Atticus chuckled as Darla kept hugging him. "I'm okay, Darla, I'm not going again for a while."

"I just want you to know how much I've missed you." Darla smiled in the hug.

"And I know because I missed you too." Atticus smiled back.

Darla smiled up to him.

"Remember your manners, girls since we're going to be visiting other people." Atticus reminded.

"We will." Darla, Amber, and Annabelle promised.

Maisy nodded with a nuzzle.

"You too, Cherry." Atticus said.

"Yes, Dad." Cherry smirked.

They soon heard a conversation going on in the truck. They were talking about Miley and Jackson's grandmother, and also about why they created the whole Hannah Montana identity.

"To be honest, I don't know what she's about anymore." Robbie Ray sighed.

"What are you saying?" Miley asked.

"I'm trying to say I think we might be done." Robbie Ray replied.

This caused Darla, Amber, and Annabelle to gasp as they knew what that meant.

"You can't take Hannah away from me." Miley shook her head at her father.

"Oh, really?" Robbie Ray challenged. "'Cuz that's what I'm doin'."

Darla soon gripped her Moon Staff which glowed and caused something sharp to appear on the road.

"Darla...?" Atticus glanced at his little sister.

Darla smiled nervously. One of the tires soon popped from the sharp object.

"WHOA!" Jackson yelped.

"What in tarnation?!" Robbie Ray growled slightly.

"I'm going home." Miley told her father as she grabbed her suitcase and came out of her seat to get to the trunk to get the rest of her stuff.

"I-I didn't know I could do that." Darla whispered to herself while looking at her Moon Staff.

"Hannah means everything to me." Miley said as she walked off with her luggage.

"I think she's letting this Hannah thing get her to forget about where she came from." Atticus said.

"She has been kind of spoiled lately..." Darla had to admit.

Robbie soon changed the tire.

"So, how long do you plan on doing this to your daughter?" Atticus asked him.

"Ask me in two weeks." Robbie Ray shrugged.

"Two weeks?!" Miley gasped.

"Yep." Cherry nodded.

"Think of it as a Hannah detox," Robbie Ray added in as he was almost done with the tire. "Now come on, take that wig off and get back in the truck."

"No, I'm not getting back in the truck, no way," Miley refused before calling out to Amber, Annabelle, and Darla. "Come on, guys, we're going to New York."

Darla, Amber, and Annabelle now felt uncomfortable. Miley then decided to sit down and wait for a ride since her shoes obviously weren't made for walking in these conditions. Jackson sighed and shook his head at his pop star sister.

"She can't be serious." Cherry said.

"I'm not getting back in the truck, Dad!" Miley firmly told her father. "I'm going to New York whether you like it or not and I'm not-"

The horse behind her then bit her wig off.

"Did that horse just do what I think it did?" Atticus smiled.

"Give that back, you mangy little-!" Miley snapped at the horse.

"Look at that, girl don't even recognize her own horse," Robbie Ray chuckled. "Now that truly is sad."

"Blue Jeans?" Miley asked as she looked at the horse.

The horse looked back to Miley.

"Why don't you just meet us at the house?" Robbie Ray suggested. "Just a mile up the road."

"Good idea." Cherry agreed.

"Don't forget yer suitcase!" Robbie Ray called out before driving off.

Jackson then waved to his sister. Darla and the girls waved as well. Cherry's family seemed to be where Robbie Ray was heading. There was a redheaded girl around Michael's age who looked to Cherry's older brother and gave a flirty smile. Robbie Ray and the others soon arrived.

"Hey, Michael, good to see you." Atticus smiled to his best friend's older brother.

"Hey there, Atticus..." Michael ruffled up his hair.

Cherry looked around the countryside as it was her least favorite place to be, but her family was here, and where she saw a red-haired girl giving her older brother a flirty smile. Michael smiled bashfully to the girl.

"Typical girl hitting on Michael only for her to go out with her for a week and never return..." Cherry muttered.

"I dunno, Cherry..." Atticus said as he could feel a special connection between her brother and this girl.

"Really?" Cherry asked.

"You never know..." Atticus hinted.

"Hi, I'm Ashley." the girl greeted Michael in her drawl.

