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jumped up and told the bus driver to stop the bus because she wanted to get off. The bus driver listened, and Riley ran all the way
home. Mom and Dad had been so worried they didn’t know whether to hug Riley or scream at her when she got there, but I knew what to do. I handed Sadness all of Riley’s core memories,
the ones I’d been protecting all this time. When Sadness touched them, they turned completely blue. And as she placed each memory in the projector, Riley remembered each one of them. She
recalled baking cookies with Mom and Dad when she was little. She remembered running around the living room with her underpants on her head, and Dad chasing after her with a towel. She remembered
the time when she scored her first hockey goal, and when she used to skate on the frozen lake with Mom and Dad.
    Riley remembered all of these moments and began to cry.
    “I know you don’t want me to,” she sobbed, “but I miss home. I miss Minnesota. You need me to be happy, but I want my old friends back, and my hockey team. I wanna go
home. Please don’t be mad.”
    They weren’t. Mom and Dad saw how sad she was and they just comforted her. They said they missed home, too. And even though all three of them were really sad, they were sad together. And
that was kind of…joyful.
    As Riley, Mom, and Dad all hugged, I gave Sadness her blue core memory which I had retrieved from the Memory Dump. Sadness smiled at me and took my hand. She led me over to the console and
placed my hand next to hers, so we could drive together.
    PING!
    I knew that wonderful sound. A new core memory was being created! And it was like no other memory we had seen before. Instead of being a single color, this core memory was blue and gold, all
swirled together. The other Emotions and I stared in awe as the new core memory sphere rolled into Headquarters and settled in the core memory holder. Then a lightline emerged from the back of
Headquarters into the Mind World, generating a brand-new Family Island! It was far bigger and even more beautiful than the original one.
    I rested my head on Sadness, and we both smiled. Riley was going to be just fine now. And so were we.
    So, you know, that was a little while ago, and since then things have changed a lot in ol’ Headquarters. The core memories? They’re not all golden yellow anymore. Each one is made of
swirls of all of our colors. And that’s had a huge impact on the new Islands of Personality. They’ve all grown back now, and they’re better than ever! Friendship Island has
expanded, and recently opened a Friendly Argument section, which Anger loves. Sadness has a particular fondness for Tragic Vampire Romance Island. Boy Band Island…we’re kind of hoping
that one’s just a phase, but honestly, I’m thrilled with all of it. And we even have a new, expanded console with so many kinds of buttons and levers and gadgets. The best thing about
it is that it has space for all five of us to drive together at the same time. Turns out we make an amazing team.
    Everything is pretty fantastic. And I feel like we really have it all together now, just like Riley. Our girl is amazing. She has great new friends, a great new house…things
couldn’t be better. After all, Riley’s twelve now. What could happen?



Ugh, okay, I guess I’m supposed to tell you about the big move to San Francisco and how Joy, Sadness,
Anger, Fear, and I ended up working together at one big console (a console that gives us nowhere near enough personal space, if you ask me). Fine. Whatever. Here goes.
    So the whole thing started when Riley was a baby. That’s when I showed up, and seriously, I’m not sure how the girl got along without me. From what I hear, they were feeding Riley
mysterious mushy green stuff before I hit the scene, and that is
not
acceptable. I got there around the time of solid food, and believe me, if it wasn’t brightly colored or shaped like
a dinosaur, there was no way I was letting Riley