I credit this song, "Sometimes, Secretly" from the 1989 movie, "The BFG"
In the late night, the peach flew above the clouds and Centipede was standing at the stem looking at the compass and made sure the compass is pointing east. Centipede was starting to yarn and was about to doze off.
"Oh boy, what I wouldn't do for a cup of coffee," he said to himself as he nearly dozed off, he jiggled his head and hit himself in the face to keep himself awake and muttered, "A cup of joe."
The hole opened and Mr. Grasshopper came out with a chair made from a match holder and a blanket.
"I say, old sport, came to relieve you of your duties."
"I said I'd steer the peach," Centipede yawned. "Have to steer the peach."
Centipede yawned as Mr. Grasshopper placed the chair down and laid Centipede down onto the chair.
"Can't quit… now," muttered Centipede.
"Good show, old boy," said Mr. Grasshopper as he covered Centipede with the blanket.
"Thanks… Mr. Grasshopper," Centipede muttered as he fell into a deep sleep. Mr. Grasshopper took out his violin and played soft music.
Diana and I sat on the fence pathway. I looked at the stars and Diana looked into her sketchbook and did a few drawings.
"That was some journey, huh Jenna?" Diana asked smiling.
"Oh yes Diana," I said. "That journey was one of the craziest, but fun journey, I ever had in my life."
"Absolutely," Diana replied. "We escaped from Sponge and Spiker and the hill, we floated in the Atlantic Ocean, defeated a Robot shark and fought against skeleton pirates, and you singing Carmen, opera may not be my favorite, but to be honest you have the voice of the angel and can sing great. We even had amazing moments."
"Thank you Diana," I said. "No one has ever complimented on my singing nicely. Except my family, even though they do respect my love for classical music, they think that I shouldn't sing in public, since not a lot of people like opera."
"Yeah," Diana said. "Even artist jobs are hard to get, since I had a rough relationship with my dad."
"Mine too," I said. "Even my mom."
"And to be honest again," Diana said. "You are my best friend and more like a sister to me."
I then started to sing
"Sometimes, secretly
We'd all like to know
Of somewhere safe in dreams
Where no one else can go.
Diana then sang.
Away from the clouds,
Where nothing is louder
Than night falling around
And you tumble and glide
On a magical ride
Don't wake,
You'd have to come down
We sang together.
And sometimes, secretly
We all need to know,
There's somewhere deep in dreams
Where only we can go.
I sang again.
If you could stay forever,
Would you?
We sang together.
Somewhere
Safe in dreams
Where no one else can go.
Diana and I hugged each other in love and friendship.
James was sitting on the fence pathway and read the travel book his father gave him. There was now a big loop and now they were back on course to New York City. He felt excited and nervous at the same time. He heard the song Jenna and Diana were singing, and he kept on reading his travel book and smiled at the thought of the girls singing.
"Hmmm," he mused. "These girls really are great friends, and great friends to me too. I hope their dreams come true as soon as we get to New York City."
All of a sudden beautiful violin music was playing softly, James thought about it and he walked up the fence pathway and thought to himself, "Who could be playing that beautiful music? It sounds so familiar."
As he reached the top, James saw Mr. Grasshopper playing his violin as Centipede was still sleeping.
"That music!" James cried.
Mr. Grasshopper jumped up and he realized it was the boy, "Oh sir James! Did…did I disturb you? So sorry, I'll… I'll put this away."
Mr. Grasshopper was about to put his violin away in his case.
"No, no!" cried James. "I like it! I used to hear it at my aunt's house before I went to sleep."
"You're pretty smart young James."
The boy gasped.
"So that was you, wasn't it? Playing that music or do all grasshoppers play music?" he asked.
"All grasshoppers…try." Mr. Grasshopper said. "I'm sure you've heard this."
He lied on his back and rubbed his legs together and made a sound just like crickets, James nodded as he remembered hearing the sound at night.
