This is where he wants his normal life back.

Chapter 9: Back to the Way They Were

Jojo was running as fast as he could while the crowd of Whoville, including his father, started chasing him, simply because they've never heard of him because he made a wish that he wasn't born. He never thought that it could actually happen and make his wish come true.

The crowd came with pitchforks, guns, torches and just everything to get Jojo as they continued running.

All of a sudden, as he got to the street, two lights were in front of Jojo and it was so bright, he had to shield his eyes to avoid it.

And there were two spotlights shining on Jojo and they spotted him. All the citizens were surrounding him and Jojo was scared as heck. The crowd swarmed over him and Ned came to him first holding a gun to Jojo's face. He panted heavily and started shaking as well.

"You're dead, punk."

"You can't do this to me, dad." Jojo said, tearfully.

"I AM NOT YOUR FREAKIN' FATHER!!!! Since when did I have a son in the first place, anyway?! You breakin' into my house, scarin' my wife and calling me dad? Are you out of your mind?!"

"No, it's the truth!"

The gun came close to his face and said, "It's time to meet your end."

He panted heavily and backed away slowly and started running away from Ned. He pushed everyone out of the way while doing that and ran for his life.

"He's getting away!"

"Let's end this!"

Jojo ran as fast as he could to lose the angry mob and all of a sudden, the lighting strikes two times and it struck on a tree and it fell down on to Jojo. He saw it falling down on him and he was screaming loudly and he got past it as it fell down on the ground.

He kept on running and hid himself into a safe place where the mob was able to get past him. He popped out on one of the tree branches and saw the mob going away. He panted heavily as the coast was clear. It made him safe to continue running from everyone else.

He got on the top of the observatory and stayed there for quite a while. A few minutes later, the lightning struck two times and the thunder started rumbling like crazy and the rain starts pouring down hard.

Soon, his eyes were welled up with tears and felt that his wish was a complete regret he made and wanted to tunr things back to the way they were.

He stood up as the rain continued to pour hard and he didn't see Kevin anywhere.

"Kevin?! Where are you?!"

There was no answer. He didn't see or hear Kevin anywhere.

"I take back what I said about my wish. I want things to go back the way they were! I want my friends, my family, everything about Whoville back! I just want to exist again! Kevin, please! I want everything back to the way it was supposed to be! Just let me live again, please! Kevin!! I'm sorry about what I said to my dad and I can't hate him anymore! Please just let everything be back to the way it was and let me live again! KEVIN!!! PLEASE!!!!!!"

His voice echoed from a mile away and all he can hear is the thunder rumbling. He gave it his all and the rain was pouring so hard that it soaked his fur all over him. Feeling hopeless, he sat down on the top of the observatory, curling himself up in a little ball, putting his face down on his knees and started crying in the rain.

The lightning struck about four times and the thunder rumbled about six times and he's hoping that his wish will come back.

Seconds later, a light suddenly flashed at Jojo and he turned away from the light.

A person climbs up on top of the observatory, only to find that it was Caitlyn coming in.

"Hey, Jojo!"

She came to the top of the observatory and saw Jojo sitting there, crying. She leaned to him and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Just leave me alone." he answered.

"But it's raining out here and me, Misty, Marcus, Cody and Mike saw you sitting there on the rain and I can tell that you're soaking wet and all, so we thought you might want to get home."

Jojo sighed heavily and all of a sudden, he sees Caitlyn coming in, the same as always been. Then, his eyes widened and he asked, "Y-You actually recognize me?"

"Of course. Why wouldn't I recognize you?"

Jojo was completely surprised that she knows him and hugged her hysterically. She didn't know what was up and asked, "Why are you grabbing me like that?'

Then, he slid out of the roof and into the observatory. She followed him to make sure he was okay. As he opened the door, all of his inventions--his musical instruments--was back to the way they were. He wiped his eyes and whispered, "It's back."

"It's what?" Caitlyn said.

"My inventions! All my musical instruments that I invented in the observatory! Everything's back!"

Caitlyn looked confused and he hugged her again, tightly. She hugged him as well, not sure why, but embraced it anyway.

"Whoa, baby! What the heck is going on here?"

