Episode 10: The Spellbook: Be A Bad Girl Sophie
(Bhaal: I know we said we would do a five part LAAL bit but... this is more interesting.)
Seeing that today was going to be a warm and sunny day, many of the mothers of Quahog decided to take their kids to the many parts this shabby town has. Of course, Meg, Lois, Jillian and Mrs. Lockhart also took their kids there so they could play together.
(Material: I think he meant parks.)
(Bhaal: Let's count all the spelling/choice of word mistakes we see here. That's 1.)
On the playing ground, Sophie, Rosie and Maya were playing in the sandbox, while Stewie played with Kyle with some action figures and other toys.
"You know what would be fun?" asked Rosie, excited.
"Tell us" replied Maya.
(Bhaal: Streaking through City Hall while yelling that Adam West is after us!)
"We could gather some mud, put it at the end of the slide, and watch all the kids getting their clothes dirty!" giggled Rosie. "It would be really fun to watch!"
(Material: I just realized, why is this chapter called Be A Bad Girl Sophie? That seems like a really horrible thing to say to a child.)
(Bhaal: Ander, welcome to Dateline. I'm Chris Hansen, why don't you have a seat over there?)
"I don't know" said Maya, insecure. "That sounds really cruel. Besides, I don't want my clothes to get dirty. This dress is new"
"Oh, it's not cruel" said Rosie in a defensive tone. "It's just mud. Mud can't harm"
"I still don't know" said Maya, and then she turned to Sophie. "What do you think, Sophie?"
However, Sophie was looking at other place, with dreamy eyes and relaxed expression
(Bhaal: Okay, she's not looking. You get the cards, while I get the Jell-O.)
"Sophie!" yelled Rosie.
"What?" asked Sophie as she snapped back. "Did you say something?"
"Rosie wants to pull a prank on the other kids by putting mud at the end of the slide" explained Maya. "What do you think?"
"Uh…I don't know" said Sophie, still distracted. "Go ahead if that makes you happy"
Both Rosie and Maya looked at each other, and knew what the cause of Sophie's state was.
"Are you still thinking about Stewie?" asked Rosie.
(Material: No... I was thinking about... how hot I think you are.)
"Yes…" said Sophie sweetly. "Look at him, playing with his toys, pretending that he's an evil overlord…isn't cute?"
(Material: 2)
"Sophie, you can't be like this" said Rosie wisely. "If you like Stewie, go ahead and take the first step"
"Yeah, he won't notice you either" added Maya. "You have to be like a flea. You don't notice fleas until they bite you. But then, you know that they're there. And there's nothing that you can do to get rid of them. Well, except buying those anti fleas shampoos like that one mama buys for Kyle…I don't have fleas, but I want to try it…whenever Kyle bathes with that shampoo, his hair is so soft and silky…and you know what else is silky? Sheeps. I'd love to have a sheep…I'll spend the whole day stroking its woolly fur…"
(Bhaal: You know Ander brings Maya in when he needs someone to spout thirty seconds of bullshit.)
Rosie and Sophie looked at Maya with their eyes widely opened. Then they returned to the previous topic.
"Well, if you want Stewie, fight for him! Now go and talk to him!" said Rosie, trying to imbue some confidence on her aunt.
"But what I'm supposed to do?" asked Sophie, showing nervousness.
(Bhaal: 3)
"I don't know, I'm too young to understand boys or even feel attracted to them" said Rosie with a shrug. "Ask him if you can play with him"
(Material: Okay, if you're too young, what makes Sophie old enough?)
"Okay, I will" said Sophie, still nervous, as she walked towards Stewie.
"Oh, and if he says yes, don't go to the slide!" said Rosie.
Sophie then walked when Stewie and Kyle were playing. She breathed heavily.
"Hi, Stewie" said Sophie sheepishly.
"What do you want, brat?" asked Stewie with a disdainful ton (Material: 4), not even turning at her. "Don't you see that I'm busy right now?"
"I was wondering…if you wanted to play with me…" said Sophie, unable to overcome her shyness.
