As usual, the Pokey Oaks kindergarten classroom was loud and raucous with lots of little children laughing and talking madly with each other. It was early in the morning and there were still a few minutes until class begun. Blossom was reading a picture book to one of her peers, pointing and laughing at the pictures. Bubbles was scribbling a picture with her brand new set of crayons, which the Professor had gotten for her as a treat over the weekend. Buttercup was having a fight with Mitch Mitchelson over whose turn it was with the toy train.
A completely normal morning in what was sure to be a completely normal day.
None of the children bothered to be quiet as Ms Keane trotted in. It wasn't until three kids followed in behind her when there was a sudden hush. Ms Keane smiled warmly at the class and clasped her hands together.
"Good morning class!" She chirped cheerfully.
"Good morning Ms Keane," the class recited back, all eyes still fixed on the three strangers standing like soldiers beside her. One of the children, a girl with very bright grey eyes and silver hair done up in a bun, waved perkily at them, grinning from ear to ear. A few kids waved back at her. Ms Keane looked at the girl and her smile broadened.
"As you have noticed, we have three new students joining our class," she explained. "And I'm sure you will make them all feel very welcome."
She put a hand on the girl's silver head.
"This is Baalim..."
The girl cleared her throat very suddenly making a few people jump.
"I prefer to be called Berry," she said, still grinning broadly, looking around at them all. Ms Keane looked surprised for a few seconds, and then gave her head a slight shake and putting her hand back to her side.
"Okay then, Berry it is! You can sit next to Elmer over there," she said, pointing to the small boy sitting as usual by himself. Miss Keane always liked to send people to sit next to Elmer just so the boy could have a friend. Her attempts mostly failed although he was still friendly with Buttercup. Berry, grin never faltering, skipped over to the table and sat down, her hands clasped in front of her, her eyes twinkling brightly. Everyone smiled at her.
"Now this," Ms Keane said, placing a hand on the next kid's head, "is Bochim..."
"Blank!" a loud voice chirped making everyone jump again. Berry had interrupted again and a slight frown creased Ms Keane's face.
"Excuse me Berry?" She said in a slightly stern voice.
"She likes to be called Blank," the girl replied eyeing the new kid who was standing silently beside Ms Keane. She wore an expressionless look, her big black eyes stared at the class without emotion and her black hair hung lankly around her face. Ms Keane looked down at her.
"Is that right, dear?" She said kindly. The girl stood there for a few moments and then slowly nodded. The other kid standing next to her let out a loud snigger.
"Okay then, Blank. You can sit next to Bubbles over there," the blond girl brightened immediately, bouncing up and down on her seat as Blank walked like a robot to sit next to her.
"And Berry, when you want to share something with the class I expect you to raise your hand, not call out," Ms Keane told the girl, still frowning a little. Berry blinked, looking shocked for a second. Then she grinned again.
"Yes Ms Keane, sorry Ms Keane," she chanted in a sing-song voice and a few people giggled. The young woman shot a stern look around the room and the giggling immediately ceased. She placed a hand on the last girl's head.
"Now this is..."
"Buzz," the girl growled before the teacher could finish. Ms Keane stared open-mouthed at her, looking very much like a stunned goldfish. The girl stared definitely back at her with narrowed purple eyes. She had her white hair tied back in a loose ponytail and her right arm was done up in a cast and sling.
"Buzz didn't you hear what I just said before? No calling out," Ms Keane told her, looking angry. Buzz just smirked at her, her one good hand clenching and unclenching by her side. Ms Keane's face was switching between shock and anger as quick as traffic lights.
"You can sit right over at the table next to Elmer and Berry so I can keep an eye on you," the teacher informed the child and she stomped over to her seat making as much noise as possible. Ms Keane stared after her, her face still changing back and forth at an alarming rate.
After that very exciting start to the day things returned to normal nearly at once.
"Now kids can you find all of the punctuation in these three sentences?" Ms Keane asked, pointing at the board. A few hands shot up, Blossom's naturally the first one. The teacher nodded at her.
"Well of course the full stops at the end of each sentence, Miss Keane and the comma in the second sentence and..." the redhead rattled off before Ms Keane, smiling put her hand up to stop her.
"That's great Blossom, dear, but let's give the other kids a go as well," she said and Blossom sighed and nodded. The teacher glanced around.
"Yes Robin?" She said, smiling at the girl.
"Um...those two little thingies at the start and end of the third one?" The girl replied, ducking her head down.
