Meanwhile, Cindy came home to eat dinner.

"Hello, Cindy~" Shelly smiled.

"Hi, Mom..." Cindy said softly.

"We've made your favorite dinner." Shelly smiled.

Cindy had a small smile. "Thanks..."

"You're welcome dear," Shelly smiled back. "Tell me, how was your day?"

"I almost got killed today..." Cindy mumbled. "Eva Chantrey wanted to see me after school."

"Oh, dear," Shelly frowned. "Wait... Is she that one in gray sweats with a girlfriend?"

"No, that's Jo," Cindy shook her head. "Eva's the girl who grew up in a little village and took kickboxing lessons when she was a little kid."

"Oh... Well, why would she wanna do that?" Shelly asked firmly about Eva.

"Because I'm a butt monkey..." Cindy mumbled.

"A what?" Buddy asked her.

"I get hurt all the time..." Cindy explained. "I feel like the whole world's playing some kind of big practical joke on me."

"Oh, honey, that's not true," Shelly soothed as she hugged her daughter. "You're nowhere near as hurt by the world."

"Yes huh.." Cindy frowned.

"Your mother is right," Buddy agreed with his wife. "Ever since we've moved here, you've made some pretty awesome friends."

"I know, but I get unlucky a lot..." Cindy told her parents. "I swear, sometimes I feel like I'm cursed..."

"Hmm... Maybe there's a warlock who's picking on you..." Shelly suggested.

"What?" Cindy looked to her mother.

"Well, even though I wasn't really a witch, your grandmother let me visit the Netherworld sometimes," Shelly explained. "Some warlocks like to pick on defenseless mortals... Why don't you go and see what's up?"

"Oh, Mom, I don't know if I can go to the Supernatural Realm..." Cindy got nervous. "June has special permission since she's the Te Xuan Ze and all."

"Tell them your grandmother sent you..." Shelly stroked her hair gently.

Cindy sighed. "This is gonna be painful."

"By the way, Cindy, do you know anyone by the name of Corey Haynes?" Buddy asked. "Because he's just escaped from The Arctic Circle Asylum."

"Name sounds familiar..." Cindy said before she got up, finishing her dinner and going to their linen closet. "That's a little scary though..."

"We want you to stay indoors with the doors locked if we're not home when you get back from school," Shelly said to her before handing her a washcloth. "Do you understand?"

"Yes, Mom..." Cindy nodded, taking the washcloth curiously before she went through their closet to see that they in fact had a way to the Supernatural Realm.

Lightning flashed inside the closet as she entered it.

"Be careful, my dear.' Shelly wished.


Meanwhile, Elena decided to explore the city and she soon found Robin and Kaitlin together, reading a comic book on The Cartoon Girls. She then decided to go over to the two girls. "Um, hello." she then spoke up to both of them.

Robin and Kaitlin looked up.

"Hi!" Robin smiled friendly.

"Hey..." Kaitlin quietly greeted.

"I'm Elena Haynes," Elena introduced. "It's nice to meet you."

Robin shook her hand. "I'm Robin Snyder, that's Kaitlin Hartman... Kaitlin, don't be rude..."

Kaitlin closed the book and also shook Elena's hand. "Sorry... I was just on a good chapter."

"Whatcha readin'?" Elena asked.

"Cartoon Girls," Kaitilin showed her comic book. "This is the one that tells their secret origins."

"I've heard about them on the news," Elena replied. "Who's your favorite hero?"

"I love Monster Girl," Kaitlin smirked. "She can kick butt just like me."

"I love Diva Dynamite because she's agile and flexible," Robin added. "And there's one superhero that we both really like, and that's..."

"Action Girl~..." Robin and Kaitlin then sighed dreamily together.

"I like Monster Girl," Elena smiled. "She feels like the older sister I've always wanted."

"Ya know, we got a junior group, we call ourselves the Cartoon Girls Rookies," Robin prompted. "Maybe you'd like to join us?"

"We have meetings in Robin's clubhouse after school sometimes," Kaitlin added.

"Oh, could I?" Elena blushed. "You don't have to if you don't want to..."

"Well, you have to meet with us first, but I'm sure you'll be let in." Kaitlin smiled to her.

"Well, I have a question," Elena said to the girls. "Have you guys ever met them in person before?"

"Not yet, but maybe someday..." Kaitlin smiled.

"We try all the time, but we never make it in time..." Robin added.

"KAAAITLIIINNN!" an elderly voice called.

