The crowd looked up and gasped what they saw up in the sky. A green light glowed in the sky and they heard the voices.

"Hello we're here!" Glowworm called.

"Hey buddies!" Centipede called.

"Hello laddie and lassies!" it was Dragonfly.

"We're coming to save you!" Miss Butterfly called.

Sponge and Spiker stared at the sky and wondered whom did those voices belong to.

"What are they?" Asked Sponge.

Only James, Diana, and I recognized the voices and our eyes lite up as we saw our bug friends coming down and they were hanging onto Miss Spider's strings with the seagulls. They were alive and well!

"Young James!" called Glowworm. "Jenna! Diana!"

"Hey Jimmy! Hey girls!" called Centipede as he waved to us.

" 'allo there!" Dragonfly waved his beret too.

"Bugs!" screamed Spiker.

"Need a little help down there?" Called Centipede.

"Giant bugs!" Screamed Sponge.

"Hey you old biddies!" Centipede yelled as he suck out his tongue and made a raspberry sound.

"Help us!" the aunts screamed as they hugged each other.

"Whoo-ee! Here we are, dears!" Mrs. Ladybug called as she waved.

"Hello James!" Called Earthworm. "Hello Jenna and Diana!"

"We'll be down soon!" Dragonfly called.

"We told you they we real!" James said smiling.

"Do you believe us now?" I asked the crowd giving a grin.

"We knew they'd come back!" Diana cried as she hugged me.

The crowd finally believed us as they saw the bugs coming down with their own eyes.

"Hello old boy and fair ladies!" called Mr. Grasshopper.

"Requesting clearance to land!" said Miss Spider.

"Thank goodness you're safe!" Butterfly cried.

The bugs landed on the peach and they released the strings and the seagulls flew away freely. The crowd watched the giant bugs in shock and Sponge and Spiker stared at them too in shock.

"Miss Spider," James yelled. "Throw me a string!"

Miss Spider took out some string and tossed it to him and caught it immediately.

They both grinned and James threw the string around Sponge and Spiker. They both screamed in fear, it made me laugh to see them freak out.

"Okay, pull them up!" the boy yelled.

The bugs nodded and pulled Sponge and Spiker up until they met the bugs face to face. Just as James faced the Rhino before.

"Help!" Sponge yelled. "Where are we going?"

"That's revenge for what you did to poor James!" Diana said.

"Shame on you two!" I scolded them.

As they got right in front of our friends, James yelled to the bugs.

"Spin them around!"

Mr. Grasshopper, who was closer to the aunts, lied on his back and used his legs and kicked them hard.

"You little…" Spiker shouted as she and Sponge started to spin around faster.

"Keep on with the spinning Mr. Grasshopper!" I called to him.

Miss Spider tossed the string and threw it around Sponge and Spiker and they spinning increased that their hair fell off of their heads. It turned out they were wigs after all. That caused Miss Butterfly to laugh hard.

"Tighter! Tighter!" James yelled as the bugs did what he told them.

Finally the aunts were covered up in the string just like they were wrapped in a cocoon.

"One more thing," Dragonfly flew over and let out a few punches on the aunts as if they were punching bags.

"Well, Spiker and Sponge!" Butterfly said. "That's what you get for trying to kill me days ago!"

"Well, I'll be a…" the Chief said. "The kid was tellin' the truth." he then called out, "Get those two creeps outta here!"

The crane drove Spiker and Sponge away to prison as they screamed and were still wrapped up.

James, Diana, and I climbed the ladder and heard the crowd cheering.

Many reporters ran to the phone booths and called the presses.

"Stop the presses. I got a new front page. 'Big Bugs In The Big Apple'!"

"In big bold print, 'Little Lindies Fly Giant Peach'."

"'Half-Pint Heroes and Their Peach Pit Pals'."

James, Diana, and I smiled at the crowd and we were ready to introduce our friends.

"Everyone! These are our friends!" James called out. "The ones we've been telling you about. Mr. Centipede!"

The spotlight shone on him and he waved happily.

"Hi!" He climbed down the ladder.

"Old Green Grasshopper."

The spotlight shone on him.

"My pleasure," he bowed.

"Earthworm!" He did a pose as the light came on him and the crowd kept cheering.

"Mrs. Ladybug!"

"Charmed!" Mrs. Ladybug said as she showed off her wings in the spotlight.