"Oh, yes!" said Stewie sarcastically. "Let's play with you, why not! And then we could go to your house, play with your stuffed animals and pretend that we live in a world of love and happiness!"
"So…that's a no?" asked Sophie.
"Stewie, don't you think that you're a bit rough with her?" asked Kyle, who saw that Sophie was almost crying.
(Bhaal: But I know Sophie likes it rough.)
(Material: Bhaal, welcome to Dateline. I'm Chris Hansen, why don't you have a seat over there?)
"Shut up, dog!" ordered Stewie. "Or I won't let you to play with my toys!"
"These are MY toys!" replied Kyle. "You changed yours for that magic beans, remember?"
Stewie pulled from his pocket the supposed 'magic beans', and threw them away in anger.
"Damn Fatman's genes!" shouted Stewie. Then he looked at Sophie, who was still standing there. "Are you still there? Why don't you go back to play with the rest of the Powerpuff Girls?"
"Haha, so funny!" said an arab boy who walked towards them. "You called them Powerpuff girls because they're little girls and one of them is red haired, another one is brunette and another one is blonde! So funny!"
(Material: I just realized something. Meg has yet to have a brunette child.)
(Bhaal: What about Jac?)
(Material: Who?)
"Go to hell! Don't you have any building you have to blow up?" asked Stewie.
"Haha, and now you used the Arab-terrorist stereotype to make fun of me!...wait, that is very offensive…but it's still funny!" laughed the boy.
(A/N: No offense to anybody from Arabia or the middle east, BTW)
(Bhaal: Suuuuuuuure)
(Material: There's no country called Arabia... There's Saudi Arabia, but no Arabia.)
(Bhaal: He's like a Spanish Bush.)
Meanwhile, Rosie and Maya were expecting the outcome of Sophie's 'first step'
"What are they saying?" asked Rosie.
"How should I know?" asked Maya, glancing at Sophie with an eyebrow raised.
"I though that you have enhanced hearing senses since you're half dog" said Rosie.
(Material: Does that mean we can call the pound if she bugs us?)
"So what if I have them? Does that mean that I have to use my gift to spy on people's private conversations?" asked Maya, offended, but Rosie simply stared at her blankly. "He said no"
"Poor Sophie" said Rosie. "That had been a letdown for her"
(Material: What number are we on?)
(Bhaal: Five.)
"Speaking of the devil" said Maya pointing at a very sad Sophie who returned to them.
"Don't tell us anything, we already know" said Rosie.
"I don't know what can I do to make him to like me" said Sophie, downbeat.
"Have you though in improving your wardrobe?" suggested Maya.
"Maya, there are things that buying new clothes won't solve" said Rosie in a deadpan manner.
"Really!" asked Maya, shocked. "I have to tell mama!"
(Material: She is so going to end up in porno.)
Later in the night, Peter and Lois are going out with Matt's dad Bruce and Mrs. Lockhart, so Meg and Matt have to take care of Rosie, Stewie, and Sophie.
"Okay, I think that we will return by 11 pm or so" explained Lois to Meg. "If something happens, you have our cell phone numbers"
"Don't worry, mom" said Meg. "We will be fine. Try to have fun"
"And so will be the kids" added Matt.
"Okay, see you later" said Lois as she and Peter left the house. Both Matt and Meg sat in the couch, however, it seemed like they let their bodies fall rather than properly sitting.
"Another night that we have to spend here, taking care of the babies" complained Meg.
"Well, at least we have a night entirely for us" said Matt, trying to be positive. "It has been a while since we had some times for ourselves, even if it's at home"
"Yes" replied Meg. "The school, the kids, the job…I think that it's too much…"
"Remember when we were just boyfriend and girlfriend?" asked Matt. "We hanged out a lot"
"It was the fist time I had something close to a life" said Meg, a bit nostalgic.
"We used to walk at night, go to dance, and many more things" said Matt.
(Bhaal: You never did any of that!)
"And people looked at me surprised when they saw us holding hands" said Meg, giggling a bit. "Because they think that I'm too ugly to have a boyfriend"
"I don't care what other people say. To me, you're beautiful" replied Matt sincerely.
