Change of Plans
Buttercup was sleeping safe and sound, finally being able to rest and forget the worry of the day before. As she lay dreaming of what it would have been like to never be banished, a silent knock on her window was heard. Buttercup rolled over and groaned, not wanting to wake up. The window opened letting in the night's cold breeze inside the room. Buttercup pulled the blankets over head, "I just want to sleep! It's not even day yet, Alan!"
"This isn't Alan, babe." A voice said with annoyance. Buttercup shot straight up, and there they were, just like they promised. "Butch?" Buttercup quietly whispered. Butch smiled, not a smirk, a real smile. "Yeah, babe. It's me." Buttercup jumped out of bed and raced to him, "Butch!" She pulled Butch into a tight hug. "You came." She whispered as she buried her face into his shoulder. "I'm not going to let you leave again, I promise."
Then reality hit her; they lied to her. Buttercup quickly pulled away and pushed him back. "B-buttercup, what's wrong?" Boomer asked, very concerned. "You guys lied to me!" Boomer and Butch just stared at her with shocked faces. "B-brick does she…" Boomer starts whispering but Brick soon cuts her off. "We've never lied to you Buttercup!"
Buttercup glared at them, "You said you understood me. You said you were banished! But you weren't! You're the Rowdyruff Boys, the king's biological sons! You guys just didn't like it and left! Up until a year ago you guys lived in castles and had maids and feast and everything!" she yelled, waiting until one of them had the courage to speak up. But no one did so she just went on. "For once in my life I thought I found people who could understand me, who wouldn't judge me! Who knew what I went through! But no! You guys are just spoiled princes who got bored and left! My whole life people have looked down on me, but you guys have always been praised!" Buttercup had tears building up in her eyes; they just stared at her with sad looks. Don't cry, you're stronger than that. They can't see how weak you really are.
"Buttercup please, we'll explain later. But we need to leave before someone finds us and chop out heads off." Butch says softly as he reaches his hand out to her. "I-I don't know anymore." She quietly whispers as she looks at his hand. "Please Buttercup. I beg you, I'll explain everything later. We need you, I need you." Their eyes locked, as he said that. Buttercup could see the worry in his eyes, the sadness. "Plus you don't want to do another challenge do you?" Brick smirked as he said that. "Fine, let's go." Buttercup snapped.
She walked over to the window they came from, but there was nothing to get out on. No tree, no latter, no rope, nothing. "H-how do we get out of here?" she asked. "Well we might still need to tell you some things." Boomer told her with a nervous chuckle. "No time to explain!" Butch yelled as he quickly grabbed Buttercup and jumped out of the window.
"Butch! Let me go, this is not okay!" Buttercup screamed and shut her eyes waiting to hit the hard pavement. It never came through. She slowly opened her eyes to see them floating high above the ground. "Fine babe, if you want me to let you go I will." Butch dropped her before she could even find the chance to protest. She closed her eyes waiting for a death that never came. Buttercup slowly opened her eyes to see she was still in the sky next to a laughing Butch. She flew over and punched his shoulder. "Asshole." She murmured under her breath.
Brick and Boomer joined them, Brick just shaking his head at Butch. "Come on, now. We got no time to lose. You do know they are waiting for us." Brick says, impatiently. "Who's waiting for us?" Buttercup asks as they set off. "You'll see, princess. I think you already know them." Butch smirked. "Why can't you guys actually straight up tell me something?" Buttercup groaned. "Cause it's funnier not to know what you're getting into!" Boomer told her.
The rest of the way was spent in silence, until they told Buttercup that it was time to go back down. "What? I don't know how to land!" She screamed at them. Brick and Boomer grabbed both of her arms while they took her down, Butch watched jealously from behind. "Think about walking, not flying. Think about the ground, not the sky." Brick whispered into her ear. Buttercup closed her eyes and nodded.
They reached the ground roughly thanks to Buttercup tripping on her own feet. Buttercup crashed into what she thought was a simple tree, but when she looked up there was Alan looking down on her. She stood up straight with a confused look on her face, behind Alan you could see Austin and Kellin standing there awkwardly. "What are you guys doing here?" she asked. Alan was the first to speak up, "Well, when the Rowdyruff Boys came and asked us if we could help with something we didn't hesitate to say yes!" Alan smiled.
Buttercup still clearly confused looked at Kellin, hoping he would explain it all a bit better. "What Alan is trying to say is that the boys came to us and asked if we could help them rescue you. While also they want to hopefully make all 3 kingdoms live in peace and maybe even better become one whole nation. Since all of us believed it was time for some peace, we all agreed to help." Kellin smiled satisfied with his answer.
"Right so you're saying 6 boys and one girl are going to be able to bring peace to three different kingdoms. It sounds almost impossible!" Buttercup exclaimed. "I know it sounds crazy but we can do it!" Boomer cheered happily with a smile on his face. "Fine, but you all have a lot of explaining to do. Where are we even staying? The kings will notice their princes and I are missing, and the first place they'll look is at home." Buttercup asked. Butch just stood there with a smile on his face about how Buttercup considered their cabin her home. "Well, as the great leader I am," Brick began "I know a place where we can build a temporary log cabin in the depths of the forest." "Fine, then we should get going." Buttercup declared. Everyone agreed and followed Brick to their location.
Butch was staying in far behind from the group and Buttercup seem to notice. "Hey Butch. T-thanks for rescuing me and all. I really appreciate it. I-I'm actually a bit happy I can be with you guys again." Buttercup said as she looked at the ground, a little embarrassed. Butch pulled her into a hug. "I'm just glad you're safe. I'm so sorry we lied to you." He whispered to her. Buttercup just nodded her head as they hugged.
"Hey love-birds, we need to keep moving! It's a long journey a head of us!" Brick yelled. Both Butch and Buttercup pulled away from their hug, both with rosy pink cheeks. Yeah, its going to be a long journey.