"Miss Butterfly!"

"Bonjour my dears!" Butterfly spread her wings and flew up a few feet, causing the crowd to cheer louder.

"Mr. Dragonfly!"

" 'Allo!" Dragonfly to showed off his wings as the spotlight went on him with the cheering going on.

"Miss Spider!" She giggled as the light came onto her.

"And the Glowworm!"

"God bless the colonies!" Glowworm called, and Miss Spider turned her to the right direction.

"And let's not forget my friends," he pointed to us.

"Diana!"

The spotlight got on her and she waved and blew kisses.

"Hello!"

"And Jenna!"

The spotlight got on me and I gave a pose and waved.

"I feel so honored to be here!"

"Could we eat some of your peach? Asked a boy from the crowd.

"It won't keep forever," Centipede said as he grinned at James, Diana, and I.

"Go ahead!" he said.

Many kids in New York City gathered around the peach and started to eat it.

People threw confetti out of the windows as everyone cheered.

"Hey! What was your name?" A boy shouted out to James.

"It's James!"

The crowd cheered and I turned to Diana and hugged her! Suddenly music started to play and I felt where it was going too.

"You know Jenna," my friend said as we separated our hug. "Before we met, I was lonely and sad. But now that I met you, I suddenly felt a spark inside of me lit! I knew from that moment we would forever be best friends forever!"

"I felt the same way Diana," I said as tears of happiness trickled down my cheeks. "I never thought I could be so happy!"

Then I broke into song of a wonderful feeling!

When I think of home,

I think of a place

Where there's love overflowing

Diana sang the next verse as we started to dance and the crowd cheered for us. Even the bugs and James smiled at our loving friendship.

I wish I was home,

I wish I was back there

With the things I been knowing

Wind that makes the tall grass bend into leaning

Suddenly the raindrops that fall have a meaning

Sprinklin' the scene,

Makes it all clean

We kept climbing up the ladder and got to where our friends were and I took Dragonfly's hands, while Diana took Butterfly's. We both sang together.

Maybe there's a chance for me to go back there

Now that I have some direction

It would sure be nice to be back home

Where there's love and affection

The crowd started to cheer for us more, as Diana sang as she danced with Butterfly, and then with Centipede and Miss Spider.

And just maybe I can convince time to slow up

Giving me enough time in my life to grow up

Time be my friend, let me start again

Dragonfly lifted me up in his arms and spun me around, and I felt the adrenaline course through my blood. I came up to Mrs. Ladybug and Earthworm. It was a good feeling and I then sang;

Suddenly my world has changed it's face

But I still know where I'm going

I have had my mind spun around in space

And yet I've watched it growing

Diana sang as she climbed down the ladder with James, and was smiling.

If you're list'ning God

Please don't make it hard to know

If we should believe in the things that we see

Tell us, should we run away

Should we try and stay

Or would it be better just to let things be?

I sang as Dragonfly set me down on my feet and I caught up with Diana and we held out hands in joy.

Living here, in this brand new world

Might be a fantasy

But it taught me to love

So it's real, real to me

Diana and I both sang together as we ran out to the crowd as they parted for us. I have never felt this happy in my entire life.

And I've learned

That we must look inside our hearts

To find a world full of love

Like yours

Like mine

Like home...

We held onto the last note for a long time, and after that, the whole crowd cheered and clapped for us. James and the bugs also did the same. Diana and I hugged closer, it was one of the best hugs we ever had.

We ran straight to James and the bugs and we got into a group hug! Now they were a family to us.

"We finally found our home!" I exclaimed.

"No one will ever reprimand us again," Diana said, knowing we had our freedom.

"No more sadness and judgment," James said smiling. "We are now a family!"

As soon as that moment happened, the peach pit was set up as a home in Central Park after all the children ate it. James, Diana, and I moved in with our new giant friends and they became our family.

This was the life, my friend and I deserved: love, attention, and happiness. Diana soon became a famous artist and showed her artwork to the world. I then started to sing opera at the Metropolitan Opera House and I began to sing for the audience and for leaders around the world.

The bugs pursued careers of their own dreams, and they were a complete success! After the adventure, James told the children about his story over and over again! And those who once had a miserable life, they must believe in hope and things will get better. Even for Diana and I.

The song, Home is from the musical, "The Wiz" by Diana Ross.