(Bhaal and Material: Awww, how sweet and cliche.)
"I know. And that's what I stopped worrying about what other people think" said Meg, coming closer to her husband, holding his hand.
"Well, enough about remembering old times" said Matt. "What can we do to spend the night?"
"I have some movies here" said Meg, searching through the DVD boxes in the shelve under the TV. "Last day I chose the movie, so tonight it's your turn. What would you like to see"
(Bhaal: Anything besides that crappy Robert Patinson movie.)
(Material: Which one?)
(Bhaal: All of them.)
"I don't know. Something light hearted, but still interesting. If there are some action scenes would be nice. Oh, and some bits of humour" said Matt. "Although I don't think that…"
"How about the last Transformers Movie?" asked Meg.
"I love you" replied Matt with a wide smile. Meg put the DVD on the recorder, and sat near both hugged each other while the movie started.
(Material: You know what? I think that's actually the first time any Meg OC has told Meg that he loves her.)
(Bhaal: ...Is it?)
Little they knew about the disaster which was brewing in the upper floor. Because, in the upper floor, Rosie and Sophie were talking about the incident in the park.
"Stewie will never like me" said Sophie, downbeat.
"Oh, don't say that" said Rosie. "It's that you just didn't attract his attention properly"
"What do you mean?" asked Sophie.
"Which the the things you like to do most?" asked Rosie.
"Oh, I love to play with my stuffed animals, pick flowers, draw pictures of forests, valleys and places with lost of animals, and watch Seasme Street" said Sophie.
"Okay" said Rosie. "Stewie loves to play with his real guns, draw pictures of himself killing grandma, and watch horror films. Do you see the difference between you and him?" asked Rosie.
"I guess…" said Sophie.
"So, in order to Stewie to like you…" said Rosie, doing a dramatically silence "…you'll need to be bad girl, Sophie"
(Bhaal: Oh yeah! Be a bad girl!)
(Material: Why don't you have a seat over there?)
"Be a bad girl?" asked Sophie, thoughtful. "But, how can I do that? It's not in my nature to be bad"
"Don't worry, I'll help you" said Rosie. "When I'm finished with you, you'll be scarier than the last Spongebob movie"
Flashback
(As always, the italics is the narrator)
Luck never was on Squidward's side…
A bunch of scenes of Squidward getting some crap rolls on, like getting trapped in a bubble, being beaten up by a sea bear, one of the many times Spongebob drives him insane…
He had the misfortune to live between two idiots…
Now we see more scenes of Squidward getting trapped in a bubble again, his house being blown up several times by Spongebob, being berated by Mr. Krabbs, etc…
However, things will change soon…
We see some scenes of Squidward training, such as lifting barbells, running, hitting a punching bag with Spongebob's face on it, etc…
This squid is angry…
Squidward bursts in the Krusty Krabby with a machine gun and guns down everybody, laughing maniacally.
…and he thrives for blood…
Spongebob and Patrick are catching jellyfishes, when they're approached by Squidward, armed with lots of guns and knifes.
"Hi Squidward!" said Spongebob, cheerful. "Do you want to catch jellyfishes with us?"
Squidward, spotting a wicked grin, cocked his shotgun. The screen faded to black, and several shouts and gory screams could be heard.
Spongebob Squarepants The Movie 2: Squidward's Revenge.
Coming soon…
End Flashback
A moment later, the two baby girls were in Meg's room. Needless to say, they're reading the spellbook.
(Bhaal: As we all do from time to time.)
"Here it is" said Rosie pointing a spell. "The Negative Energy Infusion. This spell will turn anybody cast at into a much more badass version of himself"
"Do you think it will work? Or what if something goes wrong?" asked Sophie, a bit scared.
"Don't worry, it will be fine" assured Rosie, her tone showing self convincing on her idea (Material: 6). "Now stand still for a second"
Sophie didn't move, while Rosie recited the spell. Suddenly, a current of wind came out of the book, followed by what it seemed to be a black cloud. The cloud then came close to Sophie and introduced in her body. The wind then stopped.
"That's all?" asked Sophie, expecting something more dramatic to happen.
