20 years: The Beginning

Summary: A lot can happen in 20 years. The girls make a tragic mistake, costing the life of one of their most hated enemies. Will they be able to live their normal lives or will the past come back to haunt them.

Authors note: hello everyone, this is my first powerpuff girls story, to review me tell me how you like it so far. By the way, I don't own the powerpuff girls or any of the characters from the series but there are some original characters in here that I do own.

Chapter 1

The 3 powerpuff girls are sitting in the couch of their living room , each had a disturbed look on their faces, knowing full well they had done something truly wrong. They were each haunted by the events of this day. Buttercup stares off into space at nothing in particular, bubbles clutches onto her Octi, holding the stuffed toy to her body as if doing this will make all of her problems go away and blossom picks up the remote and clicks away, channel surfing and trying to find something to occupy their minds, instead she clicks onto the news.

All three girls gaze at the T.V watching the new caster make her evening announcements.

{ And in local news, Townsville was saved once again by these darlings of the city THEPOWERPUFF GIRLS. The city celebrates today over the death of Mojo Jojo. Yes you heard it right MOJO JOJO, Townsville's most evil scientific mastermind, is now dead. Now, live at the scene, is sally sesame with more of this momentous occasion. Sally?}

Another blond woman appears on T.V standing in the streets with her microphone

{Yes Sally sesame here with the people of Townsville and everyone is ecstatic over here, this is truly a happy day. We have footage of the events taken earlier today.}

The footage is now being played on T.V and it shows Mojo Jojo being chased by the girls while the Rowdy Ruff boys chase after them. Mojo zooms through the roof of his liar and the girls come in after him followed by the boys. The screen then switches back to sally.

{That is all the footage we have, minutes after this was taken, the observatory on top of the once dormant volcano exploded. This triggered an eruption from the volcano and townsvillians panicked as hot lava spewed for the top of this mountainous land mass, but thanks to the girls quick thinking the lava was stopped before reaching the innocent. When the ambulance arrived on the scene, they discovered Mojo's charred remains at the foot of the volcano. Apparently he had fallen in shortly before it erupted. There is truly no telling what happened inside and the even bigger mystery is the disappearance of the rowdy ruff boys shortly after. Lets hope, like their fiendish creator, those boys never come back. Now back to you pepper mills}

That newscaster is back on the screen with a bright smile on her face.

{ And so once again the day is saved thanks to The Powerpuff Girls}.

Blossom turns off the T.V in disgust and the three girls scowl at the absurdity of it all. Even at the age of 5, they could understand that killing anyone was wrong. The only person who had any real reaction towards the situation was the professor. He stands at the entrance of the kitchen watching his girls with sadness as they experience their first real tragedy. The professor also took time to mourn Mojo's death, he did used to be his lab monkey after all. He sighs but keeps quiet to listen to his girls reflect on this situation. Bubbles eyes started to tear up and she buries her face in octi for comfort. Buttercup looks at her sisters and tries to break the silence with something she thought was positive

Buttercup: well at least we don't have to deal with anymore evil inventions

Blossom glares at her: that's not the point buttercup. We broke our motto there's a place for everyone and everything in this world, even criminals. Nobody deserves to die. We were careless and flung him into a volcano….we're murderers.

Professor: Now that's not true.

The three girls look back to see the professor heading towards the couch. He picks up bubbles and puts her on his lap as he sits between buttercup and blossom.

Professor: you are not murderers, it was an accident, you girls would never kill anyone intentionally.

The professor hugs all three of them

Professor: now I don't ever want to hear you girls call yourselves that again

The professor picks them up and carries them to their bedroom. He puts them to bed and tucks them in, then in his usual bedtime manner, he kisses them each on the forehead.

Professor: I'm sure you'll all feel better in the morning, goodnight girls

They don't respond as he closes the door, he didn't expect them too. This wasn't the usual thing where they make a mistake and the professor makes them feel better with a hug and a kiss. This was big and the professor knew it would be the first time he had lied to them. They won't feel better about this, they won't forget this. This will haunt them for the rest of their lives. The girls lay there in bed staring up at the ceiling.

Bubbles: I wonder what happened to the rowdyruff boys.

Buttercup: who cares? Those cowards just took off

Bubbles: you think they will avenge Mojo? I mean I would be mad too if someone got rid of the professor.

Buttercup: um…. Hello? These are the rowdyruff boys we're talking about here. They're nothing but a bunch of stupid boys, there's no way they would be able to plan a revenge scheme by themselves. Besides it's not like they cared that Mojo is gone anyway. They only care about themselves. Right blossom?

Blossom lays there and stares at the ceiling, somehow she knew buttercup was wrong but she didn't care enough to correct her. Blossoms mind drifts to the event in question, she remembered how they flew after Mojo, how they beat him up, her plan that failed resulting in the monkey's death and the explosion that came afterwards. Then her mind flashes to Brick, the look of shock and despair on his face as the boys true creator burns into a crisp in the flowing lava pool. It was certainly not the look of someone who didn't care about his own father dying in front of him. It was the look of someone whose whole life just turned upside down. At that moment he didn't look like her enemy, he looked like a helpless child who just lost everything. Blossom is so lost in her thoughts that she doesn't even realize her sisters were addressing her.

Buttercup: earth to leader girl, hello?

Bubbles: Blossom?

Buttercup: come on blossom quit staring at the ceiling and just say something, anything.

Blossom turns over on her side and pulls the blanket over her head : i….. I'm tired…. I'm going to sleep now….. goodnight.

