Chapter 6
The police showed up and arrested Jade when she regained consciousness. Meanwhile, Alfred was saying to the others, "Well, I guess we should go home."
"Wait!" said Arthur, taking out a piece of paper and a pen from his pocket. "There's something we have to do first."
After walking out of the post office and into an empty alley, Matthew asked, "So, how do we get home?"
"The same way as we came," answered Arthur, pointing to the coin tied around Kumajirou's neck. "With this." He took the coin and held it out in front of all of them. "On the count of three. One….two….three!"
The countries touched the coin together. There was a bright light glowing around them, and when it had faded, the alley was empty.
They found themselves in the familiar grassy field in New York; they were back. Now that they had nothing more to do with the coin, they buried it, preferring it to be their little secret.
As the four countries stepped onto the road, Alfred smiled at his brother. "Welcome home."
Matthew smiled back, happy to know that his family did care about him and that things were going to be better.
And the family started down the road back to their home in the city.
Lydia was sitting on her bed, listening to music on her laptop and dancing to the rhythm. She happened to glance at her desk when she spotted a letter on it. She picked it up. There was no return address. Nevertheless, she slit it open and took out a white card with the words "Thank You" written on it. She opened the card and started to read.
Lydia,
We finally found Matthew. We've all gone home together. Thank you so much for your help.
Sincerely,
Arthur, Francis, Alfred, Matthew
At the bottom were four names: Arthur's neat cursive, Francis' loopy signature, Alfred's big handwriting, and a smaller name that read "Matthew".
Lydia smiled at the card, happy that Matthew had finally reunited with his family; she always like happy endings.
The End