Preface "I bet myself." Buttercup announced from the end of the poker table. Her sisters gasped audibly as the devil across the table grinned. "What do ya got?" She layed her cards down revealing a straight, her face showing confidence. Him smiled fully and layed his cards down. A Royal Flush. Buttercup had lost._ Bubble's P.O.V. "You can't take her!," I screamed at the top of my lungs at Him. He didn't even glance at me as he said, "She made the wager, I am merely collecting what is now rightfully mine." Blossom had been stunned into silence, so she wasn't helping me out here. Buttercup wasn't any better, all she was doing was pacing muttering, "Idiot!" over and over again. "I'll do anything you want just please don't take my sister away from me!," I pleaded desperately. That gained his attention. "Anything?" he purred. My sisters finally joined the converstion ordering simultaniously, "Bubbles stay out of it!" I ignored them and confirmed, "Anything." "Well," Him said thoughtfully, "A few demon friends of mine are looking for a new toy. I intended to give Buttercup to them, but if your interested they do prefer blondes." My breath caught in my throat and I froze. "That's what I thought. Little Bubbles would never make a deal with the-" "I'll do it... for Buttercup." I said cutting Him off. He looked vaguely surprised before he cheered, "Excellent! I'll pick you up at sunset tomorrow, have your things ready!" He floated out the door leaving me to the mercy of my more then mad sisters. "Are you out of your mind?!" Buttercup exploaded. I scoffed, "I should be asking you that! Your the one who bet yourself! All I did was save your sorry butt!" "By putting yours on the line!" Buttercup yelled at me. "I just want you both safe." I whispered. Blossom put her hand on my shoulder and said, "That doesn't mean you put your safety in danger." "It's already done, and I didn't see you making any moves to help the situaton!" I accused her. She hung her head in shame so I apolagized and sighed, "Let's just go home." We got there in record time and I had told Buttercup to tell the professer what happened while I packed. I could here him yell furiously, "What?!" as Buttercup told him the whole story. "Like hell she is!" I could here the stomping as he ran up the stairs. I was going to have to use my new power on him. I opened my door and looked straight into his eyes. "You remember nothing of what Buttercup and Blossom said to you today. I won a contest and I'm going on a cruise around the world, isn't that exciting?," I purred pursuasively. "Yeah, good for you sweetie!" he said earneastly. I released his mind and smiled, "Hey Professer! Can I help with dinner?" "Oh it's almost done, you just keep on packing. I hope you have a lot of fun on your trip!," he called going down the stairs. I sighed in relief, but I could feel Blossom glaring at me. "Can I help you?" I asked, irritated. "I told you not to use that brain washing shit! Its evil!," she shreiked. "Watch your mouth! I couldn't think of anything else!" I insisted truthfully. She just shook her head and shut herself in her room. Leave it to Blossom to hold a grudge against a girl on her last day of freedom.
