lou this is going to be great," Mana then hangs up the phone and looks at everyone before announcing.
"Ok so I talked to Lou he is going to spread the word to the rest of the people from camp and ask them if they are willing to help out. Lou said he was more than willing to help out, let's just see how many else we can get."
Weeks go by as Christmas day is the following day, Mana and Jojo pack up all the stuff into the car as they make their way to their room before going in and getting ready for bed. Just then Hedy comes into their room wiping her eyes and sniffing as Jojo sits up.
"What's wrong Hedy?" Jojo asks wiping his eyes a little.
"I gots scared from the scary thingie" she says walking towards Jojo as Jojo picks her up and sits her on his knee.
"Aww do you want to sleep with big brother tonight?" Jojo says as he bounces her on his knee. She just simply nods and asks.
"Can big brother Mana sleep on other side so scary thingie can't get Hedy?" she says looking up at Jojo.
"I am sure Mana wouldn't mind why don't you go ask him" Jojo carries Hedy over to Mana's bed as Hedy taps Mana on the shoulder.
"Mmm Yes Hedy what is it?" Mana says wiping his eyes as well.
"I gots scared by the scary thingie and will you pweeze stay on the other side of Hedy so the bad thing can't get me?" Mana then gets out of bed and walks over to Jojo's and sits down on the edge nodding his head. as Jojo walks back to his bed he sets Hedy in the middle of them as he gets into bed and pulls the covers over them.
Sally going to go check on Hedy sees that she isn't in her bed so she panics and runs to Jojo them for help but when she opened the door she just smiled because she sees Mana with an arm around Hedy and Jojo has his arm over Mana's and they are all fast asleep. So she slowly closes the door
The next morning they are getting ready to leave as Hedy comes up to both of them
"Thank you for saving me from the scary thingie" as they both just nod and smile at her, Jojo them then get into the car and make their way to the orphanage, Jojo gets on his phone to call Marcus them while Mana gets on his phone to call Lou them.
They get to the orphanage and notice that everyone is still sleeping and they see this tiny little tree that is decorated. Mana then begins to Walk up and sees a really big Tree in the back of the orphanage. Mana smiles and then begins to take off all the ornaments and put them on the bigger tree. Jojo begins to help and within five minutes Marcus them arrive with small bags of presents as well as some ornaments.
"You are right Mana, I do feel good about this" Marcus exclaims putting some ornaments onto the tree.
"Us to" Cody and Mike exclaim setting their presents under the tree.
"And me" they all look and see Liz coming with a big pan covered in tin foil as she places it under the roof of the orphanage"
"Liz what is that?"
"Well I didn't have any money to get presents so I woke up early and made some noodles"
"Oh Liz you rock so hard right now"
"Go team Jojo" they say in a whisper as they continue to decorate the tree.
"I thought it was Team United" Mana looks up and sees the whole team from camp coming towards them with bags of gifts and food.
"Oh this is gonna rock so hard today" Mana then runs up and shakes Lou's hand before giving him a hug
"Dude how did you get everyone from the team to come"
"I told them what you guys are doing and they agreed to help out since you let them perform with you guys at camp"
A few Hours later they were finally done decorating the tree and placing all the presents under the tree as well as set up tables and places the food on them. Just then the whos at the orphanage open the door wanting to play in the snow but stop dead in their tracks and sees piles of presents under this huge tree and the smell of warm food filling the air. As Jojo and Mana make their way towards the little kids and the rest of them follow behind.
"Is this all for us??" A little who asks looking up at Mana who kneels and gets to eye level with the little who and nods.
"Yup this is all for you guys, because you see me my brother and our friends heard that you guys didn't have a lot of staff here to help you this day so we decided to come and spend the day with you before going home to our family"
"Oh thank you so much mister I never had a Christmas"
"well you do now" as Mana reaches for a present and hands it to the little who.
"Merry Christmas" Mana says as the little who with tears in his eyes just hugs Mana who simply hugs him back. The girls get in a line and the boys get in a line as Lou and half of the team begin handing out presents while the other half wait at the tables and begin to serve the kids food as they all begin to eat and chatter with the older whos.
After Lunch is over. They all begin to play in the snow tossing each other snowballs or making snow angels or just even wrestling around in the snow. Jojo, Mana and Lou are playing with these three older whos that are 13 years old they all are just wrestling around when finally Jojo, Mana got their opponents on their back and begin to tickle them while Lou is on the receiving end of the torture. All of a sudden a tall lady walks out and is surprised at what is going on and walks up to Jojo who is now sitting on the tiny who rubbing snow in his hair while the little who laughs Jojo looks up at the lady.
"Oh hey I hope you liked what we did"
"Where did all this stuff come from?"
"Me and my friends donated it"
"Really why?"
"Because we got a call from the orphanage asking for help"
"Ohh I see well thank you so much for all you have done"
"Don't mention it, it feels good helping out others"
Hours later Jojo and their friends then begin to get picked up as all the children at the orphanage begin to thank them for everything they have done. and not off in the distance can you see a full moon and hear a wolf howl off in the distance.
Disclaimer: I hope you guys liked this story....isn't Jojo a bully haha Also I only own Mana and Lou. The full moon and a wolf howling in the distance can only mean one thing....but what is it? hope you guys liked this ending.