"I'm Michael." He greeted back.

Bud and Michelle smiled while Cherry had an indifferent look on her face since Michael had a new girlfriend almost every week.

Everyone was soon inside the house. Cherry felt rather sick from the country music going on as the family celebrated while waiting for Miley. Atticus and the girls on the other hand, seemed to like the music. Darla was even making up her own dance to the beat. Everyone seemed to like the music. Cherry listened to her own music to tune out the countriness. Soon enough, Miley was coming back after a while and she now had different clothes on and her wig was officially off her head. She seemed to have color in her cheeks though. Atticus seemed to notice this.

"I got my Miley back!" an older woman smiled to the brunette girl which made everyone turn to her.

"Come on, Miley, take the next verse!" Robbie Ray smiled as he played his guitar.

"Yeah!" The girls also smiled.

The others encouraged Miley to also join in.

"Come on, join in." Cherry said as a way for her to hurry up the song.

"Um..." Miley muttered. "Get your dog back, and your house back..." she then sighed as she was too upset to cooperate. "I want my life back, Dad."

This caused Robbie Ray to stop playing his guitar.

"Sorry... Sorry, everybody, hey..." Miley then said weakly. "Happy Birthday, Grandma."

"Well, I just blew out my birthday candles and I already got my wish." Ruby smiled as she came to her granddaughter.

'I wonder how she got into the house?' Cherry thought to herself.

"Come here, sweet thing!" Ruby smiled and hugged Miley.

Miley hugged her back.

"I have missed you more than you can imagine." Ruby smiled to Miley.

"My friend Lilo would be so jealous." Darla said as she picked up a plate that had a picture of Elvis Presley on it.

"She sure would." Amber agreed.

"There's only one king and I've been saving him the place of honor." Ruby smiled as she included the plate to her collection.

"Beautiful collection, ma'am." Annabelle smiled politely as she helped herself to some lemonade.

"Yeah, it's quite a beaut." Darla smiled as Maisy came in.

"And now long have you been planning this?" Ruby smiled to Miley. "It must've taken you weeks to find it... Oh, hello, Kitty!" she then smiled down to Maisy and gently pet her.

Maisy soon purred up to Ruby, liking her as much as Robbie Ray.

"So affectionate." Ruby smiled.

"Yes, she's a great cat." Darla agreed.

Maisy soon mewed with a smile.

"Nice pet ya got there." A young man walked over with his own pet.

"This is our cousin Derrick." Jackson told the others.

"Uh, does your dog have a thing against cats?" Darla asked Derrick nervously.

"Oh, I don't have a dog," Derrick replied. "This is my ferret, his name's Harlow."

"Oh... That's different..." Darla smiled politely to the pet. "Reminds me of Drell's old mole."

"Whatever happened to that mole anyway?" Amber whispered.

"Hilda took it away after Drell refused to turn back time for Sabrina, Cherry, and Atticus one time." Darla whispered back.

"Nice." Annabelle whispered back.

"Good to be home." Miley deadpanned.

"Good thing there aren't any dogs here." Maisy whispered.

However, as if on cue, a bloodhound came into the room and sniffed Maisy out. Maisy mewed loudly and then ran from the dog as it then began to chase her as Robbie Ray was meeting a young woman who was a guest to the family gathering.

"Okay, who brought the bloodhound?" Amber asked.

Darla was hit by the chasing animals and accidentally knocked against the plate cabinet which sent them falling and crashing on the floor while she panicked and tried to save them for Ruby, and where she was able to with help from her friends. Ruby was overwhelmed, but she looked thankful that the girls were nice enough to help out like that.

"Whew." The girls sighed as they saved the plates.

Later that night...

Michael and Ashley seemed to be having a lot of fun with each other. Cherry was still not sure about talking with Ashley based on what she knew about her brother and dating. Atticus could sense that Cherry still had doubts.

"You had color in your cheeks when you came in." Amber said to Miley.

"Yeah, did you meet someone?" Annabelle added.

"Um..." Miley looked away. "Just someone from first grade."

"Maybe someone you might have a crush on now?" Darla smirked playfully to Miley.

Miley gave her a look.

"You know it's true." Darla giggled.

