Change can be good

Summary: Ponyboy goes off to college with a scholarship but what happens in College?

Disclaimer: I don't own the outsiders. But I own everyone else though.

Chapter 24:

Pony POV:

"Ya she's three years old, green/grey eyes, and reddish brown hair… he's in his mid to late twenties, his name's John Fletcher, and his address is 5743 housing avenue." I heard Darry tell the cops. We had been out looking for Mally for hours but didn't find her so Darry called the cops and they were over asking for appearances.

"Alright , well since you know pretty much everything about this guy it makes it easier to find him and your daughter but there is still no guarantee. Thing is he might have dumped her to a friend or something or taken her somewhere, but we'll do our best to find her. For now all you can do is get as much rest as you can." The officer said before leaving. Dally and Sylvia had left to calm down Mason but everyone else was still here.

"He's right Pone. It might be a good idea for you to get some sleep." Steve said.

"No, no it's not. I have to go find her, I can't just sit here and wait." I said, getting up, grabbing my keys and walking out the door.

I drove all around Tulsa searching the streets, but I didn't find her. Finally I decided to go to Jamie's house. When I got there the lights were all turned off and there was no car in the drive way. I walked up to the front door and turned the door knob. I knew that it was most likely locked but I had to try, and to my surprise it was unlocked. I walked in and looked around to find the house deserted, not even Jamie or Mac were there. I remembered Mally showing me the basement and I ran faster than I had ever run before down the stairs. I got there but the doors were locked, so I backed up as much as I could and ran at the door, breaking it in the process. I searched the room with my eyes and spotted something curled up in the far corner of the room.

"Mally, honey is that you?" I asked, walking closer.

"DADDY!" she screamed running into my arms. "I'm sorry daddy, but Mason and I were so bored." She cried.

"Shhhhhh. It's ok, it doesn't matter." I told her as I hugged her tighter, and she tightened her grip on my neck.

"I wanna go home." She whispered after a few minutes.

"Alright, come on." I told her, carrying her to the car.

"Can we go see Mason?" Mally asked, as we neared the street with their house.

"Maybe, why don't we see if they're asleep first." I told her.

"Ok." She said, as I turned onto the street where Dally lives. I parked in their driveway to see the lights in the living room on. I got out of the car and then took Mally and walked over to the door, knocking on it.

"Yeah?" Dally asked as he opened the door. "Mally? You found her?" he asked.

"Ya, but she wanted to see Mason before going home." I explained.

"Ya, sure come on in." he said, as he stepped aside, allowing us to enter. "Mason is in his room." he told Mally and she ran into Mason's room.

"Where'd you find her?" Sylvia asked.

"Jamie's house."

"How did you get her away from him?" Dally asked.

"No one was there, I guess he realized what he did and got scared and ran. He locked her in the basement but the idiot forgot to lock the front door." I told them.

"How did you get to her if the door was locked?" Sylvia asked.

"I broke the door down." I told them as Mally came back into the room with Mason behind her.

"Ready to go home?" I asked her. She just shook her head.

"Can Mally stay for a sleepover?" Mason asked Dally, and Dally looked at me. I wanted to spend the night with Mally but I understood why they wanted a sleepover, Mason had been there when John had taken her away and they just wanted to be together to make sure everything was ok. They were like brother and sister.

"Sure, I'll pick you up tomorrow." I told her, and Mason and her ran into his room.

"You sure about this?" Dally asked.

"Ya, it'll be good for them." I said.

"Ok, if you're sure."

"I'm sure. Hey anything happen to Mason?" I asked.

"Ya, apparently the jerk took a few punches on him, but nothing big." Dally said through gritted teeth.

"Why?" Sylvia asked.

"Mally said something about hoping that Mason wasn't too hurt." I said as I walked out the door. I got into the car and drove home, everyone was still there when I got there. They were all sitting in the living room, when I got there and Angie and Darry stood up when I walked in while everyone else's heads shot up.

"Did you find her?" Angie asked.

"Yeah I did. Had to break a door down though." I said, rubbing my shoulder.

"So where is she?" Darry asked.

"Oh, she wanted to see Mason and she ended up sleeping over there." I told them and went to bed.

Here's the next chapter, hope you liked it. I'll admit that it was a little rushed but I'm really busy and I wanted another chapter up so I was rushing. I'll update a.s.a.p. Please R&R.:)