"And what are those called Robin?" Ms Keane prompted gently. The girl screwed her face up in concentration. Berry had her fist stuffed in her mouth to stop the giggling. Blossom who was sitting right behind Berry, was giving the silver-haired girl a disapproving look.
"Does anyone else know the answer?" Ms Keane asked the class as Robin shook her head feebly.
Berry and Blossom's hands were up in the air like flagpoles.
"Yes Berry?" The teacher, nodded at her.
"Quotation marks!" She exclaimed happily and Blossom put her hand down glancing at the other girl with slight annoyance. Ms Keane grinned at her.
After finishing the punctuation, the class moved on to maths. The class was returning to the six times tables which everyone but Blossom had struggled with the week before.
"Now class do we remember the rule for everything timed by eleven? What is six times eleven?" Ms Keane asked and to her surprise Bubbles' hand was the first to shoot up.
"Yes?"
"It's sixty-six!" The girl said, a wide smile lighting her face.
"Great job, Bubbles!" The teacher said, as the girl usually struggled a bit with mathematics. The girl beamed and turned to shake Blank's shoulder.
"I got it right!" She said in a loud whisper but the girl made no answer, not even seeming to notice.
They worked through the six times tables until the bell for recess rang. The children stampeded to the door, screaming to each other excitedly. Buttercup and a bunch of other boys immediately grabbed a few balls and began a game of dodge ball. Bubbles was tugging at Blank's arm, leading her to a more secluded area of the playground.
"Wanna make daisy chains! Look I'll make one for you and you put it in your hair. It'll look so beautiful!" She babbled as she plopped onto the grass and started picking daisies from the ground. Blank stood there, staring forward dully then slowly sat down beside her.
Buzz was sitting cross-legged on the asphalt, sending a sulky look at a bunch of girls playing hopscotch. Robin threw a stone and it landed on the third square. She hopped through the course easily.
"It's your turn Blossom!" Berry called cheerily from behind the girl. The redhead frowned, turning on her heel to face her and crossing her arms.
"I know! I'm not stupid!" She said crossly walking up and picking up the stone. Berry grinned widely and looked over at Buzz who had a nasty little smirk on her face.
Blossom threw the stone and it landed on the fifth square. She began to hop through the course. Suddenly from her spot on the asphalt, Buzz narrowed her eyes and clenched her good hand by her side.
"Whoa!" Blossom shrieked, feet sweeping from underneath her. She threw her hands forward to break the fall and landed with a thump on the ground. Berry gave a little scream of laughter and tears welled up in the redhead's eyes. She quickly blinked them away and got to her feet, readjusting her crooked bow and glaring at the silver-haired girl.
"You pushed me!" She snapped, face flushing bright red. Berry stuffed her fist back into her mouth to stifle the mad laughter, tears of mirth rolling down her cheeks.
"It's not funny! I could tell Ms Keane what you did!" Blossom said sternly, hands on hips. Robin looked on at the sparring girls with a wary look and Buzz was chortling uncontrollably from her place on the asphalt.
"How could I have pushed you? I was here all the time! How could I run up, push you over and get back so fast? Your just angry cause you looked like an idiot," Berry shot back, eyes gleaming. Blossom turned bright red.
"I felt someone push me! Are you calling me a liar?" She spat.
"You must've imagined it," Berry said carelessly, rolling her eyes. "C'mon don't be a wussie. Let's just get on with the game."
Blossom looked murderous for a few seconds then she took a few deep breaths and walked back to start of the course, her arms firmly crossed across her chest. She looked over at Buzz who was sending her a mocking sneer. Biting her bottom lip, she turned back to the front.
Over at the corner of the playground, a small smile was playing at Blank's thin lips as Bubbles sat in a pile of daisy chains, chatting animatedly about the cute puppy she had seen in the window of the pet shop.
"I don't know if I want a kitty or a puppy cause I love them both! The Professor won't let us get a kitty though cause he's scared of them...did you wanna know why?" She grinned at her new friend. Before she could get an answer the bell for the end of recess rang. Bubbles stuck her tongue out. Standing up and leaving the daisy chains on the grass, she grabbed Blank's hand eagerly and led her across the playground with the rest of the children.
Ms Keane smiled at them as they took their seats. Buttercup was still talking to the boys about something. Bubbles was drawing a picture for Blank and giggling. Blossom, having seemed to have gotten over her recess argument, was looking at Ms Keane with utmost attention.