"Ghastly isn't it? Cricket stuff." Said Mr. Grasshopper. "Music should be the voice of the soul."
James raised eyebrow.
"What does that mean?" Asked James.
"It means when I'm happy, my music sounds like this." Mr. Grasshopper played his music in a joyful sound making James smiled and nodded his head to the song and after finishing his song, he clapped.
"When I'm sad, it's like this…"
He played a slow, but a classical tune like a song at a funeral. The boy frowned and felt his eyes filling with tears.
"When I was sad, I used to climb in bed with my mum and dad," James said as his eyes were filled with tears and he quickly dried them away. "But that was a long time ago."
Mr. Grasshopper placed a hand on James's shoulder.
"I'm sure they'd be very proud of you, James. I know we are."
He hopped up on the stem and started to play a song on his violin in an upbeat tune and the others, Mrs. Ladybug, Earthworm, Miss Spider, Dragonfly, Butterfly and Glowworm inside the peach woke up.
Even Diana and I heard the music playing from the top of the peach, and curious we went up to see Mr. Grasshopper laying his violin. James and Centipede were there.
"He really is a pro," Diana said.
"Tell me about it," I said. Mr. Grasshopper noticed us and smiled as we stood near James.
"Take a little time," Mr. Grasshopper sang and danced.
Just look at where we are,
We've come very, very, far together.
"And if I might say so," Mr. Grasshopper leaned towards us.
Centipede woke up and joined Mr. Grasshopper.
"And if I might say so too," Centipede sang as he threw the blanket off.
"We wouldn't have got anywhere if it weren't for you, boy and girls." Mr. Grasshopper and Centipede sang as they both bowed to us.
James, Diana and I pointed to our selves and looked at each other. We grinned as we pointed at each other.
"Love is the sweetest thing," Mrs. Ladybug came out of the hole.
"Love never comes just when you think it will," Earthworm sang as he slithered out of the hole.
"Love is a special feeling," Butterfly sang.
"Love is like an open door," Dragonfly sang as he stepped out.
"Love is the way we feel for you," Miss Spider came out last and sang gently.
"We're family," sang Mr. Grasshopper.
"We're family," Centipede, Dragonfly, and Mr. Grasshopper sang together.
"We're family!" The others sang with them.
"All of us," sang Miss Spider.
"And you!" Mr. Grasshopper sang as he hopped up.
Up in the sky above the seagulls were two acrobats swinging on trapeze bars and when they let go of the bar, they grabbed their hands and flipped and grabbed the trapeze bars.
"Think of where we'd be if we were on our own…" Centipede sang as he was upside down.
"We'd be dead!" cried Earthworm
"You're what holds us all together," sang Mrs. Ladybug.
"We are?" James, Diana, and I asked at the same time.
"Exactly," Dragonfly said.
"Why of course," Butterfly said.
"And if I might say so," sang Centipede.
"And if we might say so too," sang Mr. Grasshopper and Mrs. Ladybug.
"We never could love anyone as much as…" Sang Mr. Grasshopper.
"We love you!" Everyone sang as they gathered around us and hugged us.
"Love!" Glowworm appeared and sang.
"Is the strangest thing!" Centipede and Miss Spider sang.
"Love!" sang Glowworm.
"Does exactly what it wants to do!" Mr. Grasshopper and Mrs.
Ladybug sang as they walked towards Glowworm.
"Love!" sang Glowworm as Centipede, Dragonfly, and Mr. Grasshopper helped Glowworm out.
"Boy, ya know it's true!" Centipede and Dragonfly sang as he and Mr. Grasshopper put Glowworm down.
"We're family! We're family! We're family!" Everyone danced around the peach.
"Me!" Sang Mr. Grasshopper.
"Me!" Sang Mr. Centipede.
"Me!" Sang Dragonfly.
"Me!" Sang Butterfly.
"Me!" Sang Earthworm.
"Me!" Sang Mrs. Ladybug.