Kaitlin groaned, then glared back at her house. "What do you want now, Gramps?"

"HOW DO I LIKE SOMETHING ON TOONFACE!?" Gramps asked.

"Ugh..." Kaitlin face-palmed, then looked to her friends. "'Scuse me a sec..." she then ran inside the house.

Elena soon looked up on the roof and saw three figures, but when she blinked, they were gone. "Whoa..." she muttered in surprise.

"Something the matter, Elena?" Robin asked the girl.

"I thought I saw something on the roof." Elena said.

Robin looked with her, saw no one there, but then shrugged. "Are you going to the school?"

"Maybe, I don't know yet, but hopefully I do," Elena smiled. "Thanks for inviting me to your clubhouse."

"Sure!" Robin smiled. "Our friend Ashley's there too sometimes when she's not getting a manicure... I swear, that girl is like a teenager already."

"I already became friends with a teenager," Elena giggled. "Her name is Jo Elliot."

"Oh, you're lucky..." Robin chuckled. "Jo's cool."

Elena smiled back.

Kaitlin finally came back. "Sorry about that... You know old people and modern technology."

"Let's get out of here before your Gramps calls you again." Robin suggested.

The three girls then went off to the backyard to read their comic books in peace, even giving Elena some of their back issues to read and catch up on her Cartoon Girls knowledge.

"This is cool," Elena smiled before blushing hard. "Man, these girls are a tough group, especially Action Girl."

Kaitlin and Robin chuckled as they read their comics.

"I wonder where Cindy is?" Robin thought out loud.

"I'm sure she's fine." Kaitlin shrugged.


"Hello?" Cindy called as she entered a romantic sunset beach like area with fog. "Hello!?"

Skippy came out to see her, going under the limbo stick and smiled at her.

"Oh, um,... Where am I?" Cindy asked him.

Skippy pointed to the limbo stick and demonstrated a move to answer her question.

"Limbo..." Cindy said. "Right... Um, I need to get to the Supernatural Realm, could you take me there?"

Skippy then nodded before pointing to the washcloth.

"Oh, um, yeah, my mother said to bring this..." Cindy took out the washcloth.

Skippy took it from her and started to eat it, hungrily.

"Um... Okay..." Cindy said. "Is there anyone I could speak with?"

Skippy took her to the limbo stick and let her go first. Cindy bent her head back and walked under the stick and Skippy went after her.


"Hey, Skippy," Drell greeted before he soon looked down at Cindy. "Who's this little mortal?" he then asked.

Cindy gulped, a little frightened. "C-Cindy Butler..."

"Cindy Butler..." Drell tried to think. "Aren't you Malovea Youngblood's granddaughter?"

"Yes, sir..." Cindy smiled a little. "You know her?"

"Know her?" Drell chuckled. "Oh, man, I was lucky enough to spend the night with her..."

Cindy shivered. "Please, don't tell me more..."

"Anyway, I know why you're here," Drell told Cindy. "You're having bad luck because of me. I had to do it from a dare from The Council."

"What?" Cindy asked. "How did you-"

"I have eyes and ears everywhere, little lady," Drell chuckled, ruffling up her hair, much to her annoyance. "You're my favorite victim though."

"What was the dare if I may ask?" Cindy asked, folding her arms as Skippy continued to eat the washcloth.

Skippy finished his little snack, then took out his pipe to relax himself.

"The dare was that I had to pick a victim to curse with bad luck for eight years, but the good news is that your eight years is coming to an end." Drell replied.

"Really...?" Cindy sounded pleased.

"Yep," Drell smiled for her. "Besides, after you got yourself a boyfriend, I thought you could finally catch a break. No offense, huh, mortal?"

Cindy shrugged and shook hands with him.

"Your grandmother wouldn't happen to be here, would she?" Drell asked.

"No, sir..." Cindy said.

Skippy bent down next to Cindy and took measurements for her.

"No, Skippy, you can't have the mortal." Drell glared to his silent friend.

Skippy soon snapped his fingers in defeat.

"But I have some more good news," Drell soon continued. "You may begin to love that town of Gumboot, they're gonna be cursed for the rest of their lives, including the principal and those kids."

"You'd do that for me?" Cindy asked.

"Anything for the Netherworld's hottest witch's granddaughter..." Drell chuckled. "You wanna see?"

"Oh, I don't like violence too much..." Cindy shrugged, shuffling her feet.

