Hello everyone, it's me Poe30 (DarkWolfPrincess). I thought I'd like to apologize for my absence. A lot of things have being going on, much more than I would like, but life has a tendency of throwing a lot of curve balls. And they're at me, so I'm sorry. Enjoy my new in progress story, The Sacrifice. Hope you like it.

"Girls! Get down here, I need to tell you something." The Professor yelled up the stairs of his home. He was just informed of some news, and the girls needed to hear it right away. Not even a few seconds later the three girls were standing in the living room, waiting for him to tell them.

"What's going on Professor?" Blossom asked tilting her head to the side in curiosity. What did the Professor need to talk to them about? They did all chores, didn't they? Glancing over at Buttercup, anything was possible. The Professor looked at every one of his girls and knew they might not like the news,

"Your cousin's are coming over for a little bit." Buttercup was about to complain when he held up his hand, silencing them from saying anything, "They are gonna be helping me with my new project, so you will not seeing them as much." He finished, letting the girls know of their plans.

"But Professor we don't exactly trust them. Not after what they did to us." Buttercup stated, crossing her arms over her chest. She used to love her cousins to death, until they turned on them. And boy was that a day they couldn't forget. The Professor sighed, knowing this would happen.

"I know girls, but the past is in the past, alright? Please girls forgive and forget. Maybe then you will know the real reason they did what they did." He smiled at the girls, leaving them to their own thoughts as he took off towards the lab, to get everything in order for his Niece's arrival. The girls pondered over what the Professor had said. Did they want to know the reason why their cousins turned on them? Yes, they did. But where the cousins going to tell them? Most likely not..

"I don't see why they are coming when they know they aren't welcome here." Buttercup once again stated, growling. Her sisters knew how she felt when it came to them. Buttercup had a very tight relationship with one of the cousins, and it was a touchy subject with her.

"Maybe they changed...?" Both Blossom and Buttercup snapped their heads towards their younger sister. Bubbles shrinked under their gaze. Was is so wrong to think that they may have changed? It has been years since they did what they did to them.

"Bubbles, they tried killing us! They probably won't hesitate to do it again!" Buttercup argued back. Bubbles looked away from them as she felt small tears form. Was she the only one that thinks the cousins have changed, despite them trying to kill them. But knew that maybe Buttercup was right. What if they don't hesitate to kill them again? Then what..

"Guys, enough. Even if we don't like them here, they are still our cousins, despite what happened in the past." Blossom sighed, still deciding if she should follow the Professor's advice of forgive and forget. Buttercup growled as Bubbles glanced between the two sisters.

"Whatever, I still don't trust them." With that said, Buttercup went up to her room. Blossom sighed before heading up to her's, leaving Bubbles alone downstairs in her own thoughts. Sighing the blue puff made her way into the kitchen to make some snacks, only to get things off her mind.

~ 3 hours Later~

Bubbles was just finishing up the batch of cookies when she heard the sound of of a motor vehicle outside the house. Placing the freshly hot cookies on the cooling rack she made her way into the living room to peak out the window. Her breath got caught in her throat as she saw three girl figures get off some type of motorcycle. The figures that tried killing them three years ago. Getting away from the window, Bubbles called for the Professor to come upstairs. Even if she wanted to believe that they may have changed, she didn't want to be alone with them.

"What is it Bubbles? Is something wrong?" The Professor asked as he exited his lab to his frantic daughter.

"They just arrived Dad." The Professor nodded to Bubbles as someone banged on the door. Heading towards the door, the Professor heard movement upstairs as his other two daughters came downstairs. Opening the door, he was greeted with the sight of his only Niece's. They smiled sadly at him, as he knew something was up, but didn't wanna question them in front of his daughters. He knew his Niece's wanted to keep a low profile around his girls, he didn't blame them. They didn't need anything else on their plate.

"Hello Professor, it's nice to see you again." Rain said, noticing how Buttercup and Blossom narrowed their eyes at them. Guess they didn't trust them anymore. And they knew it would take awhile for them to fully trust them, and maybe help them. But she doubted that.

"Its nice to see you girls again. Come in, come in. I'm sure you want to get right to work, seeing as you told me over the phone." He said, making the girls nod. Buttercup scoffed at the scene, as Blossom rolled her eyes at Buttercup. Raven glanced at Buttercup before mentally sighing. Rose glanced around, excited to finally be somewhere for a few days. She didn't like it when they traveled all the time. But that was another story that will be revealed later on.

"That we are Professor." Raven said, shifting the backpack on her shoulder. The backpack was needed, it held their clothes, and important items needed for this new project, they where working on. In reality they just wanted to make it up to their younger cousins, in hope they would forgive them, and the only way to do that was to do something drastic.

"Then follow me and we can proceed with the project." Professor stated as he walked towards the lab, passing the girls who kept an eye on the three cousins. Rose closed the door, before following after Rain. Buttercup gave the cousins dirty looks, in which they ignored. They knew this was gonna happen so they prepared themselves. As soon as Rose closed the basement door, Bubbles sighed in relief. She was glad nothing got out of hand, along with Blossom. Buttercup on the other hand wanted nothing more to teach her cousins a lesson.

"I don't trust them with the Professor." Blossom said. She knew her sisters agreed. Buttercup nodded as Bubbles stayed quiet.

"At least we are on the same page then, Leader Girl." Buttercup crossed her arms and headed back to her room, but not before stealing some fresh cookies, in which Bubbles rolled her eyes at. Once Buttercup was out of the room, Bubbles turned to Blossom,

"Blossom, maybe we should give them a chance." Bubbles tried to get her older sister to give them a chance, cause if she got Blossom on her side, Buttercup might follow. Blossom sighed at Bubbles,

"Bubbles, we can't, remember?" Blossom tried to reason with the blue puff. The blue puff sighed,

"But Blossom, maybe the Professor is right, maybe we do need to forgive and forget." Turning away from Blossom, Bubbles continued to the kitchen but not before saying one last thing,

"I didn't think you were capable of holding grudges, especially to family."