"Maybe." Miley blushed.

"I guess we might as well get ready for bed," Amber suggested. "It's pretty late."

"For sure." Annabelle yawned in agreement.

The girls then got their pajamas on as the celebrations were winding down.

Miley sat down to put her hair up and couldn't help but see a picture of a younger version of herself with her mother.

"Is that your mom?" Darla smiled.

"Huh? Oh... Yeah..." Miley sadly smiled.

"She looks beautiful." Darla smiled.

Ruby came into the room in slight sorrow. "I-I keep thinking I need to change the wallpaper, but your mom picked this out when she was about your age."

"I like it." Miley said weakly with a smile.

'I think a part of her is starting to come out.' Darla thought to herself.

The girls and Maisy smiled as Miley was now in a better mood as Ruby came toward her.

"We'll leave you two alone." Amber said.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to talk with my granddaughter." Ruby replied as she smiled sadly as she saw a picture of Susan and Miley together.

The girls and Maisy all soon left the room.

"I wish I had a grandmother..." Annabelle sighed.

"You don't have a grandmother?" Amber asked.

"No..." Annabelle shook her head. "If I do though, I haven't met her."

"That must be it." Darla said.

"I dunno..." Annabelle shrugged with a small smile.

The girls and Maisy all soon went to bed. Maisy climbed up on the bed Darla was sleeping in. Darla was happy that she now had her pet and big brother with her.

Cherry stared out at the moon while everyone was on their way to sleep.

Atticus came to join her and sat on the end of the porch, keeping it steady so it wouldn't break under his pressure. "Thinking about your brother's new girl?" he asked. "She seems nice and cool."

"I know, but I just don't wanna meet a new girl only for her to go away in a week." Cherry said since her brother could never find the right girl.

"Cherry, I doubt that will happen." Atticus said.

"It's happened hundreds of times before..." Cherry insisted.

"Maybe this time, this is the right girl." Atticus said.

Cherry sighed. "I don't know..."

"Well, I do." Atticus said.

"Says the guy who's indestructible and afraid of thunderstorms." Cherry replied.

"Hey, I am not anymore!" Atticus defended. "I have changed since we went to Jurassic Park!"

"Dang it, that's right." Cherry groaned.

"Hmph!" Atticus folded his arms while shaking his head. "I really missed you while I was gone..."

Cherry turned away, hiding her apparent sadness. "Nothing changed while you were gone, I was fine..."

"Then why did the enchanted mirror show me differently?" Atticus asked.

"Pardon?" Cherry looked back softly.

"I've been keeping it with me on my visits to Goku." Atticus said as he soon brought out the enchanted mirror.

"Oh, right..." Cherry said sheepishly as she remembered she gave that to him. "I wasn't crying, I had something in my eye!" she then defended instantly.

"Sure." Atticus said.

Cherry folded her arms. "Okay, maybe I missed you a little."

"I missed you too." Atticus told her.

"I bet that place is fun without me..." Cherry shrugged.

"Well, it is fun, but I missed you a lot..." Atticus said.

Cherry shrugged with a small smile to him. Atticus soon smiled back at her.

"I guess I better go so you can spend time with your sister." Cherry decided.

"She's probably asleep by now." Atticus said.

Cherry shrugged and then held the Dragon Ball, she then realized she still had it so she gave it back.

"Keep it," Atticus told her. "I got that one for you, I thought you'd like a little souvenir from my adventure."

"Wow, thanks." Cherry said.

"Just as long as it isn't used for evil." Atticus warned.'

"Atticus, it's a ball, not a Gremlin." Cherry scoffed.

"I know, I know." Atticus said.

Cherry was then about to throw and/or bounce the Dragon Ball, thinking it was just a plain, ordinary ball.

"Cherry, that's like a crystal ball." Atticus said.

"Oh..." Cherry replied as she then stopped.

"Yes, it's very important..." Atticus coached her.

"Thanks for telling me." Cherry said.

"I just don't want you to do something stupid." Atticus chuckled.

"Gee, thanks." Cherry deadpanned.

Atticus sighed to her, but smiled as they were reunited once again. Soon enough, they went to get some rest for tomorrow, and where they got enough rest for the very next day.