"Don't be such a Skippy, come on..." Drell took her hand, pulling her to his crystal ball.

"And then I said, 'no, you're impossible', and then he said 'no, you're impossible', and then I said..." Penelope said as she was using the crystal ball to make a long distance call to Atlantis to talk to a mermaid friend she had made.


They were now over at Cindy's old hometown, Gumboot, and they saw the Superintendent talking to the principal.

"You disgust me," The Superintendent glared. "You abuse my favorite kid who's very special, a lot more than these brats, Cindy Butler was always my favorite. So, guess what? YOU'RE FIRED FOR GOOD!"

"You can't do that to me!" Principal Timothy called.

"Oh, I'm afraid I can, clear out and shove out!" the Superintendent demanded.

Principal Timothy's secretary hid a giggle, serves him right...

"Before you pack your stuff, I want you to stay here a minute," The Superintendent told the principal before looking over to his secretary. "Excuse me, Miss, but would you send all of the teachers in?"

"Yes, sir..." the secretary nodded and went to make an announcement. "All teachers please report to Principal Timothy's office..."

The screen changed to the Atlantian mermaid.

"Hey, I'm still here!" the mermaid scowled.

"Penelope can't talk right now..." Drell told the mermaid and switched the crystal ball screen back into Gumboot Elementary School. "That girl is so grounded for using long distance..." he then muttered.


All of the teachers of Gumboot Elementary School then came into the office and all of them were confused.

"What's going on?!" A teacher demanded.

"Ms. Dunbar, perhaps you'd like to explain?" a gym coach sneered to her.

"The superintendent is here with news." the secretary explained.

"Ms. Dunbar, you may send them in." The Superintendent told the secretary.

Ms. Dunbar heard that and let the teachers inside to meet him. Principal Timothy was even crying as he carried a box of his old stuff.

"See ya, Boss..." Ms. Dunbar smirked to him.

"Hello, teachers!" The Superintendent greeted before glaring. "Or should I say 'retired citizens'?"

Cindy shrugged. "Okay."

Drell conjured up a large popcorn bucket for them to share.

Cindy ate some and smiled happily. "Ooh, I love extra butter!"

Drell smiled to her.

"Daddy, I need to use the crystal ball!" Penelope whined as she was imprisoned in an hourglass to punish her for abusing the crystal ball calling system.

"Not now, Penelope, later." Drell told her.

Penelope screamed out.

Drell snapped his fingers to make her lips form into a zipper and he shut them. "Spoiled brat..."

'Um, is she okay?" Cindy asked.

"Yeah, she's going through puberty..." Drell folded his arms.

"What do you mean 'retired citizens'?" A teacher asked the superintendent.

"Meaning that you STUPID, SAD EXCUSES FOR TEACHERS, ARE ALL FIRED!" The Superintendent snapped.

"See, Cindy?" Drell nudged the girl. "What do you think?"

"Very interesting..." Cindy chuckled at the jerks' misfortunes.

"Ah, I don't blame you for hating that place," Drell put his arm around her. "It's a crapsack world... They only picked on you because you were different..."

"Why would such a town exist?" Cindy sighed.

"You know how in Greek mythology that the gods and goddesses pick on innocent mortals for laughs?" Drell asked her.

Cindy nodded.

"Well, Gumboot is the land where many of those innocent mortals lived..." Drell admitted. "So, the founder lost his mind and then everybody native to there is mean and vengeful because of that. As for the kids, their parents found out about this and got very angry with them, smashed their cell phones, and grounded them until they would reach the age of 40."

"Dang..." Cindy cringed.

"I'm sorry for cursing you and all, but I promise, when you become a successful authoress when you grow up, that will all just be a painful and simple memory..." Drell smiled to her.

"Wow, Drell, you're really nice..." Cindy smiled back. "I take back everything I said about you."

Drell narrowed his eyes suddenly. "What have you said about me?"

"Uhh... I gotta go!" Cindy stood up and tried to run away.

'I made your favorite dinner, Drell.' Skippy leaned in with a cutesy smile.

"Thanks, Skippy, you're awesome." Drell then smiled as he forgot all about Cindy now.

Cindy wiped her forehead in relief as she went back home. Drell then left to join Skippy for dinner. Penelope muffled and pounded against the glass. Skippy gasped, he then took out Penelope's wand and zapped her out of the hourglass with her mouth back to normal.

"Thanks, Uncle Skippy..." Penelope smiled and hugged him.

Skippy then smiled back and kissed her cheek.