Author's Note: Ha, sorry I haven't updated. I'm getting lazy with this story. But hey, if I had more favorites and reviews, I'd update faster. Speaking of favorites and reviews, thank you, Samkitty14, for being the second person to favorite and review this story. It's much appreciated. Oh, the reason why I haven't been updating is not just because of that. It's also because I want to make this story realistic, and that requires researching, which is very similar to homework... so I guess you can see why I'm slacking. This chapter is a little shorter than the others, I think. I wish it was longer, but if it were, I'd be posting this next week. Okay, sorry, people who actually read these stupid author's notes. On with the story.

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(Bubbles POV)

A beach. We were on a beach. Why were we on a beach? I thought Ort wanted us to save the world, not go on vacation! Our first task was probably here, but I can't think of what it could possibly be.

Without moving, I checked out the place. On my left was an unpolluted ocean, and on my right was a jungle of plants and trees. There was a small mountain somewhere in the jungle. Other than the sound of waves and leaves swaying, it was silent.

I sat up, just slightly disoriented from the teleportation. I guess Ort really did have super powers. I couldn't help but feel jealous, because even I couldn't teleport. Oh, well. Who needs to teleport when you can run and fly really fast? The thought cheered me up for a second, but then I realized that I no longer had any powers. Well, on the bright side, I'm at the beach. Immediately, I had the urge to go swimming. I sighed and looked down at my clothes, which I knew for a fact weren't swimming attire.

I gasped. Instead of wearing the aqua blue knee-length dress I had been wearing earlier, I was wearing a light blue plain t-shirt, paired with capris. My feet had on white flip flops. Underneath I had on a white camisole (and underwear, of course). My hair was still in their bouncy pigtails, but I found that I was wearing a blue baseball cap.

I couldn't believe that Ort had changed our clothes. How nice and thoughtful of him!

I looked around me and saw everyone else getting themselves straightened out. They too had realized that Ort had changed their clothes.

Blossom's hair was in a french braid. She had on the same type of outfit as me, except hers was pink. Buttercup's hair was in a low ponytail and she also had on the same type of clothes as us, except in green.

Now that I could see the Rowdyruffs, I noticed that Ort had given them a loose T-shirt, flip flops, and a baseball cap in their color, paired with khaki shorts. I hate to admit it, but… they looked really nice. To be honest, Ort really had a sense of style and knew what looked well with what.

I realized that everyone wasn't thinking the same thoughts as I was, though.

"What are we doing on a STUPID island?!" Buttercup hollered. "And what the HELL happened to my clothes?"

"Oh, so he tells us that everybody is depending on us to save the world, but he makes us go on vacation first!" Butch grumbled.

"We're going to die. No, actually, we're already dead," Boomer said, panicking.

Blossom and Brick didn't join in with them. Thank goodness, I don't like hearing people complain a lot.

"We need to find food, water, and shelter," Brick said calmly.

Blossom was silent, and then she spoke up. "I hate to agree, but he's right. Those things should be our priority right now."

"So Blossom, what exactly do we do?" I questioned.

"Let's try to find some branches, rocks, and big leaves for the shelter. Also, look for some tinder so we can make a fire." She paused, and then said in the boys' direction: "Someone should find food and water."

"Are you telling us what to do?" Butch asked angrily.

Brick frowned. "I'm the one calling the shots here, Pink. I say we find some food and water, boys." He turned his attention to us. "You guys make a shelter for us, too, and we'll find food and water for you."

"We were already going to do that," Blossom said calmly, but I knew she was trying to keep her cool. She didn't like being talked to like that, and she especially didn't like being called Pink. "Come on, girls, let's go." With that, the boys went into the jungle.

"So, all we have to do is look for branches and big leaves, right, leader girl?" Buttercup asked.

"Yeah." Blossom replied.

We all turned around in unison towards the jungle, looking for the materials we would need.

"Blossom, that branch over there looks sturdy," I said.

"Good idea."

We walked over to the tree right outside of the jungle, and we suddenly realized that we had no way of cutting it down.

"Well, we could look for fallen branches," Blossom suggested, and entered the jungle with us following closely behind.

It was really hot out on the beach, and even though there was a lot of shade in the jungle, it was still hot and humid. We walked slowly, making sure not to trip on any tree roots or rocks. We scanned the ground carefully and picked up tinder for our fire. Buttercup sacrificed her hat and we put our finding into it. We didn't find any branches that had fallen from the trees, though.

