Joe the Great Returns: Part 1

Joe the Great Returns: Part 1 is the first fanfic of the short story series **Joe the Great: Magic Squad**. It is the first fanfic of the sequel series.

## Summary

Joe is living a normal high school life, but when he gets a mysterious message, he reuses the book again, which recalibrates.

## Plot

A soccer game is being held at a high school, Fred, Joe, and Sam are now 15 years old. Joe is the goalkeeper, among the opposing team are Kevin and Mike. With little time left, Kevin and Mike nearly score a goal but are stopped by Joe just as the time stops. Fred and Sam congratulate Joe on his victory.

Later that night Joe decides to get some chili fries and a smoothie, he gets his food and drink. Joe gets a mysterious message on his phone telling him to use the book again, he finds it a bit odd but shrugs it off. Joe leaves the restaurant.

Joe heads home, he enters the house, Ashley is washing dishes, she tells him not to run in the house, he runs up to his room. Joe begins to search for the book, he finds the book and leaves the house, he heads to an abandoned storage unit. Joe calls Fred and Sam to come over to where he is at, Joe meets up with Fred and Sam they head to the storage unit to see what's going on.

The boys arrive at the storage unit and find themselves face to face with demons, the boys try to fight them off. Joe tries to use the book but it starts to recalibrate, he wonders what’s going on. Fred and Sam ask him for help, but he’s busy with the book.

The book recalibrates and changes to a modern looking one, Joe sees the book has a new feature where you can type in what you want to appear, he types in seed bombs and gets them. Joe tosses the seeds at the demons, they dodge them. Ethan and Joy are 16 years old, they show up, Ethan uses his powers to absorb concrete, Joy uses her spell to defeat the demons. Joe shows Fred and Sam the book recalibrated they find that amazing, they see Ethan and Joy, they say they want revenge, the boys fight Ethan and Joy. Ethan absorbs concrete and Joy uses a spell, Fred, Joe, and Sam tell them that they're shocked to see they have new powers, they fight them. The boys throw stuff at them and run around them, they strike them. Joe throws seeds bombs at Ethan and Joy, defeating them. The boys win, Ethan and Joy tell them that they're gonna change become heroes. The boys head to an abandoned house in Galliumville, Ethan and Joy ask if they can come with them, they tell them sure, they head off.

## Characters

* Joe (first re-appearance)
* Fred (first re-appearance)
* Sam (first re-appearance)
* Ethan (first re-appearance)
* Joy (first re-appearance)
* Kevin (first re-appearance)
* Mike (first re-appearance)
* Ashley (first appearance; cameo)

## Major Events

* Joe’s book recalibrates after being used the for first time in 4 years.
* Ethan and Joy meet up again with the boys after 4 years.
* Ethan and Joy reform to become heroes.

## Trivia

* This is the first canonical appearance of Ashley.
	+ She was introduced in Goodbye and Farewell but the fanfic is non-canon.
* Joe, Fred, and Sam are surprised to see that Ethan and Joy can absorb matter and use spells respectively, however they’ve already seen it in From Hero to Eternity.