Disclaimer: Tiny Toon Adventures is owned and Copyrighted by Warner Brothers. The TV show Heroes, which this story parodies, is owned and made by Tim Kring, Universal Media Studios and Tailwind Productions. This story is written with absolutely no profit motive. There are a few references to other cartoons and franchises as well: I don't own them either.

Warnings: M rated due to future violence, language, gore and possibly mild sexual content. It will be mild at first but reader discretion is advised in later chapters.

In the beginning

It had finally happened. The Tiny Toons had finished their studies at the Looniversity. Some of them, such as Calamity, had passed with straight A's. Many of them, Buster, Babs and Shirley included, had passed with a good mixture of A's, B's and C's. Some, such as Plucky and Fowlmouth, had only barely passed their studies. Montana Max had also passed as a toon villain. Many of them now had careers in entertainment. Buster and Plucky for instance had started a double act, with Buster as the star and Plucky as the comedy relief, much to Plucky's disgust. Plucky constantly tried to steal the spotlight from Buster, but it always backfired in spectacular fashion. This became a running feature of the show very quickly. Babs had a solo act, but she did often have guest performances by other characters. Hamton was one of the few who didn't have a career in entertainment. Instead, he had a job as a cleaning appliance salesman. Furball was the only one of the group who was unemployed. He still lived in his alleyway. He had given up his desire to find a home and chose to become a permanent alley cat, though he did make occasional money by appearing as a guest on Babs' show. Sweetie was happy in her nest. She did live alone though, but it didn't seem to bother her. She had her own show, but no longer worked with Furball. She worked with Fifi la Fume on a toon chat show. Every week, she and Fifi would invite famous characters and talk about their upcoming events. They had many notable guest appearances, including Rémy the Rat, Bugs Bunny, Tiff, Tuff and Kirby, Daffy Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pikachu and Steven Spielberg. The time Pikachu was a guest is greatly remembered by fans of the show as a fiasco. Fifi and Sweetie couldn't understand a thing Pikachu was saying due to a faulty translation device, leading to misinterpretations, shouting and eventually an indoor thunderstorm that nearly destroyed the building. Since the show was done live, there was no way to cancel the show, since it was airing during the fiasco. Even so, that particular edition raised massive ratings because of the event. Everyone thought it was absolutely hilarious. Pikachu had been invited back for a second attempt but there hadn't been a response yet. Calamity was another who didn't have a job in entertainment. He was now a top scientist, researching in a company called Main Atom Manax (MAM) research institutions, a research company owned by a man who went by the name of Dr. Anatnoxam. Calamity loved the work he did, and never once regretted not going into entertainment. After completing his course at the looniversity, Max disappeared. Nobody knew of his current whereabouts, though some speculated tha6t he went away to perfect his art of villainy. Shirley had her own programme as well, becoming a lead psychic on the psychic network. She also had a part time job working for a local charity working to protect the wildlife around Acme Acres. Fowlmouth was currently involved in Anger management classes, his temper being judged too severe for him to work. He had to attend the anger management course until he calmed down sufficiently. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't going too well at the present time. On a more personal level, it was a mixed bag. Many of them were still friends with each other, with a few exceptions. Fowlmouth was only on good terms with Plucky and Furball. Everyone else was avoiding Fowlmouth, at least until his temper was under control. Buster and Babs had become a much more involved couple, though they still lived in separate houses. Outside of work, the two were rarely seen apart. They were often asked what they did behind closed doors, to which Babs always said the same thing… "Not until we're both ready for it, and I'm certainly not ready! Yet…" A handful remained doubtful about the answer but never said anything about it in public. Plucky was still trying to get closer to Shirley. While Shirley didn't reject his advances, she didn't accept them either. This left a lot of controversy as to the true relationship of the two, though it was generally accepted that they were good friends. Sweetie, while friends with everyone but Fowlmouth and Furball, was still single. She never said it in public, but she did wish for some companionship to share her life with. She never openly searched for a partner, choosing to wait for one to find her. Hamton and Fifi were a blossoming couple, much more than Buster and Babs. They had their own house together, Fifi no longer living in the ruined car in the city dump. Though the relationship was blossoming, Hamton hadn't had the courage to make a proposal to Fifi yet. Although Calamity kept in contact with most of the group, he didn't really hang out with any of them. This wasn't his decision; his job demanded a lot of time, leaving him with too little free time to socialize. Furball was still single, though he kept in contact with most of the group. He wasn't looking for any special someone, quietly content on being alone. When he did meet up with the rest of the gang though, he preferred the company of Plucky and Calamity, when the coyote was available. Many of the other members of the cast also had careers in entertainment, but outside of Acme Acres. As a result, they didn't often appear at group gatherings, though they still kept in regular contact via e-mail and phone.

Today was one such gathering. Many of the Tiny Toons had met up at Weenie Burger to celebrate a year of graduating at the looniversity. The entire building had been pre-booked for the gathering a few weeks earlier. It was a Saturday evening, and as such the only one of the toons who would be working the next day was Calamity. Fifi and Sweetie's programme was aired on Friday evenings, allowing them to come to the gathering as well. As well as the usual weenie burgers, there were bottles of Champaign and many other party foods available. It was now pretty late and nearly time for the party to come to an end. There was one bottle of Champaign left, and the honours of opening it were given to Fifi. She had the bottle opener in hand and was pointing the bottle away from the group, so that the flying cork wouldn't hit any of her friends.

"In celebration of a year of graduation from zee Acme Looniversity!" Fifi called, finally popping the cork from the bottle. The cork flew through the air and unfortunately hit one of the light bulbs, smashing it to pieces. "Oops. How vou say… damm it?" Fifi said sheepishly, causing a bit of laughter form many of the toons.