"Hey, that branch over there looks sturdy, but weak enough so that if we all tried, we could probably break it down," said Buttercup, pointing to a tree with a nice-looking branch about a few feet above our heads.

"Maybe," Blossom said, but she seemed doubtful.

"We've got nothing to lose, let's just try it," I said, which convinced Blossom.

"All right. Buttercup, climb onto the tree and put your weight on the branch. Don't stand on the middle of the branch, stand where the branch meets the tree. Bubbles and I will try to pull it from below." Buttercup set her hat down and climbed onto the tree while Blossom and I positioned ourselves to get ready to break the branch.

"Are you holding onto something, Buttercup? Okay, good. When I say go, try to break the branch down. Ready… go!"

Buttercup jumped repeatedly on the branch and Blossom and I pull as hard as we could to break it. I felt the branch give in a little. "Keep going!" I urged.

Suddenly, the branch broke from the tree and Blossom and I had to scramble out of the way to prevent from getting hit. Buttercup quickly wrapped her legs around the base of the tree so she wouldn't fall down with the branch. Blossom and I went to go lift the branch up, and Buttercup climbed down from the tree to help us.

"One down, a billion to go," Buttercup said sarcastically.

Without warning, the Rowdyruffs popped out behind a tree nearby and began laughing as if they had seen the funniest thing ever. I frowned, along with Blossom and Buttercup, but then realized that if I had been watching someone else do that very same thing, I probably would have laughed, too. I softly giggled, and my sisters turned to stare at me like I had grown another leg. That was it. I couldn't contain my laughter anymore. I cracked up along with the boys; when they heard me they laughed even harder. Buttercup smiled a little and soon guffawed along with us. Blossom was trying not to smile, but it was easy to tell that she also thought the situation was amusing.

When we were done, we shared a smile with the boys, and they actually smiled back. Not a sarcastic smile, but a real, genuine smile. Then, as if on cue, they stopped smiling and the moment was over. It was Butch who broke the silence.

"Wow, what a bunch of sissies. They can't even break a branch by themselves."

"Yeah, what weaklings. You guys depended on your powers to do all the work for you, huh," Boomer piped in.

"Ugh, you guys can't even get a simple job done," Brick declared. I glared at them, getting ticked off.

"Well, if you guys think it's so easy, why don't you do it?" I hissed.

"That's not a bad idea, except… you girls probably can't even do that, either," Boomer said with a smirk.

"Oh, that's it!" I exclaimed, stomping towards them. It's really hard to get me upset, but somehow they managed to do it in less than five minutes. "You better take that back!"

"Oh, we're SO scared!" they said sarcastically.

Blossom and Buttercup reached towards me to hold me back. "Bubbles, as much as we would love to see you beat them up, you don't have your powers right now," Blossom whispered to me. "You'd just embarrass yourself."

"Yeah, she's right," Buttercup muttered. "If you had your powers right now, I'd actually be scared of you, but you don't, and I don't want you to embarrass yourself or us."

I relaxed myself, but I was still mad at them. Pulling myself together, I called out to them, "Why don't you guys just help us, then? Blossom and Brick can look for materials for the shelter and fire, Buttercup and Butch can look for water, and Boomer and I can look for food. That way, things will get done faster."

They boys looked at me, and then huddled together. Thirty seconds later, Brick said, "Sure. Why the hell not?" I twitched at his use of language, but brushed it off. As much as I hating cussing, I figured I might as well get used to it because we were probably going to be together doing this stupid mission for a while.

The boys sauntered over towards us with smirks on their faces. Those smirks were really starting to annoy me big time. By the time Boomer came over, I was in a bad mood again.

"Ugh, let's just get this over with," I said quickly. I turned to Blossom and Buttercup, and by the looks on their face, I could tell they were in a bad mood, too. "Hey, how about we meet back at the beach when the sun is setting?"

"Sounds fine with me," Blossom said, really close to punching someone.

Buttercup just nodded. I knew that the reason she kept quiet was because if she said something, she might explode.

"Yeah, sounds like a plan," Butch said, bursting into our ABC conversation.

"Great idea, Bubbles," Brick said, as if talking to a five year-old. I stiffened, and then turned to Boomer.

"You ready?" I asked him.

"Let's just get this over with," he said in a bored tone.

Oh goodness, this was going to be a long day.

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