"I think so" said Sophie, sharing her young aunt's impressions. "Do you feel any different?"
(Bhaal: 7)
(Material: Huh?)
(Bhaal: Sophie's talking to herself.)
(Material: You are aware we missed a whole crapload back there, right?)
(Bhaal: Fine, 17 then.)
"No…" said Sophie. "I think that it didn't worked"
"Well, maybe the effect isn't instant" said Rosie. "Let's see if tomorrow you feel any diferent"
The very next day, somebody rang the door. Lois opened the door, and saw a little girl dressed like a punk: she was wearing a back t shirt with a skull on it, a checked black and red skirt, a spiked collar around her neck and small black Doc Martens, and had long black shed hair. Lois' surprise was capital when she realized who that toddler was.
"Sophie? It's that you?" asked Lois, shocked by the sight of the punkish girl.
"What's up Mrs. G? Is Stewie at home?" asked Sophie, although it sounded like a threat.
"Su…sure" said Lois, still impressed by the radical change of Matt's little sister. "Stewie, come here, you have visit?"
"I hope is important, you dreaded wench!" shouted Stewie, angrily, as he walked downstairs. "You interrupted one of my most important investigations and…and…" but Stewie's rant was interrupted by the shocking image of Sophie.
"Hi, Stewie" said Sophie in a deadpan manner. "Do you want to have some fun at the expenses of other people's pain and shame?"
(Bhaal: Wow, this is my kind of girl. Shame she's only two.)
(Material: Why don't you have a seat over there?)
(Bhaal: Stop it! It was funny when I did it, but now you're ruining the joke!)
"Now you're speaking my language" said Stewie, smiling. "Let's go!"
"Okay, have fun, but don't get yourselves in troubles" said Lois, feeling that there was something wrong with that girl.
Meanwhile, Stewie and Sophie head to the park where their moms usually take them to play with more kids.
"I have to ask" said Stewie. "What's gotten into you? Yesterday you were a wretch, and today you're…whoa!"
"I thought that it was time for some changes" said Sophie rather dryly. "Here we are"
They arrived at the park, where many kids were playing while their parents relaxed in the benches, as well as young couples of teenagers walked holding hands and eating ice creams.
"Let's wreak some havoc!" said Stewie.
Now we cut to a montage of scenes in which Stewie and badass Sophie pulls extreme practical jokes on everyone. Tainted Love, by Marilyn Manson, plays in the background.
Some kids are playing in the sandbox building a sand castle. Stewie and Sophie jump on it, tearing it down, and then began to kick sand to the kids' eyes. Said kids ran away crying, while Stewie and Sophie laugh at them evilly.
A teen girl walks while eating an ice cream. Stewie and Sophie tighten a string, making her trip and fall over her ice cream, getting her face and clothes dirty with it. She ran away crying while the two toddles laugh evilly.
A young couple is sitting on a bench, talking. The girl then leaves for buy a drink. Sophie then jumps on the boy's lap and forces him to kiss her. The girl then sees the boy kissing Sophie, slaps him and walks away. The boy try to explain the situation, but the girl just pours her drink over him. Stewie and Sophie laughs at the poor boy evilly.
A man walks by. The two babies burst from nowhere holding baseball clubs, and beat the crap out of the man. When the man is so injured that he can't even move, they walk away while laughing evilly. Sophie then returns, steal his wallet, pick all the money and toss the wallet away. Stewie then returns and spits the man in the face.
After all their hooliganism, Stewie and Sophie sat in a bench to rest.
"I don't remember the last time I have such a nice time with a girl" said Stewie. "I wonder why you took so long to become this cool"
"Me neither. Now I understand why you are evil: being evil is so funny!" replied Sophie with a glee. "God, when we beaten that poor sap…what a rush!"
"Yeah, it was…hey, why do you look so weird?" asked Stewie. The infant noticed that Sophie's skin was now pale white, and had black rings under her eyes.
"There's nothing wrong about my appearance" replied Sophie. "Okay, what can we do next?"