"Me!" Sang Glowworm.
"And you!" Sang everyone.
"Ashes to ashes and dust to dust!" Miss Spider and Butterfly sang as a dust figure beat a drum, and the drummer poured glitter on them.
"Without you there'd be no of us," Everyone sang as Mr. Grasshopper picked up James and placed him on the stem. Diana and I stood by the side of the stem along with James. The others kept singing.
"Love… is the sweetest thing.
Love… does exactly what it wants to do!
Love… is the way we feel for you!
We're family. We're family."
"We're family," James sang.
"We're family," Diana and I sang.
"Me."
"And…" Mr. Grasshopper, Dragonfly, and Centipede helped him down.
"You!"
Centipede took Miss Spider's hand and they danced slowly to the sweet violin music and Centipede took off his hat and like a gentleman kissed Miss Spider's hand. Butterfly smiled at the sight of them in love.
"They are definitely in love," I giggled and whispered to Diana.
"I couldn't agree with you more," Diana said as we both giggled together.
"We'll always be together, won't we?" Asked James.
"Will it always be forever and always?" I asked.
"Kid, you're stuck with us for life," Centipede took off his hat and placed it on James's head, he smiled at us, "You too, sweeties."
"I'd love to here that," Diana said.
A foghorn startled them and everyone looked over the side and saw the most beautiful sight. There were bright lights, I felt my heart beating faster in my chest, it's New York City!
"Look everybody!" Cried James, "We made it!"
"We did?" Asked Centipede.
"We sure did," Diana and I exclaimed.
"New York City!" Miss Spider cried.
"Breathtaking!" Mr. Grasshopper exclaimed.
"Magnifique!" Butterfly cried in satisfaction.
"Extraordinary!" Dragonfly cried.
"Stunning!" Earthworm cried.
"Glorious," said Mrs. Ladybug.
"Look at the park," said James as he pointed downwards.
"It's fascinating!" Diana cried.
"It's fabulous!" said Centipede.
"We have made it!" said Miss Spider as she hugged Diana, Butterfly, Mrs. Ladybug, and I. Tears came out of our eyes as we were filled with emotion.
"What a wonderful sight!" Mrs. Ladybug cried with tears of joy.
"It is indeed lovely!" Butterfly cried as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
"I knew we would make it!" I said as Dragonfly fly picked me up by the waist and spun me around.
"There's Lady Liberty!" Glowworm pointed to the Statue of Liberty holding a bright torch.
"Oh I can't believe we had made it!" Diana cried as she hugged me, and I hugged her back.
"I can almost smell that lovely dirt." Earthworm sniffed something familiar to him and grinned.
"It is quite the view, is it not?" Miss Spider said, filled with emotion.
"It is quite the view," I said.
James and Penelope both gasped as they saw the tallest building in the world.
"The Empire State Building!" the boy cried out as he pointed at it.
"I never expected it to be big!" Diana cried.
"See those lights!" Centipede chuckled and he grabbed Mr. Grasshopper's arm and spun him around startling the elderly incest.
"Wa-hoo! Yipee!" Atta boy, Jimmy, Jenna, Diana!" Centipede cheered for us.
"Good show James, Jenna, and Diana! The city awaits us!" Mr. Grasshopper said feeling proud of us.
Miss Spider walked over to us and took off Centipede's hat and handed it over to Centipede.
"Now remember James," she said to the boy as she straightened his tie and shirt with her hand. "First impression is very important."
"We understand," I said. "Would they mind my arm?"
"I'm sure they wouldn't," Diana said. "But the only thing that does matter is that you look good. What about me?"
"Thanks," I said smiling. "You look good yourself."
All of a sudden, the wind blew harder and storm clouds were growing. James sprinted to the stem to steer the peach to make sure we didn't get blown off course. Diana, the others, and I tried to protect our selves from getting blown away by the wind. As James moved the stem, the wind picked up and the compass came off of the stem and fell downwards into the ocean.