That was all she said before closing her eyes and trying to sleep. Bubbles whimpered a little as she lays there and closes her eyes, she allowed her mind to drift to boomer wondering if she would ever see him again. Buttercup forces herself to sleep and forget about this truly nightmarish day. She tries her hardest to make herself happy by imagining what tomorrow will bring and hoped that butch will bring his all to their next fight. And so the night moves on as the girls slumber, each knowing at the back of their minds that this will be the day they will never forget.

20 years later, Manhattan New York

In the city that never sleeps, there is a condo apartment filled with bright lights, loud music, and even louder party goers. There's a party going on to celebrate blossoms new home. After the incident, her self esteem went drastically down. She became a very quiet and unmotivated child by the age of 12. They still did their crime fighting but blossom would often forfeit her leadership status to buttercup. After a while, and a good kick in the butt from buttercup, she was motivated enough to at least finish school and go away to college. The challenges she faced there was enough to make her forget her troubled thoughts and low confidence and she graduated with honors. She became a scientist preferring to work behind the scenes in a secluded lab as opposed to being out in public. For someone who prefers to not be seen, she grew to be a very beautiful slim woman, she kept her hair long but not in her usual style, she had it loose straight down her back, parted on the left side of her face, her bangs draped over the side of her face delicately. She is now walking down the street with a bag full of groceries in her hands, dressed in a red tank top, with a blue jeans jacket over it. She also wore matching blue denim jeans with white sneakers to complete the outfit. She looks up at her own apartment and shakes her head at the lights and music coming from it, she couldn't believe buttercup started the party without her. She flies up to her condo window and knocks on the glass gently. A beautiful woman with green eyes and long black hair, opens it and smiles at her.

Buttercup: did you get the booze?

Blossom: yeah I got the booze

Buttercup takes the bag from her and smiles: awesome. Hey everyone SHE GOT THE BEER.

The crowd screams and hollers in delight as blossom floats inside. She looks over at her dark haired sister with a smile. Buttercup had become wild these past years, she was the first amongst them to lose her virginity, had a brief but dangerous bout with drugs in college and always drinks herself into the most troubling situations that the girls and the professor had to bail her out of. But after college she went on to police academy which satisfied both her need for violence and action as well as her need to fight bad guys. These days the 25 year old had mellowed out a bit, but every once in a while she would let her wild side out and go nuts partying. Buttercup takes the bag to the kitchen and unloads the bag putting the beers in a sink full of ice. She looks over to her side, out in the dining area and glares at the blond sitting by herself clicking away at her laptop.

Buttercup: well shit bubbles you think you can put that damn thing away for once and party with us?

Bubbles: just a minute, I'm having a conversation here.

Bubbles surprisingly was the second of the sisters to lose her virginity, but what shocked everyone was that she lost it to none other then Mitch Michelson at their senior high school prom. Ever since then she has tried her hardest to prove to everyone around her that she was not a baby and most certainly not an innocent weakling, which has always been a pet peeve of hers since kindergarten. She even went as far as to dye her hair a darker color of gold, she was going for the Farah Faucet look as she not only dyed her hair but also stopped putting it in the usual pigtail hairstyle she had grown up with. Her hair cascaded down her back in flowing rivers of gold. Her new adult look not only turned heads from her male admirers but also got her a job as a journalist for the her local newspaper back in Miami where she currently lives. She has conducted interviews, has been on T.V and radio and has even done interviews at red carpet events. To the public she was glamorous, sexy and determined to get her scoop, but to Townsville and her sisters she will always be sweet little bubbles. Blossom sits next to bubbles who has been immersed in her laptop online discussion for the past 2 hours.

Blossom: ok so who are you talking to?

Bubbles: my boyfriend

Blossom: oh you mean the award winning novelist.

Bubbles: yeah, I know I've never met him in person but I feel like we've always known each other. We have so much in common.

Blossom: so when are you finally going to see him in person?

Bubbles: I don't know he said he wasn't ready to meet yet. I wonder why?

Buttercup pulls up a seat next to them at the table with a couple of beers in her hand. She hands them each a bottle and sits down

Buttercup: geez guys we are supposed to be partying here, LET'S GET FUCKING TOASTED OUT OF OUR MINDS.

Bubbles sighs: I have to stay sober, remember I have to give the professor a tour of Miami tomorrow.

Blossom takes a drink: I start work at the hospital tomorrow in the morning, I'll be in the lab department.

Buttercup takes hers to the head: so how does it feel being called professor utonium?"

Blossom: really, really weird, I'm still getting used to it. Every time someone calls me that I think my fathers in the room.

Bubbles looks at them from her laptop screen: oh by the way James says congratulations on the new apartment.

Blossom smiles: tell him thank you

Bubbles types: he says your welcome. He also needs to go right now, he's got another book signing tomorrow.

Bubbles sighs and blows a kiss at the screen. She has been talking to him for the past 5 months but she feels like she has known him forever, she types "bye love". Buttercup rolls her eyes and starts getting sarcastic.

Buttercup: gee bubbles wish I could fall for a guy I never met. You always were the fucking weird one.

Bubbles sticks her tongue out at buttercup: jealous much?

Buttercup: hardly

Buttercup downs the rest of her beer and gets up. She walks off to grab another beer and then goes to dance with someone in the crowd. Blossom shook her head at her brash yet funny sister. Truth be told she didn't mind that bubbles had an internet boyfriend, at least she had a boyfriend period. Blossom herself was the only virgin amongst them, she had become so quiet and immersed in her studies that she never got to have a real relationship. She's never met the perfect guy who could keep up with her intellectually. Little did she know the perfect guy was just around the corner.