"Oh, I think I'm off of bad deeds today" said Stewie. "However, we can repeat tomorrow"
(Bhaal: 18)
"Oh, come on, don't be such a buzzkill!" said Sophie, a bit disappointed. Then he saw a boy walking towards a litter basket "Hey, watch this"
Sophie's eyes glew red, and a blaze of fire came from the litter bin, almost charring the boy, who ran away scared.
"Whoa!" said Stewie in shock. "How the hell did you do that?"
"I don't know" said Sophie with a shrug. "I don't really care. Just think in the potentially cruel pranks we could pull with these powers! Oh, I know, let's go to the downtown and see how I provoke a multiple crash!"
"Listen, Sophie, I like you now much more than before…but I think that you're going a bit overboard" said Stewie, a bit frightened. "I think that you should take it easy. You're now more scary than those Shadow The Hedgehog haters"
Cutaway
Shadow is in his house watching TV when he heard some noises in the front lawn. He went to see what's going on.
"What the…?" said Shadow, perplexed, after seeing a burning cross in front of the house.
"Don't dare to appear in any Sega game again, you bastard!" said a Ku Klux Klan guy, who was in a truck with other guys dressed alike.
"Otherwise, the next time you'll find something more than a burning cross in front of your house!" threatened another one.
"Yeah! The next time we will…put TWO burning crosses!" said a third man, trying to sound menacing. All, the other guys looked at him. "What? That's more than a single burning cross!"
End Cutaway
"Take it easy?" asked Sophie, showing a crazy smile. "What do you mean? Don't you like the new me?"
"Yes, yes I do!" answered Stewie quickly. He was getting each time more nervous as he saw how the toddler was driving into madness. "It's just that…that you're…oh, come on, provoke a multiple crash? That's too much even for me"
Sophie didn't say anything in response. She didn't even look at Stewie. Stewie was now worried.
"Sophie, are you-" but Stewie's was interrupted when Sophie cast a red lightning on him, sending him several meters backwards.
(Material: It's Good!)
"TAKE IT EASY!" roared Sophie, unleashing all her bottled rage. "I DID THIS TO MAKE YOU TO LIKE ME AND NOW YOU TELL ME TO TAKE IT EASY!"
(Bhaal: This must be what Twilight Fangirls are like.)
"Sophie, please, calm down- wait, what do you mean 'I did this?'" asked Stewie.
"I used the spellbook to be a bad girl just to impress you! You always rejected my friendship and affection in each time colder ways, and when I became the type of girl you like, now you tell me that you don't like me either? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!" shouted Sophie. A thunder clapped when she asked this question. "The guy obsessed with ruling the world!"
"That's true but…you took this too far!" said Stewie, frightened. "Wanting to rule the world is different from killing people just for fun!"
"Actually, no, it isn't" replied Sophie.
"Well, maybe you're right, but I won't change my mind" said Stewie. "You should calm down"
"You know what? You opened my eyes" said Sophie coldly. "You are a total sucker, like my former self. However, this whole experience opened the door for a new world! With these powers, the possibilities are endless!"
"Sophie then disappeared in a burst of flames while laughing maniacally, leaving Stewie alone.
"Okay, this doesn't look good" said Stewie to himself. "Now I'd call for a flashback, but I'm so scared that I can't think in anything."
(Bhaal: 19)
Meanwhile, in the Griffin house…
Cutaway to TV
"On our local news, a couple of toddlers have been terrorizing people in one of Quahog's park" said Tom Tucker.
"That's right Tom" said Diane. "The aforementioned victims have been ridiculed, mugged and verbally and physically attacked"
"Hey, that reminded me that practical joke we pulled on Fred, the sound techinician" chuckled Tom. "I heard that he left the channel after that"
"Tom he didn't left the channel. He committed suicide after your little prank made his wife to divorce him" said Diane dryly. "Anyway, here's a picture of the vandals"
A picture of Stewie and Sophie beating up an old woman appeared on screen
End Cutaway
"What?" asked Lois, worried. "Stewie and Sophie have been doing such bad actions? I can't believe it!"
(Material: Yeah, who would've thought Stewie would be evil, I never would have guessed.)