"Don't worry about it Feef. It was an accident." Babs told the skunk. Fifi only gave a smile in response.

"Look on the bright side Fifi. At least you didn't hit anyone with the cork. A light bulb is cheaper than an eyeball." Buster added.

"Zhat is true Buster." Fifi said back.

"Oh sure. You say that now after today's performance." Plucky mumbled. The comment caused a riot of laughter from everyone. Today's performance from Buster and Plucky had Plucky's eyeballs falling out of his head; four times. Everyone else thought it was hilarious but Plucky was very unhappy about the entire event. A lot of them had seen the performance, since they performed on stage rather than perform in a studio. This meant that they had a live audience to deal with as well as the cameras. Plucky hid his head under the laughter from the group, looking up when Hamton put a hand on the duck's shoulder.

"Don't worry Plucky. At least you're on the stage." Hamton said, trying to cheer the duck up.

"What I want Hamton is my own damm original show and not a screw up like my other show. They only made one new cartoon; the rest were repeats of the old cartoons." Was Plucky's comeback.

"Elmyra didn't do much better. She got lumbered with Pinky and the Brain. They must have been a nightmare to work with." Sweetie pointed out.

"Like, how would you know Sweetie? You never worked with them or sum junk." Shirley pointed out.

"True, but I did get to talk to them when they made cameo appearances in two of our specials. Pinky is a complete wacko…" Sweetie was interrupted by a cameo.

"No, I'm Wakko." Wakko Warner suddenly said, appearing apparently out of nowhere. He began to do one of his crazy dances right next to the toons, at least until Babs smashed him with a Mallet, turning him into a ball that sent him rolling out of the building.

"Ok, that's enough for one chapter." Babs said, before quickly looking back at Sweetie. "Carry on Sweetie." Sweetie cleared her throat and continued.

"As I was saying before I was interrupted, Pinky was a wacko and the Brain was a total geek. I couldn't be next to him without him bursting into scientific gobbledygook. I was really tempted to try and eat him at times." Sweetie continued. This resulted in a few chuckles from some of the others.

"Well, you'd have a better change of grabbing the brain than Bookworm." Buster said with a chuckle, but gained a death glare from Sweetie in response to his comment. She thought about giving some remark back at Buster but decided not to. She instead looked away, not looking happy. Babs gave a bit of a stare at Sweetie.

"Sweetie, Buster was making a joke. There's no need to give a cold shoulder." Babs said to the canary. Sweetie didn't respond immediately, but she did turn back to face the others. Sensing a possible confrontation, Hamton wisely decided to change the subject quickly.

"Say, did you guys know that we're going to have a lunar eclipse tonight?" Hamton asked. Almost all of the toons gave him their attention.

"Lunar eclipse? I though they were just eclipses. Besides, an eclipse can't happen when the sun's out." Plucky commented. Calamity tapped the table to get the duck's attention before communicating with signs.

"The eclipse you mean is a solar eclipse. That is when the moon passes between the earth and the sun. The sudden darkness that happens is the moons' shadow being cast on the earth. A lunar eclipse is when the Earth is in line with the sun and its shadow is cast over the moon. A lunar eclipse will occur at least twice in each year. In order for a full lunar eclipse to occur…" Calamity continued to waffle on using his signs, and the rest of the toons began to take little notice.

"Great, a living encyclopaedia." Plucky commented, referring to Calamity. The rest of the toons just laughed. Calamity didn't seem to notice; he continued to go into complicated details about lunar eclipses.

"I think it will happen at 2:00 in the morning." Hamton added. Babs pouted when Hamton mentioned the time.

"2 in the morning? That's far too late. I was hoping for a bit of time with Buster to watch the eclipse together." Babs pouted, glancing a loving eye at Buster. Most of the toons chuckled. Calamity finally realised that nobody was paying attention to his lecture so stopped and put his signs away. There was another tap at the table; this time from Furball.

"Aren't there any kind of superstitions regarding eclipses?" Furball asked.

"Like, I agree. During any eclipse, some unusual karma is released onto the planet. It could cause some seriously freaky mumbo jumbo." Shirley added. Fifi tapped the table, also taking the moment to put some Champaign in everyone's glass.

"Zat is mere, how you say, superstitious nonsense mon amies. Nothing unusual zill happen tonight." Fifi said. Shirley gave Fifi a bit of a stare.

"Fifi, do not underestimate the power of the cosmos or sum junk." Shirley told Fifi. Everyone started to laugh.

"Come on guys, we came here to celebrate a year of graduating from the Looniversity. Let's not get caught up in superstition, lunar eclipses and geeky rats." Buster said to everyone, taking his glass and raising it. "A toast to a year of graduation. Cheers!" Buster spoke. Everyone took their glasses and raised them, bashing them together lightly.

"CHEERS!"

During the night while the toons slept, the Lunar eclipse occurred. Nobody was awake to see it, though there were some nocturnal animals running about. The moon glowed an eerie colour as the earth's shadow was cast upon it. Many of the toons, though they were asleep, experienced an odd sensation. It was a little ping in their heads, the sound of a single wind chime. None of the toons woke up though, since the noise was quiet and in their dreams. The noise was quickly forgotten as the slept, and nothing appeared to have changed at all. But something had, and it would be life changing for many of them.

((I've already thought up the powers of Buster, Babs, Fifi, Sweetie and Calamity. The others I'm not too sure about though so any suggestions will be appreciated. I'll keep what I'm intending to give as powers a secret, but I'll reveal some in the next chapter.))