"Oh no!" James cried and he tried to get the compass back, but he didn't grab it in time.
"The compass!" I cried.
"It's gone!" Diana cried.
"We'll be blown off course!" cried Mr. Grasshopper as the wind kept picking up.
"We'll wind up in Jersey!" cried Centipede.
"Or the Arctic!" Dragonfly cried.
Lightning flashed and they heard a roar, everyone turned around and saw the cloud and glowing yellow eyes appeared and my heart dropped like a rock to the pit of my stomach. My spine was frozen solid as ice.
"Could it be?" Asked Mr. Grasshopper as he stared at the cloud in shock.
"Is that the…?" Dragonfly muttered in fright.
"No, it couldn't be," Centipede said filled with fright.
"Is it really what we think it is?" Butterfly asked as her blue eyes were filled with fear.
"I'm afraid so," I said in fear as I hugged Diana.
The figure with the yellow eyes roared loudly.
"It's the rhino!" James cried.
"I was afraid you'd say that," Diana said.
The rhino charged at us. Lightning flashed making me jump. James knew that this time he has to help his friends avoid their fate with the rhino after what happened to his mother and father and it's time to face his worst fear right now.
"Oh James! Ladies! Do something!" cried Mrs. Ladybug trembling with fear.
"Everyone climb up into the rigging!" cried James. "Hurry!"
The others, especially Diana and I, climbed onto the stings the seagulls were attached to and hung on for dear life. We suddenly got scared when James stood there. And he ran down on the fence pathway.
"James!" Miss Spider called. "Are you not coming with us?"
"No!" James called to Miss Spider.
"What are ye doin' lad?" Dragonfly called.
"What is he going to do?" Butterfly mused tremulously. "You don't think he's going to do that?"
The boy ran down the fence pathway to stand up to the rhino.
"It got my mum and dad! It won't get my friends!" James reached the edge of the fence pathway edge and glared at the Rhino.
"Come out and show your face, you stupid beast!" James shouted.
The rhino roared angrily and charged out of the storm clouds. The bugs stared at the beast as lighting flashed from his horn.
"Good God Almighty!" Mr. Grasshopper cried as he stared at the monster in horror.
"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!" Dragonfly yelled.
The rhino kept charging towards them and the boy cowered in fear. That thing was going to kill us! Just like it killed his parents!
"Remember what your parents said James!" the boy heard Earthworm and looked up. "Try looking at it another way!"
Earthworm was right, James thought for a moment and turned back to the rhino.
"You're not even a real rhino!" James yelled. "You're just at lot of smoke and noise!"
The rhino got so angry, he growled at him and got closer.
"I'm not afraid of you!" James yelled out to the rhino with courage.
"I'm not afraid of you!" James yelled at him again.
The rhino was ready to snap and he got nearer to the peach.
"I'm not afraid of you!" James screamed at him one last time for the first time in forever.
Now the rhino lost his temper and he charged towards them and he shot lightning from his horn and shocked the fence pathway.
"I have to save him before he gets killed!" I cried and I let go of my strings and I ran down to save the boy.
"JENNA!" Dragonfly, Miss Spider and Mrs. Ladybug cried as they first noticed me getting off.
"Oh no!" Diana gasped, and she feared her very best friend was going to die. She let go of her strings and ran straight towards James and I.
"DIANA!" Butterfly, Centipede, and Mr. Grasshopper cried as they noticed her too.
We heard them, but we can't leave James alone and get him killed. We got to his side just in time. I held James's hand, and Diana grabbed my hand.
The fence pathway we were standing on suddenly flew, lightning flashed and it sliced the strings the bugs were on with the seagulls.
The others watched James, Diana, and I fall inside the peach as it fell towards the ground.
"JAMES! JENNA! DIANA!"
James, Diana, and I fell into the peach stone and James's tie and travel book flew away from him and my headband flew away as we kept falling.
"NOOOO!"
Then there was a thud!
