Chapter 5: The performance

After building up the stage that they made from the fallen trees, they all look at their job, the stage is painted black and grey, and red. It was a great piece of work for people who are used to creating instruments from everyday items. As they are about to leave Mrs. McGrady of the Who orphanage comes up to them tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong Mrs. McGrady?"

"It's the orphanage, it seems that they were not able to pay for their mortgage at the orphanage, so if they don't come up with $10,000 dollars the orphanage will have to be closed down, and all the orphans will have to end up living on the street if they cannot be adopted within the next two days"

"That sucks Mrs. McGrady"

"I know but what can we do? It's not like we can magically make $10,000 dollars appear out of thin air"

Mrs. McGrady then walks down the street tears streaming down her face as she makes her way back towards the orphanage.

"We may not have magic...but we do have our music, Hey Jo why don't we make a performance tonight and see if we can raise the money?"

"Mana that would be a great idea, we can do a couple songs and before the last song we can ask if anyone would like to donate in order to save the orphanage"

All the other whos whoop in approval as they all begin to put their minds together and get everything ready for the concert. Danny and Cody make fliers while Mike and Tommy begin to post the fliers on everything and even hand it out while they are enjoying their ride on their skateboards. And without knowing they hand one to who sees this and her heart jumps with joy as a single tear falls from her eye. On the flier it said "One night to rock out One chance to save the orphanage" and in big capital letters it said "One night at DESTINY" so Mrs. McGrady tries to help by spreading the word. As every who gets excited and the who's at the orphanage smile at the chance that they will still have a place to live.

"Hey Jojo, do you think we can really pull this off"

"I don't know Chad, but if Mana believes that we can then I know for a fact that we can"

"Hey Chad, I believe that together we can come up with the money and we will save that orphanage, because if we don't then those kids won't have a home to stay at or food to eat, or even cloths to wear."

"Wow Mana you really are determined aren't ya"

"Damn right I am"

8:00 comes around as all the seats are filling up while there are some whos that decide to even stand up and watch the performance. As Mrs. McGrady comes up to the front stage she begins to talk.

"I would like to thank you all for coming out here to watch the concert, giving the concert is a group of extraordinary teenagers, who did all of this just to help out people in need so I hope their words help move you...I would like to welcome DESTINY"

As she makes her way off the stage Marcus heads over to the drums, Kai and Chad pick up their base guitars as there are three microphones and Missy takes the center one, While Jojo and Mana pick up their who guitars All of them have their bangs hanging down in front of their faces. Marcus begins the first song by rappidly tapping at the symbols as Kai and Chad jump in with their bases and finally Mana and Jojo join in on their electric who guitars.

Jojo: You done so much came so far
but still feel the pain
you lift your head towards the sky
you let out a heartfelt cry
look inside and trust in you
never let the dreams fade away

Missy: I see you trying
your hopes are fading
let me lend a helping hand
I will help you up
Never let you go til
you reach the top
ooohh oh oh oh yea

Mana: its storming
in the field of dreams
I can see desires
blinded by guilt
I walk the path
Into the valley of the shadow of death
fear nothing I raise my hand in victory

All three: We are friends
Through the darkest night
We are friends
when we face a fight
Stand as one
Until the day is done
but in the end
we remain as friends
Never say never (oh no no no)
I can't I can't ohhh no I can't
No we can't But yes we will
Oh Yes

Jojo and Mana then hold the yes note for 5 seconds before Marcus ends the song with several soft taps to the symbol, as Kai and Chad give their bases one final strum.

"That was called Yes we Can, and we hope you like our next 2 songs"

After the two songs Jojo grabs a drink of water before speaking.

"The real reason why we are doing this concert is because we are doing a fund raiser to save the orphanage, We don't care if you like our music but if you have the slightest love for people then please donate what you can so that we can save the orphanage and keep the kids off the street...thank you"

As Kai, Chad, Missy, and Marcus make their way off the stage Jojo and Mana stand at the very front looking at the crowd, as a bus pulls up in the very back and the doors open as the kids from the orphanage come rolling out of the bus to catch the show.

"This will be the last song of the night and it is called 'The power of one'"

Jojo: I know a dime won't make a world of difference
but it makes all the difference in the world
if he could go back in time would someone listen
instead of dismissing that lonely little boy
I know I'm just a teen but I was once like him
but look at where I am..
If you give them hope
you can give them wings so they can fly
if you give them strength
there's no mountain they can't climb
if you just give them love
they will become whatever they dream
that's the power of one

Mana: I know it's easy
just to turn away
pretend he isn't there
and he's not hungry and afraid
but a random act of kindness
could lift him off the ground
could turn his life around
and that's all that it would take
I know I'm just a teen but I was once like him
but look at where he is..
If you give them hope
you can give them wings so they can fly
if you give them strength
there's no mountain they can't climb
if you just give them love
they will become whatever they dream
that's the power of one

Together: I know we are just teens
but we were once like them
and life is what it is
If you give them hope
you can give them wings so they can fly
if you give them strength
there's no mountain they can't climb
if you just give them love
they will become whatever they dream
that's the power of one

As they say the last part of the song they point to the bus and the orphans. Just then the crowd goes wild as they applaud with ferocity. After everyone went home the bus remained as they walked up to Jojo, Mana, and their friends just then Mrs. McGrady walks up to Mana and Jojo curiosity in her voice.

"So did we do it? did we save the orphanage? did we make enough?"

Mana then looks with a serious face.

"No we didn't make enough"

This crushes Mrs. McGrady and the orphans but then Jojo butts in with a look of triumph on his face

"We made more than enough"
Mrs. McGrady looks with joy in her eyes as she speaks up.

"How much did we make?"

"We made $20,000"

As Chad then hands over two giant bags filled with money, Mrs. McGrady then takes the money as she begins to cry. Just then five of the orphan kids came up to them and begin to talk to them. First was a little who boy who simply smiled and said

"Thank you tall people for helping us save our home"

And then another orphan about the age of 6 comes up and places a hand on the little who as he speaks up next.

"Yes, you have no idea how much this means to us"

"It's ok don't worry about it... we were glad to help weren't we guys"

As Mana and the rest of them simply nod and say yes.

Disclaimer: this is the end of chapter 5 I hope you guys liked it, this is also the end of the story. please R&R also I would like to thank Animation Universe 05 for allowing me to use his characters in my story I hope u like it dude. Also I own the first song they sang but the last song is called "the power of one" by savvy.