Switching Sides
Chapter 1
By Cassie Buttelman
Yakko pulled away from the kiss. " Cassie.I'm so sorry..I didn't mean to." Cassie smiled at him. " No need to apologize Yakko. Its okay." She kissed him and stood up. She turned around and saw Dot, and she looked mad. In fact, Dot looked down right steamed. When Yakko saw his sister he at first looked shocked, then his face turned stern. "Sister sibling what are you doing out here?" Yakko stood in front of Cassie and faced his sister. " I can't believe you actually like her!" Dot said with her teeth clenched. " Dot this is my private life! You should mind your own business." Yakko told her. " Not when my brother is ruining his life by kissing.her!" Dot pointed at Cassie while tears welled up in her eyes. " She...you and her were only friends and I wont let my brother leave me for a.....a....witch!!!" With that Dot stormed away and went to her room. On her way she saw Wakko, who was coming from the kitchen with an armful of food. "Hey Dot." Wakko greeted. Dot mumbled a "hey." Then left. She got to her room and slammed the door. Back on the tower roof Yakko sighed and sat down, he put his head in his hands. The words Dot had said to her, calling her a witch, never left Cassie's mind. Yet she saw how distressed Yakko was. And tried to comfort him. "Yakko...I'm sorry." Cassie walked over to him and proceeded to put her hand on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off. She felt unwanted and went down into the tower where she saw Wakko, who looked stunned and looked at Dot's room. She didn't really know what to do. She just stared into space. She wondered if she never should have come to the tower in the first place. Doubtful thoughts filled Cassie's mind. Finally she couldn't take it anymore.
Cassie closed her eyes and walked to the door of the tower. Wakko seemed to snap out of it and looked back at Cassie. "Where ya going?" He asked. "Out.." Was all she said and left the tower. Yakko meanwhile finally stood up and walked back into the tower. Yakko went to see Dot in her room. But the door was locked and she wouldn't allow him to come in. "C'mon Dot! Let me in!" Yakko ordered. "No!" she shrieked. " Dottie if you don't let me in.." Yakko started but she cut him off.
"DON'T CALL ME DOTTIE!!!" Dot's voice rose higher. "Dot!" Yakko's voice was much louder than her's. "HOW DARE YOU KISS HER!!!" Dot wailed as she kicked the door Yakko was behind. "Dot it was an accident!!!" Yakko said, exasperated. "No it wasn't you meant to kiss her!" Dot cried. " I DID BECAUSE I LOVE HER!!...and I love you too Dot.I don't want you to feel this bad." Yakko said sadly. There was silence behind the door for a while. Finally Dot opened the door and looked at him with tears that continued to stream down her face. "You really do love her?" She asked quietly. " I don't know.." Yakko said, confused. "I guess but after what's happened. maybe I should stop before we get serious.." Dot looked at her brother for a second then dried her tears. "No. you shouldn't stop loving someone just because of me Yakko.." She said, although she probably didn't mean it. "But Dot you're my sister..I can't just.." He sighed and sat down on the ground. Dot looked at him. This was not his fault. They were silent for a while when Yakko noticed Cassie was gone. He looked around "Where's Cassie?" He asked. Wakko suddenly walked by. "She went out.. Didn't say where." Wakko walked to his room and closed the door behind him. Yakko began to panic. "Yakko I'm sure she's fine." Dot murmured. "Just the same..what happened up there didn't make anyone feel real good." Yakko exclaimed as he ran out of the tower to look for Cassie.
Cassie was staring off into space while walking around the lot. Yakko looked around until he saw her pink hair. "Cassie! Cassie!" Yakko yelled. She didn't seem to hear him. Finally he ran right up to her and tapped her on the shoulder. She instantly blinked out of her trance and looked at Yakko. "Oh Hey." She said reluctantly and looked away from him. "Look..Cassie..about on the roof." Yakko looked at her. She shook her head. " No need to explain Yakko.I understand." Cassie smiled warmly. " Dot shouldn't have seen that. Sorry I gave into my teen hormones." " No. it wasn't you...Dot shouldn't be spying into my personal life.And I shouldn't have kissed you.. I wasn't thinking.." " Really? Cause I kinda liked it." Cassie blushed. Yakko looked at her shocked. Most girls would think the same way as what he said. They both became silent and looked at each other. Suddenly the silence was broken by a weird crashing sound. Cassie's eyes darted to where it came from. A weird creature suddenly jumped on both of them. Cassie concentrated and her crystal began to glow. She opened her eyes and abruptly the creature was thrown off them and into a wall by a nearby building. It growled and charged toward them. Cassie's crystal exploded with a bright light and it flew toward the monster cutting it in half. Cassie fell to her knees. Yakko instantly was next to her, his hands on her shoulders.
"Are you okay?!?" He asked anxiously. She nodded. "Why did you use your magic? It somehow makes you weak!" Yakko said. "Actually it was what's called a magic limit." Cassie sat down trying to recover. "Magic Limit?"
"Yeah..My crystal carries most of my magic.but sometimes it needs to recharge if I've used It too often..the magic makes me feel real weak and I get unconscious occasionally. But it's no real danger. Really." Yakko had to ask. "What if your magic is completely drained?" Cassie was silent. He asked again and she looked at him. Suddenly he knew. "You'd..die.wouldn't you?" His voice was high pitched. She nodded. Yakko didn't know what to say. He just looked at her. She turned away and started to head back to the tower. He followed some time after, trying to make sense of this eventful day.
Meanwhile someone cloaked in darkness was looking on their conversation. He began to laugh. A sinister kind of laugh.