"Hey can I sign your cast?" A kid asked Buzz as the girl picked absent-mindedly at a scab on the back of her good hand. The white haired girl sent the boy an evil look and he gulped and turned away.
"Now kids I think we'll have a quick quiz on the spelling words we learnt last week. Get out a sheet of paper and a pencil please," she said clapping her hands together. Buttercup groaned loudly from the back but she was drowned out by the ruffle of people reaching for pencils and paper.
"Alright class, the first word is...grandmother."
Everyone scribbled the word down. Berry was rolling her eyes.
"Is everyone done? Okay the next word is..."
This went on until the last word was called. Buzz was glancing over at Berry and Blossom who were writing all the words down with ease. A sneaky smile was playing at her lips.
"Alright, Mike can you collect all of the papers? While I correct them you can all have twenty minutes of free time," Ms Keane instructed as Mike Believe jumped up to collect everyone's papers. Buttercup was still erasing something out frantically as the rest of the class started to go to the toys, books and crayons.
Buzz sat by herself again, glaring at anyone who dared to make eye-contact with her. Blossom had gotten out a book to read and Bubbles went back to her drawing.
Buttercup had wandered over to the building blocks and began to stack them.
"I betcha I can make a tower taller than yours," she challenged Mitch Mitchelson who smirked at her.
"Yeah right. I'll flatten you!" He replied and the game was on. Buttercup, working at top speed, began to stack the blocks up. It didn't take the duo very long before the towers were teetering dangerously.
While the rest of the class got one with their own thing, Buzz stared at the two from across the room.
"Stop taking all the blocks!" Buttercup giggled, turning away from her tower to look for some more building blocks. She didn't notice the girl across the room, clenching her good hand and squinting her eyes.
The tower wavered from side to side and then it collapsed to the ground, half of them bouncing off Buttercup's head. She gave a yell of surprise as Mitch burst into triumphant laughter. The raven-haired puff stared at the pile of blocks for a few seconds then laughed along with Mitch good-naturedly.
"I'll kick your butt at dodge ball," she chuckled as they packed up the blocks. She turned and to her slight surprise, saw Buzz sending her a murderous look from her across the room. Buttercup glared back.
"What's her problem?" Mitch said turning to glare at the girl as well. Buttercup shrugged.
"Alright, can everyone get back to their seats, please? Don't forget to pack up all of the toys and books!" Ms Keane called and everyone began to wander back to their seats.
The young woman straightened the stack of papers and looked around at them.
"Well it looks like not everyone went over their spelling words as well as they could. I hope to see some improvement next week," she said. Buttercup glanced down at her hands, looking guilty.
"However I'd like to congratulate Blossom on getting all ten of the words right again," Blossom beamed as the rest of the class clapped. Berry had stiffened suddenly, her face going slack.
"I'd also like to congratulate Berry who got nine out of ten. Good job!" Ms Keane smiled over at the silver-haired girl. The girl didn't smile back but clenched her fists and looked down, eyes glistening. As the applause died down and Ms Keane turned around to put the papers away, Buzz moved as quickly as lightning, leaning over to Berry and whispering something into her ear. A look of outrage went over the silver-haired girl's face. Just as quick, before Ms Keane could see, Buzz returned to her seat, a smirk on her lips.
Berry turned to Blossom as Ms Keane started to explain something to the class.
"You cheated," she hissed and Blossom opened her mouth in shock.
"No I didn't," she whispered back, feeling stung at the accusation. Berry's face went red with rage.
"Yes you did you dirty little liar, you copied me, you copied me, you little..."
"Berry!" Ms Keane called from the front of the room, standing with the chalk clenched in her hand.
"It's very rude to speak when someone else is talking," she said sternly and the girl's face went even redder.
"Blossom cheated on the spelling test!" She shouted her fists clenched on the desk. The redhead, who was growing pink in the face, gave a little noise of outrage. Everyone was staring at the two girls.
"Berry! Blossom worked hard to get that score! She would never..."
"Yes she did, she did, she did! She copied me, she copied my work! How else would she have beaten me? No-one ever beats me!" Berry cut Ms Keane off and everyone but Blank and Buzz gave a gasp of surprise.
"How dare she...the little bitch, the little..."
"Berry, you never use that language in my classroom! I think you need a time out to calm yourself down!" Ms Keane cried, going white in the face. She marched up to the girl but as quick as lightning, Berry had leaped to her feet and tackled Blossom off her chair and onto the floor.