"What is weird is Sophie's appearance" remarked Matt. "She never wear such dark and gloomy clothes. And let's not talk about the gothic makeup"
(Bhaal: Why, does Gothic makeup scare Matt?)
(Material: Does Matt wish he was a pretty girl?)
"Anyway, we can't stay here watching" interjected Brian. "We have to find those rebel kids and see what's wrong with them"
As on clue, Stewie burst in the house, gasping for air, looking really scared and exhausted.
"Sweet! Now we only have to look for one baby instead of two" said Peter.
(Bhaal: And finding Sophie shouldn't be hard. Just follow the path of carnage, destruction, cackling, and obvious giveaways.)
"Stewie!" shouted Lois when she saw her infant son. "You've a lot to explain, young boy!" said Lois angered.
"Stewie, what happened?" asked Rosie. "Sophie and you appeared on TV!"
"At first I was just having fun with her. Just pulling pranks on people and stuff" explained Stewie, still gasping. "But then…she went overboard with the bad girl thing…she wanted to provoke a multiple crash in the roads, burn buildings with people still inside and that."
"It's still hard to believe what you're saying" said Matt, pensive. "I mean, Sophie has been always a sweet and nice girl. Wonder what's gotten into her"
"She wanted Stewie to like her, so we used the spellbook to turn her into more of a badass" said Rosie, without realizing of what she just said. "Oops…"
(Bhaal: This is not a girl who would do well in the CIA.)
"Did you use the spellbook without my permission?" asked Meg, outrighted. "You're in a big trouble now!"
"Can we talk about punishing our daughter that later?" asked Matt. "We must find Sophie"
"I guess that it won't be hard" pointed out Peter. "Look at the news"
Cutaway
"Newsflash! One of the aforementioned vandal kids, a girl, is now wreaking havoc upon Quahog" said Tom.
"Said girl, still unidentified, displays an amazing range of supernatural abilites" said Diane. "And since this is too dangerous for normal people to be near said child, we sent our asian reporter, Tricia Takanawa, to cover the events. Tricia?"
"Thank you, Diane" Said Tricia. "As you can see, the unnamed girl is using her magical abilities to harm people, destroy cars, explode streetlamps and break glasses from windows and stores. Excuse me, little girl, can you tell me why are you doing this?"
"Sure" said Sophie. "I'm doing this because it's funny!"
"That's all? And how did you gained magic powers?" asked Tricia.
"Oh, I wanted to impress a boy I had a crush on, but it was useless" explained Sophie. "But this experience also helped me to see how funny is to be evil"
"Well, as a concerned mother, I think that being evil is not funny" said Tricia.
"Oh, I beg to differ" grinned Sophie. "And maybe a rush of negative energy may help you to see that I'm right!"
Sophie then cast a black lightning on Tricia, although she seemed to be unaffected.
"Hey, it was true" said Tricia. "F(bleep!)ck you, Tom and Diane, I'm going to kill you whenever I can. Meanwhile, I'm going to break some stuff and hit some random people just for fun"
"Thank you, Tricia" said Tom. "As you can see, girls nowadays are ready to do anything for boys they like"
"And who have to blame for it?" asked Diane. "Their parents? The school? The TV? Jack Thompson thinks that the videogames. Find it out tonight at 11"
End Cutaway
"Oh, god, this is terrible!" said Matt, worried for his little sister. "We must stop her before she harms anybody!"
"Newsflash, Einstein: she's already harming lots of people!" said Stewie sarcastically.
Meg then came downstairs with the spellbook and sat on the couch.
"Okay, Rosie, tell us which spell used" said Meg as he put the book on her lap
"I think that it was named Negative Infusion" said Rosie, trying to remember.
"Okay, here it is" said Meg, after finding the spell. "It seems that this spell increases negative emotions such as rage, disdain for other's sake, aggressiveness and hatred"
"Does that say something about magic powers?" asked Brian.
"It seems that, in high doses, the target of the spell may do develop magic powers" said Meg, as she continued reading. "It also says that it has a feedback effect"
"What does that mean?" asked Lois.