Chapter 1
By Cassie Buttelman
Yakko pulled away from the kiss. " Cassie.I'm so sorry..I didn't mean to." Cassie smiled at him. " No need to apologize Yakko. Its okay." She kissed him and stood up. She turned around and saw Dot, and she looked mad. In fact, Dot looked down right steamed. When Yakko saw his sister he at first looked shocked, then his face turned stern. "Sister sibling what are you doing out here?" Yakko stood in front of Cassie and faced his sister. " I can't believe you actually like her!" Dot said with her teeth clenched. " Dot this is my private life! You should mind your own business." Yakko told her. " Not when my brother is ruining his life by kissing.her!" Dot pointed at Cassie while tears welled up in her eyes. " She...you and her were only friends and I wont let my brother leave me for a.....a....witch!!!" With that Dot stormed away and went to her room. On her way she saw Wakko, who was coming from the kitchen with an armful of food. "Hey Dot." Wakko greeted. Dot mumbled a "hey." Then left. She got to her room and slammed the door. Back on the tower roof Yakko sighed and sat down, he put his head in his hands. The words Dot had said to her, calling her a witch, never left Cassie's mind. Yet she saw how distressed Yakko was. And tried to comfort him. "Yakko...I'm sorry." Cassie walked over to him and proceeded to put her hand on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off. She felt unwanted and went down into the tower where she saw Wakko, who looked stunned and looked at Dot's room. She didn't really know what to do. She just stared into space. She wondered if she never should have come to the tower in the first place. Doubtful thoughts filled Cassie's mind. Finally she couldn't take it anymore.
Cassie closed her eyes and walked to the door of the tower. Wakko seemed to snap out of it and looked back at Cassie. "Where ya going?" He asked. "Out.." Was all she said and left the tower. Yakko meanwhile finally stood up and walked back into the tower. Yakko went to see Dot in her room. But the door was locked and she wouldn't allow him to come in. "C'mon Dot! Let me in!" Yakko ordered. "No!" she shrieked. " Dottie if you don't let me in.." Yakko started but she cut him off.
"DON'T CALL ME DOTTIE!!!" Dot's voice rose higher. "Dot!" Yakko's voice was much louder than her's. "HOW DARE YOU KISS HER!!!" Dot wailed as she kicked the door Yakko was behind. "Dot it was an accident!!!" Yakko said, exasperated. "No it wasn't you meant to kiss her!" Dot cried. " I DID BECAUSE I LOVE HER!!...and I love you too Dot.I don't want you to feel this bad." Yakko said sadly. There was silence behind the door for a while. Finally Dot opened the door and looked at him with tears that continued to stream down her face. "You really do love her?" She asked quietly. " I don't know.." Yakko said, confused. "I guess but after what's happened. maybe I should stop before we get serious.." Dot looked at her brother for a second then dried her tears. "No. you shouldn't stop loving someone just because of me Yakko.." She said, although she probably didn't mean it. "But Dot you're my sister..I can't just.." He sighed and sat down on the ground. Dot looked at him. This was not his fault. They were silent for a while when Yakko noticed Cassie was gone. He looked around "Where's Cassie?" He asked. Wakko suddenly walked by. "She went out.. Didn't say where." Wakko walked to his room and closed the door behind him. Yakko began to panic. "Yakko I'm sure she's fine." Dot murmured. "Just the same..what happened up there didn't make anyone feel real good." Yakko exclaimed as he ran out of the tower to look for Cassie.
Cassie was staring off into space while walking around the lot. Yakko looked around until he saw her pink hair. "Cassie! Cassie!" Yakko yelled. She didn't seem to hear him. Finally he ran right up to her and tapped her on the shoulder. She instantly blinked out of her trance and looked at Yakko. "Oh Hey." She said reluctantly and looked away from him. "Look..Cassie..about on the roof." Yakko looked at her. She shook her head. " No need to explain Yakko.I understand." Cassie smiled warmly. " Dot shouldn't have seen that. Sorry I gave into my teen hormones." " No. it wasn't you...Dot shouldn't be spying into my personal life.And I shouldn't have kissed you.. I wasn't thinking.." " Really? Cause I kinda liked it." Cassie blushed. Yakko looked at her shocked. Most girls would think the same way as what he said. They both became silent and looked at each other. Suddenly the silence was broken by a weird crashing sound. Cassie's eyes darted to where it came from. A weird creature suddenly jumped on both of them. Cassie concentrated and her crystal began to glow. She opened her eyes and abruptly the creature was thrown off them and into a wall by a nearby building. It growled and charged toward them. Cassie's crystal exploded with a bright light and it flew toward the monster cutting it in half. Cassie fell to her knees. Yakko instantly was next to her, his hands on her shoulders.
"Are you okay?!?" He asked anxiously. She nodded. "Why did you use your magic? It somehow makes you weak!" Yakko said. "Actually it was what's called a magic limit." Cassie sat down trying to recover. "Magic Limit?"
"Yeah..My crystal carries most of my magic.but sometimes it needs to recharge if I've used It too often..the magic makes me feel real weak and I get unconscious occasionally. But it's no real danger. Really." Yakko had to ask. "What if your magic is completely drained?" Cassie was silent. He asked again and she looked at him. Suddenly he knew. "You'd..die.wouldn't you?" His voice was high pitched. She nodded. Yakko didn't know what to say. He just looked at her. She turned away and started to head back to the tower. He followed some time after, trying to make sense of this eventful day.
Meanwhile someone cloaked in darkness was looking on their conversation. He began to laugh. A sinister kind of laugh.