It all happened so fast if you blinked you would've missed it. Berry's hands went around the red-head's throat and a savage look went over her face as she tightened her grip. Blossom's screamed and zapped the girl with red laser beams. Berry's grip loosened and Blossom grabbed her by the shoulders and kneed her hard in the stomach. The silver-haired girl gasped in pain and grabbed the nearest chair, lifting it over head and slamming it into Blossom's body. The red-head flew like a rag doll across the room and through the wall.
Everyone was screaming. Berry stood there panting, a mad gleam in her eyes. Buzz had burst into insane laughter and Blank had her head in her arms, shoulders shaking.
With a scream, Buttercup and Bubbles were flying outside to see if Blossom was okay.
The red-head lay flat on her back on the asphalt, bruises forming on her neck and cheek. Bubbles and Buttercup helped the dazed puff to her feet and they all turned to glare at Berry through the hole in the wall. The look of madness had quickly been replaced by a very calm expression.
"Terribly sorry," she said, so quietly she was almost whispering.
"I just won't tolerate cheaters."
Blossom spat blood onto the ground.
"I did not cheat. You're going to be sorry you ever tried to mess with the Powerpuff Girls," she said, hands on her hips, feet apart and chin raised. Buttercup and Bubbles slid into position beside her, glaring at the silver-haired girl as well.
Berry sneered, crossing her arms across her chest.
"The Powerpuff Girls? Now that's what I call pathetic," she laughed and glanced at Buzz who was still giggling madly at her seat. She gave the white-haired girl a hard look and in an instant she was standing beside her.
"C'mon Blank," Buzz hissed in a rough voice. The black haired girl wandered over to stand next to them. Tears were streaming down her face.
"You cowardly piece of shit," Buzz spat at Blank. She covered her face with her hands. Berry glared at them both.
"Let's teach these girls a lesson," she snarled and Buzz clenched her good fist forward. Blank didn't move.
"I said," Berry turned on the black haired girl, grinding her teeth together, "Let's teach them a lesson!"
Blank's lips moved silently.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO?"
And the next second Berry had grabbed Blank around the waist, raised her high above her head and thrown her across the room. The black-haired girl didn't make a noise as she crumpled uselessly against a table. The kids sitting at the table all screamed and fell from there chairs. Bubbles screamed and flashed through the air towards her.
This move set Buzz off like a firecracker. Screaming with laughter she pushed her palm forward and the blond cart-wheeled through the air and landed in a heap on the floor. She got up immediately and bared her teeth, shooting laser beams at the other girl.
Buzz dodged it easily but wasn't expecting Buttercup to race towards and tackle her hard to the floor. Buzz whipped her feet up and slammed them into Buttercup's stomach. The raven-haired girl retaliated by punching her in the jaw. The girls head snapped back and she stumbled off balance. Buttercup, shot out her hand and grabbed the white-haired girl's bad arm. She bent it back and a horrible crack rang through the room. Buzz screamed in agony, falling to her knees, sobbing hysterically.
Buttercup finished by slamming her palm into her face and shattering the girl's nose. Buzz lay there on the floor sobbing, her face covered in blood.
"Cheap shot," she hissed through the tears, "cheap shot."
Berry, Blossom and Bubbles were all still standing, looking on. Berry's eyes flickered to the lifeless form of Blank lying on the table and Buzz moaning on the floor. Then as quick as a whip she zapped over first to Buzz grabbed her by the forearm and then to Blank grabbing her as well. Then without looking back, she shot up into the air and crashed through the ceiling, the two girls dangling from each of her hands.
"No!" Bubbles yelled and the three girls leapt to the air to try and stop the retreating figures.
They were already gone.
Ms Keane and the rest of the class lay huddled in a group on the floor, looking terrified. Blossom looked around and shook her head slightly.
"That was...insane," Buttercup muttered as Blossom rubbed her neck uneasily.
"Let's hope we don't see them again," the red-head replied quietly.
Ms Keane got up shakily as Bubbles burst into hysterical tears.
All in all...it really hadn't been the most normal day after all.
A/N This idea came to me so fast I had no choice but to write it down. I really wanted to challenge myself by writing about three things that I've never ever done. Three OC's, girls at canon age and a fight scene. I suck at writing all three...so I had a go at writing this. Hopefully it isn't mary-sue, ooc, and crappy. Hope you liked it.