Well, here's the final chapter to the story. It was fun writing this, and I thank to all of you reviewers. Also, I'd like to make mention that you start reading my new story, Yellowjacket.

However, I do have something to say to Antha1: I'm NOT ashamed of Caroline, I just felt you weren't giving Riley enough credit for what she did. Caroline contributed, believe me.

Anyways, on to the final chapter.

It took hours, but the kids eventually uncovered Annis' body; or at least, what remained of it.

The pack of dogs had truly despised Annis, something every child was aware of, and when they had turned against her, they had made sure to extend her suffering to as long as possible in retaliation for what she had done to the city.

When the children did find her body, Riley recalled that Jake turned away and puked. She managed to keep her feelings to herself, but she was rather sad to see what had become of her former best friend, even after all she had done. Caroline seemed to sense Riley's sadness, as she squeezed Riley's hand, and smiled up to her sympathetically.

About an hour after finding the body, Riley and her friends buried Annis' body next to Riley's parents. After a small farewell, they returned to the half-destroyed city, where the crowd of children were waiting for them.

Riley immediately picked out several familiar faces in the crowd. Those were the kids that had initially enforced Annis' rule in the first place. As much as she wanted to pin all the blame on Annis, she knew that she, and those that had helped Annis force everyone else under her control, had to share the blame.

"We've all done a horrible thing, following Annis," Riley called out to everyone. "But, now we have to find a way to atone for what we've done."

"What are we going to do?" Harold asked. "We can't fix this city after what Annis did to it."

Riley knew that Harold was right. The city was in flames after all the buildings Annis had set alight, and she and the other children could not fix it without the help of the adults.

Meg's face lightened up after a while. "Come back to Minnesota with me," She suggested to Riley. "There are no psycho dictators there; at least, not yet. You can live with me."

Riley realized the irony at how, beforehand, she wished to return to Minnesota. Now, after she'd adapted to San Francisco, she was being offered the chance to return to her birth home.

Riley looked out to her friends, Caroline especially. She then ushered them closer for a group talk.

"What are we going to do after we go to Minnesota?" Jake whispered to the group. "I mean, Annis was a maniac, but she had a point. We can't go on without any sort of order."

Riley thought for a while. "I... no, we'll take care of that," Riley told them. She knew that one person couldn't decide everybody's fate; that was Annis' mistake, coupled with her arrogance and egomania.

"You mean... like a government?" Caroline asked.

"NO!" Harriet shouted suddenly.

"Calm down, all of you," Riley said. "It's not like that, but yes, it does involve a group of people making mature decisions. And that involves you."

"Wait, what?" Caroline asked. "I'm going... you're going to let me..."

"Yes, Caroline, it involves you," Riley said, ruffling Caroline's hair. "You taught me some of the most important things in life. I would never have been able to do this without you."

Caroline looked shocked; then, her eyes started to brim with tears, and she suddenly hugged Riley.

Riley returned the hug.

(Two Months Later)

"So, you turn the car on like this," Meg explained to Riley as she demonstrated to her. She sat at the driver's seat, revving up the engine to turn it on, while Riley pretended to listen. In truth, though, she had a lot of things on her mind.

After the big move back to Minnesota, taking millions of children with her, Minnesota had seemed a lot bigger. There was hardly a house that didn't have a group of children living in it, whether living biologically with each other or having simply integrated into living with each other.

Riley herself had moved back into her original house, though not alone. She'd taken Caroline, Harold, Jake, Madison, Harriet and Brooke, and her little brother with her. They'd never really been to Minnesota, so they'd just decided to join her back in her home.

Things were a lot more crowded in Riley's house now that she had seven other kids living with her. It reminded her of when she had first moved to San Francisco; things were rather rough at first, but slowly, things began to improve.

Riley had thought that being part of a constitutional democracy would be complicated, but she soon found out that the other kids barely ever asked for any help from her or the others. They mainly helped themselves or each other.

Riley did strive to improve things in the city, however. She made a rule to limit thievery and other such crimes that any amoral children may commit, but she hoped never to go to Annis' lengths to ensure order would be established. Annis' former bodyguards were established as a sort of lawgivers, provided they didn't resort to needless brutality like they had done while under Annis' rule.

When a child did ask to help solve a problem conflicting them, Riley made sure to ask the opinions of her friends to help guide her in her decisions. Annis had never done this, and Riley wanted to make sure to right the wrongs Annis had done.

However, when all was said and done, the best part of the day was when Riley could be alone with her sister. Caroline had proven such a good person ever since they moved to Minnesota, in sharp contrast to what she had been like when she first met Riley. She and the other children who now lived with Riley had bonded together quickly.

At night, when Riley would go to bed with Caroline to sleep, she would reminisce about when she lived with her parents. She would always miss them, and she'd never forget them, but now she knew to look out to the future. A future with Caroline, and the rest of her friends.

Then, she would smile as she watched over Caroline as she slept, before dozing off herself.

Maybe a Kids World would not be such a bad world after all.

AN: Finally, I'm done. I'd just like everyone to know that I had a hard time coming up with a way to end this story, so I hope I satisfied you all. And, like I said before, please check out Yellowjacket.

Goodbye to you all, for now :)