Jojo opened his eyes and saw Misty coming in. He gasped loudly and screamed, "Misty!"

He ran to her and hugged her tightly, which she almost lost her balance to.

"You're alive!"

"Of course I'm alive. Why wouldn't I be?"

"I thought you were dead."

Misty looked at Caitlyn and asked, "Okay, what's gotten into him?"

"I have no clue. I'm just as confused as you are." Caitlyn replied.

He looked outside and saw Marcus, Cody and Mike coming in. He ran to them and gave everyone of them a huge hug. All three of them had no idea that's going on and why Jojo's hugging them tightly.

"Dude, what's up with you?" asked Cody.

"I just want to ask you this--is Alex your brother?"

"Yeah, he was our older brother."

He was completely happy and emotional that both Mike and Cody still knows Alex and whispered, "I got my friends back."

Cody looked at Mike and he whispered, "I don't know."

"Dude, why are you hugging us?"

"Because...I got my two best friends back."

"Only two?"

"Well, five, but it doesn't matter because I have them all back."

"Back? We haven't gone anywhere." Marcus said.

He looked at Marcus and he walked up to him and said, "Please tell me where we met. Please tell me you remember the place."

"Camp Harmony?"

Jojo hugged Marcus tightly and said, "You do remember it. You're back!"

"Dude, can you let go of me, please? You're crushing me."

He immediately lets go and Caitlyn and Misty come out and Cody asked, "Dude, what's gotten into you all of a sudden? You're hugging all five of us like we've been gone for years."

"Seems like forever." Jojo replied.

"Okay, what's the deal? And can you tell us about while he have umbrellas? Cause you look soaking wet." Misty said.

"Well, I made a wish that I never existed and this guardian angel, Kevin, made it come true and everything in Whoville was messed up, like it was abandoned and just as not-so-cherry anymore. And I saw you and Mike and you guys were like troublemakers, like law-breaking, causing mayhem and stuff." Jojo explained.

"Us? Wow. That looked crazy." Cody said.

"And you were wearing ripped jeans and T-shirts and ready to start a fight with all the boys and girls at the high school to fear you."

"We were gonna do what? Fight girls and boys? We could never do that."

"Now, the ripped T-shirts and jeans, we can cope with that, but not too ripped, unless we're rock stars." Mike said.

"I could live to be 200 without that picture in my head." Caitlyn said.

"Says you." Mike said.

"And Marcus, you were there too. You were so angry, like you could take out anything and anyone and to start a fight after you moved to Whoville."

"Me? Was I fierce?" asked Marcus.

"Just ready to start a riot and you pushed me away and screamed, 'get out' so loud in my face."

"Why would I say that to you? You're my best friend, Jojo."

"You don't know how happy I am to here you say that. And Caitlyn was there too. You told me that Misty died when someone ran over her for reckless driving and after that, you were so angry at everything and also to me."

"Why would I be an angry chick?" asked Caitlyn.

"And what's with me being run over by a reckless driver? That seems kinda scary." Misty said.

"It was. But I'm so happy to be back."

Then, it's like a light bulb went off and thought about his dad. He ran off, but stopped and asked, "Who's the Mayor of Whoville?"

"Your dad." Mike answered.

"Thank goodness. Thought it was that green creepy-looking councilman who called my dad a 'boob'."

Then, he ran off in the rain. Mike, Cody, Misty, Marcus and Cailtyn looked at each other and Mike asked, "You think something about Jojo has changed?"

"So far, I'm not sure." Marcus answered.

"It's like somehow he thought it was real."

"I'm still stuck on being ran over by someone by a reckless driver thing." Misty said.

Caitlyn chuckles and said, "Well, I think whatever it is, I think Jojo's lucky to have friends like us."

"That's true."

"Can you imagine that green creepy-looking councilman from City Hall as our mayor?" asked Cody.

They all shuddered in disgust and Marcus said, "That would be a nightmare."

"An ugly nightmare that I cannot wake up to. That green dude is quote with two words, 'Hot Mess.'" Mike said.

"Totally ugly hot mess." Caitlyn said.

"Let's get home. This rain is pouring like crazy." Marcus said.

"Good point."

He got his normal life back! Will he apologize to his dad? Find out next!