Horton Hears A Who: I'm With You

by: Terrell James

After a bad day at school, Jojo went back home and went in to his room for a little bit of peace. After 10 minutes of being home, he kept thinking about not being mayor of Whoville and how to tell his dad. A few moments later, he sighed sadly, curled himself up into a little ball and started to cry. To make himself feel better, he sang to himself a song that he heard on the radio recently, just for his dad to realize Jojo's talent.

I'm standing on a bridge

I'm waiting in the dark

I thought that you'd be here by now

There's nothing but the rain

No footsteps on the ground

I'm listening but there's no sound

Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home

It's a sad, lonely night

Trying to figure out this life

Won't you take me by the hand

Take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are, but I...I'm with you

I'm with you

When Ned came home, he heard the sad song that Jojo sang in his room. Jojo continued to sing with tears streaming down on his face.

I'm looking for a place

I'm searching for a face

Is anybody here I know

Cause nothing's going right

And everything's a mess

And no one likes to be alone

Isn't anyone trying to find me?

Won't somebody come take me home

It's a sad, lonely night

Trying to figure out this life

Won't you take me by the hand?

Take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are, but I...I'm with you

I'm with you

Yeah, yeah

As he went through the middle of the song, his tears streamed down on his face while he's singing. You can tell he feels really broken inside.

Oh, Why is everything so confusing?

Maybe I'm just out of my mind

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, oh

It's a sad, lonely night

Trying to fure out this life

Won't you take me by the hand?

Take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are

But I...I'm with you

I'm with you

Take me by the hand

Take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are

But I...I'm with you

I'm with you

Take me by the hand

Take me somewhere new

I don't know who are are

But I...I'm with you

Jojo kept repeating, "I'm with you" two times, until he lost his voice and started to cry for a few minutes. Then, he heard a knock on the door and it was his dad. He cracked the door open and said, "Jojo, are you okay?"

Jojo sniffled and said, "Yeah, why?"

Ned sighed and came in and said, "Why did you sing that song, son?"

"I just felt like it. Just to make myself feel better for no reason. It's just another bad day at school, that's all." said Jojo.

Ned looked at Jojo with a concerned look and said, "This is because some of the kids were messing with you, isn't it?"

"No, it's not that." said Jojo.

Ned looked at him really concerned and said, "If I can figure out what's your problem at school, at least tell me about it, otherwise you're really hiding something. Are you?"

Jojo started to become really angry and said, "I'm not hiding anything, dad!"

"Then, tell me what's wrong, so I can can know what it is!" exclaimed Ned.

"You just don't understand! The real reason, a few kids were messing with me, just because I'm an emo kid who should be locked up in his room and never come out! They just don't understand me just because I'm known as the son of the stupidest Mayor in Whoville! Nobody in this school cares about me! And, I don't want to be Mayor of Whoville! I never wanted to be the Mayor in the first place! I just want to be a musician!" exclaimed Jojo, with his voice breaking and tears strreaming out his face.

Ned looked at Jojo and looked a little distraught and put his hand on his shoulder and said, "I don't understand. I thought it's what you wanted."

"No, dad. It's what you wanted. You didn't even give me a chance to express my feelings. I like being a music major and it's my love show everyone how I feel and what those feelings are." said Jojo, softly.

Ned looked sad and shaken at first, but then looking back on what Jojo's been through, he felt a little guilty about wanting his son to be mayor and realizes that he's been focusing on himself than Jojo's future. Then he looked back at Jojo, sighed and said, "Jojo, you're right and I'm so sorry for not expressing your feelings and I guess I was focused on you being Mayor so badly, I never realized that you didn't want to be mayor. You're my son and I'm lucky to be your dad. I'm just so sorry about everything and I want you to know that I love you."

Jojo sniffled and said, "I love you, too, dad."

Jojo leaned over his dad and gave him a hug. Jojo let out a little sob and felt the tears coming down on his eyes. Ned said to Jojo, "If you want to be a musician, then I'll support you all the way."

"Really?" asked Jojo.

"I've heard your talents, like playing the guitar. writing songs and singing. They're all pretty good and you have an awesome talent. You're very unique with your musical ability." said Ned.

Jojo sighed softly, wiped his eyes and said, "Thanks, dad."

"No problem." said Ned.

This is my first fanfic of Horton Hears a Who because I love the movie so much, I just wanted to make my own. I made my own editoral version of Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You". I was originally gonna do a Lindsay Lohan song, but I felt you guys wouldn't need it so I switched it to Avril Lavigne. She ROCKS! Anyways, read it and give me some reviews please!