"As Sophie's negative energy increases, she will become much more evil and mad, rpomting her to do more evil deeds" Explained Matt. "And with each evil deed, the negative energy will increase"
"Okay, how do we undo the spell?" asked Rosie.
"There's also a Positive Infusion spell, which may nullify the negative energy" said Meg.
"Okay, so we only need to find Sophie and" said Lois before being interrupted by Meg.
"Oh, no!" said Meg, frightened. "Here says that the negative energy may consume the body if it gathers too much!"
"Are you telling me that Sophie will die if we don't cure her?" asked Matt, shocked. "Come on, we have to find her as soon as possible!"
Meanwhile, in the burned and ravaged downtown, Sophie is sat on a bench eating some ice cream.
"Being evil makes get hungry" said Sophie. "But is very satisfying. Right, dude?"
"Y-yes…" muttered the ice cream vendor.
"I'm glad to you removed the walnuts. I hate walnuts" said Sophie. "Thus, I'm not going to kill you"
Suddenly, Sophie saw a red car approaching t her. The car then stopped, and the Griffins stepped out.
"Oh, my beloved family" said Sophie with a glee. "Did you come here to enjoy destroying stuff and being bad?"
"In order for the counter spell to work, she need to stand still for some seconds" said Meg.
"Sophie, you must come with us!" pleaded Matt. "You need help!"
"No!" replied Sophie, angered as she threw the ice cream away. "For the first time in my life I'm having fun! The old, good and meek Sophie doesn't exist anymore! I love the new me!"
"Sophie, you have no idea of what's gotten into you" said Meg, trying to sound calm. "You feel good, but there's something going terribly wrong inside you!"
"Mom, leave it" said Rosie. "She refuse to see reason. Leave her to me"
"Please, don't harm her too much" said Matt, saddened. "She doesn't know what she is doing"
"Let me help you" said Meg. "Now that I have magic powers too, maybe I can be of some help."
"Don't worry dad" said Rosie. "Okay, Sophie, come with us, or else…"
"Or else what?" replied Sophie, defiant.
"Or else this!" said Rosie as she cast a electric bolt on her. However, Sophie avoided it without problem.
"Hahahaha!" laughed Sophie. "That's the best you can come up with? Oh, and by the way, what do you think of my evil laugh?"
"You won't be laughing for longer!" said Rosie as she cast another lightning bolt, but this time was more intense.
Sophie cast a dark shield around her, preventing her niece's attack to harm her, although this time she had to put more effort in avoiding the attack.
"It wasn't bad, but wasn't impressive, either" said Sophie, disdainful. "My turn!"
Sophie leaned back, took a deep breath, and spit a huge blaze of fire. Rosie was off guard, however, Meg was not. She saw a fire hydratant, and used her powers to burst it. Then she used her powers to redirect the water towards the fire wave, neutralizing the attack.
(Bhaal: This duel has the pacing of a Final Fantasy fight.)
"Haha! You can't defeat us!" said Rosie, triumphal. "Eat this!"
"Let's see how good I am at this" said Meg. Her ring glowed with a pink shine, and cast a pink lightning on her sister in law. Rosie also cat another lightning bolt. Sophie deflected both attacks with her shield.
Rosie's eyes glowed blue, and a few trashcans levitated from the ground, and fled towards Sophie. Sophie, however, shot with her laser eyes at the trashcans, blowing them up.
"That was lame!" laughed Sophie. "Let me show you how to do it!"
Sophie's eyes glowed red, and used her telekinesis to levitate a car and threw it at the Griffins, who had to run away.
Rosie was paralized with fear at the sight of the flying car. Fortunatley, meg grabbed her and used her powers to jump out of the way.
"Rosie! Are you okay?" asked Meg, worried.
"A car? Are you kidding me?" asked Rosie, outraged. "I was born with magic powers, and I have troubles levitating stuff heavier than me, yet she gained magic powers a few hours ago, and she can levitate A FRIKING CAR!"
"She's too powerful" commented Brian. "We can't defeat her"
(Material: Who's we? You haven't done shit all!)
"But we can't give up!" said Matt, anguished. "It's my little sister! We…!"
