"Blossom, you are late." Mr. Benson told Blossom.

"Sorry, sir." Blossom apologized to her gumball machine humanoid teacher.

"If you're late again to class, YOU'RE EXPELLED!"

"Yes, sir."

"Now, hurry up and take your seat."

Blossom went to her table without another word. She instinctively took a seat next to Mike and smiled at her.

"Hey, where have you been?" Mike asked, casually.

"I was visiting Dee Dee," Blossom replied. "I even saw an old familiar face you might know."

"Really, who?"

"A girl named Juniper."

"J-J-Juniper Lee!?"

"Uh, yeah?" Blossom couldn't understand why Mike was so startled.

"I thought she was dead too," Mike glanced at her table top. "After Dee Dee died, things got hasty between the rest of us. Mee Mee and Lee Lee wouldn't even be our friends and we of course couldn't find a way to replace old Deanna Debra."

"Dee Dee's real name is Deanna Debra?" Blossom was shocked herself.

"Yeah, I was the first one to call her Dee Dee," Mike replied. "How did you find Juniper?"

"We were at Dee Dee's grave and she said that she dropped out of school to live with her grandmother because of her abilities."

"Be careful, Blossom, it's dangerous to know too much about someone you just met."

"I know, Mike, I know."

Bell came to class then, handing Mr. Benson a note with Dexter at her side.

Mr. Benson took the paper and read it silently. He then smirked, putting it down. "Very well, Bell, welcome to our school. No screw ups from you now, hear?"

"Yes, sir." Bell bowed respectively. She then found an empty table with Dexter sitting dangerously close to Susan and Mary Test.

"Who's that?" Susan sneered.

"Uh, I dunno, new student?" Mary shrugged.

"No one ever told me about a new student!" Susan scoffed, folding her arms.

"Can't you at least try to be nice to her?"

"I suppose, but if she lies on hand on Dexter, I'll scientifically mutate it off!"

Mary rolled her grass-green eyes.

"You want some of this, Sis?" Susan threatened with her fist.

"Give me a break." Mary mumbled.

After class.

"So, where is Juniper?" Mike asked, walking with Blossom to the school library for study hall.

"I dunno, she came in with me and I left her at the principal's office to get checked in when I had to get to class." Blossom shrugged. "So, I guess you, Dee Dee, and June go back?"

"Yeah, way back... I remember the first time she came to Megaville."

Flashback

Mike was four years old and Dee Dee was five years old. They had already known each other and had a sisterly bond long before Dexter was born and Mike's parents were murdered. Mike wears a red short-sleeved top with a red skirt with red boots and white lace with a red fedora with her hair down with no pigtails and of course, no earrings in yet. Dee Dee wore a pink sweater with blue pants with pink and white sneakers with her hair still in pigtails. They were playing catch together in Mike's old backyard. They laughed and played, then they heard a horn beep.

"What was that?" Mike wondered.

"I dunno, let's check it out." Dee Dee whispered, then went with Mike to look over the fence.

The girls saw a moving van. There came out a Chinese couple, holding their hands as their furniture was moved in. There then came out a girl who looked around their age with her hair in braids and green overalls. There was an older boy with her who looked like he was at least in middle school, walking from her.

"Hey, they have kids!" Dee Dee beamed.

"Let's go say hi to my new neighbors!" Mike chirped.

"Good idea!"

Mike and Dee Dee scampered from the backyard and saw the new girl.

"Welcome to your new home, I'm Michelene, but you can call me Mike!"

"My name's Deanne Debra, but everyone calls me Dee Dee."

The girl smiled. "Hi... My name is Juniper..."

"Do you have a nickname?" Dee Dee asked.

"A what?" Juniper tilted her head.

"A nickname, its what people call you for short," Mike explained. "My big sister's name is Jennifer, but I call her Jen."

"Oh," Juniper understood, but frowned. "No, I don't. Where can I get one?"

"We'll give you one," Dee Dee smiled. "We'll call you... Ginger!"

"No way!" Mike protested. "I wanna call her June!"

"June is good." Juniper beamed.

Mike stuck her tongue out at Dee Dee playfully as the blonde girl crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.

"Fine, you can be June," Dee Dee smiled. "Welcome to Mike's neighborhood, we can be best friends!"

"Really?" Juniper's eyes lit up.

"Yeah, we call ourselves the Cartoon Girls," Dee Dee took out her baby blanket and tied it around her neck like a cake and saluted. "Call me Diva Dynamite!"

Mike reached from her fedora and pulled down a blue mask. "Like my master, Action Guy, I fight for what is true and learn to kick some action! I am Action Girl!"

"Wow." Juniper was awestruck to be seen with 'real life superheroes'. "I guess I'll find my powers out later."

"Fair enough, you can be our sidekick for now." Diva Dynamite winked at her.

"Thanks Dee Dee," Juniper smiled. "Oh, uhh... I mean, Diva Dynamite."

The girls giggled together and hugged each other. From that moment on, they knew they would all become best friends.

End of Flashback

"Wow, Mike, I had no idea." Blossom marveled at the story. "I didn't see you guys at the funeral though for Dee Dee.

Mike raised an eyebrow at her. "You weren't even in Megaville then, how would you even know if we came or not?

Blossom stammered a bit. How could she explain that without telling the truth? She then gave in. "One of Dexter's friends took me back in time because I wanted to know more about Dexter and why he was making a clone of his sister.

"Otto..." Mike knew who she was talking about. "Well, it's true, we didn't come to the funeral. It was too much for us, so we just stayed home. That was when we were starting to drift apart.

Flashback

"It's your fault Dee Dee is dead!" Juniper hissed at Mike. They were now in the next grade, a year since Dee Dee passed away, they were now twelve in Megaville Elementary.

"I wasn't even there, Juniper!" Mike defended, nearly crying.

"You could've saved her from that Mandork! Why didn't you use your powers!"

"Why didn't you!? You know I can't show or tell anyone else about my powers!"

"I was trying to save my family's life! You stink, Mike Mavinsky, I never wanna see you again!"

"I never wanna see YOU again, Juniper Lee!"

Both girls left in a huff.

End of Flashback

Mike sniffled in the present day, wiping one of her eyes.

"Oh, Mike, I'm so sorry." Blossom cooed.

"It's fine," Mike breathed. "You just didn't know. No one's been a real friend to me, except for maybe Lu and Og. You know your friends are trash when you say Lu is decent."

Blossom lightly chuckled at that.

"No laughing matter, Bloss." Mike said, seriously.

Blossom paused, feeling stung sharply suddenly. "Where should we sit together in the library?"

"Don't bother coming." Mike walked off, leaving Blossom alone, feeling cold and bitter.

Blossom was unsure of what to do next.