Ok, I know I already have an animaniacs fiction on the run, but I have a horrible habit of suddenly coming up with ideas and having to switch between two or three stories. Just prod me in a message if I'm forgetting the one you'd rather hear about! XD I know that there are going to be a few revelations in this story that some people may say are out of character or not what they want to see, but this is my view of what would happen to the Warners after they've grown up, and if you don't like it then thats fine, but try and take it as my interpretation, and not the gospel truth.

Chapter one

Dot grabbed the belt-loops on her faded denim jeans and hitched them up over the slight curve of her hips. "Stupid hip-huggers..." She carefully folded the last of her shirts, and placed it in the beaten old leather suitcase, with the others. Her fingers trembled slightly as she smoothed the soft cotton, looking around her room for the last time. The posters on the wall. Lethal Weapon, Mission Impossible, some boyband who she never really liked but had stuck over the lilac walls to cover up where her brother had somehow managed to spill glow-in-the-dark paint. She crossed over to her wardrobe, and opened the door. Her reflection stared back at her, and so did a picture of her six-year-old self. She was older now, and taller, but there was still a sweet, naive... cuteness. She'd grown up to be quite an attractive young toon, but carried herself well and behaved like a lady.

"Like a princess."

Spending her childhood in a room in a tower, encountering strange beings and stranger directors. She chuckled to herself. She really had been a princess. She reasoned with herself that she still was, really. Just a different kind of princess.

"You sure you want to do this?"

Dot jumped as the voice cut through her thoughts. She spun round, looking at her brother. He stood in her doorway, looking more anxious than she'd ever seen him. She rolled her eyes and hugged him tight, familiar warmth comforting both of them.

"I've got to do this, Yakko."

"I know." he sighed, resting his chin on the top of her head. Of course, for every inch she'd grown, he'd grown too, so he was still about a foot taller than her and it looked like that was how they were both going to stay. Dot didn't mind, though. She looked up at him, in black slacks and a brown jersey. He was still as quick and witty as ever, and all time had done to him was give him a bigger vocabulary and more chances to use it. "I hate the thought of you leaving, sis."

"Oh, we've been through this." She sighed in frustration, closing the lid of her suitcase and putting it with two others. "I can't stay here, Yakko. I just can't. All my life I've been The Warner Sister. I want more than that. I want a name of my own. I want a life of my own. I love you and Wakko, but I want to go out and be my own person." She looked at him, exasperated, before picking up her bags and walking towards the door of the tower. "This is a once in a life-time opportunity. Scolarship to TAPA is something you don't turn down."

"I know!" Yakko called, running after her. He grabbed her shoulders and looked at her, smiling. "I'm just gonna miss you, thats all."

They smiled at each other, but were interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Last train to Toon Town Academy of Performing Arts is about to leave the station." drifted through the door, in a noticably scouse accent. Dot laughed, and pulled open the door, to hug Wakko, who was leaning on the railing outside and grinning at her.

"We're all so grown up." She thought, looking on as her brothers carried her suitcases down to the car. Yakko, twenty-three years old, was now composing and writing songs for the studio, plus making a tidy salary on the side from writing children's books... Wakko, twenty years old, was making a name for himself in the live entertainment circuit, and was unofficially living with his girlfriend of two years, a cat-toon called Tellulah. And even she, Dot, the youngest at eighteen years old, was now on her way to the Toon Town Academy for Performing Arts, one of the most prestigious universities in Toon Town when it came to specialising in performance. She was finally going to step out of her brothers' shadows.

The car ride was as fun as they always were, with arguments over the music and which way they were going. the entrance into Toon Town was, by nature, hectic, as toons came both ways on both sides of the road and, sometimes, the cieling. But it wasn't until they arrived at the gates of TAPA that the Warner siblings realised that, from this moment on, they would have parted ways. As Dot stepped out of the car, she felt a little weak at the knees. She looked at the majestic building. It was every bit like a medieval castle, but with modern additions like a swimming pool and satellite dishes. She gasped.

"Hey princess!" Wakko grinned from behind the trunk of the car. "Don't forget your luggage."

She smiled as she walked to the back of the car, but Yakko grabbed er by the shoulders again, and grinned at her.

"Now, sister sibling." He smiled cheekily. "There are a few things I want you to know. First, although this is a great honour, it is a great danger. There will be many things at this place which will tempt you. But I know I raised a princess, not a swine."

"Yakko..." Dot blushed, noticing some students were milling around the grounds. They were also looking and pointing. This was not the kind of impression she wanted to make. "Quit it. You sound like you're my dad or something. Look, I promise i'll be on best behaviour. No experimenting with anything."

"Good. You had better mean that." He sniffed, handing her her suitcases. "And watch out for the guys. They only have one thing on their minds."

"Believe us." Wakko chuckled, putting his hand on her shoulder. "We know from personal experience."

"You mean you have minds?" She smiled in mock surprize, but Yakko shook his head.

"No, i'm serious. A girl like you..."

"Oh stop it, Yakko."

"I'm just saying. If you get in any trouble or you need us for anything, we can be right over here, and..."

"No!" She gasped, backing away from her brothers and dropping her cases on the sidewalk. "No, absolutely not. Look, guys, please... Just promise you won't turn up here, you won't create a scene... I dont need you guys reminding people that i'm the sweet little Warner Sister when thats exactly what i'm breaking away from. Please, let me handle this my way. If I call you, and I ask you to come, you can consider yourselves invited. but I need to do this on my own. Please?"

She looked up at the two of them with large, honest eyes. The Warner Brothers might have thought of protesting, but they bit back any comments and nodded.

"We'll miss you, kiddo." Yakko mumbled, pulling her into a hug again.

"Yeah. Don't forget to write. Or call. Tellulah said she wanted all the dirt on the stars of tomorrow." Wakko grinned, lookin a little sheepish but hugging her none the less.

Dot smiled at her brothers, andsaid goodbye one last time, before taking a deep breath and walking through the gates of TAPA.

"This is my realm now. New dragons, new knights... and a new princess."