"Hey, what's she doing?" asked Peter.
Everybody saw how Sophie was opening what it seemed to be a rift between dimensions, and jumped thought it.
"Quickly, we must follow her!" hurried Matt.
"But we don't even know where does that portal lead!" said Lois, angered.
"I don't really care" said Matt, now more determined. "She's my little sister, and I'll do whatever it takes to save her"
(Bhaal: Even if that means standing by while other people do the work.)
Matt dashed to the portal, and jumped through it.
"Mat, wait for me!" said Meg, following her husband through the door.
The rest of the family decided that they couldn't leave them alone, so they also crossed the portal, still worrying about what would find at the other side.
(Material: What are they going to do to help? Seriously.)
"Where are we?" asked Stewie.
Everybody got up and looked around. They expected to be in some kind of alternate universe, but it wasn't the case. They seemed to be in some sort of green limbo, with nothing more than green clouds and floating asteroids. In fact, they were in a very big floating asteroid.
"I don't know" said Rosie. "And I can't think what Sophie would want of this place"
"Maybe that ominous big gate" said Peter pointing to a nearby black gate decorated with demonic motifs. And, indeed, Sophie was in front of that gate.
"Sophie!" yelled Matt, but he got no answer.
A black aura surrounded the crazed toddler. She levitated a bit, and her eyes became white, like she was in some kind of ecstasies. Suddenly, she began to channel a black energy beam at the mysterious gates.
"What is she doing?" asked Lois, frightened.
"I don't know, and I'm not going to let my sister to finish whatever she's doing!" said Matt after running towards his sister. The door started to open, and a cold wind came from its gap.
Matt tried to tackle her sister, but he was knocked backwards by an invisible force field. He tried again, with no result.
"Dad, stop!" cried Rosie. "You're going to harm yourself!"
"I don't care!" replied Matt after tackling Sophie one more time. This time he was successful, and was able to hold Sophie between his arms. The gate closed with a slam.
"Get your hands out of me, you idiot!" shouted Sophie, now out of the trance. "You're going to ruin it!"
(Material: Matt, why don't you have a seat over-)
(Bhaal: DO NOT!)
"Matt, hold Sophie for a moment while I cast the positive energy spell!" shouted Meg.
The dark aura surrounding Sophie turned red, and Matt's arms began to burn.
"Mom, I'll do it!" said Rosie snatching the book from her hands. "You help dad!"
Meg's ring glowed pink, and cast a spell to neutralize Sophie's fire aura. Meanwhile, Rosie cast the spell on her aunt, with immediate results. Sophie fainted, and her appearance was again her usual.
"Come on, we have to get out of here" urged Matt.
"Let me carry Sophie" said Meg, taking Sophie's unconscious body.
"Matt, your arms are burned!" said Lois in shock. "Are you okay?"
"It hurts a bit, but I don't really care" said Matt, still in a determined tone. "It was a small price to pay for getting my sister back"
"Less talk, we gotta get out of here NOW!" said Brian as he and the others crossed the closing portal, returning to Quahog.
Hours later, the Griffins and Kennedys returned home, and talked about what happened.
"So you don't remember anything?" asked Matt to his little sister.
"No" said Sophie. "All that I remember is playing in the park with Stewie and then…the rest is very hazy"
"What it really intrigued e was that gate Sophie was trying to open in that limbo" said Meg. "Wonder what it was"
"Maybe there's something about that in the book" said Lois. "However, after what we went through, we shouldn't care. All what matters is that Sophie is okay and that nobody was hurt" said Lois, relieved.
"Well, actually lots of people were hurt" remarked Peter. "So what it matters is that nobody that we know was hurt"
"Maybe you're right, mom" said Meg. "But I think that that gate was something important, and I'm going to find out what is it and why Sophie wanted to open it"
"I'm sure that, sooner or later, we'll know it" said Matt. "Now I better take Sophie back to home"
Meanwhile, in the same place Sophie opened the dimensional portal, a blue glowing cloud emerged from the nothing, and spread through the whole town.
To be continued…
(Bhaal: And it never was...)